Originally posted by Reach1985:[..]
You’re probably spot on with this.i get the impression they were keen to continue ‘selling’ the SOI songs being as the 2 albums are so closely linked. They want to believe that SOI/SOE is their best work.
Wild Horses was being rehearsed even before Laval so it shows they wanted to put it in somewhere but until they were able to reframe the narrative part - the bands gaining experience over the more personal Bono’s loss of innocence bit they didn’t know what to do with it. Now that section has been retooled it’s clear that there are now a few more songs they can play in this part to keep it interesting and keep the energy up.