What about Crumbs?

[djerdap]

Please don't tell me this song will become the next Acrobat! There are no reports this has been rehearsed whatsover. It would be a shame if it doesn't show up on the tour because it has enormous live potential.

 

[broken toy]

I could be wrong (happens all the time) but I had a feeling from the time the album came out that Crumbs might not get played, that it would get "Acrobated" or "Red Hilled."

Although I wouldn't be crushed, and don't consider Crumbs to be in the same league as the aforementioned songs, or others like One Tree that were initially left off of tours.

They still might do it, but I get the feeling it's teetering on the edge of live relevance for them, and I won't be surprised if they don't play it.

 

[as you wish16]

I will be EXTREMELY disappointed if Crumbs is left of the setlist. It's my favorite song on the album, by far. It would figure though as Acrobat and So Cruel were two of my favs from Achtung and were never played. Such torture!

 

[Axver]

I think it would be played, as the lyrics so perfectly suit Bono's various causes. In fact, I think it will open the encore, as the encore break video is of the Human Rights Declaration and the lyrics seem appropriate - "where you live should not decide whether you live or whether you die".

 

[Axver]

I will be EXTREMELY disappointed if Crumbs is left of the setlist. It's my favorite song on the album, by far. It would figure though as Acrobat and So Cruel were two of my favs from Achtung and were never played. Such torture!

So Cruel was played in full once, on 1992-09-09.

 

[djerdap]

So Cruel was played in full once, on 1992-09-09.

I was under the impression that So Cruel was played only acoustic, with Bono only.
The song was played four times - the first time it came up pretty much spontaneously; in Milan on May 22nd 1992.
It was rehearsed at Hershey and there is a recording, where we can hear a full band version.
The three nights it was played(acoustically) were Boston, August 22nd, Detroit September 9th and Chicago September 15th.
I went to check if there may have been a full band version on a concert, but a reviewer states on U2tours.com that only Bono played So Cruel in Detroit, on 1992-09-09.
So, where did you get that info?
It would be pretty interesting if So Cruel really got played in full... Although I doubt it, according to the reviewer on U2tours.com and the placement in the setlist(during the acoustic set).

 

[Axver]

I was under the impression that So Cruel was played only acoustic, with Bono only.
The song was played four times - the first time it came up pretty much spontaneously; in Milan on May 22nd 1992.
It was rehearsed at Hershey and there is a recording, where we can hear a full band version.
The three nights it was played(acoustically) were Boston, August 22nd, Detroit September 9th and Chicago September 15th.
I went to check if there may have been a full band version on a concert, but a reviewer states on U2tours.com that only Bono played So Cruel in Detroit, on 1992-09-09.
So, where did you get that info?
It would be pretty interesting if So Cruel really got played in full... Although I doubt it, according to the reviewer on U2tours.com and the placement in the setlist(during the acoustic set).

Blue Room was at the Detroit show and I thought he had said it was a full band performance. Maybe not. Blue Room, are you out there to clear this up?

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

I was at that show (Detroit) but for the life of me I can't remember. Shame there's only half a bootleg of this show floating around. That was my first ever U2 show.

 

[Blue Room]

Blue Room was at the Detroit show and I thought he had said it was a full band performance. Maybe not. Blue Room, are you out there to clear this up?

I was there, but it wasnt full band. It was only Bono acoustic. But he sang the whole thing, not just the first verse and chorus. The other times he did it he only did the first verse and chorus (He did a "bit" more at the 9-15-92 Chicago show also, but not the whole thing).

They worked on full band versions though at the Foxboro 8-20 and 8-22-92 soundchecks and some at the Hersey rehearsals. But never did a full band at a single show.

 

[MrBrau1]

Crumbs
Acrobat
Gone

Just like that would be the ultimate run live

 

[bridonohue]

there is no recording of it, but they also tried a full band work up of so cruel at the second yankee stadium soundcheck on zoo tv. didn't really work though. i like the song but it would have been a dead spot in the show.

 

[Zooropean103]

There was studio performance of Crumbs on the DVD so I think it will be played.

 

[Numb1075]

I agree with Zooropean103

But they might have to be drunk to play it since that was when it all came about in the first place.