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  1. Originally posted by ade:[..]

    there's very little messing about in a u2 set though they don't have the equivalents of american land, twist and shout and (that old favourite) light of day that can be dragged out to at least ten minutes for no good reason - if bono had thirty minutes where he only actually had to sing for ten of them he'd feel like he'd had a holiday - the most he gets is a long intro

    No reason why they can't extend solos and intros and things further?

    Not sure why Zooropa was shortened on the 360 tour for example.

    Even the COBL intro is shortened live.

    And Bono needing a rest gives the band an excuse to play songs like Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk (instrumental), Edge solo songs (SBS, I'm sure he could do Staring at the Sun, In a Little While, Drowning Man, Love Is Blindess - that was spectacular at the end of the AB doco) and more songs with less singing and more instrumentalisation, like Dirty Day, Lemon, Mofo, Fez, etc.
  2. I think there are many songs of U2 which deserve an extra long version:

    With or with out you/shinging stars/love tear us apart
    All I want is you
    One Tree hill
    I Still haven't/stand by me
    Love is blindness
    Moment of Surrender
    Mysterious ways
    Love Comes to town/midnight hour
    Angel of Harlem/Suspicious minds (complete)
    Desire/All allong the watchtower
    Bad/ruby tuesday

    I think in the 360 tour U2 cuts most of the times the songs to early
  3. Let's join the absolute offtopicness.

    U2 is very different to the E Street Band in so many levels. Just to start: they are 4 instead of 10 (or even more at times, if I'm not wrong). A smaller bunch of people with just the standard rock-group config will have less resources to improvise or to lengthen songs than a bigger group with sax, piano, horns, etc. Also, the fact that Bono can barely play just some basic chords on guitar but Bruce is proficient on that instrument, on harmonica and on piano gives the E St guys a huge advantage. Improvising or doing long instrumental parts is not the same when your frontman is basically messing around than when he's leading the group.
  4. U2 and Springsteen cs are different and that should be so.'

    Sometimes Springsteen are live too long.
    And U2 can do more with their history of songs then they did the last tours. Most of the songs 4/5 min and next one.
  5. Originally posted by LikeASong:Let's join the absolute offtopicness.

    U2 is very different to the E Street Band in so many levels. Just to start: they are 4 instead of 10 (or even more at times, if I'm not wrong). A smaller bunch of people with just the standard rock-group config will have less resources to improvise or to lengthen songs than a bigger group with sax, piano, horns, etc. Also, the fact that Bono can barely play just some basic chords on guitar but Bruce is proficient on that instrument, on harmonica and on piano gives the E St guys a huge advantage. Improvising or doing long instrumental parts is not the same when your frontman is basically messing around than when he's leading the group.

    U2 don't have to extend their songs, they could just play more. It's not like they have as physically demanding sets and shows as Bruce, so they could just play more songs and bump their shows up in length.

    Wouldn't that be great, hearing 28-30 U2 songs every night, instead of the normal 20-23?
  6. ^ absolutely. But they've been playing 20-24 since their 20's so I don't think that's an option.
  8. i'd the opposite
  9. Me too. With Bruce you never know what you get while U2s setlist are almost the same every night.
  10. I agree, thats why I think U2 should do more with their history and varies the songs.
  11. well my reasoning is very easy to explain. I think at the moment there is such a huge difference between what bruce wants to play and what i want to hear from him.

    and i'd take 2.5 hours of the police where i chose the setlist over everyone, everyday
  12. Our user Katja (loftarasa) recorded the Wembley show, here is her recording (mp3 and tagged):

    http://we.tl/cRVNdVUSf9

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