Irvine511
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RademR said:
funny how this works. I saw them in Philly on 5-14 and I thought it was the most lifeless crowd I saw on the tour. Chicago was alright for me, but I thought the NY and DC crowds were the best.
The Philly crowd did sing along really loud, but there was no absolutely no movement. Everyone was standing still. At least in my opinion.
Maybe it was just that night though. I heard the DC crowd on 10-19 really sucked, but when I went on 10-20 there was that electricity in the air.
all very interesting.
i saw them on 5/14, and my section was on fire -- a bunch of us ran down the stairs and stood at the edge during Yahweh.
i was at both DC shows, and the 10/19 show was a little bit lifeless (again, it's realtive; a U2 audience kicks the shit out of 99..99% of other bands even on an off night), though i actually thought that was the band's fault -- they absolutely roared out of the gates with the best version of COBL i have ever heard, but lost some steam around ISHFWILF and never totally recovered.
DC on 10/20, however, was an extraordinary show. while i still give props to my Philly audience, the 10/20 show was a mindblower.
this is not to say anything negative about the shows i saw in Montreal or Paris -- great shows, though i do remember people sitting down during "Please" in Popmart Montreal.
so, at the end of the day, i don't think that blanket generalizations of audiences work too well.
U2 always plays great in Boston. U2 always plays great in Italy. are Italians "hot-blooded"? well, maybe. are European audiences drunker? yes, i think that might be true.
i just have a problem with people taking their perception of a crowd's reaction -- and to be honest, i can barely see the crowd in the Chicago DVD, so i really do question people's motives -- and using that to paint, you know, 300m+ people with a single brush.
some Americans suck; some Americans rawk. some Euros suck; some Euros rawk.
i've lived in Europe and traveled all over and love the Continent and the Isles and all those countries with all my heart, and the one thing i've learned is that no matter where you go, at the end of the day, people are people.