i've been wanting to do this for some time now, so here it goes:
live song-by-song analysis of bono's guitar playing
BOY-OCTOBER-WAR-UF TOURS
i fall down - audible on all bootlegs i've heard
a day without me - yes, angry D and C chord strumming
11 o clock tick tock - yes, plays main riff an octave higher than edge
JT TOUR
ISHFWILF- yes, acoustic is audible on most boots
Exit - yes, stumming heard on most boots during jams
In god's country- yes, D and Am chrord strumming
People get ready - audible in beginning, gets lost in full band
silver and gold - yes
RTSS- yes def.
WOWY - yes, sometimes plays end solo on acoustic before edge does
RATTLE & HUM
exit - yes
AATW - yes
silver and gold - yes
angel of harlem - no way
in god's country- yes
WLCTT - barely
WOWY - yes
RTSS - yes
LOVETOWN TOUR
hawkmoon269 - yes bono plays about 10 different chords, also plays the solo part along with edge
AATW - yes, sometimes solos after edge
desire - depends on which bootleg
ISHFWILF - yes same as JT
All i want is you - yes, strums intro, then audible picking throughout
RTSS - yes as always
WOWY - depends on boot
WLCTT - depends on boot
AOH - depends on boot
Love rescue me - not really
ZOO TV- SYDNEY
the fly- yes, how can you miss it?
one - soft strumming, but it's there
unchained melody - um, yes
Angel of harlem- yes
stay - obvioulsy
dirty day - yes, angry strumming at end
POPMART
gone - yes
LNOE - yes, that noise between LNOE and UTEOTW is bonos guitar on some sort of sustain
desire - yes
SATS - obviously, nice solo at the beginning
one - not really
IRVING PLAZA CONCERT 2000
* on all these songs, bonos guitar is turned up as loud if not louder than edges
desire- bono and edge with acoustic guitars
one - nice solo during intro, very audible strumming througout
all i want is you - very audible strumming
11 0'clock tick tock - yes, like UF tour and he strums chords during edges solo
we dont get fooled again - yes, audible strumming near the end
ELEVATION BOSTON/SLANE
kite - yes, acoustic strumming
i will follow - no way
gone - just barely, he does audible fast picking right before edges solo
one - yes
walk on - on slane yes, on boston he does the intro but the rest, eeeh....
VERTIGO CHICAGO
RTSS- yes, you'd have to be deaf not to
one - same
the fly - same, plays some badass riffs towards the end
and yes, i've read the "in search of bono's guitar playing" article at @U2, and as far as im concerned the person that wrote that is full of shit.