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  1. It's four songs long, if I can choose it. I'll have to ask first, because we might not be able to have it. Unless I think different, then I'll choose a full regular show.

  2. Same - completely unrealistic expectation, but an encore that ran;

    PopMuzik intro.
    Mofo
    God, Part II
    The Fly (Elevation style)

    It's a rough idea, working along the lines that they're all in the same key (or at least they were performed during their respective tours in Ab), and if something like that happened I'd die happy. I say that a lot, but I'm easily pleased

    And yeah, review should be up tonight, just got to force myself to get through the 2nd half of the show...


  3. Haha....not a fan, eh?

  4. Not of the actual show, more of the actual recording itself - I dunno why I necessarily put myself down for this, I despise IEM/earpiece recordings and the bloody clicktracks etc. No doubt it's easier for the band to keep up with each other but I don't wanna bloody hear it lol. 'TIs a shame that it's the only recording available for this show though, because it's a great setlist and (avoiding the clicks, the whirs, the jibbers, the static, the cutting-out et cetera) an enjoyable listen - it's just a bloody awful recording to put oneself through...
  5. 2005-09-17 Toronto


    Sound:
    IEM, so you're getting a lot of static throughout the whole performance. While I personally don't listen to this often, I find that I do enjoy listening to them every once in a while, for a "behind-the-scenes" sort of look at the way the show is produced. It's interesting to hear the added instruments like the piano on SYCMIOYO or the organ on LAPOE. The guy's voice always cracks me up though...."Bass.....1, 2, 3, 4!" And the click-track is pretty annoying, but it does add to certain songs. (Miss Sarajevo comes to mind). While I won't punish it for being an IEM, the constant static really does hurt the sound.

    Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

    Performance:
    Generally very good....although Bono's out-of-tune guitar in "The Fly" sounded pretty awful....but it was interesting to get a better sense of what he plays during this song. Besides that and Edge's little mishap in Yahweh, I'd say the band's performance was the highlight of this show.


    Rating: 4.5 out of 5

    Audience:
    Hard to judge the audience for being too quiet since this is an IEM, but they were still audible at times, so that's always a plus.

    Rating: 4 out of 5.

    Show Highlights:
    This really goes without saying, but the Mofo/Discotheque sequence really steals the show. In fact, it's the whole reason why I chose this show for this week's BRT. Great little number, even if it was pretty sloppy.
    Bono's in a great mood the whole show....laughing and cracking jokes. Many of which are actually funny!
    Drums at the end of "The Ocean"....and I pretty much always hate that song.
    Vertigo was surprisingly good.
    Certain snippets (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/Please/Relax)
    Eddie Vedder singing "Ol' Man River"
    Bono reading "Have a glass of water!" from the teleprompter before SYCMIOYO


    Show Lowlights:
    Certain Snippets (Black Hills of Crap-koda)
    As much as I love Africa, I've never been a big fan of making it the sole emphasis of this "Streets." Tonight's version seemed a bit over-the-top in this regard. That being said, at least it seemed to cut down on the intro into "One."
    Bad sound and missing chunks of good songs (COBL, OMR)

    Overall:
    This bootleg isn't ever going to be remembered for it's sound quality, but it will be remembered for being loaded with snippets and one of the few Vertigo-tour performances of Discotheque. If you love the Vertigo versions of this song, it's worth getting this show just to hear it performed. It's also a great show worth checking out if you don't mind IEMs and you want to hear Bono having fun during the entire show.

    Rating: 7 out of 10
  6. 2005-09-17 Toronto
    "There's a mortal in the house!"

    Sound:

    The clicks, beeps, and bursts of static really detracts from the quality of this boot for me. It's nice to hear some extra guitar and keyboard parts, especially in Elevation, Bullet, and One, but as Drew said, the vocals are too emphasized here and the band sounds too distant. Particularly on songs like Bullet and LAPOE, I always love hearing the texture of Edge's guitar, and I couldn't hear it on this boot. I could barely hear Adam and Larry, which especially detracts from a thundering song like Streets.

    Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars.

    Performance:

    A solid, energetic performance from the boys. From what exists of it on the recording, COBL sounds like a strong opening, but the show really starts to take off with a great version of Vertigo. The energy really seems to build here at the "hello hellos" even before the first verse, and the Rockaway Beach snippet in the middle is always a welcome addition. Elevation serves its purpose before a standout performance of Electric Co., with two snippets (People I Don't Know Are Trying to Kill Me, See Me Feel Me) that we need to hear more often. The nice transition into The Ocean and the following segue into a clear performance of Beautiful Day, complete with the Sgt. Peppers snippet, gives this first part of the show a great flow and adequate energy that seems to taper off in the middle section, beginning with Miracle Drug.

