Originally posted by bpt3:I'll dissent and say I prefer the 360 (and JT2017, to a lesser extent) versions over Zoo TV. I do love Bono's Zoo TV falsetto, but his "ooohhhs" during the chorus of UV don't really add to the song for me. And although Edge's guitar part on the bridge is cool...
...it's not as cool as his slide playing on 360 versions. I like how he switches it up to that particular riff halfway through the second verse, too, and how Bono jumps the octave in his singing. And that outro power chord riffing is much more of a gut punch than the Zoo TV vesion, too.
I'd say overall Zoo TV versions are more fragile sounding, while 360/JT2017 are more powerful and intense. I'll never forget seeing UV at my first show on 360, opening the encore with Bono in his laser suit. Still might be the highlight of any show for me since.
Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]
Agreed.
Further, it can't be any version post ZooTV for me because of how Edge's guitar parts changed. Not a fan of the little changes he made. Also, that the chorus of the song is a give and take thing for me, and 360-onward when Bono doesn't do his falsetto "oooooohs" with Edge singing "ultraviolet", it's a bit lame. That's what makes it such a killer chorus.
Originally posted by bpt3:I'll dissent and say I prefer the 360 (and JT2017, to a lesser extent) versions over Zoo TV. I do love Bono's Zoo TV falsetto, but his "ooohhhs" during the chorus of UV don't really add to the song for me. And although Edge's guitar part on the bridge is cool...
...it's not as cool as his slide playing on 360 versions. I like how he switches it up to that particular riff halfway through the second verse, too, and how Bono jumps the octave in his singing. And that outro power chord riffing is much more of a gut punch than the Zoo TV vesion, too.
I'd say overall Zoo TV versions are more fragile sounding, while 360/JT2017 are more powerful and intense. I'll never forget seeing UV at my first show on 360, opening the encore with Bono in his laser suit. Still might be the highlight of any show for me since.