Hawkmoon starts, what's not to like? I'll review before the weekend is out. Are both parts working for you guys? I tried to download it last week and part 2 wasn't working (and I haven't had time to replace it), but I'm not sure if it's just me. I'll go check now.
1. Hawkmoon 269 10
2.Desire / So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (snippet)9.5
3.All Along The Watchtower 9
4.All I Want Is You 9.5
5. Heartland (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name 9.5
6.I Will Follow 9
7.I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Exodus 9.5 (snippet)
8.MLK 8.5
9.One Tree Hill 8 - Bono was lost for a moment
10.God Part II / I Feel Love (snippet) 10
11.Bullet The Blue Sky / Neighbours Theme Song (snippet) / Sealed With A Kiss (snippet) 9
12.Running To Stand Still 9
13.Van Diemen's Land 9.5
14.Bad / Walk On The Wild Side (snippet) 9
15.With Or Without You 9
16.New Year's Day 8.5
17.Pride (In The Name Of Love) 8 Bono was wrong
encore(s):
18.Angel Of Harlem 9.5
19.When Love Comes To Town / In The Midnight Hour (snippet) 10
20.Knockin' On Heaven's Door 9
21.Love Rescue Me 9
22.40 9
Audience 4
You can hear a lot of shouts
Sound 3
Not bad ...standard ...it is a shame that we havent a better sound
Overall 4.5
Awesome show and setlist. Really this is one of the better setlist of this era. Including a bonus track uncommon Knockin' On Heaven's Door with BB King .
Highlights:
Hawkmoon 269, God Part II and the BB´s set
Lowlights:
The sound and the couple of Bono´s mistakes
Jesus, Jesus help me
I'm alone in this world
And a fucked up world it is too
Tell me, tell me the review
The one about a show
And the way it's all gonna be
"Right, here we go. Get ready..." says one fan close to the microphone as The Beatles come across the PA. The band kicks off the show with Hawkmoon 269 and it sounds fantastic. Bono's voice is in full force. Once finished, The Edge launches straight into an energetic Desire and treat us to a reprise with a great snippet of So You Wanna Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star before breaking into All Along The Watchtower. Again, a faultless performance full of energy. The band rein in that early pace with All I Want Is You. A little too early in the setlist for me, I don't see why they can't continue with something like God Part II or I Will Follow. Still, they nail the performance down and the crowd love it. They continue to go wild as they realise that Where The Streets Have No Name is next. A brief snippet of Heartland is spoken during the introduction, which I quite like. Really good performance of Streets on the whole. I Will Follow is next and it's a pretty standard effort. I love the "woo-hoo-hoo"'s that Bono throws in early on. There's a tiny mistake by The Edge at the end, forgivable. Tonight, Bono's vocals have really been on the money. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking for is up now and everything comes together nicely. Great vocals, perfect music, good crowd interaction and the definitive snippet of Bob Marley's Exodus. MLK follows on and you'd perhaps expect to hear The Unforgettable Fire afterwards, but surprisingly it's One Tree Hill - very refreshing and very well done.
On to God Part II. Disappointing that the audio skips towards the end as it leads into Bullet The Blue Sky, but still sounded very good. I don't think the snippets thrown into Bullet The Blue Sky really add anything, disappointing. Inevitably it leads into Running To Stand Still and we can be sure that this will make up for any nonsense that has preceded it. Great performance, highlight of the night so far for me. Bad is next and as usual, a brilliant effort. I love the Walk On The Wild Side snippet too. Bono takes a time-out as The Edge and Van Dieman's Land lead us nicely into With Or Without You. Great energy from the crowd early on in this song, on person even thinks he's finished before the song has started as he sings "Ohhhh-ohhh-oh". Very strange to hear New Year's Day afterwards, I suppose that's the nature of Lovetown though. Thoroughly enjoyable performance, Bono still shining vocally. The main set finishes with an energetic rendition of Pride that the crowd go wild for.
"This gig is so good, I just split my pants" - Bono. Time for the encore, kicked off with Angel of Harlem alongside the B.B. King Orchestra! Party time. Full of energy, the crowd love it, I love it. Here comes the big man himself for When Love Comes to Town which is great until it starts skipping. Very nice snippet of In The Midnight Hour though. Knockin' On Heaven's Door is the first song tonight to give me goosebumps. Simply amazing. Love Rescue Me ends a quartet of songs featuring B.B. King and it's a great way to close the show. Well, that is until they begin '40'. Very good show.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Audience
They enjoy the show and I suppose you can't ask for much more than that. When the band kill the sound to allow the crowd to sing, you can hear them joining in. Other than that, it's difficult to hear them throughout unless they're close to the taper. Notable songs include I Will Follow, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, With Or Without You, and Angel of Harlem.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Sound
To be honest, it's not great. Persistent hissing, distortion across The Edge, intermittent drop-outs, and persons standing too close to the taper and shouting.
Rating: 2.5 out of 5
Overall
A very good show on the whole. The band are in fine form and Bono's voice is really good. I suppose it's only let down by the sound quality and skips in audio. If it had been a broadcast or higher quality audience recording, it'd be without question a show worth listening to. If you can put up with the poor audio, then go for it.
Highlights:
- Bono's voice
- Desire
- One Tree Hill
- Running To Stand Still
- Angel of Harlem
- Kockin' On Heaven's Door
No, I'll have it up tonight. 