theu2fly said:Was it due to it being very light outside?
Why not play 'Streets' as an encore?
Axver said:
They played Streets at only just over half of the European gigs on the JT Tour. It simply wasn't a permanent fixture of setlists of the period. Nothing more to it.
Reggie Thee Dog said:
Ax...are you talking about the European Tour...or the Joshua Tree Tour in general...
I'm sure it was played at over 95% of all Joshua Tree shows. I think in this instant it was an anomaly.
BonoVoxSupastar said:You have to understand, certain people in the U2 camp including members of the band didn't think Streets was that good of a song until later...
U2FanPeter said:In 1987, they thought that EXIT was a stronger song and worthy of being played at every show?
DevilsShoes said:I don't think Streets was considered the kind of transcendent live experience it is today, it was just looked upon as an up-tempo number to build on the pre-concert anticipation and get the crowd going. It wasn't seen as indispensable to the band's live sets throughout the eighties.
The_acrobat said:I actually don't miss it from this Paris concert. I like to pretend they were so cool that they just walked onstage and started playing "I will follow". I have seen the real beginning to this concert, and it's terrible. "C'mon Everybody"? Please... In the Rattle and Hum video, they look so stoic, so lifeless. This proves to me that Rattle and Hum didn't capture the U2 Live experience at all.
The_acrobat said:In the Rattle and Hum video, they look so stoic, so lifeless. This proves to me that Rattle and Hum didn't capture the U2 Live experience at all.
phillyfan26 said:
The problem with Rattle and Hum was everything in between, like the interviews (and All Along the Watchtower), not the live stuff. The live stuff in Rattle and Hum is fantastic. At the bare minimum, it beats all of their live videos except maybe UABRS.
I mean, think about it:
Exit
In God's Country
Where the Streets Have No Name
Bad
Bullet the Blue Sky
Running to Stand Still
With or Without You
Those seven all were absolutely stunning on Rattle and Hum. Great sound, great video. Superb.
Blue Room said:Actually from what I remember reading at the time a major reason it wasnt played is because they thought of it is an opener only and due to it being light out, they didnt feel that worked very well with the song. So they opened with some light hearted covers that didnt require any type of lighting instead for alot of the Euro outdoor shows.
Agreed! R&H is filmed like no other live concert I've ever seen.perrypickwick said:And second - I think never - and I mean never - has a concert been so beautiful catched by cameras than Rattle and Hum.
JanRodi said:Those here who state this opening was bullshit don´t know what they are talking about because they can´t have been there!
U2FanPeter said:
Some 1987 gigs did have it opening the encore. it would have been dark by the encore, even in Scandenavia and Scotland!!
u2fp
pepokiss said:but STREETS in the 80's sounded so... trashy...
specially in the R&H video... it sounds like... just a lot of sound, no t music... Edge's guitar suck and Larry just banged everything...
NOW... from ZooTV forward, the song sounds nice, beautiull if you will sometimes (Boston DVD, Superbowl)... now it's a experience, better equipments, better technics, better playing, more soul and crowd excitment...
Streets 87
Streets 92-06
Blue Room said:
Boy, and they did that a bunch didnt they?
Thats my point. Like I said, its not a hard a fast rule. But the reason I remember reading that they didnt open with it for alot of Euro shows (I obviously never said all) was because they didnt think it worked well with it being light out. That was the reason they went with the covers to open. I never said that meant they wouldnt do the covers for another show if it was dark? The question was why was there no Streets opening for the Paris show, I answered from my recollection. If you dont like it, ignore it.
Thanks
Aardvark747 said:I love Streets on Rattle n Hum. The build-up with Larry arriving at the drums is great.