MrBrau1 said:
They're much better musicians now than in the 80's. Naive musicians always think "faster" is a better display of skill. It's not. The band now play steady and solid, something that wasn't always there in the early days. Simply put, they're a much better band now.
yeah, no doubt that they're better musicians, it would be ashamed if they would have remained the same when they were starting
anyway, until popmart U2 were claimed as probably the best band in the world playing live shows, the show is everytime there but sometimes the songs, i'm talking mostely of the old songs, are quite powerless and sleepy! pride, wowy, bad, out of control, sunday bloody sunday and other songs have been killed by them in the last tours, oh, i'm damn sorry to say this but it is so! i've watched rattle and hum last night and the songs were so penetrant, you can't forget any second of the way they were performing! and i say you this, oh my god, i've seen deep purple last year, they're almost 60, but they were tear fire out of they're instruments, i've never seen something so powerful and quite shocking! ok, they play hard rock, but with 60 they play the songs in the same way like they were performing 20-30 years ago!!i probably agree with the fact that larry's back misfortune and bono's voice problem are the main reasons why some songs are just going off, but right for these reasons i think it's better to cancel them of the setlists rather than downplay them with forced performances. maybe do them just a few times, only in the biggest events, there are a lot of other songs that would sound better. you know, i consider their old classics absolutely sacred, to ruin them after 15-20 years is a very pity...you know, it's just my opinion