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  1. It kind of combines everything that i love about U2 in one song. Edge is insane, one of his best moments. larry and adam also are on fire. Thing that always does it the most for me is Bono though. The energy he puts into the live performances is insane. Not to mention the fact that it may have the best theme of any song U2 has ever written. The Jesus Judas theme has some type of meaning for just about everyone, religious or not.
  2. Also provided the must unforgettable concert moment of my life. I'll never forget my first U2 concert in 2005 on the Vertigo Tour when they opened the encore with this song and Bono chased Edge around the ellipse during the outro. The crowd went nuts and I was hooked
  3. One of the higlights of the Paris gig for me. I love the way they play it right now. The extended slow bridge makes the "waves of regrets, waves of joy" part even more powerful. The Anthem snippet also just fits perfectly.
  4. Originally posted by Yogi:[..]

    I never thought of AB songs as: "Oh, this one's better, this one's not." AB is a PERFECT album with no weak spots at all.



    Acrobat

    *ducks and hides*

    Just kidding. UTOETW is the only track from AB that I don't love.


  5. SINNER! HERECTIC!


  6. Gone and Bullet are the only other 2 that come to mind immediately.
  7. I might be behind on this one but wanted to put it out there anyway... I love the version from Freddie Mercury tribute 92 (billed as Sacremento but actually Oakland, introduced in the UK by Cindy Crawford during the show) Anyway, having a look last night and found this... Must have been for the US audience as don't know the presenter and a different version... Probably from Sacremento, not even wearing the fly shades but other type worn during that era.


  8. This topic should have been deleted from post #1. UTEOTW is a gem and should be respected and treated as such.
  9. I agree. When you look at some of the lyrics, and consider how Edge wanted to leave the band and how U2 almost split...it carries an added layer of depth. It reaches back to the religious tones U2 (which, given the entire album, carries a new sound and a LOT of self reflection, something we all know U2 do and have that wonderful ability to be able to connect with its listeners and audience) have always had in their music, but rather on a different level. Call it faith, if you will. But the most important bit is how its self reflection is so important, and why it's never left the set. It's one of those songs that not only rocks us with instruments, it's not only a song that rocks us with the ideology of religious and non-religious faith, it's a song about U2's relationship with each other at the time and how important it was that they would wait for each other "Until the End of the World" because what they have means so much to them.
  10. Originally posted by stj0691:[..]
    I agree. When you look at some of the lyrics, and consider how Edge wanted to leave the band and how U2 almost split...it carries an added layer of depth. It reaches back to the religious tones U2 (which, given the entire album, carries a new sound and a LOT of self reflection, something we all know U2 do and have that wonderful ability to be able to connect with its listeners and audience) have always had in their music, but rather on a different level. Call it faith, if you will. But the most important bit is how its self reflection is so important, and why it's never left the set. It's one of those songs that not only rocks us with instruments, it's not only a song that rocks us with the ideology of religious and non-religious faith, it's a song about U2's relationship with each other at the time and how important it was that they would wait for each other "Until the End of the World" because what they have means so much to them.
    This reminds me that I still need to finish up the little article I'm writing about U2 and faith. I think I'll do it tomorrow during that sports event everyone in the US seems to be talking about.


    Also, do we feel like this song deserves a break from being performed during the next tour?
  11. And the Freddie Mercury thing?? Remember watching it in April 1992 on TV and was my first proper glimpse of the new U2 apart from the promo vids.
  12. Originally posted by ahn1991:[..]
    This reminds me that I still need to finish up the little article I'm writing about U2 and faith. I think I'll do it tomorrow during that sports event everyone in the US seems to be talking about.


    Also, do we feel like this song deserves a break from being performed during the next tour?
    I think in regards to discussing whether it belongs the set or not probably belongs in the Setlist for the New Tour page

    But to break my own suggestion here, perhaps give the song a bit of new life.
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