Originally posted by bpt3:Not to be a downer, but:
1. I'm okay with no big 30th anniversary release. Achtung Baby is my favorite album and yet I was so blown away by the 20th anniversary box set that I really don't need or expect them to try and exceed what they release every 10 years.
2. Though I'd of course love a Zoo TV show from one of the first few legs, we have Sydney already to represent just how legendary that tour was, just like we have an official release of a show from each tour they've done. I guess I'm trying to be content with that.
Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
Well JT has Paris, MSG and footage from Rattle and Hum. Elevation has Boston and Slane. Even vertigo has a show and a half with chicago and Milan. For 360 we’ve had the rose bowl plus a couple of setlists worth of songs released in audio. Even Popmart has had more full song performances released live with the bonus stuff from the Mexico City dvd and the please EP. And with the last couple of albums there’s been a quite a bit with the Paris and Berlin shows plus the live songs of innocence and experience cd set. Boy has 2 shows with the live in Berlin itunes release and the another time another place vinyl/digital fan club release. Only TUF and October are less represented live really. War about the same with Red Rocks. Zoo tv is due at least 1 more show to be released and even that isn’t enough. Stockholm on dvd/blu Ray and dublin on cd would do the trick. I still think the 20th anniversary boxsets were underwhelming btw. Only u2 could give us 6cd’s and 4dvd’s and still manage to disappoint me. They couldn’t think to put a full show in there in audio or video that we didn’t already own. You could buy the JT 20 boxset with Paris on it and the 2cd JT30 set with most of the MSG gig on it for probably half the price of the AB super deluxe set never mind the Uber deluxe set. Give me 2 previously unreleased shows over remixes, demo’s and outtakes any day of the week. AB is my favourite album btw so it’s really disappointing.
Originally posted by bpt3:[..]
These are fair points, and I'll admit I'd love especially a Stockholm/Dublin release.
Disagree about the AB 20th anniversary set...I thought all of the remixes/kindergarten/b-sides, plus the book, were fantastic. Only thing I was bummed about was including Sydney, which they'd already released.
I guess my main point is I don't think the band or their management needs to feel the need to go "bigger and better" every time there is a major anniversary. 20 years is a big deal. 30 years? Cool historic milestone again, sure, but I'm not clamoring for another Super Uber Deluxe box set to make me happy. I'd rather have new music from the band next year!
Originally posted by Damonio123:they have blocked 2 full videos of "Outside Broadcast 1992"