Rest of U2 Survivor: The Joshua Tree - Round 1

[Lila64]

Oh, Axver.

is that in your best Laura Petrie voice?

 

[corianderstem]

Duh.



(heh - that was a response to Axver, but it works following Lila's post, too!)

 

[Axver]

Well, considering there were only 5 shows played that month, it took me all of 5 minutes to dig it up. (slow reader)

For those who can't be arsed: it's 29 August 1981 at the Rock on the Tyne festival in Gateshead.

It's interesting to note what October songs they did and didn't play. Gloria was already in rotation, yet the band at that point seemed more confident in With A Shout, Brick, and Fire. With A Shout appeared at all five gigs; Gloria made just one.

 

[coolian2]

For those who can't be arsed: it's 29 August 1981 at the Rock on the Tyne festival in Gateshead.

It's interesting to note what October songs they did and didn't play. Gloria was already in rotation, yet the band at that point seemed more confident in With A Shout, Brick, and Fire. With A Shout appeared at all five gigs; Gloria made just one.

I feel richer for knowing.

 

[corianderstem]

I think perhaps having a caramel latte on the way home from work was, in hindsight, a poor idea.

It might explain a lot of what was coming out of my fingers and onto the internet tonight.

 

[Axver]

I think perhaps having a caramel latte on the way home from work was, in hindsight, a poor idea.

It might explain a lot of what was coming out of my fingers and onto the internet tonight.

If it's going to result in 200 post threads of awesomeness, I think we should start a Caramel Lattes For Cori fund.

 

[coolian2]

I blame the heat for my contributions.







Ignoring that it's cooler than previous days.

 

[Axver]

It's fuckin' 41 here! 106 for those of you still in the Dark Ages in the US.

It doesn't feel that bad in my place though.

 

[corianderstem]

If it's going to result in 200 post threads of awesomeness, I think we should start a Caramel Lattes For Cori fund.

Oh, you don't need to raise money - I work at a place where I can make them for free before leaving every day.

 

[Axver]

Oh, you don't need to raise money - I work at a place where I can make them for free before leaving every day.

Don't worry, I intended to just siphon off the money into my bank account anyway.

 

[RavenBlue]

Yikes.. that's hot. It's mild here 3C ... enough of this. It's winter.. let's get back to the cold stuff... our natural ice in our natural ice rink won't freeze properly until it's about -10C.

 

[corianderstem]

I drank one tonight so I could make it through Project Runway without having to tape it. Usually I fall asleep halfway through. It's past my bedtime.

 

[coolian2]

It's fuckin' 41 here! 106 for those of you still in the Dark Ages in the US.

It doesn't feel that bad in my place though.

I was sweltering a few weeks ago when i was in Christchurch and it was only 30. And i felt the need to wander around town. I did get a great photo of an aerial photo of a Lovetown concert when i was at Jade Stadium though.

Wellington > Christchurch

By a huge margin.

 

[Axver]

Melbourne makes no sense. Temperatures for the last two days, today, and then the next two days: 22, 25, 41, 40, 22. It's been doing this for the last month and a half too! I suspect it can't decide if it wants a stifling, Outback style summer or a pleasant, mild Tasmania style summer.

 

[Axver]

Wellington > Christchurch

By a huge margin.

I quite like Christchurch - the cathedral, the trams, Ferrymead, Antarctica World, going out to Akaroa - but it feels torn between being a regional centre and a proper city and that doesn't help it.

Plus it's bloody well swarming with relatives of mine who I don't know and who only remember the six year old version of me and incessantly remark "wow, you're in university now, you've grown so much!"

 

[coolian2]

I quite like Christchurch - the cathedral, the trams, Ferrymead, Antarctica World, going out to Akaroa - but it feels torn between being a regional centre and a proper city and that doesn't help it.

I only got two days in Christchurch, and one was hampered by an awkward departure time back to Wellington.

I liked it, but i have to agree with your view of it. It felt so much like a city that wasn't a city.

I loved Hagley Park, it just went for miles and miles and miles. I want to go again just to tick off a few more things to visit.

I also loved Lincoln University. While i'd much prefer to go to a central city uni like i do now, it was just so damn beautiful at Lincoln.

Wellington is still awesome. Living in the central city there would be brilliant. So vibrant. A decent stadium, accessible, free museum, cable car...the list goes on.

 

[Axver]

Oh yeah, Hagley Park is fantastic. I was in Royal Park yesterday here in Melbourne and it's so drought-stricken, it made me long for beautiful green Kiwi parkland.

Wellington was my favourite city in the world until I moved to Melbourne. The harbour's so beautiful and so much fun to go boating on. And, well, I grew up just north of there on the Kapiti Coast and that part of the world was something else. Was. It's doubled, approaching tripled in size in the decade since I left. Going back is so weird.

 

[coolian2]

I'm jealous of Hagley Park, given the sub-par parks we have in Auckland. I'd love to chill out in a park when i have breaks at Uni, but our parks within quick walking distance are poor and very busy at best.

I also got a scenic boat ride and dolphin watching (there must have been 30 maybe a couple of hundred metres off shore from the city centre) for all of $14.

There is so much to like about Wellington. I especially love the harbour. As much as Auckland shit on about "our" harbour, i don't see screw all of it. I loved walking almost everywhere in the city on the waterfront. I couldn't come close to doing it in Auckland. As much as i like Auckland as a home, i could so easily live in central Wellington. My perception may change if i had to live in the suburbs further away from the city centre. They seem very cut off.

I can't wait for a decent opportunity to check out more cities. I've never been to Melbourne, which sucks, and i've penciled in Seattle (and depending on airline connections, Vancouver or San Francisco) to be my city - cities - to visit next time U2 tour.

