U2ieTOUR hits Boston - All discussions

Originally posted by BigGiRL:[..]
The beauty of Crystal Ballroom/Miss You is of course that Miss You would have been a typical song for the Crystall - McGonagles - Ballroom... It was THEE best...!!!

Love to hear everyone sharing their excitement (and I believe that kids today would still "dig" Miss You...that beat is so "fff" genius...)

Originally posted by pllsaph:[..]
There's no excuse for that is there? If you're shelling out that much cash to see them live, surely you can spend the $15 to get the *complete* album! And, if you're too cheap for that, clearly you should be giving up your seats to REAL fans

Originally posted by pllsaph:[..]


I was going nuts during EBTTRT both nights. I think Larry's new drumming on that song takes it to a whole new level. Sooo much more fun than the original, or even when they were first touring for that album!

As for "Miss You", that's the kind of Bono tangent I love (and missed Friday night), and couldn't believe it when he started in but then kept going. I leaned over to my kids, who don't really know the Stones, and said, "That song, Crystal Ballroom is their, but that part about Miss You, that's a Bono tangent!" (My kids get a huge kick out of Bono singing other people's songs).

What blew my mind was the guy a row in front of me leaned back and said, "Wait, Crystal Ballroom is U2? What album is that on?"
Me: Errr, THIS ONE!? Songs of Innocence!
Him: "Really? I don't remember ever hearing it before. So what was that other song he started singing?
Me: Miss You?!
Him: Yeah, who does that?
Me: The Stones?! (and in my head, ARE YOU F#$KING KIDDING ME? REALLY? Do you actually LISTEN to music? Ever?"

Sorry. Rant over. I feel better know

Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
I think just a simple division should work:

-reference (shortest of the kind, for short improvs, drum/guitar fails, brief lyric references, etc. Examples in this tour would be 19 into Bullet, and Anthem or LAPOE into UTEOTW).
-snippet (like '40' into Bad on Elevation Tour, Let's Twist Again into Two Hearts, or like Moment Of Surrender during Bad lately). I mean, snippets with its own place in the song but without any change of instrumentation, and usually coming back to end with the root song.
-medley (last night's TCB/Miss You, or Hands That Built America before Pride all this tour, or Desire / She's The One on East Rutherford 2009, or Angel Of Harlem / Dancing Queen during 1992 and 1993). Longer than a snippet, change of subjacent instrumentation (even change of instruments!) and sometimes not even come back to the root song.


But it's just fan nerdism at its best. (Is "nerdism" a word? Nerdness?).


Moreover, it doesn't belong here. The forum-order-addict in me tells me to move this to the Ideas for snippets or the Snippets : Do you like them ? threads