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  1. Originally posted by bonoschild:[..]
    I'm in the same boat and completely agree. Slane was a perfect documentation of a brilliant show.. Boston was filmed over, what, three nights? I was also bummed by the exclusion of One, and the story about the GAers protesting just sucked in general. Slane has always been my go-to, but I do watch the performance of Gone every now and then- good version and it's fun watching Edge be a footballer 🤣
    EXACTLY. I watch Gone, WOWY and The Fly from Boston every now and then but that's about it. Glad to see I'm not alone, thanks Justin
  2. Originally posted by LikeASong:I must confess that I have never watched Boston in full. I've probably watched all of it in clips and different moments, but I am pretty certain I never sat through it from beginning to end.

    I think it's because to me Slane is the perfect video from the Elevation tour (which is ironic since it's one of only three outdoor gigs of the whole tour and therefore NOT a veracious representation of the tour) lol
    funny, because it was the first VHS that I could see U2 playing live, I remember it like it was yesterday
  3. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
    EXACTLY. I watch Gone, WOWY and The Fly from Boston every now and then but that's about it. Glad to see I'm not alone, thanks Justin
    No Stay/Bad/Streets?
  4. Having listened to a hefty amount of Elevation Tour bootlegs, I don't think Slane is a good representation of the tour at all. I think it's far and away their best-recorded show/performance, but it in no way demonstrates what was really happening night to night on the Elevation Tour.

    Boston is imperfect and so was the tour. There were plenty of fuckups and fan drama, both of which are evident on the Boston DVD. Slane is way more of a flawless party; Boston is the better tour document.
  7. Originally posted by MattG:Having listened to a hefty amount of Elevation Tour bootlegs, I don't think Slane is a good representation of the tour at all. I think it's far and away their best-recorded show/performance, but it in no way demonstrates what was really happening night to night on the Elevation Tour.

    Boston is imperfect and so was the tour. There were plenty of fuckups and fan drama, both of which are evident on the Boston DVD. Slane is way more of a flawless party; Boston is the better tour document.
    Oh yeah, absolutely. I already acknowledged that in my self-shaming post Rose Bowl '09 is the better tour document but give me Zurich 2 or Anaheim 2 anytime, you know?
  8. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
    EXACTLY. I watch Gone, WOWY and The Fly from Boston every now and then but that's about it. Glad to see I'm not alone, thanks Justin


    On one of my mp3 players is Slane..also in that folder is Gone, the Fly and IALW from Boston.. perfect Elevation show LOL. Also have a few other Elevation shows, a favorite right now is an ALD from Chicago. I used to play guitar and bass to that recording all the time. Great memories
  9. 2001-05-16 Chicago is probably my all time favorite U2 boot
  12. The best shows on that tour were the post 9/11 US dates. In 22 U2 shows, the two I saw that fall were BY FAR the most impassioned performances by the band I'd ever seen. Too bad there was no official recording.

    But to set the record straight, Boston is/was amazing. I was there. Most of the footage is from the second of two nights of filming (the first night being a trial run and to have footage/audio to plug in where needed). And it's true that representatives were handpicking younger, good looking people to go into the heart first. As someone who was NOT picked (neither young or good looking enough, I guess), that was a bummer, though I still got a pretty good spot mid-heart.