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btw the original member thing still amazes me after so many years , but hey that's me
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Full disclosure, I've seen them once live--Pop Mart tour--and was completely bored by it.
wasn't a great tour...my least favourite of their shows. if you like them enough, give them another chance in concert. they are pretty damn good.
I had seen a lot of video of the Zoo TV concerts and thought that was about as good a show as any one had done with a big stage/ show. Blew me away. Pop Mart stuck me as quiet and trying to hard at the same time.
IfLoveBono comes to town with this tour, I'll give 'em another chance.
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Most overrated band in the world......after the horrible INXS.
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Most overrated band in the world......after the horrible INXS.
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Most overrated band in the world......after the horrible INXS.
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Full disclosure, I've seen them once live--Pop Mart tour--and was completely bored by it.
wasn't a great tour...my least favourite of their shows. if you like them enough, give them another chance in concert. they are pretty damn good.
I had seen a lot of video of the Zoo TV concerts and thought that was about as good a show as any one had done with a big stage/ show. Blew me away. Pop Mart stuck me as quiet and trying to hard at the same time.
IfLoveBono comes to town with this tour, I'll give 'em another chance.
I've seen them 3 times, Joshua Tree, Zoo Station and Pop Mart.
Zoo Station was definitely the most fun. Joshua Tree was unbelievably good as well, long after the band left the stage, and the house lights came on the crowded kept singing the refrain from "40".
Pop Mart was ok...not a bad show, but it seemed like they were trying to top themselves and couldn't.
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Original members? Are the 10 guys playing under the stage original members?
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Original members? Are the 10 guys playing under the stage original members?
there's just one guy playing under U2's stage (since 2000): the keyboard player Terry Lawless. he's also in charge, of course, of loops and all kinds of backing sounds.
ex: if you just see one guitar on stage (Edge) and hear other guitars sounds, it's all digital pre-programmed backing tracks.
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Most overrated band in the world......after the horrible INXS.
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Most overrated band in the world......after the horrible INXS.
I guess you won't think much of my taste then! I like both INXS and U2.... Neither come close to the Stones for me but I still enjoy their music. And two firsts for me.
INXS were the first band I ever saw live.
And U2 was the first time I went to see a show alone (none of my friends at the time were into them). Only seen them once - the PopMart tour. I was going to go to the Vertigo tour but I'd spent too money on seeing the Stones (which was my priority).
I'm thinking of going to see them this time round but I'll just see if I can snap up a cheap ticket at the last minute.
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What I don't understand is this: If it's just one guy, why do they have to hide him? Why can't he be on the stage?
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What I don't understand is this: If it's just one guy, why do they have to hide him? Why can't he be on the stage?
He's not a band member. Besides, he's got cues to hit for the programmed material. He's too busy making sure things work to be onstage.
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What I don't understand is this: If it's just one guy, why do they have to hide him? Why can't he be on the stage?
He's not a band member. Besides, he's got cues to hit for the programmed material. He's too busy making sure things work to be onstage.
Darryl Jones isn't a band member. They don't keep him hidden from view. Anyway, I think they do it because, as drunken Billy Joel says in that video, "People want to see U2," meaning they just want to see the four guys who are and always have been U2. What's ironic about that, of course, is that like Pink Floyd, a U2 show is mostly about the stage and the lights. It almost hardly matters who is or isn't on the stage. They might as well be playing records. The band's presence is almost irrelevant.
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What I don't understand is this: If it's just one guy, why do they have to hide him? Why can't he be on the stage?
He's not a band member. Besides, he's got cues to hit for the programmed material. He's too busy making sure things work to be onstage.
Darryl Jones isn't a band member. They don't keep him hidden from view. Anyway, I think they do it because, as drunken Billy Joel says in that video, "People want to see U2," meaning they just want to see the four guys who are and always have been U2. What's ironic about that, of course, is that like Pink Floyd, a U2 show is mostly about the stage and the lights. It almost hardly matters who is or isn't on the stage. They might as well be playing records. The band's presence is almost irrelevant.
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What I don't understand is this: If it's just one guy, why do they have to hide him? Why can't he be on the stage?
He's not a band member. Besides, he's got cues to hit for the programmed material. He's too busy making sure things work to be onstage.
Darryl Jones isn't a band member. They don't keep him hidden from view. Anyway, I think they do it because, as drunken Billy Joel says in that video, "People want to see U2," meaning they just want to see the four guys who are and always have been U2. What's ironic about that, of course, is that like Pink Floyd, a U2 show is mostly about the stage and the lights. It almost hardly matters who is or isn't on the stage. They might as well be playing records. The band's presence is almost irrelevant.
What? Musically, Darryl is VERY much a part of the band. Unlike some, I believe anyone who is playing an instrument and/or singing to create the music at a show is definitely part of the band. And as important as bass guitar is to the Stones music it is amazing that you can say he isn't a band member.
Does he get introduced during the band introductions? Yes. He is a band member and I've always thought it absurd that he is not considered a Rolling Stone. As a musician I want to see everyone who is playing an instrument or singing on stage, I could care less if they are "original members" or not.
I don't care who is timing the lights and effects of the show as that is peripheral to the music, put 'em wherever you want. They are pressing buttons and speaking cues to the lighting and effects guys, not much entertainment value in that. But to me the show is still about the sound of the music and although I enjoy the lasers and stuff in Pink Floyd shows, it's nothing without the musicians playing their instruments and singing.
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What I don't understand is this: If it's just one guy, why do they have to hide him? Why can't he be on the stage?
He's not a band member. Besides, he's got cues to hit for the programmed material. He's too busy making sure things work to be onstage.
Darryl Jones isn't a band member. They don't keep him hidden from view. Anyway, I think they do it because, as drunken Billy Joel says in that video, "People want to see U2," meaning they just want to see the four guys who are and always have been U2. What's ironic about that, of course, is that like Pink Floyd, a U2 show is mostly about the stage and the lights. It almost hardly matters who is or isn't on the stage. They might as well be playing records. The band's presence is almost irrelevant.
What? Musically, Darryl is VERY much a part of the band. Unlike some, I believe anyone who is playing an instrument and/or singing to create the music at a show is definitely part of the band. And as important as bass guitar is to the Stones music it is amazing that you can say he isn't a band member.
Does he get introduced during the band introductions? Yes. He is a band member and I've always thought it absurd that he is not considered a Rolling Stone. As a musician I want to see everyone who is playing an instrument or singing on stage, I could care less if they are "original members" or not.
I don't care who is timing the lights and effects of the show as that is peripheral to the music, put 'em wherever you want. They are pressing buttons and speaking cues to the lighting and effects guys, not much entertainment value in that. But to me the show is still about the sound of the music and although I enjoy the lasers and stuff in Pink Floyd shows, it's nothing without the musicians playing their instruments and singing.
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Ugh! Read the thread again.
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And most people who go see the Stones know who Mick Jagger is, have an idea of who Keith is, and the rest is all a mystery. To this day I know of people who don't know Bill Wyman isn't in the band.