DevilsShoes
War Child
I realise that it's all subjective of course, but there seems to be a consensus this time around that MOS doesn't work as the final song of the night.
I've always felt that U2 were trying to replicate the Love Is Blindness-effect by going for something a little more challenging at the end of a gig, rather than the warm, euphoric sing-alongs of yesteryear.
I think most people would agree that LIB worked brilliantly as a closer during ZOO TV. It served as a genuinely powerful and chilling counterpoint to all the fireworks that kicked the show off. After all the surface and style of the previous 2 hours, here was something far more substantial and heartfelt to send you on your way.
MOS works in a similar fashion for my money. It's dark, visceral and desperate. It wants to leave the audience spellbound, something it's ZOO TV counterpart did to perfection.
So why doesn't MOS achieve this effect? The overriding view appears to be that it takes the wind out of the gigs sails, that instead of sending shivers down the spine of the audience, it just sends them out to the car park instead.
Did LIB work so well because it was set against the context of ZOO TV and all that that entailed, or is it simply a case of LIB being a much better song that MOS?
I've always felt that U2 were trying to replicate the Love Is Blindness-effect by going for something a little more challenging at the end of a gig, rather than the warm, euphoric sing-alongs of yesteryear.
I think most people would agree that LIB worked brilliantly as a closer during ZOO TV. It served as a genuinely powerful and chilling counterpoint to all the fireworks that kicked the show off. After all the surface and style of the previous 2 hours, here was something far more substantial and heartfelt to send you on your way.
MOS works in a similar fashion for my money. It's dark, visceral and desperate. It wants to leave the audience spellbound, something it's ZOO TV counterpart did to perfection.
So why doesn't MOS achieve this effect? The overriding view appears to be that it takes the wind out of the gigs sails, that instead of sending shivers down the spine of the audience, it just sends them out to the car park instead.
Did LIB work so well because it was set against the context of ZOO TV and all that that entailed, or is it simply a case of LIB being a much better song that MOS?