If You Were In A U2 Cover Band...

[namkcuR]

...and you were playing only one gig, and this gig was in Vegas, and you were putting together your setlist, what is your ultimate setlist THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO PLAY - there is a big difference between that and what you want to hear U2 play. Now, mind you, this fictional scenario is only a one-night engagement, you're not on tour, so you don't have to save anything, you can go all out and play an extra-long set. Let's say no more than 40 songs. Take it away.

[Main Set #1]
The Ocean
Vertigo/SFB
Discotheque
Love And Peace Or Else
Dirty Day
Bullet The Blue Sky/Hands
Zoo Station
The Fly
Mysterious Ways
Until The End Of The World
New Year's Day
Numb
Please(full band)
Ultraviolet(Light My Way)
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
If God Will Send His Angels

[B-Stage Set]
Original Of The Species(like Vertigo tour, just keyboards/bass/light drums/vocals)
Running To Stand Still
Where The Streets Have No Name(segue between RTSS and Streets will last 15 minutes)
The First Time
Wake Up Dead Man

[20 minute break during which the crowd gets a light show]

[Main Set #2]
City Of Blinding Lights
Beautiful Day
Gloria
The Unforgettable Fire
Gone
Mofo
I Will Follow
Sunday Bloody Sundy
Pride(In The Name Of Love)
Bad/Ruby Tuesday/Sympathy For The Devil
Cry/The Electric Co.
"40"

[Finale]
One
Staring At The Sun
Stay(Faraway, So Close)(like ZooTV)
Lemon
With Or Without You
Yahweh(acoustic like Vertigo tour)
Neon Lights/Can't Help Falling In Love

 

[broken toy]

I'd go ahead and assume I was playing to an audience of well-buzzed U2 collector geeks who had all done exceedingly well at the casinos that day, and were in an adventurous and approving mood.


1st Set
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
Vertigo
I Will Follow
Two Hearts> segue into techno vibe>
Discotheque>
Zooropa>
A Sort of Homecoming (techno-version)
Kite
Sometimes
11 O'Clock Tick Tock
Walk to the Water
Desire>
All Along the Watchtower
Angel (inc. Suspicious Minds)
A Celebration>
Like A Song

2nd Set
Who's Gonna Blow Your House Down (Berlin demo)
Where Did It All Go Wrong?
Lady with the Spinning Head
Satellite of Love (w. electric ending)
Stay
Wake Up, Dead Man (snippet/interlude)
Dirty Day>
Beautiful Day
Electric Co. (w. Break On Through)
Luminous Times
Bad (about 15 min. worth, w. 40 bit)>
Streets
If You Wear That Velvet Dress (snippet/interlude)>
Love Is Blindness>
Hawkmoon 269>
Acrobat

Encore
Alex Descends Into Hell intro>
Until the End of the World
The Fly (Elevation-style)
The First Time
All I Want Is You (BIG solo, lots of shredding, like on the ablum but moreso)>
Walk On
Mothers of the Disappeared

 

[PopFly]

Pride
Mysterious Ways
In A Little While
Angel of Harlem
Stuck in a Moment That You Can't Get Out Of

Playboy Mansion & I Still Haven't Found.... in a combo
Kite
New Year's Day
Gloria
Bad

Electrical Storm
Stay
Original of the Species
All I Want Is You
Staring at the Sun
Beautiful Day
Vertigo

The Fly
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
Discotheque
A Celebration
Love And Peace or Else
With Or Without You
MLK
Where the Streets Have No Name
Walk On
One
I Will Follow

 

[theoeiii]

you guys have WAY too much time on your hands!

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

Hawkmoon 269
Vertigo
The Fly
Elevation
The Electric Co.
An Cat Dubh/ Into The Heart
City Of Blinding Lights
Out Of Control
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
New Year's Day
Twilight
Last Night On Earth
Two Hearts Beat As One
Mysterious Ways
Do You Feel Loved
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Kite
Gloria
I Will Follow
Desire
Gone
Crumbs From Your Table
Bullet The Blue Sky
One Step Closer
Please
Bad
MLK
Where The Streets Have No Name
Beautiful Day
Pride
One

Zoo Station
11 O'Clock Tick Tock
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Until The End Of The World
Acrobat
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
With Or Without You

Hold Me, Trill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
All Because Of You
Angel Of Harlem
Yahweh
Walk On
40

Best thread ever!



Edit to add: WOWY and ISHFWILF.

 

[jackbauer]

In a city like Vegas, I'd have to start off with Mofo.

Anyway, first set would be songs which could be very light orientated to emulate the city.

Set 1:

Mofo
I Will Follow
Gone
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Until The End of The World
Mysterious Ways
Zooropa
Lemon
Vertigo
City of Blinding Lights


Set 2:

Love and Peace or Else
Beautiful Day
New Year's Day
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
All Because of You
Crumbs From Your Table
Out of Control
Zoo Station
The Fly
Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
Bullet The Blue Sky
Running To Stand Still
All I Want Is You/October
With Or Without You
Love is Blindness

3rd Set:

Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (POPMart version with Edge singing solo)
In A Little While
Desire
Bad/40 (10-12mins)
Where The Streets Have No Name
Pride (In The Name of Love)
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Walk On

Encore:

One
Please/Wake Up Dead Man
Original of The Species
Yahweh

 

[JOFO]

(segue between RTSS and Streets will last 15 minutes)

oh good, I can go do my taxes then.

