Top 5 Live U2 performances....

[Diemen]

1. Sunday Bloody Sunday (R&H)
2. With or Without You (R&H)
3. Running To Stand Still (ZoOTV Sydney)
4. Bullet the Blue Sky (Stay single)
5. Please/Streets (Either Popheart or Mexico City)

 

[Blue Room]

Bad (Rattle And Hum outtakes promo CD)
One Tree Hill (Dublin 12-26-89)
Mothers Of The Disappeared (Tempe 12-19/20-87)
Electric Co (1983 US Festival)
Where The Streets Have No Name (Dublin 1-1-90)

 

[IvanClaytonJnr]

1.Lemon-Without You ( Sydney 93 )
2.Exit ( R&H )
3.In God's Country ( R&H )
4.Sunday Bloody Sunday ( Mexico POP Mart )
5.'40' - Dublin's New Year's eve

 

[Zoocoustic]

In no particular order:

Exit - R&H
Lemon - ZooTV Sydney
Elevation - Elevation Phoenix
Dirty Day - ZooTV Sydney
UTEOTW - every time they play it

 

[Sperber]

some very good were

Bad - Live Aidce
Streets - New Years eve
SBS - R&H
the whole Sarajevo concert
...and I?m thinking of the Omagh tribute...
maybe the solo version of "One" done by Bono and Lanois @ the Millenium celebration in Washington

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[Hawkfire]

1. Hawkmoon 269 (12/18/89)
2. Lemon/WOWY Sydney ZooTV (11/27/93)
3. Running to Stand Still and One Tree Hill (Dublin 12/26/89)
4. Exit (R&H)
5. Dirty Day (Sydney 11/27/93)
(tie). Please (PopHeart or any PopMart show)

Honorable Mention to: Omagh Tribute (N+S of the River), One (Italy 95), WOWY (Chicago 4/29/87), Bullet (Stay Single), ...Arms Around The World (Stockholm 6/11/92), Bad and UTEOTW(any version). And countless others....

 

[ishkash]

Bad- Live Aid
North and South of a River- Omagh Tribute
Peace on Earth/Walk On - Tribute to Heroes
Bullet the Blue Sky- ZOO TV,Sydney
Please &Where the Streets have no Name- POPmart Mexico

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THNIK

 

[mikal]

In order:

1. Bad-Live Aid
2. POE/Walk On-Tribute to Heroes
3. Please-1997 MTV awards
4. One-Pavarotti and friends
5. Pride-R&H

Honorable mentions:

SBS-R&H
Elevation-SNL
Hawkmoon 269-12/18/89
With Or Without You-Rocks Hottest Ticket
and every other song they've ever played live! They're ALL amazing!

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[diamondbruno9]

Are you guys asleep?Ever hear of Live Aid?And of course why didnt you tell em Diemen- Walk On from Bos #4! God Damn it.
OOOPs Sorry Ish already got it and someone else-but you still overlooked Bos #4! God Damn slackers.
D
B
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[mikal]

Originally posted by diamondbruno9:
Are you guys asleep?Ever hear of Live Aid?And of course why didnt you tell em Diemen- Walk On from Bos #41 God Damn it.

D
B
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LOL! DB9 is drunk!



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[diamondbruno9]

Oh be quiet mikal or I'll send in my Niners to 'whack' your Packers..

Late-Db9

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"..it's about breaking barriers, transcending boundries and conquering great divides"-Bono 1987

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An open letter to Bono from myself www.arizonaautoweb.com/bono/

 

[Hitman]

mine would be:

1. Bad (Wide Awake In America)
2. Where the Streets Have No Name (New Years Eve Dublin 1990)
3. With or Without You (Rattle and Hum)
4. Mysterious Ways (Popmart Mexico)
5. One (Pavarotti and Friends)

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[ishkash]

Actually my knowledge of U2 live is pretty limited, I've mentioned from what I've heard.Obviously I haven't heard One (Pavarotti & Friends),Streets-New Years Night and of course Boston 4.Is there any 'website' from where I can find any of the above mentioned.

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THNIK

 

[ACROB@T]

1) Bad - Live Aid 85
2) Please - Fuck The Past Kiss The Future
3) With Or Without You - Rocks Hottest Ticket
4) Spanish Eyes - Back In Denver
5) Mysterious Ways - Zoo Europa Dublin 93
6) Numb - Zoo Europa Dublin 93
7) Last Night On Earth - MexiMofo
8) Zoo Station - Dancing Zoo TV
9) All Along The Watchtower - Dublin 31/12/89
10) UTEOTW - Zoo Europa Dublin 93

 

[mikal]

Originally posted by ACROB@T:
9) All Along The Watchtower - Dublin 31/12/89

Yes! much better than the Save the Yuppies version!



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[ACROB@T]

mikal wrote:

Yes! much better than the Save the Yuppies version!

