Bono at 52 has limitations to his voice that he didn't have before, .
I can't really take credit for that... Brooklynmike really sent it home at the end, I must admit!
Hope it's still arenas for 2016. Can't stand stadiums for shows.
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For at least the last 25 years, there has been one recurring discussion for a U2 tour: Setlist variation. It's has practically become a U2 fan tradition. After all this time, you'd think that folks would accept the fact that U2 doesn't alter their setlists too much. Obviously, this doesn't stop the fans from attending the shows. But, the complaints about setlists are funny as shit. I went to one show this tour (NYC 3) and, in a effort to remain surprised, I pretty much avoided any videos of performances or setlist postings. I didn't really check out the setlist postings until the first NYC show. I'm glad I did this because when they played their classic songs their renditions of them still seemed fresh and new.
I will say it again most bands don't even have 25 songs they can play. I like to guess that 90% of musical acts who tour play same songs over and over due to lack of choice.
Quick look at a cool band like foo fighters and it seemed they hit about 15 of same songs each night. Pearl Jam and Bruce are rare birds. And I assume Phish but not my bag. DMB last time I saw them I was like 23 so I don't remember.
Anyway with so many moving parts on stage they have to plan it out.
It may not look like it, but this is probably their most highly choreographed tour since Zoo TV. Bono has to do a lot of things on stage -- be in the right place at the right time, while also sing, pose for the camera, remember lyrics, rock out, be charismatic, connect with the audience, actually interact with the visuals, and lead the other three. The static set list makes all this possible. It's their choice to compose a show like this, one with a clear narrative from A to B -- and it seems highly appropriate given the new material and its degree of specificity.
As for the second half of the show, if you've actually been there, you realize what a string flow it has, and how it gathers momentum and power. That doesn't happen by accident.
Love it! Fans love to complain. As a sports talk radio fan, I watched complaining literally become a profession. sports talk went from local thing to nationally 24/7 ESPN non stop crazy land. It started slowly when I was younger and by the 90s, holy shit, bitching had become the norm.
Pearl Jam is playing a giant NYC great lawn concert, but you have to become a member of the Wall Street Movement to get a ticket...
convert the apathetic people who were dragged by a spouse.
They come up with a flow that creates magic and like to replicate that experience each night like a Broadway play.
Who the fuck actually wants to listen to 25 Pearl Jam songs, anyways? lol
Who the fuck actually wants to listen to 25 Pearl Jam songs, anyways? lol
Who the fuck actually wants to listen to 25 Pearl Jam songs, anyways? lol
Nobody.
30-35 Pearl Jam songs is more like it. LOL!
As a U2 fan, it's a big mistake not to go to the show based on seeing the setlist. This show is incredible.
It may not look like it, but this is probably their most highly choreographed tour since Zoo TV. Bono has to do a lot of things on stage -- be in the right place at the right time, while also sing, pose for the camera, remember lyrics, rock out, be charismatic, connect with the audience, actually interact with the visuals, and lead the other three. The static set list makes all this possible. It's their choice to compose a show like this, one with a clear narrative from A to B -- and it seems highly appropriate given the new material and its degree of specificity.
As for the second half of the show, if you've actually been there, you realize what a string flow it has, and how it gathers momentum and power. That doesn't happen by accident.
Anyway, they play an entirely different setlist every night. Different openers, different closers, different songs seguing into one another... yet fans still complain about the lack of setlist variety. "Ugh, out of the 12 shows I saw this year, they played "Two Step" at 5 of them!" I always tell them that they're lucky to get what they get, but they aren't convinced.