Originally posted by deanallison:Maybe as the band get older there priorities when playing live will change and they’ll go in a new direction of playing some previously lesser played stuff. An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart, Gone, Stay, the Fly, kite all in the same show,
What a dream that would be. I thought up until a certain point on the I&E tour they had been getting a good balance of rotation and playing rarities, near the end of the tour it went back to the usual suspects in the rotation slots. With TJT tour we still got the rarities with TJT tracks but didn’t get the rotation and now with this tour we aren’t getting too many rarities and we’re not getting much rotation either but really even going as far back as elevation right up until I&E the rotation and rarity level wasn’t bad and at some times was great, better than its been for the majority of there career. I think/hope a few years break will set the band in a new direction, give them fresh ideas both in the studio and when it comes to touring. I do actually like and appreciate what they’re doing now but I couldn’t call it perfect or say it was my ideal way of going about touring or the Setlist in general.
I think SoE hints at a sound they haven't touched on in a while, or maybe ever, and I hope they chase that. I'm talking the sound of songs like The Book of Love, Little Things, songs that don't necessarily jump out at you, but let you crawl in and sit with them for a while.
I also hope that Bono continues to write as though he'll never hear what people think of his writing. If he's sincere about that, and that's why (I think) the lyrics on SoE are so great, he needs to keep that up.
