Bootleg Round Table

Originally posted by haytrain2005-12-05 - Boston, Massachusetts - Fleet Centre

Sound:

I didn't have nearly the problem that some of my fellow BRT reviewers did, which is a little surprising, because I used to only listen to DVD rips, broadcasted shows, or 5+ star boots. All members of the band were audible, and there weren't a lot of moments when you can hear some random person in the crowd talking during the show. IMO, somewhere between 3.5 a 4 stars.

Originally posted by haytrain[..]

Audiophile alert!!!!

Originally posted by djrlewis

Got to agree (in part) about WOWY

Originally posted by haytrainIn fact, let's get some discussion started now:

Favorite song?

Mine was Gloria. Haven't heard a live version of that one since JT/Lovetown, so it was a nice new addition.

Originally posted by djrlewis[..]

Love and Peace for me. Love the live version and this was a strong one I thought.

I see what you mean about Gloria but it's nearly there with Beautiful Day for me....

Originally posted by haytrain[..]

Yuck. I'm hoping they shelve Beautiful Day for the next tour, but I doubt it.

Originally posted by GerardSTOCKHOLM. Well tonight was the one. It was the night that I stopped during the gig and thought to myself ''This is the high point on my career''. The entire gig from the Globe in Stockholm was broadcast live to just one person's house - that of Mr John Harris of Nottingham, England. He won an MTV competition, so got the private broadcast. His small living room was piled high with TV's and of course everybody from the whole street was in there. There was also a camera at their end, sending pictures back to us, so at various points during the show, the living room in Nottingham would appear on the stage video walls. Bono would break to speak to them and they would reply of course. Of course by 10pm everyone at the Nottingham end was blind drunk, which made it all the more entertaining. Technologically it was flawless too, which was pretty astounding.

So later on, Benny and Bjorn - the guys from ABBA - appear. We have U2 and ABBA performing 'Dancing Queen' beneath the mirrorball trabant, being broadcast live from a giant spherical building in Sweden to one terraced house in Nottingham. I rest my case.

Originally posted by SergioThat crowd was witnessing one of the most astonishing shows ever, with lights, industrial sounds, jokes, surrealism and great music, all mixed up.

Originally posted by PatrickThis is one of the most flawless performances of U2 ever. The show is full of energy and creativity from the beginning to the very end, this was the peak of the arena period of the monstre tour, yet it still has its human sides, which was definately lost after they turned towards stadium performances. This footage reveals the humourous side of Zoo TV (few recordings has that), it's hard not to find the irony behing the floating disco-Trabant during 'Satellite of Love'.
During some concerts, the complexity of Zoo TV failed to continue for the whole 2 hours of the show, but this Stockholm perforaance is not one of those. Just wish the whole tour would have been like this. The audience breathes together with the band, their continous input gives the energy the band needs to give them an unforgettable experience.

Originally posted by RemyI absolutely love the "I could've lost you" intro of the first legs of ZooTV, stunning.

Originally posted by ReclinermanYou Europeans have what I call Passionate Mannered Insanity. I mean that in the highest compliment.

Originally posted by haytrainMine was Gloria. Haven't heard a live version of that one since JT/Lovetown, so it was a nice new addition.

Originally posted by germcevoy[..]
Best show of the tour

Originally posted by djrlewis[..]

That's quite some claim with Saitama etc around