Songs that are being played on the current tour that you're f**king sick of and WHY:

[monsieur fly]

But what makes you think that?

I'm an "old" fan and I find that song to sound a little dated...

Dated? What an unusual description. Still you're entitled to your view, just as I'm entitled to advocate its inclusion.

 

[U2387]

Is it to early to want them to drop Stuck from the setlist? For hutch or not, it's still the shittiest U2 song they've ever played live IMO.

Agreed 100%!

They've dedicated Stuck to Hutch a bunch of times in the past.

I say they could have done an absolutely gorgeous full band cover of "Never Tear Us Apart" or a performance of Gone in his honor!

Stuck, especially acoustic, has no place coming back. Especially with 4 of tis ATYCLB friends already making the cut while so much else sits on the bench.

 

[TheEdge25]

Why is it that we get a show where Passengers is represented, Stuck is brought back from the grave, and IALW STILL REFUSES TO DIE but we still don't get any POP love?

I'M GETTING ANGRY

 

[coolian2]

i laughed out loud when i saw the twitter feed on my phone saying stuck in a moment. it's just...look what you've got, and look what you're doing with it.

they've got an extending screen and they use it for one song. the millions of dollars spent building this and they're realising so little of the potential. probably a more general tour gripe, but screen use is tied to songs so fuck it.

 

[Zoo360]

i laughed out loud when i saw the twitter feed on my phone saying stuck in a moment. it's just...look what you've got, and look what you're doing with it.

they've got an extending screen and they use it for one song. the millions of dollars spent building this and they're realising so little of the potential. probably a more general tour gripe, but screen use is tied to songs so fuck it.

That's my biggest gripe. As its been said a million times on this forum, Gone, Discotheque, MOFO, EBTTRT, The Fly, The Unforgettable Fire, these are all songs that would be PERFECT for this stage!

But no, we get IALW, Walk On, BD, Pride, ISHF, MS.

Vertigo and COBL are now the only songs that take advantage of the extending screen.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

That's my biggest gripe. As its been said a million times on this forum, Gone, Discotheque, MOFO, EBTTRT, The Fly, The Unforgettable Fire, these are all songs that would be PERFECT for this stage!

But no, we get IALW, Walk On, BD, Pride, ISHF, MS.

Vertigo and COBL are now the only songs that take advantage of the extending screen.

totally agree.

 

[Salome]

who honestly gives a flying f whether the screens are extending?
I can understand that people prefer some songs to other, not what on earth "the stage" has to do with it

the stage 'screams' for nothing

when they went back to 'intimacy' from POPMart to Elevation they didn't all of a sudden start playing mostly ballads
and no one gave a damn about that either

 

[Galeongirl]

i laughed out loud when i saw the twitter feed on my phone saying stuck in a moment. it's just...look what you've got, and look what you're doing with it.

they've got an extending screen and they use it for one song. the millions of dollars spent building this and they're realising so little of the potential. probably a more general tour gripe, but screen use is tied to songs so fuck it.

UF was BEAUTIFUL on the screen. It really is a crying shame they dropped it.

 

[coolian2]

UF was BEAUTIFUL on the screen. It really is a crying shame they dropped it.

x2 infinity

 

[nirniva]

UF was BEAUTIFUL on the screen. It really is a crying shame they dropped it.

Especially with those updated visuals they used for, like, three performances on the second European leg.
(Personally, I think they should use the extending screen a bit more...obviously, overusing it wouldn't be a good idea, but they could at least extend the screen for Streets or UV/HMTM.)

 

[Galeongirl]

Especially with those updated visuals they used for, like, three performances on the second European leg.
(Personally, I think they should use the extending screen a bit more...obviously, overusing it wouldn't be a good idea, but they could at least extend the screen for Streets or UV/HMTM.)

of which I saw two.

/damnlucky


I reckon that it would be nice to have some sort of visual for Batman or WOWY indeed.

 

[nirniva]

of which I saw two.

/damnlucky


I reckon that it would be nice to have some sort of visual for Batman or WOWY indeed.

Dammit, Galeonbroad!
/jealous

 

[Galeongirl]

Yeah, and I've seen Bad four times on this tour alone. My U2gigs stats rule.

I've seen TUF more than IALW Live. And all new songs except BFFTS and EBW at least once.

