Running to Stand Still: Joshua Tree vs. Zoo TV?
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And, in response to the thread, I have to go with Zoo Tv. It's brilliant.
And, in response to the thread, I have to go with Zoo Tv. It's brilliant.
jick
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Joshua Tree and Lovetown were more intimate.
That is definitely a classic line that's hard to forget - "we're making you all Irish tonight."
In the early JT shows, Bono screams "I'm running, I'm gonna run" with a really high strong voice -- see Chicago `87 and San Francisco `87 - both on April and one show apart. Brilliant.
The ZOO TV versions sound too scripted and plastic, and the hallelujahs don't quite fit the context as much as the intimate versions do.
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That is definitely a classic line that's hard to forget - "we're making you all Irish tonight."
In the early JT shows, Bono screams "I'm running, I'm gonna run" with a really high strong voice -- see Chicago `87 and San Francisco `87 - both on April and one show apart. Brilliant.
The ZOO TV versions sound too scripted and plastic, and the hallelujahs don't quite fit the context as much as the intimate versions do.
Cheers,
J
u2granny
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The creepy needle pantomime ruins the zoo versions for me. Any of the Lovetown versions are my favorites.
Lauren2554
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Thank you so much! That's a fantastic version, and I love the extra lyrics. 
Hmm... now I'm not sure which version I like best. Extra lyrics vs. the wonderful imagery of people sitting in their cars, tuned in across the UK "all Irish tonight". That always sucks me in, makes me feel like I'm there. Which is funny, since at that moment I was about 11 years old, and was probably tuned in to Debbie Gibson or some similar crap. I think they only way I'll be able to pick between the Rotterdam and Point Depot versions is to listen to them on repeat. Oh, the horror! RTSS is probably the only U2 song I could never get sick of.
In the end, though, I'm picking between two Lovetown versions. I think the Zoo TV version is too explicit. When the drug theme is below the surface, it's a gorgeous piece of writing that could be about heroine or just about any internal struggle. When Bono mimes the drug needle, the subtext becomes text and the meaning of the lyrics becomes narrower.
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