Letterman - Magnificent Performance (3/3/09)

[KhanadaRhodes]

so what does everyone think of tonight's song?

 

[ErinKathleen]

Second night in a row where the live performance topped the studio cut.

Wow.

 

[Y2K]

Looks like it brought the house down, and they didn't skip a beat in bringing the song into a live venue.

Self-descriptive really.

 

[U2387]

EXCELLENT AS ALWAYS. Dave is really enjoying having the guys on for the week.

 

[VintagePunk]

Bono's voice was a little wonky in spots, but that didn't even matter, it really was electric. The audience looked so psyched! So many people grinning from ear to ear.

 

[bpadrick]

flat at the beginning, killed it at the end! NICE

 

[Reead]

Un-freaking-believable.

That oughta sell some albums right there.

 

[Moser]

Bono screwed up a line or two....I'm not fond of the falsetto before the solo.

BUT HOLY CRAP U2 WAS ON TOP!

 

[angel_28]

OMG!!!!! They freakin nailed that one!!..holy crap..I thought Breathe was great last night but man! that was Amazing!!!

 

[Gonna Run 2 U]

That was abysmal

 

[macfesto]

I'm finally excited for the album and Song of Ascents later this year!

 

[cseggleton]

i agree....live just brings these songs to another level...............can not wait to hear hloth live

 

[alison0313]

Fuck yes! Live version kicks the studio versions ass.

I am officially on the Magnificent bandwagon

 

[neatperson42]

WOW!!!!!!!! Great performance! Band looked great too!

 

[popacrobat]

i was mad that i was told to sit down 87 times when i was there. but it was fucking awesome. i was front row for basically everything today, except the taping, was in the balcony. was right there for U2 way in front of them, got Bono's autograph, then was there for that kick ass performance. money.

 

[bonoz]

Good performance.

 

[VintagePunk]

Please do NLOTH this week...PLEASE do NLOTH this week... :mantra: :fingerscrossed:

 

[subnet]

holy friggin shit was that good

started off a little muttled but I think was due to all that clapping

 

[Drowningman]

Letterman said to Adam "I could feel that in my chest" He was talking about Adam's bass.

A great performance. This song is going to kill during the tour

 

[trevgreg]

Yep... I'm definitely going into debt for the tour this time around, haha. It sounded really good.

 

[ErinKathleen]

Bono looked, and sounded, rested for the first time since they've started promoting NLOTH.

 

[VintagePunk]

Who did he say happy birthday to at the end? I didn't catch it.

 

[redhill]

Any chance for video?

I know it is early but I am a U2 crackhead ;]

 

[dward1]

wow awesome performances back to back nights. great reactions as well. how about Boots/NLOTH tomorrow night then Crazy on Thursday with a Moment of Surrender seguing into Beautiful Day on Friday night with a monstrous Edge solo closing it out?

 

[astepcloser24]

Yeah, I didn't catch who he said happy birthday to either. Great performance though. This song is going to sound great on the tour. Boots will be on Friday since U2 taped both Mondays and Friday's performances yesterday (3-2-09). I predict that tomorrow they'll play I'll Go Crazy or Stand Up Comedy.

 

[Sicy]

West coast here Any video?

 

[bonoz]

Did they do just the performance today? I didn't watch the show but was there anything else in the show "U2 related"?

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

excuse my french here, but God DAMN I love this fucking song!

Thank you!

I have watched this performance 3x's already. Thank you TiVo!

 

[Thora]

Yeah, I hope there's video posted soon. I just can't stay up that late - I was a walking zombie for most of the day today, and don't want to repeat that tomorrow.

 

[Yahweh]

I hope we will see some video soon