Vancouver Setlist Party (OPENING NIGHT!)

[Headache in a Suitcase]

If they're intent on playing these songs, fine... I don't think there selection is bad, but the placement could be much better.

And it could be a simple fix...

---------- A Rainy Night in Soho ----------
01 - Beautiful Day
02 - Elevation
03 - Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
04 - One
05 - Miss Sarajevo
06 - The Little Things That Give You Away

07 - Where the Streets Have No Name
08 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
09 - With or Without You
10 - Bullet the Blue Sky
11 - Running to Stand Still
12 - Red Hill Mining Town
13 - In God's Country
14 - Trip Through Your Wires
15 - One Tree Hill
16 - Exit
17 - Mothers of the Disappeared / El Pueblo Vencera (snippet)
---------- BREAK ----------
18 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
19 - New Year's Day
20 - A Sort of Homecoming
21 - MLK
22 - Pride (In the Name of Love)
22 - Bad

 

[CMIS]

eeny meeny miney mo needs to eeny meeny miney go

Really? I thought it is appropriately frivolous and bulshitty for the times. And they rocked eeny meeny up.

 

[Sicy]

For anyone that was at the show please post your experiences etc here -

http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f325/5-12-vancouver-bc-bc-place-220986.html

 

[DeVaul]

If they're intent on playing these songs, fine... I don't think there selection is bad, but the placement could be much better.

And it could be a simple fix...

---------- A Rainy Night in Soho ----------
01 - Beautiful Day
02 - Elevation
03 - Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
04 - One
05 - Miss Sarajevo
06 - The Little Things That Give You Away

07 - Where the Streets Have No Name
08 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
09 - With or Without You
10 - Bullet the Blue Sky
11 - Running to Stand Still
12 - Red Hill Mining Town
13 - In God's Country
14 - Trip Through Your Wires
15 - One Tree Hill
16 - Exit
17 - Mothers of the Disappeared / El Pueblo Vencera (snippet)
---------- BREAK ----------
18 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
19 - New Year's Day
20 - A Sort of Homecoming
21 - MLK
22 - Pride (In the Name of Love)
22 - Bad

No way Bono has enough left in the tank most nights to close with Bad. And opening with BD/Elevation is just
I know it's gotten enough crap around here for being a "retro" tour, but the 80s openers feel like the more organic lead-in. Different songs for the encore instead of the same ol' is what could send people out still buzzing.

 

[RioRhodes]

We're putting the tracks in our desired order? Fun!

The beginning of the concert pretty much works for me. It's the end that needed some switching, in my eyes.

I think the right end combination is...

Beautiful Day
Elevation
Little Things
Miss Sarajevo
Ultraviolet
One

 

[dan_smee]

I think Little Things builds and explodes perfectly for a closer. It needs to be released and known for the crowd to be more into it

 

[corianderstem]

Quick two cents, but I want to wait until Seattle show to form more complete opinions.

Quibbles aside, they played ASOH, so who the fuck cares about anything else?

It might have been our seats and the size of the venue, but the crowd often felt very flat. Friends and GA thought the opposite, so yay.

A lot of it just felt a bit ... off. Like first show jitters and uncertainty?

Encore is way too much of a bummer to end with. Nice that the new song got a little steam at the end, but after One and Miss Sarajevo, it was too much downtempo stuff to end on.

Gorgeous visuals, well done on that screen.

Looking forward to catching it from back of GA tomorrow.

 

[superchuk5]

The natural place for growth is between Miss Sarajevo and Little Things because there's a thematic break. The main set flows very well (but they could add a song between ASOH and MLK), and they don't want to break up a thematic segment (feminism from Elevation to Miss Sarajevo).

Little Things is a closer, so they shouldn't put anything after it. Unless it's 40.

In regards to the rest of the show, the fact they never took breaks between Joshua Tree songs made all the difference in the world. It was one song suite rather than 11 songs.

 

[miryclayu2]

More pro pics and .mov here:

U2

 

[dan_smee]

Alright - everything u2gigs has posted so far, plus gaps filled from others:

Sunday Bloody Sunday

New Year's Day

A Sort Of Homecoming

MLK

Pride (In The Name Of Love)

Where The Streets Have No Name

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
U2 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Vancouver 2017-05-12 - U2gigs.com
With Or Without You
U2 With Or Without You, Vancouver 2017-05-12 - U2gigs.com
Bullet The Blue Sky
U2 Bullet The Blue Sky, Vancouver 2017-05-12 - U2gigs.com
Running To Stand Still
U2 Running To Stand Still, Vancouver 2017-05-12 - U2gigs.com
Red Hill Mining Town
U2 Red Hill Mining Town, Vancouver 2017-05-12 - U2gigs.com
In God's Country
U2 In God's Country, BC Place, Vancouver 2017-05-12 - U2gigs.com
Trip Through Your Wires
U2 Trip Through Your Wires, Vancouver 2017-05-12 - U2gigs.com
One Tree Hill
U2 One Tree Hill, Vancouver 2017-05-12 - U2gigs.com
Exit / Eeny Meeny Miny Moe (snippet)
U2 Exit, Vancouver 2017-05-12 - U2gigs.com
Mothers Of The Disappeared / El Pueblo Vencera (snippet)
U2 Mothers Of The Disappeared , Vancouver 2017-05-12 - U2gigs.com

encore(s):
Beautiful Day
U2 Beautiful Day, Vancouver 2017-05-12 - U2gigs.com
Elevation
U2 - Elevation - Vancouver, May 2017
Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
U2 Ultra Violet (Light My Way), Vancouver 2017-05-12 - U2gigs.com
One
U2 One, Vancouver 2017-05-12 - U2gigs.com
Miss Sarajevo
U2 Miss Sarajevo, BC Place, Vancouver 2017-05-12 - U2gigs.com
The Little Things That Give You Away
U2 The Little Things That Give You Away, Vancouver 2017-05-12 - U2gigs.com

Updated - only MLK I can't find

 

[miryclayu2]

He died in 1968.

 

[dan_smee]

He died in 1968.

Hilarious. Maybe you could find a photo of him posing with a gun?

 

[miryclayu2]

I thought it was funny.

 

[Babydoll]

Already made it my wallpaper.

Me too

 

[garciaricky0019]

Don't know where else to post; RHMT; the boys were all in; lots of talk of piano this & guitar that; agreed; but there's also talk of laziness or lack of emotion; that's where it went too far and quite honestly its a wrong and incorrect assessment ;...the boys were all in on this one, chips all in... Its quite evident in this closeup video; Bono wailed those notes; controlled power in his singing; Bman felt really proud of his performance; felt really proud of the bands performance; you can see at the very end of the video.

I think the song is already a 10/10; I do think they need to bring up piano man from down in the underworld, (key boards are necessary in this tune); the horn sections added classic and elegance, props to Lillywhite; ...though Edge indeed needs a guitar in his hands; regardless, mind blown, ears blown!!

https://youtu.be/h7Xl5nfoTSM

 

[garciaricky0019]

Don't know if audio works, you can find under "Robert Eckels"; it's his recording!