Lady With The Spinning Head - appreciation thread

[Vlad n U 2]

People will die of happiness if it's played.

 

[RedRocksU2]

pretty much so.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

An ambulance would have to be called, ambulances in fact.

 

[Rosebud]

THAT would kick ass

 

[MMP]

If they opened the show with it...

it would be sooooo

 

[Vlad n U 2]

THAT would kick ass

 

[van]

I didn't think there was anyone that liked that song as much as I do.....it's one of my favorite U2 tracks ever.....top 10.

 

[RedRocksU2]

I like it more than you.

 

[Rosebud]

^

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Probably top 20 for me.

 

[coolian2]

i've always presumed any live performance would have been like the extended dance mix. that is to say,

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

i've always presumed any live performance would have been like the extended dance mix. that is to say,

indeed

 

[coolian2]

is the term for it.


seriously, that extended dance mix would bring the house day. i contest it's the best u2 remix......that i can remember at the moment.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

is the term for it.


seriously, that extended dance mix would bring the house day. i contest it's the best u2 remix......that i can remember at the moment.

agreed. there's a perfecto mix i like a lot too but i can't remember which one it is. but that is by far their best remix. and far superior to the original.

 

[coolian2]

if i bothered with more remixes i'd probably have a stronger opinion on my favourite remix.

but i was bitterly disappointed when i heard the original after the remix - which was a symptom of thinking u2 remixes suck.

 

[thelaj]

But the remix lacks the guitar solo...
And crucially I can listen to the original almost twice in the time of the remix - hence more efficient.


And for my money, Zooromancer Remix of Salome is the best remix.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

i don't really get all that much into U2 remixes, most of their music isn't remix material imo. other bands i like, that's a different story. and yes, the original is disappointing for sure, and it's rare for me to prefer a remix to the original.

 

[coolian2]

i don't really get all that much into U2 remixes, most of their music isn't remix material imo. other bands i like, that's a different story. and yes, the original is disappointing for sure, and it's rare for me to prefer a remix to the original.

qft

 

[SpaceBoy]

EDIT:

Much prefer the extended mix. You can't beat the much more Fly-esque solo and Ultraviolet intro-sounding part towards the end. And yes, the song is teh ballz.

 

[Rosebud]

EDIT:

Much prefer the extended mix. You can't beat the much more Fly-esque solo and Ultraviolet intro-sounding part towards the end. And yes, the song is teh ballz.

And the synth...


And the strings after the synth....

 

[RedRocksU2]

I appreciate Julie.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

And the synth...


And the strings after the synth....

And the lyrics, and the end, and everything that happens in the 6+ minutes.

 

[cdirani]

I've always loved this b-side. I remember getting the single years later when in London. More precisely at Oxford st's main HMV store. Good times.
By the way, all of "One"'s b-sides on that CD single are fab. "Sattelite of Love" - top. "NIght and Day", the same (though I love the original mix).

 

[theFly51]

Play it live!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[djparky]

I remember hearing this way back in 1992 (??) when it was a b-side for one of the AB singles- at the time I was struggling to get my head round the whole AB thing- I'd fallen out of love with U2 during pompous R&H era and then they came back with something that blew me away

couldn't believe how good LWTSH was- still think it's a mighty fine track- shame it was banished to a bonus track on a cd single

 

[edgeplaytheblue]

yeah all AB bsides are superb .. same as JT bsides.
Lady for me is amazing song that really deserved a place on AB

 

[yenlard]

extended mix is so good............the song could have used one more verse in there somewhere...guess that's why its a b-side. most of their remixes suck...but this one is good. great song to crank in the car and hit the gas on an open stretch of road.

 

[edgeplaytheblue]

yes the extended mix is soooo cool.
Anyone know what that UVI means at the one b-side?
I foun UVI = ultraviolet. It could be ... because at the 91 demos there is a track called wake up dead man ... which includes a snippet of ultra violet

 

[thelaj]

I always thought (UV1) stood for "Ultraviolet Version 1" or something along those lines.

 

[dazzledbylight]

But the remix lacks the guitar solo...
And crucially I can listen to the original almost twice in the time of the remix - hence more efficient.

....having never heard the remixes..............

......are we talking about the guitar solo towards the end
or all of Edge's guitar work on there?

If Edge's Middle-Eastern influenced playing in the song isn't there than.... for me, it reverts to being a very good, but not superb song.