Re: Off to see U2

scottme · Post by **scottme** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:18 pm

Hi all,

Off to see U2 tonight in Sydney. Should be a full on experience. Leaving soon to get there mid morning. Some freaks were there for 2 days before last night's gig.

The setlist for last night:
City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Elevation / Can't Get You Out Of My Head (snippet)
Until The End Of The World
New Year's Day
Beautiful Day / Here Comes The Sun (snippet)
Yahweh
Walk On
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Love And Peace Or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday / Rock The Casbah (snippet)
Bullet The Blue Sky / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet) / The Hands That Built America (snippet)
Miss Sarajevo
Pride
Where The Streets Have No Name
One

Encore:
Zoo Station
The Fly
With Or Without You / Never Tear Us Apart (snippet) / Love Will Tear Us Apart (snippet)
The Saints Are Coming
Angel Of Harlem
Kite

chrisjedijane · Post by **chrisjedijane** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 2:51 pm

I went to see U2 at slane a couple of years ago (the one they made into the DVD) and it was really, really good. I'm not so much of a fan of them anymore, but you really can't beat their earlier stuff.

scottme · Post by **scottme** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:25 pm

Managed to get 1 meter away from the front, in the "Ellipse", the space between the 2 arms that make up the front catwalks. As with any U2 show, they'll always be very good, but I felt there was just that special something missing. Bono's voice was in great form though, and I love Miss Sarajevo - it was the first song BP Falon (Irish DJ and ex New York-er) played on his DJ set the night of 9/11, which really hit home. I tried getting tix to that Slaine gig, but it was really difficult. I remember them not giving any notice when the 2nd Slaine show went on sale, and still managed to sell 70,000 tix in a few hours.
Edge seemed to have a different Strat for every song.

regimentle · Post by **regimentle** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:23 am

Bono annoys me beyond belief. There is so much I think I like about U2's earlier material and I cant embrace it fully because I think he reaks with pretention. I could go on for hours before I even got to the fact that the guitar player's name is "the Edge" and why that is just so so so wrong. Haha. Great guitar player though.

Post by **Jay** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:35 am

I tend to feel the same way though I feel it should be noted that unlike dozens of other ridiculously self-serious bands/frontmen/musicians, at least with U2 the songs are there.

regimentle wrote: Bono annoys me beyond belief. There is so much I think I like about U2's earlier material and I cant embrace it fully because I think he reaks with pretention. I could go on for hours before I even got to the fact that the guitar player's name is "the Edge" and why that is just so so so wrong. Haha. Great guitar player though.

regimentle · Post by **regimentle** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:36 am

Jay wrote: I tend to feel the same way though I feel it should be noted that unlike dozens of other ridiculously self-serious bands/frontmen/musicians, at least with U2 the songs are there.

regimentle wrote: Bono annoys me beyond belief. There is so much I think I like about U2's earlier material and I cant embrace it fully because I think he reaks with pretention. I could go on for hours before I even got to the fact that the guitar player's name is "the Edge" and why that is just so so so wrong. Haha. Great guitar player though.

Good point!

Sauerkraut · Post by **Sauerkraut** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:49 am

Jay wrote: I tend to feel the same way though I feel it should be noted that unlike dozens of other ridiculously self-serious bands/frontmen/musicians, at least with U2 the songs are there.

unlike musicians like Bob Geldof?

I don't like U2 nowadays though, they lost the last bit of my respect when they recorded 'One' with Mary J. Blige, after releasing a pretty weak album (have to admit I didn't listen to the full album, but at least the songs they chose as singles are weak, and they're supposed to be the best ones) and that ridiculous Live8 stuff that didn't have any consequences (though afterwards Bono said he was pretty happy for some reason, maybe they were selling more albums thanks to all the attention he got?).

scottme · Post by **scottme** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:47 pm

The live shows these days seem more like vehicles for Bono's crusades (for better or worse). I have great respect for The Edge - he is promoting a charity giving instruments back to the poor folk who lost everything in Katrina last year. Edge's cause doesn't get a look in during the gigs. It must piss him off somewhat.

batchainpuller · Post by **batchainpuller** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:58 pm

scottme wrote: The live shows these days seem more like vehicles for Bono's crusades (for better or worse). I have great respect for The Edge - he is promoting a charity giving instruments back to the poor folk who lost everything in Katrina last year. Edge's cause doesn't get a look in during the gigs. It must piss him off somewhat.

Yeah. He hates us seal-clubbin' Canucks.

scottme · Post by **scottme** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:41 am

batchainpuller wrote: Yeah. He hates us seal-clubbin' Canucks.

Who doesn't?

(I have cousins in Vancouver....)

aen · Post by **aen** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:49 pm

HAHAH that remindfs me of a joke:

"so a baby seal runs into a club..."