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1997-05-06 - Eugene, Oregon - Autzen Stadium, U. of Oregon

setlist

Performance notes: U2's first concert in Oregon since 27 May 1983, and to date it is the only one not held in Portland.
Setlist and comment provided by U2gigs.com.

songs per album

  1. Pop (9)
  2. Achtung Baby (4)
  3. The Joshua Tree (4)
  4. Boy (1)
  5. The Unforgettable Fire (1)

best song performances

  1. Do You Feel Loved (7 votes)

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review by iTim

11 years ago

Performance

First up we have Mofo, Larry kicks us off and really drives the song throughout. Bono doesn't sound too good tonight, somewhat lazy. I like how he deliver "sooth me sister..." though. I Will Follow immediately continues, a little breakdown in the middle for a little interchange with the crowd and whilst difficult to hear them, they do sing along. Even Better Than The Real Thing follows on and it's bang on. Perfect. Pop throws in it's second song of the night in Do You Feel Loved. I don't want to criticise it too much because I love the album version, but unlike most of U2's catalogue, it struggles to match or better itself live. It has its plus points for sure but it's struggling early on compared to the show opener. Pride brings us back to a high level of performance and it sounds very tight. The pace is slowed a little now for the classic and crowd favourite, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For. I don't think there's anything to pick fault with here, the crowd are certainly enjoying it. Bono delivers some excellent additional vocals at the end that is worth hearing.

Gone picks up the pace again and is a thoroughly solid performance throughout. Next up is a personal favourite of mine, Last Night On Earth, so take my comments with a pinch of salt. First off it's apparent that Bono isn't too comfortable of the lyrics that he wrote. How hard is it to remember your own work? Ok, it's not that good, but it is early in the tour. A familiar face makes an appearance now as Until The End Of The World enters the stadium. There's a few mistakes throughout the song which is unusual for such a much played song, still, it doesn't take away any of the enjoyment. Another Pop song now - If God Will Send His Angels. Just like Do You Feel Loved, it fails to match or better itself in front of a live audience. It's far too one dimensional with The Edge playing the same thing over and over. A rework of this would work so much better. Staring At The Sun is a song that they've really struggled with so far and tonight it falls far too short of the mark again. It's very empty. It's actually quite boring. The Edge brings proceedings to an end with a thoroughly enjoyable rendition of Daydream Believer. Go The Edge!

Miami really is a tale of two halves. The first half is terrible, Bono is distant and the song just mumbles along until half way through, it suddenly picks up and becomes somewhat decent. Miami segues into Bullet The Blue Sky and the band deliver a very solid performance. Please puts in a challenge for best performed Pop song of the night, excellent. Sunday Bloody Sunday makes a brief appearance, if only musically. That interruption makes for a poor transition into Streets, a song that is known for it's partnership with the song prior to itself. If Im honest, I wasn't bowled over by Streets too much. It just never seemed to get going.

You can reach...well maybe you can't. The best part of the song, ruined! I joke of course. Very energetic, extremely enjoyable and a perfect way to kick the encore off. With Or Without You follows and it's very well done. There's better, but it's by no means a poor performance. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me is next and it's a very solid performance, setting us up nicely for the final couple of songs. The first of those is Mysterious Ways and the band nail it. There's little more to add, they really do give it everything. One closes off the show and it's the perfect ending. After some rocky moments, we finally get there in one piece.

Sound

I think the sound is quite good. The band don't sound particularly muffled or distant. Everything comes through quite clearly. There's a few skips here and there between some songs and at the beginning the sound briefly pans hard right followed by hard left. Other than that, no major issues.
Recording: Audience microphone - 4 stars

Audience

Well, there's a crowd in. When the time is right, you can hear them having a good sing along and they offer up their appreciative applause throughout.

Overall

Still very early in the tour here and you can tell that the band are lacking rehearsal with the new songs. Gone, Please, Mofo, and Discotheque are finding their feet quickly, whilst Do You Feel Loved, Staring At The Sun, If God Will Send His Angels, and Miami are still falling short of the required standard.

Highlights:
Even Better Than The Real Thing
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Please
Mysterious Ways

Lowlights:
If God Will Send His Angels
Staring At The Sun

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