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All the blues tunes from Joshua Tree?

Trip Through You Wires, Red Hill Mining Town, Running to Stand Still and Mothers of the Disappeared all have some strong blues/roots influences.

There's a difference in saying "blues tunes" vs. "Strong blues/roots influences" , so thanks for the clarification (but even saying "strong blues/roots influences" seems a stretch imo).
For me, 'U2' and 'blues' do not belong in the same sentence...except maybe when BB King is also mentioned in same sentence.

By the way - a question to anyone - what's this rumour I hear that Bono is lip-synching on some tunes these days?
Read it on a Pink Floyd forum amidst discussion of Roger Waters doing the same on a couple of tunes.

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All the blues tunes from Joshua Tree?

Trip Through You Wires, Red Hill Mining Town, Running to Stand Still and Mothers of the Disappeared all have some strong blues/roots influences.

There's a difference in saying "blues tunes" vs. "Strong blues/roots influences" , so thanks for the clarification (but even saying "strong blues/roots influences" seems a stretch imo).
For me, 'U2' and 'blues' do not belong in the same sentence...except maybe when BB King is also mentioned in same sentence.

By the way - a question to anyone - what's this rumour I hear that Bono is lip-synching on some tunes these days?
Read it on a Pink Floyd forum amidst discussion of Roger Waters doing the same on a couple of tunes.

You can certainly make that distinction, but The Joshua Tree was a love letter to American roots music.

Never heard any Bono lip-syncing rumors...it wouldn't surprise me if a few high notes were touched up through their extensive backing track system, but lip-syncing entire songs? Hell no. Not from what I saw.

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Never heard any Bono lip-syncing rumors...it wouldn't surprise me if a few high notes were touched up through their extensive backing track system, but lip-syncing entire songs? Hell no. Not from what I saw.

The only "touch up" in the show vocally is the falsetto "woo"s in Elevation, and that has been in place since they began playing it live in 2001.

They have dropped the key down on a few more songs than normal this tour, but Bono is as live as he ever was.

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Never heard any Bono lip-syncing rumors...it wouldn't surprise me if a few high notes were touched up through their extensive backing track system, but lip-syncing entire songs? Hell no. Not from what I saw.

The only "touch up" in the show vocally is the falsetto "woo"s in Elevation, and that has been in place since they began playing it live in 2001.

They have dropped the key down on a few more songs than normal this tour, but Bono is as live as he ever was.

I've heard that about Elevation...I agree, can't see Bono lip-syncing. The show I saw Thursday night was all him, warts and all.

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Never heard any Bono lip-syncing rumors...it wouldn't surprise me if a few high notes were touched up through their extensive backing track system, but lip-syncing entire songs? Hell no. Not from what I saw.

The only "touch up" in the show vocally is the falsetto "woo"s in Elevation, and that has been in place since they began playing it live in 2001.

They have dropped the key down on a few more songs than normal this tour, but Bono is as live as he ever was.

I've heard that about Elevation...I agree, can't see Bono lip-syncing. The show I saw Thursday night was all him, warts and all.

Same here on Wednesday. I mainly thought it during the more difficult parts like "wide awake" on Bad or Red Hill Mining Town where Bono clearly struggles, but thats part of the live experience. He's an older man. We can't all be like Mick Jagger and John Fogerty who seem to sound nearly the same as always. Obviously don't sound like crap like Paul Stanley from KISS, but I really did give Bono a lot of credit. He's out there, giving it his all, and still doing that very difficult position of "frontman" very well. I had nothing but praise from him. Even when he was less than perfect, he still sounds pretty good and its nice to see the human side every now and then. I'll sing "wide awake" with you Bono, do what you can and I'll take the rest as a crowd member!

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Never heard any Bono lip-syncing rumors...it wouldn't surprise me if a few high notes were touched up through their extensive backing track system, but lip-syncing entire songs? Hell no. Not from what I saw.

The only "touch up" in the show vocally is the falsetto "woo"s in Elevation, and that has been in place since they began playing it live in 2001.

They have dropped the key down on a few more songs than normal this tour, but Bono is as live as he ever was.

I've heard that about Elevation...I agree, can't see Bono lip-syncing. The show I saw Thursday night was all him, warts and all.

Same here on Wednesday. I mainly thought it during the more difficult parts like "wide awake" on Bad or Red Hill Mining Town where Bono clearly struggles, but thats part of the live experience. He's an older man. We can't all be like Mick Jagger and John Fogerty who seem to sound nearly the same as always. Obviously don't sound like crap like Paul Stanley from KISS, but I really did give Bono a lot of credit. He's out there, giving it his all, and still doing that very difficult position of "frontman" very well. I had nothing but praise from him. Even when he was less than perfect, he still sounds pretty good and its nice to see the human side every now and then. I'll sing "wide awake" with you Bono, do what you can and I'll take the rest as a crowd member!

Exactly. When I say "warts and all", I'm not saying Bono sounded bad at any point...just sounded 100% live. Typical 55-year old singer struggle on the high notes, but he made everything work.

