New Album Discussion 1 - Songs of..... - Unreasonable guitar album

Rich79 · 2024-10-29T10:53:24-0400

Headache in a Suitcase said:
i get there's a difference of opinion - but i don't need to see "new" to be entertained. and i don't consider a band playing their own songs to be them turning into a tribute band of themselves.

touring for touring's sake is not giving up.

I'll certainly give you that. Touring is freaking hard no matter what you're out there for. It's certainly not giving up.

and yeah, I get it. It is just a difference of opinion. I don't watch a whole lot of sports for the same reason. I'm not expecting to see anything different/new from week-to-week. So what's the point. Granted, U2 is something more magical than that in a live setting; hence the debate I'd have to have with myself.

Essentially I'd love a U2 hits tour, if they went away for a longer period of time; which it's already been pointed out, they don't really have that luxury.

phanan · 2024-10-29T11:31:21-0400

I'll take both please

Hewson · 2024-10-29T11:34:04-0400

At this point, I'll take anything they can give.

Irvine511 · 2024-10-29T11:51:32-0400

Hewson said:
At this point, I'll take anything they can give.

Same. I guess that makes me basic.

Headache in a Suitcase · 2024-10-29T11:56:35-0400

Hewson said:
At this point, I'll take anything they can give.

and i think that's my point - they only have so much left. so stop wasting it.

lazarus · 2024-10-29T15:05:46-0400

You don't need to see new, but you need all those other songs you've seen played like 20 times already once again?

I've had my fill of the hits.

mikal · 2024-10-29T15:20:06-0400

lazarus said:
You don't need to see new, but you need all those other songs you've seen played like 20 times already once again?

I've had my fill of the hits.

That's why I think it would be cool if they did something ala what Biffy Clyro just did. Play 3 nights in a city, and play a different album in full each night. They did it with their first 3 albums, but U2 could do something cool like "NYC, you're getting Pop, HTDAAB, and Boy".

DomCobb · 2024-10-29T15:47:50-0400

They couldn't even rotate the four acoustic songs in the middle of the Sphere setlist.

david · 2024-10-29T15:53:40-0400

I remember being excited for Red Hill to finally be played and then.. yeah. They tried though.

super fly guy · 2024-10-29T15:54:13-0400

The best gig I have seen from them was 2015 in Glasgow,gloria 40 and bad all played. All the new songs flowed well with the old.

It was a fantastic gig from start to finish. They certainly have the songs to do a varied greatest hits tour.

PookaMacP · 2024-10-29T17:01:45-0400

Headache in a Suitcase said:
i get there's a difference of opinion - but i don't need to see "new" to be entertained. and i don't consider a band playing their own songs to be them turning into a tribute band of themselves.

touring for touring's sake is not giving up.

Everyone has a different way of appreciating this band - and thus values something different from it.

Me? I've seen U2 enough times that I honestly don't care if I ever see them live again. But new music? That's what I look forward to.

Headache in a Suitcase · 2024-10-29T17:05:44-0400

lazarus said:
You don't need to see new, but you need all those other songs you've seen played like 20 times already once again?

I've had my fill of the hits.

Yes.

That's kinda normal for being a fan of a band, no?

cobl04 · 2024-10-29T17:19:07-0400

I've started fantasising about travelling to Dublin for their last ever shows. 30 songs, career-spanning, none of the new garbage, that's what I want. Not interested in a new album, because we know it's not going to be a true reflection of where they're really at.

dan_smee · 2024-10-29T17:57:08-0400

I’m always up for more new U2 music. I think a hard and fast view of it against their old stuff is bound to lead to disappointment, and there is no shame in enjoying it for what it is.

I still get excited for my first listen of a new u2 song, and still feel the magic of those humans making sounds together.

I would be happy with whatever they give us, and if new music doesn’t happen (I think if Larry could never come back we’d at least get SOA), then a greatest hits tour would be amazing.

The most positive thing u2 fandom for me is the recent edge quote about Bono not liking his voice on the HtDAAB demos, but they still released them. If nothing else I hope this is an indication that the vaults may be slowly opening with each of these album anniversaries and we might end up hearing some real lost gems.

lazarus · 2024-10-29T18:47:46-0400

DomCobb said:
They couldn't even rotate the four acoustic songs in the middle of the Sphere setlist.

Bingo.

These suggestions are delusional. Yeah, they're gonna play Pop in its entirety when they refuse to even play a single track from it on the last 4 tours or whatever.

cobl04 · 2024-10-29T18:51:43-0400

Of course they're delusional... but so is expecting them to make four great songs on a new album

ascender_RS · 2024-10-29T19:59:13-0400

They've got such a massive back catalogue of songs and styles that the options for tours in the time they have left are endless. Even some one-off shows themed around eras which are filmed and released would be a great way to celebrate those songs which never see the light of day normally.

Headache in a Suitcase · 2024-10-29T20:01:00-0400

I'm not being delusional.

