From: yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Scott A. Yanoff)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
Subject: U2 in Madison (Spoiler)
Date: 14 Sep 92 19:27:37 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI
Originator: yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu





Where: Camp Randal Stadium,  Madison, WI
When: Sunday, Sept. 13
Attendance: 62,000+
Opening Acts: BAD II and then Public Enemy  (Opening night for both)

Well, this easily topped the indoor version of the broadcast.
BP Fallon (the DJ) was obnoctious as usual, with the Drive My Car theme
playing as he headed out to his Trabant.  He even has a chorus of girls
that recorded a promo for him that goes: "BP Fallon on ZOO Radio"

I missed BAD II completely...I mean, come on, imagine 62,000+ people trying
to jam into this stadium....PUblic Enemy didn't impress me a whole lot, but
they sure did serve to get the crowd going...the funniest part of their
show was a guy dressed up as a KKK guy and it was hilarious.

Anyway, the show started before BP Fallon even left his DJ spot near all the
sound & light controls on the floor of the stadium.

The stage setup was immense....6 antennae around 9-stories high were
on stage, complete with flashing red warning lights.  These antennae held a
lot of the lights and so on. (9 lights, and stage lights)
There were 3 Trabis suspended over the stage that were used as lights, a
Trabi for BP fallon (I think it was the mirrored one from the indoor
broadcast) and 4 more colorful cars put on mobile cranes which moved around
and served as spotlights.  There was also a large Z(T)(V) neon sign at the
top of the speaker stack on the lefthand side, along with a vertical and
horizontal teletype message board, and smaller ones on one of the cars.
There were the usual small TV monitors, and the usual 4x4 larger screens 
behind the band, PLUS 3 larger screens above the band.
The teletypes reported recent news events until the show started.

"And now, the president of the United States of America:"
We Will Rock You: MUCH more clever than I had imagined, I could hardly tell
it had been totally spliced (of course, I was towards the back of the
stadium).  Anyway, that familiar note rang throughout the stadium as one
screen at a time crackled to life and then...

Zoo Station: During the intro, Bono, a lone shadowy figure, danced on TOP of
one of the 4x4 large screens, across a catwalk suspended by two of the large
4x4 screens until he came down and started singing.

The Fly: Various lines, such as: Everything you know is wrong, Call your mother,
Over 5 Billion served, and ending with Watch More TV.

Even Better Than the Real Thing:  Bono flips through the stations, comes
to QVC, Home shopping network, and then something with Reagan talking
and he said something like: "No, not that" but the band had started the song
already.  Just like during the video awards, with the "Photo Opportunity"
people looking on from behind one of the 4x4 screens.

Mysterious Ways:  Complete with belly dancer and light-splitters to create that
dazzling dance hall effect throughout the stadium.
Great to watch Bono reach out for the dancer without actually touching her.

One:  Same as before...buffalos, sunflowers, one in many languages.

Unchained Melody: Bono alone...he got some serious feedback during the song
to which he yells "Shut the fuck up" and continues the song without missing
a beat.

Until the End of the World: #'s flash on the video screens (years maybe?),
and smoked flowed out of random antennaes.  Two of the trabi's came alive
with blue spotlights, one to shine through the floor crowd, the other one
on another crane moved around to shine blue light on the crowd in stands...

New Year's Day:  A HUGE crowd pleaser.  Still, Wild Horses was missed.

Whisky in the Jar:  Larry sings strongly, not too bad!  "Let's add a bit of
culture to all this..." He then introduced the next song.

Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World:  Bono pulls a girl out of the
crowd and gives her a handicam to film Bono and Edge singing together
(all on the secondary stage).   "...a woman needs a man...like the Edge needs
a handicam...trying to throw your arms around the world..."
"Larry Mullen, Jr....Adam Clayton...come on down!"

Angel of Harlem:  Bono started singing a tiny tiny bit of the Beatles song
"Hello Goodbye" before the song.  Bono ad-libbed a bit during this song.

When Love Comes to Town:  Kinda more bluesy than the recorded version, and
Bono let Edge sing the last verse.

Satellite of Love:  Well, I had to hear this one again...it was an extended
version, with Bono trading vocals with Lou Reed ( on screen).

All I Want is You:  Bono does two verses/two chorus', by himself, sorta
re-arranged the lines of verse two.

Sunday Bloody Sunday:  Another HUGE crowd pleaser.

Bullet the Blue Sky:  Burning crosses on the screens..."...like all the colours
of George Bush..."

Running to Stand Still:  A little different than the indoor version I heard,
with a thumping bass sound to start it off, very thumping, and Edge's
jangly guitar...Bono finished with his "addict dance" on the secondary
stage while chating "Hale hale hallelujah"  Smoke covers him there as he
starts the harmonica, then the familiar organ comes on for...

Where the Streets Have No Name:  That red background, the flashing lights
on the antennae (Very cool, like a hundred random flashes going off
constantly) and then the desert images on screen when they went into verse 2.

Pride:  "Let the King sing..."

ENCORES:

After then left the stage, they had an aquarium up on all the screens
and one of the fish wasn't a fish but a car with fins and a tail..cute,
watch for it.

Then, they showed all the people that went into the video booth before the
show...the funniest one was some girl who went in there and goes:
"Boys, this is even better than the real thing:" and she unbuttoned the
back on her shirt to show her bra...

They then had more of their many TV type things..."and now, we return to
our broadcast..."

Desire:  Bono comes out in silver lame' and cowboy hat, kisses himself in the 
mirror and says "You know something?  You're fucking beautiful"
Pretty good version of the song...actually, best live version yet (better 
than LoveTown tour or Indoor Zoo TV) and the teletype boards flashed:
Desire....Love....Money.  At the end, the Bono-dollar cannons went off
and shot the money all over.

Ultraviolet:  Bono dials (LOUDLY) the White House:  "Is this the White
House?? Is the President in?? The President is not available?!!  This
is Elvis.  Can we leave a message for him?  Tell him: I'm alive and he's
dead!"  He then started singing the song, through the phone!  They had the
lady doing the sign language to the song on the screen, and they used the
light-splitters again during this song to create that dance-hall effect
throughout the stadium once again.

With or Without You:  I think there was the nude on the screen, I didn't
see much...Seventh verse:  "Yeah, we'll shine like stars in the summer
night...well shine like stars in the moonlight...one heart, one hope, one
love...with or without you...."

Love Is Blindness:  What the hell do they show on the screen?

Can't Help Falling In Love WIth You:  Bono alone....then they played the
Elvis version of the song.

Great show...best ever!
-Scott

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