LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
I'm sure Unknown Caller will be back on the second leg, i'm not getting too freaked out at its absence. It'll be back.
This IS the second leg.
I'm sure Unknown Caller will be back on the second leg, i'm not getting too freaked out at its absence. It'll be back.
the unforgettable fire was a singleI forgot to mention that The Unforgettable Fire is my ALL TIME favorite U2 song. It's the first non single I heard by the band and it's the song that got me into U2. I love the fact that it was added to the setlist and I think it sounds so much better now live than it did in the 1980's. That being said, I think it's only fair to allow some other rare U2 songs the chance to be played.
Um hello, Elevation isnt played every night. Your theory is gone
SMB
the unforgettable fire was a single
seriously though, i agree with what you said.
If SOA as a mediative experimental album actually got released its likely that a lot of it wouldn't be played live, I think they'd try and do a ZooTV like mix of both albums, instead of dropping NLOTH down to just a few songs. Boots is the one getting the most excitement out of the crowd, it'll be UC, MOS and Breathe are the ones that are the likely first victims, but I think some ATYCLB would fade out too. Magnificent will likely take on the lasting life COBL has seen so I don't see them dropping it. NLOTH will probably remain on this tour to keep that name in the air.
This tour just has way too much unmet potential.
No. Boots is one of their best live songs and rocks very hard. It stands next to songs like Vertigo and Elevation when it comes to audience participation. I've never been a big fan of the song, but it's amazing live.
Boots won't be dopped this tour. i don't really like the song that much, but it was very good live and got a big reaction. i could see it not surviving after this tour though. its not ever going to be considered a greatest hit, and no one will really care about hearing it in the future (i think most of the casual fans will just forget about it).
I dunno, 'Let Me in the Sound' is a huge live moment... it could be the Vertigo/Elevation of NLOTH, even without the airplay.
Well, gman, you might have listened to the bootleg, but have you been to the show?
Because in FedEx Field on September 29, Washington DC went fucking crazy for Get On Your Boots, and so did the band.
It was a clear highlight of the show, to me.
yes John...i have seen the live show. You have to understand this....for a guy who grew up, since 1981, listening to u2 songs such as Electric Co, I will Follow, SBS, NYD, Pride, UF, Streets, One etc etc......its very hard to accept its the same band that gave birth to GOYB!
no no no, it'll kill them.They'll drop NLOTH form the early setlist and it will kill me
anyone else notice that they dropped the "sexy" from boots? it's just "get on your boots... get on your boots..."
no sexy... which was the most cheesey part of the entire fucking song, and it's nice to see it taken out.
Also, it's one thing to have similar setlists when there is only a few months between legs (IE the first and third legs of the Vertigo Tour). However, I think people coming to their second (or third or whatever) shows when there is, in some cases, going to be almost a year between shows will be really pissed if they are essentially seeing the same show with a few new songs thrown in. And I'm not even really talking about die hard U2 fans, I'm talking more about the casual U2 fan who might've seen them this year and were blown away by the production and want to see U2 again with a new album to promote.
But U2 has a history of doing just that. Thats exactly what happened with Zoo TV and Zooropa.
On another note, there is very little chance that more than a handful of "casual" fans will have even heard of Songs of Ascent, never mind be familiar with the songs. Crowd reaction in the U.S. to Songs of Ascent tracks will make NLOTH seem like The Joshua Tree.
I have no idea how you could even make a statement like that about an album that isn't anywhere close to being released, let alone finished. And saying it's because of the statements U2 have made about it is not a valid reason because the album will change 100 times over between those comments and its eventual release.