1989-12-01 - Osaka, Japan - Osaka Castle Hall

setlist

Performance notes: This concert is often said to have somewhat of a "backwards setlist", due to the presence of songs normally played late in the set appearing in its early stages, such as Pride and New Year's Day, while the main set staple trio of Desire, All Along The Watchtower, and All I Want Is You is in the encore. Also noteworthy is the first performance of Slow Dancing in concert - nearly four years before its first official studio release! Bono had previously sung some of the song on Australian radio in October 1989.
Setlist and comment provided by U2gigs.com.

songs per album

  1. Rattle and Hum (7)
  2. The Joshua Tree (5)
  3. The Unforgettable Fire (3)
  4. War (2)
  5. October (1)

best song performances

  1. All I Want Is You (5 votes)
  2. Desire (3 votes)

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review by iTim

14 years ago

Performance

First off, I like how they start with Stand By Me, Bono trys to put some power into it at the end and strangley I was dissappointed they went into Pride, I would've liked something a bit more laidback. Perhaps Desire. It's an ok performance of Pride, though the crowd could've made it so much better. Always nice to hear New Year's Day make an apperance on a live show, though I think the bass lacked a lot of punch. Still a very acceptable performance. Loving the way I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For opens up. That's about all I can say about it, the rest is pretty average. Still lacking bass. I like People Get Ready, nice little filler. MLK is as good as it always is and it's followed up by a rather nice One Tree Hill. Can you go wrong with Streets? No. Very good performance I'd say. Think I've finally gotten into the bootleg and looking at the remaining setlist I might enjoy the listen. Nice rocking performance of Gloria and an enjoyable performance of Bad. Nice Van Diemans Land from Edge. Standard Bullet The Blue Sky calmed down by a peaceful Running To Stand Still though it just seems to die halfway through. Would've liked a "Still running" from the crowd like in Rotterdam. Didn't like Slow Dancing on this occasion. Have high expectations for Angel of Harlem, pretty fine piece of music on the Lovetown Tour. It delivered. Not the best from the Tour but still very worthwhile. Sluggish segue lol, should've been bang in there. Minor issue however. Decent When Love Comes To Town. Ok rendition of Love Rescue Me. Love the way The Edge just threw that opening chord of Desire out and let it hang. Should've gone straight into it after that but hey.Was a good bouncy performance. All Along The Watchtower doesn't belong here this late on in my opinion. But it's a good end to the show, solid performances of All I Want Is You and '40'.

Sound

It's clear. Vocals come through well, guitar is very audible. It does lack some bass though and that's a real shame.

Audience

Thought it was a closed soundcheck. In all fairness they come and go. Probably louder than the recording make out.

Overall

Highlights
- Stand By Me - Good opening song I think.
- I Still Haven't Found Intro - Like the way Bono starts with the vocals and then Edge fades in.
- Desire - That ringing chord at the start could have been used for a very memorable performance. Almost like Vertigo on the 360 tour when that noise builds up and the drums come in and then it reaches a crescendo and then it's rips into the song. Something like that could've been done here I think and it's would've been good to hear.

Lowlights
- Bass levels - Really degrade the long term listenability of the bootleg and really drags some songs down with it.
- Setlist is a little muddled I think, could've been rearranged for more effect.


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