chazman151
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Just for Bono's outburst, I'm not gonna wear that silly mask he wants me to
Wow people like to gripe. I'd happily attend u2's worse show ever. And I'd bet it would be better than tons of other shows I've seen.
I see Interference is a teacup and somebody ordered a storm.
Omgzzz!!1!! U2 playdz 0nE?!??/!1
last night, i instructed my wife on how to set up our new dvd player. someone should start a thread about it and say that i beat her up.
Only if I can call the thread "Why Did Mikal LIE About Instructing His Wife On How To Set Up The DVD Player?"
or "i am ABSOLUTELY REPULSED by mikal's actions".
Outburst? Seriously?
Now we should be glad they didn't start in the US! They get better as they go... always do.
does that really qualify as an outburst?
or like Mikal belittling his wife and infant child after being unable to watch his beloved Super Bowl XXXI DVD.
Or you can say, I was there the night Bono fell off stage, the night Eddie started the wrong song, or the night a bug flew into Fiona's mouth(ok that had nothing to do with opening night but it was hilarious)...
Rock bands are human, part of the magic comes from the humanity; it's a little different than the symphony or a play(although I've seen my fair share of mistakes in those as well). The difference being the mistakes in the latter two overshadow.
What did those paying the priciest tickets miss out on tonight?
You know, your casual and rude dismissal of anyone that says anything remotely critical of U2 is getting really tiresome.
It's complete disasters like that rendition of One which make U2 an inferior live act to Queen in my view (though still great).
I see Interference is a teacup and somebody ordered a storm.
It's complete disasters like that rendition of One which make U2 an inferior live act to Queen in my view (though still great). At Rock In Rio, Freddie Mercury roared the band into the middle eight a verse too early but they just picked up seamlessly from the bassline and went into the next verse- in fact on the face of it no mistake was actually made. For some reason U2 seem very shaky on occasions and can't seem to improvise their way out without a big fuss. I'm sure they'll be fine but there really is no excuse for this, 1st night or not- they've had enough time to rehearse.
I opened this thread expecting to find that Bono had marched up to Edge, screamed and swore at him over the screw up then smashed up his Gibson..........
ummmm....
Fucking up on One opening night has nothing to do with U2 being an inferior live act to Queen....
Queen had plenty of fights on stage and screw ups... We just didn't have youtube back then.
One near fight- at the San Remo festival in 1984, which Freddie broke up and that was entirely unconnected with the performance. I have read up on Queen's touring history quite closely and they never had the problems U2 seem to have. Songs did not break down on first nights because they had rehearsed properly beforehand- that's why they were so good at Live Aid.
I'm sorry but the idea that you are comparing Freddie having to break up a fight to this is laughable. I too have read a lot about Queen, and opening night or not they had restarts and they had fights.
San Remo was the most famous fight-that's all I am saying. I assume it was the one to which you were referring. The point I am making is that other bands do not invariably have these moments on 1st nights. I get really tired of reading posts from people who think all of this is somehow excusable. It plainly isn't. I can understand if the performances lacked a bit of tightness on a first night but outright mistakes are not good enough.
I have read up on Queen's touring history quite closely and they never had the problems U2 seem to have. .