Just going on Electric Co and Gloria alone, they're kicking the shit out of performances they did almost 30 years ago on JT Tour.
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this caught my attention, and it's something rarely discussed here. I feel like the JT tour was a low point for the band in terms of their musical performance. They weren't good enough to be as big of a band as they were. Im not talking about the videos from R&H, those were touched up and edited a thousand times over. Watch the R&H out takes or listen to some bootlegs, especially from earlier in the year. Pretty sloppy most of the time.
I feel like during the War Tour they had mastered being in a small-mid level band. Then it took awhile for them to get good at being an arena/stadium level band. By the end of Lovetown they were a well oiled machine. JT Tour had some growing pains. Bono especially.
I think all 4 of them are excellent performers now, and they are doing the old songs justice, and proudly strutting out their new stuff. Good time to be a fan, honestly.
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I agree with this on some level. There were definitely growing pains.
I still think overall, throughout their career, U2 has stood out as a spectacular live band.
JT Tour was no exception.
Just look at the performances of Streets, WOWY, In God's Country, Exit, Still Haven't Found, Running To Standstill, Trip Through Your Wires, MOTD, One Tree Hill.
Basically anything new was mind numbing good.
I think the growing pains showed in the back catalog performances- what to play, when to play it, where to place it in the set list among all these brand new songs that had driven them into the stratosphere, etc.
I Will Follow, Gloria and Electric Co had their weakest showings ever on JT.
NYD and Pride were both better on previous and subsequent tours, etc.
When you add it all together, I do agree with your observations. I would've killed to have seen JT in person, and it was I'm sure amazing for so many different reasons. That being said, it is probably their most overrated tour performance wise.
War, UF, Lovetown and Zoo TV all topped it pretty easily night in and night out.