http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertai ... story.html
Naveed huh? Maybe we will get a rare song in second set. Can you say UNDER ZENITH?
The Ray talking will be in SM set. COol. That makes for interesting.
Got to love this though.
Gazette: So, how did the decision come up to do this tour to begin with? Not just the specific albums, but to concentrate on albums at all? Because I don’t think you did that much touring for Burn Burn, did you?
Maida: Yeah, we did. Not in Canada, but we toured the U.S. all summer and right into November. I think we did close to 100 shows in the U.S. Our schedule was so busy down in the States that when we finally started talking about Canada, we said, “We can’t just do this. We have to try to do something different and a little bit more special.” This felt like a way to… I don’t want to say give back, because it’s not really that, but this felt like a way to put on something different for our fans. There are people up there who have seen us 60 times, or 50 times, or 30 times. So for those types of fans, we really wanted to push the boundaries in terms of the experience they have at one of our shows.
Um Raine there are people in the states who seen OLP that many times..
Plus I am sure some people feel like they are going to 30 shows on this tour alone.
Gazette: What would your dream show be, in terms of seeing another artist playing an album from front to back?
Maida: I was always a huge Soundgarden fan, and I’d love to see them do Badmotorfinger. It had a real sound to it, just the way it was produced – it was very cohesive. What else…it would be incredible to watch U2 do The Unforgettable Fire. That would blow my mind. Getting back to the way they were without all the pomposity. Just those guys. I’ve watched the video a few times where they’re making that record with Eno and Lanois, and there’s something very humble about them when they’re making that. It would be amazing to see them get back to that place. That innocence – there was something really genuine about it. They were kind of discovering themselves and discovering some guitar sounds.
I waited 20 years just to see U2 do the song The Unforgettable Fire. I agree with Raine. If they did the whole album it would blow my mind. Esp since that is my favorite U2 cd..
