Random Music Thread XXXV: Cobbler Strikes Again

[u2popmofo]

I am gunning for you guys.

That is my job.

 

[lazarus]

No, but, I wish I'd have punched one particular hipster dipshit in his bearded face at the Foxboro show.

The dipshit was merely goateed (or Van Dyked, if you will) back then. Fu Manchu comes in around Spring of '04, with El Beardo making his appearance in Fall of '09. The beard is permanent as far as I'm concerned at this point, so any future punches can be described as such.

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.

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Douchebag.

 

[PhilsFan]

The live version of Tryin' to Throw Your Arms on ZooTV was really fucking good.

That is all.

 

[No spoken words]

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.

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Douchebag.

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.

 

[lazarus]

The live version of Tryin' to Throw Your Arms on ZooTV was really fucking good.

That is all.

Ridiculous that they edited it out of the Sydney recording.

Hopefully we'll get a brand new show on this deluxe set that will have it intact.

I don't think it would be that difficult for the band to perform it again, though it's obviously not a priority. You'd probably see it before Cockrobat or So Cocky though.

More mystifying is that electric Who's Gonna Serve Your Wild Shuttles hasn't appeared during this AB nostalgia run.

 

[No spoken words]

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.

Everything I do is douchey.

360 tour now = 10 shows. 6 in Europe, 2 in Chicago and 2 in Anaheim. Would have been 11 but I could not go to SLC with our musketeer due to work......

 

[lazarus]

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?

 

[u2popmofo]

I don't know why, but I remember hearing Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses on the radio much more than anything else from Achtung. Not saying it was played more than the other singles, just saying I remember it more.

 

[lazarus]

I think it's fair to say that it got more radio airplay than EBTTRC, though I guess the music video for the latter was pretty popular.

 

[joyfulgirl]

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 saw a mess of ZooTV shows, too, and I have no idea how I paid for them as a single working gal in NYC paying a buttload of rent.

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It's possible I had a slight credit card debt situation but I cannot confirm nor deny that at this time.

 

[No spoken words]

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?

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.....

 

[PhilsFan]

I was born about ten months before Achtung Baby came out, so I'm a bit out of my element in this discussion.

 

[corianderstem]

I sold a milk crate full of CDs to a used CD place to help fund my scalped Popmart ticket.

Still worth it.

 

[LemonMelon]

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.

 

[No spoken words]

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

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Zooropa

, but that's bias talking there...regardless, it's been a revelation, at least for me.

 

[LemonMelon]

I'd put it slightly behind

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Zooropa

, but that's bias talking there...regardless, it's been a revelation, at least for me.

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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.

 

[u2popmofo]

The sound was slightly crap during Even Better than the Real Thing at the SLC show, which was disappointing. The fixed it quickly, but I honestly didn't even know what song was being played until Bono started singing.

 

[joyfulgirl]

I was born about ten months before Achtung Baby came out, so I'm a bit out of my element in this discussion.

So you're an Achtung Baby of the more literal type.

 

[No spoken words]

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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.

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Ah, makes sense. The crowd around me reacted differently, so that is in play as well for me. As for the missing 2nd verse....I refuse to comment on the grounds that I refuse to complain about something so otherwise awesome.

 

[lazarus]

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.....

Did you have to travel to any of these? Or were you going to all things that were close drives from NYC?

I'd put it slightly behind

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Zooropa

, but that's bias talking there...regardless, it's been a revelation, at least for me.

It's a huge improvement, but better than

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Ultraracquet?

No fucking way.

And I still maintain that

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Cockropa

sounds WAY too close to the original, to the point where a conspiracy theorist could claim they're being obstructed because they're just miming to a recording.

It was awesome to hear, but aside from gutting one of the verses they're not really doing anything with it.

 

[No spoken words]

So you're an Achtung Baby of the more literal type.

Martha, we've probably been to 5 or 6 shows together, but only realized this for 2 of them.

 

[LemonMelon]

I refuse to comment on the grounds that I refuse to complain about something so otherwise awesome.

See, this is how I feel about receiving

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HMTMKMKM

instead of

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Ultraviolet

. Both songs are excellent, particularly with regards to the studio versions, but the latter would have taken the show to another level for me.

 

[lazarus]

FWIW, they were both among the best things played at the shows I saw.

 

[No spoken words]

When I think about it, the best thing at the 2 Anaheim shows might have been

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All I Want is You

I truly love that song and have not heard it all that much.

 

[corianderstem]

Seattle was the first time I'd ever heard that song live, so yeah. Loved it.

 

[joyfulgirl]

Martha, we've probably been to 5 or 6 shows together, but only realized this for 2 of them.

I think you, zoney and me were at the same ZooTV shows in NY. Possibly sitting near each other.

 

[lazarus]

When I think about it, the best thing at the 2 Anaheim shows might have been

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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.

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.

 

[u2popmofo]

I thought it was the first time I'd heard it live as well, but realized they played it at the SLC Elevation show.

 

[No spoken words]

I think you, zoney and me were at the same ZooTV shows in NY. Possibly sitting near each other.

I'd like to think we were.

 

[No spoken words]

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.

I've heard it before, but, maybe once or twice.....it was pretty magical for me this time around.