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  1. OK, ignore previous post. I opened the tab earlier and when I wrote my post the discussion had gone forward
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  3. Don't everybody post at once.


  5. just finishing off my last few exams, then ill have mine up, u have the same show 'highlight' as me.
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  7. Oh shit I almost forgot. Will listen and review tomorrow
  8. Posted my review on the showpages section


  10. all right will do

    Performance:
    The band is solid here, I'm not particularly in love with Bono's vocals but it's better than alot of other Lovetown shows. I thought Larry stood out to me as having a really good night in particular. Good performance but not spectacular.

    Audience:
    Not sure if it's the recording or not but the audience is barely audible to me at all. Even on the spots where you'd expect to really here them. Wasn't particularly impressed with the Osaka crowd.

    Sound:
    A worthy four star sound in my opinion. Not particularly loud but the quality is very good.

    Overall:
    I thought the show got off to a bit of a slow start with Pride and New Years Day. That said the very opening with Stand by Me was incredible. One of my highlights.

    I didn't particularly love this version of Streets but the segue from One Tree Hill was very cool. I loved One Tree Hill on this show.

    Also Love Rescue Me/Amazing Grace really stands out as one of the highlights from the show.

    All in all a solid lovetown show. Doesnt get me going quite like the Point Depot shows but a very good bootleg and worth a listen nonetheless. Good Selection for the start of the roundtable.
  11. 1989-12-01 - Osaka, Japan




    Performance (4 stars)

    What a brilliant fucking show. Pretty much standard fare from this tour, but this show stands out heads and shoulders above the rest.

    Stand By Me kicks off proceedings and the band comes in about half-way through, and this adds great effect to the song. You can just tell when they come in - listen to that Osaka crowd. Intense shit right there. An odd but needed rearrangement of the set list makes this one even better with songs like Pride and New Year's Day front-loaded and songs like Desire right at the bottom - not that Desire is a bad song but it does become a little tiresome. Which of course all the songs bar Love Rescue Me are worth listening to; that song just never got me like it should have.

    I kept mentioning about one certain performance and possibly the best of that song ever. It happens to be my favourite Joshua Tree song, One Tree Hill. Perfectly executed in every way! Bono is able to hit the notes like he never could, Adam's bass is phenomenal, Larry's cracking of the drums - BOOM! - and Edge's short yet killer solo makes the show worth getting just for this outstanding performance.

    Sadly no Unforgettable Fire but the songs that are in place of it more than make up for it.





    Audience (4.5 stars)

    A great Japanese crowd, getting right into the show. And that's what we want. No real screamers or talkers getting in the way so that scores an extra point.





    Sound (4 stars)

    When you can pick up every instrument and the intensity of the players, that's when it's good and a testament to how good the recorder was - remember taping equipment wasn't as advanced as it was on the more recent tours or even the 1992 / 1993 tours.

    Sometimes the instruments overtook vocals (a perfect example being during BB King's speech) but that happens at a proper show, whether it's U2 or some other great band so I guess what can you expect?





    Overall (4.5 stars)

    The band was on fire here and their equal awesomeness in participation made the show well worth listening to. Epic performances of Gloria, Bad, One Tree Hill and All I Want Is You only increased the enjoyment further. Bono's ranting and raving with that guy was a good laugh.

    A note of interest is this show has the first full performance of Slow Dancing, even though a studio release wouldn't happen until 1993.

    Props to the chooser of this show. Excellent choice to kick off the BRT!
  12. Originally posted by drewhiggins:1989-12-01 - Osaka, Japan

    I kept mentioning about one certain performance and possibly the best of that song ever. It happens to be my favourite Joshua Tree song, One Tree Hill. Perfectly executed in every way! Bono is able to hit the notes like he never could, Adam's bass is phenomenal, Larry's cracking of the drums - BOOM! - and Edge's short yet killer solo makes the show worth getting just for this outstanding performance.


    Yep that One Tree Hill performance was something else and it was heightened by that awesome segue into Streets. What a magical era it was back then.

    There's still plenty more people who have posted yet. Times a tickin' people.
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