Any U2 fans on the board??

[joee12]

I saw U2 last night in Atlanta, what an awesome concert. After being a fan for over 20 years, I finally went to see them. Here is the playlist from last night for you fellow U2 fanatics:

City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Elevation
I Will Follow
Still Haven’t Found
Beautiful Day
Original of the Species
Sometimes you Can’t Make it On Your Own
Love and Peace or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky
Miss Sarajevo
Pride in the Name of Love
Where the Streets Have no Name
One/MLK

Until the End of the World
Mysterious Ways
With or Without You

First Time
Stuck in a Moment
Bad

 

[Amkeer]

I wish I would have went when they were here Wednesday. Great band!

 

[keith]

Thanks. I will see them on December 7th. Not a real huge fan but my wife is!

 

[TooManyWheels]

My turning on to U2 was kinda funny. When their first album came out I couldn't figure why the local radion was so crazy about it, 'cause it sure didn't do anything for me.

Funny thing though, a few weeks later I suddenly thought they were great. I still do, and as the original poster says, I guess it has been over twenty years now.

 

[97tbird]

I hate when people categorize u2 as a "rock band"...it's pretty normal commercial pop, imo.
a great rock band would be Pink Floyd, Deep purple or Rainbow, imo. or, in the modern days, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Black crows.

rock is not just guitars and jumping around...there's a lyrical side to rock, and u2's lyrics, especially since late 90's is just simple, pop lyrics now.

U2 was good when they started, and I liked them a lot in their early days: "one" is a great song, great lyrics. I like "new years' day", too...those songs had some substance...not anymore. they've turned into main stream pop for the i-pod crowd; commercialism & just "show" these days.

btw, why does Bono count "1,2,3, 14" in spanish in that vertigo song?

 

[wizzells]

97tbird,

14 because its their 14th album

 

[97tbird]

thanks for the explanation, wizzels.
now i can answer many people I know who were confused by the "wrong" counting.

 

[MarkC]

U2 is a great band, and they don't often let their success go to their heads.
I admire Bono for what he's doing aside from music. There was a segment about them on 60 Minutes last night.

 

[JMK3rd]

I'll be seeing them in the GA section tomorrow night in NYC. 13th time I've gone to a U2 show in the past 20 years.

They get better as time goes by IMO.

 

[HEV]

I love U2, but I must agree with 97tBird; their lyrics of late are very “Foreigner” (as in Hot Blooded) simple. I’m glad they are still playing killer songs like Bad in their lineup.

 

[Drew99GT]

U2 is one of those bands where their music is so unique it's it's own genre. Kinda like Pink Floyd.

 

[pbm]

97tbird: I agree that the more recent stuff isn't as good as their early stuff. "War" , "The Unforgettable Fire" , "Joshua Tree" etc.. are
classics. I feel the same way about the Rolling Stones. I also saw the 60 Minutes segment and I give Bono credit for being political without
bashing either party . I'll never buy another Springsteen, Don Henley or Mellencamp album since they are shrills for a particular political party.

 

[Minou]

Here is what they played last night in Montreal;

26 NOVEMBRE 2005

Centre Bell

- City of Blinding Lights
- Vertigo
- Elevation
- I Will Follow
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For/In a Little While
- Beautiful Day
- Original of the Species
- Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own
- Love and Peace or Else
- Sunday Bloody Sunday/Rock The Casbah
- Bullet the Blue Sky/When Johnny Comes Marching Home/These Are The Hands That Built America
- Miss Sarajevo
- Pride (In The Name of Love)
- Where The Streets Have No Name
- One

Premier rappel

- Until The End Of The World
- Mysterious Ways
- With Or Without You

Deuxième rappel

- Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
- Yahweh
- Bad/The Maker (avec Daniel Lanois)/40