Deep In the Heart...of Texas
Elevation Houston, Texas
02 April 2001
(68:11)
(58:08)

Disc 1:
1. Intro
2. Elevation
3. Beautiful Day
4. Until the End of the World
5. New Year's Day
6. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
7. Gone
8. Discotheque
9. Staring At the Sun
10. New York
11. I Will Follow
12. Sunday Bloody Sunday
13. Sweetest Thing
14. Band Introductions
15. In A Little While
16. The Ground Beneath Her Feet

Disc 2:
1. Bad/Ruby Tuesday
2. Where the Streets Have No Name
3. Mysterious Ways
4. The Fly/Intermission/Charlton Heston Speech
5. Bullet the Blue Sky
6. With Or Without You
7. One
8. Unchained Melody
9. Walk On
 

History: DAT master > CDM > CD (optical clone)

Recording Equipment: TCDD8 with OKM IIr mics

Taper: Corey Present
 

NOTE:  This recording absolutely rocks.  Sound quality is exceptional...without a doubt it's the best Elevation tour recording I've heard.  All of the instruments are crystal clear, Bono's vocals are incredibly sharp, and there is virtually no crowd noise.  The sound is so clear that even The Edge's back-up vocals are clearly audible.

After a decade of gadgets, the music really is at the heart of the performance once again.  The updated version of "Discotheque" featuring a slower intro and a much less techno sound is played.  The completely overhauled opening to "The Fly" is performed as well.  As the tour progresses, Bono is learning the lyrics to the new songs and the performance is considerably better than, say, Charlotte.  Nonetheless, the boys still need a lot of work!  Regardless, it is great to hear songs like "I Will Follow" and "Sunday Bloody Sunday" again.

Before "One" Bono asks some fans to pass an Irish flag up front.  He says "I used to feel ashamed of this flag.  Because of some brave men and women over the last fifteen years, I take great pride now in this flag."   It's very interesting to hear Bono mellow a bit as he grows older.  Overall, Bono isn't very talkative but that's understandable given that the band is probably more concerned with getting the music down than conversing with the crowd.