Originally posted by Blue_Room:[..]
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.
I agree with virtually everything here. That East Rutherford version is good, but I myself actually prefer the 2006-12-04 Saitama version (I think it's like 6 or 7 min long). Doesn't matter much if it lasts 30 minutes or Bono dances with everyone in the audience if it's not that good of a performance.
