Hollow Island
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What songs do you think U2 improved most on the stage? Almost all of their songs are better live, but some improved more than others.
Here are mine:
11 O'clock Tick Tock. Martin Hannett's production really didn't suit U2 at all, which is kind of funny given how similar they were structurally to Joy Division. Maybe that's why it didn't work: he gave them the JD treatment and it made U2 sound leaden and weak. Live the song is one of their best ever though. It flies.
A Day Without Me: The song sounds weak (again) on Boy. By Red Rocks, it had serious bounce and power.
Electric Co.: decent on record, monstrous live.
Love Is Blindness: maybe just because Bono doesn't sing over the solo, and Edge stretches it out.
Magnificent: doesn't go anywhere on the album, but they rectified that with the new version.
Silver & Gold: the original isn't U2, but it sounds half finished compared to the perfect, ferocious slice of groove rock U2 played in the late 80s.
Here are mine:
11 O'clock Tick Tock. Martin Hannett's production really didn't suit U2 at all, which is kind of funny given how similar they were structurally to Joy Division. Maybe that's why it didn't work: he gave them the JD treatment and it made U2 sound leaden and weak. Live the song is one of their best ever though. It flies.
A Day Without Me: The song sounds weak (again) on Boy. By Red Rocks, it had serious bounce and power.
Electric Co.: decent on record, monstrous live.
Love Is Blindness: maybe just because Bono doesn't sing over the solo, and Edge stretches it out.
Magnificent: doesn't go anywhere on the album, but they rectified that with the new version.
Silver & Gold: the original isn't U2, but it sounds half finished compared to the perfect, ferocious slice of groove rock U2 played in the late 80s.