ZOOTVTOURist
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Nope, he hasn't lost it at all. Take the shows from the 5th leg – Melbourne, Auckland, Saitama – and tell me again, the drummer has lost his ability. This is nonsense. Listen to "One Tree Hill", "Desire", "Angel Of Harlem", "Vertigo" or "The Saints Are Coming"and say, there is no Larry exploding ...
From earlier shows 2001-2005/06 you might have fun in dissing "11 O' Clock Tick Tock", "An Cat Dubh" or "Gloria" – but you miss the point. U2 decided to play these tunes slower than decades ago – but this has done very well to the tracks. Bono sings them more inspired, better than ever. The tunes have regained an intensity, they might never have had, It is not only speed, that matters. But "I Will Follow" or "The Electric Co." still show, that U2 including Larry still have the speed, too. Especially these tunes are played now even faster than, let's say during '87 ...
Now, what I do recognize is, that the drum sound has changed radically in the mix. When you listen to a Lovetown show for example, the drum thunder sound is very much up front, while now, the mix is less compact, but very much concentrating on integrating Larry in the band's sound ...
From earlier shows 2001-2005/06 you might have fun in dissing "11 O' Clock Tick Tock", "An Cat Dubh" or "Gloria" – but you miss the point. U2 decided to play these tunes slower than decades ago – but this has done very well to the tracks. Bono sings them more inspired, better than ever. The tunes have regained an intensity, they might never have had, It is not only speed, that matters. But "I Will Follow" or "The Electric Co." still show, that U2 including Larry still have the speed, too. Especially these tunes are played now even faster than, let's say during '87 ...
Now, what I do recognize is, that the drum sound has changed radically in the mix. When you listen to a Lovetown show for example, the drum thunder sound is very much up front, while now, the mix is less compact, but very much concentrating on integrating Larry in the band's sound ...