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Boston: Tuesday 5/24 - Great Band, Not So Great Crowd + Opening Night in Boston
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octobernick
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Boston: Tuesday 5/24 - Great Band, Not So Great Crowd
Just got back form the show at Fleet Center. All in all, a good show, but not a great show by U2 standards, in humble my opinion. My seats in the balcony may be to blame partially, based on both sound quality and crowd energy (I'll be back in balcony on Thurs, and on the floor in Oct and Dec, so I'll have a point of reference for future shows).
I think they started off a bit slow, but the band (and Bono) really got moving by the time Sunday Bloody Sunday rolled around. It seemed it took a few songs for Bono's voice to really warm up.
However, I REALLY liked the song selection - it was totally different style from the last two tours (pretty much the standard set for this tour, but saddened by lack of New Year's Day). I particularly liked the middle section.
I think the biggest problem, however, was the crowd. Compared to other U2 shows, the crowd just wasn't as in to it. It seemed like half the crowd knew only the last two albums and nothing else (excpet the REALLY big hits like One, Pride, etc). No one was moving/singing/dancing for Electric Co. (which was awesome), Zoo Station, The Fly, Bullet the Blue Sky. I was going crazy as Bono did his little Zoo TV bit (goose-stepping, etc. right from the Zoo TV tour as seen on the Live in Sydney Video), and I looked around, and it was like no one had any idea what was going on. Even the ellipse was dead. Hell, even 40 took a while to get the crowd singing (I think 50% of the people were hearing the song for the first time, and learning the words).
Again, maybe I am biased after seeing some amazing shows in NY/NJ on the floor during Elevation. Or maybe it's because Boston has a younger crowd, due to the college factor, and I am now a crotchety old man at the age of 24. Regardless, take my review with a grain of salt
So, a very good show, but not U2's best...But I'm already looking forward to Thursday! Se ya there!
Just got back form the show at Fleet Center. All in all, a good show, but not a great show by U2 standards, in humble my opinion. My seats in the balcony may be to blame partially, based on both sound quality and crowd energy (I'll be back in balcony on Thurs, and on the floor in Oct and Dec, so I'll have a point of reference for future shows).
I think they started off a bit slow, but the band (and Bono) really got moving by the time Sunday Bloody Sunday rolled around. It seemed it took a few songs for Bono's voice to really warm up.
However, I REALLY liked the song selection - it was totally different style from the last two tours (pretty much the standard set for this tour, but saddened by lack of New Year's Day). I particularly liked the middle section.
I think the biggest problem, however, was the crowd. Compared to other U2 shows, the crowd just wasn't as in to it. It seemed like half the crowd knew only the last two albums and nothing else (excpet the REALLY big hits like One, Pride, etc). No one was moving/singing/dancing for Electric Co. (which was awesome), Zoo Station, The Fly, Bullet the Blue Sky. I was going crazy as Bono did his little Zoo TV bit (goose-stepping, etc. right from the Zoo TV tour as seen on the Live in Sydney Video), and I looked around, and it was like no one had any idea what was going on. Even the ellipse was dead. Hell, even 40 took a while to get the crowd singing (I think 50% of the people were hearing the song for the first time, and learning the words).
Again, maybe I am biased after seeing some amazing shows in NY/NJ on the floor during Elevation. Or maybe it's because Boston has a younger crowd, due to the college factor, and I am now a crotchety old man at the age of 24. Regardless, take my review with a grain of salt
So, a very good show, but not U2's best...But I'm already looking forward to Thursday! Se ya there!
sfu2doc
The Fly
I agree fully with o-nick's post. I am just back from the Fleet Ctr as well.
The band was very strong tonight. Probably a 8 out of 10 if I had to score the show, relative to the other 20 or so u2 shows I have been to in my life going back to zootv days.
Highlights: Electric Co, Miracle Drug and Bono's intro to the song, Love and Peace, Fly, 40, Bono's voice. From 1/3rd of the way in and onwards, his voice was awesome. Best in several tours. Also great watching Larry run - and I mean sprint out to the end of the ramp during Yaweh as he got a late start by dropping his ALD over by his drum kit. He made it with about 1 second to spare until his keyboard part.
