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I was just thinking...I never had an issue with U2's static setlists the way some people do, I think they were well done for the most part. But now, I think U2 have finally reached the point where a static setlist can be quite prohibitive. Let's say they play at least 8 songs from NLOTH on a regular basis. If they stick to their 22-25 song quota, that leaves 14-17 more songs. Put in the handful of songs from this decade that are unlikely to be omitted(Beautiful Day, Elevation, Vertigo, maybe one more from Bomb), and you're at 10-13 songs left. To pick only 10-13 other songs from the nine records they released prior to 2000 is to prohibit anything that wasn't a big a single in the first 20 years of their career. There's so much material in their back catalog to choose from. I don't mind if they shy away from the Boy material because they did a lot of it on the Vertigo tour, but there's still The Unforgettable Fire, A Sort Of Homecoming, Wire, Exit, Running To Stand Still, One Tree Hill, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Ultraviolet(Light My Way), Love Is Blindness, Lemon, Stay(Faraway, So Close), Dirty Day, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me, any number of Pop songs, just to name a few, that would never see the light of day if they just fill those 10-13 slots with SBS/NYD/Pride/Bad/Streets(who am I kidding, U2 may never play a show without Streets again)/Still/WOWY/Bullet(though I'm one who thinks Bullet still sounds great)/One, etc every night. I'm not saying they should cut those songs out completely, I'm just saying they should rotate them.
Actually, part of me hopes they go full-out ZooTV style, playing a bunch of songs from the new album to begin with, and omitting some of their biggest, sometimes best, but played out hits whether their fans like it or not.
ANYWAY...anyone with me in wanting to see U2 rotate the setlist this tour? And what do you think the chances of it happening are?
Actually, part of me hopes they go full-out ZooTV style, playing a bunch of songs from the new album to begin with, and omitting some of their biggest, sometimes best, but played out hits whether their fans like it or not.
ANYWAY...anyone with me in wanting to see U2 rotate the setlist this tour? And what do you think the chances of it happening are?