What's that song they came out to? / Intro Songs?

[Ellay]

 

[LyricalDrug]

hopefully more Arcade Fire

 

[OrARoundabout]

^Nice

 

[dan_smee]

^ rumour is that it is something called Kingdom of Songs of Ascent...

 

[Diane L]

 

[Ellay]

So after all that, what is the song they came out to then?

It's the same as the one on the 360 promo video isn't it?

 

[last unicorn]

Yeah, what's it called?

 

[topplehatU2]

Was it? According to atu2 it was Space Oddity by David Bowie.

 

[dan_smee]

^ surely not... I heard on the clip in the setlist party, it wasn't Space Oddity LOL

 

[Mr. V]

So what on earth was the intro music?

I won't lie... it sounded like U2. And it sounded good.

"Sing yourself right down the street
Sing yourself right off your feet
Sing yourself away from victory and of defeat
Sing yourself with fife and drum
Sing yourself to overcome
the darkness of one's lost and someone else has won"

Any info?

 

[nirniva]

I have no idea, but, if I had to guess, I'd say it's something from Songs of Ascent. And, if that's the case, I am now incredibly pumped for said album.

 

[Mr. V]

You can listen to it very clearly here: Listen to Opening Night of U2’s 360 Tour from Camp Nou | U2Exit.com News Blog

Just at the start of the stream. If it's from SOA, then awesome.

 

[The Disciple]

It sounds like the chords in the outro 2 "The Man Who Stole The World" by Mr. Bowie...

 

[mikal]

i think it's a new song by Gavin Friday called "Kingdom".

 

[Niceman]

Either that's Bono singing, or I'm a dingo!

 

[Tommy WM]

Song is at the start and at the end:

YouTube - U2 360 TOUR SNEAK PREVIEW

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

I have no idea, but, if I had to guess, I'd say it's something from Songs of Ascent. And, if that's the case, I am now incredibly pumped for said album.

Same here!

 

[thehomecomingsort]

from the internets

Either that's Bono singing, or I'm a dingo!

you're not a dingo... according to this, anyway. good call

holy heteroclite: new U2 song of ascent: "Sing yourself right off your feet"

 

[NotBono]

Holy crap, a small little snippet of whats to come once the tour is over Can't wait for Songs of Ascent.

 

[last unicorn]

I knew it was a U2 song.

SOA

Sing yourself right down the street
Sing yourself right off your feet
Sing yourself away from victory and of defeat
Sing yourself with fife and drum
Sing yourself to overcome
the darkness of one's lost and someone else has won

 

[U2FanPeter]

2nd best new song after Magnificent....

Seriously, the voices/backing/production sound VERY familiar and no Gavin song is credited. That 8 minute EPK is for media consumption and news pieces meaning u2 would have all permissions set up.

 

[Gr8Daisy]

Awesomeness!!! Totally Bono singing, SOA hype =

 

[digitize]

If you listen to the bootleg, you can hear that they played part of Space Oddity before this song. Bono is definitely the main voice, and there are some obvious Bono/Edge/Brian/Danny harmonies, so I'm thinking it came out of the NLOTH/SOA sessions.

 

[jkthegame]

It's got to be Gavin Friday's "Kingdom"... on his Twitter page it simply reads...

"KINGDOM... soon!"

 

[mikal]

yeah, i'm betting on this being a Gavin Friday song.

 

[Ellay]

Either way, I love , it gives me goosebumps !!!!!!

 

[bonocomet]

Ok I just realized something about the opening song speculated to be Kingdom... didn't Gavin's message on Twitter say "Kingdom... soon"?
Is it my imagination or is the word being repeated over and over in that song the word "soon".
maybe that's reading too much into it.

 

[mikal]

Ok I just realized something about the opening song speculated to be Kingdom... didn't Gavin's message on Twitter say "Kingdom... soon"?
Is it my imagination or is the word being repeated over and over in that song the word "soon".
maybe that's reading too much into it.

yeah, that's what a couple of us were thinking too. honestly, if this was a new U2 song, i think we'd know already. a band member would have said something.

 

[bonocomet]

Ah ok I hadn't seen that exact thing mentioned before... thought maybe Gavin was giving us a hint with the lyric.

 

[mikal]

i wouldn't be surprised if he was. either way, it's a cool song. i'll download it either way.