Few downers:
-Crowd - very quiet during Fly, Zoo, Electric Co
-Very little crowd interaction - no one pulled up on stage, no irish flag during SBS. Maybe that's 3rd show kind of stuff...
-Sound quality for the first few songs - it was cranked up WAAAY too loud. I have to believe that Joe is doing this on purpose since it is the universal feedback from every show that has been reviewied.
-Where I sat: in the skyboxes with one of the big local team owners. Half the box left before the 1st encore. The othe half could care less about the music.
-Edge didnt seem that into it in the early part of the set. He got way more into it in the 2nd half of the set and was "Edge-dancing" for a few songs. He missed some notes early on and didnt really sing his verse of miracle drug (Bono sang most of Edge's verse for him). Though I'm sure miracle drug is probably a pretty emotional song for the edge these days, so hard to tell what was going on.
All in all, it wasnt like San Jose 2 on Elevation (my top U2 show ever - where I was in the heart). But it was a very very solid show with no real surprises for those of us addicted to "blue crack" (interference)
See you on the floor Thursday night - hopefully in the bomb shelter....
The band was very strong tonight. Probably a 8 out of 10 if I had to score the show, relative to the other 20 or so u2 shows I have been to in my life going back to zootv days.
Highlights: Electric Co, Miracle Drug and Bono's intro to the song, Love and Peace, Fly, 40, Bono's voice. From 1/3rd of the way in and onwards, his voice was awesome. Best in several tours. Also great watching Larry run - and I mean sprint out to the end of the ramp during Yaweh as he got a late start by dropping his ALD over by his drum kit. He made it with about 1 second to spare until his keyboard part.
Few downers:
-Crowd - very quiet during Fly, Zoo, Electric Co
-Very little crowd interaction - no one pulled up on stage, no irish flag during SBS. Maybe that's 3rd show kind of stuff...
-Sound quality for the first few songs - it was cranked up WAAAY too loud. I have to believe that Joe is doing this on purpose since it is the universal feedback from every show that has been reviewied.
-Where I sat: in the skyboxes with one of the big local team owners. Half the box left before the 1st encore. The othe half could care less about the music.
-Edge didnt seem that into it in the early part of the set. He got way more into it in the 2nd half of the set and was "Edge-dancing" for a few songs. He missed some notes early on and didnt really sing his verse of miracle drug (Bono sang most of Edge's verse for him). Though I'm sure miracle drug is probably a pretty emotional song for the edge these days, so hard to tell what was going on.
All in all, it wasnt like San Jose 2 on Elevation (my top U2 show ever - where I was in the heart). But it was a very very solid show with no real surprises for those of us addicted to "blue crack" (interference)
See you on the floor Thursday night - hopefully in the bomb shelter....
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oliveu2cm
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I thought the show was absolutely amazing and the crowd was insane. Actually better than both NJ I just saw. From my vantage point, Bono was very into the show, laughing and kidding around a bunch. Streets got higher than the other shows, as well, as did the whole second part of the tour.
Oh yeah- and the band had fun- Bono said "It's good to be home"
I'll try to get a review together manana.
Oh yeah- and the band had fun- Bono said "It's good to be home"
I'll try to get a review together manana.
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Just back as well. A good show. Not great just good IMHO. A 4 out of 10 on the U2 scale. Probably a 7 out of 10 on the normal enjoyment level. My vantage pt. was lower level directly across the stadium from the band & dead center. A fantastic view by the way!
Tonight was my 16th U2 show and I didn't feel it had anything special. Then again, I didn't think that the 6/5 Boston 1 show for Elevation was good either, but the rest of the week was excellent.
Some thoughts:
a.) I'd love to see more use of the elipse. Good to see Adam out there a few times though.
b.) I liked the bulb lights more than I thought I would. There are parts of the show that it's well used but other times when it seems like color is just thrown onto the lights for the sake of doing it.
c.) No fans pulled up, no new songs, no new snippets and little interaction outside of the Africa / One agenda.
d.) Great to see Larry singing and enjoying himself.
e.) I thought the crowd was actually pretty good considering the type of day we had in Boston. It really felt as if it would snow out there today.
f.) I think the mix sounded horrible during for the early part of the show. It seems like that's happened on the first night of several cities on the tour. Hopefully, Joe O. will dial it in perfectly on Thursday.
