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Love is Blindness
Forget closers, it's one of their best songs

Originally posted by katherine94:Love is Blindness
Forget closers, it's one of their best songs

lol, best doesn't necessarily mean it's suitable to close a show with. I'd say a majority of us think Streets is one of the best songs ever, but I couldn't imagine it closing a show - I mean, I voted for AIWIY, but a lot of people have voted 40, and I'd be willing to bet that a lot of them didn't pick because they thought it was U2's best song

(although I'm happy to be proved wrong!)

markp91

16 years

Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
lol, best doesn't necessarily mean it's suitable to close a show with. I'd say a majority of us think Streets is one of the best songs ever, but I couldn't imagine it closing a show - I mean, I voted for AIWIY, but a lot of people have voted 40, and I'd be willing to bet that a lot of them didn't pick because they thought it was U2's best song (although I'm happy to be proved wrong!)

lol...40 comes in no way near Streets, The Fly, AIWIY, WOWY, Electrical Storm (;)) and SBS, but it just fits as a closer. It's just great to end a gig hearing the crowd sing 'How loooooooooooooooooooong to sing this song?'. And I certainly hope it will be played quite a lot next tour.

LikeASong

16 years

Originally posted by djrlewis:Don't know what you mean whistles....

Ha!! You even edited my quotet!! Luck crew-member bastard...

djrlewis

16 years

Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
lol, best doesn't necessarily mean it's suitable to close a show with. I'd say a majority of us think Streets is one of the best songs ever, but I couldn't imagine it closing a show - I mean, I voted for AIWIY, but a lot of people have voted 40, and I'd be willing to bet that a lot of them didn't pick because they thought it was U2's best song (although I'm happy to be proved wrong!)

Best or most popular?

djrlewis

16 years

Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]Ha!! You even edited my quotet!! Luck crew-member bastard...

haha.

vanquish

16 years

I would say 40 as it could end any tour irrespective of whether it's new or old, it is timeless and has a great tradition with gestures like the Edge and Adam swapping guitars. And with lyrics like "how long to sing this song?" it couldn't be anything else but 40.

I love Love is Blindness though, but while it was great on ZooTV I don't think it would work these days. People should think about the context, rather than simple picking LiB as its

And what about Can't Help Falling in Love? That was a great closing song as well, or are only u2 songs counted.

I prefer closing songs to be quieter, more 'stripped down' like 40 and Can't Help Falling in Love rather than a full blown spectacular.

flowerchild

16 years