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Oct 24, 2006
caroline
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Rock and roll no longer stops traffic

Here’s one that’ll make you think of days gone by, when cowboy hats and spray cans went together like birds of a feather.

U2 Singer Moves Merchandise Traffic

“Since U2 singer Bono announced the RED campaign to raise money to benefit the Global Fund to Fight AIDS on The Oprah Show, 66.3 percent of people registering to join the RED Web site clicked through to merchandise partners’ Web sites, according to a metrics company.”

12 Comments

  • Jono October 24, 2006 at 10:16 pm

    That was great to hear and it was a perfect set if you look back on it. thnaks for posting it-

    Classic covers combined with a nice catalog history of the band at that moment. Covers, which imo is one of the missing elements from the past two tours. I love Helter Skelter and maggies farm as my two fav covers.

  • Jono October 24, 2006 at 10:16 pm

    That was great to hear and it was a perfect set if you look back on it. thnaks for posting it-

    Classic covers combined with a nice catalog history of the band at that moment. Covers, which imo is one of the missing elements from the past two tours. I love Helter Skelter and maggies farm as my two fav covers.

  • MikaHak October 24, 2006 at 10:31 pm

    I always thought is was such remarkable coincidence that there happened to be a ladder and a spray can at the base of the Vaillancourt fountain that very afternoon…somehow willing him to be used and to come up with some impromptu, pithy slogan for a film about ‘a musical journey’!

    I’m not taking the pith- Rock n Roll can still stop the traffic- but isn’t the saying “Never trust a man wearing a cowboy hat”…..?!

  • MikaHak October 24, 2006 at 10:31 pm

    I always thought is was such remarkable coincidence that there happened to be a ladder and a spray can at the base of the Vaillancourt fountain that very afternoon…somehow willing him to be used and to come up with some impromptu, pithy slogan for a film about ‘a musical journey’!

    I’m not taking the pith- Rock n Roll can still stop the traffic- but isn’t the saying “Never trust a man wearing a cowboy hat”…..?!

  • c October 25, 2006 at 3:40 am

    jono, do you really want covers? they played instant karma more than a few times this tour. i would much prefer they play more in their own catalog. maybe they could cover a song off pop? ;)

  • c October 25, 2006 at 3:40 am

    jono, do you really want covers? they played instant karma more than a few times this tour. i would much prefer they play more in their own catalog. maybe they could cover a song off pop? ;)

  • Velvet Elvis October 25, 2006 at 4:11 pm

    Seems like the only way “covers” are part of the setlist is by inserting them as “snippets” in the middle or at the end of their own songs .. they’ve done that forever, but as their own body of work is so expansive, throwing in a full cover rarely happens. Last time I recall one in person was their second stop in Atlanta in 2001 during Elevation Tour — George Harrison had just passed away and they sang about 2 mins worth of “My Sweet Lord”. Good version, but not a song that many people knew. IMHO, songs like “People Get Ready” where they pull a fan onto stage to play guitar, while once neat, is now kinda “hacky”. But when they take a cover song and make it one of their own (“All Along the Watchtower” circa 1989-90 on Lovetown Tour), then that’s a great moment.

  • Velvet Elvis October 25, 2006 at 4:11 pm

    Seems like the only way “covers” are part of the setlist is by inserting them as “snippets” in the middle or at the end of their own songs .. they’ve done that forever, but as their own body of work is so expansive, throwing in a full cover rarely happens. Last time I recall one in person was their second stop in Atlanta in 2001 during Elevation Tour — George Harrison had just passed away and they sang about 2 mins worth of “My Sweet Lord”. Good version, but not a song that many people knew. IMHO, songs like “People Get Ready” where they pull a fan onto stage to play guitar, while once neat, is now kinda “hacky”. But when they take a cover song and make it one of their own (“All Along the Watchtower” circa 1989-90 on Lovetown Tour), then that’s a great moment.

  • Richard R. October 28, 2006 at 11:33 am

    Not very “hacky”, considering I was that “fan” at that show. :)

    Religious experience. Nothing less. It was every bit the moment I hoped it would be.

    If Caroline doesn’t mind me adding my link, you can hear my stuff here.

    http://www.myspace.com/richardradford

    Very happy to have found this recording BTW!

  • Richard R. October 28, 2006 at 11:33 am

    Not very “hacky”, considering I was that “fan” at that show. :)

    Religious experience. Nothing less. It was every bit the moment I hoped it would be.

    If Caroline doesn’t mind me adding my link, you can hear my stuff here.

    http://www.myspace.com/richardradford

    Very happy to have found this recording BTW!

  • u2roeli October 28, 2006 at 1:21 pm

    off topic:
    Saints video posted on u2.com….
    Contains some strong, unreveiled criticism of US government reaction to Katrina….

  • u2roeli October 28, 2006 at 1:21 pm

    off topic:
    Saints video posted on u2.com….
    Contains some strong, unreveiled criticism of US government reaction to Katrina….

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