SOmething about the drums on Pride work for me. All the choruses are great, but the last one, like in the UF documentary, I agree with Bono- it sends the song over the edge. The ultimate climax, for me.
I agree, though, that the intro to "Streets" is my defining U2 momnet. That is U2. It is the beginning of the JT, of their excellence. All wrapped into one glorious introduction.
I like, in the live version sof With or Without you, (R&H!!!!), I like it after the main lyric is over, and Edge's guitar picks up, and leads into "Yeah, we'll shine like stars...." Great.
Edge's little leg stompin guitar in Sunday Bloody Sunday is always a highlight.
I'm addicted to PRIDE, though. I had PRIDE put on the side of my highschool ring, which I am wearing at this moment. From the very beginning, it is a heroic and legendary song, and I have always liked it. I only wish the drums came through a little better in the studio version.
But even the last chorus, just before it, when Edge starts his guitar a split second early... I don't know, it just adds to it all, and then the roll, and then it really just takes off. THe backing comes in, and all the layers and melodies come together. I don't know, it's obvious it;s my favorite song, so I guess I don't have to say anymore.
Even the "intermission", the break after Edge's solo going into the final verse, where you can hear an almost silence for a split second.... and then .......... !
I never liked the ending, because I thought it was weak
But then I thought to myself, how can you end the song, how to improve - just finish with one last roll? BUt really.... I think what the album conveys well, and Bono's intentions perhaps, is that the song doesn't end. There is no way to end it.
And then there is the live version(s).......
Probably my most strange choice, but gotta go with it.
