Saitama II Setlist Watch and Party, Part II

Axver · 11-30-2006, 09:10 AM

Wow, it's been a long time since we've needed a part II for a setlist party! The show itself has finished, but I'm convinced that we do not yet have all the snippets - or at least I hope we don't, after all the discussion of snippetry in the first part of the party! Plus, the discussion in part I of the party was ongoing and we'd reached the 500 post mark, so I figured I'd make a new thread so that we may continue and others can chime in with post-show thoughts and opinions on the set.

And here's the set!

Source, with additional statistical comments from me: http://www.u2-vertigo-tour.com/article340.html

City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Elevation
Until The End Of The World
New Year's Day
Beautiful Day / Blackbird (snippet)
Angel Of Harlem
The First Time
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
One Tree Hill
Sunday Bloody Sunday / Rock The Casbah (snippet)
Bullet The Blue Sky / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet) / The Hands That Built America (snippet)
Miss Sarajevo
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Where The Streets Have No Name
One

Encore(s):
The Fly
Mysterious Ways
With Or Without You / Shine Like Stars (snippet)
Window In The Skies
Desire
All I Want Is You

AndrewCowley · 11-30-2006, 09:14 AM

Back to the setlist... how awesome is this? The First Time, One Tree Hill, Window In the Skies, All I Want Is You all together. Hope someone gets a decent recording of this show.

bgmckinney · 11-30-2006, 09:15 AM

In response to Andrew's and Axver's last posts...

BTBS Point Depot 1-1-90 (or 12-31-89, same thing) sounds deeper to me.
As far as S&G goes, Axver, I love the play the blues comment.
This is only slightly apropos, but I'm thinking of this right now - and then I'm off to bed. When I was in high school I spent years in love with the same girl. Turned out she liked me, too, but it took us ages to get together. She found out I was a big U2 fan, and after the first time I went over to her house, as my father was waiting outside to pick me up (I was a teenager), she was standing in the doorway talking, talking, talking. Finally she said, "Am I buggin you? I don't mean to bug ya." And she gave me a very shy smile. That was when I knew she was mine.
Such a sweet memory...
Night, all.

bgmckinney · 11-30-2006, 09:17 AM

Oh, snap, one more thing. If you slowed down the recording of Bullet, Bono's voice would lower in pitch. But if you speeded it up the opposite it would happen. Could it be that the bootleg is slightly off-speed?

Axver · 11-30-2006, 09:18 AM

For any newcomers, we've gotten onto the topic of Rattle And Hum in the other thread. This is relevant as today's show is the first since the Slane DVD gig on 1 September 2001 to feature three songs from RAH.

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Originally posted by AndrewCowley

They should have ditched the idea of the film being part doco since that's where it fails and just made a regular concert video not intended for the cinema. Ditch the scant doco stuff and add a few extra songs. Although having said that I adore the Heartland section of the movie.

I would probably tend to agree with that sentiment. There were so many exceptional performances from the JT Tour that should not have been left out, OTH and Mothers especially. I wouldn't have minded some Unforgettable Fire action either.

What really disappoints me is that the band didn't take advantage of the DVD re-release to include some of the footage from the Out-takes and Rough Cut.

AndrewCowley · 11-30-2006, 09:20 AM

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Originally posted by bgmckinney
Oh, snap, one more thing. If you slowed down the recording of Bullet, Bono's voice would lower in pitch. But if you speeded it up the opposite it would happen. Could it be that the bootleg is slightly off-speed?

Yes, if Bullet on R&H is slowed down (which I think it is; I expect everyone to yell at me if you disagree) then that would also explain why I think Bono's voice sounds unusually deep. Thing is though it is R&H that I think is slowed down and not some bootleg. Maybe I'm going mad.

Axver · 11-30-2006, 09:22 AM

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Originally posted by AndrewCowley
Back to the setlist... how awesome is this? The First Time, One Tree Hill, Window In the Skies, All I Want Is You all together. Hope someone gets a decent recording of this show.

