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2017-06-03 - Chicago
 Tour: Joshua Tree Tour 2017
Songs played: 23
Audio recordings: 1
Videos: 1
  1. Little Things
    I was just left of center about 10 people back on the floor.
    iPhone 7
  2. ^ Subbuteo...

    I had that game.
  5. Originally posted by MattG:

    The Joshua Tree
    -The album is flawless. The performance is not. I am finally settling into the opinion/realization that U2 is not the same band I saw 10 years ago, or even 2 years ago. Maybe it's the setlist not allowing for as much rambunctiousness from Bono, but I miss him leaning down shouting at the crowd off the microphone, throwing water, strutting, just giving a real PERFORMANCE. Bono sounds fantastic on this tour, but I felt that overall the energy level from the band was sub-par for the first time in the decade I've been seeing them.

    -The JT set sort of drags, as mentioned in posts above. I am so enamored with the songs themselves that it never really bothered me, but I did honestly turn to my girlfriend at one point during RHMT on night one and just say...."this is really boring." The energy level depleted from the stadium entirely around that song. It went from something I was so excited to see, to a piss & beer break night two (no joke).



    Interesting that you have that perspective Matt. If memory serves me correctly, when we were discussing setlists after the tour was announced you were very adamant that the album should be played in sequence. Did this change your mind?
  6. Originally posted by kris_smith87:[..]


    Interesting that you have that perspective Matt. If memory serves me correctly, when we were discussing setlists after the tour was announced you were very adamant that the album should be played in sequence. Did this change your mind?
    Matt already addressed this yesterday:

    "I'm glad this came up, and I still stand behind being adamant that they play it in full. I really don't think the problem is the sequencing, I think the problem (as others have stated) is that they sort of don't know what to do with the end of the show. It's like they HAVE to play some hits, and they want to do the women-themed section which I loved and which came across great, but they just haven't cohesively put it together yet. Because of that, when you come off of side 2 of Joshua Tree - which itself is absent of a single "greatest hit," the show fumbles until its over, really."
  7. Originally posted by blueeyedboy:[..]
    Matt already addressed this yesterday:

    "I'm glad this came up, and I still stand behind being adamant that they play it in full. I really don't think the problem is the sequencing, I think the problem (as others have stated) is that they sort of don't know what to do with the end of the show. It's like they HAVE to play some hits, and they want to do the women-themed section which I loved and which came across great, but they just haven't cohesively put it together yet. Because of that, when you come off of side 2 of Joshua Tree - which itself is absent of a single "greatest hit," the show fumbles until its over, really."
    Makes sense. I would assume they enjoy the theme of women too. It is something Bono has spoken of in the past and not just since the Poverty is Sexist campaign.

    This is not a popular opinion I'm sure but I'd love to see them tear into Get On Your Boots or Mysterious Ways even. They can fit the theme. Would really love for Big Girls Are Best, but I'll sound like pleasegone now and call that a pipe dream!
  8. Originally posted by kris_smith87:[..]
    Makes sense. I would assume they enjoy the theme of women too. It is something Bono has spoken of in the past and not just since the Poverty is Sexist campaign.

    This is not a popular opinion I'm sure but I'd love to see them tear into Get On Your Boots or Mysterious Ways even. They can fit the theme. Would really love for Big Girls Are Best, but I'll sound like pleasegone now and call that a pipe dream!
    I think Get On Your Boots or Mysterious Ways would fit the theme perfectly combined with Ultraviolet, and possibly (arguably) make this part of the show more coherent... Then use One for the refugee segment.

    You may have just come up with the answer here!
  9. Originally posted by blueeyedboy:[..]
    I think Get On Your Boots or Mysterious Ways would fit the theme perfectly combined with Ultraviolet, and possibly (arguably) make this part of the show more coherent... Then use One for the refugee segment.

    You may have just come up with the answer here!
    The last thing(s) this set needs are MW and GYOB
  10. a) it fits the empowered women theme. b) you can have miss sarajevo then, and i'll take either of the two...
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  11. Yeah I would take MW. I have no problem hearing that song in a live setting.
  12. I think MW gets an unfair hard time, it has been overplayed in recent years but it's still a great song and a lot better than elevation and Miss Sarajevo in my opinion. GOYB I'm not a fan of however I'd rather almost any u2 song over that.
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