dsmith2904
ONE love, blood, life
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Kristie said:my $0.02
I thought it was fantastic show, Bono sounded great, and I disagree about the crowd not being into it. The only time anyone sat down in my section (zone 4) was the part of the encores between when the band walked off and when they came back. Last night was the first time at a concert that my ears hurt just from the sound of the crowd.
Slightly disappointed with the encores, I wish it was a little more rock and roll. Hearing the acoustic Stuck was a real treat but I was hoping they'd play Discotheque or... well, anything off Achtung except One.
It's U2 though, I'll happily listen to anything they want to play for me
how can he use it when he is out on the ellipse?, also everyone knew that bono's "staple" speeches were all on the teleprompter,AughrimFurey said:What he was looking at was the lyrics. If you sit next to or behind the stage, you can see Bono's teleprompter. His right stage monitor is actually a teleprompter. It is used for every song. And I just discovered, unfortunately, that it is used for all of his stories. I saw the teleprompter scrolling as he was talking about the Miss Sarajevo story, the story about Edge from the future, and even his rant before One.
muh2o said:My wife and I arrived in the GA line very early (3:30am). After several successive front row experiences in the "ellipse", both this tour, and last, I felt as though luck was running out, and sure enough, "Proceed to Floor" was the response the computer flashed when our tickets were scanned. Actually, we were both looking forward to a different perspective of having the entire show in front of us, and in reality I think I preferred the view compared to the front row. Anyway, I want to say that the handling of the GA crowd by the "TD Banknorth Garden" staff is second to none. We ended up just a foot or two to the right of center of the tip of the ellipse.
Keane was incredible. The funny thing is that when I found out Keane was the opening band a few days ago, I asked my wife if she knew who they were. She replied "You've been listening to them for weeks. It's all I play lately". Finally, I thought to myself, not only an opening act I've heard of, but one I actually like. I actually thought she was listening to the Killers. Some of the stuff sounds similar, at least to me. They played a couple of unreleased songs, and I thought they all worked. I look forward to a nice career by this band.
Of all the U2 shows I have seen over the course of 21 years, this one was a bit surreal. I don't want to use 'dissappointing', because any time I hear the band play songs I have never heard live, it's anything but. I think they took the crowd out of it in spots with too much Bono chatter, too many long pauses between songs, and too many consecutive "mellow" songs. By the time "Streets" was played, the crowd was mellowed to death.
First Time and Crumbs. Worth the price of admission. I don't care that they screwed up Crumbs. I know I'll never hear it again, so I can say I heard it live. I really wanted to hear "Original of the Species", but as it was already mentioned, the band abandoned it and "Bad" due to the length of the show. My wife was handed a copy of the setlist by a security guard before the first encore was over. I set myself up for a huge disappointment when I saw that they were due to play "Original" and "Bad", and ended up playing "40", which the crowd blew in a bad way. Last time I heard "40" played live, 5/8/87, the crowd was still singing it in the freaking parking garage at the Hardford Civic Center. I'll never forget it. Last night the song ended when Larry banged his drum for the last time. I did think it was neat that Adam played guitar, and Edge played the bass.
The highlight in my mind was "Miss Sarajevo". Holy crap. That was the first time I ever heard Bono SING. What a voice. Great story behind that song as well. Amazing.
Another highlight was "I Still Haven't Found". Far from a favorite, I loved how Bono let the crowd sing the first verse.
It was a good show, but far from the classic that was May 28, 2005.
I was a bit saddened to learn that while my wife and I were across the street having dinner and watching the Red Sox get stroked, 3/4 of the band came out of the arena to hang with the fans by the GA line. Talk about pouring salt on a wound.
KUEFC09U2 said:how can he use it when he is out on the ellipse?, also everyone knew that bono's "staple" speeches were all on the teleprompter,
YBORCITYOBL said:
1>. In these threads I've bitched about these guys playing Pride every single show. I don't know if anyone else picked up on this but Bono sneezed right in between the first two lines of the second verse. Sorry I'm way too tired to to think of them right this second. He didn't sneeze right into the Mic, he turned his head, sneezed and sang the very next line. After which, it looked like he had to keep from laughing.
GarfieldTheCat said:
thats odd. in the other fleet center review, someone mentioned bono doing the same sneeze/cough thing during the same part in the song. i wonder if this was planned?
or did you mean to post about the other show?