phanan said:
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses may not be considered one of the best songs off of Achtung Baby (it's certainly not my favorite), but the way they played it Saturday night blew the roof off the place. It was incredible.
A tour debut of a song not done in over 10 years, with an unbelievable performance. Plus Party Girl thrown in and UTEOTW again. That's what makes the 5/28 setlist unique. For me, anyway.
Yes, it was umbelievable. I think the only people who would disagree with that choice are people who were not at the show.
I've always loved that song (especially the Temple Bar mix, way better than that album version), but I also thought it was not such a great live song according to some ZooTV boots I had heard.
I would even say that when I heard the rumors that they were rehearsing it, I thought "Cool, I always like new songs being played, but why this one?"
That was until they played it on Saturday. It was literally one of the most intense and emotional moments of all the 5 Vertigo show I saw.
It was not a 'perfect' performance, obviously, but a really 'magic' one, for lack of a better word. And not just because they hadn't played it it so long, something special really happened, it's hard to describe...
When they started the song, all four band members gathered really close to each other around Larry's drums, and you could tell they were kind of nervous and excited at the same time, and so was the crowd.
For some reason I thought it was WAY better than any ZooTV boots that I have heard, but I can't really say why. The ending with an added Edge solo was just incredible, and Bono sang it beautifully, with a slightly changed and improved melody.
It was just... really emotional in a happy kind of way.. You know, like only U2 can make you feel?