This is one of the best U2 performance videos I've ever seen:
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It was a great little studio piece, and probably should have been used similiar to that of the Lemon during Popmart, as a transitional piece.
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I think it's fine on DVD and 'works' in that sense. I mean, it's Numb. There's not a lot you can do with it. It is what it is. So if you like Numb - there it is. And if you don't - well, you don't. But I agree that in a stadium... tough. I bet he was effectively inaudible for most of the crowd.
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TheEdge25, thank you for posting the Mofo video. 
Slapnutz
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That was incredible. Ali should stick to listening to Boyzone.
patternshirt170
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Actually the breakdown in the middle pays a sly tribute to Simple Minds best phase with an I Travel snippet around the 2:33 mark before the "mother / son" part, Adam plays the riff throughout the rest of the song...
YouTube - U2 - Mofo (Mexico City Live)
YouTube - Simple Minds - I travel 1980
YouTube - U2 - Mofo (Mexico City Live)
YouTube - Simple Minds - I travel 1980
purpleoscar
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Awesome I haven't heard that Simple Minds song before
That version of Please on MTV is my favorite version of the song.
That version of Please on MTV is my favorite version of the song.
An Cat Gav
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I'm pretty sure Edge performed Numb "live" at an MTV awards too, it seemd to work pretty well, but in a stadium setting it did kill the energy of the show a bit.
As for that performance of Mofo, I remember watching it live from Dublin and being totally blown away, and it still sounds and looks incredible, only bad thing about it as that asswipe from boyzone(who was presenting the show) appears right at the end.
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Yup, he did.
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numb wasn't just edge mumbling over playback...
except the MTV awards obviously, that was pretty fucking ballsy haha
YouTube - U2 - Numb (Live from Adelaide, Australia 1993)
doesn't QUITE live up to the studio version but still sounds great and it's not like he's just playing guitar/singing over a backing track. Adam/Larry are playing/singing, live keyboards too. the only real stand out playback apart from the obvious ton of sound effects and stuff is bono's fat lady vocal. sounds no more played over a backing track than what they do nowadays.
what really pissed me off though is how they went and put the original studio guitar part over the Sydney performance when re-releasing it on DVD. It's one thing to edit little guitar mistakes but to cut the guitar and put the studio version in is a different thing altogether...!!
except the MTV awards obviously, that was pretty fucking ballsy hahaYouTube - U2 - Numb (Live from Adelaide, Australia 1993)
doesn't QUITE live up to the studio version but still sounds great and it's not like he's just playing guitar/singing over a backing track. Adam/Larry are playing/singing, live keyboards too. the only real stand out playback apart from the obvious ton of sound effects and stuff is bono's fat lady vocal. sounds no more played over a backing track than what they do nowadays.
what really pissed me off though is how they went and put the original studio guitar part over the Sydney performance when re-releasing it on DVD. It's one thing to edit little guitar mistakes but to cut the guitar and put the studio version in is a different thing altogether...!!
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they do that but then don't touch bono murdering the open chords on dirty day...
LemonMelon
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To be fair, Bono probably made sure his wife never saw this:
YouTube - U2 - Knockin on Heaven's Door (Live TV Gaga 1986 Bob Dylan Cover) HD
BVS
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numb wasn't just edge mumbling over playback...
And we just happen to be talking about MTV performances...
Not that the more "live" version was any better
Salome
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I love Numb
excellent song
sucked live
excellent song
sucked live
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And we just happen to be talking about MTV performances...
well that wasn't made clear....
brooklynmike
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Wow, good catch. I like it at the end of MOFO
xana dew
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Thank you for posting the Mofo and Please performances. I'd never seen the Mofo until now. Spectacular. Why they walked away from that monster is beyond me. I recall the Please performance. It was a bit jarring and dark. In retrospect it's one of their greatest moments but when it was broadcast I remember being a bit underwhelmed. I think they were ahead of the curve to do Please, and do that way, at that show. Impressive.
financeguy
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Thanks for the thread. I was looking at the Please performance only the other day. I remember these the first time around and they are still as fresh and new as ever. MTV still meant something back then.
oh man this makes me weep! This is completely mind-blowingly-powerfully-awesome. This is why I am a fan.
Dare I say it, but it makes the modern version seem rather flaccid by comparison. Even streets seems to be going the way of WOWY
(but
for that zootv performance!)Similar threads
