Favorite Edge solo?

[jphelmet]

who's gonna ride you wild horses- live lakeland, fl 2.29.92

 

[ADecentMelody]

I was just listening to Street Mission, from the pre-Boy era. That song has a SICK guitar solo. Possibly the most classic-rock-esque Edge has ever been. Love that song. But I think Edge's best solo is the live verison of "Love is Blindness"

Yes, the 4-part guitar solo at the end of Love is Blindness. I'm with you on that, dude.

I still think the best version of it is from Stockholm in '93.

 

[ADecentMelody]

SV- The 11 O'Clock solo- are you talking about the regular one or the "grandfather clock" solo on UABRS (and at the very very hard to hear end of the studio version)?

That's funny, I refer to it as the "church bells" solo. I really liked that when I first got into UABRS.

 

[u2girlcj]

Live has to be Bullet the Blue Sky. Or anytime that Bono and Edge bullfight.

 

[LyricalDrug]

Easy -- The Fly. I wish I was a studio producer, and able to make a big, anthemic dance mix from that solo.

 

[Aardvark747]

The ending of Love Is Blindness on the ZooTV tour.

 

[promenade1138]

I'd like to add a perverse vote for the solo in the *studio* version of Love is Blindness (the one that comes in after the line '...a dangerous idea that almost makes sense'). It feels like it's going to turn into an epic rock-god solo, but Edge keeps it beautifully minimal.

 

[Phalanx]

What about All Along the Watchtower from Point Depot? That's one sick guitar solo.

 

[Anirban]

UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD LIVE!!!!!!!!
also i agree with bullet live...
and the fly solo is on a different level than life itself

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

What about All Along the Watchtower from Point Depot? That's one sick guitar solo.

That was a great solo!

 

[djerdap]

Love is Blindness(live) - especially the version from Birmingham, June 1st 1992. Fuckin' incredible. Best solo I ever heard in my life.

Other solos worth mentioning:
The Fly
Acrobat
Miracle Drug
Dirty Day(live)
Hawkmoon 269(live)
God Part II(live)
Until the End of the World
11 O'Clock Tick Tock(live)
Desire(live on some versions of the Australian Lovetown Tour and in Rotterdam, January 10th 1990. He shreds!)

 

[boosterjuice]

I have to go with the Fly live. That's my favourite.

Also, I really like New Years Day solo from Slane DVD.

 

[Roland of Gilead]

A live Fly is pretty wicked, but I'm an End of the World kind of guy.

I would also like to mention the solo for Kite. Might be too short, but every note in that one is worth a lot.
Bullet doesn't need my mention, but it is obviously a killer. I think Love and Peace... live is going to bring an extended closing solo with it. Just a hunch. It might blow the roofs off stadiums/arenas.

 

[Yahweh]

Also I really like the guitar solo in When I look At the World

 

[Canadiens1131]

Mysterious Ways live.

 

[Rinn]

The Fly live,

but I remember he did one when U2 played with Sting in Invisible Sun. For some reason I remember it as, shall we say, enjoyable. (I'm assuming, possibly wrongly, that it's Edge). If someone knows anything about this let me know.

 

[blueroomgirl]

The Fly and Silver and Gold

 

[Aardvark747]

Street Mission...

 

[barrett]

The Fly

 

[susanp6]

Bullet the blue sky, although if i were to name one of the new songs i personally love the solo following Bono's scream on ABOY! It rocks totally and i can't wait to see them play it on the tour!
Bring it on!!!

 

[sony]

new years day live and bullet the blue sky

 

[phanan]

Definitely The Fly

 

[U2girl]

Just one?

The fly, though Love and peace or else might replace it.

 

[tiny dancer]

All I Want Is You
Streets
Pride
New Year's Day

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

Streets

 

[LyricalDrug]

Gotta love "When I Look at the World"

 

[U2utah2U]

It is a toss up between the following three solos:

1. Fly (album) I love the live stuff but the album version is transcendental.

2. Bullet (live) Any time I hear a friend say, "The Edge isn't a good guitar player 'cause he never solos." I invariably whip out the Sydney video or Boston and after they wet their pants and I hand them a towel to clean it up, they quickly change their uneducated opinion.

3. Until the End of the world - live or studio. All of us have our "U2 crying moments." Mine was hearing this live in Denver during the Elevation tour. I wept like a little girl. At least my wife was there to hold my hand.

 

[madonna's child]

The Fly or New Year's Day

 

[salim117]

When you talk about long(+15 seconds), elaborate, unique, masterpiece solos there are three that stand out in my book:

1.Fly
2.All I want...
3.UTEOTW

then there's:

Bullet
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Ground beneath her feet
WILATW
Love is Blindness
Even Better than the real thing
One live (Elevation tour)

in any order.

 

[pjp2771]

love and peace or else

maybe not THE greatest but it will be awesome live!