Vertigo [Philly I]: The Death of Streets

[bono_man]

Here's a Streets idea to fit into the new set:

Usual red intro, I think those curtains might look nice all in red.

Then, when the bright lights go on as the song kicks in, the curtains turn to bright light too...what do you think? I reckon it would be cool.

I just wish we could relay this feedback onto U2, so many fans feel this...

 

[Barbie]

I was at the Vancouver show April 28th and they opened with COBL. WOW! The lights and confetti combined with that song made an awesome opening song. The crowd went crazy. Everyone within eyesight of where I was were on their feet the entire show. The lights were amazing, the crowd electric and U2... well, what can I say? Just the greatest band in the world playing the best concert I've ever seen. I just wish I was like so many other people here and was able to see them more than once! I envy you all so much!!

 

[GG_The_Fly]

Here's a Streets idea to fit into the new set:

Usual red intro, I think those curtains might look nice all in red.

Then, when the bright lights go on as the song kicks in, the curtains turn to bright light too...what do you think? I reckon it would be cool.

I just wish we could relay this feedback onto U2, so many fans feel this...

I would like the slow organ music while the curtains lower in red and edge begins to play the 4 notes beginning the song and larry begins to hit his cymbal . . . then as edge starts playing chords and larry's drumming really kicks in to high gear as the song climaxes, white light onto the curtains as the houselights go up and the ellipse turns red.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

A little direct, but your point is taken. But Suitcase- being practically on the stage makes a big difference.

Here's my situation - 10 rows from the last in the farthest section next to two obese people, the one next to me whom could not fit in her chair, so she had to lean on it because she couldn't stand and then she slipped on her beer oilslick and fell on me. Oh, and she had a flatulence problem. . .

i actually stole that line from jack nicholson in "as good as it gets," but i find it gets the job done

i figured it had something to do with the section you were in... and i sware to you, i think i saw this chick you were talking about as i was leaving the building... she was comming down the escelator, and she was HUGE. i remember thinking to myself "gee... i wonder how large marge over there fit into her seat." i bet'cha it was the same person.

 

[bombergirl1978]

whoever's complaining about last night's show can shampoo my crotch...

i sat out in the sun, without a cloud in the sky, for 10 damned hours just to get let in the door... didn't get "beeped" or whatever you wanna call it for the ellipse, but still managed to snag what turned out to be a great spot, in the right corner where the front and side barriers meet, with nothing but empty space separating me from the ramp... no way of moving... was so squished with people trying to push up from the back... finally a little after 9... 12 1/2 hours after arriving at the damned place... sunburned to all hell, feet so sore it hurt to stand, every joint in my legs felt like they were gonna explode... the band finally comes on... and it was all beyond worth it.

city of blinding lights? anyone who's complaining about this as an opener needs to have their head examined. maybe your seats sucked, but from where i was standing it was amazing... especially when bono emerged at the tip of the ellipse seemlingly out of no where, with the lights blaring and confetti falling from the skies... i still have no idea how bono got there... i was watching the main stage the entire time waiting for him, and then all of a sudden a roar goes up from the crowd, i look to my left and there's Bono a mere 10 feet from me.

they did seem to screw up a bit towards the end of vertigo... bono and edge miscommunicated and he flubbed the last verse before the stories for boys part... they still went to the "just bass and drums" part, but instead of the stories snipped bono repeated the last verse of vertigo, and then the edge kicked in for the yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah parts.

the revised version of elevation works... you might not like the song, but it works. the crowd is into it, singing along with the woo wooos and all. not my favorite song either, but it simply works.

cry/electric co. was great to hear... didn't think i'd ever get a chance to hear this one live.

