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September 20th, 2007

Weekend Wrangle: DVD Showdown Edition @ 11:52 pm

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With the release of Popmart to DVD, we have the complete U2 full-length concert releases. Well, since 1988 anyway. I'm sure they'll eventually go back and give us stuff like Red Rocks and whatnot.

So this Weekend Wrangle is pretty much for anyone who's seen all (or most) of these concerts. It doesn't matter which format, because it's the same thing (only much shinier!). And so it goes... I've taken all the songs that play in each concert... or each concert since it's release.... or hell, even 2 of the concerts!

Our concerts are: Rattle & Hum, ZooTV Live from Sydney, Popmart, Elevation: Boston, Elevation: Slane (AKA: Go Home), and Vertigo: Chicago. Yes, the Elevation tour gets double the chances, it's the only one with two official releases! (Well, Vertigo will get a little double-representation, 'cause of the U218 Bonus Disc.)

So, what are some of your favorite performances?


Poll #1058739 Concert Comparisons
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 56

We'll start with the big'un. Which is your favorite performance of "Where The Streets Have No Name"?

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Rattle & Hum
14(25.5%)
ZooTV
10(18.2%)
Popmart
4(7.3%)
Elevation: Boston
13(23.6%)
Elevation: Slane
10(18.2%)
Vertigo: Chicago
4(7.3%)

With Or Without You

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Rattle & Hum
29(52.7%)
ZooTV
10(18.2%)
Popmart
3(5.5%)
Elevation: Boston
7(12.7%)
Elevation: Slane
4(7.3%)
Vertigo: Milan
2(3.6%)

One

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ZooTV
20(37.0%)
Popmart
14(25.9%)
Elevation: Slane
16(29.6%)
Vertigo: Chicago
4(7.4%)

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

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Rattle & Hum
40(74.1%)
Vertigo: Milan
14(25.9%)

Bullet the Blue Sky

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Rattle & Hum
12(22.2%)
ZooTV
20(37.0%)
Popmart
5(9.3%)
Elevation: Boston
8(14.8%)
Elevation: Slane
4(7.4%)
Vertigo: Chicago
5(9.3%)

All I Want Is You

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Rattle & Hum (haha)
8(14.8%)
Popmart
9(16.7%)
Elevation: Slane
32(59.3%)
Vertigo: Milan
5(9.3%)

Until The End of the World

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ZooTV
26(48.1%)
Popmart
3(5.6%)
Elevation: Boston
13(24.1%)
Elevation: Slane
12(22.2%)

New Year's Day

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ZooTV
21(38.2%)
Popmart
8(14.5%)
Elevation: Slane
17(30.9%)
Vertigo: Chicago
9(16.4%)

Running to Stand Still

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Rattle & Hum
16(28.6%)
ZooTV
30(53.6%)
Vertigo: Chicago
10(17.9%)

Last one.... Bad

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Rattle & Hum
38(67.9%)
Boston: Elevation
18(32.1%)

Welllll... just for kicks, just for someone special, and just because we're celebrating the release of the answer: Favorite performance of MOFO?

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Popmart
54(100.0%)
 
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From:mmmmjournal
Date:September 21st, 2007 04:07 am (UTC)
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"All I Want Is You" (studio version) cannot be improved. I don't know why they play it live. You can't do better than perfect.
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From:lucy_u2
Date:September 21st, 2007 05:04 am (UTC)
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IAWTC.
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From:axver
Date:September 21st, 2007 07:55 am (UTC)
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Ever heard the AIWIY/Bad medley that was done at a few Lovetown gigs? That was incredible. I think a few of the Lovetown full AIWIYs also topped the studio version, but otherwise, it's been not as good live. The Popmart version is particularly boring.
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From:__claude__
Date:September 23rd, 2007 06:25 am (UTC)
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would you ever upload an MP3 of the AIWIY/Bad medley???
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From:axver
Date:September 21st, 2007 07:58 am (UTC)
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As far as I'm concerned, almost anything on RAH is a default win (though ZooTV Bullet has a lock, and I go back and forth on whether RTSS was better on RAH or ZooTV). The Elevation and Vertigo DVDs largely bore me, mainly due to bad song selection. Nobody needed to hear the half-asleep Elevation Tour version of WOWY, for example.

Oh, and the only remotely listenable version of One is the Popmart Sarajevo performance and it's not on video, so I didn't vote on that question.
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From:hbpen
Date:September 21st, 2007 11:31 am (UTC)
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You said "only much shinier!"!! Does that make you a Browncoat??
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From:beowulfjones
Date:September 21st, 2007 11:39 am (UTC)
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Not to be the annoying one who points out "B-b-but... you're missing an option!" but I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For was also performed at Popmart Mexico City...
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From:make_me_irish
Date:September 21st, 2007 01:37 pm (UTC)
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That was difficult. My only definite choice where I didn't have to think too much was Bad from Rattle and hum.

And I chose Slane for WTSHNN because I was just watching it and that song really takes off at this show, imo :D
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From:thanks4thefish
Date:September 21st, 2007 04:34 pm (UTC)
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You know, Still Haven't Found...is on PopMart too. ;)
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From:reecord2
Date:September 21st, 2007 06:38 pm (UTC)
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Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.
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From:anidada
Date:September 21st, 2007 09:09 pm (UTC)
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Why no options featuring Under A Blood Red Sky? *is confused* *has only VHS copies of most of the above anyway*

IMO, the best performance of Bad was at Live Aid. :)
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From:mtheu2nut
Date:October 5th, 2007 12:30 am (UTC)
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I just rewatched Live Aid (well, the U2 performance anyway), and I just have to say that definitely the best performance of "Bad" - ever, maybe - was at Live Aid.
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From:canadanne
Date:September 21st, 2007 09:16 pm (UTC)
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Heh, I voted for ZooTV every time it was an option, except for One. (I'm not sure I'd describe the PopMart version as my "favourite" exactly, but it's the only one that stands out as being really powerful.)
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From:zuber
Date:September 22nd, 2007 10:38 am (UTC)
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Where is "The Fly"?
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From:zuber
Date:September 22nd, 2007 11:13 am (UTC)
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Enlarged list with my opinion (bold text).

"The Fly" (ZooTV / Elevation: Boston / Vertigo: Chicago)

"I Will Follow" (Popmart / Elevation: Boston / Vertigo: Milan)

"Pride" (Rattle and Hum / ZooTV / Popmart / Elevation: Slane / Vertigo: Chicago)

"Sunday Bloody Sunday" (Rattle and Hum / Popmart / Elevation: Boston / Elevation: Slane / Vertigo: Chicago)

"Beautiful Day" (Elevation: Boston / Elevation: Slane / Vertigo: Chicago) ???

"Elevation" (Elevation: Boston / Elevation: Slane / Vertigo: Chicago / Vertigo: Milan)

"Angel of Harlem" (Rattle and Hum / ZooTV / Elevation: Slane)

"Mysterious Ways" (ZooTV / Popmart / Elevation: Boston / Elevation: Slane / Vertigo: Chicago)

"Gone" (Popmart / Elevation: Boston)

"Desire" (Rattle and Hum / Popmart / Elevation: Boston / Elevation: Slane)

I skipped "Wake Up Dead Man", "Staring at the Sun" and "Stay" because it has the only one full performance. And many doubles of ATYCLB songs in Elevation and HTDAAB songs in Vertigo are skipped, because their versions sounds too close. It is too hard to choose Beautiful Day version.
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