Songs they can barely play

Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]

Best song of the new tour. It was recorded a pitch too high on the album for some reason but the have it nailed live. They could do with increasing the pause just before traffic cop thoigh

Originally posted by vanquish:I wouldn't mind it if he sang an octave lower than the album version if he didn't run out of breath (like on the album), but he's singing it lower AND running out of breath.

It's not just his singing either, NLOTH is a song built on rhythm ( rather tha melody) the rather loose, ' jam session' way they play it live means most of the rhythmic detail present on the studio versions just becomes merely noise live.

I think it's the only song from NLOTH that has neither evolved and improved on the studio versions when played live (eg. MoS, Crazy Tonight, GOYB) or even just matched the studio versions (like UC, Magnificent & Breathe). It's the only song that has actually gotten worse when played live, which is a pity.

Then again I have only listened to a couple of performances of the song, maybe there's some amazing show I missed, YouTube?

Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]

Barcelona 1, edomedo recording. The crowd doing the ohohohoho just adds that bit extra. Best U2 song since Ultraviolet