an cat dubh/into the heart was an absolute highlight and featured what was simply a great and amazing moment. durring the instrumental transition from an cat dubh to into the heart, bono ventured over to my side of the walk way... standing directly in front of me, no more than 5 feet away and with out a single person in my way to block my view. it was simply amazing... and i must say, bono's fucking short. even shorter than i thought... but anyhoo... he spots two young girls on their parents' shoulders inside the elipse just across the ramp from me. he gives them a few waves...the sort of little kid waves where he moves his fingers instead of his hand... he then sits down on the ramp and looks at the girls... doing little tricks with his hands, sort of like what a father would do to entertain his own young children. he sings the into the heart of a child part, then stands up and calls for the two girls, who are lifted up onto the ramp with looks of absolute amazement on their faces. bono and the two girls walk around to the other side, where teh song ends... he leans down and asks what the two girl's names are, and they say their names into the mic... kelly and kayla i think, but i might be mistaken. then bono takes the mic back and gives just an amazing response... "well my name's paul, but uh, they call me bono." the crowd went nuts... flat? killing the momentum? were you taking a piss durring this moment or something? there was no loss of momentum at all. it was an amazing, touching moment.

right after the "they call me tater sal...err... bono" moment, they immediately break out beautiful day. crowd is really into it, as would be expected.

next comes miracle drug... the opening chiming chords by the edge got a great reaction from the crowd. at the end of the song, bono is back on my side of the ramp, about 10 away feet directly in front of me.

they go into sometimes... the light curtains come back down... the walking man image is amazing, and with bono standing now right in front of me... 5 feet away... with that giant image behind him... breathtaking. bono sang the entire song right there on the ramp, directly in front of me. he NAILED the "sing you're the reason i sing" part. durring the song i noticed that my friend tony ("the bono clone") had worked his way to the ramp inside the elipse and was directly across the ramp from me with bono between us. another great moment.

love and peace rocked... the jet sounds durring the intro are great... larry walked right past me to get to his drum on the tip of the elipse and was rockin' out... then he walked back towards the end, with the edge ripping into that solo and bono banging away on the drums like a looney. the song of course transitions right into sunday bloody sunday... bono stays at his drum and bangs away durring the opening drum beats, slaming the drum sticks off the drum (they bounced off into the front row) when edge kicked into the guitar intro. the father abraham stuff was haunting and added something to the song.

durring bullet the blue sky they had an image of a flying fighter jet on the light curtains that was amazing. the hands snippet and johnny comes marching home were great, too...

the edge goes up to his keyboard and they go into running to stand still, which bono dedicates to the troops, and gives an extended solo on the harmonica before kicking into the lyrics. the civil rights thing at the end did not slow anything down... the fact that they can put an image of a talking head onto fog is technologicly amazing enough where you can appreciate it even if you don't give a crap about the message behind it... so i don't know why there's so much complaining about this part. must be from people who are drunk.

pride is pride... great song, everyone knows it, most love it, moving right along...

i was one who was complaining about bono's extra preachyness heading into streets, from what i heard on the bootlegs. i was fully on the "bring back the red lights" and "stop talking" bandwagon, before i had even seen it for myself. well now i have seen it for myself... and it's just fine the way it is. i just closed my eyes and let the edge's opening bars take me away. and they still do turn the house lights on durring Streets, just later in the song. still has the same effect when it happens as it did before.

the speach before one was baisicly his first and only long winded i'm bono i'm going to tell you about saving the world moment of the show... and it wasn't that long, and it wasn't that preachy. he got to the point... a good point, mind you, and went right into the song. i don't know why people feel the reason to complain if bono takes 2 minutes out of a 2+ hour show to talk about the one campaign. and towards the end of the song, he asks the crowd to take out their cell phones... all the spotlights go out, and the entire building is illuminated in blues and greens from the crowd... amazing. if ya thought seeing a building lit up with lighters in the air was something, wait till you see it done with cell phones.

i wanted zoo station and the fly gone from the setlist early in the tour because bono couldn't remember the damned words... well... he saing zoo station for the most part right in front of me... without the who gives a shit if he has one teleprompter... and nailed every word. bono played guitar on the fly... so he may have used the teleprompter to remember the words there... but again... who cares. got 'em all right... and the band did a little jam at the end of the fly, getting as loud as friggin possiable.