Anyone else thinking the same things?
daveydave
Tonight was my 16th U2 show and I didn't feel it had anything special. Then again, I didn't think that the 6/5 Boston 1 show for Elevation was good either, but the rest of the week was excellent.
Some thoughts:
a.) I'd love to see more use of the elipse. Good to see Adam out there a few times though.
b.) I liked the bulb lights more than I thought I would. There are parts of the show that it's well used but other times when it seems like color is just thrown onto the lights for the sake of doing it.
c.) No fans pulled up, no new songs, no new snippets and little interaction outside of the Africa / One agenda.
d.) Great to see Larry singing and enjoying himself.
e.) I thought the crowd was actually pretty good considering the type of day we had in Boston. It really felt as if it would snow out there today.
f.) I think the mix sounded horrible during for the early part of the show. It seems like that's happened on the first night of several cities on the tour. Hopefully, Joe O. will dial it in perfectly on Thursday.
Anyone else thinking the same things?
daveydave
HMmm Boston Show
I just got back also.. My full review will be posted tomorrow...Im beat!! I got great pictures and small videos..to show.. Tried to sneak in my zoom camera..after they found it on my friend.. Darn Fleetcenter sucks..searched every little thing..and to top it off, they took the memory card and wouldnt return it..but little did they know I had 2 more...HIDDEN HA! So I gave them the $40 memory card instead of giving them the batteries..
Anyway, the show was great ..seemed short to me..Bono sounded great...but seemed to be hoarse somewhat.
I was in Loge 20..30 feet from the stage!..side view...amazing seats..I must say..VERY VERY LOUD!! My ears are still ringing ..horrible..Louder concert than Mettallica!!! I dont know who posted that the crowd wasnt into it. I seen over 40 U2 shows and this crowd was one of the best I have ever seen EVER~
More later--Pics tomorrow
KIM
I just got back also.. My full review will be posted tomorrow...Im beat!! I got great pictures and small videos..to show.. Tried to sneak in my zoom camera..after they found it on my friend.. Darn Fleetcenter sucks..searched every little thing..and to top it off, they took the memory card and wouldnt return it..but little did they know I had 2 more...HIDDEN HA! So I gave them the $40 memory card instead of giving them the batteries..
Anyway, the show was great ..seemed short to me..Bono sounded great...but seemed to be hoarse somewhat.
I was in Loge 20..30 feet from the stage!..side view...amazing seats..I must say..VERY VERY LOUD!! My ears are still ringing ..horrible..Louder concert than Mettallica!!! I dont know who posted that the crowd wasnt into it. I seen over 40 U2 shows and this crowd was one of the best I have ever seen EVER~
More later--Pics tomorrow
KIM
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i dont get how people can have such difference of opinions? were you at the same show? some say the energy level was huge, some say it was weak, some say the show was great some say it was "good but not great", i mean i know were people are sitting might affect someones take on the show, but come on, surley you still seen the same show?
IWasBored
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the crowd was standing in the part of the balcony where i was, i consider that to mean good crowd. these are the people who only stood when REM played "man on the moon" or "losing my religion" in the good seats. i think my expectations were just a bit lower, i didn't expect them to stay standing for the whole show.
i don't go to a lot of shows this size, i attributed the crap sound to being almost above (and almost directly across, on the other side of the arena) from the massive speakers.
this was the first u2 show i've ever been to (most likely the last, definetly the last on this tour). i'm not the easist fan to win over - with the exception of the week htdaab was leaked and the week it actually came out, i don't think i've listened to more than a handful of u2 songs in over 2 years. and i've only really been a fan for about 4 and a half years. i figure that if i managed to have a good time and want to listen to u2 songs on the whole 2 and a half hour drive home, it must have been pretty good.
i don't go to a lot of shows this size, i attributed the crap sound to being almost above (and almost directly across, on the other side of the arena) from the massive speakers.
this was the first u2 show i've ever been to (most likely the last, definetly the last on this tour). i'm not the easist fan to win over - with the exception of the week htdaab was leaked and the week it actually came out, i don't think i've listened to more than a handful of u2 songs in over 2 years. and i've only really been a fan for about 4 and a half years. i figure that if i managed to have a good time and want to listen to u2 songs on the whole 2 and a half hour drive home, it must have been pretty good.
oliveu2cm said:
I agree with you. I was in the 1st row, balcony and from that vantage point I could see the entire arena. It looked as though 95 % of the people were standing for the entire show. I thought it was a great crowd. I could see people dancing everywhere.