 

[typhoon]

Two-hour version of "Lemon," with Brian Eno on rocking chair.

 

[ImOuttaControl]

Yeh, these setlists are pretty much fantasy. I'd like to see anyone try to sing their heart out to 40 U2 songs and actually still have a voice after about 30-35; especially when the songs listed so far are abundant in the "screamer" category.

Never gonna happen.

 

[loverippedaway]

1) Streets
2) New Years Day
3) The Fly
4) HMTMKMKM
5) Mofo
6)Discotheque
7)Elec. Co
8)Bad
9) WOWY (Could work, or might be terrible don't know refering to bad into wowy by the way)
10) RTSS
LEAVE FOR B STAGE...
11) Stay
12) WGRYWH
13) Yahweh
14) Acoustic SYCMIOYO
15) Acoustic SBS
BACK TO A STAGE
15) U F
16) AIWIY
17) Love is blindness

Encore 1
18)COBL
19) Beautiful Day
20) Walk On

Encore 2
21) Ultraviolet
22) ISHFWILF
23)Please
24) One

 

[broken toy]

Yeh, these setlists are pretty much fantasy.... Never gonna happen.

Really? Damn. I guess I shouldn't have put like $100 down in Vegas that this would be the third-leg show.

Hello, hello... the subject says "If you were in a U2 cover band." It IS a fantasy. It assumes all kinds of crazy things, like that you could play an instrument or sing, and that you have a band, and that people would come see you play, etc.

It's just a fun way to talk about the songs that we really like, that we might play OURSELVES if we actually could. That might be different from what we'd like to hear the band play, and it's MOST DEFINITELY different than what we think they WILL play.

Why don't you lighten up and join in the fun, or just go find a pre-school and schedule a presentation on the myth of Santa Claus.

 

[Tip Top Prince]

What's the point again?

 

[ImOuttaControl]

Why don't you lighten up and join in the fun, or just go find a pre-school and schedule a presentation on the myth of Santa Claus.

Haha, I love it when people get so pissy over nothing.

All I was saying that singing 35-40 U2 songs in a row would be pretty impossible for 99.9 percent of singers out there because there are too many "screamer" type songs which are a killer on the vocal chords. There's a reason U2 have never played more than 25 songs or so in a concert.
Live in fantasy, that's fine. I am in a band and a singer so I try to look at things with a bit of reality and am saying that any singer that could sing 40 U2 songs in a row and still have a voice at the end is definitely a better singer than I or even a better singer than Bono is for that matter. If you don't like my opinion don't read it; it's nothing to get pissy about.

 

[jackbauer]

I try to look at things with a bit of reality and am saying that any singer that could sing 40 U2 songs in a row and still have a voice at the end is definitely a better singer than I or even a better singer than Bono is for that matter.

There isn't meant to be reality in this. That's the point.

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

This is just for fun. Not necessarily to be realistic. I doubt anyone here actually thinks that a 40 songs show would be possible....

 

[yimou]

1.) Acrobat

Encore

Mexican whistler by Roger Whittaker

 

[gvox]

Haha, I love it when people get so pissy over nothing.

All I was saying that singing 35-40 U2 songs in a row would be pretty impossible for 99.9 percent of singers out there because there are too many "screamer" type songs which are a killer on the vocal chords. There's a reason U2 have never played more than 25 songs or so in a concert.
Live in fantasy, that's fine. I am in a band and a singer so I try to look at things with a bit of reality and am saying that any singer that could sing 40 U2 songs in a row and still have a voice at the end is definitely a better singer than I or even a better singer than Bono is for that matter. If you don't like my opinion don't read it; it's nothing to get pissy about.

hey there just wondering....we do 35 U2 songs a night usually Friday and Saturday...well we take 20 minute breaks between each set, does that count?



EDIT: I do tend to agree though that when you are doing a 100+ show tour, you need to pace yourself so 35 songs each show is probably not realistic...I get a few days between gigs to recouperate lol...

EDIT 2: Just for fun, here is a setlist from the other day, would love to know what you thought of it:

City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo / Stories for Boys
Elevation
An Cat Dubh / Into The Heart
New Years Day
Still Havent Found
Bullet the Blue Sky
Desire
Electric Co.

(break)

Even Better
Beautiful Day
Until The End of the World
Out of Control
Stuck In a Moment
Angel of Harlem
One Tree Hill
The Fly
With or Without You

(break)

I Will Follow
Gloria
Sunday Bloody Sunday
11 Oclock Tick Tock
Bad / Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
All I Want Is You
Pride
Where the Streets Have No Name
One

Running to Stand Still (someone bet me we wouldnt play it lol)

All Because of You
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Cant Make It
40

A Sort of Homecoming