The U2 warm up threads

[Tugger2k]

http://www.spin.com/spin25/125-best-albums-past-25-years

Have a guess who is number one?

Edited April 28, 2010 by Tugger2k

[Tugger2k]

Either way, glad OK f**king Computer wasnt number 1.

[The Nal]

a travesty!

[Wooderson]

25 Nas, Illmatic

24 Metallica, Master of Puppets

23 Daft Punk, Discovery

22 Eric B. & Rakim, Paid in Full

21 Oasis, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

20 My Bloody Valentine, Loveless

19 Jay-Z, The Blueprint

18 The Strokes, Is This It

17 De La Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising

16 Pixies, Doolittle

15 Hüsker Dü, New Day Rising

14 Beastie Boys, Paul’s Boutique

13 Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation

12 OutKast, Stankonia

11 The Replacements, Tim

10 Nine Inch Nails, The Downward Spiral

9 Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted

8 PJ Harvey, Rid of Me

7 Guns N’ Roses, Appetite for Destruction

6 Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

5 Radiohead, OK Computer

4 Nirvana, Nevermind

3 The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead

2 Prince, Sign O’ the Times

1 U2, Achtung Baby

Not that Spin is a complete rag or anything but its a predictable enough list. I own 18 of the top 25.

[Tugger2k]

Not that Spin is a complete rag or anything but its a predictable enough list. I own 18 of the top 25.

[FloorFiller]

i'm not the massive U2 fanboy that a lot of people here seem to be, and i'm sure that more than half of the people watching them at Glasto won't be either, so i do hope they play a more hits-oriented set

not saying they should play 'every single that's gotten into the top 10' kind of thing, but maybe less NLOTH tracks, and maybe add Pride (In The Name Of Love), I Will Follow, Bad etc - the tracks everybody wants back and that should never have really left the setlists in the first place (though obviously they have to accomidate for the new album and some songs just have to be cut)

i've listened to NLOTH a few times over the past few days and i just couldn't get into it that much. it just doesn't have the 'epicness' of a lot of U2's previous works

obviously it's their latest album and they're less bored of it than all the songs they've been playing for 20+ years, but at a festival i think bands should always do a 'hits' set as they should be trying to win people over

i'd love to come away from their set at Glasto and want to listen to all their albums because i was so blown away

[Wooderson]

maybe add Pride (In The Name Of Love), I Will Follow, Bad etc - the tracks everybody wants back and that should never have really left the setlists in the first place (though obviously they have to accomidate for the new album and some songs just have to be cut)

[Wooderson]

i 'own' all of em. just wouldnt have em in that order.

[FloorFiller]

haha i'm not familiar with what U2 songs their fans consider 'overplayed' etc so i added the maybe so i wouldn't get yelled at if that was the case

[Wooderson]

haha i'm not familiar with what U2 songs their fans consider 'overplayed' etc so i added the maybe so i wouldn't get yelled at if that was the case

[FloorFiller]

i know they haven't been played live for a while - i meant 'overplayed' as in on the radio etc

never seen U2 live before so obviously With Or Without You etc are some of the big pulls for me though i can understand why a U2 fan would be sick to death of them

i doubt they'll do anything overly-special - as somebody said, it's one show in the middle of a huge American tour so to rehearse an entirely different setlist would be weird

here's hoping for maybe just one or two not-usually-played songs though

[BlackHole2006]

25 Nas, Illmatic

24 Metallica, Master of Puppets

23 Daft Punk, Discovery

22 Eric B. & Rakim, Paid in Full

21 Oasis, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

20 My Bloody Valentine, Loveless

19 Jay-Z, The Blueprint

18 The Strokes, Is This It

17 De La Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising

16 Pixies, Doolittle

15 Hüsker Dü, New Day Rising

14 Beastie Boys, Paul’s Boutique

13 Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation

12 OutKast, Stankonia

11 The Replacements, Tim

10 Nine Inch Nails, The Downward Spiral

9 Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted

8 PJ Harvey, Rid of Me

7 Guns N’ Roses, Appetite for Destruction

6 Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

5 Radiohead, OK Computer

4 Nirvana, Nevermind

3 The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead

2 Prince, Sign O’ the Times

1 U2, Achtung Baby

Not that Spin is a complete rag or anything but its a predictable enough list. I own 18 of the top 25.

