TheBrazilianFly
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
After listening to all of the songs from the San Diego show I have come to the conclusion that this might be the most complete U2 show I have ever heard. It had everything, the aggressive rock n' roll, the gospel-like moments, the slow and beautiful songs, the epics, the classics, the rarities and 7 great versions of the new songs. I really liked the set list, the beginning is really rock n' roll, actually the whole show was extremely rock n roll, it had more visceral and riff based songs than ever (Vertigo, The Electric Co., All Because Of You, The Fly, Elevation, Love And Peace Or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Year's Day, Bullet The Blue Sky).
One of the reasons why I love U2 is because they are not afraid of trying new thins with their older songs. Even though that version of The Fly is not as good as The Elevation Tour version it's still pretty awesome. Starting with just the riff and Larry changing the drums tempo throughout the song and trying new things made this one hell of a special version, I hope they persist with The Fly and keep it like that but making it tighter. The same goes for Elevation! That was a great idea the way they played it. I think they want to try and change BTBS a little but don’t really know what to do, again this will be very interesting to see happening as the tour goes on. I loved the chanting at the end of One and the African melodies Bono kept inserting into Streets! Really cool!
The new songs translated well live but they still need to get the hang of it and with time they will definitely get them better. Love And Peace was fucking awesome!! I prefer Yahweh with drums and electric guitars and I hope they work their way towards that but still that was an interesting version.
Even though the band still needs to get most of those songs right there were still moments of magic there, specially at the end of The Electric Co. with Bono singing The Who's I Can See For Miles as the band kicking ass!!! I loved Edge during The Electric Co., The Fly and Zoo Station. When I saw that the band had played New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday and Pride I wasn’t even sure if I should get those songs, cause as much as I love them, I wanted to listen to the more unexpected songs but when I started listening to SBS, NYD I caught myself really into it even though the band didn't changed anything on those songs, I guess I got into it because they were into it and that makes the diference!
I really, really hope that The Electric Co., An Cat Dubh, Into The Heart, Stories For Boys and 40 make into the Vertigo Tour Live DVD cause thy are what makes this whole set list unique and I want to listen and see that band playing those songs many times, they were one of the highlights to me. I really fucking loved this show and this is just the first one!
Those of you who have listened to the show can post your thoughts here if you want.
One of the reasons why I love U2 is because they are not afraid of trying new thins with their older songs. Even though that version of The Fly is not as good as The Elevation Tour version it's still pretty awesome. Starting with just the riff and Larry changing the drums tempo throughout the song and trying new things made this one hell of a special version, I hope they persist with The Fly and keep it like that but making it tighter. The same goes for Elevation! That was a great idea the way they played it. I think they want to try and change BTBS a little but don’t really know what to do, again this will be very interesting to see happening as the tour goes on. I loved the chanting at the end of One and the African melodies Bono kept inserting into Streets! Really cool!
The new songs translated well live but they still need to get the hang of it and with time they will definitely get them better. Love And Peace was fucking awesome!! I prefer Yahweh with drums and electric guitars and I hope they work their way towards that but still that was an interesting version.
Even though the band still needs to get most of those songs right there were still moments of magic there, specially at the end of The Electric Co. with Bono singing The Who's I Can See For Miles as the band kicking ass!!! I loved Edge during The Electric Co., The Fly and Zoo Station. When I saw that the band had played New Year's Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday and Pride I wasn’t even sure if I should get those songs, cause as much as I love them, I wanted to listen to the more unexpected songs but when I started listening to SBS, NYD I caught myself really into it even though the band didn't changed anything on those songs, I guess I got into it because they were into it and that makes the diference!
I really, really hope that The Electric Co., An Cat Dubh, Into The Heart, Stories For Boys and 40 make into the Vertigo Tour Live DVD cause thy are what makes this whole set list unique and I want to listen and see that band playing those songs many times, they were one of the highlights to me. I really fucking loved this show and this is just the first one!
Those of you who have listened to the show can post your thoughts here if you want.