Clawgrabber
War Child
Well,
Now that I have seen what will sadly be my last U2 show on this tour (God hope they go on tour again)
I know that they aren't done, as they have a large chunk of the world to cover soon, but for the US it seems they may be done, and to me, that signals an end of sorts.
So my thoughts.
There are always "Runts" in each litter. By that I mean songs that U2 decides not to play live.
On this tour, it seems that those runts are:
Electrical Storm
A Man And A Woman
One Step Closer
For various reasons, that is too bad. Each of those tracks are interesting in their own right. I was really hoping for the first two in particular, and pulling pretty hard for Electrical Storm, as it is one of my all time favorite U2 songs.
Funny that they chose to play Fast Cars over 2 songs that they picked over it for the final album tracklist and a song they released as a single.
But, that is not to say that this tour wasn't great. It was. I made a list tabulating all the concerts I saw on the three tours I have seen now, and the number were actually surprising.
I saw 2 Popmart Shows, 10 Elevation Shows, and 5 Vertigo Shows.
Counting up the number of songs I saw them play live for the first time for each respective tour, I came up with:
POPMART: 23
ELEVATION: 17
VERTIGO: 20
Considering that I hadn't ever seen U2 before Popmart, and that I had seen them 12 times before this tour, and that I saw half as many shows on this tour than last...
I'd say that it is pretty impressive that popmart only beat this tour by 3.
They really mixed thing up, if you take a step back.
All those Boy songs.
The First Time
Miss Sarajevo
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Running To Stand Still
Zoo Station
Gloria
etc...
i am excited to see what they do next. I am a bit sad that it is over for me (not holding my breath that they come back here next summer.).
Maybe they will play Electrical Storm some other tour.
Til then...
I'll still be waiting to hear MOFO and The Unforgettable Fire.
Now that I have seen what will sadly be my last U2 show on this tour (God hope they go on tour again)
I know that they aren't done, as they have a large chunk of the world to cover soon, but for the US it seems they may be done, and to me, that signals an end of sorts.
So my thoughts.
There are always "Runts" in each litter. By that I mean songs that U2 decides not to play live.
On this tour, it seems that those runts are:
Electrical Storm
A Man And A Woman
One Step Closer
For various reasons, that is too bad. Each of those tracks are interesting in their own right. I was really hoping for the first two in particular, and pulling pretty hard for Electrical Storm, as it is one of my all time favorite U2 songs.
Funny that they chose to play Fast Cars over 2 songs that they picked over it for the final album tracklist and a song they released as a single.
But, that is not to say that this tour wasn't great. It was. I made a list tabulating all the concerts I saw on the three tours I have seen now, and the number were actually surprising.
I saw 2 Popmart Shows, 10 Elevation Shows, and 5 Vertigo Shows.
Counting up the number of songs I saw them play live for the first time for each respective tour, I came up with:
POPMART: 23
ELEVATION: 17
VERTIGO: 20
Considering that I hadn't ever seen U2 before Popmart, and that I had seen them 12 times before this tour, and that I saw half as many shows on this tour than last...
I'd say that it is pretty impressive that popmart only beat this tour by 3.
They really mixed thing up, if you take a step back.
All those Boy songs.
The First Time
Miss Sarajevo
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Running To Stand Still
Zoo Station
Gloria
etc...
i am excited to see what they do next. I am a bit sad that it is over for me (not holding my breath that they come back here next summer.).
Maybe they will play Electrical Storm some other tour.
Til then...
I'll still be waiting to hear MOFO and The Unforgettable Fire.