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MirrorballBoy
Wild Honey
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Location: Red Hill Mining Town
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Originally posted by germcevoy:
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and I read somewhere that Larry used to occasionally start drumming early when Bono was rambling lol. Nice thought
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Hero.
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aussiemofo
Sweetest Thing
Posts: 718
Location: Under Australian Skies
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U2 have always been political...it's who they are. They've been criticised for being too political ever since the War Tour. Why would they stop now? I've no doubt it's played a large part in how super popular they've become over the years. I think the argument here should be not to tone down on the political but just tone down on the speeches. Bono was preaching every two or three songs just about. That's too much.
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haytrain
Native Son
Posts: 3501
Location: Hollywood //// Song of the Moment: WALK ON
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Originally posted by aussiemofo:
U2 have always been political...it's who they are. They've been criticised for being too political ever since the War Tour. Why would they stop now? I've no doubt it's played a large part in how super popular they've become over the years. I think the argument here should be not to tone down on the political but just tone down on the speeches. Bono was preaching every two or three songs just about. That's too much.
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Couldn't have said it better myself. To ask U2 to stop being politcal....that's who they are and who they've been for so long. But definitely cut down on the speeches.
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haytrain
Native Son
Posts: 3501
Location: Hollywood //// Song of the Moment: WALK ON
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Originally posted by U2Nick:
Crap, I meant to put this in edit. This is the second time I did this.
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That's one way to get your post count up! 
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U2Nick
Party Girl
Posts: 1287
Location: Fall River, MA
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Is it a competition? Yes, of couse it is!!! But on the serious, I really don't try to get up my post count, it's not like were posting for cash, ya' know lol wait, lol that wasn't funny at all.
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haytrain
Native Son
Posts: 3501
Location: Hollywood //// Song of the Moment: WALK ON
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Originally posted by U2Nick:
Is it a competition? Yes, of couse it is!!! But on the serious, I really don't try to get up my post count, it's not like were posting for cash, ya' know lol wait, lol that wasn't funny at all.
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No, I'm just kidding around. It's an honest mistake we've all done a few times.
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U2Nick
Party Girl
Posts: 1287
Location: Fall River, MA
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Originally posted by haytrain:
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No, I'm just kidding around. It's an honest mistake we've all done a few times.
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I know, I'll try makng my jokes clearer in future posts. (And the duplicates )
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bcgd
Zoo Baby
Posts: 148
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Originally posted by germcevoy:
political is ok but please just let it come through the songs. Love And Peace is fine, SBS is fine but no need for speeches or blindfolds etc. Use the songs to get your message across man
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Definitely. A friend of mine was saying just last night there's a vibe at the shows now where they'll play all upbeat songs early, get them out of the way and then bombard you with the heavy stuff for the rest of the show. What I don't like is taking songs that before didn't have a political message per se before but now have long introductions i.e. "Streets", "One", "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For".
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drewhiggins
Native Son
Posts: 3958
Location: Adelaide // AoTW: Invincible
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At one show where all the politicians were lined up and watching, I think Larry actually fell asleep (reference from U2byU2).
What show was it if anyone knows? But get rid of the African flags, the eight minute speeches but keep the coexist screen - it looks awesome.
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bcgd
Zoo Baby
Posts: 148
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Originally posted by drewhiggins:
At one show where all the politicians were lined up and watching, I think Larry actually fell asleep (reference from U2byU2).
What show was it if anyone knows? But get rid of the African flags, the eight minute speeches but keep the coexist screen - it looks awesome.
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I was really disappointed when I saw that they were no longer opening "Streets" with the red screen. They've been doing that since Joshua Tree and I always looked forward to seeing how they would reinterpret it each tour since.
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Crap, I meant to put this in edit. This is the second time I did this.