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Please post your reviews of the May 7th show here.
CloserToKnowing said:Adam seemed really into the show toight, swaying and moving about the catwalk more than I've ever see him - - - does Chicago or this date have any meaning to him??? Bono even commented "What has gotten in to this man tonight?" and gave him a hug.
CloserToKnowing said:curious why the film crews (assuming filming of the DVD) set up prior to the show behind the sound desk, then were mysteriously gone after a few songs.....I completely missed what happened there.
knox said:
I know! How often do we see sights such as this, with the whole band on the stage except for Adam?
erm your saying that without even seeing the show? the band by the sound of the majority of reviews are having ALOT of fun, and this tour has been classed as alot LESS serious as the elevaiton tour, also the SNL performance brought the roof of the place?klayon said:It's so sad to read about obvious missteps in their live performing, especially after several weeks to get the kinks worked out. I know that when I saw them on SNL, they definitely played quite stiff and without much of the U2 swagger that we have come to expect.
And after seeing them live last tour and seeing the resulting DVDs, it is apparent that U2 live isn't quite a brazen as they used to be. But I'm still excited to see them in Mpls next fall; perhaps by then, they will all be having as much fun as Adam sounds like he is having! I also hope they shake up the set list a lot more by then; I've heard many of these songs live already. Hearing "Where the Streets Have No Name" again....snore.
kawai17 said:
ZooStation and Fly so good
wow yet ANOTHER positve post by youIf you shout... said:One of the "worst" U2 shows I've ever been to, but still by no means truly "bad." It was okay, for me. The fuck-ups were pretty fucked up ("Vertigo," "Miracle Ass," Bono's 120 second-plus fetal position for "An Cat Dubh"/"Into the Heart," and Larry's dumb ass on the screen for everybody to see not knowing a single word to "Elevation" which he was trying to get into but failing miserably), and the high points were pretty astoundingly amazing ("Sometimes..." was mostly superb, "Love and Peace..." rocked the casbah, "Bad" was mostly well-done, and "Zoo Station," aside from Bono's horrible posturing/"performance" was about a million times better than I could've dreamed).
I'm watching the PopMart VHS as I type this and I realize what's wrong with these new shows (for me): Bono. I miss not just this energy from '97/'98 (and before, of course), but SOME energy, of which there was less-than-none on Saturday night. Seriously. If anybody here claims that Bono put on a good performance (and I don't mean vocally, but physically), then he/she is hittin' the peace pipe a bit too often. He really is the problem. It's the only show I've yet seen this tour and I haven't sealed the deal and written it all off, just yet...but we'll see where I stand after tonight's show. I hope that he proves me wrong and demonstrates that he's not 100% irrelevant.