Chicago September 13th Setlist Party Thread #2

[RedRocksU2]

 

[Jamescorymiko]

Here is a bit of the Amazing Grace snippet.

YouTube - Amazing Grace snippet after One and before Streets

Not the greatest video quality, but it still will meet the fix you all need now.

 

[Catlady]

last night was awesome.

That is all.

Carry on.

yes!

 

[nielsgov]

Great setlist with YBR!
It was also a great preformance of YBR. I really hope they keep it.
Was it received well by the crowd?

 

[U2opra]

So Edge was singing the falsetto for YBR, ok. Odd, still good, but hardly surprising. Loved his falsetto when they did Wanderer a while back.

 

[bonocomet]

YBR from eltimbomofo

YouTube - HD - U2 Your Blue Room - Chicago 2009-09-13 Soldier Field - World Premiere

eltimbomofo thank you

 

[Jdelbove]

doesnt sound like the edge - could it be a pre recorded bono - anyone who was there can shed some light

 

[Steved1998]

WOW it sounds great!

 

[Pop Artist]

Me and a couple of pals are discussing if the falsetto could be a recorded Sinead O'Connor...does sound a bit like her inflections at times.

 

[Slapnutz]

It was obvious Bono was never going to do the falsetto. It's not 1995.

Sounds like Edge to me. Seems to be a few missed notes so certainly live.

 

[boorock74]

thanks to everyone that made a nice comment about my YBR video - I've got UTEOTW coming up later today.

 

[Salome]

the first 2 minutes of the song sounded very promising
like it could be as good as the album version
then it got .... dull

 

[U2Girl1978]

JEALOUS!! Wish I had been there with you guys tonight

I tried to call you!! Stupid phone.

 

[U2Girl1978]

YBR from eltimbomofo

YouTube - HD - U2 Your Blue Room - Chicago 2009-09-13 Soldier Field - World Premiere

Hee hee. I was right next to Tim and Connie. You can see me in the last few seconds of the video and hearing me scream.

 

[sue4u2]

Awesome video.. thanks.

 

[Dragonfave]

U2.com > News > Your Blue Room

 

[Lila64]

Thanks everyone for the videos. Watched them this morning and

Just watched Tim's version

 

[Purplereign]

U2.com > News > Your Blue Room

I don't know what is more shocking . . . the fact that U2 finally sang Your Blue Room after weeks of teasing it out in rehearsals . . . orrrrr the fact that U2.com seem to be pretty on the ball re highlights etc this time around

FANTASTIC videos of the diamond that is Your Blue Room . . . hugest thanks to everyone who has posted . . .almost like being there . . .almost

 

[kafrun]

I tried to call you!! Stupid phone.

Aww We didn't have the best luck with our phones. Thanks for trying.

 

[digitize]

The falsettos in YBR sound much more like Edge than Bono to me.

 

[trinx]

I'm probably a bit biased since i did get the "Shine Like Stars" verse in Zagreb.

Got that one as well. But the rest of the song sounded not like Drowning man but a man drowning. I felt like Bono was at the dentist's with a toothache or sth. I realize he's sick of it but still - try to SING it at least. PITNOL still got me jumping and screaming. But all of these is only from my perspective, of course.

Keep PITNOL out of the setlist...AND replace WOWY with Drowning Man!

This.

______

And thank you all for the new videos.

 

[zwervers2]

The falsettos in YBR sound much more like Edge than Bono to me.

you know what is funny? when I said that Bono wouldnt be able to sing the falsetto but Edge would do it I was called an idiot. Bono's voice was perfect, his falsetto was still there, hell even Lemon was an option blablablabla. Let there be no mistake about it, it is great to see they are doing this song. here is the "proof" however

YouTube - U2 -Your Blue Room - Chicago Debut

I rest my case

 

[digitize]

I honestly think Bono still could do it if he wanted to, but Edge certainly has the stronger falsetto of the two, and has since about 1999. Sweetest Thing '98 was really Bono's last excellent falsetto recording, and the original studio version of YBR was his last super-excellent falsetto recording.

 

[chrissybaby]

Me and a couple of pals are discussing if the falsetto could be a recorded Sinead O'Connor...does sound a bit like her inflections at times.

surely it's Sinead...

 

[Slapnutz]

I honestly think Bono still could do it if he wanted to

He could try, but it wouldn't be pretty. Those days are long gone. He's still got a singing voice I'd kill for, though.

 

[BVS]

you know what is funny? when I said that Bono wouldnt be able to sing the falsetto but Edge would do it I was called an idiot. Bono's voice was perfect, his falsetto was still there, hell even Lemon was an option blablablabla. Let there be no mistake about it, it is great to see they are doing this song. here is the "proof" however

Really, someone called you an idiot for that? You sure?

I still don't think it's Edge.

 

[No spoken words]

Aww We didn't have the best luck with our phones. Thanks for trying.

Weak.

 

[Chrisedge]

Cell phone service inside the stadium SUCKED BIG ONES...

 

[kafrun]

Weak.

Save it for Thursday, fool.

 

[Tom in Boston]

Great setlist with YBR!
It was also a great preformance of YBR. I really hope they keep it.
Was it received well by the crowd?

It wasn't received well at all. I'll be shocked if the song sticks as a regular in the setlist. After Elevation, it just sucked the energy out of the place. It sounded nice but was really out of place. Usually I'm in favor of Bono keeping quiet in between songs. However, since it's a song that 98% of the crowd has never heard and there are weird images on the screen and recorded vocals from astronauts, it needed some sort of introduction.