1. I'm wondering when Where The Streets have no name became the song it is today. When it became the heart pumping live song it is now. I don't think it was the joshua tree tour. was it zootv?

  2. Yes.

    I think they made a mistake leaving it out several times on JT and once on LT and so they included it with the handful of 80's songs to be played on Zoo TV along with the new AB songs.

    I think that putting Streets into Zoo TV after Running To Stand Still just made it really special, it snowballed and grew from there.
  3. I'm going to say something different.

    While I do believe that Streets came to the forefront during the Zoo TV tour, I actually believe Streets became what we know it to be now during the Elevation tour, more specifically, during the second North American Leg. From a musical standpoint, it was already there. But from a point of significance, Streets was simply one of U2's anthems before 9/11. The most significant performance of Streets has to be during U2's only Super Bowl halftime show. The amazing performance combined with the names of those lost in the terrorist attacks created an emotional scene that left many in tears.

    I think many people who remember 9/11 and watched that halftime show associate Streets as a song of freedom and rejoicing and still do so to this day.
  4. Streets is less today than it has ever been I think. Now or Vertigo. Its just another SBS or Pride. I do like the odd segue from 360 but the song itself is tired. It peaked during 87 but ZooTV are my favourite performances.
  5. since the first live time the intro began to flew through my veins back in '87.
    superbowl perfomance was touching indeed but i don't think everyone, outside US in particular, give that strict link to 9/11 thinking of Streets.
    agreed with Ger, the peaks are between JT and ZooTV tours, Lovetown included
  6. Although it may seem tired when you listen to it on all the bootlegs since 1992, it is truly magical to those who are in attendance at the actual show. It should never be dropped from the setlist.
  7. Im listening to the Glastonbury show, and Streets started just as i came on the site and saw this as an active topic, freaky.
    I still rate it as one of the bands best lives songs, it gives me goosebumps every time i hear that intro.
  8. In my opinion, Streets became what it is today during the R&H promo. It became the landmark it is now when fans came to the cinemas to see R&H and saw that performance in Tempe, with the red lights, the build-up, the big light flash, the helicopter view of the Sun Stadium, the cheering fans and all the raw and pure energy. My parents were at the R&H premiere in Madrid and told me that everyone in the cinema was actually jumping with Streets, while most of them had been sat down during the rest of the movie. I think that was the defining moment, when most of the fanbase realized it wasn't just another good song, but THE live song. When U2 performed it during the Lovetown tour, it was already an anthem. And when they performed it during the Zoo TV Tour, it was already a legend.
  9. I think it started to carry the emotion and power that makes it so great during the European leg of the JT Tour. It matured instrumentally on the Lovetown Tour.


  10. I think you nailed it with your first sentence. I remember that and it was AWESOME!
  11. Originally posted by germcevoy:Streets is less today than it has ever been I think. Now or Vertigo. Its just another SBS or Pride. I do like the odd segue from 360 but the song itself is tired. It peaked during 87 but ZooTV are my favourite performances.

    I definitely don't think Streets is any less now than it was before. I think this is due in part to the fact that Streets is rarely played on the radio. Sure, it's played at every gig, but not every U2 fan attends every gig. I know that whenever I'm listening to my playlists and Streets comes up, no matter which live bootleg it is, I always get goosebumps and shivers down my spine. I almost went crazy when I heard those intro chords at my first U2 gig (Anaheim 2) even after hearing it countless times before. When it became a legend is up for debate, but make no mistake that it is indeed a legend.
  12. I have to agree with this - at Cardiff on 360 I still found myself having goosebumps and looking round in wonder at the whole crowd going beserk.