gabriele1971
The Fly
U2 have a penchant for writing awesome songs and putting them on the albums (or b-sides), then trasforming them into incredible live numbers on that album's tour, and then...forgetting about them on the subsequent tours.
here is a quick overview, from WAR onwards.
WAR TOUR
surrender (only played a couple of times on Unfire tour, not played ever since)
2 hearts (played seldom on Unfire tour, twice on Lovetown, never since)
seconds (survided on the Unfire tour, not played ever since)
like a song (played a couple of times on the tour, never since)
UNFIRE TOUR
homecoming (played a couple of times on JT tour, twice on elevation, never in between)
indian summer sky (played seldom on Unfire tour, never since)
wire (never played after unfire tour)
mlk/unfire (both played until 1990, never since, except for mlk snippeted here and there - like Superbowl '02)
JT tour
exit (played once on Lovetown, never since)
gods country (played a couple of times on Lovetown, returned acoustically on Elevation, never played in between)
running (a regular until 1993, it returned only twice on elevation, not complete)
one tree (played a couple of times on JT, became a regular on Lovetown, played only twice ever since, in NZ 93)
mothers (seldom played on JT tour, returned 4 times on Popmart, in South Am)
silver and gold/spanish eyes (sometimes played on Jt tour, never since, except for 2 shots at Spanish eyes, in barcelona 92 and 01)
helter skelter (never played since)
Lovetown
all along the watchtower (reappeared only once on elevation)
hawkmoon/god 2/love rescue (never played since, except hawkmoon snippeted once on elevation)
lovetown (never played after 93)
ZOO TV/ZOOROPA/ZOOMERANG
ultrav/blindness/throw your arms/wild horses/zoo station/so cruel/zooropa/babyface/numb/lemon/daddy's/dirty day (never since, except a couple of snippets of wild horses on elevation)
Popmart
do you feel loved/mofo/if god/last night/miami/velvet dress (never since)
that's it; I think that's incredible.
that's a motherload of really good songs forgotten by the band. and that's without mentioning the songs never-ever played by the band (red hill, drowning man, heartland, acrobat...), or the long-lost classics (gloria, electric co, october...): these listed were just the "regulars" of every single tour, with a couple of exceptions (like a song, indian summer...) which were rare even on "their" tour.
what do you guys think? why do you think this happens? what do you think will happen to the ATYCLB songs? I think that only beautiful day and walk on will survive on the next tour.
bye
here is a quick overview, from WAR onwards.
WAR TOUR
surrender (only played a couple of times on Unfire tour, not played ever since)
2 hearts (played seldom on Unfire tour, twice on Lovetown, never since)
seconds (survided on the Unfire tour, not played ever since)
like a song (played a couple of times on the tour, never since)
UNFIRE TOUR
homecoming (played a couple of times on JT tour, twice on elevation, never in between)
indian summer sky (played seldom on Unfire tour, never since)
wire (never played after unfire tour)
mlk/unfire (both played until 1990, never since, except for mlk snippeted here and there - like Superbowl '02)
JT tour
exit (played once on Lovetown, never since)
gods country (played a couple of times on Lovetown, returned acoustically on Elevation, never played in between)
running (a regular until 1993, it returned only twice on elevation, not complete)
one tree (played a couple of times on JT, became a regular on Lovetown, played only twice ever since, in NZ 93)
mothers (seldom played on JT tour, returned 4 times on Popmart, in South Am)
silver and gold/spanish eyes (sometimes played on Jt tour, never since, except for 2 shots at Spanish eyes, in barcelona 92 and 01)
helter skelter (never played since)
Lovetown
all along the watchtower (reappeared only once on elevation)
hawkmoon/god 2/love rescue (never played since, except hawkmoon snippeted once on elevation)
lovetown (never played after 93)
ZOO TV/ZOOROPA/ZOOMERANG
ultrav/blindness/throw your arms/wild horses/zoo station/so cruel/zooropa/babyface/numb/lemon/daddy's/dirty day (never since, except a couple of snippets of wild horses on elevation)
Popmart
do you feel loved/mofo/if god/last night/miami/velvet dress (never since)
that's it; I think that's incredible.
that's a motherload of really good songs forgotten by the band. and that's without mentioning the songs never-ever played by the band (red hill, drowning man, heartland, acrobat...), or the long-lost classics (gloria, electric co, october...): these listed were just the "regulars" of every single tour, with a couple of exceptions (like a song, indian summer...) which were rare even on "their" tour.
what do you guys think? why do you think this happens? what do you think will happen to the ATYCLB songs? I think that only beautiful day and walk on will survive on the next tour.
bye