radioskugga
The Fly
Its in the title folks. Have the band ever made a comment on this subject? Is it because the song is difficult to play live? Do the band not like it?
radioskugga said:Its in the title folks. Have the band ever made a comment on this subject? Is it because the song is difficult to play live? Do the band not like it?
jick said:
The band never played it because it wasn't good enough for them.
Cheers,
J
U2Kitten said:It is too difficult to perform live, like another great song, Red Hill Mining Town. At one Elevation concert, Bono told a girl requesting Acrobat that he and Edge would have to meditate in a tree for a month to be able to perform it live. But he did add that it was one of his favorite tunes.
U2DMfan said:
The two exceptions were So Cruel and Acrobat. Bono played the first two verses of So Cruel on an acoustic a few times during ZooTv, it wasn't much of a performance and didnt really do that song any kind of justice.
luvsU2 said:
Imaging Bono and Edge meditating in a tree for a month
Blue Room said:
Actually he sang all of So Cruel acoustically at the 9-9-92 Detroit show and most of it at the 9-15-92 Chicago show. Both were more than the first two verses. He did the 2 versus thing at the 8-22-92 Foxboro show only which unfortunately is the only live show recording of the song circulating.
I thought Bono's performance of the whole song at the Detroit show was actually very good and did do it justice! If you have heard the Foxboro 92 soundchecks where they try to work on the full band version of the song you realize that it wasnt working that way live. The acoustic version worked fairly well, which is why I was surprised Bono dropped it after Chicago.
U2DMfan said:
I know that the originator of the thread was just wondering why it wasnt played live, but there are plenty of people on this forum who just won't let it go. I love the song too people. Trust me.
radioskugga said:Another question is why we (fans) are so obsessed by it?
radioskugga said:Impressive answers everyone, you guys know U2.
Well I read alot of comments on this forum about Acrobat not being played live and there really seemed to be an obsession among U2 fans with this issue (not only on this forum).
Since it's a good song I asked myself the question of the thread. Another question is why we (fans) are so obsessed by it?