zonelistener said:
So...I have recently started reading the setlist threads...
I am under the impression that it is really easy for people to judge a show by the setlist, when in reality it could be U2's BEST SHOW EVER...but you would never know from the whining in these threads.
Back in the old days...before theInternet and cell phones with text messaging, you would have NO clue that U2 was playing a similar set list (if not the same one) every night. You would go to the concert...and think: "This is AMAZING. I just saw my all time favorite band. Sure, I wish they would have played Exit or TripThuYourWires...but what an amazing experience."
Now, we go to the show expecting something "special" - something that the last three cities didn't have.
So, my question is...has the technology of the moment degraded the concert experience?
To refer to the original question...
No the technology has made it BETTER!
Mp3s and lossless recording aside, DVDs weeks after shows and for free is amazing!
Regarding the Net and forums/message boards, then how can some whinger bitching about setlists spoil your concert experience?
I get pissed off with the immaturity of this board at times, but I don't let that affect any concert I attend.
No offence to anyone, but if reading negativity is spoiling 'the concert experience' for you then you need to get out more.
U2 may play one bad show in 100, but 99% of the fans attending the show would never notice - trust me on that one!
The negativity on this board can become a little crass, but if it affects you then you don't have to read it - as I've learnt.
But there's another question here - what's wrong with having a moan?
U2 aren't above criticism.
As long as it's a valid moan and not something like 'they never played Acrobat tonight'.
Free speech is for all EVEN the whiners!
(I think it's odd that members moan about members who moan about members who moan...ad infinitum)