 

[Axver]

Melbourne's got more parkland than you can poke a stick at, all around the CBD - it's awesome. I ride through the Royal Park every time I go to university. It's just a shame about the drought. I'm pretty much used to dead and dying grass now, but I imagine it doesn't make the parks look too attractive to visitors. It's still really well worth the visit though.

Yeah, I never really got the hype about Auckland harbour - I suppose it's pretty good to sail on, but Port Nick's pretty good too, and as you say, Wellington's developed its foreshore in a much better manner. Some Wellington suburbs are a bit cut off, but others aren't - keep in mind Wellington by far has the best public transport in New Zealand.

I must say I'm also pretty partial to Dunedin. Very scenic setting and the Dunedin Railway Station may just be the most beautiful building in the entire Southern Hemisphere.

 

[coolian2]

I haven't been to Dunedin since i was about 4. Hopefully we get much cheaper flights there soon, i might think about it.

I though both Wellington and Christchurch had public transport that shat all over Aucklands - the airport flyer from Wellington city to the airport was only a bit more expensive than the bus i take to uni.

Auckland needs to start all over, as sadly impossible as that is. Wellington is largely a fluke of geography but they've taken advantage of it so well. The only thing holding Wellington back from being a serious world city is the lack of room to do anything about the airport.

 

[mysterious_jen]

I can't vote for Trip only because of the harmonica action

dont want to vote anything off but mothers it is .

 

[The Sad Punk]

Jesus, you guys wouldn't vote Womanfish off simply because of its "harmonica action".

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

I'm so late to this thread, but raring to go anyway.

I voted for MOTD, and before anyone jumps on me for that..., listen, I like MOTD, I do! But, it took me forever to even really notice it, because I am so overly in love with Exit.
That said, I love Trip in the way that I love Miami (shut up, Miami is an AWESOME song!), although not quite as much. Honestly, Trip cracks my shit up. It's such a completely ridiculous song, but it's so fun, like all of Bono's little yelps and hollers and shouting about "No more water in the well, no more water... WATER!", how can you not love that? On any given day I probably would rather listen to Trip than MOTD, although MOTD is still a good song! Okay, everybody stop getting your panties in a twist

The only part of the song where Bono's enunciation bugs me is "carved into stone on the face of Earth". I think it sounds more like he's singing "carved into stone on the face of it" - but that's not as good, so I keep typing what it's meant to be whenever I quote it.

He's supposed to be saying "Earth"?! I had no fucking clue. I just listened to it again, and the closest he gets to "Earth" is airth

And I always 'heard' it as "Painted", but on a more acute listen, I agree with Cori that it sounds like paintsy. Bless

So it's NOT panty roses?

Panty roses?

These are doll panties, by the way. All the other search results I got were porn.

(You know what we need here? An HTML command to strike out text.)

God, yes. Somebody go bug Elvis about it.

 

[Aardvark747]

Trip

 

[Axver]

I though both Wellington and Christchurch had public transport that shat all over Aucklands - the airport flyer from Wellington city to the airport was only a bit more expensive than the bus i take to uni.

Auckland needs to start all over, as sadly impossible as that is. Wellington is largely a fluke of geography but they've taken advantage of it so well. The only thing holding Wellington back from being a serious world city is the lack of room to do anything about the airport.

What really holds back Christchurch is its lack of rail as a form of public transport - buses can only do so much. There's talk of introducing a train service between Rolleston and central Christchurch though, due to how fast Rolleston's growing. Wellington's lucky in that its geography necessitated railway electrification and that gave it the foundation for a solid commuter network.

Auckland was actually meant to get a share of the pie but just keeps getting screwed over. There was one amazing plan in the 1960s - if it had gone ahead, Auckland would be a much nicer city today. Certainly wouldn't have its ugly motorway problems. But that's shortsighted politicians for you.

And with New Zealand's small population pretty adequately served by Auckland airport for trans-Pacific travel, I really can't see anyone able to justify or recoup the monumental expense that would be required to expand Wellington airport into either Evans Bay or Lyall Bay.

 

[An Cat Gav]

IN God's Country for me, though it wasn't an easy choice.

 

[Axver]

Jesus, you guys wouldn't vote Womanfish off simply because of its "harmonica action".

I actually knew a guy whose favourite U2 song is Womanfish. Makes some of my favourite selections seem positively mainstream.

 

[intedomine]

I actually knew a guy whose favourite U2 song is Womanfish. Makes some of my favourite selections seem positively mainstream.

Is his love for Womanfish the reason you used to know him, as opposed to still know him? Did his credibility as an acquaintance take such a hit from his startling admission?

I'm voting Trip. Is anyone else jumping on the In God's Country bandwagon? I'd love to see it take this round out.

 

[Rob33]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS THREAD IS TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL BEYOND BELIEF!!!! I go read a little, come back, and theres like 5 more pages!! Then, while I'm typing a response, like 3 more people post in between!!!!

ok I think I better start preparing myself for tour time....

 

[coolian2]

What really holds back Christchurch is its lack of rail as a form of public transport - buses can only do so much. There's talk of introducing a train service between Rolleston and central Christchurch though, due to how fast Rolleston's growing. Wellington's lucky in that its geography necessitated railway electrification and that gave it the foundation for a solid commuter network.

Auckland was actually meant to get a share of the pie but just keeps getting screwed over. There was one amazing plan in the 1960s - if it had gone ahead, Auckland would be a much nicer city today. Certainly wouldn't have its ugly motorway problems. But that's shortsighted politicians for you.

And with New Zealand's small population pretty adequately served by Auckland airport for trans-Pacific travel, I really can't see anyone able to justify or recoup the monumental expense that would be required to expand Wellington airport into either Evans Bay or Lyall Bay.

Don't talk to me about foresight and Auckland, this city has no fucking idea about the future.