18-20 static war horses and 4 rotating war horses. All the hits. All the songs that took on new life live. Every night. Streets. One. Sunday bloody Sunday. Bad. Out of Control. Beautiful Day. Bullet. The Fly. WOWY. Still Haven't Found. Pride. Vertigo. Mysterious Ways. Until The End Of The World. I Will Follow. Gloria. Discotheque. Stay. Even Better Than The Real Thing. City of Blinding Lights.

Rotate Zoo Station, 11'O'Clock Tick Tock, Acrobat, Zooropa, Two Hearts, Exit, Running To Stand Still. Elevation, Stuck.

Bada bing bada boom take my money. All of it.

I'd see as many shows as my wife would allow me to before divorcing me for seeing too many shows.

Hewson · 2024-10-29T20:20:41-0400

david said:
I remember being excited for Red Hill to finally be played and then.. yeah. They tried though.

Yep. Woof.

DeVaul · 2024-10-29T21:19:33-0400

Headache in a Suitcase said:
I'm not being delusional.

18-20 static war horses and 4 rotating war horses. All the hits. All the songs that took on new life live. Every night. Streets. One. Sunday bloody Sunday. Bad. Out of Control. Beautiful Day. Bullet. The Fly. WOWY. Still Haven't Found. Pride. Vertigo. Mysterious Ways. Until The End Of The World. I Will Follow. Gloria. Discotheque. Stay. Even Better Than The Real Thing. City of Blinding Lights.

Rotate Zoo Station, 11'O'Clock Tick Tock, Acrobat, Zooropa, Two Hearts, Exit, Running To Stand Still. Elevation, Stuck.

Bada bing bada boom take my money. All of it.

I'd see as many shows as my wife would allow me to before divorcing me for seeing too many shows.

It would absolutely tear down every stadium it played in. Stadiums, not arenas. That opening JT30 pack of hits but for 2 hours. They could do it now or at the end, and I’d be similarly broke. And I hate stadium shows.

MrsSpringsteen · 2024-10-29T22:03:07-0400

What if they did the Eras tour, U2 version? All the Eras of their musical journey.

Ok, they don't have to do as many outfit changes and no backup dancers needed.

U2387 · 2024-10-29T23:08:09-0400

Headache in a Suitcase said:
I'm not being delusional.

18-20 static war horses and 4 rotating war horses. All the hits. All the songs that took on new life live. Every night. Streets. One. Sunday bloody Sunday. Bad. Out of Control. Beautiful Day. Bullet. The Fly. WOWY. Still Haven't Found. Pride. Vertigo. Mysterious Ways. Until The End Of The World. I Will Follow. Gloria. Discotheque. Stay. Even Better Than The Real Thing. City of Blinding Lights.

Rotate Zoo Station, 11'O'Clock Tick Tock, Acrobat, Zooropa, Two Hearts, Exit, Running To Stand Still. Elevation, Stuck.

Bada bing bada boom take my money. All of it.

I'd see as many shows as my wife would allow me to before divorcing me for seeing too many shows.

Yes! And I know they had a hard time rotating that Sphere interlude the way they advertised. However, I totally understand being in a brand new to the world venue, having your first line up change and focusing on playing a whole album limited them in this regard . It had to have.

I think the far better fan experience was getting all the Sphere integration right- especially for the AB songs.

I still have every bit of faith in the world in them to rotate 5 songs around and have a solid 12-15 ready to go in addition to an 18-20 baseline you mention . Hell, they came reasonably close on Vertigo and I&E. Especially Vertigo.

They could even through in an Invisible here, an Atomic City there, an Atomic Bomb re-release here and a brand new song there. 1 of the 5 rotators being something new if they need to satisfy that urge.

Just, as you always advocate for, headache, GET OUT THERE and play your songs! That’s why I’m assuming most of us love this band, their songs! LMAO

That opening run of songs on the JT30 tour was amazing. As was the almost uninterrupted run through the bangers in set 2 on I&E . The crowd/band connection and overall energy is far and away the best when they barrel through the anthems like that.

Salome · 2024-10-30T04:14:17-0400

Saw AC/DC this year. Of the original band only Angus is still there. Brian's voice was poor and he appeared out of shape. Over half of the concert was stuff prior to 1980. They played 2 songs from their most recent album, which by then was 2 years old.
The concert was one of my favourite shows I ever attended by anyone.
Perhaps talking about music is like dancing about architecture.

AndrewCowley · 2024-10-30T05:23:50-0400

ascender_RS said:
They've got such a massive back catalogue of songs and styles that the options for tours in the time they have left are endless.

Nope. Not when Bono’s voice is shot to bits. His lower register is mostly gone. Many many older songs just wouldn’t work or would be embarrassingly bad compared to the original. Like no way he can sing Gloria like he used to. I think their options re older material are actually very limited.

This is why I’d prefer new material. Craft some songs that suit his present day voice. The mixing and production needs to get better though. I’d bury his voice deeper. It’s way too out front and harsh on SOI and slightly less so on SOE.

Bono’s voice and Edge’s refusal to make interesting sounds is what has killed this band over the past 15 years.

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