Hell yes! The sets lately have been really great. I'm surprised that WITS has debuted and AIWIY reappeared so late in the game, and I'm so delighted that OTH's life is continuing beyond New Zealand. I hope it makes it to Hawaii and subsequent tours.

I just wish one Vertigo gig could have had all of this tour's best songs. On the first leg, I was saying that if a show had all three of The Electric Co., Gloria, and Bad, it would be the best show of the tour, but it sadly never happened. Now just imagine a show with TEC, Gloria, Bad, Miss Sarajevo, Zoo Station, The Fly, The First Time, One Tree Hill, All I Want Is You, Fast Cars ...!

timothius · 11-30-2006, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Axver

What really disappoints me is that the band didn't take advantage of the DVD re-release to include some of the footage from the Out-takes and Rough Cut.

20th Anniversary Edition I would guess, which isn't really that long of a wait.

Axver · 11-30-2006, 09:23 AM

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Originally posted by timothius

20th Anniversary Edition I would guess, which isn't really that long of a wait.

Heh, I doubt that's likely. I'm still waiting for my 20th anniversary edition of UABRS!

Wouldn't a complete Red Rocks be so bloody killer?

bgmckinney · 11-30-2006, 09:24 AM

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Originally posted by AndrewCowley

Yes, if Bullet on R&H is slowed down (which I think it is; I expect everyone to yell at me if you disagree) then that would also explain why I think Bono's voice sounds unusually deep. Thing is though it is R&H that I think is slowed down and not some bootleg. Maybe I'm going mad.

I went mad a long time ago - it's 12:30 am and I'm discussing whether one recording or another made twenty years ago was slowed down.

Madness is nice. Don't fight it.
Alright, really, that's it for me. If I post again I will have to smoke another cigarette.

AndrewCowley · 11-30-2006, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Axver

I just wish one Vertigo gig could have had all of this tour's best songs. On the first leg, I was saying that if a show had all three of The Electric Co., Gloria, and Bad, it would be the best show of the tour, but it sadly never happened. Now just imagine a show with TEC, Gloria, Bad, Miss Sarajevo, Zoo Station, The Fly, The First Time, One Tree Hill, All I Want Is You, Fast Cars ...!

Now that I've finally seen this show I'll be collecting bootlegs like mad. But until I download some bootlegs I haven't heard Fast Cars live yet. Do you really put it up there in the "best of" category for this tour? Its a pretty weak song.

Axver · 11-30-2006, 09:26 AM

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Originally posted by bgmckinney

I went mad a long time ago - it's 12:30 am and I'm discussing whether one recording or another made twenty years ago was slowed down. Madness is nice. Don't fight it.
Alright, really, that's it for me. If I post again I will have to smoke another cigarette.

!

By the way, I hope you enjoyed the AIWIY cover that I sent you.

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Originally posted by AndrewCowley

Now that I've finally seen this show I'll be collecting bootlegs like mad. But until I download some bootlegs I haven't heard Fast Cars live yet. Do you really put it up there in the "best of" category for this tour? Its a pretty weak song.

Funny you say that, as I feel Fast Cars is one of the better HTDAAB-era songs and signals some forward-thinking rather than rehashing from the band. I think it was improved live too, and quite a bit of fun. I would have preferred it over Party Girl.

AndrewCowley · 11-30-2006, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Axver

Funny you say that, as I feel Fast Cars is one of the better HTDAAB-era songs and signals some forward-thinking rather than rehashing from the band. I think it was improved live too, and quite a bit of fun. I would have preferred it over Party Girl.

I'll listen to Fast Cars a few times again. My version of Bomb has Fast Cars at the end but I normally stop listening after Yahweh because to me that is the 'proper' end of the album and the first few listens of Fast Cars didn't do a whole lot for me.

timothius · 11-30-2006, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Axver

Heh, I doubt that's likely. I'm still waiting for my 20th anniversary edition of UABRS!

