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Originally posted by Ali709[..]

I believe the time limit for people to join in is Friday night, so there is some time left...no new people after Friday night.

Is it Friday? I thought the joining limit is Sunday.

Original post edited.

germcevoy

17 years

Originally posted by Ali709[..]

I believe the time limit for people to join in is Friday night, so there is some time left...no new people after Friday night.

we should change that I think. As long as you can download, listen and type a review of the show before Sunday night then you should be able to join. Just PM one of the mods to let them know.

Ali709

17 years

Originally posted by germcevoy[..]

we should change that I think. As long as you can download, listen and type a review of the show before Sunday night then you should be able to join. Just PM one of the mods to let them know.

Sounds good...

LikeASong

17 years

2001-10-10 South Bend (Indiana, USA)

The first concert after the 9/11 massacre. Anything else to say?

Sound
The sound is perfect. Perfect. The upgrade made by Hodel_05 a few months ago sounds absolutely like heaven to my ears. Period.

Sweetlist
The setlist on this concert is one of the bests of the Elevation Tour in my opinion. It features the only night of the tour not-opened by Elevation (only that is remarkable), but Beautiful Day is sooo good as opener... People goes crazy when hear that Edge's guitar. Amazing. Until The End Of The World and New Year's Day stay on their usual positions, after Beautiful Day, but since they were one song earlier than usual, they get a tremendous response from the young audience.
Pride was played the 7th song. Played earlier than the usual, also get a nice response from the audience. It was followed by Sunday Bloody Sunday and a more or less common setlist (Kite, Angel, Desire, Staring, Bad, Streets and Haven't Found). Another nice surprise was With Or Without You, as the closer of the main set.
And the ENCORE. Wow, wow, wow. Awesomely opened by Elevation and awesomely followed by Mysterious Ways. One and Walk On finish the show, which ends only with 19 songs.

Venue&Audience&Performance
The South Bend' Joyce Arena is small. That0s the first point. It can hold about 7000-10000 people. And since it's near (near? I really don't know it sure) a university, most of the tickets were sold to students, young people. That meant an extra-point to the audience usual energy and reactions, etc. The stage's heart, as we have all seen on Slane and Boston DVDs, is huge. And the venue was small. Therefore, there was almost no space betwween the heart tip and the rear seats. That meant an unusual proximity between the band and the audience. Some people has even reported like being in an unplugged show. Those of you who have seen the DVD of this show know what I mean.

The performance is very strong throughout all the concert. The band felt in a great shape, confident and quite happy. The audience, which as said before was formed mostly by young, upbeat people, carried them. Virtually all the songs were performed greatly. The energy and the special emotion of the show made it very special, so the band wanted to play a unique gig.

Even though Bono's voice was not 100% (was it anytime on the Elev Tour??), he makes a remarkable effort to sing good, and in my opinion, he achieves it...

I don't want to nor bored and make you feel bored, so I won't be writing much more. I cannot write more... I have to study some Maths for tomorrow's test

Conclussions

-Sound: 10/10
-Performance: 8/10
-Audience: 9,5/10

-Overall: 9/10

djrlewis

17 years

Originally posted by Ali709[..]

I believe the time limit for people to join in is Friday night, so there is some time left...no new people after Friday night.

That's what we used to say but I agree with Gerard that as long as you PM a mod it makes no odds.

Spoiler Alert!

Don't read Sergio's post if you wish to stay in the dark and haven't listened to the show yet!!

germcevoy

17 years

Originally posted by djrlewis[..]

That's what we used to say but I agree with Gerard that as long as you PM a mod it makes no odds.

Spoiler Alert!

Don't read Sergio's post if you wish to stay in the dark and haven't listened to the show yet!!

I've heard the show before anyways so i'm safe. It is one of thee essential bootlegs. I just listened to it there myself. Good show.

easports43

17 years

Originally posted by germcevoy[..]

I've heard the show before anyways so i'm safe. It is one of thee essential bootlegs. I just listened to it there myself. Good shpw.

I've heard it as well. But I still need to give it a fresh listen. Very good show.

djrlewis

17 years

Riiiight then. Back in with it.

1981-02-01 - London, England - Lyceum Ballroom

In the end there were only 2 full reviews of this show, by iTim and Casper (MWSAH). Nate (easports43) seemed to agree with iTim (who incidentally should be congratulated on an excellent in-depth first review)

I listened to the show whilst on holiday so will add any bits below:-

Summary

Sound

I know this show is 27 years old nearly, but there is no excuse for the deeply sucky sound that this boot offers. All reviewers agree that this is at absolute best a 2-star recording. I personally found it unlistenable. Whatever you may think of the performance, the sound is a serious drag here.