A lot of U2 fans rag on All Along The Watchtower and more often than not list it as a disastrous cover on U2's part just ignorantly basing it on what they heard on the RnH album...I know for a fact that if they heard this live version and the others during most of the Lovetown shows they would eat their words...Bonos vocals on that particular performance are incredible as is Edges guitar really letting rip..I also love the version on Freedom Of The Spirits Osaka Japan 89, Edge gives the solo a gorgeous Spanish feel

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[Zooropa140]

Top 10 performances I've seen on TV or heard on CD:

10. Bad?Wide Awake In America
9. Peace On Earth/Walk On?America's Tribute To Heroes
8. Please?1997 MTV Video Music Awards
7. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For?Rattle And Hum Album
6. Elevation?Saturday Night Live
5. The Fly?ZOOTV Sydney
3. (tie) Until The End Of The World?ZOOTV Sydney leading into...
3. (tie) New Years Day?ZOOTV Sydney
1. (tie) Where Streets Have No Name?ZOOTV in Sydney leading into...
1. (tie) Pride (In The Name Of Love)?ZOOTV Sydney

Honorable Mention: Sunday Bloody Sunday?Live At Red Rocks, Running To Stand Still?ZOOTV Sydney, Last Night On Earth--PopMart, Mexico City

(Okay, so I like the ZOOTV video a lot. Sue me

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Top 5 performances I've seen in person:

5. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)?Elevation Tour, Albany, NY (Bono introduces this song by saying, "This is a song a lot of folks don't really know that well. That's because...a lot a folks didn't buy that record!" Hilarious. The song was great too.
4. The Opening of the Lemon, PopMart, Giants Stadium, 2nd show (Not really a performance, but it's the only thing I really remember from that show. For good reason too, because I was only a few rows back! Super.)
3. People Get Ready?Elevation Tour, Boston, 2nd show (As many well know, some lucky dude got to come up on stage and play guitar during this song. Great moment.)
2. Bullet The Blue Sky?Elevation Tour, Albany, NY (During his rap, Bono repeated, simply, "Who's that man, Mark Chapman?" over and over again, pointing his spotlight in a different direction each time he said it. He was screaming at top of his lungs by end of the song. Terrifying.)
1. Where The Streets Have No Name?Any U2 show I've ever been to and will ever go to. (Yeah, I'm cheating here, but it's so true

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[Badyouken]

1. Where the Streets Have No Name (live from Tempe, '87)

2-5 in no particular order:

Mysterious Ways (PopMart in Mexico)
One (live from Modena, Italy)
Until the End of the World (any show)
Bullet the Blue Sky (ZooTV Dublin, '93)

WTSHNN from Tempe is absolutely incredible. There's so much energy!

If you don't have it, find it. NOW!

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Originally posted by ACROB@T:
mikal wrote:

A lot of U2 fans rag on All Along The Watchtower and more often than not list it as a disastrous cover on U2's part just ignorantly basing it on what they heard on the RnH album...I know for a fact that if they heard this live version and the others during most of the Lovetown shows they would eat their words...Bonos vocals on that particular performance are incredible as is Edges guitar really letting rip..I also love the version on Freedom Of The Spirits Osaka Japan 89, Edge gives the solo a gorgeous Spanish feel

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I love the Hendrix version, the intro sends shivers down the spine..Just Awesome

U2s version is cool but not as good imo...

Although it is better than Dylans

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[ACROB@T]

Sean,

Yep I wholeheartedly agree..Hendrix's cover is on another level...as one reader in Q put it "Dylan transported to Venus for genius makeover"...

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Originally posted by ACROB@T:
Sean,

Yep I wholeheartedly agree..Hendrix's cover is on another level...as one reader in Q put it "Dylan transported to Venus for genius makeover"...

lol that is one cool quote Acrob@t.. They hit the nail on the head whoever it was

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[Ace Rimmer]

By the way Acrob@t did you go to the Earls Court 18/08/01 show??

If so email me

johnny_yen99@hotmail.com

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[diamondbruno9]

Originally posted by ishkash:
Actually my knowledge of U2 live is pretty limited, I've mentioned from what I've heard.Obviously I haven't heard One (Pavarotti & Friends),Streets-New Years Night and of course Boston 4.Is there any 'website' from where I can find any of the above mentioned.

Ish-Re Bos#4 click it on at bottom for story..

D
B
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An open letter to Bono from myself www.arizonaautoweb.com/bono/

 

[ishkash]

Thanks DB you're a very big SUPERSTAR

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THNIK

 

[The_Sweetest_Thing]

Has anyone here ever heard "All I want is you" live from San Remo, Italy? It's acoustic...just awesome

 

[mbi16]

I don't have enough boots to sit here and pick out fave live performances, nor have I been to that many concerts. But I do have to say that hearing Popmart in Sao Paulo 1998, the second night, brings me to tears. Partly cause I'm Brazilian and I miss home so much but mostly cause Bono is talking to the audience at one point (in portuguese) and saying exactly how I feel about it ("your country is beautiful, your people are beautiful, your voices are beautiful, we'll never forget you"). Alright so I'm a little bias, sue me.

Other performances that have stuck is SNL Elevation, Bad from farmclub.com, and uhm WTSHNN from Miami opening night and the NBA halftime was cool too. I guess you can also add anything from Rattle and Hum where they were performing, except for ISHFWILF.