The U2 warm up threads

[Redwinevino]

I hate U2 and Bono so will now be pinning all hope on The Strokes for the other stage

[BonnetBird]

Recommend me some newer stuff and I'll have a listen. I have 7 months...

[Toilet Duck]

I'd be tempted to watch them if I thought they would be playing their earlier stuff, but from what I hear, their shows these days only have a couple of the early classics in. Don't think it will be worth standing around for a couple of hours listening to the crap stuff and looking at flags just to hear 1 or 2 great songs.

[emmmmma]

At last a headliner I don't want to see. I can visit Shangri-la early next year without worrying about what I'm missing out on.

[Wooderson]

Wooderson - I haven't really heard any of their stuff after Discotheque. Recommend me some newer stuff and I'll have a listen. I have 7 months...

Edited November 23, 2009 by Wooderson

[Toilet Duck]

Wooderson - I haven't really heard any of their stuff after Discotheque. Recommend me some newer stuff and I'll have a listen. I have 7 months...

[The Nal]

Well, this is the setlist from the night I saw them last summer...plenty of old classics (and the unforgettable fire....simply magnificent!)....I think the glasto set will have more than enough to keep fans of the old stuff happy...

[wheelie123]

Well, this is the setlist from the night I saw them last summer...plenty of old classics (and the unforgettable fire....simply magnificent!)....I think the glasto set will have more than enough to keep fans of the old stuff happy...

Breathe

No Line on the Horizon

Get On Your Boots

Magnificent

Beautiful Day

Elevation

Stuck in a Moment That You Can't Get Out Of

Desire (Bono and the Edge acoustic)

The Auld Triangle

One

Until the End of the World

Unforgettable Fire

City of Blinding Lights

Vertigo

I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Pride (In the Name of Love)

MLK

Walk On

Where the Streets Have No Name

Bad

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Ultraviolet

With or Without You

Moment of Surrender

[Wooderson]

personally I prefer In a little While...

[Langdale Wolf]

Did you hear the Pop album? It's really good. "If you wear that velvet dress" for example is bliss.

After Pop though the following 5 tunes really toast my marshmallow bruv:

Kite (a glorious tune)

In A Little While (one of their best ever songs - no question)

Sometimes you can't make it on your own (an acoustic version knocking around that is just gorgeous)

Breathe (best song on the latest record)

I'll go crazy if I don't go crazy tonight (remix version on the current tour is the biz)

[Toilet Duck]

Breathe - Meh

No Line on the Horizon - Meh

Get On Your Boots - Meh

Magnificent - Meh

Beautiful Day - Meh

Elevation - Meh

Stuck in a Moment That You Can't Get Out Of - Meh

Desire (Bono and the Edge acoustic)

The Auld Triangle

One

Until the End of the World

Unforgettable Fire

City of Blinding Lights - Meh

Vertigo - Meh

I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight - Meh

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Pride (In the Name of Love)

MLK

Walk On

Where the Streets Have No Name

Bad

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Ultraviolet

With or Without You

Moment of Surrender - Meh

Compare this to the Popmart tour -

Mofo

I Will Follow

Even Better Than The Real Thing

Do You Feel Loved?

Pride (In The Name Of Love)

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Last Night On Earth,

Gone

Until The End Of The World

If God Will Send His Angels

Staring At The Sun

Miami

Bullet The Blue Sky

Please

Where The Streets Have No Name

Playboy Mansion

Discothèque

If You Wear That Velvet Dress

With Or Without You

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me

Mysterious Ways

One

They have got to buck up man!!

[wheelie123]

...Pretty much all of All That You Can't Leave Behind is good...

The singles have been mentioned here in the thread (Elevation, Walk On, Stuck in a moment, Beautiful Day)...personally I prefer In a little While, Wild Honey and The ground Beneath Her Feet if I was to pick 3...it's easy to write off U2's recent output, some of it is patchy, but there's always a few good ones in there and that tends to be all they wheel out live.

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[Wooderson]

Compare this to the Popmart tour -

Mofo

I Will Follow

Even Better Than The Real Thing

Do You Feel Loved? Meh

Pride (In The Name Of Love)

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Last Night On Earth Meh

Gone Meh

Until The End Of The World

If God Will Send His Angels Meh

Staring At The Sun Meh

Miami Meh

Bullet The Blue Sky Meh

Please Meh

Where The Streets Have No Name

Playboy Mansion Meh

Discothèque

If You Wear That Velvet Dress

With Or Without You Meh

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me

Mysterious Ways

One

They have got to buck up man!!

[Toilet Duck]

Nice - thanks. And on which albums can I find these musical treats? (Except Breathe which you say is on the latest album - I'm currently burning my mate's copy to itunes).

[wheelie123]

"In A Little While" is hands down one of the best U2 songs. It's the duality that makes it. Is the song about coming home drunk from the pub or about meeting God? Brilliant. Made me cry when I heard them play it before. My sis started whinging first though - that set me off.

Edited November 23, 2009 by wheelie123

[Toilet Duck]

Wild Honey????? Please tell me your on the wind up?

As for the last 10 years , 'Vertigo' is certainly their best 'rocking' track, its utterly brilliant 'live'!

[ThomThomDrum]

They could feasibly play one of the grestest sets the pyramid has ever seen (if they were to follow Blur's lead from this year and wheel out one classic after another)...

[Langdale Wolf]

start with All that you can't leave behind. certainly the strongest of their more recent output...I'm listening to it now actually (and haven;'t done for years)...it's even better than I remember it!...get the UK/Ireland version with The Ground Beneath her Feet as a bonus...

[Wooderson]

Nice - thanks. And on which albums can I find these musical treats? (Except Breathe which you say is on the latest album - I'm currently burning my mate's copy to itunes).

[Wooderson]

They could feasibly play one of the grestest sets the pyramid has ever seen (if they were to follow Blur's lead from this year and wheel out one classic after another)...

[Toilet Duck]

Cool - will do. That's the one with Stuck In A Moment and Beautiful Day on, yes?

[Toilet Duck]

This point is urgent & key.

Edited November 23, 2009 by Toilet Duck

[Wooderson]

Baby thats what they are going to do! I does feel it in me waters! Going to be a Mega gig! MEGA!

[frodoisdead]

I think U2 will probably play a many of their classics mixed with a handful of their current stuff, which I suppose is that way it should be.

I shan't be anywhere near the Pyramid when they play though. Glastonbury is the only festival I have been to where I don't give a crap about the headliners.

[Wooderson]

...I think U2 know that outside of their sizeable core following, that their star has taken a bit of a hit of late and will want to reaffirm that they are the biggest band in the world (they think they are, so let's see them prove it!)...I can see a set heavily loaded towards classics, and since the boss was given over 2 1/2 hours on the pyramid, there should be plenty of time...