Performance

Impossible to assess Adam as the bass is so washed out and fuzzy. Larry excels (does he ever not?). Edge is Edge (although it's not one of his best). Bono sucked rotten eggs. Seemingly couldn't be bothered.
Electric Co. is ok, I Will Follow is rarely bad. Early All Along The Watchtower but it got done much better later on.
Ignore the rest.

Overall
Even if the sound had been better there would be little to commend this show. As it is there is nothing to commend it. Deleted off my iPod and iTunes already.

Far better Boy boots are available. Just one example would be 1981-03-06 - Boston, Massachusetts - The Paradise (2). Don't try this one.

djrlewis

17 years

1992-05-22 - Milan, Italy - Forum Di Assago

Reviewed by Gerard, Patrick (U2Starter) and iTim. I've had a listen in my absence too so my thoughts will percolate through here.

Summary

Sound

A rare thing. Excellent audience where they augment the recording rather than irritate the listener, although some may find the clapping slightly irksome after a while. Laughable 3-star rating here should go up to 3.5 or even 4 stars. As good as it gets without soundboard etc really. Only slightly muffled in places.
My copy skipped slightly during Bad, but that may just be me.

Performance

Well, Gerard summed it up very well I think:-

"Every song was nailed. That simple. Full stop"

11. Yes, ELEVEN of the tracks from Achtung Baby played. Only Acrobat (what a real shame

) missing. Apart from snippets the first eight songs are from the album they were touring. That's confidence in your new material, and it showed. Stunning.

All the songs are great (as you may have guessed!), but the following were mentioned by all reviewers:-

EBTTRT. Full vocal on 'take me higher', not falsetto. Wow.
The Fly. Band outsung by audience. To be heard to be believed.
Bad. Variation within the main song then So Cruel as a snippet. OMG.

Overall

Get this bootleg. Now. Stop reading, click on the link above and listen. Then come back here and dare to disagree.
For some the best Zoo tour bootleg (yes, that includes you RDS Dublin and Sydney). Definitely the best overall '92 ZooTV bootleg. Others have individually stronger songs, but not the whole package like this.

Essential

MWSAH

17 years

Nice additions Dan!

djrlewis

17 years

Ok then, I'm all caught up. Now the last thing, summary for this week (although Sergio's a bit ahead of the game due to nasty computer restricting folks...)

{ *Shamelessly copies Drew's excellent post* }

2001-10-10 - South Bend, Indiana - Joyce Center

Info

Elevation Tour 3rd Leg
1st show back in USA and first after September 11 terror attacks
Rated 5/5 here for sound

Set List

1. Beautiful Day
2. Until The End Of The World / Two Tribes (snippet)
3. New Year's Day
4. When Will I See You Again (snippet) / Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
5. What's Going On
6. New York
7. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
8. Sunday Bloody Sunday
9. Kite
10. Angel Of Harlem
11. Staring At The Sun
12. Bad / Molly Malone (snippet)
13. Where The Streets Have No Name
14. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
15. With Or Without You

encore(s):

16. Elevation / Creep (snippet)
17. Mysterious Ways / Sexual Healing (snippet)
18. One / Peace On Earth (snippet)
19. Walk On

Active Members this week due to post:-

Dan (djrlewis)
Gerard (germcevoy)
Ali (Ali709)
Jeremy (haytrain)
Nate (easports43)
Casper (MWSAH)
Drew (drewhiggins)
Patrick (U2Starter)

Active Members who've posted this week already:-

Sergio (LikeASong)

Members yet to confirm this week

Reclinerman
Chris (fenderman)
Chris (jean_pasquerel)
iTim

Rules

Quick recap - relay your opinions on this show here on Sunday.

If you're new and want to be included leave a post here or send me, Nate or Gerard a PM before end of the week. You need to leave enough time to download the show, listen and write a review.

Our choosing order (updated) is:-

->Nate - Jeremy - Chris (Fenderman) - Chris (jean_pasquerel) - U2Starter - Drew - Sergio - Casper - iTim - (anyone else new) - ReclinerMan - Gerard - Dan - Ali ->

We're with Sergio next week.

Don't forget each summary of previous shows is given HERE

djrlewis

17 years

Originally posted by MWSAHNice additions Dan!

Merci Casper

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