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Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:I'm gonna go a bit against the grain perhaps and say that I love the new lyrics. I think it's great that they're taking a warhorse that frankly, I couldn't care less about hearing live anymore (seen it, heard it, it's on just about every live release, give it a break), and they're completely modernizing it. In fact, I hope this rendition takes the place of the Stuck / Stay acoustic slot on the next tour.

And to be honest, I think "signing up to die" is one of the more poignant lines in the song at the moment. Perhaps it's because I'm so used to the original that, while the lyrics are still powerful, I'm "used" to them...but when he sang that line my heart actually skipped a beat and my emotions were instantly tangled in the song like they've never been before.

Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:And to be honest, I think "signing up to die" is one of the more poignant lines in the song at the moment. Perhaps it's because I'm so used to the original that, while the lyrics are still powerful, I'm "used" to them...but when he sang that line my heart actually skipped a beat and my emotions were instantly tangled in the song like they've never been before.

Originally posted by dylbagz:It's over played as it is currently. As someone else said, it wouldn't worry me if I never saw the current/original version again

Originally posted by Ross1441:I think what's crucial here is this: The performance was amazing. Fresh, energetic and Bono is spot on for tone and power. They still got it.

Oh, and not that it makes any difference whatsoever but here is the official U2 upload.

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Originally posted by Ross1441:Thanks Pato. I take unannounced forum breaks now and then, but I never expect anyone to notice. I've also had a few major PC problems and only recently got it all rebuilt and functioning again. Rebuilt from the ground up and functioning perfectly once more.

Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:It was me that said that, but funny enough - had you asked me before my first U2 show (2009 leg of 360), which two songs I would have dropped from the setlist, I would have said Beautiful Day and Sunday Bloody Sunday, because the Vertigo tour turned me off of both so much...and yet for my first U2 show, they blew me away. Wouldn't have traded them out.

In fact I guess I would have ditched Walk On and that Crazy Remix from my first show.

And Beautiful Day remained one of my favorite moments of my second show as well. Funny how that all works out.