What is the song that they play over the PA just before U2 comes on stage??? They played it last night in Chicago, and I assume every night of the tour...it is a very beautiful song with some very nice lyrics...any help would be appreciated
Song just before U2 comes on stage?
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dabiggestu2fan
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its called wake up by the arcade fire
pepokiss
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I'm sorry
THE MOST asked question this year... WAKE UP, by The Arcade Fire
unless they changed it....
"my sharona"
I'm sorryTHE MOST asked question this year... WAKE UP, by The Arcade Fire
unless they changed it....
"my sharona"
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Oh my God.
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FJBFisch said:
Oh, it's very good! You must get it.
dabiggestu2fan
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FJBFisch said:
not a bad album i am stillin the stages of getting into it thought. But wake up is fabulouse. I got the bootlegs for the first U2 shows of leg1 and remember hearing that song. Then when the big day came in vancouver and that song was played my excitement shot up throught the roof since i knew rite after that song U2 would be out!!!!!!!!!! and the song is great!
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oh wow the Arcade Fire is real good, the only new band I'll listen to nowadays...FUNERAL is a must-have
RicoT.O
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Everyone goes nuts when Wake Up is played. They are going to go nuts around 8:57pm.
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Nope it's a pretty new song, was released in fall 2004 I think.
There were a lot of songs used before Elevation, Sgt Peppers, a Stereo MCs song, don't remember what else.
There were a lot of songs used before Elevation, Sgt Peppers, a Stereo MCs song, don't remember what else.
oceane
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cleazer said:
Yes, it's "Still Water" by Daniel Lanois, from his excellent first album "Acadie"
All of Lanois' albums are amazing btw, I highly recommend them.
And I also urge anyone who hasn't listened to Arcade Fire's "Funeral" to go get this album right now. It's absolutely mind-blowing, Wake Up is not even the best song IMO.
nurse chrissi
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get Funeral - The Arcade Fire is amazing - I can't wait to see what their next album will be like
I sometimes feel a little like David Bowie in the way I hype this band up to anyone who asks me what new music to buy
I sometimes feel a little like David Bowie in the way I hype this band up to anyone who asks me what new music to buy
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I'm going to Arcade Fire's concert in a month... !!!
Arcade Fire + Kings Of Leon (again) + Strokes
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I'm going to Arcade Fire's concert in a month... !!!
Arcade Fire + Kings Of Leon (again) + Strokes
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rafmed
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The song after the show end, Still Water by Daniel Lanois has Larry Mullen on drums and Adam Clayton on bass.
Funerals is a must have album as well as Acadie.
Funerals is a must have album as well as Acadie.
I was telling Chizip before the show on 9/20, I have a total Pavlovian response to hearing "Wake Up". I could be walking along in 95 degree weather (and we've had a lot of that this summer in Chicago), sweating my a*s off, that song comes on my ipod and I get cold chills all over and all the hairs on my whole body stand up....because to me that song will always be associated with U2 hitting the stage in a few minutes...
AliEnvy
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I think I will get that feeling whenever I hear any of the songs played in the break between opening act and U2...but especially Wake Up. Here's a partial list of those songs, if anyone can add to it, please do, in my post-U2 HEAVEN week I can't remember them all.
Rebel Rebel
Mr. Brightside
Rock the Casbah
Idioteque
In Between Days
Float On
Rebel Rebel
Mr. Brightside
Rock the Casbah
Idioteque
In Between Days
Float On
BoMac
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I went to Toronto 4 and hearing Wake Up was amazing! I was so excited I called a friend who's a big Arcade fan and had him listen to the song. Just hearing 20 thousand people singing "oh, oh,oh, oh, oh!!!" was mind-blowing.
And then the seque from Wake Up to City of Blinding Lights---words cannot describe.
Incidentally, I have several friends that respect U2 but are not fanatics like I am. As soon as they heard that Arcade Fire were opening the Montreal shows they wanted to gp to the concerts. One friend mentioned he would pay the 160$ ticket just to watch the opening act! He was kidding of course....
The Montreal shows will be awesome. I'm sure one of the few times an arena will be full or almost full to hear the opening act.
And for those that haven't already, please get "Funeral". Amazing album!
And then the seque from Wake Up to City of Blinding Lights---words cannot describe.
Incidentally, I have several friends that respect U2 but are not fanatics like I am. As soon as they heard that Arcade Fire were opening the Montreal shows they wanted to gp to the concerts. One friend mentioned he would pay the 160$ ticket just to watch the opening act! He was kidding of course....
The Montreal shows will be awesome. I'm sure one of the few times an arena will be full or almost full to hear the opening act.
And for those that haven't already, please get "Funeral". Amazing album!
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