[The Nal]

Im totally arsed about Pride, they've been progressively dropping it down a couple of keys through the years and now it just sounds slow and bog standard. Bad on the other hand sounded amazing last year.

[ivan]

25 Nas, Illmatic

24 Metallica, Master of Puppets

23 Daft Punk, Discovery

22 Eric B. & Rakim, Paid in Full

21 Oasis, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

20 My Bloody Valentine, Loveless

19 Jay-Z, The Blueprint

18 The Strokes, Is This It

17 De La Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising

16 Pixies, Doolittle

15 Hüsker Dü, New Day Rising

14 Beastie Boys, Paul’s Boutique

13 Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation

12 OutKast, Stankonia

11 The Replacements, Tim

10 Nine Inch Nails, The Downward Spiral

9 Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted

8 PJ Harvey, Rid of Me

7 Guns N’ Roses, Appetite for Destruction

6 Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

5 Radiohead, OK Computer

4 Nirvana, Nevermind

3 The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead

2 Prince, Sign O’ the Times

1 U2, Achtung Baby

Not that Spin is a complete rag or anything but its a predictable enough list. I own 18 of the top 25.

[Wooderson]

Get in There !

[ivan]

They should ditch Prince and stick

Screamadellica in its place !

[ivan]

I woulda put "Candy Apple Grey" instead...

[The Nal]

They should ditch Prince and stick

Screamadellica in its place !

[tevaburger]

25 Nas, Illmatic

24 Metallica, Master of Puppets

23 Daft Punk, Discovery

22 Eric B. & Rakim, Paid in Full

21 Oasis, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

20 My Bloody Valentine, Loveless

19 Jay-Z, The Blueprint

18 The Strokes, Is This It

17 De La Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising

16 Pixies, Doolittle

15 Hüsker Dü, New Day Rising

14 Beastie Boys, Paul’s Boutique

13 Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation

12 OutKast, Stankonia

11 The Replacements, Tim

10 Nine Inch Nails, The Downward Spiral

9 Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted

8 PJ Harvey, Rid of Me

7 Guns N’ Roses, Appetite for Destruction

6 Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

5 Radiohead, OK Computer

4 Nirvana, Nevermind

3 The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead

2 Prince, Sign O’ the Times

1 U2, Achtung Baby

Not that Spin is a complete rag or anything but its a predictable enough list. I own 18 of the top 25.

[Tugger2k]

it's a routine now...i wake up in the AM (US time) and see what Wooderson has added to the U2 thread. He's officially the Jens Wildman of this year's big headline act's EFest's thread, even after he (Woods that is) ripped Jens after his first few pages of posts last time around

Spin's list obviously has a bit of a US slant to it, just as Q will have a few British acts that couldn't Joe's Bar in the US, but still a good list.

"most influential"...perhaps they define that somewhere, which perhaps would give their explanation as to why Joshua Tree, released in '87 is not in their top 45 (i stopped checking after that).

18 of 25. impressive!

Tugger with 25! even more impressive!

[BonnetBird]

Once didn't Bono do an impromptu duet with Prince at a gig in Dublin somewhere, only Bono couldn't remember the words?

[Bluearsedfly]

Reading in Q about the U2 360 DVD that is coming out and their gig director says that there will be no "claw" at Glasto but they will "launch the pig" at some point during the show. What is this referring to, did they incorporate a pink floyd style pig during the 360 tour or what?

[The Nal]

Reading in Q about the U2 360 DVD that is coming out and their gig director says that there will be no "claw" at Glasto but they will "launch the pig" at some point during the show. What is this referring to, did they incorporate a pink floyd style pig during the 360 tour or what?

Edited April 28, 2010 by The Nal

[Wooderson]

it's a routine now...i wake up in the AM (US time) and see what Wooderson has added to the U2 thread. He's officially the Jens Wildman of this year's big headline act's EFest's thread, even after he (Woods that is) ripped Jens after his first few pages of posts last time around

[tevaburger]

Youre not the first to have a have a cheap dig at me for this thread mate! Sozza. I'll go back to lurking. Some of my posts are off putting. Agreed.