europop2005
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acoustic MOFO
I actually tried that...it was...interesting
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I actually tried that...it was...interesting
Bottle Bono
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acoustic Stories for Boys.
I heard an acoustic version of WOWY once done by a female singer. It was very beautiful the way she sang it.
I wonder how that would sound done by U2.
Interesting topic for a thread.
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I wonder how that would sound done by U2.
Interesting topic for a thread.
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hasin73
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My favorite acoustic version of a song is Stay from ZOO TV tour. Staring at the Sun from
POPMART was also very good. But in general I prefer less acoustic songs in a U2 concert.
POPMART was also very good. But in general I prefer less acoustic songs in a U2 concert.
kingofsorrow
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you talking about utada hikaru?
Sorry, I don't know that singer, kingofsorrow.
This was a local (Austin TX) female performer who sang several of U2's songs (Miss Sarajevo & WOWY) during a "Bono Birthday Party" at a local Irish pub.
I was staffing a ONE booth at this event and was blown away by how great that song sounded acoustically on a guitar.
Having a woman singing the song seemed to bring out another dimension of WOWY that I had never heard before.
Well, to me acoustic music played on string instruments (guitar, bass, piano) is the real music, and the electric stuff is optional. Obviously the reasons to play songs electrically is to project volume and increase the textures possible in the music. This is not necessary (though it's often great!) in most of U2's songs since they're such solid compositions.
So, I would love to see an acoustic-only gig; sort of a one-off "unplugged" thing. Larry could play some bongos or whatever, and the other three just do the usual thing. As long as Bono doesn't start hamming and posing too much, it would be fantastic.
What I can't stand in simple, lyrical R&B/rock/pop/blues compositions is 40-piece orchestra-overblown arrangements. So, let's have just the four guys onstage with an occasional violin or keyboard help.
I agree that "Drowning Man" is brilliant, by the way. But I think the violin gives it a lot of its character --the chords of the song are standard and appear in about 500 other famous tunes.
So, I would love to see an acoustic-only gig; sort of a one-off "unplugged" thing. Larry could play some bongos or whatever, and the other three just do the usual thing. As long as Bono doesn't start hamming and posing too much, it would be fantastic.
What I can't stand in simple, lyrical R&B/rock/pop/blues compositions is 40-piece orchestra-overblown arrangements. So, let's have just the four guys onstage with an occasional violin or keyboard help.
I agree that "Drowning Man" is brilliant, by the way. But I think the violin gives it a lot of its character --the chords of the song are standard and appear in about 500 other famous tunes.
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