Favorite Versions of Songs

[The_Pac_Mule]

I'm not talking about remixes...here's an example:

Some of my favorites:

Mysterious Ways (ZooTV)
Where The Streets Have No Name (ZooTV)
Running To Stand Still (ZooTV)
The Fly (ZooTV)
Bullet The Blue Sky (ZooTV)
Until The End of The World (Elevation)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (ZooTV)
New Year's Day (Elevation)
Gone (Elevation)
Miss Sarajevo (Vertigo)

thats all I can think of at the moment

 

[U2lunatic]

Even Better Than The Real Thing(Popmart)
New Ýears Day(Conspiracy of Hope - does that count ?)
Discotheque(Vertigo)
The Unforgettable Fire(Rattle and Hum)

 

[Zooropean103]

Zoo Station (Vertigo)
The Fly (Vertigo)
Even Better Than The Real Thing (Popmart)
Mysterious Ways (overall- Zoo TV, the outro- Popmart)
UTEOTW (Vertigo)
Discotheque (Popmart)
Desire (Zoo TV)
Bullet The Blue Sky (Elevation)
WTSHNN (Zoo TV/Elevation)
Running To Stand Still (Zoo TV/Vertigo)

 

[kingofsorrow]

desire-zoo tv
streets-popmart
bullet-zoo tv
kite-vertigo
still haven't found-zoo tv
NYD- zoo tv

 

[ZOOTVTOURist]

Out Of Control (ELEVATION TOUR 3rd Leg)
I Will Follow (ELEVATION TOUR 2nd & 3rd Leg)
Gloria (VERTIGO TOUR 1st Leg)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (SELF AID GIG)
New Year's Day (POPMART TOUR 2nd Leg)
'40' (WAR TOUR)
Pride (In The Name Of Love) (CONSPIRACY TOUR)
The Unforgettable Fire (LOVETOWN TOUR)
Bad (THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE TOUR)
Where The Streets ... (THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR)
I Still Haven't Found ... (ZOO TV TOUR)
With Or Without You (ZOO TV TOUR)
Bullet The Blue Sky (ZOO TV TOUR)
Running To Stand Still (THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR)
One Tree Hill (VERTIGO TOUR 5th Leg)
Desire (LOVETOWN TOUR)
Angel Of Harlem (ZOO TV TOUR)
When Love Comes ... (THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR)
All I Want Is You (VERTIGO TOUR)
Even Better Than ... (ZOO TV TOUR)
One (WARCHILD GIG)
Until The End Of The World (ZOO TV TOUR)
The Fly (ZOO TV TOUR)
Mysterious Ways (ZOO TV TOUR)
Stay (Faraway, So Close!) (ZOO TV TOUR)
The First Time (VERTIGO ROUR, 5th Leg)
Discothèque (VERTIGO TOUR, 3rd Leg)
Please (ELEVATION TOUR, 3rd Leg)
Beautiful Day (VERTIGO TOUR)
Stuck In A Moment ... (VERTIGO TOUR, 5th Leg)
Walk On (ELEVATION TOUR

 

[coolian2]

New Year's Day from Popmart is amazing. The keyboard echoes more and it becomes hugely atmospheric.







The best version of Native Son i've ever heard is Vertigo.

 

[2861U2]

Bad from Elevation
The Fly from Elevation
Desire from ZooTV
New Years Day from Elevation (Slane )
Mysterious Ways from Elevation

Actually, I think Elevation tour had the best versions of most of their songs.

 

[Blue Room]

Where The Streets Have No Name Popmart
Running To Stand Still Zoo TV
Desire Lovetown
All I Want Is You Lovetown
With Or Without You The Joshua Tree tour
The Fly Vertigo
Bad Joshua Tree or Vertigo
Discotheque Vertigo (shorter version from rehearsal)
Electric Co Joshua Tree or Vertigo

 

[BoMac]

Love is Blindness-ZooTV

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[BoyStupidBoy88]

Desire on the Lovetown tour

 

[jacobus]

DESIRE (Zoo TV)

 

[Axver]

Let's do an album:

A Sort Of Homecoming (UF Tour)
Pride (UF Tour, 1st leg)
Wire (UF Tour when performed with Gimme Some Truth snippet)
The Unforgettable Fire (JT Tour)
Promenade (N/A)
4th Of July (N/A)
Bad (JT Tour)
Indian Summer Sky (studio version)
Elvis Presley And America (N/A)
MLK (UF/JT/Lovetown Tours)

 

[phillyfan26]

Bad from Elevation
The Fly from Elevation
Desire from ZooTV
New Years Day from Elevation (Slane )
Mysterious Ways from Elevation

Actually, I think Elevation tour had the best versions of most of their songs.

I can't stand the Elevation Tour personally.

The Fly Elevation is overrated because of the intro. The guitar sounds awful for the duration of the song.

 

[Axver]

I can't stand the Elevation Tour personally.

I am in complete agreement with you. The only song to have its best version be an Elevation Tour version is Gone. For most songs, their Elevation Tour version was the worst.

 

[CTU2fan]

OK Ax, albums it is...

WTSHNN - JT tour
ISHFWILF - Lovetown (though I kinda dig the acoustic Zoo takes)
WoWY - Lovetown
Bullet - ZooTV
RTSS - ZooTV
RHMT - N/A
IGC - JT
TTYW - JT
One Tree Hill - Lovetown
Exit - JT
MotD - JT

Well that wasn't much fun...they need to play more JT songs on other tours...guess they forgot there were 2 sides to that album.

 

[Bono's Betty]

The Fly - Elevation
Running to Stand Still - Zoo tv

 

[Axver]

OK Ax, albums it is...

