What was the biggest surprise of the Vertigo tour?

[Roland of Gilead]

Most surprising?

The return and dominance of the lesser known Boy songs.

I was floored here in the chat following the opening shows in San Diego. Seeing the return of the Cry/the Electric Co., An Cat Dubh and Into the Heart.

Even Gloria and the Ocean combo was a suprise

A suprise occuring later in the tour - Bono's opera-like voice during Miss Sarajevo.

 

[ADecentMelody]

I was definitely surprised when I heard Bono belt out the tenor part of Ms. Sarajevo. It was sheer beauty and might!

 

[LyricalDrug]

An Cat Dubh was much more of a shock than "Running to Stand Still"

Cool idea for a poll, but some odd choices! Most of these aren't really surprises.

 

[U2FanPeter]

Taking the tour south of the equator.

Even 2-3 weeks ago many fans thought it was dead in the water.

u2fp

 

[wtonis]

RTSS. I nearly DIED when I heard they were playing this. Why did they drop it? Miss Sarajevo <<<<<<<< Running to Stand Still.

RTSS isn't that special... I've heard it in different arrangements over the last 18 years.... Not that RTSS is a bad song...

The debut of Miss Sarajevo at Amsterdam 3 was breathtaking, stunning, gorgeous and marvellous at te same.. Bono hitting the high note sent shivers down my spine...

A reason for keeping it in the set might have been the release of the Chicago-dvd.. With the dvd in the shops while they were still on tour there was a good reason to change a few things in the set...

 

[fnowat]

biggest surprise

An Cat Dubh? Love the 1st few shows of Leg 1

OR


Fast Cars? Love the surprises!
frank

 

[God Part III]

The First Time/Zoo Station/The Ocean.

 

[Benh5555]

Miss Sarajevo and Bono was singing opera part.

 

[Aparofan]

I think An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart takes the prize.

 

[u2wedge]

What amuses me is theu2fly managed to omit three major events, got one fact wrong, and spelt a song name wrong.

1. Omitted the debut of The First Time.
2. Omitted the debut of The Wanderer.
3. Omitted the reappearance of The Ocean after a gap of 22 years, 3 months, and 22 days, the longest gap between performances of any U2 song at this point in time.
4. Said Miss Sarajevo was performed for the first time ever, despite the fact it had been played twice before: 12 September 1995 and 23 September 1997, the latter famously taking place in Sarajevo.
5. Called Running To Stand Still "Running To Standstill" in true U2.com inept style.

Do your statistics account for leap years?

 

[MacPhistoPT]

The debut of Miss Sarajevo

 

[hcbiggs2002]

When U2 started to play Miss Sarajevo at Copenhagen, I wondered who was going to perform Pavarotti's part of the song and I was totally blow away by Bono's magnificent singing.

 

[thelaj]

Miss Sarajevo or Zoo Station

Maybe Zoo Station clinches it for me since it was designed to be there from the start and utilised the screens/curtains etc.

 

[U2FanPeter]

Willie Williams Walking.

 

[thelaj]

Willie Williams Walking.

any idea why he did that?

 

[jano]

because Willie Williams leave U2 Tour.... or I'm wrong??

 

[Blue Room]

I will do the write in vote for Electric Co also. One of my dream songs for them to do and it became a semi staple for a good portion of this tour. Absolutely outstanding IMO.

Now they need to do God Part II on the next tour and continue my string of dream songs!

 

[*sofia*]

Miss Sarajevo, definitely. Electric CO was also a very pleasant surprise, they've played it so many times.

 

[Carmelu2fan]

Adam's charm

That is it!!!
Adam Clayton is ALL THAT on this tour!!!

Walking around the ellipse, winking and smiling alot, letting his hair go all natural, snogging with Bono and completely blowing my mind


Hmmm, I know I am missing something

 

[1stepcloser]

Zoo Station for me, easily.

That song just seems so engraved in the whole Zoo TV culture, i could never have forseen this one returning.

 

[onebloodonelife]

Electric Co., Zoo Station, my personal one: when they played Crumbs in Minneapolis, I know people had been expecting it for awhile, but to be among the first 20,000 people to hear it, amazing

 

[shart1780]

From the list I'd say Miss Sarajevo.

Overall it would have to be The First Time. One of their forgotten classics and one of my favotites. I had a huge grin on my face!

 

[Joshua_Tree_Hugger]

QUOTE: "Miss Sarajevo making it's first ever debut"

Most debuts are the first ever

 

[theu2fly]

Electric Co., Zoo Station, my personal one: when they played Crumbs in Minneapolis, I know people had been expecting it for awhile, but to be among the first 20,000 people to hear it, amazing

Wasn't that amazing? I saw Edge bringing out a different guitar after ABOY, and I thought "Huh...?" and then they start playing a few strums of Crumbs. I yelled "OH MY GOD! CRUMBS FROM YOUR TABLE, THEY'VE NEVER PLAYED THIS!" It was really quite something... I wish I had been down in the elipse, I'd reacted better than most would have.

 

[Ellay]

5. Called Running To Stand Still "Running To Standstill" in true U2.com inept style.

Perhaps he's angling for a job with them!

 

[bono_man2002]

Vertigo Twice.

One of a few (if any) that enjoyed it, I never got to experince it, so I hope so for Austaralia

 

[two shots]

Miss Sarajevo made me work out a way of going during the third leg - I don't think I would have otherwise.

 

[daygloeyes2]

The biggest surprise for me was that I expected the show to be good, but I never expected it to be one of the best nights of my life.

 

[LMP]

My pick isn't there:

"Seeing Adam return after being a cadrboard cutout during the Elevation tour"

 

[Achtung_Bebe]

according to u2-vertigo-tour.com Fast Cars was only played 14 times this tour, and I was among those who heard it, so that was definately a surprise... and it was lots of fun live.

It would have been great if I had seen Running to Stand Still, the ZooTV Sydney performance just blows me away.