Fifth leg setlist design challenge: a set for Sydney

[Axver]

So, some of us enjoy designing sets, and I figured I'd create a bit of a challenge for those who do. These sets will likely be blatantly unrealistic - in other words, the point is not to create what you think the fifth leg setlist will actually be. The point is to have some setlist fun.

The challenge is to devise a setlist for the first night in Sydney without using any more than FOUR of the songs from a certain category. There are three levels of challenges, so choose which one you want to do (and specify which), or just do all three if you'd like!

The challenge: you are U2, and because you don't come to Sydney all that often, you want to treat fans to a special set. You figure that your average Sydney fan was a teenager in 1993 and has seen U2 on ZooTV and Popmart, so you'd like to play songs that they haven't heard live before. You are also aware that quite a sizeable amount of fans would have seen U2 in 1989 too, and a good number did back the first time U2 came to Australia in 1984.

Challenge level 1: Design a set with no more than four songs from Category A.
Challenge level 2: Design a set with no more than four songs from Categories A and B.
Challenge level 3: Design a set with no more than four songs ever played before in Sydney (i.e. no more than four from Categories A, B, and C).

Make sure you specify which challenge you're doing. Your set may be between 22-25 songs long, must have two encores, and the main set must be at least 15 songs long. You must also keep in mind that this is the Vertigo Tour, so don't ditch HTDAAB, and also remember U2 skipped Australia on the Elevation Tour.

Category A: Songs played in 1993 and/or 1998

Angel Of Harlem
Bad
Bullet The Blue Sky
Can't Help Falling In Love
Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car
Desire
Dirty Day
Discotheque
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Gone
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
If You Wear That Velvet Dress
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
I Will Follow
Last Night On Earth
Lemon
Love Is Blindness
MLK
Mofo
Mysterious Ways
New Year's Day
Numb
One
Please
Pride
Running To Stand Still
Satellite Of Love
Staring At The Sun
Stay
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Fly
Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World
Until The End Of The World
Where The Streets Have No Name
With Or Without You
Zoo Station

Category B: Songs played in 1989 but not in 1993 or 1998

40
All Along The Watchtower
All I Want Is You
Gloria
God Part II
Hawkmoon 269
Help
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Love Rescue Me
October
One Tree Hill
Party Girl
People Get Ready
Stand By Me
The Unforgettable Fire
Van Diemen's Land
When Love Comes To Town

Category C: Songs played in 1984 that were not played in 1989, 1993, or 1998

11 O'clock Tick Tock
A Day Without Me
An Cat Dubh
I Fall Down
Into The Heart
I Threw A Brick Through A Window
Out Of Control
Seconds
Surrender
The Cry/The Electric Co.
Twilight
Two Hearts Beat As One

Have fun! I'd like to see what some of you come up with.

 

[Axver]

Sets from me. I'm doing all three challenges because I'm bored.

Challenge level 1: no songs played in 1993 or 1998.

1. Vertigo
2. Elevation
3. The Electric Co.
4. Gloria
5. The Ocean
6. Beautiful Day
7. Stuck In A Moment
8. The First Time
9. City Of Blinding Lights
10. Original Of The Species
11. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
12. Love And Peace Or Else
13. Exit
14. Miss Sarajevo
15. Where The Streets Have No Name
16. Crumbs From Your Table

17. Zoo Station
18. The Fly
19. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
20. Out Of Control

21. All Because Of You
22. Fast Cars
23. Yahweh
24. 40

Songs re-used: 3 (Streets, Zoo Station, The Fly)

Challenge level 2: No songs played in 1989, 1993, or 1998

1. City Of Blinding Lights
2. Vertigo
3. Elevation
4. The Electric Co.
5. 11 O'clock Tick Tock
6. The Ocean
7. Original Of The Species
8. Beautiful Day
9. Stuck In A Moment
10. Miracle Drug
11. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
12. Love And Peace Or Else
13. Exit
14. Miss Sarajevo
15. Where The Streets Have No Name
16. Crumbs From Your Table

