I'm very much looking forward to MacPhisto in a our a month after Bono fleshes it out a little more.
"His" DC appearances could be extra special.
"His" DC appearances could be extra special.
***SPOILERS*** U2 eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE Tour - Rehearsals/Soundcheck Thread #2
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innominata8
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That, and the filter that is being used wasn't working very well. I was confused by the whole thing. Other than the voice and a few facial expressions, how would anyone know what the heck what bono was doing (let alone the 'casual' fans)?
I think if they can get the Snapchat or whatever filter working better, there will be less of an issue.
I think it would have worked better if he slapped makeup on while in the barricage, alas.
I also think it's hilarious that he probably came up with this idea making deer faces on snap with his daughter.
I think it would have worked better if he slapped makeup on while in the barricage, alas.
I also think it's hilarious that he probably came up with this idea making deer faces on snap with his daughter.
I think the top hat also was an issue... The stability was better when he took it off.
innominata8
War Child
how about the top hat comes off and he is wearing horns? that would seem to make more sense than a silly filter.
womanfish
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
I thought the setlist was pretty cool. I think the first 9 songs were a good idea and flow. SFS into SBS? eeehhhhh Not so much.
But then another great string of songs, i'd say until they hit the Get Out / Am Soul spot.
That said - It's hard to overstate the balls of a 42 year old band, with members hitting 60 years old, not playing one song from one of the seminal rock albums of the past century.
Now with THAT being said, one my good friends that i work with went to the Tulsa show. He is a casual U2 fan, and this was his first U2 show. He likes everything from Radiohead to Judas Priest to some pop and country.
He loved the show, but he said he really wanted to see Streets, and the two video clips he posted on Facebook after the show were of Pride and SBS... and He thought the XXX part was really cool. So yeah, thats what a lot of people want.
It does have to be tough for the band to promote their new stuff, not go too far into the full hits thing, but know they have a catalog that is just brimming with hits people want to see.
At some point, i think it would be cool if U2 did a Hits/Hidden Gems type tour. They could only play in cities that would support at least 2 back to back shows. First night would be all the hits. All of them. And the next night would be no "hits" just a big night of amazing material like Gone, Hawkmoon, Kite, Please, Zooropa, No Line, Landlady, Wire, Drowning Man, God Part II, Dirty Day, Love is Blindness, When I look at the world, Exit, Lemon, The Troubles, the list goes on and on
I think it would be a really successful run. They would have a huge amount of people that would buy tickets for both nights. Much higher percentage than normal because they know they would be getting two completely unique shows.
Yes, it would never happen because the band would never want to learn all the older lesser known stuff, but i think it would be incredible.
But then another great string of songs, i'd say until they hit the Get Out / Am Soul spot.
That said - It's hard to overstate the balls of a 42 year old band, with members hitting 60 years old, not playing one song from one of the seminal rock albums of the past century.
Now with THAT being said, one my good friends that i work with went to the Tulsa show. He is a casual U2 fan, and this was his first U2 show. He likes everything from Radiohead to Judas Priest to some pop and country.
He loved the show, but he said he really wanted to see Streets, and the two video clips he posted on Facebook after the show were of Pride and SBS... and He thought the XXX part was really cool. So yeah, thats what a lot of people want.
It does have to be tough for the band to promote their new stuff, not go too far into the full hits thing, but know they have a catalog that is just brimming with hits people want to see.
At some point, i think it would be cool if U2 did a Hits/Hidden Gems type tour. They could only play in cities that would support at least 2 back to back shows. First night would be all the hits. All of them. And the next night would be no "hits" just a big night of amazing material like Gone, Hawkmoon, Kite, Please, Zooropa, No Line, Landlady, Wire, Drowning Man, God Part II, Dirty Day, Love is Blindness, When I look at the world, Exit, Lemon, The Troubles, the list goes on and on
I think it would be a really successful run. They would have a huge amount of people that would buy tickets for both nights. Much higher percentage than normal because they know they would be getting two completely unique shows.
Yes, it would never happen because the band would never want to learn all the older lesser known stuff, but i think it would be incredible.
The irony of the Streets freakout was that the only unplayed songs the Tulsa review mentioned were With or Without You and I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, not Streets.
Mack_Again
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
they need to play Lemon if they want to do this MacPhisto crap
Hewson
Blue Crack Supplier
Frankly those songs are far better known and get more radio play.
Streets is of course the better live song, but if you've never seen U2 before you don't know that and its probably a lot further down the list of U2 song popularity with the general public than the masses here think.
For the casual fan who knows U2 from listening to the radio over the last few decades, Easily it ranks behind:
WOWY
Still haven't Found
Beautiful Day
Vertigo
Sunday Bloody Sunday
New Year's Day
Pride
One
Maybe a couple others
And those folks would miss those songs more than Streets. Now if they had previously been at a show and experienced Streets live, the answer would be different.
I think it's a little higher on the list than you have it, but I agree with the overall point that it's not the first song most casual fans point to (unless they've seen it live already).
Top U2 Songs
Google Play
1. With or Without You
2. Beautiful Day
3. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
4. One
5. Where The Streets Have No Name
Apple Music
1. XXX ft U2 (ha!)
2. With or Without You
3. Beautiful Day
4. Where The Streets Have No Name
5. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Spotify
1. With or Without You
2. Beautiful Day
3. One
4. Sunday Bloody Sunday
5. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
This was my point when I said Bruce's Streets is Jungleland vs Born To Run. The casuals may all point to Born To Run, and it's a great live tune, but Jungleland is where the magic is.
Rachel D.
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
He had some painted on Spock eyebrows! When Elevation started, I actually thought they had switched out Bono for a fake Bono as a gimmick because his face looked really odd. Then I realized he had makeup on and that things were going to get weird / interesting.
You’re right, because every time he held the mic up close to his face, it went away.
SpaceBoy
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I certainly wouldn't put them in the same category as Elevation's lyrics, but, y'know, different strokes. It just feels off musically with the ramp-up to the "hold me close" bit removed. Reminds me of how they messed around with Mercy on 360, or the way Miracle Drug was played early on in the I+E tour.
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Agreed.... As Headache said rotating HMTMKMKM/The Fly would be awesome..... Maybe play LWTSH on the intermission break.
TheGeekyU2Fan
War Child
I don't think that they are ever going to play anything from NLOTH ever again. In 2015 they played Magnificent only once and they scrapped it. 
corianderstem
Blue Crack Distributor
Larry Wants Two Shit Holes
lazarus
Blue Crack Supplier
Less Where The Streets Have
lazarus
Blue Crack Supplier
The only way to fix Iris is to eliminate that "woo woo" Chris Martin bullshit.
what is that
Lady With The Spinning Head..... did I do that acronym wrong? It's been about 5 years since I've screwed up on an acronym..... PLEASE say I didn't
This...... Oh CRAP I did screw it up!!! I missed the "T"...... All my work DOWN THE DRAIN! I guess I'm back to zero days without screwing up an acronym.
TheGeekyU2Fan
War Child
brooklynmike
Refugee
The_acrobat
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
Larry Wants To Stop Hewson (as in Paul)
Hewson
Blue Crack Supplier
Hewson
Blue Crack Supplier
Oh CRAP I did screw it up!!! I missed the "T"...... All my work DOWN THE DRAIN! I guess I'm back to zero days without screwing up an acronym.
No you got it. I just think Headache couldn't place what the acronym was...B side and all.
