Clawgrabber
War Child
Look, we all know they are never gonna play Acrobat or Some Days are better than others or Zooropa
everyone is always talking about pop and zooropa.
so, lets be realistic for once. what songs actually stand a chance at being played from those albums:
look at the stats.
From zooropa, the only songs that ever played live are:
zooropa
babyface
numb
lemon
stay
daddy's gonna pay...
dirty day
the first time (snippet)
but that is all inclusive.
looking at major setlists (i.e. what was added to the main show for any real length of time), and ignoring snippets, that list is reduced to:
numb
lemon
stay
daddy's gonna pay...
dirty day
the only one of those songs to ever get played on more than one tour is
stay (elevation tour)
lets to the same for pop:
the songs played live are:
discotheque
do you feel loved
if god will send his angels
staring at the sun
last night on earth
gone
miami
playboy mansion (snippet)
if you wear that velvet dress
please
wake up dead man
this one is more technical
songs that fell by the wayside throughout the course of the popmart tour (telling me that U2 decided they didn't make the live cut):
do you feel loved
if god will send his angels
miami
looking at major setlists (i.e. what was added to the main show for any real length of time), and ignoring snippets, that list is reduced to:
discotheque
staring at the sun
last night on earth
gone
if you wear that velvet dress
please
wake up dead man
some would argue that wake up dead man as it has been played live has always counted as a snippet (at least i do), being that it has never been played in its entirety, and has mostly been played with no drums or bass. so we drop it. besides, when it shows up on other tours, people don't stop complaining that songs from pop aren't being played, so it must not count...
that leaves:
discotheque
staring at the sun
last night on earth
gone
if you wear that velvet dress
please
of those songs, the only ones that got more than one tour are:
discotheque
staring at the sun
gone
please
(all elevation-please was acoustic)
so our realistic wishlist is boiled down to
stay
discotheque
staring at the sun
gone
please
and for a while i thought hold me thrill me kiss me kill me might show up since it was on the greatest hits, but i don't think that will happen either.
i think any of these songs would be great additions to the current tour. but will they? staring at the sun would either be a snippet or an acoustic version, as U2 seems to have sworn off the full version long ago.
me personally, i think that LAST NIGHT ON EARTH would be the best choice as it would be a nice surprise and is a great rocker to get the fans up (even one time concertgoers know that song)
but that will neverhappen. lets be realistic
i think it is time for even better than the real thing
everyone is always talking about pop and zooropa.
so, lets be realistic for once. what songs actually stand a chance at being played from those albums:
look at the stats.
From zooropa, the only songs that ever played live are:
zooropa
babyface
numb
lemon
stay
daddy's gonna pay...
dirty day
the first time (snippet)
but that is all inclusive.
looking at major setlists (i.e. what was added to the main show for any real length of time), and ignoring snippets, that list is reduced to:
numb
lemon
stay
daddy's gonna pay...
dirty day
the only one of those songs to ever get played on more than one tour is
stay (elevation tour)
lets to the same for pop:
the songs played live are:
discotheque
do you feel loved
if god will send his angels
staring at the sun
last night on earth
gone
miami
playboy mansion (snippet)
if you wear that velvet dress
please
wake up dead man
this one is more technical
songs that fell by the wayside throughout the course of the popmart tour (telling me that U2 decided they didn't make the live cut):
do you feel loved
if god will send his angels
miami
looking at major setlists (i.e. what was added to the main show for any real length of time), and ignoring snippets, that list is reduced to:
discotheque
staring at the sun
last night on earth
gone
if you wear that velvet dress
please
wake up dead man
some would argue that wake up dead man as it has been played live has always counted as a snippet (at least i do), being that it has never been played in its entirety, and has mostly been played with no drums or bass. so we drop it. besides, when it shows up on other tours, people don't stop complaining that songs from pop aren't being played, so it must not count...
that leaves:
discotheque
staring at the sun
last night on earth
gone
if you wear that velvet dress
please
of those songs, the only ones that got more than one tour are:
discotheque
staring at the sun
gone
please
(all elevation-please was acoustic)
so our realistic wishlist is boiled down to
stay
discotheque
staring at the sun
gone
please
and for a while i thought hold me thrill me kiss me kill me might show up since it was on the greatest hits, but i don't think that will happen either.
i think any of these songs would be great additions to the current tour. but will they? staring at the sun would either be a snippet or an acoustic version, as U2 seems to have sworn off the full version long ago.
me personally, i think that LAST NIGHT ON EARTH would be the best choice as it would be a nice surprise and is a great rocker to get the fans up (even one time concertgoers know that song)
but that will neverhappen. lets be realistic
i think it is time for even better than the real thing
Who ever would have predicted a song that had only been played twice before the tour to show up as a regular?!?! I'd say there's gotta be at least one surprise for the 3rd leg.
thats one of my dream songs for the third leg
Had thought about this too. Would love to hear Bono's comment on this. 
I agree completely!! 
