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  1. One of the questions I've been thinking about recently is how learning a U2 song (or any song by a favourite band) can be a slightly bittersweet experience. That is, you've been in awe of a track or a particular riff for a long time, you finally master it (or close enough) and feel great but there's also a sense that the mysterious quality of the song is gone or changed somehow.

    I got the two Best Of guitar tab books as a teenager and spent a long time going through my favourite songs (some of which were completely beyond me). It was fun and I still enjoy learning U2 tracks (and failing to get Edge's sound!) but it seems inevitable for me that something is lost as well as gained in the process. Is this just me?
  2. Hi, have no experience learning to play quitar and U2 songs, but i like the efford you put in a lot. What songs are you playing? Good luck Revu2. There are fans that are into quitar playing, they may help ya out, good luck !
  3. Originally posted by Soundwall:Hi, have no experience learning to play quitar and U2 songs, but i like the efford you put in a lot. What songs are you playing? Good luck Revu2. There are fans that are into quitar playing, they may help ya out, good luck !
    Cheers Soundwall, I'm currently going through an old issue of Total Guitar and looking at what they consider U2's six greatest riffs including: Pride, Bad, I Will Follow, One, The Fly and Hold Me, Thrill Me. The opening riff from One is by far the trickiest, though the challenge (and fun) with Edge is always tone, effects etc. rather than dexterity alone.
  4. To me it's 100% sweet, 0% bitter. I learn to love the songs even more when I know how to sing and play them. For example, I have always liked A Day Without Me but it was nothing more than that, a good track from Boy. But one day I was fiddling around with my delay pedal settings, I struck a barre E chord in the 7th fret and BOOM, there was totally A Day Without Me's sound! I then started practicing the full song and now it's one of my favourites to play on guitar.

    PS. I didn't know you played guitar! Feel free to drop by the U2 & Guitar Gear: Q & A thread, more than 8 years of U2 guitar-related stuff!
  5. Originally posted by LikeASong:To me it's 100% sweet, 0% bitter. I learn to love the songs even more when I know how to sing and play them. For example, I have always liked A Day Without Me but it was nothing more than that, a good track from Boy. But one day I was fiddling around with my delay pedal settings, I struck a barre E chord in the 7th fret and BOOM, there was totally A Day Without Me's sound! I then started practicing the full song and now it's one of my favourites to play on guitar.

    PS. I didn't know you played guitar! Feel free to drop by the U2 & Guitar Gear: Q & A thread, more than 8 years of U2 guitar-related stuff!
    Thanks for the thread link! Great to see so many Edge pics, guitars and pedals I've always enjoyed guessing what the next live track will be based on what guitar he's handed, though I guess it ruins the surprise sometimes.

    A Day Without Me was one that I wrangled with for a long time to get anywhere near the delay timings - fun phaser stuff on there too. I agree that it's definitely a song which is improved by playing along. I (that is Jonny) play the stings/intro/outro music on the podcast and it's been good to attempt to emulate Edge's different era sounds (speaking of which, the Rattle and Hum episode will be up later today).
  6. i'm a bad guitar player, I just strum the damn thing and it screams ahhaha, I know how to play only the easy chords, so I play a lot of In God's Country, Wild Horses, So Cruel, Angel of Harlem, even Desire I think is hard because the chord change is very fast....
  7. Originally posted by cqleonardo:i'm a bad guitar player, I just strum the damn thing and it screams ahhaha, I know how to play only the easy chords, so I play a lot of In God's Country, Wild Horses, So Cruel, Angel of Harlem, even Desire I think is hard because the chord change is very fast....
    Practice, practice, practice, practice a little bit more and practice again. Then take a rest and practice more.

    And then you suddenly reach the point where you can play just anything you want. Believe me
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