Wouldn't a complete Red Rocks be so bloody killer?

Red Rocks doesn't really float my boat. Give me PopMart on DVD any day.

AndrewCowley · 11-30-2006, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Axver

Hell yes! The sets lately have been really great. I'm surprised that WITS has debuted and AIWIY reappeared so late in the game, and I'm so delighted that OTH's life is continuing beyond New Zealand. I hope it makes it to Hawaii and subsequent tours.

What I hope for future tours is that U2 realise that like they've done here with dragging OTH, Zoo Station, Electric Co etc... from nowhere there IS life in songs of theirs that for whatever reason they decided not to play for yonks. They have too many songs that featured mainly only on one tour. In God's Country is a fine example. Plenty of others. Maybe U2 are learning that singles aside and a few tracks of whatever their latest CD is they do actually have a back catalogue!

11-30-2006, 09:10 AM	#1
Axver Assver, Setlist Antichrist Premium Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: A Melbourne tram departing Wellington Posts: 88,925 Local Time: 11:35 PM	Saitama II Setlist Watch and Party, Part II Wow, it's been a long time since we've needed a part II for a setlist party! The show itself has finished, but I'm convinced that we do not yet have all the snippets - or at least I hope we don't, after all the discussion of snippetry in the first part of the party! Plus, the discussion in part I of the party was ongoing and we'd reached the 500 post mark, so I figured I'd make a new thread so that we may continue and others can chime in with post-show thoughts and opinions on the set. And here's the set! Source, with additional statistical comments from me: http://www.u2-vertigo-tour.com/article340.html City Of Blinding Lights Vertigo Elevation Until The End Of The World New Year's Day Beautiful Day / Blackbird (snippet) Angel Of Harlem The First Time Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own One Tree Hill Sunday Bloody Sunday / Rock The Casbah (snippet) Bullet The Blue Sky / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet) / The Hands That Built America (snippet) Miss Sarajevo Pride (In The Name Of Love) Where The Streets Have No Name One Encore(s): The Fly Mysterious Ways With Or Without You / Shine Like Stars (snippet) Window In The Skies Desire All I Want Is You __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard “Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat.” - Ian McCulloch U2gigs.com: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database on the web! Contradiction is balance: Axver's blog \| Axver's crappy photography

11-30-2006, 09:15 AM	#3
bgmckinney Acrobat Premium Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: october Posts: 396 Local Time: 07:35 AM	In response to Andrew's and Axver's last posts... BTBS Point Depot 1-1-90 (or 12-31-89, same thing) sounds deeper to me. As far as S&G goes, Axver, I love the play the blues comment. This is only slightly apropos, but I'm thinking of this right now - and then I'm off to bed. When I was in high school I spent years in love with the same girl. Turned out she liked me, too, but it took us ages to get together. She found out I was a big U2 fan, and after the first time I went over to her house, as my father was waiting outside to pick me up (I was a teenager), she was standing in the doorway talking, talking, talking. Finally she said, "Am I buggin you? I don't mean to bug ya." And she gave me a very shy smile. That was when I knew she was mine. Such a sweet memory... Night, all. __________________ Comme un fou se croit dieu, nous nous croyons mortels... Who knows - maybe believing in God is enough to make God exist. - South Park

11-30-2006, 09:17 AM	#4
bgmckinney Acrobat Premium Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: october Posts: 396 Local Time: 07:35 AM	Oh, snap, one more thing. If you slowed down the recording of Bullet, Bono's voice would lower in pitch. But if you speeded it up the opposite it would happen. Could it be that the bootleg is slightly off-speed? __________________ Comme un fou se croit dieu, nous nous croyons mortels... Who knows - maybe believing in God is enough to make God exist. - South Park

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11-30-2006, 09:14 AM	#2
AndrewCowley Acrobat Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 422 Local Time: 11:35 PM	Back to the setlist... how awesome is this? The First Time, One Tree Hill, Window In the Skies, All I Want Is You all together. Hope someone gets a decent recording of this show.