Remember When Bullet f#%king Rocked?
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Registered Dude
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I remember hearing Bullet at 6 years of age.. JT was the only rock record my parents owned.. everything else was classical/jazz/folk. it sounded HUGE
Galeongirl
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ZooTv performances of bullet were amazing. I'm really glad they dropped it this tour because they'll never recreate this. 
Every performance since ZooTv just totally underwhelmed me.
Every performance since ZooTv just totally underwhelmed me.
Canadiens1131
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Great up through the Elevation tour. After that Edge got bored and tried something bluesy for the solo and it's been shite ever since.
I miss Popmart's mean-as-hell version. That was fucking rock and roll.
I miss Popmart's mean-as-hell version. That was fucking rock and roll.
corianderstem
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And funky. It was mean-as-hell, funky and fucking rock and roll.
I do miss it, but don't necessarily want them to bring it back. Unless it's going to kick my ass into next Thursday.
I do miss it, but don't necessarily want them to bring it back. Unless it's going to kick my ass into next Thursday.
powerhour24
ONE love, blood, life
I think the Vertigo versions lacked energy, but the Elevation performances were typically spine-tingling, both DVDs from that tour captured some incredible versions. I don't think anyone here doubted it on all its prior tours.
I only want it to come back if/when they have a passionate reason to play it, not just because the audience expects it.
I only want it to come back if/when they have a passionate reason to play it, not just because the audience expects it.
RavenBlue
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I miss that solo, so frikkin amazing
doctorwho
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The song takes on different meanings each tour. Pre-9/11, "Bullet" took on a very different meaning on the Elevation Tour. It was a song about a country not in a war, yet at a war with itself (gangs, violence, etc.). The trio of "anti-war" songs on Vertigo, worked well IMO, but I actually liked the performance of "Love and Peace" the best. And perhaps that's why "Bullet" faded a bit for some on this tour - because the emphasis was on this song.
What I found interesting in this ZOO TV performance is that the "kermit" voice still lived.
What I found interesting in this ZOO TV performance is that the "kermit" voice still lived.
cobl04
45:33
Bullet was probably the lowlight of the Vertigo setlists. made even worse by tacking on two snippets, one average and the other horrendously boring, which pushed it beyond seven minutes.
gvox
Ghost of Love
100% agree, although I'd say later ZOO TV was fairly awesome also. I wasn't feeling the solo on Vertigo really.
well they screwed up the intro to streets on vertigo and they didn't dump that from the setlist, they fixed it.
so perhaps on the next leg we can see angry bullet return.
so perhaps on the next leg we can see angry bullet return.
gvox
Ghost of Love
Say wha? Apart from Bono chanting a bit it was the same as they've been doing it since Zoo tv. What has changed is on this tour they're doing it in album tuning, which sounds fresher
An Cat Gav
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I remember when I first heard the ZOO TV bullet at Earls Court, blew me away.
Say wha? Apart from Bono chanting a bit it was the same as they've been doing it since Zoo tv. What has changed is on this tour they're doing it in album tuning, which sounds fresher
AFRICA! AFRICA! AFRICA! THE JOURNEY OF EQUALITY MOVES ON!!! YAY! + No Red = screwed up intro to Streets
gvox
Ghost of Love
Gotcha. I was just talking musically, nothing's changed really. Bono always rambles on, you know that
gvox
Ghost of Love
That's not really true. There were plenty of people singing along to the Pride chant as the strings fired up for Streets in alot of the venues I went to. I don't think it's any different than using AIWIY or the WGRYWH outtro from Bad, really (although Pride could have used an adrenaline shot, to be sure). That type of segue still depends on a sing-along with the audience...having said that of course the Zoo and Pop segues were amazing, but something very different happens there in that the music doesn't stop, so that lends itself to a smoother segue because really aside from cheering the audience isn't really a part of the segue, so the band can control it alot easier. ie what if less people sing along the night you decide to film, etc.
corianderstem
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Eh, even when the crowd sang along, I still don't think it worked nearly as well as other transitions.
coolian2
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christ, i'd almost forgotten how annoying he was at that point.
Peterrrrr
New Yorker
Zoo TV versions are the best, I have never liked that song much but the ZooTV version realy made this song justice
This version is another mezzy version and mezzy fits this song
YouTube - U2 - Bullet The Blue Sky - live Zoo TV Washington 92
This version is another mezzy version and mezzy fits this song
YouTube - U2 - Bullet The Blue Sky - live Zoo TV Washington 92
GirlsAloudFan
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I've said it before, but my favorite version of Bullet can be located at track number 4 on the album The Joshua Tree.
The motherfuckin' studio cut. Bono never recreated that perfect vocal delivery in concert.
The motherfuckin' studio cut. Bono never recreated that perfect vocal delivery in concert.
purpleoscar
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Rattle and Hum movie version is still my fav.
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The Rattle and hum version was way better than The Joshua Tree version.
But NOTHING has ever topped Zoo Tv and NOTHING will ever top Zoo Tv.
cobl04
45:33
Edge's "sky" bit in the chorus, actually the whole chorus, has always bothered me because the rest of the song is very bad ass and the chorus isn't as edgy.
gvox
Ghost of Love
As the other singalongs? I'd agree with the ZOO and Pop transitions being better, but as I mentioned because there was music happening...awesome ethereal stuff that lent well to the opening of Streets (
Edge)I'm just saying I don't think the crowd singing "oh oh-oh oh" is any worse or better than them singing "yaaaaahoooooooo" or whatever.
cobl04
45:33
the fact that the crowd sings along AT ALL, the fact that they make any noise throughout a show, just makes my muldblood boil.
corianderstem
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Maybe it doesn't work as well for me because the crowd seemed so unwilling to carry through the oh-oh-ohs of Pride, whereas on Elevation, I don't know that I heard any bootlegs where the crowd wasn't hollering the YOUUUUUUs or HOW LONGs at the top of their lungs without needed to be coerced by Bono.
That always kind of puzzled me, to be honest. I don't know why the oh-oh-ohs of Pride didn't seem to encourage the singing as much as the other songs.
That always kind of puzzled me, to be honest. I don't know why the oh-oh-ohs of Pride didn't seem to encourage the singing as much as the other songs.
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