superchuk5
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It charted well in the UK and Canada, but that's all I got. Maybe it's just a straightforward rock song that is easy to whip out? Maybe Edge randomly heard it on the radio and so he remembered it existed?
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It charted well in the UK and Canada, but that's all I got. Maybe it's just a straightforward rock song that is easy to whip out? Maybe Edge randomly heard it on the radio and so he remembered it existed?
AndrewCowley
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Maybe they like ABOY because it is so short and therefore keeps the show short (after all, they couldn't possibly exceed anyone's expectations on this front, could they). I would guess also that it being easy to play is also attractive for them.
Well, this is shaping up to be, gasp...not spectacular. Of course, who knows? Of all the Bomb songs to revisit, you'd think Love and Peace or Else would make some sense, it actually worked well coming after Bullet and then going into SBS on the Vertigo Tour. I imagine preachy/political Bono will be the mode of choice, unfortunately American Soul will cover that and daily, oh the horror.
Please would be tremendous to bring out or Gone or literally anything from Pop since it was ignored last year, my goodness...another shocker.
Who knows? Maybe they'll play Book of Your Heart for the entire leg of the tour. They did play Lucifer's Hands and Crystal Ballroom at a few gigs, and while the latter is especially killer, I guess they never quite nailed it live.
I imagine Walk On will never be played live again due to the recent Aung San Suu Kyi events, but not sure that would work or if anyone really wants it.
I don't really mind them leaning on the SOI/SOE material as this is a continuation of that tour and I sadly missed them on the I&E tour and they generally play a decent number of new songs, which can be rare for an older rock act.
No Streets would be bold, but with these tickets prices, I can't see them completely ignoring TJT, but I'd be kinda surprised and impressed if they don't play a single track from that album.
Please would be tremendous to bring out or Gone or literally anything from Pop since it was ignored last year, my goodness...another shocker.
Who knows? Maybe they'll play Book of Your Heart for the entire leg of the tour. They did play Lucifer's Hands and Crystal Ballroom at a few gigs, and while the latter is especially killer, I guess they never quite nailed it live.
I imagine Walk On will never be played live again due to the recent Aung San Suu Kyi events, but not sure that would work or if anyone really wants it.
I don't really mind them leaning on the SOI/SOE material as this is a continuation of that tour and I sadly missed them on the I&E tour and they generally play a decent number of new songs, which can be rare for an older rock act.
No Streets would be bold, but with these tickets prices, I can't see them completely ignoring TJT, but I'd be kinda surprised and impressed if they don't play a single track from that album.
phommel
Refugee
Yes please, bring PLEASE back! That would be awesome!
I want to hear PLease (and Gone and SOH and Streets and Bad)
Nope, not gonna happen I'm afraid (would love it though!). Lucifer's Hands and Crystal Ballroom are both great songs. Played a few times in the US. No reaction from the audience, hence it was buried in the graveyard of great U2 songs. I don't understand why they test material in the US and then never give it a chance in Europe. The reaction would sometimes be quite different... The audience is different. Sucks for us. I would have loved to hear those two songs live.
Yep, agree, but they should play different SOI songs, at least partly. I agree that RBW works in telling the Dublin story, so I get why they keep that song. But Iris and SFS? Those can be changed. If they want to tell the mom story, they could play Lemon as well. Heck, that would make a few fans happy. I'd even take Iris if that's the price to get lemon
trevgreg
Rock n' Roll Doggie
I thought Miracle Drug was an odder choice myself a few years ago, but even that only got a few airings overall.
All Because of You was one of the songs that stood out a bit more during my first U2 show though, so I don't remember it being anything terrible. But that was just me.
trevgreg
Rock n' Roll Doggie
I was at one of the two shows they played The Crystal Ballroom at. I didn't mind it, but it was a bit on the "meh" side for me. I could take it or leave it, but I can see why it was never played consistently.
Bullet came after Sunday Bloody Sunday on the Vertigo Tour, not before Love and Peace or Else.
Love and Peace
Bono drumming like a loony
Sunday
Bullet f/ neutered solo
Running to stand still / Miss Sarajevo
Weird fog human rights face thing
Pride
Worst Streets ever
Love and Peace is also a dreadful song that was made better live... so there's hope for American Soul, which is a better song (refujesus aside) than Love and Peace (and would probably get less hate if not for the baffling recycling of parts of the worst i/e song)
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100% agree
[/QUOTE] Love and Peace is also a dreadful song that was made better live... so there's hope for American Soul, which is a better song (refujesus aside) than Love and Peace (and would probably get less hate if not for the baffling recycling of parts of the worst i/e song)[/QUOTE]
I would guess I’m one of the few around here that think Love and Peace is an awesome song. It was also done right Live and I think would have made a great opening ala what they did in one of their Boston shows (I think).
