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"Pump it up, George"

Origins: FM Aerial Broadcast
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review by ric

14 years ago

Performance

pretty much faultless. er... if i HAD to pick some faults... - edge's guitar briefly goes slightly out of tune (i think?) near the end of One and bono's voice goes slightly out on the last line of Please...?

honestly cannot think of any other faults with this performance!

the band are on ABSOLUTE top form and that is all i can say....

for a popmart show bono's voice was absolutely as good as it ever got - just listen to new years day - it's almost like the 80's again!

Sound

download the FM radio broadcast - although the audience version is as good as an audience recording could get, the broadcast version just has such a massive, full sound to it. this is the best sounding popmart show i have ever heard.
the ONLY bad point to the radio broadcast is where the french voiceover has been edited out. in most places it isn't a problem and has been expertly edited but in songs like gone, pride and streets where the frenchies decided for some reason to speak just as the song kicks in, it is a bit irritating - but whoever edited it has done the best job anyone could possibly do under the circumstances.
Recording: "Pump it up, George" - 5 stars

Audience

on the FM radio broadcast 5 stars - on the audience recording 3 stars (maybe the taper was standing somewhere strange?)

Overall

absolutely the best popmart gig in my opinion - there are a couple of other shows that might be considered equally as good but we've all seen/heard mexico 1000's of times and the other well known highlights from the final shows of the tour and of course sarajevo which were all great but this gig just has something else about it for me. the band seems to be relaxed but at the same time on TOP form, and refreshingly there are no serious moments, not even from bono who just seems to be having a great time.

every song is awesome but the (many) highlights are"

mofo-i will follow are the best you will ever hear them bar none, new years day is as good as it ever got in 97, miami-bullet will blow your face off (i have never heard a more brutal sounding first few bars of bullet). please is intense, discotheque with its whole lotta' love outro is my favourite version of this song ever, velvet dress has the extra verse, HMTMKMKM is perfect, mysterious ways is also my favourite version ever - the george harrison outro just works SO well!! and the the closing cover of rain is the icing on the cake.

if you're a fan of the popmart era this has to be in your top 3 MUST HAVE shows! you will listen to it over and over again

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