Walk On: Single or Album Version?

[starvinmarvin]

I say the album version. The single version sounds way too sparse, not enough guitar - the rudimentary piano is way too loud in the mix. The single is also missing the harmony vocals, which are needed IMHO. I also like Bono's vocal gymnastics in the fadeout on the album, which sounds more emotive and urgent than the hallelujahs in the single version. I do like the hallelujah idea, but I think it sounds better the way they did it live.

What do you think, and why?

 

[barlowdog]

I say the album version. The single version sounds way too sparse, not enough guitar - the rudimentary piano is way too loud in the mix. The single is also missing the harmony vocals, which are needed IMHO. I also like Bono's vocal gymnastics in the fadeout on the album, which sounds more emotive and urgent than the hallelujahs in the single version. I do like the hallelujah idea, but I think it sounds better the way they did it live.

What do you think, and why?

I like both versions, but prefer the album version for the reasons you mentioned.

 

[MacPhistoPT]

I agree with you, even if the hallelujah's bring something new to the song, they don't feel as well as in RTSS.

I prefer the album version but the single version isn't bad.

 

[starvinmarvin]

I want to clarify that I do like both versions - its such a great song that it's difficult to screw up - but the album version is superior (in my view).

 

[Rafiennes]

The single version.
I hate...HATE...the Barry White intro, "But love....it's not the easy thing..."

 

[starvinmarvin]

The single version.
I hate...HATE...the Barry White intro, "But love....it's not the easy thing..."

Barry White?!!! Just because it's a spoken intro doesn't mean it sounds like porn music! I think the spoken intro suits the song, and grabs the listener's attention better than just a piano playing simple chord shapes.

 

[Irishteen]

I love the album verision, so it wins for me.

 

[martha]

Single!

I love the piano and the hallelujahs at the end.

 

[Jack In The Box]

yes, single

because... martha said it already

 

[LMP]

Video version

I guess that counts as the album version anyways, so yeah, Album

 

[starvinmarvin]

I've always wondered why the single version wasn't used on the promotional video...since the video is supposedly promoting the single.....

 

[MsMofoGone]

HALLE ... HALLE ... HALLE ...... "HALLE ... LU ... JAH" !!



(In other words ... the single version !!)

 

[MrBrau1]

Single version. Though it lacks the guitar solo that the album version has.

 

[Chizip]

Definitenly single

 

[starvinmarvin]

so far the tally is 6 votes for the single version, and 5 for the album.

 

[Jack In The Box]

I'm just posting to say that LemonMacPhisto has the best avatar

 

[namkcuR]

Album version. The hallelujahs were great live during the Elevation tour, but they didn't have close to the same impact on that single version.

More importantly, the single version lacks the 'home' verse, which is home to one of the greatest melodies U2 have ever written.

Home...hard to know what it is if you never had one
Home...I can't say where it is but I know I'm going
Home...That's where the heart is

 

[starvinmarvin]

Album version. The hallelujahs were great live during the Elevation tour, but they didn't have close to the same impact on that single version.

More importantly, the single version lacks the 'home' verse, which is home to one of the greatest melodies U2 have ever written.

Home...hard to know what it is if you never had one
Home...I can't say where it is but I know I'm going
Home...That's where the heart is

Yes...I forgot about the missing middle eight section...great melody

 

[bathiu]

Single version

 

[Stryker395]

Album version

without a doubt

 

[WalkOn21]

Single version has the halleluja-ending, but it lacks the "home, hard to know where it is..." part.

But halleluja > home.

Single.

 

[Chizip]

 

[IrishDawg]

I love the "love....is not the easy thing" intro for the album version. The single version has too little guitar and isn't as emotional in my opinion.

 

[Rafiennes]

Barry White?!!! Just because it's a spoken intro doesn't mean it sounds like porn music!

Barry White is NOT porn music..........he's love makin' music!

 

[U2girl]

I like things in both versions: i miss the solo and acoustic guitar and the "home" verse and the "all that you..."s in the ending in the single version, that said I don't miss the album intro and enjoy the single "halleluiah"s and a bit more piano as well. I also prefer Bono's voice on the album.

Album, slightly. I guess.

 

[Cassis]

single

 

[starvinmarvin]

So far:

9 for the album
8 for the single

 

[U2jer]

Album version for me... guitar solo isn't chopped in half as in the single version. There's a fan created remix version floating around that combines the album version with the Hallelujah remix, pretty cool.

 

[U2girl]

I liked what they did at the Grammys when they had the solo/home/Halleluiah parts.

 

[starvinmarvin]

I liked what they did at the Grammys when they had the solo/home/Halleluiah parts.

Is that a vote for the single or album version?