4 achtung songs

[earthshell]

I was at Chicago 2 and I thought it was pretty sweet that they played 4 Achtung songs in a row. It was kinda like MTV's Unplugged haha. Did U2 ever do something for that or were they like against the idea? I love Achtung Baby it's one of my favorite albums. The Fly kicked ass in Chicago and so did mysterious ways. I was kinda mad when chicago 4 got until the end of the world and with or without you but we got Party Girl! woot

 

[typhoon]

Huh?

 

[quadcaster]

i duno what the overall point of this is but no U2 havent done mtv unplugged....

 

[Miricale_Drug]

u2 refused to do MTV unplugged. They did however do the acoustic set for many tours, which was reputedly so they could do a similar thing to Unplugged. They were the biggest band to shun it as well.

 

[jackbauer]

Why did they refuse?

 

[RobH]

Yeah. One time they played eight Achtung Baby songs in a row. It was called Zoo TV.

 

[bray]

they shunned it because it sucked. on elevation tour desire and ground beneath her feet brought the shows to a stansstill

 

[bombergirl1978]

I wouldn't have thought Desire would bring it to a standstill. Thats a great song. Love it.

 

[wheatsier]

they shunned it because it sucked. on elevation tour desire and ground beneath her feet brought the shows to a stansstill

No they didn't.

Desire was a HUGE singalong and was far from an "acoustic" performance--the electric guitar being the biggest indicator. It was just stripped down to bare bones.

The Ground Beneath Her Feet was gorgeous; they should have played it more.

 

[neutral]

Why did they refuse?

They've said they shun it because they feel they already do an unplugged set on the B-stage every night when they're touring. Had nothing to do with it "sucking".

 

[u2girlcj]

they shunned it because it sucked. on elevation tour desire and ground beneath her feet brought the shows to a stansstill

wha? Desire has never brought a show to a stand still and Ground Beneath Her Feet was AFREAKINGMAZING on Elevation... I think most people agree.

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

wha? Desire has never brought a show to a stand still and Ground Beneath Her Feet was AFREAKINGMAZING on Elevation... I think most people agree.

I sure do.

 

[Ellay]

Although i was glad to hear ground beneath her feet played live at the astoria in 2001, I'd rather have something else instead now.