Performance notes: U2 are one of the musical acts at We Are One: The Obama Inauguration At The Lincoln Memorial, an official celebration preceding the inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the USA. Other artists that appear include Bruce Springsteen and Beyonce. At the end, U2 and all the other acts return to the stage during a performance of America The Beautiful by Beyonce and a choir. Setlist and comment provided by U2gigs.com.
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You must see this boot in it's context: it's the first full-band performance since quite a while and it's freezing in Washington. The boys play for the new president Barack Obama and the whole world is watching. Pride is pretty okay, Bono's voice was pretty good (keep the cold in mind!) and he made the 'naaaaaaaaame' in the chorus really long, which was nice to hear. There was a great sequence from Pride going over into COBL, but I must say that it was pre-recorded. Still, it sounds really cool and they really nail COBL. Too bad they left the 'time' part away, but very good performance.
Sound
TV Recording: FM Aerial Broadcast - 5 stars
Audience
200.000? I believe someone said 200.000. Plus the rest of the world.
Overall
So, why 4? you might wonder. This isn't a real boot. It's just 2 songs. Two brilliant songs, but I'm leaving the 5 stars for the real boots, those with at least 15 songs. Highlight is, don't believe I'm gonna say this, the speech at the end of Pride. He used the 'dream'-bit from the Vertigo-tour, but also named Israel and Palestina now. The sequence was great too. And COBL obviously.
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