First of all: I WAS on second Milan show on 21st July 2005.
So, I can give u pretty good description about the show and the things surrounding the concert.
Bono voice: Listening lot 1st leg bootlegs and Chicago dvd, then 2nd leg bootlegs (Amsterdam, Milan, Vienna), and 4th leg South America dvds (Sao Paulo and BA), i must confese that his voice was much cleaner and without Kermit effect on European tour.
He nailed Miss Sarajevo on first appeareance in Amsterdam as the best i have heard.
The crowd: Italian crowd was absolutely fantastic....nobady was sitting from Wake up Children till the last cords of Vertigo...
For the first time i have heard that crowd is singing the Edges piano part in The New Years Day...this was amaizing...listen the Milan bootleg...
There was no slow down moment in the entire concert, everything was so loud, people around me were crying because of happines, jumping and singing the entire concert.
Bono said the first night was rehersal, and tonight we make love...that was happend.
An extra light has added for dvd purpose and this was amaizing too (was in Vienna two weeks ago and the production was a little bit different).
Whole stadium was stage. And the Milano San Siro is such a beautiful arena.
We all know Hamish H. work, so im not happy as well, he is good director, knows how to do the things, but he is not able to catch THE U2 LOVE!
He dont have sense to catch the "moment" and me as massive and long U2 fan, i know for shure what is the moment in WOWY, Streets, NYD or in The Fly. Hamish H. dont.
So...dont ever blame Milan concert and crowd on it, because HH was there to tape the feelings and moment for history.
He said in Chicago FEEL the Love, dont give it her name..., but unfortunatelly he didnt make excellent job (only average)...
Im affraid that in Milan he made mistakes again...
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