Boy Falls From The Sky!
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Honestly, upon hearing this song - played live by U2, the RIGHT BAND FOR THIS SONG - I immediately think of Spiderman. Seriously, that main guitar riff just says Spiderman to me!!! Even if this song wasn't written for the play, I would still associate it with Spiderman.
I LOVE THIS SONG SO DAMN MUCH I WANT TO CRY
I LOVE THIS SONG SO DAMN MUCH I WANT TO CRY
catlhere
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
Cool song. Hope they play it more. Switch it out for Snoreth Star.
Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
Honestly, upon hearing this song - played live by U2, the RIGHT BAND FOR THIS SONG - I immediately think of Spiderman. Seriously, that main guitar riff just says Spiderman to me!!! Even if this song wasn't written for the play, I would still associate it with Spiderman.
I LOVE THIS SONG SO DAMN MUCH I WANT TO CRY
It pretty much made me cry last night when we had the feed.
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nirniva
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
You know what would be an awesome encore? HMTM... > BFFTS > MOS.
I'd add in UV as well, but that would just be getting greedy.
11o´clock
Refugee
I liked it very much and the instrumental part looks like Hold me trill me.
Purplereign
Loungeroom Dancing Queen
I was there yesterday. This song is amazing live.
Oh wow ~ that would have been amazing
<----- it is indeed a glorious glorious piece of music and from the clips floating round here and on the net, the band really sounds like they adore playing it
. . . this and EBW are my faves 
zuropa_fit
Blue Crack Addict
I got the HMTMKMKM vibe from it too. I really like the song, better than North Star and Glastonbury.
Aygo
Rock n' Roll Doggie
I was outside of the stadium in the queue and I started to listen to the first notes of the verse... and I was like «WTF? They're rehearsing this? Please play this tonight!»
And they did! It was awesome!! Miles better than that version played on tv by the other folks a few weeks ago. Better than "Mercy" and "Glastonbury" together. I only complain for it sounding too much like "Dirty Day"... But I can forgive and forget that.
The problem is that the public was there only for the hits (even in UTEOTW the reception was colder) and they just stood, stared and waited for the next new song.
Where I was staying, I was the only one vibrating and singing the lyrics I remembered...
And they did! It was awesome!! Miles better than that version played on tv by the other folks a few weeks ago. Better than "Mercy" and "Glastonbury" together. I only complain for it sounding too much like "Dirty Day"... But I can forgive and forget that.
The problem is that the public was there only for the hits (even in UTEOTW the reception was colder) and they just stood, stared and waited for the next new song.
Where I was staying, I was the only one vibrating and singing the lyrics I remembered...
youarenotimmune
Refugee
gvox
Ghost of Love
I was wondering about that myself. Either him or Bono. Then again, how do we know what's "wrong" per se, I mean, the song isn't out yet
When I heard the first 30 seconds of this, I went "OH SH*T, ALL-TIME CLASSIC!!"
I wish I could say I felt as much excitement at the end as I did at the start!
But there's no doubt, with some fine tuning, this HAS the makings of an all-time classic.
Larry & Adam are kickin ass and don't need to change anything, but 1 thing occurred to me that Edge could do and Bono, a couple things!
I think Edge needs to build more of a crescendo as the last verse progresses - I'm reminded here of the Popmart ending he created for Last night on Earth, or Electrical Storm's type of finish.
And Bono I think needs to look at the oh-ohs between the 1st and 2nd verses, unfortunately they do take from the song, where for example a lyric would not. The boys could also just go straight from the 1st verse into the 2nd. And I really feel for the lines
"if I knew who I’d become"
"too close to the sun"
"even get that right"
"thread to cross the sky"
and especially the last line
"And you believe"
Bono would have WAY more effect if he HELD the final note, and belted it out, because this song wants to be a hard rock song. Varying the notes at the end is somehow, I dunno, too playful for this particular song. Otherwise his singing here is awesome.
Sorry, had to get that off my chest! This song really does have the makings of a masterpiece - they're close, really close!
I wish I could say I felt as much excitement at the end as I did at the start!
But there's no doubt, with some fine tuning, this HAS the makings of an all-time classic.
