Has Electrical Storm Ever Been Played Live?

[Bonochick]

That line doesn't bother me cos I always hear it as (and sing it as) "heavy as a drug".

It would be better if it were, "Heavy as our luck,"...but then he couldn't use "luck" again, so he'd be faced with the same problem, and maybe he'd do something like, "We need the rain to wash away our big truck," and that's even worse, and this sentence is way too long.

 

[gvox]

I'm torn about this song, I think "if the sky can crack there must be some way back" is one of his nicest lines in a while (although it's not really Bono's originally, bonus points if you can name where it's from )

I've heard a few tributes do it and to be honest it's never felt very inspiring, however I would like to see U2 try it sometime. Then I think about other songs I'd love to hear live that would be omitted at the expense of this one, and I'm torn again.

I definitely think truck should have been drug, tho.

 

[thelaj]

Maybe it was "drug" until "someone" got scared about the idea

 

[Galeongirl]

It would be better if it were, "Heavy as our luck,"...but then he couldn't use "luck" again, so he'd be faced with the same problem, and maybe he'd do something like, "We need the rain to wash away our big truck," and that's even worse, and this sentence is way too long.

wash away the big truck... awesome!

now THAT would be one hell of a metaphor!

 

[gvox]

wash away the big truck... awesome!

Naw, it was prophecy.

(this just happened here yesterday. I'm starting to lose faith tho, cause no rain to speak of yet....)

 

[Galeongirl]

damn, you're one hell of an unlucky man then Gabe!

here's a hug, you might need it!

 

[major_panic]

What cracks me up is that I've heard a U2 tribute band play it live, but U2 themselves? Nooo.

*cough* Acrobat *cough*

 

[major_panic]

Yeah, saw them play it in August. They actually used it to open their set, which was a bit odd, and perhaps even more strange was that Fake Bono added a snippet of Don't Cry For Me Argentina, but they still played the song really well. If four Aussie blokes in a pub can do it and sound good, it should be piss-easy for U2 to pull it out.

Also, you bastard, you went and saw them and didn't tell me!

 

[Axver]

Also, you bastard, you went and saw them and didn't tell me!

Get it right. I've seen them TWICE and haven't told you.

So, woops. Will drop you a line before the next gig.

 

[last unicorn]

It would be better if it were, "Heavy as our luck,"...but then he couldn't use "luck" again, so he'd be faced with the same problem, and maybe he'd do something like, "We need the rain to wash away our big truck," and that's even worse, and this sentence is way too long.

Well, there's another word that rhymes with "truck" and "luck".

 

[major_panic]

Well, there's another word that rhymes with "truck" and "luck".

...buck?

 

[Axver]

...buck?

Hello, Paul McGuinne$$.

 

[djerdap]

Personally I'd rather hear a full band Ground Beneath Her Feet.

Definitely. That ending needs to be heard live. It would be magnificent.

They did a half-assed acoustic version on the Elevation tour. Vertigo was great during its first 2 legs when they didn't do any acoustic songs.

Too bad U2 damaged that as well when they replaced two of the best (and by far the most rocking along with The Electric Co.) songs of the tour - Zoo Station and The Fly with acoustic songs.

Anyways, I wouldn't bother with Electrical Storm. Bring back some old songs instead (Exit, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me, The Unforgettable Fire, Ultra Violet, Love is Blindness...)

 

[gvox]

I won't mind admitting that 'fuck' is the word that I immediately wished he had used. And it works so well, if you think of it.

Still can't believe noone's taking a stab at the 'sky can crack' - cmon you geniuses, where's it from?

 

[Galeongirl]

Well, there's another word that rhymes with "truck" and "luck".

QUACK!

 

[Peterrrrr]

QUACK!

That did my day, isnt that Quackers from Conan O Brian?
Broadcaster.com | Video Clip: Conan - The Shocking Return of Quackers

 

[Galeongirl]

I don't know, I just googled for a white duck and this came up!


Ducks are cool, but not as cool as Llamas! pity Llama's don't rhyme with luck!

 

[coolian2]

I'd have my faith entirely restored in U2 if they ever played it live.

 

[Axver]

I'd have my faith entirely restored in U2 if they ever played it live.

Even if the rest of the setlist was just One, Pride, ISHFWILF, and Vertigo x2?

 

[Blue Room]

Even if the rest of the setlist was just One, Pride, ISHFWILF, and Vertigo x2?

Honestly, I don't think its a big deal Electrical Storm wasn't done. I think it would be similiar to the way Crumbs translated live. Interesting and OK, but nothing spectacular. Definately one of the bands weaker singles to me.

 

[Sister Moon]

Well the video for ES is so hot I can't ever get it out of my mind when I just hear it.

 

[The John Tree]

Even the reindeer?

 

[Sister Moon]

WTF is that doing in there anyhow....definitely try to ignore that part!

 

[The John Tree]

I don't know.

But even though I think the song is only so-so, I quite like the video. And it has nothing to do with Larry (I'm a straight male).

It's just that there's a whole lot of symbolism in that video that I find very cool.

 

[bonocomet]

WTF is that doing in there anyhow....definitely try to ignore that part!

Larry is a wizard. It's his patronus.

 

[Galeongirl]

Anton (Corbijn, director) Explained that the Deer is a symbol of innocence, and it runs away portraying how innocence is lost.

 

[Sister Moon]

Ok, but in the video is that a deer, a reindeer or a stag? Looks like a stag to me. I wonder where "deer is a symbol of innocence" comes from? Maybe some sort of mythology or something that I'm not familiar with. My uncle who is/was Pagan says in those circles the stag/deer is very symbolic.