    Sometimes' highlight is Bono's opera note, and I share Jeremy's dislike for the Black Hills of Dakota snippet; it seems out of place, almost making it too much like a sing-a-long in an otherwise serious song. The clicks and beeps in LAPOE and its cutting-out before the end with Bono's drumming hid too much of what I always want to hear in this song--angry guitar and bellowing drums. I wish the static in Sunday Bloody Sunday was a bit louder, though, because not even that could hide a sloppy vocal performance from Bono. Hearing the extra guitar parts at the beginning of BTBS was the highlight for that song, which was more than made up for in a great performance of Miss Sarajevo. It's always nice to hear Bono sing in Italian, and he and the rest of the band really seemed to put all their energy into this performance. Pride is solid as usual, and Streets--have to disagree with you here, aussiemofo--is marred by a less-than-strong vocal performance. Edge, Adam, and Larry, from what we can hear from them, sound like their usual freight train running through the arena, but Bono sounded tired. One is great, nice to hear Lanois, and always nice to hear the 'Do you hear me coming Lord" part. Wish we had gotten to hear the entirety of Ol' Man River; great to hear Eddie Vedder with the band. Aside from Miss Sarajevo, there's nothing outstanding in this middle part of the show.

    As it's been said, Discotheque remains the track people will remember this boot for, and I like it mainly for the Pop Muzik intro, Relax snippet, and the fact that the actually played it. It added great energy to the show, and the click track from the IEM device actually added to the performance as well. The usually reliable Fly is the only cog in this encore, sounding unusually and completely off. WOWY and ABOY serve their usual great performances here--I may be in the minority, but I love ABOY and hearing it in the encore is really enjoyable. Then we get the real highlight of the show--Fast Cars. Don't be fooled by Discotheque--this is the real hidden gem of this show, and overshadows the Boston performance by about eight miles. Solid, energetic performance from all members, one of the most cohesive songs on the night. Yahweh always sounds nice acoustically, but the click track deters from this, and 40 closes out the show nicely.

    Rating: 3.5 out of 5

    Audience:

    Decent as any, I would guess. You can really only hear them properly on Pride, and they sound pretty into it.

    Rating: 4 out of 5.

    Show Highlights:

    Ultimate highlights:
    Fast Cars. Best performance I've heard.
    Discotheque, primarily for its Pop Muzik and Relax snippets

    Others:
    Vertigo
    Electric Co.
    The Ocean
    Miss Sarajevo

    Show Lowlights:

    Love and Peace or Else
    Sunday Bloody Sunday
    The Fly

    Overall:

    A few standout tracks are balanced with some less-than-perfect ones and distracting/interfering sound to make this neither a great show nor a poor one. Grab it if you like IEMs, Fast Cars, and two minutes of Eddie Vedder.

    Rating: 3.5 out of 5
  7. Great review, Nicole!
  9. Okay everyone....don't forget to post your reviews in the review-portion on the bootleg page.
  11. Toronto Bootleg Review

    Performance

    Good. Bono is a bit off key on occasion (especially right at the beginning with COBL) but otherwise they're all very good. As others have commented, Bono is in good cheer and whilst I usually hate the fact that he has a teleprompt, I did find the 'glass of water; comment before SYCMIOYO pretty amusing.

    4 stars

    Audience

    4 stars - not rated as impossible to comment really.

    Sound

    Uggh. Like listening in a toilet while you have tinnitus. Really drags it down for me. IEM has never been anything other than a curio for me - as a listen-along boot I think they are awful. And this is not a good one (eg Saitama is). Pops, scratches, scuffles underneath the jacket, dropped songs. Really ruined the whole thing for me and I struggled to listen to all the songs in their entirety because of it.

    2 stars

    Overall

    Good gig let down by a bad recording. If you are not a fan of IEM avoid. This will not convert you. If you can bear it then it's a good curio listen, but nothing more. Keeping Discotheque and Fast Cars, deleting everything else as I have far better quality recordings available to me. Band were good though; it would be nice if a good audience ever turned up.

    3 stars
  12. I've added Katie and Nicole's reviews seeing as they are new
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