Galeongirl
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For me it sure as hell is! Perhaps a wee bit biased, but yeah.
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JT Tour
Every other tour
I think the Joshua Tree was the greatest tour because it was 100% about the music. No Huge Video Screens, Elaborate stages, explosions, or light shows. That music was just so good that it didn't need anything else to compliment it. Now that's just my opinion.
Maggie's Farm / Cold Turkey (snippet) / School's Out (snippet)
Course it is, it's your first. You always remember your first...For me it sure as hell is! Perhaps a wee bit biased, but yeah.
Do any of the large musical acts tour without screens currently? Since we always compare them, what is Springsteen's setup like?
I honestly dont think anyone who wasn't at any of the Joshua Tree Tour shows can begin to comprehend just how amazing and passionate the shows were. U2 were touring a collection of songs that will remain with the human race as long as we are here. U2 didnt need all the screens and technology back then, coz the songs were strong enough themselves to blow you away. All the ultimate performances of the now "classics" were delivered on that tour (SBS, Bad, NYD, WOWY, Streets, UF etc etc) and IMHO, will never be bettered.
Well by that logic you can't judge any tour that you never actually attended, which I can somewhat agree with... but that means you can't judge the latest tour yet unless you've gone.
I also don't buy the "didn't need all the screens and technology" bit. So are you saying that from 87 to 91 something happen and U2's quality went down so they needed "all the screens and technology"?
I think its safe enuff for me to make an educated guess, having been at UF, JT, Zoo Tv, Popmart, Elevation and Vertigo tours, that this will NOT be u2's defining moment. there seems to be a lot of people creaming themselves over the technology/stage on this tour. A gig is supposed to be about the music? Maybe, thats why 2 of my 3 fave tours, were basic shows (JT and Elevation)
As a footnote, YES, i do think u2s quality went down after JT album, but only because they pulled the once in a generation album out of the bag with the Joshua Tree.
I think its safe enuff for me to make an educated guess, having been at UF, JT, Zoo Tv, Popmart, Elevation and Vertigo tours, that this will NOT be u2's defining moment. there seems to be a lot of people creaming themselves over the technology/stage on this tour. A gig is supposed to be about the music? Maybe, thats why 2 of my 3 fave tours, were basic shows (JT and Elevation)
As a footnote, YES, i do think u2s quality went down after JT album, but only because they pulled the once in a generation album out of the bag with the Joshua Tree.
Your right G-man the Joshua Tree was the once in a generation album for me.
I agree with just about everything you've been saying in here, except I don't think they declined after JT because I deem AB to be incredible.
JT is widely considered u2s most acclaimed and popular album.