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  1. Originally posted by AAV711I know how you feel about Pride, I feel the same way about Still Haven't Found...I think it's an all right song (the version with the gospel choir is spectacular), but I feel like I could pick one of ten songs to replace it in the live set.

    I figured out how to play Pride a little while back--on 4th April 2008. Pretty cool time to figure it out it's actually pretty simple to play --> just sort of a jam with B and F#M

    Indeed, I figured out Pride a while ago, but still love playing it. Like you say, not particularly complicated, but it's typical Edge at his brilliant best. The best version is still arguably the final album cut, but there are some special live performances - the version from R&H (so I'm guessing it was one of the Denver ones) is simply astonishing.
  2. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]

    Perhaps you could hit the high notes in Pride NOW if you tuned down to Db like U2 have been doing for the past few tours.


    Haha. Probably!!!

    Yea i was so happy when I figured out how to play Pride. I think it was one of the first U2 songs I learnt how to play. Awesome riff.
  3. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988[..]

    Haha. Probably!!!

    Yea i was so happy when I figured out how to play Pride. I think it was one of the first U2 songs I learnt how to play. Awesome riff.


    my first U2 song I learned was All Because Of You (I think)
  6. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988[..]

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the title of the first song on your myspace page taken by another band already???

    Good work though!! Love it!


    Thanks! Ohh yes...but it's so common you know...and when I wrote that song I didn't even know U2 had one with this same tilte, and I have never heard the U2 song anyway.
  7. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979Hello All.

    While there's Edge topics galore we can look at, discuss and debate... just wondering if there were any singers, bass players or drummers in the house.
    Mother says I was a dancer before I could walk
    She says I began to sing long before I could talk

    (From ABBA's Thank You For The Music)

    ....

    That fits perfectly with me. Even tho I don't like that much dancing, I was raised in a singing house. Both my father and my mother use to sing a lot (specially my mother; she and me sing very often in the car). TO get you a good example, I sung Lemon (U2!) in my 4th birthday party (there IS grapical documenta of it ...). Since a long ago I know tons and tons of lyrics, and I sing (loudly or quietly, or even for mylsef, or for my friends, or in the streets, or in the park, or through a microphone, or...) EVERY DAY And I'm proud of it. Even though I sing pretty well, a few years ago I sung much better than today (12 eyars old voice is much better than 18's one).

    Of course I play guitar too often . I play my Spanish guitar (virtually) every day, and my Hofner about 2 or 3 days a week (since I have it in my grandpa's and I go there about 3 times a week). I wish I could play the electric more often, but... Hey, what's wrong with accoustic playing with a SpanisH?

    I've played my granfa's Fender Mustang Bass a lot of times, but I just can jam along, or play some easy bass lines, nothing special. Although I have to recognise that me singing Walking On The Moon (The Police) and playing bass all along is VERY cool

    I dont have any drumming experience, altho my granfa's has a great Yamaha kit and some day I'm sure I will try it
  8. Originally posted by LikeASong[..]Mother says I was a dancer before I could walk
    She says I began to sing long before I could talk

    (From ABBA's Thank You For The Music)

    ....

    That fits perfectly with me. Even tho I don't like that much dancing, I was raised in a singing house. Both my father and my mother use to sing a lot (specially my mother; she and me sing very often in the car). TO get you a good example, I sung Lemon (U2!) in my 4th birthday party (there IS grapical documenta of it ...). Since a long ago I know tons and tons of lyrics, and I sing (loudly or quietly, or even for mylsef, or for my friends, or in the streets, or in the park, or through a microphone, or...) EVERY DAY And I'm proud of it. Even though I sing pretty well, a few years ago I sung much better than today (12 eyars old voice is much better than 18's one).

    Of course I play guitar too often . I play my Spanish guitar (virtually) every day, and my Hofner about 2 or 3 days a week (since I have it in my grandpa's and I go there about 3 times a week). I wish I could play the electric more often, but... Hey, what's wrong with accoustic playing with a SpanisH?

    I've played my granfa's Fender Mustang Bass a lot of times, but I just can jam along, or play some easy bass lines, nothing special. Although I have to recognise that me singing Walking On The Moon (The Police) and playing bass all along is VERY cool

    I dont have any drumming experience, altho my granfa's has a great Yamaha kit and some day I'm sure I will try it


    What is the difference between an acoustic and a spanish guitar?
  9. Originally posted by WojBhoy[..] The best version is still arguably the final album cut, but there are some special live performances - the version from R&H (so I'm guessing it was one of the Denver ones) is simply astonishing.


    I agree, sometimes its hard to discern what the best cut of the song is. R&H is incredible, with the whole crowd singing along and what not. But put the original version on a nice stereo and crank it, that'll convince you the album version stands out more than anything else.

    And yeah, "typical Edge genius" found here--he was messing around with those chords at the soundcheck for the Hawaii show on the War Tour, and came up with this rock n roll anthem. And I must say, it truly is anthemic.
  10. Originally posted by thechicken[..]What is the difference between an acoustic and a spanish guitar?

    Briefly;

    Spanish guitars (aka. classical guitars) have a wider neck and should use nylon strings for the higher strings and metal for the bass strings, whereas acoustic guitars have a thinner neck and generally use metal strings.

    That's how I understand it anyway lol
    Originally posted by AAV711[..]I agree, sometimes its hard to discern what the best cut of the song is. R&H is incredible, with the whole crowd singing along and what not. But put the original version on a nice stereo and crank it, that'll convince you the album version stands out more than anything else.

    And yeah, "typical Edge genius" found here--he was messing around with those chords at the soundcheck for the Hawaii show on the War Tour, and came up with this rock n roll anthem. And I must say, it truly is anthemic.

    Definitely re. the album version, it's more complete and fully-rounded (as I guess you'd expect), but it really works live when the whole stadium is singing along. I also think, like most songs, it works better the higher the key played, plus it also needs a good pace. Lovetown onwards, it seemed to start slowing down, not to mention the band were dropping the key, and it loses energy as a result. True, it's harder to sing the higher one goes, but it makes a hell of a difference. It is a U2 epic though, I think everyone should/does agree.
  11. Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
    Briefly;

    Spanish guitars (aka. classical guitars) have a wider neck and should use nylon strings for the higher strings and metal for the bass strings, whereas acoustic guitars have a thinner neck and generally use metal strings.

    That's how I understand it anyway lol


    Well, I have a spanish guitar and I didn't know it By the way, don't you mean that the bass strings are nylon covered with metal?
  12. Originally posted by thechicken[..]

    Well, I have a spanish guitar and I didn't know it By the way, don't you mean that the bass strings are nylon covered with metal?

    Nice and yeah, something like that lol . I just always call them "metal" strings, although I can appreciate that it could easily get confused
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