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  1. As much as I love to hear Elevation, Vertigo etc I would have really loved to hear some of these classics (listed below) sung on this tour. The Joshua Tree wasn't just the 11 songs chosen for the album. It was these songs as well. The great Rattle & Hum was also part of the same period. Who would have been disappointed if Angel of Harlem had replaced One and/or Helter-skelter Skelter had opened the concert.

    Classics missing from The Joshua Tree 2017

    Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
    Walk To The Water
    Spanish Eyes
    Deep In The Heart
    Silver And Gold
    Sweetest Thing
    Race Against Time
    Silver and Gold
    Other songs such as Heartland from Rattle & Hum

    Does anyone have other suggestions? Was it a commercial reason to ignore these songs?
  2. Originally posted by Noway93:As much as I love to hear Elevation, Vertigo etc I would have really loved to hear some of these classics (listed below) sung on this tour. The Joshua Tree wasn't just the 11 songs chosen for the album. It was these songs as well. The great Rattle & Hum was also part of the same period. Who would have been disappointed if Angel of Harlem had replaced One and/or Helter-skelter Skelter had opened the concert.

    Classics missing from The Joshua Tree 2017

    Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
    Walk To The Water
    Spanish Eyes
    Deep In The Heart
    Silver And Gold
    Sweetest Thing
    Race Against Time
    Silver and Gold
    Other songs such as Heartland from Rattle & Hum

    Does anyone have other suggestions? Was it a commercial reason to ignore these songs?
    I think it was just a matter of familiarity with the band and the songs. look how quickly they dropped A Sort of Homecoming. I still have to think that had to do more with them being comfortable than anything else. I think dusting off side 2 of the JT might have taken more of a toll on them than expected relearning and reworking them...

    Funny, I never considered this until just now, and while it's just my very humble opinion, it makes a little bit of sense... no?
  3. Don't think this really needed new thread
  4. Originally posted by blueeyedboy:[..]
    I think it was just a matter of familiarity with the band and the songs. look how quickly they dropped A Sort of Homecoming. I still have to think that had to do more with them being comfortable than anything else. I think dusting off side 2 of the JT might have taken more of a toll on them than expected relearning and reworking them...

    Funny, I never considered this until just now, and while it's just my very humble opinion, it makes a little bit of sense... no?
    I agree 100%, I reckon it took an awful lot of time and effort to get TJT songs to the current standard and to add any more lesser played songs from that era would have really been pushing it.
  5. While I agree with Dean and Greg, don't you think they could rehearse one song like OOC, AIWIY, or a proper rendition of ASOH while they're on tour and the JT songs are already nailed each night? I think they settled early on with these 25 songs for the entire tour.
  6. Originally posted by cesar_garza01:While I agree with Dean and Greg, don't you think they could rehearse one song like OOC, AIWIY, or a proper rendition of ASOH while they're on tour and the JT songs are already nailed each night? I think they settled early on with these 25 songs for the entire tour.
    Agree here, too. Out of Control shouldn't have been too difficult since they just did it last tour, it's not a stretch. Personally, I think they should have started rehearsing weeks before they did. Especially after that Q&A web session they did where Edge and Bono teased Luminous Times and Walk to the Water... Why talk about them if you have no intention. Unless they tried and we just never heard of it...
  7. Here are some statistics:
    This current tour has seen 28 songs so far, and I'm including Happy Birthday and a one-off like Don't Look Back In Anger. So 26 songs really. All of them could fit in 1 I+E show.
    For comparison, only in the first leg of the I+E tour we saw 48 different songs! And that was a tour not known for setlist variation!
    Let me be clear: All shows are special with or without setlist variation. Once you're there, you forget that. But my point is that U2 have proved that they can give a hell of a show AND offer setlist variation.
    So I don't think they have any excuse this tour.
  8. They are stuck to the video screen. That is the reason for the lack of variation in the setlist, I believe. This was the same with PopMart, for example. They need some strong hits to open the show, and they soon dropped ASOH. They were not satisfied with the encore and they add Mysterious Ways and Vertigo. That is the variation for this tour. Do not expect more. U2 plays it safe.
  9. Originally posted by scarletoak:They are stuck to the video screen. That is the reason for the lack of variation in the setlist, I believe. This was the same with PopMart, for example. They need some strong hits to open the show, and they soon dropped ASOH. They were not satisfied with the encore and they add Mysterious Ways and Vertigo. That is the variation for this tour. Do not expect more. U2 plays it safe.
    Easily solved by extending the pre Joshua Tree part of the show where the screen isn't used. I'd love that.
  10. Originally posted by scarletoak:They are stuck to the video screen. That is the reason for the lack of variation in the setlist, I believe. This was the same with PopMart, for example. They need some strong hits to open the show, and they soon dropped ASOH. They were not satisfied with the encore and they add Mysterious Ways and Vertigo. That is the variation for this tour. Do not expect more. U2 plays it safe.
    You said it: they play it infuriatingly safe.
    They don't use the screen until Streets. They could rotate Bad with AIWIY, OOC, IWF, who knows.
    They also don't use the screen for Little Things (except for Bono and Edge's kids at the end). They can choose to end the show with other closers like 40, etc.
    They didn't have any visuals for MW, but they played it anyway, because it's easy, a crowd pleaser and they were missing the now cliche fan onstage.
    So if they really want to change the setlist, they can, but prefer not to do it.
  11. Originally posted by cesar_garza01:While I agree with Dean and Greg, don't you think they could rehearse one song like OOC, AIWIY, or a proper rendition of ASOH while they're on tour and the JT songs are already nailed each night? I think they settled early on with these 25 songs for the entire tour.
    Yeah again 100% agree, I don't think they would have had too much trouble getting OOC or AIWIY right. I don't know if its more to do with sticking pretty strictly to the message of the encore and the fact the opening few songs are a success that they really don't want to change it. I'm not saying they couldn't change it but I think they really don't want to and for reasons more than not wanting to put the work in.
  12. There's only 2 that maybe have a very slim chance... Spanish Eyes for Barcelona and god forbid Sweetest Thing.