jacobus said:
unfortunately mr. boner is the man on the brake pedal. he is a politician now. they actually cannot play heavier songs. shame!
um?
k.
ANYWAY, there's no real reason U2 couldn't do Acrobat given some rehearsal time. Yeah, it's a complex song, but they WROTE it, and it's not incredibly hard to sing or anything. I'm sure U2 could pull out an acoustic version with a couple days rehearsal time! (it would take Bono lots of practice to remember the lyrics though
).
As Axver pointed it, we've seen lots of things this tour we never thought we'd see - The First Time? The Wanderer? Miss Sarajevo, with Bono doing opera? Hell, even Fast Cars? Not to mention bringing back songs like An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart, The Electric Co., Gloria, 40, Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, Zoo Station... now, I sincerely doubt U2 would pull out Acrobat of all things
this tour (though if they did I'd buy myself a ticket to a 4th leg show, or kill myself trying!
), but next tour, who knows? U2 may surprise us.
I'm wondering, does U2 realize just how much everyone wants to hear the song? I mean, so apparently some fan requested it, but do they know that it's probably the #1 song the diehards want to hear? I sure as hell would love for them to play Acrobat, that song is my soul. And it's one of the best things they've ever done. However the band doesn't talk about it much... I wonder if maybe they just don't like it much? That'd be a shame, but it'd also be a reason why they haven't played it.