ascender_RS
Refugee
I'm so glad it's not just me who loves this song. I know the live version was a bit rough around the edges, but I really thought they might have recorded a version of it at some point for release.
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I'm so glad it's not just me who loves this song. I know the live version was a bit rough around the edges, but I really thought they might have recorded a version of it at some point for release.
super fly guy
New Yorker
I bet there is a studio recording,buried away with hundreds of other versions of songs.
Registered Dude
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
think we'll get any new tunes played at the Sphere?
I don't think so.
There are two things I don't think they'd do without Larry - play a new song nobody has heard before, or play 40.
Hewson
Blue Crack Supplier
You don't think they'd play 40 new songs in one show without Larry?
TinKnight
Refugee
I have never heard 40 live 
i mean i could be wrong... but, what, they're gonna have Bram do the solo at the end by himself? it's such a tradition where the band all leave one by one with Larry as the last one left that I just can't see them doing it without him.
sure, they could switch it up and have maybe edge on bass be the last person - but, yea, i think they're going to leave that one out this time.
the next world tour WITH larry, though - yea i think it closes every show (because i think it'll be the last tour)
sure, they could switch it up and have maybe edge on bass be the last person - but, yea, i think they're going to leave that one out this time.
the next world tour WITH larry, though - yea i think it closes every show (because i think it'll be the last tour)
mikal
Blue Crack Addict
I've changed my tone a little bit after seeing Foo Fighters live a couple weeks ago. Josh Freese did an amazing job as a drummer and while damn I wish Taylor Hawkins was drumming, it didn't lesson the experience for me.
The only thing that still seems weird is that the band always seemed to brand themselves as "if one of us is gone, we quit", so if this is long term and Larry were to not come back (yeah I know it doesn't look like that will happen but just saying), then I'd prefer that the band calls it a day. Bono and Edge can still do solo stuff.
The only thing that still seems weird is that the band always seemed to brand themselves as "if one of us is gone, we quit", so if this is long term and Larry were to not come back (yeah I know it doesn't look like that will happen but just saying), then I'd prefer that the band calls it a day. Bono and Edge can still do solo stuff.
TinKnight
Refugee
As much as I adore Larry, if he leaves, the rest find a new guy, and Larry says the new guy is cool and chill, I'm gtg.
yea i am on board even if larry isn't.
Hewson
Blue Crack Supplier
Yeah, it's unlikely we see it in the Sphere. Probably for the best, song doesn't fit the AB theme and the building enhancements and 40 don't seem like a fit.
If they were to play it for any reason, definitely wouldn't do it the usual way and let Bram be last on stage.
I waited impatiently for the Sphere
Registered Dude
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
gweeps
War Child
Songs of Ascent or bust.
Irvine511
Blue Crack Supplier
They really were tapping into something that tour. I don’t know if it was trying to prove something post SOI release or what but there were magical moments I felt were sorely missing on E&I
I genuinely enjoyed the E&I shows I went to.
But they were absolutely mailing it in, at least on the US leg. Things changed in Europe.
It's still baffling as to why they thought bringing "act 1" back was a good idea.
The whole very idea of the albums being companions went out the window with Bono's original elbow. So trying the tours together with such a gap was a bad idea.
What it eventually morphed into in Europe? Better idea. Still kinda lazy, just going back to the ZooTV suite they broke out when 360 was delayed. Alas
TinKnight
Refugee
E&I was so half-assed. I don't know who signed off on 1/2 the show being almost the same, and then the last half being a half-hearted attempt at....something.
OP
OP
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
I think where E&i evolved to was a great show. People can say what they like about the quality of the new music, but the pacing, story, theming etc of the tour as it was released from Berlin was quite breathtaking.
I can absolutely understand people who saw the show in the US being jaded about the setlists. As mentioned - it was moronic to think act 1 returning was a good idea when the concept of sister shows died 3 years and 2 tours earlier.
When I think about Boston/MSG and Paris for I/e, then Berlin for e/I, there was some real magic there and I can’t help but think of if what those shows became was the basis for the original concept. Take out any duplication and add in some of the non/lesser played songs from the new albums (Reach Around, Troubles, Little Things, RFD) and some Pop for E/I maybe a rarity or two in the rotating slots, and run them as 4 shows per city, alternating nights in pairs, option of selling slightly discounted tickets to a pair of shows promising an entirely different experience - it could have been their defining moment as a band.
I can absolutely understand people who saw the show in the US being jaded about the setlists. As mentioned - it was moronic to think act 1 returning was a good idea when the concept of sister shows died 3 years and 2 tours earlier.
When I think about Boston/MSG and Paris for I/e, then Berlin for e/I, there was some real magic there and I can’t help but think of if what those shows became was the basis for the original concept. Take out any duplication and add in some of the non/lesser played songs from the new albums (Reach Around, Troubles, Little Things, RFD) and some Pop for E/I maybe a rarity or two in the rotating slots, and run them as 4 shows per city, alternating nights in pairs, option of selling slightly discounted tickets to a pair of shows promising an entirely different experience - it could have been their defining moment as a band.
Gonna Run 2 U
New Yorker
I know we all want the rare songs in the set list but they absolutely kill the flow of concerts. There’s just not enough for hard fans to warrant deep cuts and I can’t blame the band for not playing them.
Exit and Acrobat were the highlights of the last two tours, hardly momentum killers
ascender_RS
Refugee
Acrobat on the original Zoo TV indoor shows or even outdoor legs would have been incredible to see them playing at that age, on those shows where they are at the absolute top of their game. The indoor ones also had a rawness and anger about them on certain songs which has naturally dulled with age.
phanan
Blue Crack Addict
From someone who saw them on that tour, it would have been awesome. But no way it should have been the opener.
Hewson
Blue Crack Supplier
They picked the correct opener with Zoo Station, no question.
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