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Personally I can't imagine a U2 concert without steets in it. I would personally feel ripped off.....Bullet the blue sky, on the other hand, deserves to seat this one (and the next one) out, the same goes for elevation and vertigo.
they should open the show with streets - it may seem like peaking early but if they follow with boots and vertigo - a couple basic rockers - it would a pretty good momentum for the rest of the show
either that or city transitioning into streets as the first encore
They can drop Pride, Still haven't found, SBS, WOWY any time they want, but Streets is a live song and deserve to be in the setlist until U2 doesn't play live gigs anymore!
wow I hope this doesn't happen....COBL is amazing, but you simply cannot replace Streets with it
I agree, I think they should keep streets in the middle of the set and then have COBL open the encore. Actually that would be quite an epic encore intro...it would be like a whole new wall of energy to finish out the show...perfect
And I'd like them to bring back the RTSS ----> Streets transition from ZooTV, that was pretty much perfect...either that or Please -----> Streets which would also be incredible....but it has to be one of these, either RTSS or Please....unless there is something off the new record that transitions into Streets beautifully
Personally I can't imagine a U2 concert without steets in it. I would personally feel ripped off.....Bullet the blue sky, on the other hand, deserves to seat this one (and the next one) out, the same goes for elevation and vertigo.
Agree with this post and alot of others here. Bullet would be the best song to drop as this has been, to my knowledge(Axver please correct if need be) has been the only song besides One and Beautiful Day to never miss a gig since it debuted(excluding Vertigo tour nightlies). I think they should rotate Pride, WOWY, One, SBS, NYD, Still havent found, etc as opposed to completely dropping any of these songs. All are still good(they are, we just are all hard core fans who pick apart particulars for fun, casuals/critics love them). Fact is, dropping any of the above group for an entire tour just will not happen.
Streets needs to be in the set every night, it is the high point of the show, has been since Zoo TV. The experience just would not be the same. I like RTSS-Streets-Pride to close a main set or open the encore with red screen and long intro for Streets. This song is too good to drop and is bound to fit in well with magnificent or moment of surrender or another song on NLOTH.
Elevation and Vertigo: Do 1 of the 2 per night. Both is overkill.
City, as others have pointed out, was played only because it was Obama's song. If it had not been his song, Pride and One would most likely have been played.
Bullet has not been played at every gig since its live debut; it missed five LT shows and an Elevation show. The songs that can claim that mantle are One, Beautiful Day, Elevation, Vertigo, SYCMIOYO, City, and, in theory, Window in the Skies.
But I agree with your post, for the most part.
Edit: I realize I'm not Axver. Just a devoted user of his website.
i love both cobl and streets, i honestly don't think they'd ever fully retire streets from their setlists. they might give it a rest for a bit (not that i think they need to), but i doubt it'd be not played for an entire tour.
honestly, out of all the songs they play at pretty much every show (streets, pride, others i can't think of...) streets is my favourite.
Bullet has not been played at every gig since its live debut; it missed five LT shows and an Elevation show. The songs that can claim that mantle are One, Beautiful Day, Elevation, Vertigo, SYCMIOYO, City, and, in theory, Window in the Skies.
But I agree with your post, for the most part.
Edit: I realize I'm not Axver. Just a devoted user of his website.
I just found said FAQ.
Great song, dont get me wrong, and as Axver says, Zoo and Elevation performances were top of the line, but it is a little bit out of proportion in terms of how often it shows up in setlists. This is clear when we consider: Please, EBTTRT, IGC, THBAO, Silver and Gold, Exit, RTST, Desire, Stay, the list goes on all missing all or significant parts of tours. Some even not being played since the late 1980s.
drop streets, bullet, WOwY, uteotw and pride. ain't gonna happen though, these walls need wallpaper.
I don't think they should drop these songs completely, but a. overwork them thoroughly and b. rotate them more, not play them EVERY single night. I think it would be very disappointing for the casual concert goer to go to a U2 concert and not find any of the classics. Most concert goers are not die hard fans who know every single snippet Bono is singing up on stage or how often U2 have played each of their songs throughout their carreer. They don't care for that, they want to see some classic U2 stuff.
But I agree that most of this songs need to be reworked live and not played so often.