2005: U2-mania

[edbert]

U2 are go! I like the sound of Bono&Edge playing The Beatles' "Rain" at the Clinton library dedication yesterday:
 http://www.clintonpresidentialcenter.org/wmp/ded-performance-u2.wmv

[vansmack]

Originally posted by edbert:
  U2 are go! I like the sound of Bono&Edge playing The Beatles' "Rain" at the Clinton library dedication yesterday:
  http://www.clintonpresidentialcenter.org/wmp/ded-performance-u2.wmv

By most accounts, the acoustic verions of Sunday Bloody Sunday and The Hands That Built America were the real highlights of their performance.

[flawd101]

on the daily show they showed the part of one song when he sings how long, how long must i sing this song...
 then the cut to stewart and he says  yes, how long must you sing that song. then he said something in his little geek voice...

[vansmack]

Anybody stick around long enough on SNL to see U2 perform "I Will Follow" at the very end of the show?  
 
 Bono, after offering a fan a lap dance, even made an embarrassed Amy Pohler cry.  Too bad NBC cut off "All Because of You" at the end because they were starting to play it as the fourth song.
 
 Vertigo
 Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
 I Will Follow
 All Because of You
 
 If anybody finds a web site that shows them performing All Because of You, please post it.  Quality stuff from a band that refuses to mail it in.

[lily1]

oh i saw it...and i nearly cried myself when they started in on "i will follow".
 
 smackie, i think you, and our respective partners, should meet up when they play red rocks. i've always wanted to see them there.

[helicon1]

From gothamist:
 
 U2's Free Concert In Brooklyn Today
 2004_11_u2.jpg
 
 There have been rumors of a free U2 concert in New York for the past week or so, and now there's confirmation: Today, U2 will be performing at Empire Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, which is between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges at Plymouth and Washington Streets. MTV is filming the performance to coincide with publicity for U2's new album. For tickets, click here for 1iota.com's MTV surprise performance; arrival time is 2:30PM, the show starts at 3PM.

[eros]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  Bono, after offering a fan a lap dance, even made an embarrassed Amy Pohler cry.  

It was funny to watch SNL cast members, who interact with celebrities all the time, look completely starstruck.

[lily1]

Originally posted by helicon1:
  From gothamist:
 
 U2's Free Concert In Brooklyn Today
 2004_11_u2.jpg
 
 There have been rumors of a free U2 concert in New York for the past week or so, and now there's confirmation: Today, U2 will be performing at Empire Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, which is between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges at Plymouth and Washington Streets. MTV is filming the performance to coincide with publicity for U2's new album. For tickets, click here for 1iota.com's MTV surprise performance; arrival time is 2:30PM, the show starts at 3PM.

:eek:   :eek:    :eek:
 
 how thrilled would i be to see that. i wonder when mtv is broadcasting the show?

[Arlette]

They did 3 songs after the show ended; All Because of You, they repeated Vertigo, and another song, don't know the name of that one.  Right now they are driving around NYC on the back of a flat bed truck, stopping at various spots; they just left Columbia Univ.  Apparently they are shooting the video to All Because of You.  
 
 Bono's voice sounded great, I was surprised how much older Larry looked.  Edge is always the Edge, hasn't changed.  I Will Follow brought me waaaaay back, and I'm amazed that the song still sounds so relevant today; it is timeless.  I liked the emblem on Bono's jacket:  "EST. 1979".  It's been a long time, and they still have it.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by lily1:
  oh i saw it...and i nearly cried myself when they started in on "i will follow".
 

http://homepage.mac.com/elevationusa/iMovieTheater15.html  (Quicktime required)

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Why does Bono need gloves?
 
 

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by lily1:
  oh i saw it...and i nearly cried myself when they started in on "i will follow".
 

http://homepage.mac.com/elevationusa/iMovieTheater15.html   (Quicktime required) [/b]

[Bombay Chutney]

Is "I Will Follow" a rarity for them these days?  I was very surprised for them to pick that to close the show.  I agree that it was very cool to watch the cast standing there a bit awestruck.  The lap dance was a little disturbing though.
 
 I may have to go see them when they come around.  It's been a long time.  Unless they play FedEx or RFK.  Ugh.

[eros]

"I Will Follow" got played on the last tour (I think I remember it on PopMart in 97 too).  
 
 Shouldn't be a stadium this time around - I understand they are doing arenas in the States.

[Random Citizen]

Stereogum has a few photos from today's filming online.

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by eros:
  "I Will Follow" got played on the last tour (I think I remember it on PopMart in 97 too).  
 

yeah, they played it during the popmart tour.