I loved the show, but I did feel as if they were getting warmed up for the next couple of nights. I'm looking forward to seeing some more interaction with the crowd on Thurs and Sat. I thought that Streets did have a little more juice as well.
MrsSpringsteen
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oliveu2cm said:
So did I
I haven't been to any other shows this tour. I never care how much the crowd is into it, I am and that's all I care about.I had an amazing seat, loge 12 row 7. Had great people around me too, nice people who enjoyed themselves but still respected other people. No really obnoxious drunks near me for once.
Edge was absolutely on fire, it was thrilling every time he stepped out my way. I found myself watching Edge and Adam more than Bono, they really seem to have stepped up this tour and taken their well deserved spotlight. Unless he always does it, it was so funny when Larry had to run on the catwalk to get back for Yahweh, like he had forgotten or something lol.He's a fast runner too, all you could see was this black blur..
I liked that no one was pulled up on stage, it seems like some people go just to try to do that. For me it's just a little tired and predictable at this point.
youtwohearts
New Yorker
That's how I felt in NJ. The crowd just wasn't into it and it in turn reflected on how I felt about the concert. When I saw them a couple of days later at MSG, my opinion completely changed. The crowd makes all the difference.
octobernick
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Davey, and SFU2, I'm right with you regarding the mix...I also was dead center, but about 6 rows back in baclony...And the sound was pretty bad for the first 1/3 of the show. I basically avoid arena concerts these days, except for when U2 rolls around, so I originally attributed the sound simply to bad acoustics (compared to all the small venues around Boston). But, sometime around SBS, I thought the mix got a lot better. Both the vocals and guitar were much cleaner. It also helped, that I think Bono's voice got stronger too.
As for the crowd, it's true people were standing, but that's not that uncommon U2 is it? At least people were standing at the 4 shows I've been to previously. People were standing, but to me still, energy seemed low - short on cheering dancing, yelling, etc. MrsSpringsteen, it's true tha the only thing that really matters is the band - but it seems to me that U2 (and especially Bono) really feeds off the crowd, so the shows with great crowds, tend to be more enetertaining, in my opinion.
As for the differing opinions? Well, here's my disclaimer:
1)I'm rating this show and the crowd vs. other U2 shows, since it's unfair to compare most bands to these guys. So, I'd say a good, but not great, show by U2 standards. Great by the standards of almost any other band.
2)As I mentioned, I was in the balcony - maybe I'd have been more impressed with the crowd if I was in GA. Things always have a tendency to look better when your about 10 feet from the band, as opposed to about 250. Especially when your half mad after standing for 6 hours, it's 100 degrees, and you've screemed your lungs off.
BTW - My perfonal favorites last night: SBS, BTBS, Electric CO., Zoo Station, the Fly, 40. And I thought Miracle Drug exceeded my expectations...
As for the crowd, it's true people were standing, but that's not that uncommon U2 is it? At least people were standing at the 4 shows I've been to previously. People were standing, but to me still, energy seemed low - short on cheering dancing, yelling, etc. MrsSpringsteen, it's true tha the only thing that really matters is the band - but it seems to me that U2 (and especially Bono) really feeds off the crowd, so the shows with great crowds, tend to be more enetertaining, in my opinion.
As for the differing opinions? Well, here's my disclaimer:
1)I'm rating this show and the crowd vs. other U2 shows, since it's unfair to compare most bands to these guys. So, I'd say a good, but not great, show by U2 standards. Great by the standards of almost any other band.
2)As I mentioned, I was in the balcony - maybe I'd have been more impressed with the crowd if I was in GA. Things always have a tendency to look better when your about 10 feet from the band, as opposed to about 250. Especially when your half mad after standing for 6 hours, it's 100 degrees, and you've screemed your lungs off.
BTW - My perfonal favorites last night: SBS, BTBS, Electric CO., Zoo Station, the Fly, 40. And I thought Miracle Drug exceeded my expectations...
