Originally posted by ASortOfDesire:Alright, this is what I thought of the 6/17 show. I somehow managed to stay mostly spoiler-free for this tour! (Now that I've been to a show I'll be more active on the site!)
Pros:
- LIAWHL -> Blackout -> Lights of Home was a great, energetic start to the show with great visuals!
- I Will Follow/Gloria were a good follow-up.
- The Ocean into Iris. Didn't expect either of these. What a cool transition.
- Iris through UTEOTW the abbreviated snippet of the I+E show (a tour which I missed out on, so it was nice to hear).
- The narrative aspect of the show (incl. HMTMKMKM with animations)
- Elevation through ACROBAT (!!!!) was probably my favorite section of the show. Three crowd pleasers, the return of Mr. MacPhisto, and FUCKING ACROBAT I was just hyped up. My poor girlfriend had to endure me screaming the lyrics to Acrobat in her ear
- Pop representation.
- COBL as a closer. What a great usage for it! (Felt like it should have been a certain JT song though in its place)
- 13 as a closer. What a beautiful song. And the lightbulb going down into the little house... beautiful!
Cons:
- Placement of Beautiful Day. It seemed a little awkward sandwiched between a bunch of early U2 songs. Would have been better place near Pride/COBL or the encore.
- You're the Best Thing About Me. I actually didn't mind the arrangement, but I just don't care for the song that much.
- Get Out of Your Own Way & American Soul. I understand these are the singles but they just felt so damn out of place. I get that they go with the message established in SATS/Pride but they would go much better earlier on in the show.
- Lame encore. One is a good song, Love is Bigger is meh. The encore was just so boring. It just needed one awesome song to kick it off and it would have been better. (like Streets...)
- Lack of songs from the Joshua Tree. The end of the concert suffered without Streets or With or Without You or even Bullet. There wasn't as much heart or emotion for the songs they chose to round out the main set or the encore.
Overall, great night and I'm thrilled to (possibly) be getting a DVD of it!
Cheers everyone and glad to be back after self imposed exile!
-Ben
Originally posted by opsopcopolis:My tape of DC night 2: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=624157
Same deal as last night. If somebody wants to add here it would be appreciated.
Originally posted by BigGiRL:Seriously? Are these the kind of cameras used for the DVD filming...? That's some oldskool for ya...
[image]Washington 2
#fieldshelen
Originally posted by BigGiRL:Seriously? Are these the kind of cameras used for the DVD filming...? That's some oldskool for ya...
[image]Washington 2
#fieldshelen
Originally posted by bushido529:[..]
I'll take film over digital anyday. Film is better resolution than 4k
Originally posted by bushido529:[..]
I'll take film over digital anyday. Film is better resolution than 4k
Originally posted by Pauln:Now that they’ve done the dvd hopefully they’ll loosen the shackles on this set list now. Maybe I’m just dreaming out loud!