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anstratdubh1979

Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
I think I'm in the same camp in as far as I think the ZooTV versions were the best, BUT that said the Vertigo and Elevation formats come a close second. It's just an uber song for me however it's played. I do think it just looks better when Edge played the Strat., the Variax doesn't really do it for me...

I like the Clapton Strat, as mentioned,

but I thought the Vertigo versions with the Variax

were better than the Elevation versions with the Les Paul. (Variax is an interesting and versatile guitar - I love it!)

Although, that said, it wasn't the guitar so much as it could have been the effects settings used on the Vertigo tour. It just seemed that he got a more 'gritty' distortion tone on the Vertigo tour than on the Elevation tour.

"...it's no secret at all..."

RememberEveryMoment

17 years

I think the Zoo TV and Vertigo 'Flys' are pretty similar to eachother, but the Elevation version sounds like a completely different song. Yes, there are parts which are the same but the tones are much higher...

WojBhoy

17 years

Originally posted by dieder:I think the Zoo TV and Vertigo 'Flys' are pretty similar to eachother, but the Elevation version sounds like a completely different song. Yes, there are parts which are the same but the tones are much higher...

Well, it was in a different key during Elevation

but yeah, there's a much different feel. THAT said, each version of the Fly from Elevation sounds different, I mean compare the Cleveland version to Boston 09/06/2001, and there's a very different feel...

RememberEveryMoment

17 years

Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
Well, it was in a different key during Elevation but yeah, there's a much different feel. THAT said, each version of the Fly from Elevation sounds different, I mean compare the Cleveland version to Boston 09/06/2001, and there's a very different feel...

yeah, but that makes Elevation tour so special. And I think the Boston versionwas certainly the best,.

Ali709

17 years

Originally posted by stj0691:Lyrical Analysis anyone?

Here we go...to sum up, it's (as said by Bono) a phone call from hell, from The Fly, he's in hell and he's called us from a phone booth in there...as he's in hell, he's lived his life and is now in the other world, he knows all the secrets, all that's true and real, and he's trying to pass on his knowledge to us...so, that's what he's talking about, revealing some heavy truth (every artist is a canibal, every poet is a thief, a friend is someone who lets you help, etc. )
and in the end, he is running out of change for the phone, so he says:

Look, yeah, I gotta go, yeah I'm running outta change
There's a lot of things, if I could I'd rearrange

There are a lot of things he knows now that he didn't know when he was alive, so he wishes to be alive again and live his life the right way and end up in heaven, if he could, he would rearrange.

Mankuse

17 years

I agree with you!

. I love all the lyric, especially when Bono sings " every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief, all kill their inspiration and sing abou their grief", amazing.

At Zoo Tv era, all the mesaages in the tv´s screen are unbelieve, and in the Vertigo Tour, the sentences like "The Secret is yourself/pain" are my favorites

My favorite live versions are

1992-06-11 - Stockholm, Sweden
1992-08-16 - Washington DC
1992-10-14 - Houston, Texas - Zoo Radio
1993-08-28 - Dublin
2005-06-27 - Dublin, Croke Park
2006-02-15 - Mexico City
2006-02-10 - Brazil
2006-12-09 - Honolulu

My english isn´t very good

markp91

17 years

So, best snippet for this song? I'd go for Bowie's The Jean Genie, Sao Paulo 2006 gives me chills every time

WojBhoy

17 years

Originally posted by markp91:So, best snippet for this song? I'd go for Bowie's The Jean Genie, Sao Paulo 2006 gives me chills every time

There aren't many to choose from, but I do love Lust For Life from the Boston 09-06-2001 version aswell as the time Bono sang the opening verse of Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car...

germcevoy

17 years

The Fly itself worked well as a snippet during Discotheque on Popmart.

WojBhoy

17 years

Originally posted by germcevoy:The Fly itself worked well as a snippet during Discotheque on Popmart.

Want to DL on of those shows as soon as possible, been wanting to see how that worked - I have a decent idea, but nothing like listening to the real thing for oneself.

germcevoy

17 years

Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
Want to DL on of those shows as soon as possible, been wanting to see how that worked - I have a decent idea, but nothing like listening to the real thing for oneself.

Certainly worth a listen. He basically just raps out the first verse.

germcevoy

17 years

Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
Want to DL on of those shows as soon as possible, been wanting to see how that worked - I have a decent idea, but nothing like listening to the real thing for oneself.

Certainly worth a listen. He basically just raps out the first verse.

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