U2Girl1978
Blue Crack Addict
I got Ga's at the last minute and I ended up by the soundboard. I thought the show was pretty good. It is U2 afterall! I think the crowd got tired after dealing with the crap weather though. I thought people would be bouncing up and down with Zoo Station but not alot of people did. Anyways, I thought the show was great. We'll probably get a surprise on the 2nd and 3rd night.
Imarocker
War Child
review
"And the sound was pretty bad for the first 1/3 of the show. I basically avoid arena concerts these days, except for when U2 rolls around, so I originally attributed the sound simply to bad acoustics (compared to all the small venues around Boston). But, sometime around SBS, I thought the mix got a lot better. Both the vocals and guitar were much cleaner. It also helped, that I think Bono's voice got stronger too."
I thought the sound was pretty bad through most of the show. I was in the GA straight back, about where I was in Chicago & the echo was brutal. I thought Bonos' voice sounded raspy, might be doing to many shows here at the end of 1st leg.
As far as the crowd I thought they were pretty good, might have been into it more if the band used the ellipse more, they seemed to spend alot of time on stage last night.
And finally the set list---short & typical, no BAD, NYD, Origin, no surprises...maybe I'll sell sat's ticket.
I'd rate the show about a 6 out of 10
"And the sound was pretty bad for the first 1/3 of the show. I basically avoid arena concerts these days, except for when U2 rolls around, so I originally attributed the sound simply to bad acoustics (compared to all the small venues around Boston). But, sometime around SBS, I thought the mix got a lot better. Both the vocals and guitar were much cleaner. It also helped, that I think Bono's voice got stronger too."
I thought the sound was pretty bad through most of the show. I was in the GA straight back, about where I was in Chicago & the echo was brutal. I thought Bonos' voice sounded raspy, might be doing to many shows here at the end of 1st leg.
As far as the crowd I thought they were pretty good, might have been into it more if the band used the ellipse more, they seemed to spend alot of time on stage last night.
And finally the set list---short & typical, no BAD, NYD, Origin, no surprises...maybe I'll sell sat's ticket.
I'd rate the show about a 6 out of 10
bpilgrim
Babyface
Celilbrated my b-day w/ my wife in the Fleet/Garden night number 1 in Boston- Bono and the band were absolutely electric!!! Did a "man on the street" interview w/ MTV and
expressed the following: U2's US history began in Boston- and it's more than "a sort of homecoming" everytime they return for the lifeblood Beantown fans. U2 and their music evokes the passion & spirit of these patriots! "Vertigo" and all the new music
holds the same strength as the earlier stuff and adds to the legacy that is U2! That's a wrap.
BPilgrim
expressed the following: U2's US history began in Boston- and it's more than "a sort of homecoming" everytime they return for the lifeblood Beantown fans. U2 and their music evokes the passion & spirit of these patriots! "Vertigo" and all the new music
holds the same strength as the earlier stuff and adds to the legacy that is U2! That's a wrap.
BPilgrim
Imarocker
War Child
U2Girl1978 said:I got Ga's at the last minute and I ended up by the soundboard.
Gee I wonder where those came from??????
wolfeden
Refugee
I really missed BAD....
Looked like B's back was still sore, wasn't moving much, not out on the ramp a lot.
The Vertigo count in Gaelic was cute
I was way up in the mid-"zone" balcony in the back and people seemed into it... but a lot of rich yuppie types were just sitting around looking... dare I say... bored? wtf?? and not paying a lot of attention yeah... you have to remember Boston was one of the shows where the presale got completely horked by Ticketbastard... so not necessarily "fans" got the best tix.
I mean holy shit it was my first U2 show and just.. wow... I didn't manage to peel the idiot-grin off my face for the first 5 songs, yanno?!
The adolescent dork I was when I first became a fan waaaaaayyyyyy back in ancient history (aka 1984) took over for awhile and was just standing there saucer-eyed in awe and amazement...
Looked like B's back was still sore, wasn't moving much, not out on the ramp a lot.
The Vertigo count in Gaelic was cute
I was way up in the mid-"zone" balcony in the back and people seemed into it... but a lot of rich yuppie types were just sitting around looking... dare I say... bored? wtf?? and not paying a lot of attention yeah... you have to remember Boston was one of the shows where the presale got completely horked by Ticketbastard... so not necessarily "fans" got the best tix.
