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U2 - Unknown Caller
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No Line On The Horizon (2009)
  3. Were you at Barcelona? At one moment I stopped singing and could clearely hear another 91'999 voices singing the karaoke chorus.

    I mean, Barcelona was the very start.
  4. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]Were you at Barcelona? At one moment I stopped singing and could clearely hear another 91'999 voices singing the karaoke chorus.

    I mean, Barcelona was the very start.


    Ok, it worked in Barca and Milan but after that...downhill.

    There is a reason why they dropped it.


  5. maybe it didnt worked at Gothenburg but that might just be due the crowd In Amsterdam it worked too.... very good.
  6. Originally posted by MWSAH:That city name stuff is indeed boring and pathetic. The lyrics are kinda cool though methinks. Sort of karaoke for the crowd.
    The city chanting at the end worked very very well at Barcelona, but no other city seemed to appreciate it (moreover, no other city had the right syllabes to fit the pam-pam-PAM-pam structure of the verrse). For example, "Mil-la-a-no" was horrible.

    I want it back on the setlist, it was great.
  7. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]The city chanting at the end worked very very well at Barcelona, but no other city seemed to appreciate it (moreover, no other city had the right syllabes to fit the pam-pam-PAM-pam structure of the verrse). For example, "Mil-la-a-no" was horrible.

    I want it back on the setlist, it was great.


    I liked that Milaaaano actually. Never understood the fuzz about the whole thing. Liked it.
  8. Originally posted by dieder:Actually this song took the most time to grow on me... certainly love it, especially the live versions. Funny is though, when listening to the album version I already excpect Bono to sing after the solo but my Ipod runs into Crazy Tonight every time.
    hahahaha

    +1 !!!

    EDIT. If you want the song to run "a little" more, try this


  9. Since the first time i thought about setlists after hearing the new songs i thought an Unknown Caller--> Streets segue would be cool
  10. And this just confirms it 1000 times over
  11. Originally posted by Doc32:Since the first time i thought about setlists after hearing the new songs i thought an Unknown Caller--> Streets segue would be cool
    Me too, that's why I made that little effort. I love it. If only I had the time to improve the link between the songs and make it sound better...


    By the way, and regarding Unknown Caller as a whole, look at what I found in a U2.com Barcelona review:

    Originally posted by U2.COMAlong with some serious chat about the fragile beauty of the earth seen from space, Larry wanted to know if the earth was really round. 'Actually, that's classified...' came the reply. 'Escape yourself and gravity' goes a line in Unknown Caller, and considering this was its live debut it immediately sounded like a classic set to stay in the set for years. Sounded pretty cool hearing an entire stadium rhythmically chanting, 'Restart and re-boot yourself.'



    Hahahahaha.
  12. Unknown Callers a funny story for me. After my first few listens of the album I really hated it. Then it started to grow on me, and now I really love it. Whenever Im moody I just stick it on and Im cheered up, its such an upliting tune. I was at the Fri/Sat gigs at Croke Park in July and the only negative from the friday was no unknown caller, so I was relieved that it was played on saturday. The whole crowd singing the chorus was great.
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