Is "Elevation" the new "Streets"?

[TheBrazilianFly]

Off base? Ha! You're so off base the base is a dot for you mister!

Just kidding. I don't think Elevation is the new Streets but I do think it's one of U2's best live songs, the crowd really seems to love singing to it, specially the chorus. I think the band likes to play that song live too and that helps. For some reason it's a song that seems to have stuck even for people who are not really fans.

I was in college the other day with a U2 t-shirt and this guy saw me and he screamed: "E-le-va-tion!" And he seemed to be loving it.

 

[Zoots]

This is like saying Stuck In A Moment is the new One.

 

[Chizip]

Off base? Ha! You're so off base the base is a dot for you mister!

Just kidding. I don't think Elevation is the new Streets but I do think it's one of U2's best live songs, the crowd really seems to love singing to it, specially the chorus. I think the band likes to play that song live too and that helps. For some reason it's a song that seems to have stuck even for people who are not really fans.

I was in college the other day with a U2 t-shirt and this guy saw me and he screamed: "E-le-va-tion!" And he seemed to be loving it.

that was me!!

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

that was me!!

Let's start a band!

 

[corianderstem]

As much as I love Elevation and love the energy in the live versions, it's nowhere near "God walking through the room" the way Streets is.

Although singing Elevation at 2 in the morning walking through Gastown in Vancouver after the 4/29 show was a moment I'd never replace with walking down the streets singing Streets.

I'd have to be running through the streets to sing Streets.

 

[nickypiemcg]

no

 

[muh2o]

I think most people are missing the point of the thread. I am not comparing the quality of the songs (I completely agree Streets is a fantastic song, lyrically, and musically) but the energy it brings to the audience while played live.

For those that believe that NOTHING will ever compare to Streets, all I can say is that it's sad you can't open the possibilty of U2 creating another masterpiece, and that you have essentially defended the point that U2 reached their peak 18 years ago. I refuse to believe that. I'm not calling Elevation a masterpiece other than to say Bono probably wrote in knowing it would breathe high energy into their live performances.

If anything, the thread got some blood boiling. Won't change my mind though. Elevation is the song I wait to hear live now!

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

Elevation is the song I wait to hear live now!

Me too!

 

[AtomicBono]

there is no 'new streets', just like there is no 'new bad' or 'new one'.
or, for that matter, no 'new 40'.

Exactly. I get so sick of people saying "This is the new that!!" No, no it isn't. This now exists in addition to that. THIS DOES NOT REPLACE THAT, OKAY?!

 

[Westport]

I don't know about that but 11 is the new 10.

 

[corianderstem]

Zombies are the new black.

 

[learn2kneel]

"a mole digging in a hole, digging up my soul" vs. "I want to reach out, and touch the flame, where the streets have no name"

hmmmm....

 

[the tourist]

Elevation the new Where The Streets Have No Name?

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(you are kidding, right...?)

 

[timothius]

This is like saying Stuck In A Moment is the new One.

I thought Miami was the new One

Well, I know for a fact that Wild Honey is the new I Still Haven't Found. That is for sure!

 

[thrillme]

I think most people are missing the point of the thread. I am not comparing the quality of the songs (I completely agree Streets is a fantastic song, lyrically, and musically) but the energy it brings to the audience while played live.

For those that believe that NOTHING will ever compare to Streets, all I can say is that it's sad you can't open the possibilty of U2 creating another masterpiece, and that you have essentially defended the point that U2 reached their peak 18 years ago. I refuse to believe that. I'm not calling Elevation a masterpiece other than to say Bono probably wrote in knowing it would breathe high energy into their live performances.

If anything, the thread got some blood boiling. Won't change my mind though. Elevation is the song I wait to hear live now!

Nah, I knew what you meant, but I still stand by my experience, "New Year's Day" got a bigger crowd reaction than "Elevation."