Beatles songs on the next tour

[europop2005]

I hope U2 never becomes a cover band...but do you think we might see I Am the Walrus or Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds as a rare treat on the next tour...a once in a while addition?

 

[Mr. V]

probably not, but it'd be nice if they did so when i'm in attendance.

 

[the tourist]

I actually wouldn't at all be surprised as they were recorded by Bono for the Across the Universe soundtrack. They've been known to play soundtrack songs live (Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, The Hands That Built America), and they've been known to cover The Beatles (Help!, Helter Skelter, Happiness is a Warm Gun).

 

[tuwie]

i doubt it....but i DO love live beatles covers from U2.

 

[The Sad Punk]

NO

 

[Down Under]

Something out of left field………………I would love to see (hear) Magical Mystery Tour. This song would be so great live.

 

[The Sad Punk]

Then go watch a Beatles tribute band.

 

[LMP]

Paul McCartney still tours right? Go see him.

 

[Aardvark747]

Paul McCartney still tours right? Go see him.

Only if he plays the Frog Song...

 

[coolian2]

You're going home in a yellow ambulance
A yellow ambulance
A yellow ambulance

 

[edurban]

They would be cool as snippets. I love snippets: they educated me when I did not know anything about music history.

 

[phillyfan26]

How would there ever be any chance of this?

 

[ponkine]

I'd rather have POP songs on the next tour like Please, Staring At The Sun, Last Night On Earth and Mofo

 

[gman]

Ad rather they didnt drop a u2 song in order to accomodate ANY cover version

 

[waynetravis]

Replace Beatles with a Pop treat..

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

if the across the universe soundtrack came out while u2 was actively on tour, yes... i think there'd be a decent chance at seeing a cover of one of those two songs, or at least a lengthly snippet.

seeing as they're unlikely to be on tour until 2009? highly unlikely.

 

[europop2005]

if the across the universe soundtrack came out while u2 was actively on tour, yes... i think there'd be a decent chance at seeing a cover of one of those two songs, or at least a lengthly snippet.

seeing as they're unlikely to be on tour until 2009? highly unlikely.

but wasn't HMTMKMKM performed 2 years after it first came out?

 

[the tourist]

Only a two year difference.... (HMTMKMKM came out in '95 and the Popmart tour was in '97/'98) That being said, I'd like to see them cover a Beatles song once in awhile--but a different one every time, and maybe only one out of every five or six shows. AND I'd like to see them shake up their setlist (and not have so many pre-planned stage gadgets that make their set-lists cement). And that being said, I don't think there's a likelihood of either of those things happening.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

but wasn't HMTMKMKM performed 2 years after it first came out?

hold me thrill me kiss me kill me was a u2 song. it's hardly a surprise that u2 would play a u2 song in concert.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

How would there ever be any chance of this?

The only chance I can see is if it's on Paul or Ringo's Birthday...

 

[the tourist]

Why would it be such a big surprise? They used to play covers all the time.... Think of ZooTV, for instance. Satellite of Love, Unchained Melody, Can't Help Falling in Love.... Hell, even Popmart had karaoke with The Edge.

 

[phillyfan26]

Why would it be such a big surprise? They used to play covers all the time.... Think of ZooTV, for instance. Satellite of Love, Unchained Melody, Can't Help Falling in Love.... Hell, even Popmart had karaoke with The Edge.

"Used to" being the key words. And "all the time" is a big exxageration. They had two they regular performed on Zoo TV. They did All Along the Watchtower before that. Edge Karaoke on PopMart. Other than that? Very rare.

 

[the tourist]

More rare recent. Not as rare 15-20 years ago (Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Help, Helter Skelter, etc.).

 

[europop2005]

little bit of imagination here: a "Dr Robert" alter ego (ala the Fly, Macphisto)

 

[the tourist]

little bit of imagination here: a "Dr Robert" alter ego (ala the Fly, Macphisto)

That'd be interesting. I think it'd be more similar to Mirrorball Man though.

 

[The Sad Punk]

If he did that I wouldn't go to a U2 concert.

 

[the tourist]

... easier for the rest of us to get tickets.

 

[coolian2]

Brilliant!

Tourist, i think if everyone who says that follows through we'll be the only ones there

 

[pepokiss]

only if the Beatles would've recorded Mofo... then YES

 

[Ellay]

Ad rather they didnt drop a u2 song in order to accomodate ANY cover version

I kind of agree on this, I never liked Bono singing unchained melody live.. admittedly it segued well into until the end of the world, but it always sounded flat to me