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Worst performances?

This topic was started on 2007-09-07 08:50 pm.
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haytrain
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posted by haytrain (Crew member) on 2007-09-07 08:50 pm quote

Maybe this is blasphemy, but after listening to the band stumble through "Staring At The Sun" on the opening night of the Popmart Tour in Vegas, I'm wondering if they've had other performances where things haven't sounded right, someone has been off, or things have just all together fallen apart.

I know I've heard a bootleg where Bono sings in the wrong key for almost the entire song. Can't remember exactly, but maybe it was Yahweh. Are there more examples of this? Maybe I'm sick and twisted, but I like hearing them mess up from time to time...

stefano1973
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posted by stefano1973 (Member) on 2007-09-07 09:08 pm quote

Unfortunately the Joshua Tree tour opening night in Tempe was a real mess for Bono, due to his voice. He apologized several times during the show, but there was nothing he could do. The show should have been postponed....

Remy
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posted by Remy (Webmaster) on 2007-09-07 09:37 pm quote

Vertigo from Chicago 2005-05-07. The first show there. It was really worse.

It sounds like Bono didn't have any breath, he talks his way through the song instead of singing.

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posted by zooTV4all (Member) on 2007-09-07 10:42 pm quote


Pride from PopMart Las Vegas...

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MWSAH
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posted by MWSAH (Member) on 2007-09-07 10:44 pm quote

There are some 'nice' muck-ups on Youtube..

- Party Girl, where Bono messes with the lyrics and Larry makes a mistake:
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- 40, where Bono sings too high...very painful
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- New Year's Day, where Edge isn't in time for the piano
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- Sunday Bloody Sunday, Edge again has some problems with his guitar while Larry drums
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- Sunday Bloody Sunday again, Edge has a broken guitar string right in the intro..
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These aren't bad performances, but it is fun to see..
yeah
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posted by yeah (Member) on 2007-09-07 10:55 pm quote

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haytrain
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posted by haytrain (Crew member) on 2007-09-07 11:03 pm quote

Originally posted by MWSAH:
There are some 'nice' muck-ups on Youtube..

- 40, where Bono sings too high...very painful
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This is the one I was thinking of. Yeah, it's painful to watch.

germcevoy
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posted by germcevoy (Site manager) on 2007-09-08 12:51 am quote

Bono struggled big time during the Buenos Aires show last year. Need I mention Sarajevo? Awesome though it was, Bono may as well have the edge sing everything. Cannes was oretty poor too

haytrain
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posted by haytrain (Crew member) on 2007-09-08 01:15 am quote

Originally posted by germcevoy:
Bono struggled big time during the Buenos Aires show last year. Need I mention Sarajevo? Awesome though it was, Bono may as well have the edge sing everything. Cannes was oretty poor too


That's got to be discouraging for fans like us....I know a lot of people on the boards are optimistic about the fifth vertigo leg sounding really good....maybe he needs a few shows to warm up? Let's hope!

germcevoy
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posted by germcevoy (Site manager) on 2007-09-08 01:22 am quote

Originally posted by haytrain:
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That's got to be discouraging for fans like us....I know a lot of people on the boards are optimistic about the fifth vertigo leg sounding really good....maybe he needs a few shows to warm up? Let's hope!


first leg great, second leg great, 3rd leg OK, 4th leg fucked, 5th Leg after long break, fantastic

germcevoy
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posted by germcevoy (Site manager) on 2007-09-08 03:29 am quote

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that guys subtitles make it. Brilliant stuff

easports43
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posted by easports43 (Crew member) on 2007-09-08 03:38 am quote

How bout these?

Gone live from Boston. Need I say more?


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and New Years Day from the ZooTV Washington show:


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