Gone

melon · Dec 1, 2001

It's one of my favorite U2 songs, and another one I think that is grossly underestimated in the U2 world ("The First Time" is at the top of this list, IMO).

Anyone else love it?

Melon

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"He had lived through an age when men and women with energy and ruthlessness but without much ability or persistence excelled. And even though most of them had gone under, their ignorance had confused Roy, making him wonder whether the things he had striven to learn, and thought of as 'culture,' were irrelevant. Everything was supposed to be the same: commercials, Beethoven's late quartets, pop records, shopfronts, Freud, multi-coloured hair. Greatness, comparison, value, depth: gone, gone, gone. Anything could give some pleasure; he saw that. But not everything provided the sustenance of a deeper understanding." - Hanif Kureishi, Love in a Blue Time

U2FReAk · Dec 1, 2001

I love Gone too! One of my fave's of POp... which probably is my second fave album (AB on top)

WildHonee · Dec 1, 2001

I LOVE Gone. Pop and Zooropa are underestimated.

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martha · Dec 1, 2001

YES! I about fell over when they did it at Anaheim 2! I'm ever so glad it's on the Best Buy CD.

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...a highway with no one on it, a treasure just to look upon it...

Se7en · Dec 1, 2001

I would like to take this opportunity to actually agree w/ Melon...

Yes, Gone is a great song. The live version from the Elevation Tour should cement that fact!

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The numeral 7

Salome · Dec 1, 2001

I liked it on POP
wasn't that impressed by it during POPMart
but was in awe by it during the Elevation Tour

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Bonochick · Dec 1, 2001

Gone is incredible.

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But you don't know the half of it..."

ACROB@T · Dec 1, 2001

certaintly the highlight of my show, just awe-inspiring, for all that I love POP for, whenever I see the live renditions of Please, Last Night On Earth from Popmart, and Gone from Elevation it just shows how incredible POP would have worked as a fully-fledged rock album minus the kitsch element

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martha · Dec 1, 2001

Originally posted by ACROB@T:
the kitsch element

...

LOL! I love this assessment!

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...a highway with no one on it, a treasure just to look upon it...

elevatedmole · Dec 1, 2001

Oh, I just love 'Gone'! It's a fantastic song -- Mona's right, Zooropa and Pop are amazing.

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love, lift me up out of these blues, tell me something true, i believe in you..

muh2o · Dec 1, 2001

christiana · Dec 1, 2001

Especially the Popmart version of Gone!!! I love it!!

Hawkfire · Dec 1, 2001

GONE is criminally underrated. A highlight of Elevation and PopMart and the saving grace of the DVD.

Se7en · Dec 1, 2001

Originally posted by Hawkfire:
GONE is criminally underrated and the saving grace of the DVD.

I haven't seen the DVD yet...but it was definitely the saving grace of what was aired on VH1.

"I'm up with the sun. Are you still holding on? IMNOTCOMINGDOWN!"

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hermes · Dec 1, 2001

when they opened in Miami it was besides the Fly, the song I desperatly wanted them to play.

WildHonee · Dec 1, 2001

Stand back -- you've heard me sing the elevation gee-tar part. Now I will sing the beginning of "gone"

wer weer wer weer weer
wer weer wer weer weer....

O geez I had too much Mountain Dew. I'm going insane.

I love Gone

(And the first time, too)

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~*Mona*~ Echo's Pimpstress Protege, 97% compatible with Bono
Love me, give me soul.

"I said I believed in standing, and in leaving your life for rock and roll, and in television, and in origins..."

"For the good of the nation, you must defile Bono!" ~Echo~

A little less circuitry,
a little more poetry.

snutes1 · Dec 1, 2001

As I stated in an earlier post, gone is chill inducing genius.A true powerhouse rocker that must be played live now and forever.

follower · Dec 1, 2001

I absolutely love Gone, it?s one of those songs I like to hear over and over again, singing out loud, especially the live performances, I love Edge?s backing vocals on this song. And the lyrics are another piece of art delivered by Bono. A gem.

