bradyvox said:
The 'woo hoo' in Elevation is pre-recorded and with that in mind who knows how many falsetto bits have a pre-recorded element (i.e. the falsetto before the chorus in COBL comes to mind...) - it's a shame but it is all a matter of where to draw the line...that's up to the U2 camp...I'd prefer they keep the vocals all live (although Beautiful Day may be an exception as it is a full on choir, not just a single harmonized vocal)
The who hoo's is live this tour. On Elevation tour they had a backing track through Elevation including Who hoos... BUT THEY DON'T LIP SYNC!
There's a BIG difference between lipsyncing (britney) and backing vocal tracks... The Edges sings HOLA! and you can hear his voice, but you also hear 2-3 more Egdes on a vocal track, and if Edges forgets to sing his bit, you'll only hear the backing track.... For those of us that has more than 2-3 bootlegs you can hear a big difference from show to show.
Let's say they where lipsyncing completely, this is at least 10 things that wouldn't happen:
1. Bono's occationally vocal cracks
2. Edge mumbling his Miracle Drug part.
3. Bono starting 40 in half a key too low
4. Bono's face turning red, green and then blue before finishing "amore" in Miss Sarajevo.
5. A little stop in the drumming when Larry looses his drumstick...
6. Bono playing guitar... OK, it's not a loud sound, but he still misses a few chords...
7. Bono singing the wrong lyrics/starting the wrong verse/staring chorus instead of verse/starting verse instead of chorus
8. Bono not managing to hit a falsetto part, so that only a whispering sound comes out... Often happens during WOWY, and some of the Woo Hoo's in Elevation disappears.
9. Edge or Adam playing the wrong chord.
10. Terry fucking up the keyboard.
I stood 2 feet from Bono both in Oslo and Gothenburg and that high Sometimes note was as real as the spit hitting my face! So quit this lipsyncing nonsense... If you wanna see lipsyncing, see Britney.
All the big bands uses backing tracks live, to create a big statium sound, noone hides it either. Do you really think U2 thinks that noone hears the violin at the end of Miracle drug, at least on the first leg? Of course they know we hear it, and of course they know we couldn't care less!!!!