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Yay for Chicago!
Yay for Chicago!
Holy fucking crap. I feel so vindicated...that show rocked with its shuttlecock out. Even Better Than The Real Thing is pure sex...it's faster and more danceable than ever before. Reminded me of some Zonoscope type shit. The whole Achtung section was brilliant, but One Tree Hill of course stole the show. And the solo Edge played on it...fucking hot. Ashley will fill you in on her opinion of the GA experience, but rest assured that while I would happily do GA once again, I have no interest in being stuffed into a hole with a bunch of amateur photographers who have no interest in singing the songs they supposedly love so much. The vocal response for much of the songs was crap where I was, aided by their idols being mere feet from them (which made Crazy Tonight remix a highlight for me, even though I'm not too hot on the song itself).
U2? They were awesome (as was Interpol, although their set was frustratingly brisk). Their fans, on the other hand, kind of sucked today. You guys are still cool though.
Jive Turkey said:Cobbler! Why are you erasing my facebook comments!?!
Tthey're in a very special position right now that's allowing them to play the best, most balanced sets of their career.
I had a great time at my 2 recent shows, but it's a far cry from the band that came out of the gates dropping 8 songs in a row off their newest work.
...But you had fun, right? The No Line tour is long over, and now they are instead playing a solid chunk of what many consider to be their best album, as well as the best material from arguably their most creative album. For once this tour, the 90s are being properly represented. Then you have the excellent inclusion of Out of Control that we had this evening, as well as Scarlet and SBS to round out the first three records (poor effort here, but maybe they'll fix it on the next tour). Late 80s tracks All I Want Is You, Bad and (tonight) One Tree Hill have also spiced things up. My main issue right now is that they're playing the wrong NLOTH tracks. Give me Breathe and NLOTH over Sexy Boots and Crazy Tonight any day (Crazy Tonight was, again, great fun live, but I feel they could interact the same way during, I dunno, Discotheque. It just feels really unnecessary to me).
If U2 continues to run oldies into the ground at the expense of new tracks when the next tour starts, I'll agree that fucking Achtung Baby tracks are harmful to the set. Can't convince me of that right now though...I pity those sluggish leg 1 sets.
/bed. Night, shuttlecocks and cockettes.
Everyone: please, please go see them in the next couple of weeks if you haven't already. This is a great time to do so.
i didn't even find elevation obnoxious in nashville. my only two complaints were:
1. if you're buying the stadium a new pitch after you've played the city, is the metal ground plating necessary, especially when it's in the high 30s? that shit was still hot after the gig.
2. they didn't play zooropa twice.
also, what's up with bono channeling beyonce during mysterious ways? i nearly pissed myself laughing at single ladies in nashville.
Holy fucking crap. I feel so vindicated...after bitching about how tame the sets were from Barcelona on, that show rocked with its shuttlecock out. Even Better Than The Real Thing is pure sex...it's vaguely psychedelic and more danceable than ever before. Reminded me of some Zonoscope type shit. The whole Achtung section was brilliant, but One Tree Hill of course stole the show. And the solo Edge played on it...fucking hot. Ashley will fill you in on her opinion of the GA experience, but rest assured that while I would happily do GA once again, I have no interest in being stuffed into a hole with a bunch of amateur photographers who have no interest in singing the songs they supposedly love so much. The vocal response for much of the songs was crap where I was, aided by their idols being mere feet from them (which made Crazy Tonight remix a highlight for me, even though I'm not too hot on the song itself).
U2? They were awesome (as was Interpol, although their set was frustratingly brisk). Their fans, on the other hand, kind of sucked today. You guys are still cool though.
Man I'm sorry but no one knows about interference! Nothing personal or anything, I'd just prefer to keep it on the down low from my facebook peeps. I was gonna come in here and explain but you got in first
also, what's up with bono channeling beyonce during mysterious ways? i nearly pissed myself laughing at single ladies in nashville.
joyfulgirl said:This is why I have a bunch of ignored Friend requests.
I love having some of you on facey, and I'd like to keep it that way, I just like to keep interference and "real" life separate. Hope we cool, jt.
No spoken words said:It aint perfect, but:
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Cobbler! Why are you erasing my facebook comments!?!
Nothing personal or anything, I'd just prefer to keep it on the down low from my facebook peeps.
The No Line tour is long over
I had recorded some sort of U2 "live on the BBC rooftop" or something like that off of Palladia, and tried to watch it last night and ended up turning it off and deleting it when for some strange reason I got really sad when the first song they started with was Breathe. I don't know why it bummed me out to know they'll probably never play it live again, but it did. Glad you and z2012 had fun last night!