LyricalDrug
Rock n' Roll Doggie
I've seen them three times now (San Diego, San Jose x 2) and concluded that U2 picked sing-along anthems for its setlist. All the massive shout-til-you're-hoarse ones are here:
Elevation ("woo-oo-hoo" might be the granddaddy of them all);
40 ("how loooong");
The Fly (Edge now urges the crowd to sing "It's alright / It's alright");
Pride (whoah-oh-oh-oh);
Vertigo (hello, hello);
Love and Peace or Else (release! release!);
COBL ("Oh! You! Look! So! Beautiful....");
Sunday Bloody Sunday ("ohhhhh, oh-ohh");
RTSST ("Hallelujah");
Mysterious Ways ("It's alright...");
Bono's been getting the crowds into "All Because of You" and "Yahweh" too.
Bono's also been invoking the civil rights movement throughout his performances too:
-He's singing "Blackbird" at the end of "Beautiful Day" (how many of you knew that it's a Beatles song honoring the civil rights movement in America?
-His Africa speech before "Streets"
-they're playing "Pride" again
-He sang "We Shall Overcome" in San Jose
-the "Everyone!" intro
If you think of these two aspects together, you realize that Bono is invoking the sing-along, call-and-response feature of so many American, southern black churches.
This isn't new to U2's concerts, they've done it before, but this time around, it's the central theme of the tour. It's their most overtly political tour ever, with one cohesive, focused political message.
You reckon?
Elevation ("woo-oo-hoo" might be the granddaddy of them all);
40 ("how loooong");
The Fly (Edge now urges the crowd to sing "It's alright / It's alright");
Pride (whoah-oh-oh-oh);
Vertigo (hello, hello);
Love and Peace or Else (release! release!);
COBL ("Oh! You! Look! So! Beautiful....");
Sunday Bloody Sunday ("ohhhhh, oh-ohh");
RTSST ("Hallelujah");
Mysterious Ways ("It's alright...");
Bono's been getting the crowds into "All Because of You" and "Yahweh" too.
Bono's also been invoking the civil rights movement throughout his performances too:
-He's singing "Blackbird" at the end of "Beautiful Day" (how many of you knew that it's a Beatles song honoring the civil rights movement in America?
-His Africa speech before "Streets"
-they're playing "Pride" again
-He sang "We Shall Overcome" in San Jose
-the "Everyone!" intro
If you think of these two aspects together, you realize that Bono is invoking the sing-along, call-and-response feature of so many American, southern black churches.
This isn't new to U2's concerts, they've done it before, but this time around, it's the central theme of the tour. It's their most overtly political tour ever, with one cohesive, focused political message.
You reckon?