pattip2000 said:
Speaking of Mercy, where was it going to be in the running order of the album?
it was, but they had a meeting, and they decided to take it off. this is an excerpt from the Sunday Herald.
"The problem, if it can be called that, lies in the album’s running order. After numerous attempts, U2 have yet to find a satisfactory flow, leading them to believe that there may be too many songs. So, right now, they must decide which tunes should be sacrificed.
As it stands, the album is three seconds shy of an hour and, as Bono says, “too much of a good thing is a bad thing,” so drastic measures need to be taken.
“I have a theory,” Mullen begins, and a reverential silence descends as the drummer – traditionally the first band member to be shouted down in these situations – states his case. After just five minutes, it has been unanimously decided that the track Mercy, a six-and-a-half-minute outpouring of U2 at its most uninhibitedly U2-ish, must go.
Hence a song that any self-respecting band would be proud to call a single becomes what Bono immediately anoints “the best B-side you’ve ever heard.”
the whole article here:
http://www.sundayherald.com/print45944
hahahh it was Larry's idea.
i actualyl wished it stayed on, though. it's brilliant. but, you never know, it might fit even better with the new album ;]
btw, thanks for clearing that lyric up. I always thought it was "you wanted VIOLENCE, but you got Nero."
ha.
I might have heard violence also 