Larry & Adam are kickin ass and don't need to change anything, but 1 thing occurred to me that Edge could do and Bono, a couple things!
I think Edge needs to build more of a crescendo as the last verse progresses - I'm reminded here of the Popmart ending he created for Last night on Earth, or Electrical Storm's type of finish.
And Bono I think needs to look at the oh-ohs between the 1st and 2nd verses, unfortunately they do take from the song, where for example a lyric would not. The boys could also just go straight from the 1st verse into the 2nd. And I really feel for the lines
"if I knew who I’d become"
"too close to the sun"
"even get that right"
"thread to cross the sky"
and especially the last line
"And you believe"
Bono would have WAY more effect if he HELD the final note, and belted it out, because this song wants to be a hard rock song. Varying the notes at the end is somehow, I dunno, too playful for this particular song. Otherwise his singing here is awesome.
Sorry, had to get that off my chest! This song really does have the makings of a masterpiece - they're close, really close!
Roland of Gilead
Gunslinger
Let's realize that they have only played the song live once. And even then it was absolutely fantastic.
It can only get better from here as they work at fine-tuning it.
Exactly!
Nice to see Larry smashing some drums on a song that I was led to believe that he was going to have no part of.
prbiker15
Blue Crack Addict
Boy Falls From The Sky = I literally fell to the ground during the setlist party. Such an amazing song. Sounds very U2-ish, and also very good for being in the Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark musical. Bono's vocals are great and Edge's guitar is just fantastic. Great job U2!
damn I should have listened a few more times b4 posting! - the oh-ohs b4 verse 2 are starting to grow on me now! I'll probably love em tomorrow!
you are right, that's the best sound quality I've heard for all 4 members
you are right, that's the best sound quality I've heard for all 4 members
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nirniva
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Over-the-top stage that redefines what a rock tour can be? Check. Crazy, heavily distorted rockers (Glastonbury, Stingray, and, now, BFFTS)? Check. Experiments with electronica (CT remix and possibly EBW)? Check.The similarities between this tour and ZooTV are uncanny
All they need now is to get back their sense of irony (seriously, what happened to that, guys?) With that in place, U2 360 would, essentially, be a spiritual successor to the shows of the '90s.
EDIT: About that...Has any U2 tour changed quite as much as 360 has? It started off promoting NLOTH with no clear theme, and now it's themed around space and communication and it's promoting albums that don't yet exist.
Add these and it would be even better:
-The Fly (Bono's persona)
-Lemon (rotate this with HMTMKMKM and then play UV right after)
-Pyrotechnics
-Dirty Day
tommycharles
War Child
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Given that no one in the audience knew "Breathe", and they still opened with it, would this work between Stingray and Beautiful Day? I think so...
I was outside of the stadium in the queue and I started to listen to the first notes of the verse... and I was like «WTF? They're rehearsing this? Please play this tonight!»
And they did! It was awesome!! Miles better than that version played on tv by the other folks a few weeks ago. Better than "Mercy" and "Glastonbury" together. I only complain for it sounding too much like "Dirty Day"... But I can forgive and forget that.
The problem is that the public was there only for the hits (even in UTEOTW the reception was colder) and they just stood, stared and waited for the next new song.
Where I was staying, I was the only one vibrating and singing the lyrics I remembered...
I noticed that too. When I heard the riff of UTEOTW I began jumping
but the people around me didn't seem to recognize the song 
Even the reception for Ultraviolet was cold. One of the highlights of the concert IMO.
Harry Vest
Refugee
Way better than Glastonbury or North Star but I still think Every Breaking Wave is a better song. That oh oh oh oh oh break has to be scrapped...then it could be great!
last unicorn
Blue Crack Addict
I miss Every Breaking Wave. It's still my favourite out of all the new songs.
xtrmx
War Child
Bleh..I liked the original simple-edge-solo from the beach clips way more. Sounds a bit messy, especially the ending.
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nirniva
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Yes, YES, no, yes.Add these and it would be even better:
-The Fly (Bono's persona)
-Lemon (rotate this with HMTMKMKM and then play UV right after)
-Pyrotechnics
-Dirty Day
That could be really, really cool...Also, if Turn Off The Dark is a hit, this would be even more likely, since people would know the song.
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