Originally posted by WideAwakeBadBoy:[..]
Let this be a sign ??
Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:They’re too similar for me to decide between them
Honestly tho each have their ups and downs, but I would argue many of the current one’s “ups” were already present on the innocent tour and by virtue are “downs”, so...
I think I’m ready for a U2 tour without so much emphasis on the tech of the stage and having to stick to a specific formula for the show. I’m not saying a simpler stage would yield different setlists, I just mean songs like Cedarwood or Sunday (as it is now) wouldn’t really hold up without the power of the visuals/narrative, and I wonder if that’s taking some of the U2 magic away. The opening part of the Joshua show last year was damn awesome because it was literally just U2 playing with the house lights on.
Originally posted by LostSailor:It's always starts with the quality of the songs played live from the new album. The songs played on I and E from Songs of Innocence are simply better live than the songs played on E and I from Songs of Experience. The Miracle, Raised By Wolves, Every Breaking Wave were awesome live. Add in Song for Someone and Invisible. Plus Mysterious Ways, Streets/ With or Without You/ Bullet every show, plus October toward the end of tour plus a few rotational slots, including Bad. It's not even close IMO. It was a dream to see Acrobat live but E and I is a good show where I and E was a great one.
Originally posted by bonoschild:[..]
I wonder what songs the band would do if they had an Elevation-esque, back-to-basics type of tour..still rocking,, but maybe stripped down visuals, backing tracks and tech.
Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:They’re too similar for me to decide between them
Honestly tho each have their ups and downs, but I would argue many of the current one’s “ups” were already present on the innocent tour and by virtue are “downs”, so...
I think I’m ready for a U2 tour without so much emphasis on the tech of the stage and having to stick to a specific formula for the show. I’m not saying a simpler stage would yield different setlists, I just mean songs like Cedarwood or Sunday (as it is now) wouldn’t really hold up without the power of the visuals/narrative, and I wonder if that’s taking some of the U2 magic away. The opening part of the Joshua show last year was damn awesome because it was literally just U2 playing with the house lights on.