I feel somewhat bad for the fact that I have no desire to watch Coldplay's set in order to confirm that twitter is wrong.
Nah, I'm willing to bet just about anything that twitter is wrong.
For full disclosure, I'm a Coldplay fan.
U2 after Glastonbury thoughts and chats
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I feel somewhat bad for the fact that I have no desire to watch Coldplay's set in order to confirm that twitter is wrong.
Nah, I'm willing to bet just about anything that twitter is wrong.
For full disclosure, I'm a Coldplay fan.
An Cat Gav
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Coldplay fanatics are bound to be lame and friendless enough to be twittering all night on a Saturday night, no surprise...(i don';t hate coldplay, i own all their albums).
U2 were great almost from start to finish, it was a near perfect performance. Wasn't sure if finishing with Moment of Surrender was a good idea as you should end with one of your biggest anthems on a night like that, such as one, but coming out for out of control was a masterstroke.
U2 were great almost from start to finish, it was a near perfect performance. Wasn't sure if finishing with Moment of Surrender was a good idea as you should end with one of your biggest anthems on a night like that, such as one, but coming out for out of control was a masterstroke.
cobl04
45:33
An Cat Gav said:
As opposed to U2 fanatics "lame and friendless enough" to be posting in interference on a friday night...
That was the best performance of U2s career. Coldplay are the "now" band but U2 showed them how to work a crowd and obviously has a much more extensive catalog to draw from.
The U2 fanbase is aging and really the majority of them are not part of the "twitter" generation.
The U2 fanbase is aging and really the majority of them are not part of the "twitter" generation.
cobl04
45:33
Yahweh said:
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It was a good preformance yes, but I think we can all agree that it was definitely not the best. They were a bit too nervous for that.
I also think they were (through no fault of their own) too physically removed from the audience with that ridiculous Glastonbury set up (presumably dictated by local council health & safety inspectors or something). Looking back at the TV footage the distance is so great it is almost as if they were playing on the main 360 stage with the nearest audience being outside the outer 360 stage.
Another problem with the Glasto stage - it is crazy slippery in the rain which impedes Bonos movement -he couldn't run around like normal.
Given those 2 big restrictions of the set up, and given they were nervous (tell-tale sign of nerves from any band being speed of singing cover versions and the covers of Jerusalem and Yellow were sung very fast) I thought they did very well. I just would far rather see a 360 show where the audience are up close than that cattle in a distant field setup which is Glastonbury.
Another problem with the Glasto stage - it is crazy slippery in the rain which impedes Bonos movement -he couldn't run around like normal.
Given those 2 big restrictions of the set up, and given they were nervous (tell-tale sign of nerves from any band being speed of singing cover versions and the covers of Jerusalem and Yellow were sung very fast) I thought they did very well. I just would far rather see a 360 show where the audience are up close than that cattle in a distant field setup which is Glastonbury.
JJAsi
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
Just comparing U2 set and Coldplay as was in both.
With U2 audience you could just gather it and walk through a mountain, with Coldplay, they would´ve gone around it, dont know if that makes sence to you, but it´s true
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With U2 audience you could just gather it and walk through a mountain, with Coldplay, they would´ve gone around it, dont know if that makes sence to you, but it´s true
1 more day to go
Coldplay are the media darlings atm, just like Oasis and Radiohead were before them. NME gave them 9/10 for a very average performance imo and u2 only 7/10...wtf?...British bands seem to get an easy ride from the media while a great performance from u2 is being criticised by so many.
Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
So.. did CP end up snippeting a U2 song or did he not have the nuts for it?
JJAsi
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
atleast I didnt catch any and my reindeer hit a photographer when threw it towards stage at the end 
Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
Did you get in trouble for that?JJAsi
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
I just vanished, with people smacking me lol
Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
Nice. Aren't you supposed to be sleeping in the mud right now? 
JJAsi
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
havent rly slept yet, ended on nearby tent cause reindeer wasnt there keeping guard
Definitely not a snoozefest but my wife is the biggest fan and she felt they dropped the ball on the setlist and so did I. They mixed in too many new songs for a festival and the continuity was missing. U2 definitely blew them away IMHO.
singyourlife
War Child
It became more bearable once Chris Martin stopped writhing all over the floor and jumping around... quite like someone else we know... but Chris Martin just ends up looking like a total pleb when he does it.
I have just been reading the review for coldplay on the guardians website, and the comments are so funny, i mean they really are saying coldplay put on a better show than U2
as has already been said The Fly alone knocked ten types of different shit out of all coldplays set
as has already been said The Fly alone knocked ten types of different shit out of all coldplays set
TheEdge_92
The Fly
Chris Martin is a turd, he wants to be Bono. But we all know he's far off from being that great.
blueeyedgirl
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
Don't matter, we all know Jarvis is da man
financeguy
ONE love, blood, life
garciaricky0019
War Child
Don't know if someone has mentioned this already, but wow, weren't those graphics used during EBTTRT incredible, I wish they continue to play them on the 360 screen, they are quite colorful and extremely artsy, I believe I read somewhere that DAMIEN HIRST, an English artist, collaborated with U2, ...loved his art work, loved the girl filmed for the clip too!!!
nirniva
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Well played. (For the record, I love both bands.)
They'd have to be insane to not continue using the Damien Hirst visuals...they looked quite elaborate and expensive for a one-time deal. Besides, if it looked awesome at the Pyramid Stage, imagine how cool it'd be on the massive Claw screen with the searchlights going around the stadium...
I also hope they keep the "remastered" ZooTV visuals for The Fly. It really adds something to the song, for whatever reason.
Yeah, pretty much this.
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