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Doc32

13 years

Downloaded it. Will be reviewing it.

emiel

13 years

listen it twice will review it soon .....

nickbibby

13 years

On second listen. Will review next week sometime.

iTim

13 years

Awesome, that's over half the members participating this week

LikeASong

13 years

Originally posted by iTim:EDIT: Whilst you're here, is there anyway to send one PM to all members in the round table?

Ask it to Remy: http://www.u2start.com/pm/new/Remy/

MacStripey

13 years

okay, I'll review this one

KieranU2

13 years

Added the lossless version of the bootleg onto the torrent section if anyone wants it.

I'm going to download the lossy version tonight, so I'll be reviewing this one

iTim

13 years

Originally posted by KieranU2:Added the lossless version of the bootleg onto the torrent section if anyone wants it.

I'm going to download the lossy version tonight, so I'll be reviewing this one

Would like to thank everyone taking part, LikeASong for directing me to Remy and Remy for sorting out the issue!

I've updated the first post to display the information regarding the poinst system but I'll quote here for ease.

***NEW*** - Points System -

After a positive response, I've decided to run the new points system on a trial basis. Members who regularly participate will be rewarded with points. These points will determine your position in the picking order. So regular participants will be higher up and therefore pick a show for review before less active members. One point will be rewarded for week one partcipation (download the show and letting us know) and one point will be rewarded for week two participation (posting a review). In the event of a tie, it will be the person who posted their initial interest first who gets to decide. All members will still pick an equal amount of shows.

Like I said in the PM I sent out, the list on page one will not update to reflect the points. I hold them in a document and if you wish, I can PM the standings to you. Points will be updated every Monday to reflect last weeks participation.

Remy

13 years

Whoops I forgot, thanks for the reminder, will download right away

I love this idea by the way, very good to have more reviews on this website.

LikeASong

13 years

I like the points system, and the whole idea of a full bootleg round table running again

Thanks for all the hard work you're doing, Tim.

iTim

13 years

Originally posted by LikeASong:I like the points system, and the whole idea of a full bootleg round table running again Thanks for all the hard work you're doing, Tim.

Pleasure.

iTim

13 years

Here's my review for 1992-11-04 - Vancouver, British Columbia - B.C. Place Stadium

- Performance -

As with every Zoo TV show, we begin with Zoo Station. I think it's a song that they could just pull out every night and perform with a degree of comfort. This night was no different, clean performance and no mistakes. Quickly we change into The Fly, again, we start off like a standard Zoo TV night - Bono's vocals sounding a little lazy and Edge's falsetto lacking a bit of power. The Edge more than makes up for it though with the solo and Bono even seems to put some more effort in afterwards. Unmistakable introduction to Even Better Than The Real Thing, bringing with it a solid performance of the song, even if Bono's vocals don't seem to match the music in terms of power, the music almost leaves him behind. Straight into Mysterious Ways, as we'd expect. Again, the band pull out another clinical rendition, even Bono finds form towards the end of song with some nice falsetto's before and after the solo. One brings the show back down to earth, vocals are good, seguing into She's A Mystery To Me which is a nice change from Unchained Melody although not as good. "Jeeeesus?!" - no, not tonight. Until The End Of The World takes the show up a gear or two, fairly sound performance overall. New Year's Day keeps the pace running at full speed, sounds really good tonight. Bono adds some extra vocals to the beginning which add something to the introduction. Best vocals of the night now, Larry performing Wild Rover. From one Irish drinking song, to another. Tryin' To Throw your Arms Around The World is the kind of song it's difficult to not like. Good performance all round, though there are better on the tour. They follow up with a standard performance of Angel Of Harlem, Bono's vocals are standing out a lot more now than they did at the start of the show. That said, I'm not keen on his vocals in the first verse of When Love Comes To Town - Adam's vocals? No wonder they give him a verse on Passengers. No need to put Satellite of Love in the set, serves no purpose unless it's at the end of Bad. If it was at the end of Bad though, there'd be no Fool To Cry snippet. Bad sounds pretty good underneath the idiots in the crowd, real shame. Good snippets at end, work well. At least a really good crack at Bullet The Blue Sky shuts the mouths of those exchanging words in the crowd, followed up by a good performance of Running To Stand Still. The segue into Where The Streets Have No Name is always a pleasure to hear on a Zoo TV bootleg, this is no different. The audience know what's coming. A pleasurable listen any day of the week. The U2Start favourite up now, Pride. In reality, it's not bad, maybe overplayed but who cares when it sounds like this? A speech precedes I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, with Bono thanking Canada and blasting the ticket scalpers. Not overly keen on The Edge's guitar work during the introduction, a little messy. From the moment Bono starts singing, the song only lasts 2 minutes. Maybe worth cutting short when they go into a full cover of Stand By Me? One of the highlights for me actually, crowd seem to enjoy it too. Desire is pretty standard tonight, not as enjoyable as it has been on the tour. With Or Without You is little short of excellent tonight. Vocally, it's good, musically it's near perfect - a good way to slow the show in preparation for the closer. The Edge, as usual, nails it (Love Is Blindess). Excellent end to the night and if that left you feeling a little depressed, we're treated to usual Can't Help Falling In Love. Good vocals on this one from Bono, now let's hear Elvis have a shot.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5

- Audience -

Good audience, come in and out throughout when needed. Will mark down though for some having a fight at the end of Bad and beginning of Running To Stand Still, absolutely ruin Bad. Some members of the audience stand out over the top of the track which is annoying.

Rating: 3 out of 5

- Sound -

The sound on this bootleg is good. Rated 4 stars, I think that's about right. Everything is clear and distinguishable which is good.

Rating: 4 out of 5

- Overall -

Overall, it's a good solid setlist from the band. Some musical highlights from The Edge, some vocal lowlights from Bono. A rare performance from Adam and another cameo from Larry.

Highlights:
- New Year's Day
- Adam's vocal
- Fool To Cry/All I Want Is You snippets
- Stand By Me
- With Or Without You
- Love Is Blindess

Lowlights:
- The Edge's guitar on I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- Bono's vocals at points throughout
- Crowd arguing during bad.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5

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