I am gunning for you guys.
That is my job.
I am gunning for you guys.
No, but, I wish I'd have punched one particular hipster dipshit in his bearded face at the Foxboro show.
Zoo TV remains the tour where I saw them the most, I think.....you could count on about 8-10 shows per tour from me from that tour on, though.
Weren't you in your early twenties at that point? How in god's name could you afford to go to more than 10 CockTV shows?
Don't feel obligated to answer that question if you don't feel comfortable.
Douchebag.
The live version of Tryin' to Throw Your Arms on ZooTV was really fucking good.
That is all.
Damn. In contrast, I haven't seen U2 in 6 years...I might be once more for Minneapolis, but damn. Most of the 360 gigs you saw had massive travel expenses tacked onto them as well, so I'm impressed that you still got into that ballpark.
It seemed intrinsically douchey.
I was, yeah.
Well, I had been working since I was 14, so, I wasn't broke.....and, also....tickets weren't crazy expensive then, especially for shittier seats during the outside broadcast....so I saw a lot of shows sprinkled over a long period of time, and, just made it work. I was also fucking obsessed with them and probably went out of my way to save more than usual in the months approaching the tickets going on sale.
I was, yeah.
Well, I had been working since I was 14, so, I wasn't broke.....and, also....tickets weren't crazy expensive then, especially for shittier seats during the outside broadcast....so I saw a lot of shows sprinkled over a long period of time, and, just made it work. I was also fucking obsessed with them and probably went out of my way to save more than usual in the months approaching the tickets going on sale.
I do remember coming very close to getting tickets for the third Chicago area show after seeing the middle one of the three-night stand. Almost convinced a friend to go but was ultimately unsuccessful.
The cheap seats were somewhere between $25 and $30, no?
Even Better Than The Real Thing is the best nightly track they have played this leg. I can't get over how lively it is compared to the Elevation versions. It thrives in the context of a spectacle, I think.
I'd put it slightly behind, but that's bias talking there...regardless, it's been a revelation, at least for me.Zooropa
I was born about ten months before Achtung Baby came out, so I'm a bit out of my element in this discussion.
I very much dislike placing anything in front of Zooropa, as I consider it a superior song to anything in their catalog, but the shit-tastic visuals and crowd response, coupled with the missing second verse places it a notch lower for me.
I had $35 in my head, so, I'm sure one of us is right....so assume 10 shows, with 6 or 7 being no more than $35, with much less ticketbastard fee sauce....spread over the length of the tour....with 2-3 more shows in seats slightly better, and we're talking around $400, maybe $500 tops.....
I'd put it slightly behind, but that's bias talking there...regardless, it's been a revelation, at least for me.Zooropa
So you're an Achtung Baby of the more literal type.
I refuse to comment on the grounds that I refuse to complain about something so otherwise awesome.
Martha, we've probably been to 5 or 6 shows together, but only realized this for 2 of them.
When I think about it, the best thing at the 2 Anaheim shows might have been
All I Want is You
I truly love that song and have not heard it all that much.
Seattle was the first time I'd ever heard that song live, so yeah. Loved it.
I think you, zoney and me were at the same ZooTV shows in NY. Possibly sitting near each other.
Yeah, they really killed that one in Anaheim. I think it's the first time I heard the full electric version myself. During CockTV I think it was only snippeted during Bad(minton), and I may have heard an acoustic version in 2001/02.
I thought it was the first time I'd heard it live as well, but realized they played it at the SLC Elevation show.