mysterious ways was great... bono pulled some girl in a green shirt that said "irish girls" or something like that on it. i think the girl fell the first time she tried to get up, but eventually made it up. then the band left the stage again for about 2-3 minutes.

they came back out for the second encore with all because of you, which sounds great live... bono rocking out with his tambourine like he's eddie vedder or somethin'.

yahweh is not my favorite song on the album, but i thought it sounded beautiful on the early bootlegs. same goes tonight... great sing along song... the entire band was at the tip of the elipse, just a few feet... 10-15... away from me.

and then 40... what an amazing closer. bono leaves his roasarie beeds on the mic stand and leaves first... followed by adam about 30 seconds later. the edge, playing bass, stays a little while longer before handing off his instrument and slowly walking off the stage, nodding to the crowd as he goes in a way that only mr. the edge can. larry stayed on for another minute or so... stopped playing, let the crowd sing "how long to sing this song" on their own for about 10 seconds, then went into his little drum solo for about 10-15 seconds, then stood up, waived to the crowd and walked off the stage. the crowd continued singing "how long to sing this song" for another 5 minutes or so before the house lights came back on.

overall, it was simply amazing. a great kick off to an amazing week. i'm in pain, exhausted, sunburned to shit, and my ears are still ringing from the loudness... and i wouldn't trade it for a thing.

for those who are complaining? well... i don't know what to tell ya... maybe your section sucked. who knows. but from where i was standing, all be it a great great spot, the show was simply amazing. and every time i looked around the arena at the crowd, everyone was standing and cheering and clapping etc. etc. so i really don't know where these people are comming up with the "dead moments" and "lackluster crowd" comments. and frankly, i don't care either. i was blown away... and i can't wait to do it all again.. .tuesday in teh swamps of jersey

well said! and ITA. Loved it! And I also agree about the ringing ears lol

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

if anyone has invested in companies that sell aloe, i've just made you a pretty penny with my wachovia center sun burns... if i wear black socks, my legs will match the vertigo tour color schemes... black and bright red...

 

[Diemen]

I really, really don't understand this lackluster/lazy crowd comment. From my seat I could hear the audience singing along to almost every single song, whether it was Beautiful Day or An Cat Dubh - and not just the people around me. I was surprised at how much the audience was singing. And every time the lights went up a little I could see the entire audience swaying and rocking out.

Lifeless is not a word that came to mind at any point in that concert.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I really, really don't understand this lackluster/lazy crowd comment. From my seat I could hear the audience singing along to almost every single song, whether it was Beautiful Day or An Cat Dubh - and not just the people around me. I was surprised at how much the audience was singing. And every time the lights went up a little I could see the entire audience swaying and rocking out.

Lifeless is not a word that came to mind at any point in that concert.

yea... it really seems like everyone who complained just happened to be in a bad section... the guy who started this thread was caught behind an enormously fat chick who kept farting... no wonder he was pissed.

 

[GG_The_Fly]

yea... it really seems like everyone who complained just happened to be in a bad section... the guy who started this thread was caught behind an enormously fat chick who kept farting... no wonder he was pissed.

Yeah, that guy is me and that probably was the lady you saw leaving the concert. . .

However. all of that stuff wasn't bothering me until Streets - and that was the turning point for me - I just wasn't happy with it and it was anticlimatic for me and for my girlfriend who hasn't been to a show yet and was really excited for that moment that we all expected to come and didn't - the intro was over too quickly and the stripped down Streets just doesn't do it for me.

Besides, now i have funny stories about the fat flatulent women in 208

 

[GG_The_Fly]

if anyone has invested in companies that sell aloe, i've just made you a pretty penny with my wachovia center sun burns... if i wear black socks, my legs will match the vertigo tour color schemes... black and bright red...

Not good - those burns are really bad for increasing your risk of skin cancer - since I know you'll be out there again, borrow from someone if you forget to bring sunscreen.

Saturday will be better for me - Yankees @ Mets and then U2 at the garden with closer seats (albeit behind the stage). I have high hopes that it's a great day. If its not, then i have problems.