Blue Room said:
I would have to disagree about One, at least on Elevation and Vertigo. All he does is the occassional strum of a chord here and there. I dont think it adds anything major to the song.
Well, at least for 'One' you're not quite right. Bono occasionally does a kind of guitar solo (sometimes longer, sometimes shorter) during the song's intro. Rather nice, as I witnessed, during a gig in 2001.
Then, we have lots of other great Bono moments on guitar:
- "I Fall Down": as an example for the early days, when Bono added a 2nd electric guitar to rock thhe house.
- "With Or Without You": The '87-92 days, when he didn't do every night "girl dancing" on stage, but played acoustic guitar, giving the tune a great interplay with the Edge, stretching it longer and leading it to new heights a la "Shine Like Stars..." or "Love Will Tear Us Apart".
- "Running To Stand Still": beautifully played acoustic guitar especially audivle on X-mas at the Point Depot - wow!
"Exit", "All I Want Is You", "Slow Dancing", "All Along The Watchtower", "Angel Of Harlem" (B-stage!), "When Love Comes To Town" (B-stage), "Dirty Day", "Last Night On Earth" and many many more, also snippets after "One" - Bono should definetly play more guitar on stage...