U2Fan101 said:
Ok Axver - opinions on this one.
Righteo then! I'm honoured that you'd really want to hear my opinion.
1. All Because Of You
2. Vertigo
3. The Electric Co.
4 Until the End of the World
5. Last Night On Earth
6. MLK - Love and Peace Or Else*
7. Gloria
8. Electrical Storm
9. Miracle Drug
DAMN, I like that. Only two things I'm not sure about;
1. LAPOE/Gloria/ES. Of course, that could work fine, but I would be tempted to swap Gloria for Gone.
2. MLK --> LAPOE. Don't get me wrong, I quite like your idea to flow the two songs together, but I'm just not sure if it works thematically. "May your dreams be realised tonight," "lay down your guns"? I'm also not sure if I can really see MLK following LNOE.
B-STAGE : Larry on Floor Tom
10. A Man and A Woman
11. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
B-STAGE : Larry and Adam take a break
12. Original of the Species
B-STAGE : Bono joins Adam and Larry
13. Van Diemen's Land
Mmm, loving it. Though shouldn't VDL be Edge solo?
MAIN STAGE
14. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
15. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own - Snippet of Bad**
16. Where The Streets Have No Name
17. Desire
18. Beautiful Day
I think you're spot on with SYCMIOYO, though I'd be tempted to include both songs or make it a medley rather than simply snippeting Bad (just because I LOVE Bad). My sole concern with that portion of the set is HMTMKMKM/SYCMIOYO. The glam-rock of HMTMKMKM doesn't really seem to flow with the softer beginning of SYCMIOYO. Did you have some sort of transition in mind here, some way it could work like Bullet/RTSS?
ENCORE
19. City of Blinding Lights
20. Walk On
21. Yahweh
22. 40
If U2 do choose to play Walk On again, I will be very interested to see in what context it is played. We are all very used to it as a closing song - it's hard to even imagine it between two songs, or at least for me. That said, it works nicely where it is. I'm desperately hoping that Yahweh/40 really does close.
One other concern is that perhaps the main set is a bit long, just by one or two songs. I'd alleviate that by cutting down the acoustic set and then adding another encore (probably between the main set and the one you already have). Or maybe U2 will return to playing just one encore ... hm, no, I don't think that's likely.
(Also, don't you think there should be a little bit more representation of JT and AB?)