 

[antman]

UF was BEAUTIFUL on the screen. It really is a crying shame they dropped it.

X4. I was thinking the same thing. I only saw it on youtube last year I think, but I was gobsmacked.

 

[ultraviolet7]

The Add / Drop period isn't over yet!

Drop

Miss Sarajevo - Momentum-ending track. Great song, but it's had its day.

Until the End of the World - 18 years is more than enough. Really. Yes, I know it's a great, and Very Important Song™, but it's so very tired. Stuck in a set list you can't it get out of.

With or Without You - What version you get is something of a crapshoot these days. It's either a transcendent moment in the show, or where you feel like you're experiencing U2 by-the-numbers. Maybe I'm biased because the Boston version was so tired, but it can go away. Go listen to Rock's Hottest Ticket, then Live in Paris, then go listen to a version from the last who knows how many years. Then you'll understand why it needs to go.

Walk On - Never seems to sound as good as it did during the Elevation tour. I can't put my finger on it, but it doesn't sound as tight. Bono's inevitable speech breaks up the momentum. Am I a terrible person for suggesting that the snippet of "You'll Never Walk Alone" is better than what comes before it?

Mysterious Ways - Often falls into the "We're obviously playing this because we feel that we've got to" fan service category (see also: WOWY). The arrangement feels less inspired than it ever has.

In a Little While - WHY.

Get on Your Boots - Elevation Part III. And 1/3 as good. Let me in the sound, let me in the sound, let me in the sound... of another song. Please.

Scarlet - Mmm...K. Nice to see you again, but I must be going.

Mercy - I don't care about the crazy war being fought amongst U2 fans over the different lyrics. It just sounds weak. I loved the studio version, but live... not so much.

Sunday Bloody Sunday - Overexposed for a while now. Rapping doesn't help.

Magnificent - REEEEEEEE-PET-I-TIVE... dundundun....

Pride - One song caught, on every tour's set list.... Another Very Important Song™ that we can love, but not see every day.

Add

Gone - I think a lot of people were amazed to see this song vanish as quickly as it did post-Pop. If you asked me as late as the start of the Elevation tour which Pop songs I thought the band would keep playing, I would have said "Gone" and...

Staring at the Sun - Maybe the band is still feeling the sting of not knowing how to play it in Las Vegas 13 years ago? Who knows, but finding a good electric arrangement wold be simply magical. Yes, the acoustic version is fine and I love it on the Please single / Popheart EP, but a full band offers so many possibilities for exploring all kinds of sonic territory. I kind of want to sit U2 down and force them to listen to "Fast Asleep" by Hush Arbors and say "OK! Find that kind of darkness within the song! It's there!"

God Part II - People would go absolutely mental. There's no question about it. Adam could make half the audience kill themselves by playing the bass line for a few seconds between songs and then stopping before starting something else. (Peter Hook used to do this with "Love Will Tear Us Apart" back in the '80s with the goal of making the audience furious) The entire band would have fun with this song. It really gives everyone a chance to shine.

All I Want is You - All I want is this. Where is it? Not some lumbering acoustic version either, pull out a Love Town-level, full-band, we-really-care-about-this-song performance that leaves you hovering somewhere 100' above the nosebleeds.

Discotheque - Kudos to the band for pulling off an amazing new arrangement in Chicago on the Vertigo tour - which they promptly shelved for over half a decade and counting. Not everyone loves this track, but the people who do completely lose their shit when they hear the opening riff or line. It triggers a Pavlovian response of utter ecstasy.

Kite - CMD-C "Kite" CMD-F "Walk On" CMD-V. Oh no, I just printed the alternate lyrics to "Unknown Caller". (may that song never, ever get rebooted)

MoFo - Go listen to the MTV Awards version. Now. Imagine the stadium enveloped in porn guitar and 747 riffs whilst Adam and Larry beat the walls down to dust. (Then ponder why the band made the mystifying choice of doing "Please" at the U.S. MTV Awards instead of this.)

Running to Stand Still - Dropkick "In a Little While" off the stage, sit Edge down at a piano and put this in its place. A "Dirty Old Town" snippet at the end just seals the deal.