I mean holy shit it was my first U2 show and just.. wow... I didn't manage to peel the idiot-grin off my face for the first 5 songs, yanno?!
The adolescent dork I was when I first became a fan waaaaaayyyyyy back in ancient history (aka 1984) took over for awhile and was just standing there saucer-eyed in awe and amazement...
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RademR
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youtwohearts said:
I think I agree with you.
For the people who say "i don't care how other people react or like the show, I just care about myself", that's awesome that you feel like that.
But I can't. Philly I the crowd seemed dead to me, and that made it a the worst of the four shows I attended. The band's performance was solid as ever.
Of course, the other three shows I've been to were 5/9 and 5/0 Chicago (the DVD nights) and 5/21 at NYC. So those nights were electric.
MrsSpringsteen
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I figured it was when he was talking about the Irish, but that was Bono speaking Gaelic? I used to know a little bit of Gaelic..but not numbers.
Does he count correctly in Gaelic?
Does he count correctly in Gaelic?
U2Girl1978
Blue Crack Addict
Imarocker said:
Gee I wonder where those came from??????
U2Girl1978
Blue Crack Addict
Did anyone see Bono almost trip and fall at one of the songs? I forgot which song it was.
Yeah, saw that. Even better was seeing Larry get halfway out the ellipse, forget something, walk back to the stage, and then have to RUN out the ellipse to make it there in time. I was laughing up in the balcony....but only because he got there in time!
-Mike
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Jenn121
The Fly
I was in the balcony as well and thought the sound wasn't that good for the first 1/3 of the show. As for the crowd, people in my section were on their feet and singing, but not a lot of dancing and cheering. I'm 6 months pregnant and was dancing up a storm. LAPOE absolutely rocked my world, that and The Fly were unbelievable. Streets had great energy as well (although it always has everytime I've seen them do it live).
Larry BARELY made it to the end of the ellipse in time...he was hauling!
Did anyone catch exactly what Bono said, I think it was during The Ocean, when he said something like "Feels like home with the melancholy rain, the Massachusetts rain"?
Also, loved when he said "It's good to be home"!
Larry BARELY made it to the end of the ellipse in time...he was hauling!
Did anyone catch exactly what Bono said, I think it was during The Ocean, when he said something like "Feels like home with the melancholy rain, the Massachusetts rain"?
Also, loved when he said "It's good to be home"!
Opening Night In Boston
First show for me of this tour.
Had fan club 9 rows behind the sound board dead center.
I too thought the sound was too loud early on to the point of losing quality though Elevation being one of the early songs I thought that did sound very good.
I thought the crowd expended a lot of energy early in the opening couple of songs and then lost something when some of the older songs came on that they never really got back until Sunday Bloody Sunday but to see people standing, clapping and singing the whole night was pretty fantastic.
The weather was absolutely horrible, What a miserable night, though seeing
U2 made it worthwhile!
I enjoyed Streets, though was disappointed that Bono was not running around the elipse at the opening of the song as it revved up like he did in Providence for Elevation tour when they played it, that was really something to see.
I can't beleive their charging $90 for t-shirts from old concerts they dug out of storage....somethings do bother me about the marketing side of U2.
I thought the stringy lights were really well done. Amazing what they can program those things to do. Same thing with the ellipse runway, cool stuff.
Anyway, a very great show but I was expecting more in terms of sound qualiity given our excellent seat location and also thought Bono sounded a bit off vocally but he sure is a master performer moving about the stage and ellipse with an incredible presence.
Edge was absolutley fantastic as were Larry and Adam, these guys are on their games!
Going back on Saturday, have GA tickets we were lucky enough to get through ticketmaster. Will be the first time on the floor for us...so hoping to get into the ellipse but I know that's not too likely. Anyone know the approx odds of making it into the ellipse? I'm not sure how many people are on the floor in total, heard it was 300 in the ellipse itself last night.
Sorry for being so wordy, had a really good time, hoping for even a better experience on Sat!
First show for me of this tour.
Had fan club 9 rows behind the sound board dead center.
I too thought the sound was too loud early on to the point of losing quality though Elevation being one of the early songs I thought that did sound very good.
