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Any1 heard this '89 Auckland soundcheck with early AB riffs?

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Topic started 5 years ago by melon51 in General U2 talk. Since then 44 posts have been made by 11 users.

melon51

4 years

And this is the other track, pretty much an early version of 'Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World', love this:
melon51

4 years

Both still have (terrible) wind noise which is hard to to clean without damaging the song so I tried some other things. Especially the Zooropa (song) story by Flood is interesting, anyone know more about this?
EridescoFly

4 years

Originally posted by melon51:Both still have (terrible) wind noise which is hard to to clean without damaging the song so I tried some other things. Especially the Zooropa (song) story by Flood is interesting, anyone know more about this?

I think Flood got confused, the soundcheck that made up the backing track of Zooropa evolved in Kansas 1992, what sounds at first like 'Seconds' being rehearsed, the band do a new jam and if you listen to the chord structure you can almost sing the second half of Zooropa over it, here is the link and it starts around the 7 minute mark:
melon51

4 years

I'll listen to that, thanks. It's just funny that both Flood and the Wiki article mention a 'New Zealand' soundcheck specifically, which (obviously) could only be the Auckland '89 one? I listened back to the '89 track and it is possible actually. But then again it reminds me of Ultraviolet, I Feel Free and some other things as well..
melon51

4 years

Listened, and yeah that clearly has the 2nd part of Zooropa all over it. Sounds a lot like this other '89 soundcheck to my ears, what do you think?
EridescoFly

4 years

Originally posted by melon51:Listened, and yeah that clearly has the 2nd part of Zooropa all over it. Sounds a lot like this other '89 soundcheck to my ears, what do you think?

SoundCloud: U2 "Heartbeat" Soundcheck 08101989 Jam In E (or D# in U2's case) by BB

Wow, quite similar in tone and tempo, never heard this one yet!
melon51

4 years

Originally posted by EridescoFly:[..]
Wow, quite similar in tone and tempo, never heard this one yet!

That's a Melbourne '89 soundcheck. 'Heartbeat' sounds a bit like a hillbilly version of The Fly
melon51

4 years

This one is from the day before (07 oct '89). Another 'Jam in E' that has a has a UTTEOTW vibe to it:

Any1 heard this '89 Auckland soundcheck with early AB riffs?

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