2nd WITS Video

[xaviMF22]

And don't forget soccer mom adult contemporary tripe like Let It Be, which is a direct copy of OOTS. Geez! And this is the best band of our time?

sadly

 

[U2Man]

actually oots is better than let it be.

but the original is always better than the copy. so thats hardly a surprise

 

[bugo]

They;re bound to use this 2nd video. The song is after all promoting U218.

Just look at the cover of that album, pretty obvious why there's no post joshua tree pics!

Awesome video though, more sophisticated than the other.

 

[trevgreg]

I did think of Free As A Bird too as I was watching this.

 

[Galeongirl]

http://download.yous endit.com/6F44D1134029A14B
the U2.com version

this is the type of vid I wanted for this song, Thank you U2!

 

[redhotswami]

Thanks for the link GG2! But it says sender has exceeded download limit

 

[silvrlvr]

The first video is going to cause more buzz, because of all the artists involved. The second one is like a Valentine to U2 fans who remember them from the beginning. I don't, so it doesn't resonate with me.

My vote is for the first one.

 

[corianderstem]

I actually prefer the first video, by a long shot. I'm surprised to say I found this one a little disappointing. Kind of a neat concept, but ... eh.

 

[Dragonfave]

Somebody should create the "WITS: Battle of the videos" poll thread, ASAP

 

[Jeffo17]

I prefer the first video but which one will they use for TV.... I was really looking forward to seeing the first one on Aussie TV when it came out here but now i know i may never see it on TV

 

[Queen Bee]

I liked the effects with the pictures, but it didn't do anything for me. The literal windows in the skies cracked me up.

 

[Catman]

^^^ Yah, I still kinda prefer the 1st version

 

[vaz02]

Quite a boring video really , be better if the pictures turned into clips.

 

[tuwie]

as impressed as i am with this video, i think i like the first one more. although both are very well done and perfectly suitable. i love that neither are performance pieces, and i love the fludity of the second one<3 the second one makes me soooo nostalgic!! =)

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

I prefer the first video. Not saying I don't like this one (the literal windows in the skies like QB said was a bit much), but overall the first video did more for me. I loved the whole paying homage to their heroes and contemporaries and seeing the band as fans thing more than seeing pictures I've seen a million times over pasted over some shots of joshua trees. I appreciate the thought behind it, but yeah... And where was post '87 stuff?

Not to say I didn't get a bit emotional - when they showed the baby pictures I got a little weepy. But let's just keep that between us.

 

[The Disciple]

Both r beautiful...

 

[jonnytakeawalk]

Good video. But almost all pics were early 80's. With the exception of the tree, no reference to anything 87 or beyond.

Wrong

There were photos from popmart Sarajevo and I saw the Zooropa baby

 

[jonnytakeawalk]

First one's better, this one makes me dizzy

 

[mads]

Wow, I love it. I love them both. I love the song. Yay.

The emphasis on the early years is strange though, I agree.

 

[U2democrat]

The 2nd one is nice, but the first one is by far my favorite.

 

[dazzlingamy]

I also love the first one, but this was pretty cool!

Maybe they showed early videos becuase that was when they started out, and we're just babies in the industry, finding their way?

I dunno, im not into the 'everything for a reason' type of evaluation

 

[redhotswami]

Here's the d/l for the vid

http://download.ysi. com/7352A1F004405F58

 

[intedomine]

The video seems to mainly focus on the first few years, There's hardly anything post-1982, except for the Live Aid shot, and the field of Joshua Trees (but no actual shots of the band from the JT era), and there were a few things from the 90s, like the Achtung Baby baby face thing, and the U2 in Sarajevo posters, I don't see it as an omission of post-1987 U2, but more like, a focus on pre-1983 U2.

Good call....

I do like this kind of retrospective video idea, like the Beatles' "Free As A Bird....

And it comforts me that it did focus almost entirely upon early to mid 80's U2. To do a retrospective video of the band's entire career should only be done at the climax of the band's career or after the band has called it a day. It would be a let down..

This video is merely a reminsicence of U2's early days (and a blatant means of promoting U2BYU2), and should only been seen as such...

Thats said I would like to have seen U218, U2byU2 (as good a book as it is!), and this 2nd WITS video released at the end of the career. U218 (espeically) and U2byU2 don't at all seem to encapsualte the entire career of U2 and are all deficiient in many ways...

 

[silvrlvr]

Can anyone find out who directed it, please?

 

[david]

Both videos give me the impression that U2 are ashamed with their looks, well, maybe 3 out of for members are.

I'm suprised they don't just make a video of Larry topless washing a car and pouring the bucket of soapy water all over his chest or something.

btw I am not gay.

 

[Yahweh]

This is one of their best videos I think.

 

[BVS]

Wrong

There were photos from popmart Sarajevo and I saw the Zooropa baby

Didn't see those, but that's ok... So that means they're just ashamed of R&H, AB, and 00's, of course this is using just your logic...

 

[Sicy]

Have you ever seen WITS? Have you ever seen WITS, on weeeeeed!?

Holy crap.

Love it.

 

[lil_witch]

i liked the first one better...plus i got headache watching this!!..and the window in the skies really cracked me up, like someone has already said

 

[U2MaNaIcWeIdO]

I'm starting to like the second one better. The first one was too much for me....the second one was uniquely beautiful to me .