GEN
Active topics
  1. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]

    Agreed, with everything you said.

    I just finished watching it again, and the only thing that makes me upset is that they didn't show more of ZooTV. I know (as you said) it was meant to show the beginning of how they ended up where they are today, but I think the projection of who they became and how much more playful and colourful they became could have been expressed better through more commentary about ZooTV. For example, the part where Bono says "boom, different versions of ourselves" - I feel like they could've expanded on that a bit more, maybe shown some more Fly footage of him saying and doing funny and crazy things, maybe just a quick run-through of the miirorball man and macphisto, etc. Also, maybe the invention of the b-stage and all that. I'm not asking for a full-blown ZooTV documentary, but the movie was an hour and twenty minutes long, and I would've loved for them to make it an hour and forty by adding twenty more minutes of ZooTV stuff. If not for my sake, than for other viewers who won't know much about it when watching this movie. It's almost like they could make a sequel that features the next part, which is the ZooTV craziness, the Zooropa madness, etc. (I'm not saying they will, I just mean they COULD with everything left unsaid)


    Well, maybe that special in the AB box that you hope is the Outside Broadcast one is something like that.
  2. I finally saw it and I liked it! I wonder will there be a release with the DVD of the reimagined versions they had been working on? (Horses, So Cruel, Love Is Blindness).
  3. I just remembered the funny thing from the documentary.

    When Larry gets stopped by the police in the trabant, and he obviously doesn't understand a word of German and the policeman is telling him to stop the cameras. Larry's face is just gold.
  4. Finished watching the second half of it. Watching One come to fruition was amazing.


  5. Indeed...

    But I still think that when discussing essentially the "brand" change that the band went through in that period, it's impossible to only glaze over ZooTV. That's the only part of the movie that feels like it's missing for me. Everything else was done beautifully.
  6. Late to the party - finally watched it. Really enjoyed it.

    I wonder why they didnt try to work the newer versions of songs like "...Wild Horses" and "Love is Blindness" into their 360 setlists. They would've worked very well.


  7. Unfortunately, there was no mention of this great U2 song. Ah, well. You can watch it live in pretty much every DVD they have released...I know, I know. Not during the Vertigo Tour.
  8. Originally posted by RUMMY:[..]

    Unfortunately, there was no mention of this great U2 song. Ah, well. You can watch it live in pretty much every DVD they have released...I know, I know. Not during the Vertigo Tour.


    Yeah, that's one thing I'm surprised they didn't just MENTION, Lady With The Spinning Head and how it spawned 3 tracks from it. Would've been cool.
  9. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]

    Agreed, with everything you said.

    I just finished watching it again, and the only thing that makes me upset is that they didn't show more of ZooTV. I know (as you said) it was meant to show the beginning of how they ended up where they are today, but I think the projection of who they became and how much more playful and colourful they became could have been expressed better through more commentary about ZooTV. For example, the part where Bono says "boom, different versions of ourselves" - I feel like they could've expanded on that a bit more, maybe shown some more Fly footage of him saying and doing funny and crazy things, maybe just a quick run-through of the miirorball man and macphisto, etc. Also, maybe the invention of the b-stage and all that. I'm not asking for a full-blown ZooTV documentary, but the movie was an hour and twenty minutes long, and I would've loved for them to make it an hour and forty by adding twenty more minutes of ZooTV stuff. If not for my sake, than for other viewers who won't know much about it when watching this movie. It's almost like they could make a sequel that features the next part, which is the ZooTV craziness, the Zooropa madness, etc. (I'm not saying they will, I just mean they COULD with everything left unsaid)


    If they wanted to make a feature-length documentary or a documentary series, they could actually do so by tracking the band's progression from their ZooTV madness, though the creation of Pop and PopMart, and finally to ATYCLB and the Elevation Tour. I felt that the transition from Pop to ATYCLB was another pivotal moment for the band. Obviously, not as influential as the R&H/AB transition. But as much as people like to hate on ATYCLB, the reality is that ATYCLB was the difference between U2 breaking into the new millennium and U2 being stuck as a 90s band. They really did have to reapply for the position as "greatest band in the world" and ATYCLB along with the Elevation Tour was their application form per say.
  10. Can one find it somehow? I was away for the week-end!
  11. Originally posted by ahn1991:[..]

    If they wanted to make a feature-length documentary or a documentary series, they could actually do so by tracking the band's progression from their ZooTV madness, though the creation of Pop and PopMart, and finally to ATYCLB and the Elevation Tour. I felt that the transition from Pop to ATYCLB was another pivotal moment for the band. Obviously, not as influential as the R&H/AB transition. But as much as people like to hate on ATYCLB, the reality is that ATYCLB was the difference between U2 breaking into the new millennium and U2 being stuck as a 90s band. They really did have to reapply for the position as "greatest band in the world" and ATYCLB along with the Elevation Tour was their application form per say.


    I absolutely agree,and although straying slightly off topic the 90's-2000's transition wasn't so much the giant leap of the AB era they pulled that off equally well.
    Also getting back to the original topic what do you think they meant by not having the songs for a stadium tour when reflecting on Joshua Tree? Not enough hit singles???
  12. I think it would be very interesting to see a film about their transition into the new millenium. Oddly enough, they probably were going through some turmoil at the end of the 1990's and had to (to a lesser extent) reinvent themsleves again. It's funny how their most disappointing albums (from the general public's point of view, anyway) have some at the END of each of the last three decades! Thankfully, they have started each of these decades relatively well and maybe we're in for a great new album soon!

    Maybe.
U2start is run by fans for fans. Help us reduce personal costs. Consider to make a donation to support us.
U2start is run by fans for fans. Help us reduce personal costs. Consider to make a donation to support us.
U2start is run by fans for fans. Help us reduce personal costs. Consider to make a donation to support us.
U2start is run by fans for fans. Help us reduce personal costs. Consider to make a donation to support us.