Thursday, July 9, 2009

The Vibe of the Second Italian Night


Italy is at the centre of global politics this week, the leaders of the Group of 8 industrialised countries are there to talk about the credit crunch, climate change and how we can generally all get on a little better. Great tonight to see Italians remembering Aung San Suu Kyi by wearing her mask for Walk On: 'Right now my heart's with a woman. She has been under house arrest for many years, her name is Aung San Suu Kyi ... for the people of Burma we send a message of love.'
The second night in Milan was passionate, loud and operatic; just like the Italians!!! Everything was great! the vibe in Magnificent; the Arabic introduction to Beautiful Day; the snatches of 'Billie Jean' and 'Don't Stop Till You Get Enough' in Desire; the first outing for 'Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of' and a reminder of the north African birdsong which opens Unknown Caller. 'This is a song we wrote in a small hotel in Morocco... you can hear these birds at the start of the song.'

Setlist:

  1. Breathe
  2. No Line on the Horizon [ Video ]
  3. Get On Your Boots
  4. Magnificent
  5. Beautiful Day – Here comes the sun [ Video ]
  6. I still haven’t found What I’m Looking For- Moving on up
  7. Desire – Billie Jean – Don’t stop til you get enough
  8. Stuck in a moment… [ Video ]
  9. Electrical Storm [ Video]
  10. Unknown Caller
  11. The Unforgettable Fire
  12. City of Blinding Lights
  13. Vertigo
  14. I’ll go crazy… (remix) [ Video ]
  15. Sunday Bloody Sunday – Get up, stand up
  16. Pride (In the name of love)
  17. MLK
  18. Walk On – You’ll never walk alone
  19. Where the streets have no name [ Video ]
  20. One [ Video ]
  21. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
  22. With or Without You [ Video ]
  23. Moment of Surrender [ Video ]

As the shows go on , I can feel that the show opener is a great choice followed by 4 new songs!!! Daring but effective....very U2!!!!
There are rumours that the intro used in the show belongs to the new album to come "Songs of Ascent" and is called "Kingdom".Here are some snippets of the lyrics...

Soul

Sing yourself on down the street
Sing yourself right off your feet
Sing yourself away from victory and from defeat

Sing yourself with fife and drum
Sing yourself to overcome
The thought that someone’s lost and someone else has won


source:u2.com//u2fanlife//u2wanderer//u2gigs(pics Martin Stieglmayer)

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