Love and Peace is also a dreadful song that was made better live... so there's hope for American Soul, which is a better song (refujesus aside) than Love and Peace (and would probably get less hate if not for the baffling recycling of parts of the worst i/e song)[/QUOTE]
I would guess I’m one of the few around here that think Love and Peace is an awesome song. It was also done right Live and I think would have made a great opening ala what they did in one of their Boston shows (I think).[/QUOTE]Vertigo Tour was strange in that it took two of the best live tracks they have in Streets and Bullet and made them both a giant MEH at best, and the tour was still pretty damn good.
Which is why it's way too early to get all pissy and want to burn GA tickets because of a rehearsal setlist. Give em a few shows first.
jphelmet
Refugee
I would guess I’m one of the few around here that think Love and Peace is an awesome song. It was also done right Live and I think would have made a great opening ala what they did in one of their Boston shows (I think).[/QUOTE]Vertigo Tour was strange in that it took two of the best live tracks they have in Streets and Bullet and made them both a giant MEH at best, and the tour was still pretty damn good.
Which is why it's way too early to get all pissy and want to burn GA tickets because of a rehearsal setlist. Give em a few shows first.[/QUOTE]
I really don’t understand how anyone thinks American soul is better than anything except maybe stand up comedy. I would gladly hear love and peace Or else instead of American soul.
Hewson
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I like LAPOE, and thought it was great live, and was at the Boston show where it opened. Much like the one time Magnificent opened in Foxborough on 360, thought it worked better as an opener than COBL, got the energy amped up (and wearing Mom Jeans, right Headache) right from the jump.
Hey, stop the SUC bashing please, I like that song
But yes, American Soul is definitely not one of the songs I'm looking forward to. But since in Europe we'll get RFD instead it's all good
DaveC
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Hey, stop the SUC bashing please, I like that song
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TheGeekyU2Fan
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This tour's setlist is gonna go downhill...
It's not a hill, it's a mountain
TheGeekyU2Fan
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As you start out the climb
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TheGeekyU2Fan
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Me too.
at least they played a snippet of MOS in Bad in 2015 and Magnificent but that's about it.
Yahweh_OMG
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PopFly
War Child
Mentioned this a few pages ago, but subbing Landlady in for Song For Someone as part of the "Innocence" sequence would be a big improvement. You get a new song in here, there's no reason to do both SFS and 13 in the same concert, and Landlady works just as thematically well with the overall narrative.
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PopFly
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The horse has left the barn on this idea, but it would've been fun if U2 had done a nightly setlist of 8-9 songs from SOE, one song from each of their previous 13 albums, plus a couple of one-offs (Sweetest Thing, HMTMKMKM, Miss Sarajevo, etc.) It would've been a cool tie-in to the "experience" idea.
Given the songs they've been rehearsing, it's still not totally out of the question?? At least one track from every record has been played thus far, except for Joshua Tree, Zooropa and NLOTH.
Given the songs they've been rehearsing, it's still not totally out of the question?? At least one track from every record has been played thus far, except for Joshua Tree, Zooropa and NLOTH.
superchuk5
Refugee
Never thought of this, but I like the idea. I only see two downsides, neither of which I think are that troubling for the idea:
1) SFS was a single and thus may be more recognizable, but it didn't appear to chart well so there really may not be much recognition risk.
2) SFS seems to be written from the perspective of a young Bono, while Landlady is from older Bono looking back. I don't think this is a dealbreaker since Iris and Cedarwood are arguably written from the perspective of an older Bono looking back at his youth.
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Sounding like a broken record here: this is all very lazy. Falling back on the SOI tour experience and songs is weak. What a rollercoaster of emotions from that first rehearsal setlist until now.
dan_smee
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prbiker15
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Ooooooh, interesting. And this email was just sent out:
http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f330/augmented-reality-222063-4.html#post8255254
dan_smee
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Apparently if you download and point it at the album cover it plays a video
Edit: just saw they mention that in the email
Edit: just saw they mention that in the email
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