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  1. Originally posted by clover68:great Pato hehe

    yesterday evening i took down the US Festival 83 dvd and watch both The Clash and U2
    it was a kind of watershed for my personal musical history .. first the last great perfomance of an almost disbanding band ("the only band that matters&quot and after the great performance of a band that was jumping on the Olympus
    however i will review from the bootleg not the dvd

    a silly question .. how do you usually rate when you don't hear the audience in the relative section? ... blank?

    I rated what i can listen...sometimes in a soundboard boot it is imposssible to listen but i rate it what i can listen ...this awesome show i will rate it with 2 or 2.5 stars just because it is hard to hear but sure alive the crowd was amazing
  2. got it thank you
    (the crowd was great, also for what Bono did there hehe, but this is another story coming from the dvd )
  3. We're late, again! Extension to this weekend
  4. ouch Easter weekend ... too much chocolate in sight ...
  5. Ok, we'll say midweek. It's only us three taking part at the moment, I'm sure we can reach a friendly agreement It is a great show, so I definitely want to listen and review it.


  7. 1983-05-30 - Devore, California -


    Performance 5

    1. Gloria 10
    2.I Threw A Brick Through A Window 9.5
    3.A Day Without Me / Dear Prudence (snippet) 10
    4.An Cat Dubh 9 ( little mistake)
    5.Into The Heart 9.5
    6.New Year's Day 9.5
    7.Surrender 9.5
    8.Two Hearts Beat As One / Let's Twist Again (snippet) 10
    9.Sunday Bloody Sunday 10
    10. The Cry 9
    11.The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet) / California, Here I Come (snippet) 9

    encore(s):
    12.I Will Follow 9.5
    13.40 / Give Peace A Chance (snippet) 9.5

    Audience 2.5

    Sure they did a great show, but on the boot i can´t listen to them very much

    Sound 5

    Great , awesome

    Overall 5

    Really a must have.... Awesome show and sound.The were on fire . Some songs were played very strong and some are the best performances for each song...

    Highlights: Gloria, A day without me, Surrender , Two hearts beat as one and Sunday bloody sunday

    Lowlights: only 12 songs ....
  8. come on guys!

    I don t want to be the only student who does homework
  9. will do this evening, Inter and Mou permitting hehe .. tomorrow for sure
  10. 1983-05-30 Devore, CA - US Festival

    Perfomance

    2 3 4 and lets go for a breathless ride. Since the first notes, the first shout of Gloria the boys give it all to you .. impressive load of energy since the start of the concert .. no time for rescue a bit that Larry threw a brick through a window .. of course the rhythm goes down a bit but not the intensity .. Larry and Adam incessant in covering Edge phrasings.
    Again no time to breathe A Day Without Me is launched to the faces .. nice Bono strumming while doing what he does best .. and he does he does .. wonderful little insert of Dear Prudence.
    Just the time for Bono to say they're not the usual British fashion band they're Irish and come to stay for long time .. maybe forever .. oh Bono how right you was, and the sinous black cat comes out in the form of the singer accompanied by the other all very well doing their duty. As usual An Cat Dubh leads to the sweet Into the Heart where we love to stay a while
    Thank you and the unmistakable pressing bass announce New Years Day .. wonderful lines by Edge on the powerful carpet laid by the rhytmic section .. awesome interpretation .. they play “U2 music” and the crowd can’t do anything else but Surrender to them at this point.
    Great Bono in keeping on drawing people along every time he can .. impressive considering what he’s doing on vocals since time 0 of the show .. considerable Edge backing him.
    Two Hearts Beat As One on Larry's beat .. Bono can't stop to dance and the crowd too i take it for sure … how they can't .. the song flows engaging towards one of the funniest snippet with Bono joking with not knowing the words of Let's Twist Again.
    Things become serious now for Sunday Bloody Sunday .. flawless one with all the feelings that it carries along .. emozional .. well it's Sunday .. nothing less.
    The cry to a very pulled and extended The Electric Co. With the band doing somersaults to permit Bono to climb the stage structure carrying the white flag with him .. from up there the snippets … awesome!!!
    That took a sure wash head by McGuinnes i guess before sending the boys for the encore.
    They still have it all for a rocking rousing I Will Follow .. nobody want to walk away everybody to follow.
    Usual instruments Exchange for the closer '40' leading people to the end .. with an almost without breath snippet of Give Peace a Chance.

    Rating: 5 out of 5

    Audience

    Being a soundboard there's not much to say about .. barely listenable .. not crowd fault though

    Rating: -

    Sound

    Great soundboard even for the period; all instruments perfectly clear; maybe guitar sometimes a bit distant but it's irrelevant

    Rating: 5 out of 5

    Overall

    An impressive breathless ride. The boys didn’t have too much time and they didn't waste a second. They put more than what they had (and we know how much it is) in this short festival set. Great set great perfomance great energy great mood .. everything great .. U2 at the top!
    One concert that plot the history of the band.

    Highlights: from Gloria to '40'

    Rating: 5 out of 5
  11. I'll review tomorrow (or later today).
  12. tomorrow never dies
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