cobl04
45:33
Don't know if anyone's noticed but I have been away for some while. My computer has a virus and my Dad is too lazy to fix it, while I don't know how. So I'm at my local library and I have something to say:
One (Live from Slane Castle, Ireland 2001) is my favourite performance of any song, live, studio, remix, whatever I have ever heard. For those who know me you might know I'm not a huge fan of the 90's, more a lover of the 00's . But this particular performance is absolutely amazing.
The thing that some U2 songs have in common is that they reach a certain 'high' in the song. For example, Streets reaches a high in the chorus. RTSS, the last verse, etc. The problem I have with One is the album version is a bit bland for me. It's a great song, especially with the backing of the drag clip, but its high is from the 'love is a temple' verse to the falsetto at the end ('higher...'). I can't explain it well as you can see but to me its missing something.
This is not true live. The Slane performance is so much more emotional, more touching, at the risk of sounding like a weirdo magical in a way. It reaches that 'high' during Edge's briliant outro solo but then goes another step further with the 'do you hear us coming/calling Lord?' verse. To me that takes from 5/5 to 6/5. Perfect.
One (Live from Slane Castle, Ireland 2001) is my favourite performance of any song, live, studio, remix, whatever I have ever heard. For those who know me you might know I'm not a huge fan of the 90's, more a lover of the 00's . But this particular performance is absolutely amazing.
The thing that some U2 songs have in common is that they reach a certain 'high' in the song. For example, Streets reaches a high in the chorus. RTSS, the last verse, etc. The problem I have with One is the album version is a bit bland for me. It's a great song, especially with the backing of the drag clip, but its high is from the 'love is a temple' verse to the falsetto at the end ('higher...'). I can't explain it well as you can see but to me its missing something.
This is not true live. The Slane performance is so much more emotional, more touching, at the risk of sounding like a weirdo magical in a way. It reaches that 'high' during Edge's briliant outro solo but then goes another step further with the 'do you hear us coming/calling Lord?' verse. To me that takes from 5/5 to 6/5. Perfect.