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  1. Think I'm out guys - my charger for my laptop has broken and no battery left means no show on the iPod. I'll have a listen at some point but wontbe in time for next weekends deadline I think...
  2. Originally posted by djrlewis:Think I'm out guys - my charger for my laptop has broken and no battery left means no show on the iPod. I'll have a listen at some point but wontbe in time for next weekends deadline I think...


    Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

    Ah well - post it whenever you can, we did last time after the deadline, didn't we? No point taking the time to listen and then not write something about it.
  3. Will do
  4. Just fully listened to it today, will post my review at some point over the next couple days.
  5. Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]

    That's only part of it. There is one other song that I think could be the greatest performance ever. But no telling yet!!!


    * I'm not sure what the reaction will be to the song, but you never know. *


    I gave it a rough listen, I'll post my review when a full experience has been had.
  6. Guess it's Love Rescue Me with Amazing Grace, Drew..Anyway, awesome show, like any other Lovetown-gig.



  7. Nope. It'll be the one you least expect. My thoughts haven't changed on it.
  8. The BRT is back! And it's a pleasure to be first to kick it off again!

    1989-12-01 - Osaka, Japan - Osaka Castle Hall

    Performance

    This is one of those performances from the lads you've got to keep in your collection for its several wonderful qualities. Whether it be Bono completely going off his nut at a bloke in the audience, the bizarro setlist, a debut peformance of a hidden classic, or simply the band's energy-charged performance which was reaching the peak of their Lovetown magic.

    This bootleg captures the essence of what Lovetown was all about. U2 went on stage as though they had just finished agreeing on the setlist two minutes prior, you didn't know what they were going to start or finish with, they played their music with a kind of reckless abandon like they didn't care whether there was two people in the audience or 20,000, and they were on the road just to have some fun...a LOT of fun.

    This show was the last gig of the first leg and the band had grown more and more comfortable in Lovetown mode. The setlist is one of the most unusual of their entire career perhaps. Never had Pride been that high in the set - it virtually opened the show and New Year's Day was also traditionally reserved for the bottom half at that time. At the other end, Desire, Watchtower and All I Want Is You formed a surprise encore. But that was the beauty of Lovetown. It had the air of spontaneity and improvisation all the time, you never knew for sure what was coming next. To truly appreciate the extent of it, imagine Crazy Tonight opening 360 followed by say Unknown Caller and then picture Breathe, No Line and Magnificent as the encore!

    The boys put on a hell of a show. The staple Lovetown diet of Streets, Bad, Desire, Running, Love Comes To Town, Watchtower, and Bullet are played really well, but the part-timers in Gloria and One Tree Hill steal the show for me, especially that segue into Streets - brilliant.

    The very first performance of Slow Dancing is also worthy of a mention - a whole four years before the band decided to record it properly in a studio!

    I think the incomplete BB King set just let it down slightly.

    A solid 4-star performance (I'm a harsh judge)

    Audience

    Some spirited participation from the Osaka crowd - a little too spirited at times it would seem. (See below) 4 stars

    Sound

    A very good recording. Bono and Edge shine through but perhaps Larry and Adam could be more prominent. 4 stars.

    Overall

    Highlights
    * The upside down setlist

    * Bono playing audience cop as he was prone to do during this era. I don't know what was funnier, Bono getting angry or the mental picture of a Japanese crowd moshing to I Still Haven't Found...
    It gets better in the middle of People Get Ready "Listen guy, one more piece of shit out of you and you're outta here. I don't care if you paid the front row. I'm tellin' ya. Leave him for one more and he's fuckin' outta here."

    * One Tree Hill---->Streets. If that's not how Streets was meant to start I don't know what is!

    * All I Want Is You and 40 close out the show nicely.

    Lowlights

    * One of the only occasions when Angel was not played leaving BB King's band a bit short. I guess something had to give with the inclusion of Slow Dancing. The BB King set would go on to become entrenched as the encore during the second leg.

    * The setlist could have used With or Without You before 40.

    * Three covers is probably one too many, but I suppose they added to the fun and I'm being picky now.

    Overall, a show definitely worth getting and keeping. The Point Depot gigs and, to a lesser extent Rotterdams, are the yardstick for Lovetown boots and performances but this Osaka show isn't far behind. I got it a while ago and still enjoy listening to it every now and then.

    4 stars overall.

    Nice pickin' Drew!

    Guys I will include my review on the show page later this week.


  9. I'm not gonna quote your post because of length reasons, but damn...nice first review.

    Now I've gotta write mine!!! Probably not until mid-week - when does this round close?
  10. Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]

    I'm not gonna quote your post because of length reasons, but damn...nice first review.

    Now I've gotta write mine!!! Probably not until mid-week - when does this round close?


    At Sunday


  11. Righto. Saturday night I'll listen again - it's not a show I'm sick of yet - and write my thoughts then.

    And the big reveal of the best song of the show as well. Get excited!!!
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