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Never heard any Bono lip-syncing rumors...it wouldn't surprise me if a few high notes were touched up through their extensive backing track system, but lip-syncing entire songs? Hell no. Not from what I saw.

The only "touch up" in the show vocally is the falsetto "woo"s in Elevation, and that has been in place since they began playing it live in 2001.

They have dropped the key down on a few more songs than normal this tour, but Bono is as live as he ever was.

I've heard that about Elevation...I agree, can't see Bono lip-syncing. The show I saw Thursday night was all him, warts and all.

Same here on Wednesday. I mainly thought it during the more difficult parts like "wide awake" on Bad or Red Hill Mining Town where Bono clearly struggles, but thats part of the live experience. He's an older man. We can't all be like Mick Jagger and John Fogerty who seem to sound nearly the same as always.

Uh... Jagger has never sung Rocks Off "correctly" yet alone a lot of other songs. High notes are obviously hard and Bono is no exception. Some shows he nails them.

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Never heard any Bono lip-syncing rumors...it wouldn't surprise me if a few high notes were touched up through their extensive backing track system, but lip-syncing entire songs? Hell no. Not from what I saw.

The only "touch up" in the show vocally is the falsetto "woo"s in Elevation, and that has been in place since they began playing it live in 2001.

They have dropped the key down on a few more songs than normal this tour, but Bono is as live as he ever was.

I've heard that about Elevation...I agree, can't see Bono lip-syncing. The show I saw Thursday night was all him, warts and all.

Same here on Wednesday. I mainly thought it during the more difficult parts like "wide awake" on Bad or Red Hill Mining Town where Bono clearly struggles, but thats part of the live experience. He's an older man. We can't all be like Mick Jagger and John Fogerty who seem to sound nearly the same as always.

Uh... Jagger has never sung Rocks Off "correctly" yet alone a lot of other songs. High notes are obviously hard and Bono is no exception. Some shows he nails them.

No, but the Stones have never had to down-tune their songs to accommodate a diminished range. I'm not a huge fan of the sing/shout style he adopted from '89 on, but it's remarkable he can still belt out certain songs at his age.

"No, but the Stones have never had to down-tune their songs to accommodate a diminished range. I'm not a huge fan of the sing/shout style he adopted from '89 on, but it's remarkable he can still belt out certain songs at his age".

Off Topic. This is a U2 thread.

Just got 2 tickets for Berlin next week for a total of 31€....Good luck to you all

That's fantastic hockenheim95. Berlin is a great city and a good place to see U2. I'm going to Amsterdam without tickets and hoping for some good luck. Cheers!

It's a wonderful show, joyful and colorful...you guys will have a blast.

Jesus (I mean bono the dope) preached after almost every song at MetLife stadium. What a dope

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Jesus (I mean bono the dope) preached after almost every song at MetLife stadium. What a dope

So why go to the show? Everyone knows thats what he does. Then again if you also think Paul McCartney is a "never been" there may not be much logic to your music choices.

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Jesus (I mean bono the dope) preached after almost every song at MetLife stadium. What a dope

So why go to the show? Everyone knows thats what he does. Then again if you also think Paul McCartney is a "never been" there may not be much logic to your music choices.

dopus00 is a Trump supporter. That right there is really all you need to know about his taste and judgment.

I don't feel the need to kick the mentally ill when they're down and out.

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Jesus (I mean bono the dope) preached after almost every song at MetLife stadium. What a dope

So why go to the show? Everyone knows thats what he does. Then again if you also think Paul McCartney is a "never been" there may not be much logic to your music choices.

dopus00 is a Trump supporter. That right there is really all you need to know about his taste and judgment.

I don't feel the need to kick the mentally ill when they're down and out.

Potus trolls everywhere he posts. The Beatles thread. The Roger Waters thread. And now this thread. I haven't seen one post from him in any thread that isn't some form of trolling, and while some of it can be slightly funny, the fact is it's trolling. Evidently he has no life outside of ruffling feathers on the internet. Like you say though keefriff99, no need to kick the mentally ill when they're down and out, you can only feel sorry for them and hope they get some professional help.

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Jesus (I mean bono the dope) preached after almost every song at MetLife stadium. What a dope

So why go to the show? Everyone knows thats what he does. Then again if you also think Paul McCartney is a "never been" there may not be much logic to your music choices.

dopus00 is a Trump supporter. That right there is really all you need to know about his taste and judgment.

I don't feel the need to kick the mentally ill when they're down and out.

Potus trolls everywhere he posts. The Beatles thread. The Roger Waters thread. And now this thread. I haven't seen one post from him in any thread that isn't some form of trolling, and while some of it can be slightly funny, the fact is it's trolling. Evidently he has no life outside of ruffling feathers on the internet. Like you say though keefriff99, no need to kick the mentally ill when they're down and out, you can only feel sorry for them and hope they get some professional help.

I try not to engage, but can't help it sometimes. Nothing infuriates me more than when people barge into threads just to say "U2 SUCKS!" or "SPRINGSTEEN SUCKS!"

