Bono Lip Synching?

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A backing track doesn't bother me. When, I saw the band, Mercyme in concert they used a back track for the symphonic sounds on a few of their songs and it sounded fantastic. It didn't take away from the live performance at all.
 
bono does not lip sync on tour - they do help him with their instruments, thats why the guitar and bass are often turned down 1/2 step live, so he does not have to stretch as much vocally. but look at how much effort they put into doing a live show - you can always hear how clearly he sings - but as hes getting on you can tell his voice is slowly giving way, but i think that its an amazing sound all the same, because u2 are at that phase in their career, what over 30 years now? and his voice reflects that.
 
From what I remember, the intro MOOOOOOO-FOOOOOOs during the early North American shows of Popmart were pre-recorded.
 
Not that it really matters, but was the "everyone" bit at the opening of the Vertigo shows pre-recorded or was Bono doing that every night?
 
I guess I am a little old school. I don't believe in vocal 'backing tracks'. Even musical backing tracks are hard to swallow. The first time U2 used it was in 84 with 'Bad' I believe. A reel to reel system. I want live versions to sound different than album versions. It's not so fun to 'see' the album. With all the digital effects possible nowadays, it's so easy to just hop from the studio to the stage. It's a little boring. It takes away the innate spontaneity of the live show. Oh well. It was great to hear the old stuff (pre 87) on the last tour. It was just the instruments, no trickery. Well, there was probably actually a lot of trickery set up to mimic simplicity. But I liked it. An Cat Dubh. Into the Heart. Great stuff. Thanks for all the responses to my post everyone.

the first time they ever did it was indeed on live versions of Bad, and interestingly enough, the result was exactly that the song sounded totally different from the album version.
 
ugh this thread still alive??

the Mooofoo's on pop were sung by Bono live, every single night! :|

Everyone was prerecorded
 
ugh this thread still alive??

the Mooofoo's on pop were sung by Bono live, every single night! :|

Everyone was prerecorded

I have the video boot of bono having a very milli vanilli-type moment at the 6/1/97 giants stadium show. my non-u2 fan friends gave me tremendous grief about it. He is so wrapped up in shadow boxing that he gets distracted from lip-synching mooo-fooooo...not that there is anything wrong with it!

just the opening part, not the lyrics.
 
Bono has a teleprompter on stage in the Vertigo shows with the lyrics scrolling for him to read as he sings.... I could see the scrolling lyrcis from my seat behind the stage way up in the top deck during a Vertigo show in the Staples Center in L.A.

During that show, he forgot some of the lyrcis to Whos Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses as he was walking out on the circular "B" stage into the audience. He quit singing while the band kept playing until the chorus came around again. He certainly could not have been lipsynching during that son as he just stopped singing half way through for about 20 seconds and then started again during the chorus.
 
Don't want to start something here, or maybe it has already been mentioned, but I saw them back on the Vertigo tour in Philadelphia (I forget which night) and I could SWEAR I caught B lipsynching during Miracle Drug. His face was on close up on the big screens and his mouth was closed for a second or two as he swallowed or caught his breath, yet I heard his voice! I have wondered about it and one possibility is that The Edge was singing at the same time. Not sure. Anyone? I would be very disappointed if I found out they were using prerecorded vox in addition to all the all backing tracks they now use...

The answer to this question is obvious! Sound synching between the stage and the screen is a few seconds out. So if you were watching Bono on the screen, you would experience a bit of a delay.
 
I'm pretty certain thats the woooh-hoooooos at the start of elevation on the elevation tour were recorded.
 
What makes you think that? As far as I know it's always sounded different on different shows, when the band starts, Bono starts..

Carrie, it's already been shown that what John saw was correct, yet what he heard wasn't. It was Edge singing the bridge of Miracle Drug.
 
Bono has never sang. Adam's the actual vocalist in U2, but since Bono has more charisma they decided he would be the "singer". Also, Larry writes all the lyrics. Bono just sucks. He's ok though!:hyper:
 
What makes you think that? As far as I know it's always sounded different on different shows, when the band starts, Bono starts..