I thought the crowd expended a lot of energy early in the opening couple of songs and then lost something when some of the older songs came on that they never really got back until Sunday Bloody Sunday but to see people standing, clapping and singing the whole night was pretty fantastic.
The weather was absolutely horrible, What a miserable night, though seeing
U2 made it worthwhile!
I enjoyed Streets, though was disappointed that Bono was not running around the elipse at the opening of the song as it revved up like he did in Providence for Elevation tour when they played it, that was really something to see.
I can't beleive their charging $90 for t-shirts from old concerts they dug out of storage....somethings do bother me about the marketing side of U2.
I thought the stringy lights were really well done. Amazing what they can program those things to do. Same thing with the ellipse runway, cool stuff.
Anyway, a very great show but I was expecting more in terms of sound qualiity given our excellent seat location and also thought Bono sounded a bit off vocally but he sure is a master performer moving about the stage and ellipse with an incredible presence.
Edge was absolutley fantastic as were Larry and Adam, these guys are on their games!
Going back on Saturday, have GA tickets we were lucky enough to get through ticketmaster. Will be the first time on the floor for us...so hoping to get into the ellipse but I know that's not too likely. Anyone know the approx odds of making it into the ellipse? I'm not sure how many people are on the floor in total, heard it was 300 in the ellipse itself last night.
Sorry for being so wordy, had a really good time, hoping for even a better experience on Sat!
rica
The Fly
Spoiled by Elevation
Good show but I was not moved as I was during Elevation Tour. It was like the band had a job to do that night, did it well, and then left.
1) setlist was routine; nothing special was added. Joshua Tree
(a U2 tribute band) playing across the street before the show
went into A Sort of Homecoming and this peaked the energy
level of the crowd higher than U2 playing Vertigo.
2) no interaction w/ the cowd and Bono between songs. "Good
to be Home" was it.
3) no running (expcet Larry) on the elipse. The goose step
and outfit for Zoo Station was cool but not even a jog during
Streets?
This is not meant to be a negative thread; just an opinion and probably an unfair comparison to Elevation in Providence right after 9/11. This was a solid show and I am appreciative for the experience but my expectations were high for something extra special. The Spirit was missing Tuesday night. Hoping for something a little extra Saturday
Good show but I was not moved as I was during Elevation Tour. It was like the band had a job to do that night, did it well, and then left.
1) setlist was routine; nothing special was added. Joshua Tree
(a U2 tribute band) playing across the street before the show
went into A Sort of Homecoming and this peaked the energy
level of the crowd higher than U2 playing Vertigo.
2) no interaction w/ the cowd and Bono between songs. "Good
to be Home" was it.
3) no running (expcet Larry) on the elipse. The goose step
and outfit for Zoo Station was cool but not even a jog during
Streets?
This is not meant to be a negative thread; just an opinion and probably an unfair comparison to Elevation in Providence right after 9/11. This was a solid show and I am appreciative for the experience but my expectations were high for something extra special. The Spirit was missing Tuesday night. Hoping for something a little extra Saturday
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cinmell
The Fly
I was at the show Tuesday and I thought it was fantastic! The sound was loudest I've ever heard and my ears are still ringing and it's Thursday morning. I hope they get the sound worked out before I go back Saturday night.
I thought the crowd was great and very into it. We were in loge 20 and I loved our seats. Larry would wave and smile a lot going back and forth to his drums, he seemed to really be having fun. He dropped his sound pack and had to go back to pick it up and put it on and that's why he had to run to the front of the ellipse to meet Bono. I thought it was great and I can't wait to go back!
I thought the crowd was great and very into it. We were in loge 20 and I loved our seats. Larry would wave and smile a lot going back and forth to his drums, he seemed to really be having fun. He dropped his sound pack and had to go back to pick it up and put it on and that's why he had to run to the front of the ellipse to meet Bono. I thought it was great and I can't wait to go back!
Re: Spoiled by Elevation
see and now this is where things start to piss me off, sorry but to say a tribute band got more energy then U2? anyway i'll move on, why is everyone so upset that bono dosent "run" is it such a big deal? do you really have to go and see him run to have a good time? its about the music, not if bono has a quick sprint around the placerica said:
ouizy
Rock n' Roll Doggie
you need to chill out...