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"To me a rock and roll concert is 3-D, it?s a physical thing - it?s rhythm for the body. It?s a mental thing in that it should be intellectually challenging. But it?s also a spiritual thing, because it?s a community, it?s people agreeing on something, even if it?s only for an hour and a half." (Bono, as quoted in the book U2 The Road to Pop)

martha · Dec 1, 2001

Originally posted by WildHonee:

I'm going insane.

Going?

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...a highway with no one on it, a treasure just to look upon it...

The_Sweetest_Thing · Dec 1, 2001

You get to feel so guilty
Got so much for so little
Then you find that feeling
Just won't go away

You're holding on to every little thing so tightly
'Til there's nothing left for you anyway

Goodbye...
You can keep this suit of lights
I'll be up with the sun
I'm not coming down
I'm not coming down
I'm not coming down

You wanted to get somewhere so badly
You had to lose yourself along the way
You change your name, well that's okay, it's necessary
And what you leave behind you don't miss anyway

Goodbye...
You can keep this suit of lights
I'll be up with the sun
I'm not coming down
I'm not coming down
I'm not coming down

'Cause I'm already gone
Felt that way all along
Closer to you every day
I didn't want it that much anyway

You're taking steps that make you feel dizzy
Then you learn to like the way it feels
You hurt yourself you hurt your lover
Then you discover
What you thought was freedom is just greed

Goodbye...
And it's emotional
Good night...
I'll be up with the sun
You're still holding on
I'm not coming down
I'm not coming down
I'm not coming down

Gone...sun...time...sun...
Gone...sun....gone...sun...
Sun...

*sigh*

notiti · Dec 1, 2001

Gone and I have an increadible history. I love it, so much angst in just one song. How?

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WildHonee · Dec 1, 2001

Originally posted by martha:
Going?

*round trip*

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~*Mona*~ Echo's Pimpstress Protege, 97% compatible with Bono
Love me, give me soul.

"I said I believed in standing, and in leaving your life for rock and roll, and in television, and in origins..."

"For the good of the nation, you must defile Bono!" ~Echo~

A little less circuitry,
a little more poetry.

LarryMullen's POPAngel · Dec 1, 2001

Love this song, I was so happy they played it in Detroit! They played Discotheque and part of SATS, too...I guess they knew I had missed POPMart so they added those 3 just for me. heh

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You've got a head full of traffic
You're a siren's song

Foxxern · Dec 1, 2001

Agreed on the fact that Gone is totally awesome. Can't get enough of it.

I'm not coming down
(dooooooooowwwn)

Yup, the live version is even better.

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Change is the only constant

UnforgettableLemon · Dec 1, 2001

Do you think Gone'll make it to the Best of Vol. 2?

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Lord I need to find someone that can heal my mind

LarryMullen's POPAngel · Dec 1, 2001

Originally posted by UnforgettableLemon:
Do you think Gone'll make it to the Best of Vol. 2?

I hope we find out soon!

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You've got a head full of traffic
You're a siren's song

pub crawler · Dec 1, 2001

I'm listening to the Boston performance right now, and yeah, it's fantastic. From the moment I first watched the DVD, I've thought about how I would have loved to have seen Gone performed live.

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The core of the show is much more.. like.. you know, going to confession... It's church.

scatteroflight · Dec 2, 2001

POP is the most overrated U2 album, at least on this forum, for sure

but Gone is a good song with beautiful lyrics, and I enjoyed it in concert. Though compared to many of the other songs it sounded a bit weak.

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One day we'd reach the great ocean
At the end of a pale afternoon
And we'd lay down our heads just like we were sleeping
And be towed by the drag of the moon

-Sting

OzAurora · Dec 2, 2001

Gone is truly superb- it is my fave song off Pop and it is in my top 5 of U2 songs, I love the lyrics to this song the most, I really think that they are some of Bono's best and are very under-rated and not nearly appreciated as much as what they should be and I am always lost as to why this song was never released as a single, in my opinion it could of been a number one single, but nonetheless, it is amazing

BabyGrace · Dec 2, 2001

didnt Gone win the best song competition over at U2.com for POP? so I think it's not really that underrated.

but, it is my favourite song off of POP and was one of the most emotional songs for me at the ELevation concerts. I agree with you

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