http://www.u2.com/news/title/u22-the-ultimate-u2360-setlistExcited by this. I think this goes a long way to rectifying the debacle that was the U2 Duals subscriber offer. Although my recent re-subscription might not entitle me to this new one. This is also a chance for myself (and others) to shamelessly show off my perfect live setlist and see what others think of it.
Personally I think most people just pick their favourite 22 songs out of the possible 46, which I think is a mistake. I modeled my choices based on how the band structured their setlists throughout the tour. For example, they always wanted the Crazy Tonight Remix in the middle, they always had either Even Better, Return Of The Stingray Guitar, Soon, Breathe at the start, always had Hold Me, With Or Without You, Ultraviolet, Moment Of Surrender in the final encore and neither of those were moved out of their positions. And there was a healthy mix of songs that led into City Of Blinding Lights, where most people can take license as to what goes in there. To me, there's no point picking just the best 22 songs and then not having one that they would open the show with, or close the show with. The best way, in my view, would be to pick the best 22 that could still actually closely resemble a setlist that appeared on the tour. I also think there's some obligation to put a reasonable amount of songs from the Horizon album, not to say that either of mine were reluctant choices. And I was disappointed Mercy and North Star weren't possibilities, but I assume it's because their performances were very raw and the band may not be happy with their final recordings. Hence my final list was:
1) Even Better Than The Real Thing; 2) Beautiful Day; 3) I Will Follow; 4) Get On Your Boots; 5) Magnificent; 6) Until The End Of The World; 7) New Year's Day; 8 ) Unknown Caller; 9) Unforgettable Fire; 10) Zooropa; 11) City Of Blinding Lights; 12) Vertigo; 13) I'll Go Crazy Remix; 14) Sunday Bloody Sunday; 15) Pride; 16) Scarlet; 17) Bad; 18) Where The Streets Have No Name; 19) One; 20) Hold Me, Thrill Me; 21) Ultraviolet; 22) Moment Of Surrender
The reinvention of The Real Thing just pipped Stingray Guitar and Breathe didn't
feel like a U2 song. I couldn't stand to leave New Year's Day out – it probably just squeezed Still Haven't Found out of the list, only because on this tour, the crowd sang the song more than the band did, which doesn't make much sense for this kind of album. Zooropa was a must. And the combo of Unknown Caller/Unforgettable Fire is, I think, far superior to In A Little While/Miss Sarajevo leading into Blinding Lights/Vertigo. I think MLK was awesome but it's been in the same role for a long time and it was amazing to see Scarlet take that place. Bad stole Walk On's cemented spot, only because I couldn't fit it in anywhere else, and it's traditionally been an excellent lead in to Streets, also allowing for a snippet of All I Want Is You and many others. I couldn't choose between Hold Me/Ultraviolet so I've kept both and hoped that Ultraviolet can play the same role that With Or Without You played on the tour, but I'm not overly impressed with the choice. And the fixtures are there because they are exactly that – fixtures. You can't put Crazy Tonight anywhere else and certainly can't take it out or it wouldn't be a U2360 show. Same with Moment Of Surrender. But the good thing is songs from Track 2-10 could so easily be shuffled around, a lot of them even replaced, if one wished. Again, this is all completely subjective, but I'd be interested to hear other opinions.
