Originally posted by wangmaster:interesting list! thanks for sharing and to the OP for compiling.
strange to see 11'Clock ranked so high on the most played songs, so many early performances ha. how many times has it been played since, say, 1987, do we know?
Originally posted by u2joost:I love these statistics!
funny to see that the I+E tour (which was supposed to be the tour that would give U2 more freedom in randomly choosing songs from their backcatalog) has in fact more 'untouchables' then the POPmart tour...
Originally posted by fleavox:One interesting thing I notice it's in the "SECTION I: SONGS PLAYED AT LEAST ONCE IN ALL TOURS SINCE THEIR RELEASE.":
No Line On The Horizon is "just" an 8 years old album and just one song in this section, while The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby still have 3... and even The Unforgettable Fire still have 2
Originally posted by wangmaster:[..]
and even then, it was just a couple of token runs through of Magnificent.
NLOTH has been given the same treatment as any U2 album that isn't a resounding success (see: Pop) - it's been dropped from setlists and swept under the rug.
to say they're (IMO) the greatest band ever to grace the earth, they're so insecure about their own legacy. it's sad how they have this need to be untouchable and to whitewash everything all the time.
not to crap on the I+E tour (i think it was phenomenal overall, and a sensible follow-up to 360) but i hope next time they show it a bit more love; MoS is worthy of at least rotating and Boots can still be good fun live.