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2011-06-24 - Glastonbury
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  1. With "The Fly" being played last night (and less than a week to go to Glastonbury), shall we restart predicting setlists again?
  2. Originally posted by ric:[..]


    some good points in there but this paragraph sums up everything nicely:

    Of course, this debate won't be settled by us the two of us but on the stage itself, in front of the devoted, the curious, the sceptical and the outright hostile. Here's the world's most successful live band moving outside their comfort zone and needing to prove themselves to an audience that could go either way. However it goes down, that should be something to see


    my god though... reading the comments at the bottom is so depressing! i don't think i've ever known a band hated by so many people...!


    It are always the haters who comment, I think.
  3. Originally posted by RUMMY:I, obviously, am a huge U2 fan but any rock band with members that use stage names (as opposed to their real names) have got to be prepared for some scrunity.


    I always think that the 'silly names' argument is a red herring thrown at the guys by the indie press. Indie darlings Animal Collective have members called 'Avey Tarr' and 'Panda Bear' or look at the members of Massive Attack, Tricky, etc. or Jay-Z, Eminem, Snoop, Mos def, 50cent etc. There are lots of artists that go by 'stage names' or nicknames, however it only seems to be acceptable if you're from the hip-hop community or indie background, but certainly not permitted if you're in U2. Double standards me thinks. All hail Bono Vox of O'Connell Street and f#ck the bregrudgers!!
  4. 1) Even Better Than The Real Thing
    2)The Fly
    3)Mysterious Ways
    4)Until The End Of The World
    5)One
    6)Where The Streets Have No Name
    7)I Will Follow
    8)Get On Your Boots
    9)Magnificient
    10)Elevation
    11)I Still Haven't Found What I'm Loocking For
    12)Bad
    13)Pride
    14)Beautiful Day
    15)New Year's Day
    16)City Of Blinding Light
    17)Vertigo
    18)Discotheque
    19)Please
    20)Scarlet
    21)Walk On
    --------------------------------------------
    22)Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me OR Acrobat
    23)With Or Without You
    24)"40"
  5. They supposedly only have 105 minutes^ I don't think they'll play more than 20 songs.
  6. Because I've heard they've been rehearsing Acrobat extensively lately
  7. Jeez, of course they won't play Acrobat. It's gonna be a Greatest Hits gig. Hope LIB will make the cut though.
  8. Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]

    U2 are an easy band to dislike. I despise Coldplay but their music isn't bad and Chris Martin is less of a prick than Bono. There's a flip side to everything. Most folks just hate Bono though. Take him out of the equation as well as the last ten years of over produced drivel and my God what a band they would still be today.


    nail on the head there, especially concerning the overproduction, plus Bono's activism on the world stage has really exloded in that time.

    That said though, the essence of the U2 enigma surrounds the love/hate relationship the audience has with Bono. U2/Bono polarise opinion and that's where you get debate. Debate can lose sight of nuance and that's why you get idiots throwing abuse. Overall, I think it's good for U2 fans to witness the type of debate that has arisen from U2's Glastonbury appearance. It's interesting to see where U2 fit into the musical landscape. U2 are so distinct and apart from the rest. I remember reading John Waters book, A Race of Angels and Bono's says that his biggest fear is that years from now musical historians will look at U2 as the 'horse with the long neck', you know, neither one thing or the other. It's said that bands starting out either want to be The Velvet Underground or they want to be Led Zep, whereas U2 are somewhere between both stools. Of course, the British music press see themselves as gatekeepers of what is 'Credible and Relevant music' and for them, Glastonbury is the physical manifestation of that.

    The debate in the guardian artilce presents the arguments in the most coherent fashion I've seen so far. The key points made are; "U2 also have a great deal at stake, albeit for different reasons, and I expect them to come out with all guns blazing" and "Glastonbury headliners are most exciting when they approach the festival with a sense of occasion and jeopardy".

    It's the jeopardy that makes it so exciting. Nobody can say that U2 won't bring a sense of occasion to proceedings and I reckon they'll come out fighting.
  9. I'm sorry, you're all wrong. This is what they're gonna play:

    1. 11 o'clock
    2. Acrobat
    3. Wire
    4. Touch
    5. Red Light
    6. Seconds
    7. Like A Song
    8. Are You Gonna Wait Forever? (acoustic)
    9. Heaven And Hell (acoustic)
    10. So Cruel
    11. Indian Summer Sky/Last Night On Earth (snippet)
    12. Tomorrow
    13. Fast Cars
    14. Red Hill Mining Town
    15. Trip Through Your Wires
    16. Exit
    17. Smile
    18. Winter

    19. Lady With the Spinning Head
    20. If You Wear That Velvet Dress (snippet)/ Playboy Mansion

  10. The thing I wonder the most is:


    Are the guys actually aware of all this debate?


  11. I'm pretty sure that won't be the case. They'll probably get a little more than that, and if not, they'll stay on for a few extra minutes to milk the performance. I'd say 21, maybe just 22 songs.
  12. I heard something about some BBC2 acoustic garden... Anyone care to explain what that is to me? Some place where the artists come after the show and jam a song or two acoustically or something?
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