Favorite Bono Guitar Parts

[Galeongirl]

Or he'll send you to Van Diemen's Land.

 

[Jorinde]

Dirty Day , Zoo TV. His guitar sounds like those things that tinkle in the wind...what are they called? dingelingelingeling.

YouTube - U2 - Dirty Day - ZooTv Sydney

Somewhere near the end, you can hear it really good.

 

[bigjohn2441]

windchimes?

 

[PhilsFan]

He's playing the bridge of the guitar. It's what Edge does on Zoo Station.

 

[gvox]

I know this contradicts what the "Featured Article" on this show says, but it sure sounds and looks like Bono is...er...playing the intro to Mothers Of The Disappeared here:

YouTube - U2 Where The Streets Have No Name, Santiago de Chile 2011-03-25

I'd realllly like to think that even if he couldn't quite remember it, Edge's timing would be a bit better. It's Bono, imo.

 

[PhilsFan]

That's definitely Bono playing.

 

[gvox]

Pretty cool moment, even if a bit "off" the original riff...and gotta love the way they're showing that old video of them in the desert on the screens again. Love it.

 

[A stor]

Bono has guitar solos?

 

[U2girl]

Pretty cool moment, even if a bit "off" the original riff...and gotta love the way they're showing that old video of them in the desert on the screens again. Love it.

This seemed weaker in print at U2 tours.com.

That's a sweet intro for Streets.

edit: when did they start using those little bits of guitar at 1:17, before the opening riff starts ? I don't remember those on pre- Elevation tours.

 

[Galeongirl]

Bono has guitar solos?

Yeah, the intro to streets is usually his 'thing'. Check out Brussels 2, Rain / Streets. That's Bono playing. Also Amazing Grace is him too, and now MOTD. Plus the little intro solo bit in One he did since the 2010 leg..

Did Edge give him guitar lessons or something?

 

[gvox]

Now you're just being plain insulting to Him...The Edge, I mean.

 

[Tommy WM]

I hate giving shit to Bono about his guitar playing. People laughed at George Harrison for years but look what happened to him, best Beatles solo album with All Things Must Pass...albiet lead guitar was mainly done by Eric Clapton. Nevertheless Bono has his moments. Hawkmoon 269 is a great example of his great driving guitar part. This however is pretty shit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaQIc1gIHDc&feature=channel_video_title

 

[Galeongirl]

Now you're just being plain insulting to Him...The Edge, I mean.

Well he could just have been teaching Bono guitar while inventing a time machine and solving the mysteries of the universe, you know as a side job.

 

[Hornbag]

YouTube - U2 La Plata 2011-04-03 Bad - U2gigs.com

Simple Part B plays there near the end, but I still think it's great and adds to the mood, works surprisingly well over Edge's part

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

The one where he's just standing there and occasionally adjusting his knobs

I've seen this porn, I think.

I have nothing to add to this thread but I found these two comments hilarious. Thanks!

back to Bono's stellar guitar picking/strumming skills.

 

[nielsgov]

I also really like that addition in Bad.

 

[gvox]

Well that settles another one also: Bono reads Interference!

 

[theedgeu2]

Some of my favorite guitar playing moments from Bono:

 

[LuckyNumber7]

 

[djerdap]

I also really like that addition in Bad.

I would go so far and say it's the best version I've heard in a long, long time.

 

[silkensky]

My new favorite "real" guitar part by Bono.

YouTube - U2 All I Want Is You / Where The Streets Have No Name, São Paulo 2011-04-13

 

[cobl04]

the fact a thread about Bono playing guitar has reached 140 posts is the most obvious example we need a new album.

 

[patternshirt170]

The Fly, Dublin RDS, August 1993 the opening riff he's mixed quite loudly initially and it sounds a tad out of key to the untrained ear but it all comes together...

YouTube - U2 - The Fly Live Dublin 1993 Zoo TV Multicam

 

[EdgeFest]

I disapprove of this thread.

 

[LemonMelon]

I disapprove of this thread.

The title is a paradox.