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Hi!

I would like your opinion on the best live version of some specific songs. The list of song is as follows:

Mysterious Ways
God Part II
Hawkmoon 269
One Tree Hill
Bad (not the live aid one)
Even Better than the Real Thing
Zoo Station
The Fly
Trying to Throw your Arms around the World
Ultraviolet (light my way)
New York
New Year's Day
Discotheque
Another Time Another Place
Satellite of Love
Last Night on Earth
City of Blinding Lights
Miracle Drug
Love and Peace or else
Crumbs from your Table
Running to Stand Still
Original of the Species
Exit
Silver and Gold
Stay (faraway so close)
Beautiful Day
40
All along the Watchtower
Gloria
When Love Comes to Town (feat. B.B King)
Gone
Pride (in the name of love)
If you Wear that Velvet Dress (preferably a long version)
The Unforgettable Fire
A Sort of Homecoming
Zooropa
Some Days Are Better than Others
Dirty Day
So Cruel
Who's Gonna Ride your Wild Horses

Wow, that's quite many! Then again...there are a lot of them!

Feel free to leave several recommendations - Your opinion is much appreciated!

yeah

17 years

If you use the search function you'll find some recommendations already.

Again, I take bets who'll be the first one with the welcome thread yadda yadda.

SalvationTambourine

17 years

Mysterious Ways - ZooTV Dublin, 1993
Bad (not the live aid one)
Zoo Station - ZooTv, Sydney
The Fly - Vertigo, Chicago
Trying to Throw your Arms around the World - Washington, ZooTv
Ultraviolet (light my way) - ZooTv Dublin
Last Night on Earth
City of Blinding Lights - Vertigo Melbourne
Love and Peace or else - Vertigo Chicago
Crumbs from your Table - Vertigo Boston
Running to Stand Still - Tempe Arizona, JT Tour
Original of the Species - Vertigo Sau Paulo
Exit - Denver, JT Tour
Silver and Gold- Denver, JT Tour
Stay (faraway so close) - Zoo Tv Dublin
Beautiful Day - Vertigo Sao Paulo
Gloria - Denver 1983
When Love Comes to Town (feat. B.B King) - Dublin, Lovetown (31/12/89)
Gone - Popmart Santiago
Pride (in the name of love) - Denver, JT Tour
A Sort of Homecoming - Bologna, TUF Tour
Dirty Day - ZooTv Sydney
Who's Gonna Ride your Wild Horses - ZooTv Washington

germcevoy

17 years

Originally posted by yeahAgain, I take bets who'll be the first one with the welcome thread yadda yadda.

You should save us save us the effort and welcome him first. . .

djrlewis

17 years

Originally posted by germcevoy[..]
You should save us save us the effort and welcome him first. . .

Oi, get off!! That's my job

Please feel free to introduce yourself HERE. That would be lovely.

My contribution so far is:-

Discotheque - 2005-09-20 - Chicago, Illinois - United Center

WOWY - 1992-04-21 - Tacoma, Washington - Tacoma Dome OR 1989-12-26 - Dublin, Ireland - Point Depot OR 1987-07-04 - Paris, France - The Hippodrome

MWSAH

17 years

Filled in the ones I know for sure..

Mysterious Ways - Sydney 11-27-1993
Hawkmoon 269 - Amsterdam 12-18-1989
One Tree Hill - Point Depot 12-26-1989
Bad (not the live aid one) - Chicago 09-21-2005/Glasgow 01-06-1884/Rotterdam 01-10-1990
Trying to Throw your Arms around the World - RDS Arena 08-28-1993
New York - South Bend 10-10-2001
New Year's Day - Point Depot 12-31-1989
City of Blinding Lights - Vancouver 04-28-2005
Crumbs from your Table - Boston 12-05-2005
Running to Stand Still - Rotterdam 01-06-1990
Original of the Species - Milan 07-21-2005
Exit - Rosemont 04-29-1987
Stay (faraway so close) - RDS Arena 08-28-1993
Beautiful Day - Live Aid or Boston DVD
40 - Paris 07-04-1987 or Dortmund 11-21-1984
All Along the Watchtower - Point Depot 12-31-1989
Gloria - 11-21-1984
When Love Comes to Town (feat. B.B King) - Point Depot 12-31-1989
Gone - London 08-21-2001
The Unforgettable Fire - Rotterdam 01-06-1990
A Sort of Homecoming - They're all good..

SalvationTambourine

17 years

I've another one to add:

Please - Miami 12/02/01

germcevoy

17 years

1992-05-22 - Milan for Ultraviolet. It cannot be bettered.
Even Better Than The Real Thing from the same Milan show
1993-08-28 - Dublin for Stay
1993-11-16 - Adelaide - Dirty Day

walkon

17 years

you can go to the "songs" section and check by song name where and when was the better perfomences of it.

