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  1. Originally posted by dieder:they shouldnt have gone right into bullet on zoo tv. And now I think of Bullet the Blue Sky, that song sounds really old to me sinced they ditched it this tour (thankfully)


    I really miss that song. I hope they bring it on the tour.


  2. Was I assume some gossip stuf in Dublin papers likely about him, listen to the song and you understand, it's a long snippet but o so great



  3. "I refuse to crawl" is definitely not a part of Candle In The Wind. I know the lyrics to that song from start to end and it's not a verse there. "While those around you crawl" is the verse you're probably refering to, but "I refuse to crawl"? Nope.
  4. Originally posted by Shimitz:must have been posted here before but Chicago 05-09-21 takes the trophy. No matter how many snippets B-man sings it is never gonna get better than The First Time snippet with that absolutely amazing build up to the outro.



    Agreed
  5. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]

    "I refuse to crawl" is definitely not a part of Candle In The Wind. I know the lyrics to that song from start to end and it's not a verse there. "While those around you crawl" is the verse you're probably refering to, but "I refuse to crawl"? Nope.


    Bono spun the lyrics at Self Aid.
  6. "Goodbye Norma Jean
    Though I never knew you at all
    You had the grace to hold yourself
    While those around you crawled
    They crawled out of the woodwork
    And they whispered into your brain
    They set you on the treadmill
    And they made you change your name

    And it seems to me you lived your life
    Like a candle in the wind
    Never knowing who to cling to
    When the rain set in
    And I would have liked to have known you
    But I was just a kid
    Your candle burned out long before
    Your legend ever did

    Loneliness was tough
    The toughest role you ever played
    Hollywood created a superstar
    And pain was the price you paid
    Even when you died
    Oh the press still hounded you
    All the papers had to say
    Was that Marilyn was found in the nude

    Goodbye Norma Jean
    From the young man in the 22nd row
    Who sees you as something as more than sexual
    More than just our Marilyn Monroe "

    From:

    http://www.lyrics007.com/Elton%20John%20Lyrics/Candle%20In%20The%20Wind%20Lyrics.html
  7. Live Aid is the best version ever, absolutely hands down - it changed everything
  8. Originally posted by carlibengarli:[..]

    I'd also like to add that I consider the Live Aid version grosely overestimated, albeit quite good; it is far from the best/most powerful.


    I would have to agree. I guess its more of what is the BEST live version versus what had the most impact. Live Aid clearly had a huge and the most impact. But it was not the greatest performance of the song IMO. Its probably the longest due to Bono's connecting with the audience. But that has nothing to do with the musical performance of it for me anyway.

    I think some of the most powerful versions were on The Joshua Tree tour. I also think shows they used it to close with were good from a show pacing perspective. Some of the Vertigo versions of Bad were excellent (some were the standard).

    Its definately a warhorse they should use in regular rotation if not every night. Unfortunately the band clearly does not feel that way currently.
  9. I've posted in the Amazing Grace topic a while ago, saying that my favorite Amazing Grace snippet is the one from 1986-06-08 Denver....... but I didn't say that it's located into one of the most powerful Bad's I ever heard. Ok, the sound is crappy and you even can't hear Edge at times, but... It's so incredibly powerful, it has about 3 or 4 incredible crecendos and Bono delivers a 10/10 vocals. Very recommended if you have 10 spare minutes and don't mind a crappy audio - but a killer version.
  11. If Blue_Room meant actual lenght he's obviously wrong. More than one Bad clock over the 12:20 of the Live Aid version. But I don't think he meant "the longest" in lenght sense, but in the version which has been remembered for the longest time.
  12. Originally posted by LikeASong:If Blue_Room meant actual lenght he's obviously wrong. More than one Bad clock over the 12:20 of the Live Aid version. But I don't think he meant "the longest" in lenght sense, but in the version which has been remembered for the longest time.


    No I'm pretty damn sure he meant "the longest".
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