DignityPassesBy
Refugee
and don't say it was acoustic!!!
Lila64 said:thanks for your review/info in the other thread
quadcaster said:what i ask is: what was new at all for the first show of the fourth leg of the tour except for afew songs being played in different spots?
Mofo said:No african flags, only southamerican and the mexican flags which got a huge reaction from the crowd
KUEFC09U2 said:yes it must be lame, even though someone who was at the show has just commented on how good the reaction from the crowd was
you've changedAxver said:
OH NO SOMEONE ATTACKED U2 YOU BETTER BLINDLY JUMP TO THE BAND'S DEFENCE!!!
Look, of course the crowd reacted well - their own flag was there! But U2.com mentioned there was going to be some change to Streets, and this is a monumental anticlimax. I was wondering if it would be a new segue or some modified musical style. But no, some flags are changed. So what? I don't go to concerts to look at visuals. The music's what matters. (Which is part of the reason why I don't care that the Streets red background is gone this tour. I don't need red lighting to get the Streets effect. For me, the whole effect comes from the music.)
thelaj said:Tut...it is easy to look at this from the perspective from of fans with tons of bootlegs, but U2 put a show on for the concert goers. Why should the people at that show be U2's guinea pigs - what if the change had fallen flat on its face? These people have paid their money to see U2 - the U2 they know and love.
Maybe the rest of us want to here Discotheque>Mofo>Staring at The Sun>Acrobat>Lemon>Dirty Day>All I Want is You>Please>Streets SUPER MEDLEY but the people at the show want classic Streets.
If anything, I think the length of the show should be the sticking point - since it seemed quite short to me.
The important thing to remember is U2 are playing shows for the concert-goers, not a few thousand geeks on a fan forum.
When we see Streets with the african aspect, we think "oh yeah, another blah blah streets" because we may have heard or seen so many (100+) setlists/bootlegs. 99% of those people it will be their only U2 show and they won't know any different other than being thankful for the whole experience. I think bitching at people's shows is disrespectful to those who have attended them. It isn't their fault U2 haven't decided to fuck the setlist up and many people don't have the time or money to go to multiple shows - U2 have to cater for these people just as much as the rabid fans.
, and the thing is, the band and crew have now taken the step to "presonalise" the visuals of streets, by showing the flags of the continent they are in.thelaj said:Tut...it is easy to look at this from the perspective from of fans with tons of bootlegs, but U2 put a show on for the concert goers. Why should the people at that show be U2's guinea pigs - what if the change had fallen flat on its face? These people have paid their money to see U2 - the U2 they know and love.
Maybe the rest of us want to here Discotheque>Mofo>Staring at The Sun>Acrobat>Lemon>Dirty Day>All I Want is You>Please>Streets SUPER MEDLEY but the people at the show want classic Streets.
If anything, I think the length of the show should be the sticking point - since it seemed quite short to me.
The important thing to remember is U2 are playing shows for the concert-goers, not a few thousand geeks on a fan forum.
When we see Streets with the african aspect, we think "oh yeah, another blah blah streets" because we may have heard or seen so many (100+) setlists/bootlegs. 99% of those people it will be their only U2 show and they won't know any different other than being thankful for the whole experience. I think bitching at people's shows is disrespectful to those who have attended them. It isn't their fault U2 haven't decided to fuck the setlist up and many people don't have the time or money to go to multiple shows - U2 have to cater for these people just as much as the rabid fans.
KUEFC09U2 said:, and the thing is, the band and crew have now taken the step to "presonalise" the visuals of streets, by showing the flags of the continent they are in.
obviously not anymoreU2Man said:
I thought that part of the show was about the African issue.
KUEFC09U2 said:obviously not anymore