Carrie, it's already been shown that what John saw was correct, yet what he heard wasn't. It was Edge singing the bridge of Miracle Drug.


Edge sings "beneath the noise, above the din, I hear your voice, it's whispering" etc. John followed up his original post with this:

"i hope that is the answer but i remember that it wasn't that part of the song. it was the 'i see you when you smile - i've had enough of romantic love...' or whatever it is. the HIGH part. worries."

So, no, it wasn't Edge's bit he was talking about, right?
 
I'm pretty certain thats the woooh-hoooooos at the start of elevation on the elevation tour were recorded.

They were, but Bono sang over the top of them as well. It was to give them some extra punch to start the show. The woooh-hoooos were not pre recorded at all on the Vertigo tour though.
 
Edge sings "beneath the noise, above the din, I hear your voice, it's whispering" etc. John followed up his original post with this:

"i hope that is the answer but i remember that it wasn't that part of the song. it was the 'i see you when you smile - i've had enough of romantic love...' or whatever it is. the HIGH part. worries."

So, no, it wasn't Edge's bit he was talking about, right?

That's right Carrie. That was my point. I swear something was funny about it. Anyway, nobody here even entertained the notion I was right so...
 
i hope that is the answer but i remember that it wasn't that part of the song. it was the 'i see you when you smile - i've had enough of romantic love...' or whatever it is. the HIGH part. worries.

That's not an Edge part. It's Bono's and maybe you're on to something... The guy already makes excuses for the Bush administration; it wouldn't be too hard to make excuses for parts of his performances. Then again, I think he'd try pretty hard to not do this and the crappy vocal performances of the Elevation and Vertigo concert DVDs are evidence of that.
 
I love the album version of Miracle Drug. :drool:

Bono's and Edge's voices are terrific together.

Someone on another thread said Bono and Edge are like Peanut Butter and Jelly. How great is that remark!

Yeah, it's pretty damn great. Only some of the lyrics hold the song back, but I like the subject matter and most of the lyrics.
 
That's not an Edge part. It's Bono's and maybe you're on to something... The guy already makes excuses for the Bush administration; it wouldn't be too hard to make excuses for parts of his performances. Then again, I think he'd try pretty hard to not do this and the crappy vocal performances of the Elevation and Vertigo concert DVDs are evidence of that.


Wow, you really need to get a life, maybe something outside of Battlestar, Chris Carter, and soft porn...
 
That's not an Edge part. It's Bono's and maybe you're on to something... The guy already makes excuses for the Bush administration; it wouldn't be too hard to make excuses for parts of his performances. Then again, I think he'd try pretty hard to not do this and the crappy vocal performances of the Elevation and Vertigo concert DVDs are evidence of that.

I wonder if there is any U2 related subject that you don't use (or abuse) to bring in your ridiculous political arguments.

Apart from that, Bono's voice on Vertigo was more than fine.

And NO, he's not lip synching. I think this whole discussion is ridiculous. If you want to see some lip synching, go to see a concert by some current pop act.
 
Ok, here is my final statement on these subjects: 1. The Edge DID have hairplugss prior to the release of POP. Like everyone else who has this done, he regretted it because it looks terrible and thus wears the hat. Does this hairline look natural to you??? See photo.


By the way, so did Bono, a little later, and I am not the only one who thinks so http://kyality.blogspot.com/2008/01/hair-plugs-never-looked-so-good.html

2. Bono DID have his eyes done, and here is photographic evidence http://www.makemeheal.com/news/images/bono-plastic-surgery.jpg and

3. There was something suspicious about that performance I saw and I am not certain Bono was not miming that part of the song.

Thank you and good night.:wave:
 

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With those wrinkles, I don't think so. And if he's had hair plugs, he better get his money back (remember that Vertigo tour pic with a clearly visible bald spot in the back of his head?).
 
dude, you mean Edge during POp? then why post a recent pic of Edge? That one is certainly NOT from POP era.

and I don't see ANY proof on those Bono pics :| what exactly is there to see there?
 
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