Random U2 questions and observations

Originally posted by MirrorballBoy[..]

Exactly my list Also PopMart is worth to be mentioned

Originally posted by yeahI'll stick to your first point only.

The energy of the audience has nothing to do woth age, I'm not even convinced that a U2 audience is older than on other bands. During the concerts I've been to the crowd was pretty mixed.
I think it rather has to do with the album they promote, the selection of songs and the performance on stage.
The problem with the Vertigo Tour was that they promoted one of their weakest albums. And of this album quite a few songs just don't work well live. No matter what you think of album versions or lyrics, songs like SYCMIOYO, Miracle Drug, All because of you, Original of the Species or Yahweh just don't work live.
The old classics like Pride, With or Without You, Sunday Bloody Sunday or Streets were played pretty uninspired.
Even the old songs, which were the major surprise of the tour didn't really work out well. Especially on the first gigs a lot of people didn't seem to even know tracks like An Cat Dubh or Into the Heart...
And the fact that one felt being at a political campaign rather than a rock concert didn't make it better.


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Originally posted by yeahI'll stick to your first point only.

The energy of the audience has nothing to do woth age, I'm not even convinced that a U2 audience is older than on other bands. During the concerts I've been to the crowd was pretty mixed.
I think it rather has to do with the album they promote, the selection of songs and the performance on stage.
The problem with the Vertigo Tour was that they promoted one of their weakest albums. And of this album quite a few songs just don't work well live. No matter what you think of album versions or lyrics, songs like SYCMIOYO, Miracle Drug, All because of you, Original of the Species or Yahweh just don't work live.
The old classics like Pride, With or Without You, Sunday Bloody Sunday or Streets were played pretty uninspired.
Even the old songs, which were the major surprise of the tour didn't really work out well. Especially on the first gigs a lot of people didn't seem to even know tracks like An Cat Dubh or Into the Heart...
And the fact that one felt being at a political campaign rather than a rock concert didn't make it better.


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Originally posted by redgav[..]

I'm not loving that post at all .
I was at 5 different gigs this tour and I can tell you now , their fanbase is older.sure there'll always be the younger crowd but they are small in comparrison .for the first time in my life I was asked to sit down at the 2nd Dublin gig .The stands were full of people in their mid to late 30's onwards .
the cost of tickets is a big issue.The cheaper standing tickets are snapped up very quickly and the seats are very costly for younger people.Plus people have grown up supporting u2 for 25 years so the fanbase has to be older

Originally posted by dtpc191991:. Is it just me or is this like the smiley version of The Fly.

Originally posted by kris_smith87:Just wondering: I'm making some mix CDs for my Mom (she almost has U2's entire catalog) and I have three sort of "themed" playlists going for future CDs one is just a regular one featuring album tracks or b-sides, another is of remixes and alternate versions and the last is made up of covers done by U2. Just wondering where we would put "Always". Can it go on the regular one or should I keep it on the Remixes & Altnerate versions one?

* I have the day off today so I am just fooling around with songs.

Originally posted by yeah:I'll stick to your first point only.

The energy of the audience has nothing to do woth age, I'm not even convinced that a U2 audience is older than on other bands. During the concerts I've been to the crowd was pretty mixed.
I think it rather has to do with the album they promote, the selection of songs and the performance on stage.
The problem with the Vertigo Tour was that they promoted one of their weakest albums. And of this album quite a few songs just don't work well live. No matter what you think of album versions or lyrics, songs like SYCMIOYO, Miracle Drug, All because of you, Original of the Species or Yahweh just don't work live.
The old classics like Pride, With or Without You, Sunday Bloody Sunday or Streets were played pretty uninspired.
Even the old songs, which were the major surprise of the tour didn't really work out well. Especially on the first gigs a lot of people didn't seem to even know tracks like An Cat Dubh or Into the Heart...
And the fact that one felt being at a political campaign rather than a rock concert didn't make it better.


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