zoocarolina
Refugee
I really like the original, Bomb version of the song. When they played it live we saw they'd already been d1cking around with it and I thought it was a weaker song as a result. I think its good we have that pro-recorded version, but the original is my favourite. Yes, its overblown and U2 at their most U2-y, but I really like it and has a grandness about it which is missing from much of their recent stuff.
Had it got the proper album treatment, it might have become even more diluted down and that's kind of my worry about SOE and any new music from the band these days, that the seemingly never-ending tinkering really doesn't do the music any favours.
It wouldn't be a proper album thread without a mention of Mercy now would it? 2010 version was ok, but with a little tinkering that 2004 version could have been a monster on HTDAAB. Who knows maybe it will be on an album someday, I never thought in a million years we would have gotten that live version. Sometimes this bands gets exhausting with their waffling on tunes that's for sure, just hope SOE does not keep getting that same treatment.