Elektrik2007

17 years

Mysterious Ways - Zoo Radio Transmit (located as a radio broadcast inside Houston 1992-10-14 (part 3 and 4))
Where the streets have no name - Zoo Radio Transmit
Until the end of the world - Zoo Radio Transmit
One Tree Hill - 1989-12-26
Bad (not the live aid one) 1986-05-17
The Fly - Dublin 1993-08-28.
Ultraviolet (light my way) - London 1992-05-31...if somebody would remaster this boot, would just GREAT, this one has great potential... the perfromance is BRILLIANT. Also very good: Dublin 1993-08-28, Washington 92-08-16 and some other....
New Year's Day - Dortmund 1984
Last Night on Earth - Sarajevo 1997
Running to Stand Still - Dublin 1989-12-31
Original of the Species - Milan 05
Stay (faraway so close) - Dublin 1993-08-28
Beautiful Day - Live 8, Saitama last show, Munich 05, Sao Paulo 06
Who's Gonna Ride your Wild Horses - London 1992-05-31 (someone who has skills, remaster this bootleg!!)

yeah

17 years

Let's see, some of my favourites:

Mysterious Ways - Barcelona 2001
God Part II - Rotterdam 9/1/90
Hawkmoon 269 - Sydney 27/9/89
One Tree Hil -l Rotterdam 9/1/90
Even Better than the Real Thing - Leeds 28/8/97
Zoo Station - Houston 5/3/92
The Fly - Berlin 2001
Trying to Throw your Arms around the World - Rotterdam 15/6/92
Ultraviolet (light my way) - Washington 16/8/92
New York - Las Vegas 18/11/2001
New Year's Day - Copenhagen 14/12/82
Discotheque - Mannheim 97
Another Time Another Place - San Francisco 15/5/81
Satellite of Love - Washington 16/8/92
Last Night on Earth - Mannheim 97
Running to Stand Still - Dublin 31/12/89
Exit - Chicago/Rosemont 29/4/87
Silver and Gold - San Francisco 11/11/87
Stay (faraway so close) - Adelaide 16/11/93
40 - Rotterdam 10/1/90
All along the Watchtower - Rotterdam 10/1/90
Gloria - Copenhagen 14/12/82
When Love Comes to Town (feat. B.B King) - Dortmund 16/12/89
Gone - Dublin 31/8/97
If you Wear that Velvet Dress (preferably a long version) - Sarajevo 97
A Sort of Homecoming - Chicago 21/3/85
Zooropa - London 12/8/93
Some Days Are Better than Others - was never performed
Dirty Day - Adelaide 16/11/93
So Cruel - Milan 22/5/92
Who's Gonna Ride your Wild Horses - Stockholm 11/6/92

LikeASong

17 years

Mysterious Ways
God Part II - 1989-12-27 Dublin
Hawkmoon 269 - 1989-12-18 Amsterdam
One Tree Hill - 1989-12-26 Dublin
Bad (not the live aid one) - 1990-01-10 Rotterdam
Even Better than the Real Thing - 1993-11-27 Sydney
Zoo Station - 1992-04-17 Sacramento
The Fly - 1993-08-28 Dublin
Trying to Throw your Arms around the World - 1992-06-11 Stockholm
Ultraviolet (light my way) - 1992-05-22 Milan
New Year's Day - 1987-07-04 Paris
Discotheque - 2001-04-20 San Jose
Another Time Another Place - 1982-02-11 New Orleans
Satellite of Love - 1993-08-28 Dublin
Last Night on Earth - 1997-08-28 Leeds
City of Blinding Lights - 2006-12-04 Saitama
Miracle Drug - 2008-08-11 Madrid
Love and Peace or else - 2005-04-15 Glendale
Crumbs from your Table - 2005-11-11 New York
Running to Stand Still - 1987-11-18 Los Angeles
Original of the Species - 2006-02-20 Sao Paulo
Exit - 1987-11-08 Denver
Silver and Gold - 1987-11-08 Denver
Stay (faraway so close) - 2001-05-21 Toronto
Beautiful Day - 2005-07-02 London
40 - 1987-07-15 Madrid
All along the Watchtower - 1987-11-11 San Francisco
Gloria - 1982-12-06 London
When Love Comes to Town (feat. B.B King) - 1989-12-31 Dublin
Gone - 1997-09-23 Sarajevo
Pride (in the name of love) - 1987-12-20 Tempe
The Unforgettable Fire - 1987-10-09 Syracuse
A Sort of Homecoming - 1985-03-21 Los Angeles
Zooropa - 1993-08-12 London
Some Days Are Better than Others -

Dirty Day - 1993-12-10 Tokio
So Cruel - 1992-05-22 Milan
Who's Gonna Ride your Wild Horses - 1992-02-29 Lakeland

Just my 2 cents of course, and all the versions I posted are from the top of my head, without thinking too much...

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