Snippets....

[Zooropa man]

Gosh darn it BONO.... enough with the f-ing snippets already!!! Just sing the U2 songs...

 

[kabigon]

Even the Electric Co. and Crazy Tonight snippets?

 

[Zooropa man]

mmm... not Electric Co. That one is okay.

 

[Axver]

The more snippets the merrier. It's not as if they are sung in place of U2 lyrics, or are so long that they cost us another U2 song (like the fucking speeches do).

 

[nirniva]

The more snippets the merrier. It's not as if they are sung in place of U2 lyrics, or are so long that they cost us another U2 song (like the fucking speeches do).

This man has the right idea. Besides, even a chunk of, say, Discotheque is better than nothing.

 

[last unicorn]

Bono is the king of snippetry

I LOVE them! The references are kind of cool and I like how they are showing respect to other bands/artists by snippeting their songs. I hope it never stops. In fact, some snippets could be longer.

 

[Tommy WM]

If I hear 40 sung at the end of Bad one more time i'm going to lose it. Seriously Bono, way to ruin the song!

 

[kabigon]

If I hear 40 sung at the end of Bad one more time i'm going to lose it. Seriously Bono, way to ruin the song!

If I hear Bad live one more time I'll count myself lucky regardless of whether there's snippets or not

 

[Galeongirl]

Needs moar Discotheque!

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

i like when u2 snippet their own songs, but it's usually lame when they snippet other people's songs. especially when a drop of rain falls from the ceiling, then OMG MUST SNIPPET EVERY SONG MENTIONING RAIN EVER

 

[powerhour24]

This is such a part of U2's live shows, it would be so weird without it.

 

[corianderstem]

i like when u2 snippet their own songs, but it's usually lame when they snippet other people's songs. especially when a drop of rain falls from the ceiling, then OMG MUST SNIPPET EVERY SONG MENTIONING RAIN EVER

Except Bono apparently only knows two:

Rain by The Beatles

Singin' In the Rain by Gene Kelly

Seriously, if they're going to keep getting rained on, he needs to pull out some different songs.

You'd be surprised by how many times Bono can snippet the same song during a rainy show.

Or maybe you wouldn't be.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Except Bono apparently only knows two:

Rain by The Beatles

Singin' In the Rain by Gene Kelly

Seriously, if they're going to keep getting rained on, he needs to pull out some different songs.

You'd be surprised by how many times Bono can snippet the same song during a rainy show.

Or maybe you wouldn't be.

how true. and yeah, him snippeting the same thing more than once at the same show pisses me off more than it probably should.

 

[Axver]

The fact that Singing In The Rain has been snippeted three times per show at four shows this leg is just ... well ... yeah, I'll join in on the chorus of FIND SOME DIFFERENT RAIN SONGS!

As much as I love snippets and think they add some real flavour to the setlist, this particular aspect is getting ridiculous. It's not as if the world's only got a couple of songs about rain. How about, oh I don't know, Summer Rain?

 

[bono_212]

Heaven forbid they should do something off the cuff and PLAY "Summer Rain". Screw snippeting.

 

[U2girl]

Oh good. Now the snippets are an issue...

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Oh good. Now the snippets are an issue...

if you don't like the thread, no one's forcing you to read it.

 

[The_Edge89]

especially when a drop of rain falls from the ceiling, then OMG MUST SNIPPET EVERY SONG MENTIONING RAIN EVER

Sometimes it doesn't even have to be raining
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-tgDNUWmQ0

shh: It had been raining earlier in the day, though)

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Bono really likes the movie Singin In The Rain, which I don't think anybody should blame him for, it's a blast, and one of the most acclaimed films ever.

So he likes to sing it occasionally during concert? So what? Doesn't seem like anything to get into CAPS LOCK FURY over.

Also, the word "snippet" kinda gives me the willies. I don't like it. Can we change the name maybe? I suggest pumpernickels.

 

[LemonMelon]

if you don't like the thread, no one's forcing you to read it.

The thread title was too ambiguous for her, OK?

27. Station to Station (snippet) / Bad / Let It Be (snippet) / Come Together (snippet) /Help! (snippet) / Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (snippet) / Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (snippet) / Young Americans (snippet) / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (snippet) / The First Time (snippet) / Revolution 9 (snippet) / Drunk Chicken/America (snippet) / Norwegian Wood (snippet) /( Don't Fear) The Reaper (snippet) / John, I'm Only Dancing (snippet) / Gypsy Biker (snippet) / Candle in the Wind (snippet) / All Star (snippet) / Yellow Submarine (snippet) / "40" (snippet)

Becomes more feasible with each passing gig.

 

[coolian2]

not enough beatles

 

[Tommy WM]

Go figure. At the Adelaide show in 2006 it wasn't even raining and Bono sang Singin in the Rain before The Fly

 

[Swan269]

i like u2 snippeting itself. best snippet EVER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKXoMFn5wnw

 

[powerhour24]

I like U2 snippeting themselves because we get to get references to songs we don't see anymore (or ever in some cases) on their own.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

I like U2 snippeting themselves because we get to get references to songs we don't see anymore (or ever in some cases) on their own.

exactly. sometimes they'll do something like bad/40 where both are played live, but it's still pretty awesome regardless.

 

[last unicorn]

I wouldn't mind hearing Bono sing "Singing in the rain" live again, I loved it when I heard it in Munich and I think he sung that one really well. People who are not following setlists certainly don't mind either. There have been other songs relating to rain snippeted as well, but he just seems to love the Gene Kelly one.

 

[U2girl]

if you don't like the thread, no one's forcing you to read it.

That said...

It's a discussion. All opinions are equally valid.

 

[Vlaco]

The more snippets the merrier. It's not as if they are sung in place of U2 lyrics, or are so long that they cost us another U2 song (like the fucking speeches do).

I fully agree.

 

[LemonMelon]

That said...

It's a discussion. All opinions are equally valid.

Of course. But they're easier to justify if something is actually contributed.

 

[coolian2]