LAST time they played a B-SIDE LIVE

[snutes1]

I want U2 to play Fast Cars live but I doubt they'll play a b-side live. The last that I can remember is "Holy Joe" @ Kmart. Looking back, its amazing that they did not have any other songs available to play that day. Holy Joe was rather a mediocre song and it didnt really have a definitive version. Both available versions were remixes (Guilty Mix, Garage mix)

Any way, I doubt they'll do a b-side consitantly as they did Party Girl

 

[bono_man2002]

The Sweetest Thing was played "regually" on the first leg of the elevation tour...then it was sorta dropped....and picked up again for a few shows in Europe, but didnt make it back on the Elevation 3rd Leg.

I'd like a live Mercy!

 

[david]

They played Spanish Eyes before too!

 

[Bonochick]

The Sweetest Thing was played "regually" on the first leg of the elevation tour

Yeah, but that song was actually released as a single, and that was before the Elevation tour...so it was no longer just a B-side.

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

Elevation Tour- Party Girl, Spanish Eyes, and Slow Dancing were all played, maybe one or two others as well

 

[Blue Room]

Well, they played Party Girl at the 10-31-01 Providence show. Thats a B side.

Also, Fast Cars is technically not a b side. Its officially on alot of the albums. I doubdt they will play it, but you never know. If they do it will probebly be on of those acoustic Bono and Edge only deals.

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

I can see Bono really mincing the words on "Fast Cars"

 

[U2dork]

Ya know, Ground Beneath Her Feet was a bonus track on ATYCLB and I know I got to see it live a couple of times, so there's hope for Fast Cars...

 

[bcrt2000]

Fast Cars is not a b-side, its a bonus track.. essentially my impression is the north american version its only a bonus track on the deluxe/collector's is because its very anti american... and in canada they are selling the deluxe at the same price as the regular edition, so i think that reinforces my belief

 

[david]

Though they were cover songs, the b-sides Unchained Melody and Satellite of Love were played a lot during the ZooTV tour, cos I guess they fit in well with the show. Satellite of Love more so.

I wonder if Neon Lights will be played live?

 

[snutes1]

My bad, I keep thinking that FAST CARS will be released as a b-side here in the states since it didnt show up on an album

 

[korczykp]

Fast Cars is not a b-side, its a bonus track.. essentially my impression is the north american version its only a bonus track on the deluxe/collector's is because its very anti american... and in canada they are selling the deluxe at the same price as the regular edition, so i think that reinforces my belief

it's not on the deluxe, only collector's

and the collectors is a lot more expensive than the deluxe here in Canada

 

[DaveC]

they've played "She's a Mystery to me" a whack of times on this promo tour.

 

[Blue Room]

"She's a Mystery To Me" is not a B side though. U2's version of this from the studio has never been released. Only the Roy Orbison version and the live versions are out there.

 

[LiveFire]

Ya know, Ground Beneath Her Feet was a bonus track on ATYCLB and I know I got to see it live a couple of times, so there's hope for Fast Cars...

Yeah but that was a soundtrack song that was released to radio I'm pretty sure so it'd be like them playing Hands at a concert.

Seriously does no one have the M$H soundtrack?

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

Oooh ohh! I have it! It's goooooood.

Stateless I've got no home in this wooooorld

 

[LiveFire]

Oooh ohh! I have it! It's goooooood.

Stateless I've got no home in this wooooorld

Stateless doesn't beat Mila talking about her Beaver.

 

[discothequeLP]

11 O'Clock Tick Tock, anyone? played many a time during the Elevation tour

 

[typhoon]

Not to pick nits, but "B-side" means anything but the A-side on a single. "Fast Cars," "She's A Mystery To Me," "The Ground Beneath Her Feet," and certainly not "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" (which may have been released as a B-side for "Pride" but was originally an A-side four-ish years earlier) are not B-sides. If you mean anything that's not on an album, say "non-album tracks."

And "Holy Joe" rocks.

 

[Axver]

U2 appear to have stopped playing NEW b-sides live. I think the last time a b-side originally written by U2 debuted live was Holy Joe at the Popmart Tour press conference, and it was only played once. The last time a 'U2 original' b-side that was performed multiple times debuted was Slow Dancing on 1 December 1989. You may be wondering why I am discounting North And South Of The River, which was played once, but I recall some other artist being involved in the writing [?] of that song.

In other words, there probably is not a good chance of seeing any current b-sides in concert, but we probably will see Party Girl appear over the years and Spanish Eyes has a good likelihood of being performed in Spain (it only missed out on being played on the Popmart tour).

 

[Aardvark747]

Id love Stateless to be played....

 

[bloodysunday972]

Personally id hope for Are you gonna wait forever

 

[bloodysunday972]

1 came to mind that they havent played since the Joshua Tree Tour but still a b - side Silver & Gold

 

[knox]

Fast Cars is not a b-side, its a bonus track.. essentially my impression is the north american version its only a bonus track on the deluxe/collector's is because its very anti american... and in canada they are selling the deluxe at the same price as the regular edition, so i think that reinforces my belief

Sorry, but I really don't see it as anti-American. I see it more as a criticism of the channel-flippin', gadget-ridden, business-driven culture that's evolving. Get outta yer fast cars, and stop to smell the roses.

 

[blueyedpoet]

I have it....good soundtrack...Stateless....Falling at Your Feet....cool songs

 

[WinnieThePoo]

soundtrack is great , even better then film

 

[U2_Muse]

Much better than the film, actually.