Matthew_Page2000
War Child
I think some of you need to get a grip.
Or, to put it another way: reality check time.
The reason that I don't have a fundamental problem with editing crowd shots from both nights is because the band did the same thing with the PopMart Live from Mexico City VHS release. They certainly did the same thing with Rattle and Hum. On R&H we see Bono spray painting "rock and roll stops the traffic" on a sculpture during All Along the Watchtower. Bono actually did that during Pride. The beloved intro to Streets with the red screen, blue flashes and clips of Larry hitting the cymbals, Edge chiming away and Bono strutting onto the stage with an upheld arm was shot on a sound stage in LA. There's a great account of Bono turning to Phil Joanou during the filming of that scene and saying, "what's my motivation ET?" (E.T. was Bono's petname for Speilberg protege Joanou.)
There are myriad other examples of "sneaky" editing in Rattle and Hum and it doesn't bother me in the least. That's what film-making is about. It will never capture a live performance perfectly.
Moreover, U2 does similar things with most of their live performances. Wide Awake in America wasn't recorded in America and the performance of A Sort of Homecoming was recorded during a soundcheck in an empty arena in Europe. The crowd noise was edited onto the performance later. That's a hell of a lot more dishonest than a crowd reaction shot being taken from a previous show.
The album release of U2-Live at Red Rocks features only one or two performances from Red Rocks!! The remainder of the show is from a performance in Germany a couple of months later!! (Obviously the video is entirely from Red Rocks.)
So get over it already and enjoy the dvd because this sort of thing is nothing new with U2.
MAP
p.s.- I'm completely with the folks bitching about the "cut" songs though. What the heck were they thinking when they cut One? It's part of the encore for God's sake. And People Get Ready, Pride and I Remember You would have been great additions to the show.
Or, to put it another way: reality check time.
The reason that I don't have a fundamental problem with editing crowd shots from both nights is because the band did the same thing with the PopMart Live from Mexico City VHS release. They certainly did the same thing with Rattle and Hum. On R&H we see Bono spray painting "rock and roll stops the traffic" on a sculpture during All Along the Watchtower. Bono actually did that during Pride. The beloved intro to Streets with the red screen, blue flashes and clips of Larry hitting the cymbals, Edge chiming away and Bono strutting onto the stage with an upheld arm was shot on a sound stage in LA. There's a great account of Bono turning to Phil Joanou during the filming of that scene and saying, "what's my motivation ET?" (E.T. was Bono's petname for Speilberg protege Joanou.)
There are myriad other examples of "sneaky" editing in Rattle and Hum and it doesn't bother me in the least. That's what film-making is about. It will never capture a live performance perfectly.
Moreover, U2 does similar things with most of their live performances. Wide Awake in America wasn't recorded in America and the performance of A Sort of Homecoming was recorded during a soundcheck in an empty arena in Europe. The crowd noise was edited onto the performance later. That's a hell of a lot more dishonest than a crowd reaction shot being taken from a previous show.
The album release of U2-Live at Red Rocks features only one or two performances from Red Rocks!! The remainder of the show is from a performance in Germany a couple of months later!! (Obviously the video is entirely from Red Rocks.)
So get over it already and enjoy the dvd because this sort of thing is nothing new with U2.
MAP
p.s.- I'm completely with the folks bitching about the "cut" songs though. What the heck were they thinking when they cut One? It's part of the encore for God's sake. And People Get Ready, Pride and I Remember You would have been great additions to the show.
