Best Bad

Originally posted by JanRodiBad from Cologne 1987 is my all-time favourite. Not only because i was there.

Bad was given in two parts. U2 first played the shorter but very powerful version leaving out the last verse like often in 86 and 87.
Then they left the stage and the audience sang "to let it go and so to fade away" for a minute. Hering that Bono came back and sang the last verse and after that the band came into the song.

Unfortunately the versions circulating on several bootlegs don´t show the whole version so you can´t experience it as statet above.

Originally posted by JanRodiBad from Cologne 1987 is my all-time favourite. Not only because i was there.

Bad was given in two parts. U2 first played the shorter but very powerful version leaving out the last verse like often in 86 and 87.
Then they left the stage and the audience sang "to let it go and so to fade away" for a minute. Hering that Bono came back and sang the last verse and after that the band came into the song.

Unfortunately the versions circulating on several bootlegs don´t show the whole version so you can´t experience it as statet above.

Disc 2, Track 1 is a bit of a mess. The first thirty seconds or so is Edge's guitar outtro to "Bad". Then there is a very sloppy edit followed by "New Year's Day". All of this is indexed on the same track.

The crowd chants "Let it go...and so to find away" after the band finishes "Bad". After nearly a minute of the crowd chanting, Bono sings "If they should ask, well maybe they tell me what I should say...". Edge starts strumming away on the guitar and eventually Larry and Adam join in as well just before "It's desperation, separation, in temptation, isolation..." The band then plays "Ruby Tuesday" outtro for two more minutes. Definitely one of the better performances of "Bad" on the Joshua Tree Tour.

Originally posted by LikeASong[..]Hi! I think the bootlegs represent exactly what you say:

[..]http://www.justinscdrtrading.com/u2/thetreeincologne.html

Originally posted by JanRodiNo, not at all: The bootleg lacks about 2 minutes during part I of Bad. During this time U2 played a snippet of Norwegian Wood and the "sing it, sing it, sing it"-part. The whole song lasted nearly 12 minutes.
Believe me: I was there and also played it back before writing this.

As stated before it was in my opinion the most briliant all-time version (maybe except Live Aid.

11. Help
12. Bad / Norwegian Wood / crowd chanting / Bad / Ruby Tuesday

Disc 2:
1. Bad (cuts in during Edge's outro) / New Year's Day

Originally posted by LikeASong[..]I know about the Norwegian Wood snippet. Have you visited the link I gave you?

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Originally posted by JanRodiThe thing i wanted to say was that this best known bootleg of the cologne show unfortunatelly lacks about 2 minutes.

Originally posted by zooTV4all[..]

Changed your mind, finally?

Live Aid is THE one.

Originally posted by zooTV4allChanged your mind, finally?

Live Aid is THE one.

Originally posted by JanRodiAnd what about the version of Bad at Self Aid played as encore?
I think it´s one of the most powerful.