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  1. Streets.
  2. If we talk about RIFFS, I go with Sunday Bloody Sunday, Where The Streets Have No Name or Bad.


    But if we talk about SOLOS... Ooooooooooh I have to go with LOVE IS BLINDNESS (live). Best solo ever. Even Better Than The StairwayToHeaven Thing
  3. Originally posted by LikeASongIf we talk about RIFFS, I go with Sunday Bloody Sunday, Where The Streets Have No Name or Bad.


    But if we talk about SOLOS... Ooooooooooh I have to go with LOVE IS BLINDNESS (live). Best solo ever. Even Better Than The StairwayToHeaven Thing


    Absolutely.

    But I'd add Vertigo for the new generation of casual U2 fans
  4. 'Please' should be added... brilliant in my opinion
  5. 1.Where the streets have no name (No words for this)...

    2.The fly (getting better than ever)

    3.Bullet the blue sky (all the versions, it`s a great one)

    take care people...
  6. Love and Peace or Else about 2/3 way in when it dies down then builds up again. Especially on some of the live performances. Love this.
  7. All Because of You!
  8. Originally posted by drewhigginsAll Because of You!


    ah yes, especially that first note (album). I was in the car listening to my copy the first day it was out and I almost went off the road as that came up (I did have it rather loud!)
  9. Originally posted by djrlewis[..]

    ah yes, especially that first note (album). I was in the car listening to my copy the first day it was out and I almost went off the road as that came up (I did have it rather loud!)


    That's on my car-mix CD I made (of all U2 songs, of course) So good to listen to with the windows open!
  10. Originally posted by haytrainStreets.


    No question.
    Just none.
  11. Too many, I'm an Edge-aholic, but my ultimate favourites would have to be (in no particular order):

    * ZooStation, the opening distorted, bassy downward riff. Also that absolutely massive, sustained flanging/phasing two-note lead riff that follows it and during the choruses (emphasised particularly on the Chicago/Vertigo tour).
    * MoFo - that huge whammy-pedal induced "Boeing 747" that kicked off the PopMart tours. And the beautiful tones at the end of the same song where they're all just grooving along (between 2:35 > 2:43 and 4:45+ on the studio/album version).
    * Bad - underlying delayed staccato chords with the ringing upper tones. Love the simplicity.
    * Streets - everything about it, the chords, the delayed guitar, the buildup, absolutely immense.
    * New Year's Day - sorry, although it's piano and not guitar it's iconic!!
    * Discotheque - That wicked, epic, thobbing intro (studio/album version), and also that beautiful gentle rhythmic delayed riff between 2:12 > 2:23 and 3:51 > 4:24 on the same (studio) version.
    * Zooropa - The gated/sequenced-fx guitar part that cuts through 1:46+ (studio/album version) before the drums kick in, and again at 3:45. No doubt Edge is also doing that funky little LFO-type pitch warbling sound too. Love that song!
    * The opening chords to Running to Standstill (Sydney ZooTV). Cuts through metal, straight into your soul.
    * Pride (ITNOL) - Any live version!
    * Until the End of the World - All of it, the thrashing rhythmic chords, the downward solo, and the fantastic epic ending (where Edge and Bono like to have a kinky scrap).
    * The distorted, flanged down/upward sweeping riffs of Numb.
    * Van Dieman's Land. - Reminiscent and familiar of olde Irish/Scottish folk music.
    * WOWY, that hypnotic arpeggio and the pitched e-bow/tremolo-inducing ringing note over the top.
    * Bullet the blue sky - Rattle&Hum video, Edge's solo where Bono's manhandling that huge spotlight between Edge and the crowd while I think Edge controls the wah. Also followed by the slowly pitchbent mournful/melancholic tones.
    * Elevation - that beautiful pedal-wah fuzz at the start.
    * Lemon - gated/tremolo textures. No doubt he possibly also plays the piano thoughout, and the evolving pads from 4:26 > 5:16, absolutely love that bit.
    * UltraViolet - Light my Way! Great feel good factor.
    * An Cat Dubh > Into The Heart - especially the Chicago/Vertigo tour version, although I liked the briefly overlaying of piano at the near end of the Boy studio/album version. A really dark tune.
    * Sunday Bloody Sunday - One of the first riffs I sought to figure out as soon as I got a guitar for the first time at the age of 17.

    But I could go on and on!...
  12. Originally posted by TimiToo many, I'm an Edge-aholic...
    * New Year's Day - sorry, although it's piano and not guitar it's iconic!!
    * Discotheque - That wicked, thobbing intro (studio/album version), and also that beautiful


    Agree completely--Discotheque is way underrated for Edge. It's one of his best!
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