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Originally posted by easports43:true lol...

anyway here's something I'll get shot for, but how about dropping All I Want is You? I felt like it was a bit stale on the last tour. Obviously not overplayed, but lacking something, whether it be the energy in Bono's voice, or something like that. Can't put my finger on the reason for this, but all I know is that I really only liked the Milan version on this tour.

I think the Buenos Aires version is brilliant, with Bono's little ad lib piece on the acoustic. I don't think it should be dropped, personally, I think it's a great number - the Milan version is uber because it segued well into COBL, but COBL itself wasn't anything special on that show...my favourite versions still are PopMart, even though they lacked the solo - just the way it all built up into a massive crescendo from fairly quiet beginnings etc...

thefly07

16 years

Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]

try Buenos Aires (forget about Bono's voice) and Saitama 2. Proper length versions with all the bells and whistles

word, i've got those....nothing compares to Slane though

germcevoy

16 years

Originally posted by thefly07:[..]

word, i've got those....nothing compares to Slane though

Streets makes it unbeatable. On its own though. . .

thefly07

16 years

Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]

Streets makes it unbeatable. On its own though. . .

everything during and past the solo is pure gold

thefly07

16 years

Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]

2nd Leg versions were brutal. The lengthy later tour versions though (Buenos Aires and Saitama) really were good

yeah Saitama 2 is great

LikeASong

16 years

Originally posted by easports43:There's a big difference between influences and obvious influences (I know that sounds vague or redundant lol, but you know what I mean...).

Alright, alright. I only wanted to say there's nothing wrong with The Beatles nor any of the other influences they've had... You all seemed to be disapointed or angry because of that "obvious" Beatles-like sounding of WITS...

WojBhoy

16 years

Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]Alright, alright. I only wanted to say there's nothing wrong with The Beatles nor any of the other influences they've had... You all seemed to be disapointed or angry because of that "obvious" Beatles-like sounding of WITS...

Disappointed indeed, because I for one certainly feel that it lacked that U2 feel. I mean, to be honest, I'm no major fan of the Beatles which is another part of my dislike for WITS (because of the Beatles feel) although that said, I'm sitting at my laptop wearing a Beatles t-shirt I bought from the official exhibition in Liverpool 4-5 years ago lol...

thefly07

16 years

Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
Disappointed indeed, because I for one certainly feel that it lacked that U2 feel. I mean, to be honest, I'm no major fan of the Beatles which is another part of my dislike for WITS (because of the Beatles feel) although that said, I'm sitting at my laptop wearing a Beatles t-shirt I bought from the official exhibition in Liverpool 4-5 years ago lol...

i love WITS but i think overall the best thing about it are the lyrics...it's a good pop song

WojBhoy

16 years

Originally posted by thefly07:i love WITS but i think overall the best thing about it are the lyrics...it's a good pop song

And would you believe it, I just got this on the bottom of the page;

"It's a song that every generation has to sing, it's the eternal song. It's about what's possible and still everything is possible." - Bono before the release of Window In The Skies, 2006.

That it may well be, but I don't think they nailed that idea completely. I like the lyrics, sort of, but it's a bit too prim for me.

vanquish

16 years

Window in the Skies is better than the Saints are coming, it's not a bad song, different, more 60s pop.

thefly07

16 years

Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
And would you believe it, I just got this on the bottom of the page;

"It's a song that every generation has to sing, it's the eternal song. It's about what's possible and still everything is possible." - Bono before the release of Window In The Skies, 2006.

That it may well be, but I don't think they nailed that idea completely. I like the lyrics, sort of, but it's a bit too prim for me.

when i first heard it i thought, and still do, that it's kind of the ultimate song....think of what every song is trying to convey in one sense or another, "oh can't you see what love has done".....that's more or less a theme in every song....U2 just articulated it for what it is

TRISTAN

16 years

Sunday bloody Sunday, Pride, NYD, I will follow.

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