I am I the only one that notices that U2 consistently neglects JT album cuts every tour when compared to AB?
In both number and variety of songs played, AB gets mined every tour while JT gets the Big 3(4 when you count live staple Bullet) and that's about it.
Aside from the songs they have to play a bunch of times every tour- One and Mysterious Ways-numerous AB tracks make it in as staples for long periods of time. Ranging from bringing back old staples like Until The End.. after short breaks(360 leg 1) to getting entirely new staples each time out- The Fly, Zoo Station, Ultraviolet. I am as happy Bullet is taking a rest as most of us here, but does anyone seriously think that Until the end... would ever sit out entirely for 3 legs in a row? That illustrates the disparity right there.
Outside of the JT heavy hitters we have the hardly obscure RTSS doing a couple legs on Vertigo and everything else getting at the very most a hand full of performances this decade. Mothers? Only a few times. IGC? 2 times acoustically, who wants that. One Tree Hill?Only the 3 or 4 times they had to with the Caroll family in attendance.
Spectacular songs that were great live like Trip Through Your Wires and Exit? You'd never know they wrote those!
WOWY and Still Haven't Found took long rests on both Elevation and Vertigo, far longer than Mysterious Ways or The Fly or Until The End ever took.
I love AB. But I've always had it in my rankings as a straight tie with JT for the top U2 album. I am probably in the minority here. Both albums are obviously 2 of the greatest albums ever made by anyone, but one is no better than the other. I firmly believe that.
Plus, I really, really, really want to hear another full band In God's Country and really, really, really want them to rip through a modern day version of Exit!!
Why does U2 dig so deep into AB so often that JT, the album they will ultimately be remembered most for, seems like a relative after thought?
Ideas, theories, discussion.
In both number and variety of songs played, AB gets mined every tour while JT gets the Big 3(4 when you count live staple Bullet) and that's about it.
Aside from the songs they have to play a bunch of times every tour- One and Mysterious Ways-numerous AB tracks make it in as staples for long periods of time. Ranging from bringing back old staples like Until The End.. after short breaks(360 leg 1) to getting entirely new staples each time out- The Fly, Zoo Station, Ultraviolet. I am as happy Bullet is taking a rest as most of us here, but does anyone seriously think that Until the end... would ever sit out entirely for 3 legs in a row? That illustrates the disparity right there.
Outside of the JT heavy hitters we have the hardly obscure RTSS doing a couple legs on Vertigo and everything else getting at the very most a hand full of performances this decade. Mothers? Only a few times. IGC? 2 times acoustically, who wants that. One Tree Hill?Only the 3 or 4 times they had to with the Caroll family in attendance.
Spectacular songs that were great live like Trip Through Your Wires and Exit? You'd never know they wrote those!
WOWY and Still Haven't Found took long rests on both Elevation and Vertigo, far longer than Mysterious Ways or The Fly or Until The End ever took.
I love AB. But I've always had it in my rankings as a straight tie with JT for the top U2 album. I am probably in the minority here. Both albums are obviously 2 of the greatest albums ever made by anyone, but one is no better than the other. I firmly believe that.
Plus, I really, really, really want to hear another full band In God's Country and really, really, really want them to rip through a modern day version of Exit!!
Why does U2 dig so deep into AB so often that JT, the album they will ultimately be remembered most for, seems like a relative after thought?
Ideas, theories, discussion.