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  1. Alright, here's my review, doing it on the spur of the moment whilst I have the chance before I get back to packing my bags for Uni. lol;

    1997-07-02 Foxboro, Massachusetts - Foxboro Stadium

    Performance:

    Well, first thing to be said is that when you think that only a couple of months earlier, the guys went arse over tit with infamous showings at Las Vegas and San Diego, there is a marked improvement in the delivery of what was the PopMart spectacle. However, I can't say I was blown away. The band give it everything, but it doesn't quite click - it doesn't hit the heights of Sarajevo, Santiago or Mexico City, but as mentioned previously, it beats the crap out of the dismal way that the tour kicked off; on a PopMart scale of 1-10, it's a comfortable 6.5 in my books. For the most part, I felt that there was a fairly formulaic feel (reflecting the nature of the generic PopMart setlist) to the way the band went about their business. The show kicks off in fairly boisterous fashion, but doesn't really go anywhere other than keeping on the straight and narrow. There were a couple of moments that caught my attention, e.g. great version of Last Night On Earth with Bono's singing during the middle 8 ("Would you believe in someone?" etc.), pretty frenetic version of BTBS (Edge had the riff nailed to a T during PopMart) and I always like the snippet of Playboy Mansion on the end of Streets. That said, nothing else really bushwhacked me. I was left rather cold by a lot of it, e.g. UTEOTW and Please weren't a patch on what they could have been this time around, and I can't agree with some of the others about the encore, it wasn't much better than any other encore (although big thumbs up to Shine Like Stars, even if Bono's voice was suspect...). Mysterious Ways was pretty good for a post-ZooTV performance - Edge's improvised slide solo was pretty nifty, improvised in so far as it was different from the basic solo lol. However, he forces Bono into some spontaneously lyric writing when he buggers up the intro. to One...not to mention one of his strings goes AWOL and forces him to alter the solo...but in fairness, you can't blame Edge for that, but perhaps someone should play it to Dallas and ask what he did to the bridge. MLK didn't really work for me in a low key, and Rain, well, you'll hear much better versions...although Bono does end the show memorably;

    "Good night, fuck off!"

    Audience:

    Best part of this boot - they're jumping from start to finish which adds to the atmosphere. Sure, Fun Lovin' Criminals left a damaging impression on me, but the crowd made Suspicious Minds enjoyable fare, as they did for the rest of the show - even if the band weren't completely on form, the crowd were there to make the most of it and sure did. Not the best crowd for a U2 show, but definitely getting there.

    Sound

    Pretty good overall, solid 4-star but nothing more, 3.5 if one were feeling harsh. Everyone can be heard clearly, crowd are at a level where they complement the show without taking over, but the actual recording has its moments when it jumps about, and sometimes fluctuates to and fro, which can be an irritance at times...

    Overall

    One of the better 1st leg shows, but nothing extraordinarily - a fairly unremarkable gig, but not bad by any stretch of the imagination, just nothing particularly remarkable in my book.
  2. don't forget to copy your reviews onto the bootleg page guys
  4. So the general consensus so far seems to be that the guy picking the show absolutely loves it and everyone else just fails to see that spark?
  5. Originally posted by germcevoy:So the general consensus so far seems to be that the guy picking the show absolutely loves it and everyone else just fails to see that spark?

    I think we all seem to agree that the crowd are the best part of the show, and aside from Nick being of the view that the band were on fire, yeah lol.
  6. Quick question: Do you guys review the Danafletch Audience recording or the soundboard?


  7. not the danafletch. The unknown recording we did (sounds dat)


  8. Ah okay, thanks. That one most certainly is the DAT source indeed.


  9. not sure if you've heard it in lossless but the version here clearly deserves its 'unknown' label. As if 128 wasn't bad enough it's definitely been converted more than a few times
  10. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    I think we all seem to agree that the crowd are the best part of the show, and aside from Nick being of the view that the band were on fire, yeah lol.
    not me....

    Well, some parts of the audience were ok. But as with some other gigs, they put the nail in the coffin for me.

    @Jeremy - lol

  12. Originally posted by germcevoy:So the general consensus so far seems to be that the guy picking the show absolutely loves it and everyone else just fails to see that spark?


    That seems to be pretty much the gist except for Nick and Drew I suppose. I've noticed everyone still has their own different ratings though.
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