Kilbrittain, Ireland, Superthread

[bono_212]

at night sometimes it seemed
You could hear the whole damn city crying
blame it on the lies that killed us
Blame it on the truth that ran us down
you can blame it all on me Terry
It don't matter to me now
when the breakdown hit at midnight
There was nothing left to say
but I hated him and I hated you
when you went away



Remember all the movies, Terry, we'd go see
Trying to learn how to walk like heroes we thought we had to be
And after all this time to find we're just like all the rest
Stranded in the park and forced to confess
To hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets


I really truly love this song

 

[Axver]

There's only one U2 song better than Bad, and it's called One Tree Hill.

 

[Serena Vox]

I love Bad so fucking much. But it gets to me sometimes.

 

[coolian2]

I can't believe I was so lucky as to hear Bad live.

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

And you can swallow
Or you can spit
You can throw it up
Or choke on it

And you can dream
So dream out loud
You know that your time is coming round
So don't let the bastards grind you down

 

[bono_212]

... really?

I thought I was fairly alone with my ragging on TENTH TENTH TENTH TENTH TENTH TENTH Avenue Freeze Out.

Yeah, It's kinda lame, and WAY too much trumpet (never thought you'd hear me say that eh?)

4th Of July really does sound sensational between Promenade and Bad. Leads fantastically into the opening of Bad. Sure, Bass Trap probably would have been an even better choice, but this is still great and really helps the album's cohesiveness.

It SUCKS as the opening track of the b-side though

 

[RedRocksU2]

I can't believe I was so lucky as to hear Bad live.

*raises hand* Me too.

 

[bono_212]

Wendy let me in
I wanna be your friend
I wanna guard your dreams and visions
Just wrap your legs
Round these velvet rims
And strap your hands crossed my engines

 

[bono_212]

*Sax solo that is my Text Message alert and alarm clock*

 

[coolian2]

*raises hand* Me too.

I've seen them live twice, and I was lucky enough to get One Tree Hillx2, Kite and Bad.



Nothing quite as special as being able to yell/sing Bad at the top of your lungs in a live setting, though.

 

[bono_212]

Together Wendy
We can live with the sadness
I'll love you with all of the madness of my soul

 

[coolian2]

Ugh, I suddenly have an urge to listen to the Auckland II bootleg.

 

[Axver]

If you should ask
Then maybe they'd tell you what I would say
True colours fly in blue and black
Bruised silken sky and burning flag
Colours crash, collide in bloodshot eyes
If I could, you know I would
If I could, I would
Let it go

This desperation
Dislocation
Separation
Condemnation
Revelation
In temptation
Isolation!
Desolation!
Let it go! And so fade away!
To let it go, alright, and so fade awaaaaayyy!
To let it go, alright, and so fade awaaaaayyy!
I'm wiiiiiiide awaaaaaaake
Wiiiiiiide awaaaaaaake
Wiiiiiiiiide awaaaaaaaaaake
I'm not sleeping, oh no, no, no ...

 

[bono_212]

I've seen them live twice, and I was lucky enough to get One Tree Hillx2, Kite and Bad.



Nothing quite as special as being able to yell/sing Bad at the top of your lungs in a live setting, though.

I got a Bad/40 closing It was a beautiful thing

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

I fucking love Slow Dancing

Stunningly beautiful song.

 

[bono_212]

Guys, Bono's not sleeping btw

 

[RedRocksU2]

I think the performance I would have loved to have seen live, it would be the "Kite" performance in Australia ......dedicated to Cate.

 

[Axver]

God, the end of Bad is amazing. Everything from "if you should ask" ... back when I was eleven, I heard that for the first time, and it just left me speechless. I played the song over and over again. Apart from The Shadows, it was the first time I really realised just how intensely powerful music can be.

 

[coolian2]

INDIAN SUMMER SKY!

 

[Serena Vox]

Indian Summer Sky.
I had a bout where I was rather obsessed with this song.

 

[bono_212]

And then Bruce is right back with the sexual innuendo

With her killer graces
And her secret places
That no boy can fill

 

[coolian2]

I got a Bad/40 closing It was a beautiful thing

Damn, that's awesome.

I got Bad/40 -> Sunday Bloody Sunday.

But One Tree Hill closed, so I can't complain.

 

[Axver]

I got a Bad/40 closing It was a beautiful thing

I got that in Boston and Melbourne.

Then I got it leading into SBS in Auckland.

 

[bono_212]

I was only truly,madly,deeply in love with ISS for a short time, then I got over it real quick like. It seems so weak compared to ASOH and Wire

 

[coolian2]

I think the performance I would have loved to have seen live, it would be the "Kite" performance in Australia ......dedicated to Cate.

I think the definitive performance of Kite is from Melbourne I. The second solo never stops.

 

[Axver]

The light that strikes the tallest trees will not light a way for I, since I'm photophobic and it'll just blind me. Fuck you, light, FUCK YOU!

 

[Serena Vox]

Almost to EPAA.

 

[coolian2]

It's a grey sky

 

[Axver]

It SUCKS as the opening track of the b-side though

Yeah, but nobody listens to vinyl any more.

Bye bye, inferior medium!

 

[bono_212]

My First show:

Setlist:
City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Elevation
The Electric Co. / Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting (snippet) / Three Little Birds (snippet) / Break On Through (snippet) / See Me, Feel Me (snippet)
The Ocean
Walk On
Beautiful Day / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (snippet) / Many Rivers To Cross (snippet)
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / The Black Hills of Dakota (snippet)
Yahweh
Love And Peace Or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky / Please (snippet) / The Hands That Built America (snippet) / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet)
Miss Sarajevo
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Where The Streets Have No Name
One / Ol' Man River (snippet)

encore(s):
Discothèque
The Fly / Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car (snippet)
With Or Without You
All Because Of You
The First Time
Bad / 40 (snippet)

Comments: The First Time is played in full for the first time ever. Discotheque is played for the second and final time on the Vertigo Tour. Walk On makes its Vertigo Tour debut; it is performed acoustically and Bono forgets the lyrics.