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Yep, definitely agree - it would have been interesting to hear the alternative version of Invisible on the album. I can only assume it didn't appear was because it either got abandoned or could be on the next album.

To be fair, I think you are right. Listening to it again and it seems a bit out of place. But I would still love to have heard the other version with different lyrics - that might have been a bit more fitting with the album.

Actually, I do wonder why it wasn't included, because Invsible would've worked great here. But then, wasn't there also another version of Invisible with different lyrics which was more about the band at Waterloo etc?

I've been inactive on this forum for about 5yrs since NLOTH came out. I enjoyed parts of that album but it felt overall a little bit disappointing, the 360 tour was great though. Over the past few years I've lurked the forums every now and then to read up on the new album rumours, hoping that...

One of my favourite eras in U2's music and I'm so late to the news! If/when/how I get this (hoping I get it for Christmas:D) I will be spending the whole week in Achtung Baby era! Out come the posters, the music videos, ZooTV live in Sydney :wink: and maybe even some leather pants and fly...

Let's ask him. SexybootsU2 did you mean recapture or reinvent? If it's the latter I will stand corrected.

Like Sexyboots has already said, you have completely missed his point. What we're getting at is that during the 360 tour recently in regards to the classics, the band (especially Bono) don't seem very inspired in their performances and actually some songs sound far worse than they have ever...

I think the difference is with some songs is (especially in the case of UV) if they haven't played them for a while it's much easier for them to come up with a new creative approach, especially Bono. However if it's a song they play all the time like BD then I think they kinda lose sight of what...

It seems for some songs like UV, Miss Sarajevo, SYCMIOYO, MOS etc there is quite a mixture of technique going on with some old style Bono singing which uses more forceful, passionate improper technique to hit some notes. The reason why this is for those songs and not others? I don't know...

Yes and no. He sang differently for a lot of songs because he also just couldn't do it and knew his voice would crack and break when he tried. Other times you are right he didn't seem to give a damn and would shout a lot without technique to give the audience remaining power of his voice. I...

Things during 360 don't seem to be bad as Popmart as far facts go about Popmart not filling stadiums, the album being more poorly received than NLOTH and huge problems with Bono's voice that nearly marked the end of his career as a singer. In fact I'm more inclined to say this tour is similar to...

The costello performance was interesting because it makes a good comparison of Two Shots Of Happy performances from 1995 and 2009. You have the 1995 Bono (who was smoking a lot then) and 2009 Bono (who people say is new and improved). Upon further inspection of the two performances I'm...

One thing I've noticed while browsing through the youtube videos of the 360 tour performances is that Bono this tour is holding the microphone much closer to his mouth. Now I don't know why this is (there could be a number of factors), but upon further inspection of the way his voice sounds like...

One thing that annoys me about the 360 tour with regards to many songs sounding worse this tour than previous ones, is that the 'mix' of the vocals and guitar isn't balanced right. Sometimes Bono's vocals drown out the Edge's guitar and the Edge with Bono's vocals... One song that comes to mind...

I'm all for Bono being energetic, I love that. But I was just saying if it makes it difficult for him to sing, why do it if he's so out of breath and he can't hold a note or be heard I don't see the point. I don't necessarily always have problem with his improvisation but lately his improvising...