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.
By the way, don't you mean that the bass strings are nylon covered with metal? 
. I just always call them "metal" strings, although I can appreciate that it could easily get confused 
