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There are bound to be a couple of songs that every rock band dreads to play whenever they see it come up in the setlist. It\u2019s always nice to have songs that people always want to hear and want to shout at the top of their lungs, but when you\u2019re listening back to songs that you may have written in your teens, it gets a bit tiring to hold onto those same ideals once the baby fat fades away. And while U2<\/a> have always been grateful for every fan coming to their shows, they were still human when it came to having a few songs that got old.\u00a0<\/p>\n Then again, there are even some casual music fans who would rather not have to listen to another U2 song for as long as they live. As much as the Irish legends have garnered a secure place in rock and roll history, it\u2019s easy to see them as incredibly pompous whenever they perform as well. It\u2019s one thing to listen to \u2018Where the Streets Have No Name\u2019 in the context of The Joshua Tree, but when Bono becomes too holier-than-thou live, it\u2019s enough for anyone to roll their eyes.<\/p>\n But it\u2019s not like they haven\u2019t earned their spot as a stadium-rock act. Bono proved that he could entertain a crowd of that size when he played Live Aid, and once he had the tunes to back him up on The Unforgettable Fire and The Joshua Tree<\/a>, he felt confident enough to forget about traditional rock and roll altogether when making Achtung Baby.\u00a0<\/p>\n In that respect, all of their older tunes should have sounded fresh to them when they played the ZooTV tour. The frontman had metamorphosed into \u2018The Fly\u2019 whenever he played, so when looking back on records like \u2018Pride\u2019 or \u2018I Will Follow\u2019, it was always going to be a little bit different since they were doing a send-up of their old sound. But even some of their greatest tunes got a little tired after a while.<\/p>\n Granted, it also concerns the kind of set they were working with. Songs like \u2018Until the End of the World\u2019 and \u2018Zoo Station\u2019 showed the band with their tongues firmly in their cheeks, and while that meant there was still room for a couple of serious tunes like \u2018Bullet the Blue Sky\u2019, there was something about the song \u2018With Or Without You\u2019 that managed to get a bit monotonous after a while.<\/p>\n \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say anything\u2019s really unbreakable, but you can wear songs out. We\u2019re not doing \u2018With or Without You,\u2019 for example.\u201d<\/p>\n The Edge<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n