your favorite version of Bad?

[JCOSTER]

Totally agree with you. Plus I love this look on him too.

 

[gherman]

My fave forever:

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdDBV6VX3fc

 

[U2NativeSon]

long live the Mullet

great version, no BS, no snippets, just a straight up brilliant performance



1984-11-21 - Dortmund, Germany

YouTube - U2 - Bad (live 1984) [HQ]

 

[edgeplaytheblue]

Bad 2001 at Gelredome Arnhem 31-07-2001. I was there .. front row ... great great great!

 

[el_milagro]

YouTube - U2 - Bad/All I Want Is You - Popmart Santiago 1998

 

[The Sad Punk]

Uh, that's tough. I would say the RAH one because it's very solid throughout, but I'm not a huge fan of Bono's voice from the time. I get by with the WAIA one.

I totally forgot this version ealier on. This one made Bad my #1 U2 song.
Absolutely brilliant imo. He sings wide awake so easily here.

Youtube - U2 : BAD - Live Dublin '86 ((Stereo))

they crawl out from the woodwork
onto pages of CHEAAP DUBLINH MAGAZIIINENEEIENESSS

 

[ic170]

Easy question. The version from the Boston Elevation DVD is my all-time favorite performance of any song.

I like most versions during the Elevation tour. I think his voice in that period fits the song better than ZooTV or even any time in the 80s.

ETA: And of course, I was ecstatic when they played it in Chicago on May 7th 05

Yeah the Boston '01 version with the seque into 40/Streets is cool.

Still like the WAIA Bruxelles '84 one though

 

[jecofficial]

Bad / The First Time (Chicago, 21 September 2005)

Tour highlight for me,

 

[hanksta13]

If talking just audio, Wide Awake in America is the model and best version by far IMO.

 

[IndyShade]

The album version. It's always great live, and I don't feel a U2 show is really complete without it. But the sonic density of the album version makes it unbeatable for me. The drums and cymbals are Larry at his best, and I especially love the distorted guitar power chords (or is it a treated keyboard?) that kick in at 5:18 and continue to the end of the song.