Terrible, horribly low quality .gif of Streets incoming, brace yourselves!
*jump* *jump* *jump*
Dear God, SPEED UP THE FUCKING TEMPO!!!
I'm sorry, I don't want to be negative. I like 99% of everything U2 has ever done, I am a very positive person. I love SOI (except this song). But this is the fucking CONCERT OPENER, and this song just kind of plods along, starts and stops, and never really goes anywhere. It'd be much better if it was faster. The crowd can't really dance to it or bop along to it, because it's too slow. IMO an even more awkward opener than Breathe was.
This is the musical equivalent to my Grandmother driving a really fast car at 35 mph down a busy highway.
In all fairness the band members have grandchildren.
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U2 plays most of its songs too slow. The best part about the @u2 party with Edge and Adam was OOC being played by a drummer that plays it fast...I wish Larry would insist on speeding things up.
lol true, but my grandmother is 84. You can always tell when she's coming down the road because there's always a long train of cars behind her. But good for her for still getting out and doing what she wants to do.
That version of WOWY is good, best I've heard Bono sing it in years.
Something is off about Streets on this tour. It's a little thin sounding, not just vocally but musically also.
Something that nobody would notice live, and that they would edit for the DVD.
Dear God, SPEED UP THE FUCKING TEMPO!!!
I'm sorry, I don't want to be negative. I like 99% of everything U2 has ever done, I am a very positive person. I love SOI (except this song). But this is the fucking CONCERT OPENER, and this song just kind of plods along, starts and stops, and never really goes anywhere. It'd be much better if it was faster. The crowd can't really dance to it or bop along to it, because it's too slow. IMO an even more awkward opener than Breathe was.
This is the musical equivalent to my Grandmother driving a really fast car at 35 mph down a busy highway.
U2 plays most of its songs too slow. The best part about the @u2 party with Edge and Adam was OOC being played by a drummer that plays it fast...I wish Larry would insist on speeding things up.
Dear God, SPEED UP THE FUCKING TEMPO!!!
I'm sorry, I don't want to be negative. I like 99% of everything U2 has ever done, I am a very positive person. I love SOI (except this song). But this is the fucking CONCERT OPENER, and this song just kind of plods along, starts and stops, and never really goes anywhere. It'd be much better if it was faster. The crowd can't really dance to it or bop along to it, because it's too slow. IMO an even more awkward opener than Breathe was.
This is the musical equivalent to my Grandmother driving a really fast car at 35 mph down a busy highway.
Larry probably wants Bono to be able to sing the goddamn songs one way or abother. I personally think. The only reason they play songs this slow is to give Bono space to hit his notes and ... Breathe. Try singing the miracle full tempo, full power at age 50++++
Totally agree. The song never goes into 2nd gear. Also, the light show is lame on the song.
If I were the band here's what I would do....
First of all. Crank up Edge's opening guitar riff to the maximum power possible. A real show stopping riff that grabs your attention right off the bat. It's not loud enough.
Then use that big honkin screen to do some cool stuff while at it. A few red lights on the stage isn't enough. Sure what they're doing now is okay for a #2 song, but this is the opener. It has to be epic with lights, confetti, something! Look at Streets, COBL, Elevation, etc. Huge lights and excitement. Mofo, Zoo Station, and 11 O Clock Tick Tock had a few effects (especially Mofo), but those songs are so great that they can carry themselves regardless. Tons of energy. The Miracle can't, especially at that tempo.
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Something is off about Streets on this tour. It's a little thin sounding, not just vocally but musically also.
Something that nobody would notice live, and that they would edit for the DVD.
Something is off about Streets on this tour. It's a little thin sounding, not just vocally but musically also.
Something that nobody would notice live, and that they would edit for the DVD.
You make good points and I agree. Miracle is actually a decent opener, what with it being an easy crowd sing along, but man it really grinds to the halt. Same can be said with the song itself, it's like 30 seconds too long.
And I agree, "thin" is the perfect word (to a certain extent, it is still fucking awesome) to describe Streets this tour and I can't quite put my finger on why. Anybody else have a take on this?
Finally got to see the Paris video. Such a shame it was probably one of Bono's weakest vocal performances of the tour. I'm guessing he was a bit under the weather; avoided a lot of high notes and needed Edge to help a lot. If this went out to HBO I'm sure they would have tinkered with the mix to make him sound better.
Funny part is he was close to his best just a few days earlier in Glasgow.
I openly criticized this opener here and after seeing the shows I also think that the Miracle is a very strong opener. I'm not saying I wouldn't change anything, but it really works. Far better than City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Breathe or Stingray Guitar.
Edge seems very jumpy I love it!
The most awkward tour opener I ever saw was "Love and peace or else", during the early times of the Vertigo Tour. Worked well where it usually was, not at the beginning.
Also, Beautiful Day opening the 2001 South Bend show instead of Elevation wasn't a good idea. This was the only time they did that.
Best opener I've ever seen? MOOOOOOOFOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
I thought Love and Peace was a much stronger opener that tour than City of Blinding Lights, they should have used it more.The most awkward tour opener I ever saw was "Love and peace or else", during the early times of the Vertigo Tour. Worked well where it usually was, not at the beginning.