I agree with most of your assessment of JT. However:

Streets: Lovetown - you just can't beat the 1989-12-26 performance, and the others from Lovetown were really special too. Best opening snippets the song has ever had.
RTSS: JT/Lovetown - one reason and one reason only: stiiill ruuuuunniiiiiing ...

 

[forbonou2]

I STill Havn't found what I'm Looking For..gospel version on R&H!! Brilliant!!!

 

[Snowlock]

I know the poster was alluding to only live versions, but still...

Streets - Album version; never been topped live.
The Fly - ditto
Beautiful Day - ditto the third.

WOWY - album version and R&H version; tied
Bad - WAIA
Bullet - Zoo TV
UTEOTW - ZooTV first leg
Myst Ways Zoo TV first leg & album version; tied
Wild Horses - Temple Bar Remix
Dirty Day - Better (or IS it Bitter?) Kiss
Pride - R & H, only version I can stand
Please - MTV VMA's (WOW)
Discotheque - 2002 new mix (sorry pop'ers)
Kite - Windows single
Sunday Bloody Sunday - Slane
All I Want Is You - tie between Slane & Album version
Zoo Station - Zoo TV
Desire - Zoo TV

hmm, this would make a nice little mix.

 

[Allanah]

Kite - Slane Castle
Bad - Lovetown, 1/10/90
The Fly - Elevation
Beautiful Day - Slane
RTSS - Lovetown
WOWY - studio. Lovetown 12/26/89 comes close.
Exit - Rattle and Hum
Mysterious Ways - (tie) ZooTV and Irving Plaza 2000
Bullet - Popmart
Even Better Than the Real Thing - Popmart

 

[lynnok]

Desire-Lovetown
Spanish Eyes-JT
Bullet-Zoo TV

 

[gman]

New Year's Day from Popmart is amazing. The keyboard echoes more and it becomes hugely atmospheric.







The best version of Native Son i've ever heard is Vertigo.

Funny that. The Mother of my kids used to love the keyboard bit from NYD Popmart for them self same reasons................she knows nothing about music either

 

[coolian2]

Funny that. The Mother of my kids used to love the keyboard bit from NYD Popmart for them self same reasons................she knows nothing about music either

Someone knows good music when they hear it.

And it isn't you.

 

[AchtungGirl219]

The "Still Running" in RTSS sends shivers up my spine... so so beautiful... (and my favourite version of one of my favourite songs)

I love Bad - UF Tour (especially Dortmund)

Streets - Lovetown

One Tree Hill - Lovetown

With Or Without You - JT ("we'll shine like stars...")

Lemon, One, Unchained Melody, Can't Help Falling In Love, Mysterious Ways, Bullet, Love Is Blindness - ZooTV

Beautiful Day - Vertigo (Melbourne I - because I'll never forgot how excited I was to hear Bono's awesome ad-libs, lol)

Kite - Vertigo (fifth leg - I cried...)

SBS - R&H / Conspiracy Of Hope Tour

MLK - R&H

Mothers Of The Disappeared - Vertigo

All I Want Is You -> Streets - Slane

Wake Up Dead Man - Slane

Walk On - Grammy's

A Sort Of Homecoming - UF Tour (esp. WAIA version)

Electric Co - UF Tour (Dortmund again - Amazing Grace snippet)

 

[zoetrope]

Off the top of my head:

One (Popmart)
Discotheque (Elevation)
With or Without You (Zoo Tv)
The Fly (Elevation)

I realize most people don't like the Elevation version of Discotheque but to me it has something that the other two version don't have. I don't really know what it is though.

 

[coolian2]

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I realize most people don't like the Elevation version of Discotheque but to me it has something that the other two version don't have. I don't really know what it is though.

The Staring at The Sun snippet



The Fly - Vertigo
Mysterious Ways - all, esp Vertigo, Pop and Zoo
With Or Without You - JT or Zoo TV Washington from Outside Broadcast

 

[LPU2]

I'm going to do it slightly different. From the various tours, the standout songs. No song can be repeated. I'll start with War, cuz that's what I saw first. This is my album...

—War
I will Follow (Bono has never matched the passion)
Gloria (the sound of those drums)
40 (on those instances where the audience actually got it)

UF
11 o'clock Tick Tock
Sort of Homecoming
Unforgettable Fire

—Joshua
Pride
Sunday Bloody Sunday
With or Without You (shine like stars)
Still Haven't Found

—ZooTV
Mysterious Ways (bono's disco falsetto)
Running to Stand Still (hallelujahs)
Love is Blindness

—Popmart
New Years Day (like the mood of this one)
One (hear me knockin, lord)

—Elevation
The Fly (I'm in LOVE with this version)
Where the Streets Have No Name (what can I give back to God)
Bad
Beautiful Day
Bullet the Blue

—Vertigo
Out of Control
Vertigo
City of Blinding Lights (the new Streets live)
Elevation

 

[U2girl]

I will base this on the tours where they re-wrote the song arrangements :

JT: I still haven't found... (the Rattle and Hum version), Pride (Rattle and Hum)

Zoo TV: RTSS, Bullet the blue sky, WLCTT

Popmart: Where the streets have no name*, SBS, SATS

Elevation: Desire, Gone, Discotheque, Stay

Vertigo: Kite, Elevation, First time

Songs that work every time: IWF, NYD, Gloria, Bad, UTEOTW, The Fly, BD, WOWY (pre 1993), Angel of Harlem, AIWIY, MW, OTH.
(Streets could fit here too, I like all versions but Popmart is my favourite)

 

[zoetrope]

The Staring at The Sun snippet

I normally think that snippets sound out of place or forced but this one works wonderfully.

 

[coolian2]

I've got to say, i'm really into the Popmart version of Mysterious Ways. Very funky.