There are plenty of artists that I dislike, but I feel no need to broadcast it unless it's a genuine discussion of personal tastes. I'd much rather talk about things I enjoy.

I have to agree with mr potus ,,,, bono is a pompus stinker

Ignorance is bliss. The Bono stinkers fit that. Look beyond, not at.

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Jesus (I mean bono the dope) preached after almost every song at MetLife stadium. What a dope

So why go to the show? Everyone knows thats what he does. Then again if you also think Paul McCartney is a "never been" there may not be much logic to your music choices.

dopus00 is a Trump supporter. That right there is really all you need to know about his taste and judgment.

I don't feel the need to kick the mentally ill when they're down and out.

Potus trolls everywhere he posts. The Beatles thread. The Roger Waters thread. And now this thread. I haven't seen one post from him in any thread that isn't some form of trolling, and while some of it can be slightly funny, the fact is it's trolling. Evidently he has no life outside of ruffling feathers on the internet. Like you say though keefriff99, no need to kick the mentally ill when they're down and out, you can only feel sorry for them and hope they get some professional help.

I try not to engage, but can't help it sometimes. Nothing infuriates me more than when people barge into threads just to say "U2 SUCKS!" or "SPRINGSTEEN SUCKS!"

There are plenty of artists that I dislike, but I feel no need to broadcast it unless it's a genuine discussion of personal tastes. I'd much rather talk about things I enjoy.

Do it on another site.

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I have to agree with mr potus ,,,, bono is a pompus stinker

And so is your fantastic intelligent post. Good luck.

Thanks!

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Thanks!

Anytime

I was at the U2 gig at Twickenham, London , last night. I was in the back row of the Upper Tier but I thought they were rocking. The place was bouncing with the whole crowd on their feet. I have friends there tonight, in the 2nd rowm waiting for U2 to come on. Noel Gallagher was the support act and he was very good too.

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I was at the U2 gig at Twickenham, London , last night. I was in the back row of the Upper Tier but I thought they were rocking. The place was bouncing with the whole crowd on their feet. I have friends there tonight, in the 2nd rowm waiting for U2 to come on. Noel Gallagher was the support act and he was very good too.

That was my experience on Saturday. We're by the barrier (outside) the redzone and they sounded incredible. I thought U2 nailed it on every aspect of their show. for U2 and Noel Gallagher.

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I was at the U2 gig at Twickenham, London , last night. I was in the back row of the Upper Tier but I thought they were rocking. The place was bouncing with the whole crowd on their feet. I have friends there tonight, in the 2nd rowm waiting for U2 to come on. Noel Gallagher was the support act and he was very good too.

That was my experience on Saturday. We're by the barrier (outside) the redzone and they sounded incredible. I thought U2 nailed it on every aspect of their show. for U2 and Noel Gallagher.

I was in U31, on the same side as the rather underfilled red zone. I thought that standing outside the barrier there was a good shout as the crowd was only about 3 or 4 deep there. Also it looked like a good vantage point for the main stage, which was rather high (Rock Werchter like if you've ever been there. I noticed a fair few GA ticket holders sneaking into the red zone and being hustled back out again by security

killer setlist for the 1st london show (and first euro show of this tour):

1. sunday bloody sunday
2. new years day
3. bad (+ heroes)
4. pride
5. where the streets...
6. still havent found...
7. with or without you
8. bullet the blue sky
9. running to stand still
10. red hill mining town
11. in god's country
12. trip through your wires
13. one tree hill
14. exit
15. mothers of the disappeared
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16. miss sarajevo
17. beautiful day
18. elevation
19. vertigo
20. ultraviolet
21. one
22. the little things that give you away
23. dont look back in anger (with noel gallagher)

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I was at the U2 gig at Twickenham, London , last night. I was in the back row of the Upper Tier but I thought they were rocking. The place was bouncing with the whole crowd on their feet. I have friends there tonight, in the 2nd rowm waiting for U2 to come on. Noel Gallagher was the support act and he was very good too.

That was my experience on Saturday. We're by the barrier (outside) the redzone and they sounded incredible. I thought U2 nailed it on every aspect of their show. for U2 and Noel Gallagher.

I was in U31, on the same side as the rather underfilled red zone. I thought that standing outside the barrier there was a good shout as the crowd was only about 3 or 4 deep there. Also it looked like a good vantage point for the main stage, which was rather high (Rock Werchter like if you've ever been there. I noticed a fair few GA ticket holders sneaking into the red zone and being hustled back out again by security

Yep, security had their work cut out! It was so good to see the whole band up close when they played the small stage at the start and end.

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Jesus (I mean bono the dope) preached after almost every song at MetLife stadium. What a dope

So why go to the show? Everyone knows thats what he does. Then again if you also think Paul McCartney is a "never been" there may not be much logic to your music choices.

dopus00 is a Trump supporter. That right there is really all you need to know about his taste and judgment.

I don't feel the need to kick the mentally ill when they're down and out.

Speaking of mentally ill, I HIGHLY recommend "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder"
Enjoy