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Best version of One?

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Topic started 18 years ago by Midgar in Audio and video recordings. Since then 150 posts have been made by 62 users.

Papalangas007

4 years

tacoma? zootv I believee
Alvin

4 years

Nothing beats One from ZooTV. I saw Sydney vouple of weeks ago and wow, can't remember when I enjoyed One like that last time. These days they play it soooo slooow and it takes away the whole magic... it's like totally different song
deanallison

4 years

The slane version is excellent, that’s probably my joint favourite to listen to with the u22 version from Hampden Park, I was at that show so that makes me a little bias but I think it is a very good version anyway. If Bono let’s the crowd sing it’s a bit of a let down for me.
Ricku2

4 years

My favourite is probably the one from that Outside Broadcast/Zoo Radio bootleg ( https://u2start.com/topic/727/ ). On Zoo TV One clearly had it's best day, but on PopMart and Elevation the song was still sounding very good as Bono could still sing it melodically with a beautiful tone. Just not the power of Zoo TV. My favourites from those tours are Rotterdam 2 (PopMart) and Slane 1. Mexico I sometimes find unlistenable, but sometimes it also works great. Depends on the mood I guess
RUMMY

4 years

Originally posted by deanallison:The slane version is excellent, that’s probably my joint favourite to listen to with the u22 version from Hampden Park, I was at that show so that makes me a little bias but I think it is a very good version anyway. If Bono let’s the crowd sing it’s a bit of a let down for me.

Yeah. It drives me nuts when I have to listen to the crowd sing on a bootleg. The I&E versions of the song are ruined (for me).
melon51

4 years

First ZooTV leg versions are wild to my ears, the song wasn't (or just) a single and the band seemed to experiment more with the endings.

After it became a hit it's been a crowd sing-a-long anyways and I never cared for it much live at the shows I saw in person. DVD/Broadcast wise I'd say it would be the one with great crowd participation, so Slane is a great choice

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