Shuttlecock XVI - Cobbler's Revenge

[Axver]

being technically wrong doesn't make me go "Ok I guess they're not as static as I thought".

Well perhaps it should. Or at least that "hey ZooTV was pretty fucking static too". But nobody on this forum, and I mean nobody, is more stubborn than you.

Also the fact that you have to go all the way back to two heavily-choreographed multimedia overloads to find the exception says a lot. This tour shouldn't be so beholden, especially in the opening section when they aren't even using the fucking screen.

I agree about the opening section, for sure. And obviously I agree they need more diversity, I've always said that it's silly they use the production as an excuse when the visuals for each song are usually self-contained.

But we all knew this tour was going to be static, because U2's setlists on stadium tours are always a bit more constrained than arena ones, regardless of whether they should be. And the production is pretty similar to Popmart, minus one lemon - the band in front of the biggest fuck-off screen you've seen up to this point in time.

 

[david]

Playing 8 new songs in a row off Achtung Baby when they were just five years removed from the Joshua Tree was pretty bad ass.

 

[cobl04]

Amazing that by the time Songs of Experience comes out it will be five years removed from its sister album.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

They should scrap that shit and come up with a whole new angle. Fuck Songs of Experience.

 

[BoMac]

Amazing that by the time Songs of Experience comes out it will be five years removed from its sister album.

2019 it is.

 

[BVS]

Amazing that by the time Songs of Experience comes out it will be five years removed from its sister album.

Math must be much different in Australia?!

 

[Mack_Again]

fuck numerical calculations

 

[Kieran McConville]

Songs of Intransigence

 

[cobl04]

2019 it is.

Math must be much different in Australia?!

 

[Kieran McConville]

You know what else is different in Australia? THE NAZIS

 

[DaveC]

You know what else is different in Australia? THE NAZIS

check out their snazzi snauzzie fascionable uniform:

 

[Kieran McConville]

that's just how they roll down under.

 

[cobl04]

Just wanted to do a quick shout out to Ashley - there's been a fair bit of negativity and bickering on the forum regarding this tour of late, and I am liable to getting sucked into it, but I keep reminding myself to just place myself back at the actual shows that I saw and appreciate them for everything they were, and not what was missing or could have been better. Ashley, who gave me a lift back to Laz's on night two, was great in that regard - yeah, there's a million nitpicky things she could complain about, but she was like, you know what, this is one of my favourite bands playing a great show, so why don't I just fucking appreciate it.

I always like to remind myself of that. We've had our clashes over the years but as I suspected when we met in person we understood each other and I really like your positivity

 

[Mack_Again]

I'm happy that Ashley isn't really experiencing this shitstorm of complaint about this tour on this forum

 

[lazarus]

For those of you still staying away from The Other Place, new single info:


U2 perform new song in Amsterdam for video shoot

 

[corianderstem]

omg omg omg omg omg

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Looks like the single is called "The Black Out".

I hope it rules.

 

[david]

So was there a show today?

 

[lazarus]

Yes. Amsterdam night 1 of 2.

 

[LemonMelon]

Looks like the single is called "The Black Out".

I hope it rules.

I don't like the way they spaced Blackout into two words.

Pitchfork will give them Worst New Track for racist overtones.

 

[Popmartijn]

Looks like the single is called "The Black Out".

I hope it rules.

I like it.
And that's all I'll say at the moment.

I don't like the way they spaced Blackout into two words.

As there's no official info yet no-one knows exactly what the song is called. And if the title is indeed Blackout, no-one knows yet whether it's one word or two.

 

[lazarus]

Or whether it's going to have "The" in front of it.

Or if it will have a parenthetical after that.

 

[LemonMelon]

As there's no official info yet no-one knows exactly what the song is called. And if the title is indeed Blackout, no-one knows yet whether it's one word or two.

If there's anything I learned from The Other Place, it's that judging songs by their titles months away from release is a totally reasonable way to predict their quality.

 

[Popmartijn]

If there's anything I learned from The Other Place, it's that judging songs by their titles months away from release is a totally reasonable way to predict their quality.

True.
I have to say that I'm satisfied by the quality of the song, though the listening conditions weren't optimal. So I do want to hear it again (soon!) in a better setting.

 

[lazarus]

YOU HEARD IT THREE TIMES THOUGH

Spoiler

just tell us it's better than The Miracle

 

[cobl04]

How'd you get in, Martijn?

 

[cobl04]

Spoiler

just tell us it's better than The Miracle

pls pls pls

 

[Axver]

As there's no official info yet no-one knows exactly what the song is called. And if the title is indeed Blackout, no-one knows yet whether it's one word or two.

One of my sources saw the clapboard the film crew were using. It read "The Black Out".

But there are plenty of examples of the band's own setlists formatting song titles incorrectly, so we'll see.

 

[lazarus]

Yeah any crew grunt could have written that. Someone may have told them verbally and they wrote it in that fashion incorrectly, who knows.

 

[cobl04]

Maybe it's a cover of the Bowie song. I would fuck with that.