17. Zoo Station
18. The Fly
19. Out Of Control
20. Electrical Storm

21. All Because Of You
22. Fast Cars
23. Yahweh
24. Walk On

Songs re-used: 3 (Streets, Zoo Station, The Fly)

Challenge level 3: No songs played in 1984, 1989, 1993, or 1998

1. City Of Blinding Lights
2. Beautiful Day
3. Elevation
4. Vertigo
5. Stories For Boys
6. The Ocean
7. A Sort Of Homecoming
8. The First Time
9. Stuck In A Moment
10. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
11. Love And Peace Or Else
12. Wire
13. Exit
14. Miss Sarajevo
15. Where The Streets Have No Name
16. Crumbs From Your Table

17. Zoo Station
18. The Fly
19. Electrical Storm

20. All Because Of You
21. Fast Cars
22. A Man And A Woman
23. Yahweh
24. Walk On

Re-used: 3 (Streets, Zoo Station, The Fly)

I'm surprised at how easy that was - I could keep my core redesigned set from Category A and didn't have to make too many changes in the next two categories, and I even managed to largely stick with songs played on Vertigo and its themes. In fact, I could've made even less changes but I wanted to keep below the 4 songs maximum and I wanted each set to have 24 songs.

So if you think this looks hard, it actually isn't! It's easier than it seems.

 

[phillyfan26]

Wow. Very clever idea...

I'll take Challenge C.

I need to take into account that they have been playing the following songs regularly:

Bullet the Blue Sky
Still Haven't Found
I Will Follow
Mysterious Ways
New Year's Day
One
Pride
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Fly
Where the Streets Have No Name
With or Without You
Zoo Station

Still Haven't Found, Mysterious Ways, and With or Without You are easy cuts, for they have been sporatic.

BTBS
IWF
NYD
One
Pride
SBS
The Fly
Streets
Zoo Station

Bullet the Blue Sky and Sunday Bloody Sunday have been a staple, as have One, Pride, and Streets, which would put me over. I have a hard time believing they'd cut any of them, but it would be Pride. One and Streets have too much of the message. Bullet the Blue Sky could also go, for it doesn't have a message.

I Still need to drop one more to pair Zoo Station and The Fly, which doesn't seem likely. The only other encore opener was Discotheque, which was also played in the Category A period.

I'd say they find a new encore opener, make the four from that period Streets, SBS, One, and The Fly.

City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Elevation
Beautiful Day
The Ocean
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own
Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Love and Peace or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Exit
Kite
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
A Sort of Homecoming
Where the Streets Have No Name

The Fly
Fast Cars
All Because of You

Original of the Species
A Man and a Woman
Yahweh
Walk On

 

[jimjam]

I'm taking challenge A

Love and Peace or Else
Vertigo
Elevation
I Will Follow
The Electric Co.
Until the End of the World
New Year's Day
Beautiful Day
City Of Blinding Lights
Seconds
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet the Blue Sky
Miss Sarajevo
Where the Streets Have No Name
Crumbs From Your Table
Van Diemens Land
God Part 2

Bad/Walsing Matilda/Ruby Tuesday/Sympathy for the Devil/The First Time
All Because Of you (Alternate Version)
Fast Cars
A Man and A Woman
One Tree Hill
40


That was the hardest Setlist I have ever made, in reality though One would have been played and others from Category A that I couldnt include

 

[phillyfan26]

I looked at mine and looked at yours and realized I made a big mistake leaving out Miss Sarejevo (hey, it was midnight). I didn't really feel comfortable with Kite, so here's it new:

City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Elevation
Beautiful Day
The Ocean
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own
Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Love and Peace or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Exit
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
A Sort of Homecoming
Miss Sarajevo
Where the Streets Have No Name

The Fly
Fast Cars
All Because of You

Original of the Species
A Man and a Woman
Yahweh
Walk On

I can definitely see them ending the main set with Streets, imagine a moment like in ZooTV Sydney with the closing and Bono just staring out to the crowd. It could definitely work.

