Acoustic Lemon?

[the tourist]

I was thinking the other day how I don't think we'll ever hear Lemon again live. And this is a very sad fact as it's got a very good melody and wonderful lyrics. And then I imagined what it would sound like if Bono sang it an octave down, in a range which he could still hit easily. And whilst imagining his voice deeper, the music changed in my mind. Imagine Lemon being played acoustic (kinda like Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?), slower than the original. I think that would be absolutely beautiful.

Just a thought I wanted to share.

 

[An Cat Gav]

Not a big fan of any U2 song done acoustic, however this idea sounds interesting. However Lemon live from Zooropa is so out of this world that I'd love to see it full band again, but I cant imagine it being sung by anybody other than MacPhisto.

 

[Aardvark747]

Not sure how that would sound....Wouldnt mind hearing tho!

 

[Axver]

I bloody hate almost everything U2 has done acoustic, but I'd nonetheless be intrigued by an acoustic Lemon.

 

[Aardvark747]

I bloody hate almost everything U2 has done acoustic, but I'd nonetheless be intrigued by an acoustic Lemon.

Even Stay?

 

[gareth brown]

he's just being deliberately difficult.

acoustic lemon would be pretty cool but i'd still love to hear it full band again, perhaps with The Edge singing the lead.

 

[craigp]

numb acoustic

 

[Axver]

Even Stay?

ESPECIALLY Stay. I think that is probably the worst of the acoustic songs. I can't stand to listen to it. I'll occasionally listen through something like Desire, but Stay (and SATS) lacks any form of life acoustically.

 

[Vinich]

I love Stay acoustic!

 

[GibsonGirl]

Acoustic Stay is good if you haven't got any sleeping pills handy.

I'm not sure if I'd like an acoustic Lemon...it's an interesting idea, but for me, the thing that makes Lemon so great is the bass line and the phaser guitar. If it was done acoustic, those two key elements (for me, at least) would be sorely missed.

 

[Zoots]

I'm not sure how well an acoustic Lemon would work, that too in a lower register instead of falsetto, but can't say I'm not curious!

Acoustic Stay is mostly a snoozer like Gibby said. Zooropa's album version kicks it's ass.

 

[Screwtape2]

I would hate an acoustic Lemon because Adam's bass is the best part of the song!

 

[Goocher100]

Well I haven't heard an acoustic version yet that I've not liked so go for it. I can't imagine how it'd sound though.

 

[LemonMelon]

I would hate an acoustic Lemon because Adam's bass is the best part of the song!

Acoustic bass.

 

[Aygo]

I wouldn't mind a Lemon version with Bono singing an octave down and played in a raw rock version.

 

[phillyfan26]

Lemon was ruined by the falsetto.

 

[nathan1977]

Gawd, that would sound awful. The keyboards, bass and rhythm make that song better than it has any right to be.

 

[xaviMF22]

Lemon was ruined by the falsetto.

if anything the falsetto is what makes this song

 

[the tourist]

Gotta love the division here. Some people love it, some people hate it. What if it was done with Edge on acoustic guitar, Adam on normal bass, and Larry on normal drums, sorta like a ZooTV acousitc Stay/Angel Of Harlem.

 

[Axver]

What if it was done with Edge on acoustic guitar, Adam on normal bass, and Larry on normal drums, sorta like a ZooTV acousitc Stay/Angel Of Harlem.

I'd be curious enough to want to hear it once, but I doubt I'd ever want to hear it again after that.

 

[clifedge]

Acoustic Lemon could be really cool.

 

[the tourist]

I'd be curious enough to want to hear it once, but I doubt I'd ever want to hear it again after that.

I know how you'd be happy with Lemon! If they played a 22 minute live version complete with crazy guitar solos, keyboard solos, and Bono singing as high as he did, only not in falsetto.

 

[Axver]

I know how you'd be happy with Lemon! If they played a 22 minute live version complete with crazy guitar solos, keyboard solos, and Bono singing as high as he did, only not in falsetto.

WINNER.

 

[MrBrau1]

Yeah.

We need nut crunching rawk.

All other types of music are just inferior to ball blasting rawk.

 

[mandrake]

Might be interesting... To bad Bono can't hit high notes anymore.

 

[phillyfan26]

if anything the falsetto is what makes this song

I call myself to Zooropa what Axver is to Achtung Baby. I only like 3 Zooropa songs on the album. (Zooropa, Stay, and The First Time - with Dirty Day, a shitty song on the album, being number 4 live).

Lemon would have been great if not for the falsetto, in my opinion. I'd have loved it normally sung by Bono. The falsetto was overkill though.

 

[BoyStupidBoy88]

Acoustic Lemon.....................maybe a dangerous idea, that almost makes sense.

 

[thrillme]

Acoustic bass.

It's just not the same

Originally posted by Screwtape2
I would hate an acoustic Lemon because Adam's bass is the best part of the song!

+1

 

[U2girl]

Might be interesting... To bad Bono can't hit high notes anymore.

Edge can always help out.

I don't see them doing Lemon acoustic, or that it would work. That said, I liked their Zoo TV "acoustic" set, and afterwards SATS, SBS, Stay, Please and Original on piano.

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

You know, Lemon was one of the very first U2 songs I ever heard, and this was years and years before I really became a fan, so I have to wonder, if I was already a fan before hearing Lemon for the first time, if I'd have liked it at all

I can almost hear an acoustic Lemon in my head, and I don't think it's too crazy of an idea. I think it could work, but I don't know if I'd really like it.

Then again, the other day I came up with the idea for a slow, acoustic Mofo (insane, I know). And I could really hear it in my head. It sounds like a southern spiritual, and a little bit jazzy. I might even record myself singing it that way