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I know what you're saying...I still find plenty of great music out there. I thought when you said "over", you meant irrelevant, which honestly applies to just about every band their age and older in this current musical marketplace.Quote
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keefriff99They sold out stadiums all over America last year. They're fine as a heritage act.Quote
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U2's time is over. I really did think that the big wheel was going to turn for them again, but it is almost by their own doing. They have just become too unbearable. I don't know what is more meandering nowadays; the music or the words.
But at their best U2 was awesome.
And I think it is way ballsy to do a setlist like that. It shows that there is some kind of itch they still need to scratch.
This is like a Stones show without "Brown Sugar, Jumpin jack Flash, Miss You, Satifaction".
If you mean "over" in terms of new music, then I think almost all the bands we like are "over"...nothing penetrates anymore in this new musical landscape. I look at iTunes and I'm completely ignorant of what's popular now...and that's fine. I'm not maligning it...I'm almost 40 and pop music isn't meant for me anymore, but the idea that new rock'n'roll music is going to resonate in 2018 the way it was capable of occasionally doing even 15-20 years ago is not realistic.
Maybe the word 'over' made you think I was saying something that I wasn't intending. Heritage act is a good description. Almost every act over 20 years old is that. But there still are some out there who are not. And I think U2 has been believing that they are one of those. Which I think they are not.
Far as anyone believing rockn roll has the impact it did in 60's, 70's, ..I;m not sure what to say about that. It's like that Japanese soldier they found on a remote island one day who was still fighting WWII.
What I will say, and have said countless times in this forum is that rock music as a life force is very much alive. Great bands out there.
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mnewman505
very gutsy.
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Zero songs from Joshua Tree, very gutsy.
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shack1
'Streets' is a pivotal moment of any U2 gig, that's some big boots to fill with its omission. I can take or leave the other JT classics, but the whole crowd, die hards or casual fans go mental for it.
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shack1
'Streets' is a pivotal moment of any U2 gig, that's some big boots to fill with its omission. I can take or leave the other JT classics, but the whole crowd, die hards or casual fans go mental for it.
Exactly. That song more than others is when the lights go bright, the fists and voices raise up; it's a monumental song. It's like Arcade Fire doing "Wake Up" - it is the actual reason many people even go to the show at all. And then not to play it...Haha..
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But everyone that wanted to see them had the opportunity and should have last tour.
I'll give you that. There are people in America saying it and they played everywhere in America. All stadiums, multiple nights. I know there are extenuating circumstances but in America at least for most people they gave as much of a chance for people to see their hits as they could.Quote
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RollingFreak
But everyone that wanted to see them had the opportunity and should have last tour.
Not really. There weren't that many shows, only 2 shows in the UK and they clashed with the BST Hyde Park shows, which many people already had tickets for when the U2 shows were announced. It was very disappointing.
I really wanted to go, but couldn't get a ticket for the Saturday and couldn't do the Sunday as I was going to HP. (Which turned out to be my last chance to see Tom Petty so ...)
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Purchased for Tuesday night, $41 is a reasonable price for 1st row upper deck in an arena. The best things come to ticket buyers who wait.
Sec 319, Row 1, Seats 19-20, Total charge $100.00
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BOW2007
The stage and all this visual things is nothing new.
Sade did this already on her tour in 2011.
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RollingFreak
Dude, like 5 bands have done this same thing. GNR, Bruce Springsteen, Metallica.