And to edit another mistake from the last, I didn't end up using One, so my only reused were Streets, SBS, and The Fly.

 

[Joey788]

I'll do Challenge A for now.

1. City of Blinding Lights
2. Vertigo
3. Cry/Electric Co.
4. Elevation
5. Gloria
6. Beautiful Day
7. A Sort of Homecoming
8. The First Time
9. Stuck in a Moment
10. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
11. Love and Peace or Else
12. Seconds
13. Exit
14. Van Diemen's Land
15. Miss Sarajevo
16. Streets

17. Zoo Station
18. The Fly
19. Ultraviolet
20. One

21. All Because of You
22. Fast Cars
23. Original of the Species
24. 40

Songs re-used (Streets, Zoo Station, One, The Fly)

 

[Joey788]

Here's Challenge B

1. City of Blinding Lights
2. Vertigo
3. Elevation
4. Cry/Electric Co.
5. An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart
6. Beautiful Day
7. A Sort of Homecoming
8. The First Time
9. Stuck in a Moment
10. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
11. Love and Peace or Else
12. Seconds
13. Exit
14. Kite
15. Miss Sarajevo
16. Streets

17. Zoo Station
18. The Fly
19. Whose Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?
20. One

21. All Because of You
22. Fast Cars
23. Original of the Species
24. Yahweh


Songs re-used (Streets, Zoo Station, One, The Fly)

 

[Joey788]

Now for Challenge C.

1. City of Blinding Lights
2. Vertigo
3. Elevation
4. Beautiful Day
5. A Sort of Homecoming
6. The Ocean
7. New York
8. The First Time
9. Stuck in a Moment
10. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
11. Love and Peace or Else
12. Sunday Bloody Sunday
13. Exit
14. Kite
15. Miss Sarajevo
16. Streets

17. Mofo
18. The Fly
19. Whose Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?
20. Walk On

21. All Because of You
22. Fast Cars
23. Original of the Species
24. Yahweh


Songs re-used (Streets, Mofo, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Fly)

 

[IanIinTheSky]

Axver,

40 was played in 1998during Popmart. Also Two Hearts Beat as One and 11 O Clock Tick Tock were played in 1989 during LoveTown.

(Thanks to your site for the knowledge)

 

[Axver]

Axver,

40 was played in 1998during Popmart. Also Two Hearts Beat as One and 11 O Clock Tick Tock were played in 1989 during LoveTown.

(Thanks to your site for the knowledge)

Yes, but not in Sydney.

 

[liamcool]

I'm taking Challenge C, because I'm nuts.

Songs previously used: 40, 11 O Clock Tick Tock, I Threw A Brick Through A Window, A Day Without Me.

1) City Of Blinding Lights
2) Vertigo
3) I Threw A Brick Through A Window
4) A Day Without Me
5) Miracle Drug
6) Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
7) Yahweh
8) Tomorrow
9) When I Look At The World
10) Indian Summer Sky
11) A Passage To Bangkok (crowd goes WTF?)
12) The Ground Beneath Her Feet
13) Beautiful Day
14) Street Mission
15) Another Day
16) Treasure (Whatever Happened To Pete The Chop?)

17) Carry Me Home
18) New York
19) A Man And A Woman (full band)
20) Crumbs From Your Table

21) Fire
22) Vertigo (reprise, only the chorus) / Stories For Boys
23) 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
24) 40

 

[IanIinTheSky]

Sorry Ax. I didn't realize it was just Australia.

 

[Axver]

Hehe, everyone's lucky I didn't choose Melbourne. Over U2's visits to Australia, they've played even more songs in Melbourne than Sydney (such as Wire, ASOH, and Exit). That might've made things even harder.

 

[shortfuse]

COBL
Vertigo
stories for boys
elevation
UTEOTW
Beautiful day
miracle drug
Sometimes......
LAPOE
wake up dead man
Stuck.....
kite
AIWIY
streets........
one

helter skelter
ABOY
OOTS

CFYT
Fast cars
Yahweh
Walk on

If there is a problem with helter skelter as it is a covr it can be replaced with in gods country