I wouldn’t be surprised if some of Dave’s lyric lapses are indeed due to sketchy connections in the memory grid of his crazy brain. The damage of hard partying affects everyone differently over the years. I recall seeing a few high school burnouts only 10 to 15 years on, that could barely talk in sentences, let along sing and remember lyrics, so I guess I’m thankful for what we’ve got and what works. He certainly nails the vocals on the record.

I’m not sure that I will catch the tour this year, unless the tix were in the $50 or less range. And although I think Wolfgang does a fantastic job, I will never truly rest in peace until the original gang of four one day get together and rip off a few more tunes together. Nostalgia? Yes. Still rockin’ hard. Oh yeah, baby!

I’m cannot login into my email with AT&T. I can login with my iPHone though. AT&T says its not a server problem, it is something going on with my iMac which is using Lion. My Antivirus is Intego VirusBarrier 6, and my firewall setting is on simple. Don’t know where to turn for help. I’m looking the techhandyman number. Sure miss you and the Cyber Crew a lot.
Thanks for any suggestions,
Annie

This was my first U2 show ever. I saw them when they came to Baltimore 2 months ago. Let me say that I totally agree with you on every single argument you make in this post. Being my first U2 show, you would think I would have been over the moon and not able to find anything to complain about, but being the true music-obsessed person that I am, I was a bit disappointed with this show; particularly the song selections.

The structure itself was epic. Utterly surreal. Had it not been for the stage, the show would have been a major, major letdown for me. I sat in the rear portion of the stadium (somewhat behind Larry) and at times, it felt like I had just paid a ticket for a backstage pass. Yes, the stage and screens were visible from a 360 angle, but the performances were not. For all of us in these sections, we felt totally neglected by the band, and for very few instances did they acknowledge that side of the stadium… Don’t call it a 360 tour if you are only going to play to one side of the place!

The setlist was something to be left desired. My high point was waiting for Bloody Sunday to come along. And just when it did, did we all jump out of our seats and belt out wholeheartedly along (at least I know I did, fist in the air and all). This amazing high was quickly killed by choosing to play Walk On after a song like this. Who does that?

U2 with such a vast catalogue of music have the luxury not many bands are able to say and do. They can choose meticulously what type of tempo they want their show to have. They can orchestra the waves of emotion and interaction to a perfect storm but they really dropped the ball on this one. It’s sad to see people that have paid so much for a ticket to just be sitting and waiting for the next song to come along because they just can’t skip that track like they normally would if they were listening to the cd.

Would I go see them again? Maybe. Was it something I regret? Not really. Will I remember it forever? Oh hell yeah! To be part of 80,000 people in one space and to see the magnitude of such a stage is something that will forever be surreal.

Thanks for posting and thanks for listening.