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Oh man, it really, really was.
I know, right?Oh man, it really, really was.
The whole Innocence part of the set was just so well done. I mean, I don't love Song For Someone, but whatever.
Disagree, and not because I like the song.That was a real pointless inclusion that could've been better served by just about anything. It never earned its spot.
It was Broadway like, minus the falling Spidermen.
Disagree, and not because I like the song.
Without Song For Someone the whole storyline falls apart.
The first half of the show was really spectacular. It was Broadway like, minus the falling Spidermen.
But the theme that pulled everything together, from the opening, through the Iris/Hugging/Ali section, and out into the war/terrorism loss of innocence part at the end was "the light." The big smashing lightbulb awesomeness that is the end of Until The End Of The World makes more sense with the light theme, and the light theme is all built around Song For Someone.
I think they did a much better job with flow on the European leg, especially from October on.Ehhh... The lightbulb is established as soon as the show opens and the setlist would've flowed fine without it. Mix the graphics into a few other songs and you're fine.
Agreed that first half was spectacular, too bad they couldn't get the 2nd half into shape.
And Spidey was the worst thing I've seen on Broadway thus far.
I also saw a preview of Spiderman... (Did it ever actually get out of previews?)... it was awful. Embarrassing. One of the biggest wastes of U2's history, both in time and also for losing Boy Falls From The Sky, which is a genuinely good song.Spiderman was written by 2 Irish guys that never read a comic or watched the cartoon or knew who spiderman was... I saw a preview and all I remember besides that 1 good sound that came out of that diaster was a Green Goblin with like 10 feet bitching about shoes.
I saw that and Hamilton -- so I've seen the best and worst musical of all time. And I saw Bat Boy off Broadway and enjoyed it, so I've seen some weird shit.
Right? What a fucking waste.I will never forgive them for not properly releasing Boy Falls from the Sky.
I also saw a preview of Spiderman... (Did it ever actually get out of previews?)... it was awful. Embarrassing. One of the biggest wastes of U2's history, both in time and also for losing Boy Falls From The Sky, which is a genuinely good song.
But give me Book Of Mormon over Hamilton any day
I hear you.It was on Broadway for 3 painful years. The only good part was hoping someone would fall from the sky and die during a live performance as they flew over the audience.
I love Book of Mormon, saw that in preview with original cast. It was one of the best things I ever saw and by far the funniest broadway show.
Hamilton -- I know it's over praised -- but I saw it before it was a juggernaunt -- Sept 2015 -- we already loved Lin and knew about it -- anyway like Breaking Bad you can't overhype this show enough. Hamilton might be the best creative thing I've ever experienced. I'm counting U2 shows, movies (I went to film school), TV shows, maybe a book?... it's just one man's vision that is so impressive on so many levels.
I did. I thought Book or Mormon was better.I assume you saw Avenue Q as well? That guy helped with Mormon.
So this is how I think this will go.
They will structure the set almost identically to i/e...
First single to open
Rotating set of songs, only this time focusing on the 90s vs the 80s of i/e
Story time, starting darker w/ Love Is All We Have Left into Lights of Home, and ending uplifting with Love Is Bigger as the last song of the first set
Intermission
Return from intermission with Blackout in the Invisible slot
E stage half acoustic clusterfuckaroo
Hits hits hits
/Fin
He's perched inside the screen.Where does Amp fit into the show?
Good God, Best Thing would be a terrible opener. It has e stage written all over it.
For the opener, my money is on an abbreviated Love Is All We Have Left followed by Lights of Home.
What about LIAWHL being played over the PA system as they walk out to the stage, once they take the stage they open with a rocking LOH?
Because most will know the album since we got a copy with the ticket purchase,they have a great opportunity to open the show with3-4 songs from SOE without losing the audience attention.