Yeaaa aaaaand they're just not very good at improvising.And lazy.
Because crowds love it?
To me, if you are going to give the warhorses a "rest", Beautiful Day, Elevation, One are just as war horsy and no comparison to Bad, New Years Day, Streets, or WOWY in terms of placement on the most significant U2 songs ever list. How about use the brain and I don't know...maybe...ummm...rotate through dropping one of Beautiful Day, Elevation, One and fit in one of the other older "war horses"?
Yeaaa aaaaand they're just not very good at improvising.
Yeaaa aaaaand they're just not very good at improvising.
At this point I'd be okay with full on heritage greatest hits tour.
Definitely that. But you, I and others have made note of simple rotations that maintain thematic consistency while offering night-to-night variation, which would be relatively easy for them to handle without dropping too much in the way of hits. It's a head scratcher. I may start blaming Gavin Friday soon.
Nnnnnnah. That's just an excuse.I think the production (i.e. images, lighting, video curtain etc) that goes along with each song in the setlist also plays a major factor in the lack of set list changes. They should simplify the show and get more freedom to change things around.
I think the production (i.e. images, lighting, video curtain etc) that goes along with each song in the setlist also plays a major factor in the lack of set list changes. They should simplify the show and get more freedom to change things around.
They could pop up alternate imagery or just band coverage. This isn't hard.
As much as U2 try to push their new songs as being among their best because they feel like they’ve improved as song writers and have finally learned how to play (blah blah blah) they still can never beat the fact of life - Nothing beats the old stuff.
I read this discussion point and reply on just about every band's message board at some point or another, lol. Obviously, it's not just four or five guys playing the 930 Club or Metro at this point...
At this point I'd be okay with full on heritage greatest hits tour.
Yea. And I'm okay with that.I mean, aside from the 2nd side of Joshua Tree that's pretty much what we got last year.
I'd just like to see the band play all of their biggest songs in one tour... cause, ya know, they have a shit ton of classic songs.JT30 but longer
I'd just like to see the band play all of their biggest songs in one tour... cause, ya know, they have a shit ton of classic songs.
I'd just like to see the band play all of their biggest songs in one tour... cause, ya know, they have a shit ton of classic songs.