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  1. Originally posted by Ali709[..]

    Gotta love how the BRT has grown...that's a lot of reviewers there, should be fun


    Indeed!
  2. Originally posted by germcevoyi've did a straight run through of the gig already. A surprising listen.

    EDIT : Drew added to list


    me too.

    Will be fun
  3. bump
  4. Originally posted by djrlewisbump


    bump again, posting time has started...mine will come within a few days.
  5. Originally posted by meBootleg choice for the next fortnight is:-

    1992-08-16 - Washington, District of Columbia - Robert F. Kennedy Stadium a.k.a. "Calling The White House"

    RE-DOWNLOAD REQUIRED BY ALL REVIEWERS; NEW SOURCE ADDED

    Chosen by Nate

    Setlist:

    Zoo Station
    The Fly
    Even Better Than The Real Thing
    Mysterious Ways / Love To Love You Baby (snippet)
    One / Unchained Melody (snippet)
    Until The End Of The World
    New Year's Day
    Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World
    Angel Of Harlem
    I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
    Satellite Of Love
    Bad / Candle In The Wind (snippet) / Walk On The Wild Side (snippet)
    Sunday Bloody Sunday
    Bullet The Blue Sky / The Battle Hymn Of The Republic (snippet)
    Running To Stand Still
    Where The Streets Have No Name
    Pride (In The Name Of Love)

    encore(s):
    Desire
    Ultra Violet (Light My Way) / My Way (snippet)
    With Or Without You / Shine Like Stars (snippet)
    Love Is Blindness
    Can't Help Falling In Love

    ZOO TV 3rd leg: Outside Broadcast


    Reviewers this fortnight are:-

    Nate
    Dan
    Harry
    Gerard
    Jeremy
    Daley
    Chris (fenderman)
    aussiemofo
    James (tambourine)
    Ali
    Casper
    Drew

    Right; time's up. This is the list for this weeks reviews. Off you go!!

    From Gerard:PS : The upgrade and original both have quite a bit of hiss so I would suggest listening in the car or burning to CD and listening through speakers. Much more enjoyable.
  6. I'll do another listen then take notes as I do. Great gig
  7. Bump - will post sometime during the week
  8. Bump.


    (don't know why I did that, other than to continue the trend of all BRT posters bumping this topic. )
  9. Originally posted by haytrainBump.


    (don't know why I did that, other than to continue the trend of all BRT posters bumping this topic. )

    Hmmm...I'm thinking the words "shephard" and "sheep" lol...
  10. Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
    Hmmm...I'm thinking the words "shephard" and "sheep" lol...


    Exactly
  11. 1992-08-16 - Washington DC - RFK Stadium

    Sound:

    This is a strange one. It's got it's good, and it's got it's bad, that's for sure. To start off, the good is the balance of the instruments in the mix. Everything sounds pretty clear to my ears, and no member of the band is too loud or too soft. The bad part of the sound is fairly obvious: there's no crowd whatsoever. I'm not sure why someone would go out of their way to eliminate the crowd noise like they did. There were also some weird blips throughout the show, and in some songs, Bono seemed to be a maxed out, causing some minor distortion (Bad comes to mind.) If there would have been "normal" crowd noise, I would have rated the sound a bit higher, but as it is, I can only say it's an average sound quality. Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

    Performance:

    Another aspect of the show that has both good and bad. The first seven songs (Zoo Station - UTEOTW) were on fire. I personally didn't have anything to complain about, and everything seemed to be nailed dead on by all members of the band. That all changed once they started New Years Day and sloppy mistakes just kept adding up after that. This is about as inconsistant as I've seen U2 (not counting the atrocity that happened when they opened Popmart in Vegas. Yikes .). I don't know if they just got lost and forgot where in the song they were, or the fact that the band was just coming off a month and a half break, but some of the songs are outright sloppy. So, what started off as an amazing show was mired by some surprising mistakes by a usually focused band. Rating: 3 out of 5.

    Sidenote: "Bad" seemed to have problems with the synthesizer track cutting out unexpectedly, and it made me wonder if someone's playing along live with the band under the stage (thought I saw someone hanging out under the stage at a keyboard during a special feature on the Boston DVD?) or if it's all pre-programed and the band has to play along with a pre-recorded arrangement.

    Show Highlights:

    "Zoo Station" through "UTEOTW" - Everything nailed perfectly. Zoo Station was especially good.
    "Ultraviolet" - Brilliant
    Edge's solo in "With or Without You" - Need I say more?

    Show Lowlights:
    Surprising mistakes by the band during "New Years Day," "Bad," "Pride," and "Desire."
    No crowd noise makes it feel like this isn't even a real show.
    I absolutely hate the "acoustic set" of Angel of Harlem and ISHFWILF. A complete waste of setlist space, if you ask me.


    Overall:

    There's some really good tracks on here, but some other tracks are ruined by some technical glitches and uncharacteristic mistakes by the band. Worth a listen, but not staying on my hard drive.

    Rating: 6 out of 10
  12. have to disagree about the sound rating there Jeremy. It's a soundboard and not a broadcast so naturally there is no crowd noise. It hasn't been dubbed out, the crowd noise just doesn't make it through the soundboard. Taking this into effect i'll be giving the audio at keast a 4.5
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