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  1. Originally posted by djrlewisNo bother Nate. Enjoy your time with your family

    PS It's the end of Friday, so the usual suspects are it again for Sunday. Where's Ali at with his download?



    I have it!
  2. Originally posted by Ali709[..]

    I have it!


    You got that from Megaupload? I just kept turning my router on and off in order to renew my IP address - when you've got 1.5Mbit DSL who cares, get as many shows as possible. Five shows in a coupla hours.

    I still haven't been able to figure anything out yet Ali - but I'm trying.
  3. Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

    You got that from Megaupload? I just kept turning my router on and off in order to renew my IP address - when you've got 1.5Mbit DSL who cares, get as many shows as possible. Five shows in a coupla hours.

    I still haven't been able to figure anything out yet Ali - but I'm trying.

    Yep, got it from Mega!
    And thanks for the effort
    Love your new avatar by the way...what happened to bloody sunday?
  4. Originally posted by Ali709[..]
    Yep, got it from Mega!
    And thanks for the effort
    Love your new avatar by the way...what happened to bloody sunday?



    He has been changing it a lot.....hasn't he?
  5. Originally posted by easports43[..]

    He has been changing it a lot.....hasn't he?


    Yes...it's probably because of the new prime minister
    BTW, Nate...or should I say, Mr. Popmartian!! Congratulations

    oh, and Drew...they did answer my email about Rapidshare, they said it was a "judiciary order" to block it
  6. I like changing. Plus it's Saturday, meaning the end of the week. 52 avatars per year.

    Got myself six bootlegs tonight...awesome. What's the quality of Sao Paulo (first) like from 2006?
  7. Originally posted by drewhiggins
    Got myself six bootlegs tonight...awesome. What's the quality of Sao Paulo (first) like from 2006?


    not as good as Buenos Aires
  8. Originally posted by Ali709[..]

    Yes...it's probably because of the new prime minister
    BTW, Nate...or should I say, Mr. Popmartian!! Congratulations

    oh, and Drew...they did answer my email about Rapidshare, they said it was a "judiciary order" to block it


    Thanks for the congrats!
  9. This may be the only proper time for me to post my thoughts, because tomorrow I'm seeing my aunt get married.

    Moderator’s Notes:

    1997-04-28 - San Diego, California - Jack Murphy Stadium

    My Thoughts:

    To say that the early PopMart dates are rough is an understatement. This show went down in flames. As I listened to it, I felt that the band played amateurishly and Bono wasn't even trying to get the words and rhythm right. The only song that wasn't a complete embarrassment was "With or Without You," and even that wasn't great. Obviously, this comes from the lack of rehearsal that the band had at the time. But if I was paying for this show, I'd want my money back.

    It's sad, really. Too sad.
  10. Originally posted by drewhigginsI like changing. Plus it's Saturday, meaning the end of the week. 52 avatars per year.

    Got myself six bootlegs tonight...awesome. What's the quality of Sao Paulo (first) like from 2006?


    Are you gonna join in with us sometime Drew?
  11. Originally posted by Ali709[..]

    I have it!


    Good stuff
  12. Bootleg Review:-

    1997-04-28 - San Diego, California - Jack Murphy Stadium

    General comments

    First up, I should say that I'm a massive fan of Popmart as a tour. It was my first live experience of U2 and I was absolutely blown away.
    I believe that the later gigs (Europe, Rest of World) are up there with U2's strongest, even if Bono's voice is a little weak at times.

    I chose this gig because I've heard lots about how crap they were in America and how poorly it was received. I wanted to find out for myself.

    So, that said, here we go

    Sound

    I was on an iPod again and found the sound to range from very good to really quite poor. Some bits were very quiet (Do You Feel Loved, Mofo), other bits much better (later in the show).

    Audience were intrusive at times and flat as a pancake a lot of the time (compare to the European and South American crowds)

    I would personally rate it as 3.5 stars, not the 4 it gets here.

    Performance

    At times, there were some good bits. Best for me was the performance of Miami. Bizarre choice, as regular readers may know this is one of my least favourite songs. But this is the first time ever I haven't skipped the song and it wasn't because I was listening to it for the round table.

    A lot of the songs were average. They just seemed to lack bounce and vitality. Not bad, but not good either for the bar that this band sets themselves. Bono seemed to keep needing to reassure himself that they were doing ok ("I like San Diego", "Are we doing alright?", "Can you hear us ok" etc). This has probably got a lot to do with the car crash that was Las Vegas the gig before (he even says at one point "Did you see what we brought you from Las Vegas?! This is like our first real show"). I couldn't work out if they genuinely felt it went ok or were just trying to convince the audience and themselves.
    I liked the drums for Sunday Bloody Sunday at the end of Please too, but wasn't sure if this was intentional on Larry's part or a mistake? It didn't flow with the transition to Streets particularly well.

    Bad points

    Mofo - much prefer the arrangement used later in the tour,this was a weak start.
    I Will Follow - Did Bono remember any of the words except I, Will & Follow?!
    Do You Feel Loved? - A poor live song; love it on the album, glad they dropped it here
    If God Will Send His Angels - Ditto
    Staring At The Sun - worked better acoustic I think (but at least they performed it ok).

    Generally Bono seemed to forget the words to nearly everything. His ad libbing was good occasionally and just poor at other times. The Edge made a couple of mistakes, missed vital riffs in Please certainly that I noticed but overall the rest of the band seemed solid.

    Overall

    It wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Not as good, by a long way, as they can and should be but not the total failure that other members of this forum and the U2 fanbase at large have written it off as. They still knock the socks off most other live acts even with an average gig like this. Trouble is they set the bar so high for themselves and us as fans that these sorts of things become more obvious and therefore less accepted. I can guarantee that had I been there and you add in the visuals etc that I would have been happy. Happier at other gigs later in the tour, but happy non the less.
    That not with-standing, it will be a one time listen on my iPod and will be coming off. But it will stay on my iTunes library.

    I hope the rest of you didn't completely hate it and got some value from it. Bring on the Joshua Tree next week.
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