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I was sitting in Croke Park 2 nights ago listening to an awesome show by U2 and I thought back to 3 years ago when i sat and watched what i thought was a brilliant Bon Jovi show!! They are my number one band and i usually see them at least twice when they tour over here.
U2, i like some of their old stuff and not so much the new and I went only to say that I saw them once in my lifetime in concert. However, as i sat there i was blown away by the music, the lighting, the amazing stage and the 85,000 that filled the stadium. It made me think that Jovi have gone off the rails. This Left Feels Right, Lost Highway etc, as much as i enjoyed them in their own right, they arent the old stuff like Keep the Faith, Prayer etc!! I think they have to say sod teh record company and the 'music which teh industry may like today' and go back to the roots............lets write another keep the faith/slippery when wet record!! And lets go back to stages with great lighting, smoke, firworks, parotechnics etc like a lot of the big bands still do. The band can hold an audience but lets wow us with new material which sounds as good as all the old favourites. Jovi are not one of the biggest bands in the world, though they can claim if they want to. One of if not the biggest I saw play the other night and Bono and the boys (despite bringing politics etc into) had Croke rocking..........and it was full!!!
Come on Jon and Richie, lets put Bonjovi back on the map!!!
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If you want fireworks, lights ecc go to Jean Michelle-Jarre show or to the circus ;] (I'm kidding)
But you have some rights. All these lights, neons, telebims, fireworks can help me survive when U2 will play s***t boring songs from last album (which is very, very poor). I will look on these all things on the stage (which many people created for U2) trying to forget what is Bono performing at that moment.
I'm going for U2 concert in 6 september and I know that Bono voice isn't too good (at this moment) and their new songs are poor but I like them and all thes lights fireworks ecc will make that this will be good show.
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Its one of the best shows that i've seen and I watch it so much. Its just the music that makes the show, with a minimum of stage effects. Some lighting and blow up figure, along with some fireworks. Their music prevails.
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I was on 2 BJ concert. They shows have great screens, stage, new technology (but without thousads of lights and fireworks) ecc but most important was that band gave us great music. Songs which I normally hate were performed perfect and I forgot that I'm listening songs which I normally don't like. God... In Stuttgart (2006) they performed "Never Say Goodbye"... I've listened this song only few time (I don't like it) and they play it incredible good. It was "magic".
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If you compare this to a U2 show, where there is "the claw" and such like stage machinery, accompanied with an array of lights, this is to compensate for what they can't do musically. Their music doenst really carry the show.
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Agree 100%.