Obviously you are not understanding anything I am saying. I am not a "setlist bitcher" I am defending U2 against the people saying that U2 has boring, static setlists. Please, I am plenty realistic about the songs U2 has to keep, I am one of the few defenders of keeping Pride that posts here.
Of course, they have to play some , not all, but some classics, and alot of new material. Since they only tour in support of an album(unlike PJ or Stones) then a good amount of the setlist spots are going to be taken up already. Nowhere did I ever dispute:
1.) You saying that the Vertigo tour had good variation.
2.) That songs like Red Hill and Acrobat had never been played live, I am well familiar with U2 setlist history.
3.)Nor did I ever say that U2 would all of a sudden become DMB or Pearl Jam, you seem to be bringing them into this discussion and putting this into my mouth. I have not made "mistakes" to repeat. I dont expect this tour to be alot different, maybe a little different, but they will continue to mix it up like they have been.
I have simply made the point that U2 does not have static, unchanging setlists like some bands. Yes, its mostly the same songs, but you always get 11 O'clock on Elevation, Electric co on Vertigo, First time, One Tree Hill like suprises. Again, as I have said, the reference points may be different- they certainly do not have as much variation as Pearl Jam, but that does not make them static.
Please come back when you have found a new definition for static. As long as some different songs are in and out in different order, then its not static. Of course, again, along a spectrum, if right is static and left is anything goes, then U2 is more to the right than alot of bands, but that does not put them at the very end of that spectrum. The Police, George Michael, AC/DC are the recent tours I can remember with truly static setlists.
I am not trying to be a jerk here, just trying to make clear that I am not complaining, and do not have PJ like expectations for this tour, so will not be dissapointed. I do not at all consider myself in the U2 setlist bitcher category. All of my posts on the subject confirm this.
So redefine static to include U2's considerable variation, that is your task. All the other words you are putting my mouth are words I am not saying.