Originally posted by EDDMB:[..]
Obviously, you missed my point.I simply asked why the hell the band dropped all the new songs.I see you failed to address that.That was my main point.That's not bitching...its a question and its also a fact.They dropped all the new songs.Why ?
Also, I was responding to the Edges quote of how "radically different" the show is.I disagree.With no new songs,and 75% of the set being the same as 2009,that is not "radically different".
I also said I LIKE the setlist.I expect most of the same from U2.I have followed them live for over 25 years, and they have never really mixed things up alot during a tour.That, is why Im so disappointed.Im kinda down that they dropped the new tunes.
I believe I also mentioned that I will be HAPPY to hear that exact set ,at both shows, in Montreal.But is it "radically different".I dont think it is.Sorry if you dont agree.
Again...I wish the NEW SONGS from last year were back in.......thats not BITCHING.
I know it's hard for a lot of hardcore fen to accept, but the setlist decisions are just not made with us in mind. I was at the first show where they played "Your Blue Room". I was ecstatic, but outside of the crazy people in the pit, the rest of the stadium was completely thrown and uncomfortably quiet. Bono hates that a lot. Most performers do, especially when they're used to wild adulation.
Don't get me wrong, I miss those songs too. I'd love for the new songs to still be in, but I think the guys have got it right this time; North American audiences want to hear the songs they know, so that's what they'll get.
So how about those Winnipeg reviews?