Originally posted by aussiemofoVery true. That One speech ran like clockwork evey night and really it was just too f*ckin long! You even had a speech in the middle of a bloody song last tour. Too much. I think old Bono assumed a different character when on stage whereas today the "real Bono" and the "show Bono" are pretty much one and the same.
Yeah, he did overkill the speeches. I mean, I didn't mind the one before Streets, because it was usually fairly energetic and would kick into the African chant thingy; the Miracle Drug one wasn't too painful, but the ones during SBS and pre-One did get laborious. I mean, he'd do the same for SBS during Elevation, but compare the Torino rendition with any Vertigo show, and fuck me there's a difference. In hindsight, the Torino version of SBS was probably the highlight of an otherwise average show - it's one of my favourite versions for that speech.
". It's more "well, we're here, you're there, you've paid your money - and thanks a lot for that - , we'll put on a show" or at least something along those lines.