1984-11-05 - Edinburgh, Scotland - Edinburgh Playhouse

setlist

Setlist and comment provided by U2gigs.com.

songs per album

  1. War (6)
  2. The Unforgettable Fire (6)
  3. Boy (2)
  4. October (2)

best song performances

  1. Two Hearts Beat As One (5 votes)
  2. Gloria (3 votes)
  3. A Sort Of Homecoming (3 votes)

We would like to know which shows you attended and which shows you are going to attend. On this page you can see which members attended or are going to attend this show. Maybe you can send some of them a private message to meet up or talk about this show.

show attendees: 5

4 users from United Kingdom: gman70, jamesed68, nahyou2, rockport

review by aussiemofo

15 years ago

Performance

O.k. A lot of comparisons have been made already on this site between this gig and the following night in Glasgow. To me both of them are worthy Unforgettable Fire shows. In several ways, they each have their own atmosphere, energy and character. My tip is to just download away and enjoy both of them for their own characteristics and high points.

This was a typical TUF setlist which was fairly entrenched by the time the tour made its way through Europe after some experimenting in Australia. The boys pound out their bread and butter numbers 11 O'Clock Tick Tock and I Will Follow to really get the gig and crowd going from the outset. As I said in a previous review, at the time they were an energetic band clearly proud of and excited about their new material. The next three numbers are from the TUF album and the boys perform them in a way that immediately suggested that the audience had caught them on a very good night. Wire in particular is played very well here. Edge is spot on!

The gig continues in a similar vain through the three War songs before we are treated to another stirring rendition of A Sort Of Homecoming. Honestly, I never tire of this song. I've always enjoyed the TUF renditions of Sunday Bloody Sunday and this one was no exception.

But it pales in comparision next to the concert giant that is The Cry/The Electric Co. What a song and what a performance! It's little wonder that U2 constantly turned to this song to immediately excite a crowd throughout the early 80's and more recently on the last tour. It always went off and the audience would lap it up as they did on this night.

We had a typically energetic New Year's Day and Pride to wrap up the main set and pave the way for an impressive encore with Party Girl being my highlight here. Unlike others I didn't find the cock up during Gloria entertaining at all. On the contrary I felt it detracted from an otherwise flawless encore.


Sound

I laboured over whether to actually give this 3.5 or 4 stars. In the end, it's probably a genuine 4 star. All instruments are heard. However, at times a bit of 'muffle and fuzz' can be detected which detracted slightly from the boot. It's about on a par with the Glasgow gig on the 6th.
Recording: "Unforgettable Scots" - 4 stars

Audience

You've gotta hand it to the Scots. They know how to enjoy a U2 show. Their interaction and participation really shine on this boot!

Overall

I recommend this bootleg for those wanting to capture U2 in full flight during their TUF period. They were in a really great phase here. They were excited about their TUF material and performed tracks from their previous three albums with loads of enthusiasm. Bono in particular was in true showman form, playing up to the crowd at every opportunity and Edge was on song (well, when isn't he really?)

Highlights
A Sort of Homecoming - It's simply amazing and it doesn't matter whether its the early manifestations which are very similar to the album version or the latter performances from 1985 onwards which are more departures and like the Wide Awake In America version. I simply adore both!

The Cry/The Electric Co. - Reasons above.

Wire - Not a huge fan of this song but on this particular night, the boys nailed it!

Lowlights
Gloria screw up - I don't care if it was different or funny or whatever. I didn't enjoy it. Give me Gloria played proficiently any day!

(This is a picky one) Bad - It was played well here, don't get me wrong but we would have to wait until the second half of the TUF tour before the band recognised the value in having snippets towards the end of Bad.

Overall, a worthy 4-star rating. A really good boot to have in your collection.


reviews from show attendees

show overall  
conjasnat Read more

all reviews

show overall  
conjasnat Read more
Remy Read more
MWSAH Read more
aussiemofo Read more
haytrain Read more
markp91 Read more
germcevoy Read more
dynamotour Read more
EDDMB Read more
KieranU2 Read more
patou2 Read more
cesar_garza01 Read more
fleavox Read more
CMIPalaeo Read more

Welcome to our audio page, on this page you can download lossy (MP3) and sometimes even the lossless (mostly FLAC) audio recordings (also known as bootlegs) of this show. The available recordings are sorted on the type of recording and the quality of the recording.

  • Recordings available: 3
  • Show downloads: 1252

support us

If all fans who downloaded a show in the last 12 months would donate € 0,21 a year, we could pay all our hosting and storage bills without personal funding. Learn more

" Awia CM 30 - Sony WM D6"

  • Origins: Audience microphone
  • Credits: Malcolm Beaton (Audio Taper), RossMan (Recording transferer)
  • Equipment: Aiwa CM30A (Microphone), Sony WM-D6 (Audio recording device)
  • Lineage: [C-90 master] > [unknown playback equipment] > M-Audio Delta 2496 > .wav (24/48kHz) > Audacity > FLAC > fre:ac > mp3
  • Quality based on reviews:
  • Downloads: 259
View info file

Audio / MP3

Bit rate: 320, bit depth: 16, sample rate: 48000, channels: 2
Download via Mega.nz
Audio samples

"Unforgettable Scots"

  • Origins: Audience microphone
  • Credits: Malcolm Beaton (Audio Taper)
  • Equipment: Aiwa CM30A (Microphone), Sony WM-D6 (Audio recording device)
  • Lineage: [analogue master] > ADM2 > WAV > CDR > EAC > WAV > MKWACT 0.96f > .shn > mp3
  • Quality based on reviews:
  • Downloads: 903
View info file

Audio / MP3

Bit depth: 16, sample rate: 44100, channels: 2
Download via Mega.co.nz
Audio samples

"Live From The Lypton Village"

  • Origins: Vinyl
  • Lineage: [vinyl] > UAG (TDK D-60) > JVC TD-EX90 > Adobe Audition 5.5 > FLAC > fre:ac > mp3@256kb/s
  • Downloads: 34
View info file

Audio / MP3

Bit rate: 320, bit depth: 16, sample rate: 44100, channels: 2
Download via Mega.nz
Audio samples
Upload photos

Welcome to our photo page, on this page you can view and download high resolution and high quality photos of this show. No low resolution or low quality photos are accepted, you only see the very best of the best. Of course you can also upload your own high resolution and high quality photos easily.