Slick Joshua Tree tour
rob okorn ([email protected])
Tue, 04 Aug 1998 22:33:15 PDT
Slickest part of Joshua tree tour was when Bono wiped out on rain soaked
Washington stage, just joking, I guess that wasn't choreographed.
Most technologically advanced part of show was the sea of flickering
lighters in the audience.
For the most part, stage trappings were sparse, lighting was as basic as
street light illumination, exception would be exit where lights would
flicker on/off. It was anything but hi-tech, slick and produced. Even
by 87 standards, look at none other than the meterial girl's ciao italia
'87 tour in turin, slicker than slick, produced and choregraphed by
professional dancers who incidentally were in the closing credits.
It was a pretty lean setup, I guess an interesting question is would
they have the guts to strip it down next time out with just a basic vid
screen.
Bono was alot closer to humble than anything else, the arrogance
argument seems more like a group conformist attitude, maybe you can
elaborate on the sources of this arrogance. I don't think excessive
preachiness qualifies as arrogant.
JT, the hi-tech, slick, well oiled prodcution, has a weird ring to it.
Stage setup was 'directed = Translation: people paid good money to see
the show, you should kinda make sure the seats aren't obstructed or the
view is only the crowd on the other side of the stadium.
I guess an unobstructed view of a basically lit stage with no vid screen
and sparse trappings qualifies as 'too flashy' and 'too expensive', I
guess Bono's one strut like stride per show quota is 'too staged'.
Nice to see things stay lighthearted.
Thanks for the bandwith.
'I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing near you'
Bono mocking roadie, date escapes me. :)
Have fun figuring that one out.
who am i? i am ME!!
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