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And then I will never return to the Rose Bowl again.Unless martha's driving.
We will make this work if we ever have to!
And then I will never return to the Rose Bowl again.Unless martha's driving.
I agree on Ultraviolet. It sounded plain to me, when it should jump a bit. And I can do without anymore One/congratulatory lectures. I Will Follow was great done as a straight-up great song instead of bullshit nostalgia.
I have to eat something then take off for round two pretty soon.
I have a great life.
Ultraviolet was great. The Ultraviolllettttts were as strong as I could hope for.
I think the reaction to I will follow was more than simply being the last (un)planned song of the night. It went off. I guess more "casuals" know it than we give it credit for.
The encore could use some work, yes. BD I've never been a huge fan live, but at least this version brings something new. I also like (maybe more from a curiosity standpoint) how other songs are played differently, like NYD and ASOH.
Miss Sarajevo feels redundant with the Pavarotti vocals.
Thankfully rose bowl is only a 3km walk to the station, could be worse...
Tonight will be my 30th U2 show.
Well shit Cobbs, you might have topped NSW for best review there.
So delighted to read your comments about RTSS. I'll never forget the first time I heard it, in Boston in 2005. At the end, the dude beside me randomly turned to me and we both belted "still running! still running!" at the top of our lungs. One of my best concert memories.
Fucking great review cobbs.
Love the review Cobbler, love your emotion and enthusiasm and love for the band.
Also love that you may have just set a record for number of times the word fuck or any of its derivatives are used in one post on Interference.
I was thinking it last night, and now I see it was a common thought, but these JT30 shows are so great because they play "Great JT Song You Love" and you think "Holy shit! They just played GJTSYL! Will they also play 'Other Great JT Song You Love' as well??" And then you remember it's the whole album, and YES! Yes, they will play that song too!! And then you get all happy and shit.
So did you have a good time?
Nice review, and glad to see you scored a GA for tonight.
Now ditch that hat.
What a great review, Cobbler. And I love seeing everyone else's posts. Making me even more excited to see this show live.
During WOWY, I was wondering if Bono really had train himself not to start saying "Good night" towards the end of it like he's done for at least 15 years.
cobbler's review is really making me regret selling my tickets a month ago
Goddamn that was incredible. Slightly traumatized by the venue, parking, and traffic nightmare, BUT holy shit EXIT!! Agree with cobl on so many things.
My section was overcome with elation at hearing Red Hill and I got all verklempt which eased my ire over their unforgivable beer and bathroom run during RTTS. (Ok, I don't really care but wtf?!)
How endearingly corny was it when Bono put on the JT hat and took the jacket off to reveal the JT vest? I laughed my ass off. Ending on a high note with IWF was spectacular.
As everyone else has said, it was just unreal to hear all those songs in one show. I have listened to JT on my headphones on planes, trains, and automobiles all over the western world, and blasted it in my car through the deserts, mountains, and canyons of the Southwest a million times, and I will probably never tire of doing that. Hearing it live was truly a momentous experience, and I couldn't have been happier with everything else they did and the order in which they did it.
Tonight I have a much better seat and will be joined by one of my oldest and dearest friends, yay. And then I will never return to the Rose Bowl again.Unless martha's driving.
You got it dude.I'd love a lift I'm getting there at 5.
My big takeaway is that, again, they didn't play Vertigo? I know the song has detractors here but it never fails to get the crowd going and it can also be played in a quick 3 minutes. Really shocked they didn't slip it in somewhere. And I just have a problem with ignoring the last THREE studio albums completely.
Also, I'm seeing people complaining that Bono isn't singing Pavarotti's part in MS. Look, I think Bono sang it as well as he possibly could on Vertigo and on 360. I think he did a terrific job. But he's not Pavarotti. Pavarotti's performance on the record is transcendent. It's magic. I will never complain about having to listen to it.
Would it take me out of the performance a little going from the band live to the recording back to the band live? I mean, maybe, we'll see, but I'm not too worried about it. It's not like the band stops playing altogether, right?
I guess people think this decision was made because Bono can't do it anymore, which is possible, but I think there might be another reason. The song is being given the context of the refugee crisis this time around, right? So maybe they think, given that, that the subject matter is so heavy and important that Pavarotti simply does it more justice, that his delivery conveys the emotion of the whole thing better in that context. Just a thought.