| Tech Note | This is a nice recording of the second ZooTV concert in Tacoma. Sound quality and clarity are both pretty good and there is no background noise. Unfortunately, audience noise presents a bit of a problem -- especially one screaming lady located somewhere near the recorder. Thankfully, she usually shuts up while the band is playing.
A fantastic show put up by Bono and Co. With many improvisations. "One" is sung passionately with an extended guitar solo at the end. "Unchained Melody", "When Love Comes To Town" and "Stand By Me" made their premiere on the set. Surprisingly, "Slow Dancing" is included as well with Edge on backup vocals and Larry on tambourine. The audience loves the song, when Bono ask "should I continue" the answer is a very loud Yeah!!!!!!! (Like he probably expected) Before Trying to throw your arm around the world Bono is telling the audience, how he was sick a couple of days before the concert, the doctor gave him drugs, and that he shouldn't drink alcohol, because the weird affects of the drugs, but hey who cares, he asked, when I become sick again, I have 20.000 to look after me. And he gives the fans credit by saying: we have the loudest and also the smartest fans! Bono shouts out "Van Diemen's Land" halfway through "Angel Of Harlem" probably he has forgotten what to sing next. "When Love Comes To Town" is sung hilariously as Bono improvises the lyrics about the band starting out. It goes something like this : "I was a boxer or something like that, Edge said," You don't know the words, better eat your hat." Larry played the drum and Adam played bass guitar. I guess I was a singer. Boy, did we go far. I ran into a jukejoint when I heard the guitar play. Something about punk music and you didn't have to play. I said,"Hey! I'll give up my job at the petrol station.....get me over to the United States nation." The most passionate, inspired song in this concerts is (for me at least) I still haven't found what I'm looking for. I sounds like Bono is shouting out his believe in God. A snipped of Stand by me is added. And again Bono is introducing With or without you with the words "Let's go to Las Vegas, let's get married...for a while. (Is 20 years of marriage, a little while?) |
