U2 roll call

[vansmack]

I snagged a ticket for a friend for The Elevation tour just hanging out having a drink at Gordon Beirsch.
 
 Leave no stone unturned.

[Bags]

Originally posted by saintangelsin:
   the plan is for me to go to the mci center and get there right as the opening act is finishing up or when u2 first gets on stage. by that time, scalpers will be desperate to get rid of tickets. and pretty much the theory is they'll either be giving them away or selling them on a name your price basis type thing. so is this a bad idea to try? i really want to see u2, but i'm a little nervous at trying this since i've never used a scalper before. any ideas or tips would be useful!

Always worth a try.  If you actually get a few songs into U2, that'll probably be when the price drops.  Just remember, if it's a 2 hr 15 min show, that leaves you lots of show for not lots of cash.  I say try it...I'm not telling which show I did that for.  But I tried that approach and it worked.

[Bags]

Originally posted by vansmack:
 Sorry, you likely won't hear I Will Follow, but you probably will hear Bad, so its a fair trade.  Of course, you never know.

Ggggrrr, that is SO not a fair trade.  

[SalParadise]

Originally posted by Bags:
   

Originally posted by vansmack:
 Sorry, you likely won't hear I Will Follow, but you probably will hear Bad, so its a fair trade.  Of course, you never know.

Ggggrrr, that is SO not a fair trade.    
 
 if they play "bad", look for the person on the floor jumping about 12 feet in the air once that little keyboard lick starts. that'll be me.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by SalParadise:
  exactly. "i will follow" is nowhere near as good a song as "bad"..    
 
 if they play "bad", look for the person on the floor jumping about 12 feet in the air once that little keyboard lick starts. that'll be me.

I'm usually the grown man crying when Bad comes on....

[lily1]

i thought that was only during "running to stand still" like at san jose this year, smackie?

[vansmack]

Originally posted by lily1:
  i thought that was only during "running to stand still" like at san jose this year, smackie?

Nope, I was crying to "Bad" nearly 20 years before I was crying to "Running to Stand Still."  
 
 I'd have to go back and check, but I'm pretty sure that was the first time I cried to "Running," and I'm pretty sure that had everything to do with my apartment burning down that morning.  But you never know with me - I'm a very sensitive guy.

[lily1]

Originally posted by vansmack:
 

But you never know with me - I'm a very sensitive guy. [/b]

yes, i know, that's the line you use to reel in the jail bait!  
 
 i was just telling someone smackie's rule for dating jail bait: 1/2 your own age + 7 years

[vansmack]

Originally posted by lily1:
  yes, i know, that's the line you use to reel in the jail bait!    
 
 i was just telling someone smackie's rule for dating jail bait: 1/2 your own age + 7 years

"Half your age plus seven" is a great rule.

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by lily1:
  i wonder where bono is today?
 

I'm sure this is no surprise to anyone.

[lily1]

they closed with "bad" tonight. it was perfect! and they played "out of control." lily is one very happy flower right now! and friend o' lily is most excited that "walk on by" made an appearance.

[Medusa]

Oh, I hate you all!
 
 I was outside the MCI Center earlier trying to get a ticket, but everyone who was selling was WAY above my price range.
 
 After an hour or so, I got tired of the huge, uncontrollable (and sometimes annoying) crowds outside, plus all of the chain smokers, and decided to leave.
 
 Ah well.
 
 Cheers
 
 DJ Medusa.

[kosmo vinyl]

The good - U2 is a class act and will never put on a terrible show. Enjoyed this one more that the Elevation tour shows.  Electric Co./ Out of Control and Love and Peace or Else / Sunday Bloody Sunday.
 
 The bad - The audible murmur from the crowd during the quiet bits.  Camera Phones and feeling disconnected from the show due to be in the rafters, in part because of being spoiled by the Ten Club.
 
 The ugly - All the plastic people in lenghty lines wanting to buy $35 t-shirts.  
 
 U2 needs to drop ticket prices, play smaller venues and bust wide open the War and earlier part of their catalog.

[you be betty]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  The good - U2 is a class act and will never put on a terrible show. Enjoyed this one more that the Elevation tour shows.  Electric Co./ Out of Control and Love and Peace or Else / Sunday Bloody Sunday.
 
 The bad - The audible murmur from the crowd during the quiet bits.  Camera Phones and feeling disconnected from the show due to be in the rafters, in part because of being spoiled by the Ten Club.
 
 The ugly - All the plastic people in lenghty lines wanting to buy $35 t-shirts.  
 
 U2 needs to drop ticket prices, play smaller venues and bust wide open the War and earlier part of their catalog.

agreed 1000000000%.  i loved all the plastic-surgery-and-expensive-jean clad women all over the place.  i really get a kick out of that.  
 
 it was good, though!  i thought the politicing was a bit excessive...not that i didn't agree with everything he was saying; but that 20 minute speech or whatever in the middle of the song was just a bit much.
 
 otherwise a great show.  i cried when they took the stage.  hot damn.

[helicon1]

J. Freedom's Review is Out!
 
 This guy can ruin any party! I love it.