SethVincent
Refugee
The only build up for me for Streets is a red screen with that intro organ playing. Chills down my spine every time.
I got goosebumps just reading what you typed
The only build up for me for Streets is a red screen with that intro organ playing. Chills down my spine every time.
I got goosebumps just reading what you typed
I'd like to speculate, whether longer hair might push Bono to more stage presence and better song versions
You have got to be fucking kidding me.
No. But my dislike for how (bad) the new songs are delivered live from Barca 1 on, surely not has made me very enthusiastic about the tour. If the band would have played the new material in a IMO more energetic, convincing and inspired way, I would feel different. It's just the way it is, just my observation ...
Thank you for being so interested in my posts – and, yes, I am a pretty decent guy.
I did not accuse you of lying. Great, when you attended & enjoyed ZOO TV.
fight, fight, fight, fight, fight!
Any chance they ever do less shows a year but play for 3 hours. Do a Springsteen style set? would solve a alot of setlist desires.
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but once again, apologize for accusing me of lying about attending a ZooTV concert, and i'll apologize for personally attacking you a couple days ago.
Any chance they ever do less shows a year but play for 3 hours. Do a Springsteen style set? would solve a alot of setlist desires.
You have got to be fucking kidding me.
The guy isn't Sampson - the key to his charisma and rock-god status is not in his hair.
So shut up already you guys and quit giving this dead thread more talking points.
Yes, I am kidding.
I do think the same sometimes. Such a show is impossible? I doubt that. Take U2 playing up to 24-26 songs. In this figure, slots like "Unchained Melody" or "Amazing Grace" are included. Bono can sing shows like that on a regular basis, often enough proven during the 2005/06 tour and even the current tour.
Then we have another good singer in the band, who has not had such an outing for ages. Give The Edge two, mabe even three slots in the setlists, where he can perform tunes as the lead vocalist. And I am not talking about him performing only "his" tunes VDL or Numb. In '93 it was great to see him perform also a tune like "Party Girl" or even the funny snatch of "Lost Highway", originally performed by Bono. This in mind, The Edge could do even one or two 'obscure' songs from U2's catalogue, as full band versions or even more acoustic. Plus: Why not bring Larry out for a tune like in '93 – this was awesome, too.
In the end we do talk about a setlist nearly scratching the magic 30 song slots mark with lots of space for variety –something that IS in the category of Springsteen shows.
Oh, thank god.
I've heard other people suggest similar things in all seriousness, so I wasn't sure.
If Bruce sang like Bono, he wouldn't be able to do it for three hours either...
The only singer that sings similar to Bono intensity wise(as far as technique goes, not emotion) and used to be able to last longer is Eddie Vedder, but even he can't do 3 hours straight anymore.
The Philadelphia Halloween 2009 show was 3.5 hours long.
You think this thread is dead, then why do you post here – obviously without contributing anything to the topic?
So, why not simply leave here, if you do not like it, or at least tell us what do you think about U2's versions of 'old' songs during the 360 tour?
I posted the following in another thread but think it appropriate here and I think it goes a long way towards explaining why lots of repeat show, hardcores feel disappointed alot: "I think a major reason why some long-time, loyal, passionate U2 fans are justified in feeling frustrated these days is because U2 is not even pretending to cater to them anymore in terms of live performances. I mean, why can't U2 just play 40 once at the close of a show, even if it is just one verse Bono and Edge acoustically? Don't they know how happy even that little gesture would make those hardcore fans who stayed past MOS? Doesn't the band recall how magical it was for thousands of folks to leave a stadium singing "how long" on the way out? It's the little things like that which are clearly in their control that simply don't occur anymore and while I resign myself to having no expectations, I understand the frustration of fans."
also, i think it is awful when fans are belittled for being excited about reading setlists on the internet and then being disappointed when those setlists never change. It might be one thing if you never got to hear or see clips of the show, but if I wake up one day and see they closed with Bad unexpectedly, or played 40, or what have you- hey, I later get a little 5:00 minute bonus part of my day on Youtube. I couldn't care less that they play MOS for the 61st straight time.
Yes, but that was rare, my point was they used to play longer shows every night.
Look at the next sentence I wrote. There were plenty of longer shows this tour. I think the average length of a 2009 PJ show is about 2 hours, 20 minutes. As long as it ever was. Maybe the 2003 tour would be longer in average, but other than that, things haven't changed in that department. I believe the 2009 Springsteen shows are a bit longer in average, but still don't amount to more than 2.5 hours.
If you felt offended and accused, I do excuse, mate.
This would defeat the whole purpose. So Dallas might get a longer show, but TX as a whole would get less exposure. Basically we're just getting back to the selfish fan syndrome, me me me...i said less shows because his voice would need more time to recover if it was 3 hours.
How about a grateful dead style show where they play for a hour then take a 40 min break then play for 2 more hours? lol. Thats the solution.
I know u2 would never do a 3 hour show and really wasn't serious that they would start doing the dead style show. But yea, a 3 hour show would proly satisfy alot of people. You get a bit of everything anyone could want. Deep cuts, old hits,new tracks, rare tracks, maybe a cover.