The Fly - The Elevation Tour made this song into something better than it had ever been before. Yes, even better than ZooTV. Edge isn't sure if the song holds up. Hint: It does.

Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car - U2 apparently doesn't want to risk the funk explosion this song might trigger if they put some work into it. I understand.

Dirty Day - Might be good once in a while.

Love is Blindness - But I don't see it. Won't you add it, back for me. Squeeze out WOWY, end the concert smartly... with Love is Blindness.

I don't entirely agree with the ones you'd like to see out esp Magnificent, WOWY and Miss Sarajevo. I'd readily kick out BD and COBL, but all the ones you suggested to add would definitely make my ideal setlist.

 

[Zoo360]

I don't understand the Magnificent hate. I think its one of their most catchy anthems since BD.

So many other stale songs that need to be replaced, including:

Walk On
In A Little While
One
ISHFWILF
Pride
WOWY
Stuck

 

[Vlaco]

I don't understand the Magnificent hate. I think its one of their most catchy anthems since BD.

It's one of the few U2 songs that's better on the album than live if you ask me.

 

[Zoo360]

It's one of the few U2 songs that's better on the album than live if you ask me.

I agree but I still like the live version. And at this point the last thing we need is more NLOTH songs disappearing from the set.

 

[Vlaco]

I agree but I still like the live version. And at this point the last thing we need is more NLOTH songs disappearing from the set.

For sure, I can't believe they dropped NLOTH, UC and Breathe.

 

[The_acrobat]

Before the 2010 shows started, I was certain that Stand up comedy and Fez: Being Born would be switched out with other NLOTH songs, like UC and Breathe. Instead, they were replaced with sometimes a couple new songs, or sometimes more back catalog. To me that speaks in loud volumes that they don't really believe in that record.

 

[BVS]

Does it speak volumes that THEY don't believe in the album, or that the audience weren't receiving the album well?

 

[The_acrobat]

Actually that's a very good point. In Chicago last year, I remember most NLOTH songs fell completely flat live. Love Breathe but it just didn't work in the opening slot. Magnificent and UC were complete DUDS. NLOTH and Boots went over better, Crazy Tonight definitely got the best reaction out of all the new stuff, and MOS worked pretty well as a closer.

However, I know of another album that didn't do well, but the band still played the majority of it at each concert, being Pop. I just wonder if NLOTH is the beginning of U2's journey into irrelevance, or was it just not a well received album? Will their next album be more popular, or are they going to become a nostalgia act like the stones, aerosmith, and countless others?

 

[BEAL]

What happened to playing new songs for this leg of the tour? I know they've played one or two "new" songs, but nothing else really.

They still not confident in these songs or are they still putting the finishing touches as the report from PM said a couple weeks ago?

According to Adam the next record will be a new direction, so if it's true, hard to see it being as popular as NLOTH unless there's a song that can connect or marketing/promoting is better.

 

[Earnie Shavers]

According to Adam the next record will be a new direction, so if it's true, hard to see it being as popular as NLOTH unless there's a song that can connect or marketing/promoting is better.

It would be more of a valid argument to say that No Line not connecting means a new direction is exactly what is needed. The public face of No Line (essentially the singles + Breathe) was a bit 'more of the same', and they might see that as the problem.

 

[nirniva]

What happened to playing new songs for this leg of the tour? I know they've played one or two "new" songs, but nothing else really.

Good question...didn't Bono specifically mention a "new set of songs" that would be played on the Australian tour?

 

[U2387]

^^

Yes, he most certainly did.

I don't know.

At this point, I'm happy to be getting Bad more often, but by the same token, they could drop out acoustic Stuck, Miss Sarajevo, etc in favor of some never before heard songs.

 

[Zoo360]

WARNING: BITCH ALERT

Give the ATYCLB songs a frickin' rest jesus christ. This isn't the Elevation Tour. That was 2001. This is 2010. Time to move on.

 

[coolian2]

WARNING: BITCH ALERT

no way!

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

WARNING: BITCH ALERT

Give the ATYCLB songs a frickin' rest jesus christ. This isn't the Elevation Tour. That was 2001. This is 2010. Time to move on.

 

[Galeongirl]

Maybe they're confused. I mean, 2001, 2010. Only one little typo could explain why they're throwing so fucking much of ATYCLB in the set.