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2120Joe
Good week of live music for me: Bob Dylan, U2 and Phish.
The Sphere is awesome, both sound and visuals. I was afraid of sensory overload and distracting gimmicks. I found limited gimmicks. Sure some showing off the next gen technology like when the ceiling falls. But just as one inflatable brings a show to life but many would be carnivalish most displays add to bringing the music to life. Like the lyrics beautiful day sung in a desert setting at a beautiful dawn. Or the milkway stars background crisp and clear-think red fire on screens to SFTD but bigger, clearer and more encompassing. Distracting in the way adding color to film or stereo to recordings was distracting. I would love to see the Stones here.
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stargroover
Strip away the nonsense of the Sphere and the high tech stuff and your left with a band who would struggle to make a dent at the Racket club.
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Strip away the nonsense of the Sphere and the high tech stuff and your left with a band who would struggle to make a dent at the Racket club.
not denying that they may put up a good show but how would we feel about it if the stones would start a residency in Vegas?Quote
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Congrats Stargroover dumbest post of the year
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DEmerson
Quick visit to Vegas to see U2 at the Sphere Wednesday. (I thought there was a thread about the band, but I couldn’t find it in a search).
I know I’ve seen others here who saw earlier shows weigh in, and I have yet to hear anything that didn’t include words like ‘amazing.’
The Sphere really is unbelievable. Total game changer, really. You’ve never seen anything like it, because there is nothing else like it. I had the great luck to get a room at the nearby Westin with an great view of it, so post show was spent drinking wine and the view as the giant snow globe just does all kinds of trippy stuff, to further light up an already crazy Vegas skyline.
As to U2 and the show itself - it’s insane - needs to be seen to truly comprehend. It’s at least 300’ high inside, and the band uses the entire inside like a mad hallucination palette. There IS a mid acoustic section, where they tone the visuals down and it also brings the energy level down IMO, but I can see why they did it for pacing reasons.
Anyways- the visuals, the sound quality (as others have mentioned) are just out of this world. I wound up getting on the floor, which was crowded, but you’re not squashed in. ‘Everybody having a good time….’ They just added a few final shows for early next year. If you have any interest, and can swing it (it ain’t a cheap date) by all means, GO!
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stargroover
Strip away the nonsense of the Sphere and the high tech stuff and your left with a band who would struggle to make a dent at the Racket club.
Chime back when you know what you're talking about.
To be that clueless in 2023 is comedy.
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stargroover
Strip away the nonsense of the Sphere and the high tech stuff and your left with a band who would struggle to make a dent at the Racket club.
Chime back when you know what you're talking about.
To be that clueless in 2023 is comedy.
Obviously you didn't see them on the Joshua Tree tour in the 80's which was no frills but one of the best shows you'll ever see.
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stargroover
Strip away the nonsense of the Sphere and the high tech stuff and your left with a band who would struggle to make a dent at the Racket club.
Chime back when you know what you're talking about.
To be that clueless in 2023 is comedy.
Obviously you didn't see them on the Joshua Tree tour in the 80's which was no frills but one of the best shows you'll ever see.
Loved when they closed the show with 40 on that tour. Awesome.
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stargroover
Strip away the nonsense of the Sphere and the high tech stuff and your left with a band who would struggle to make a dent at the Racket club.
Chime back when you know what you're talking about.
To be that clueless in 2023 is comedy.
Obviously you didn't see them on the Joshua Tree tour in the 80's which was no frills but one of the best shows you'll ever see.
Loved when they closed the show with 40 on that tour. Awesome.
They closed with "40" on the War show I saw. It was a theater show & totally stunning. I get tired of Bono sometimes but they've never disappointed me live. Feel bad I can't go to the Sphere show.
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stargroover
Strip away the nonsense of the Sphere and the high tech stuff and your left with a band who would struggle to make a dent at the Racket club.
Chime back when you know what you're talking about.
To be that clueless in 2023 is comedy.
Obviously you didn't see them on the Joshua Tree tour in the 80's which was no frills but one of the best shows you'll ever see.
Loved when they closed the show with 40 on that tour. Awesome.
They closed with "40" on the War show I saw. It was a theater show & totally stunning. I get tired of Bono sometimes but they've never disappointed me live. Feel bad I can't go to the Sphere show.
Bono does sometimes get a bit full of himself and preachy and gets lost... I remember seeing some show years ago where he and Mick were singing something, Bono was going into one of his sermons and lost track of what he was saying and Jagger just started laughing.
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Palace Revolution 2000
I think A Clayton is one of the very best bass players in Rock.
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frankotero
Official, this is amazing stuff. Wish it was the whole song though. [www.youtube.com]