FYI, the audience teleprompter starts immediately with the Oh Oh Oh's from the very beginning.
"Unknown Caller" a weak live track?
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FYI, the audience teleprompter starts immediately with the Oh Oh Oh's from the very beginning.
youarenotimmune
Refugee
i actually think the Milan II & Paris II performances have been the best of UC so far
and I kinda see where the OP is coming from; it hasn't been AS powerful live so far as I had been expecting. but then again I had extremely high expectations of this song live; I was expecting it to be one of the very BEST live U2 songs. It just hasn't hit me that hard I guess. So I definitely understand where you're coming from when you say it's been "a bit uninspiring" and "flat" Jeef690
Still, that doesn't mean I haven't enjoyed it so far. It's been pretty darn good despite failing to meet my ridiculously high expectations!
and I kinda see where the OP is coming from; it hasn't been AS powerful live so far as I had been expecting. but then again I had extremely high expectations of this song live; I was expecting it to be one of the very BEST live U2 songs. It just hasn't hit me that hard I guess. So I definitely understand where you're coming from when you say it's been "a bit uninspiring" and "flat" Jeef690
Still, that doesn't mean I haven't enjoyed it so far. It's been pretty darn good despite failing to meet my ridiculously high expectations!
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Honestly, I don't think any of the live recordings are doing the performance much justice.
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elevated_u2_fan
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better late then never
Marien
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UC has been one of the highlights in the shows I have attended to and the recordings are not doing justice to the live experience.
The explanation for the lyrics on the screen is very simple, it's a new song and not all the fans (I mean normal fans, not obsessed, crazy fans like us) over the world learn the lyrics of every song by heart, especially when English is not their mother tongue, as someone has pointed out before. So far they've been in Spain where people speak Spanish or Catalan in Barcelona, in Italy Italian, in France French, in Germany German, and tonight in Holland where they speak Dutch, so no native English speaking audiences up to the moment. Have you ever tried to remember the lyrics of a song in Spanish for example? If you are an English speaker (and you can't speak Spanish), you'll find it quite difficult, then imagine trying to remember all the lyrics of a band that has been successful for 30 years!
The explanation for the lyrics on the screen is very simple, it's a new song and not all the fans (I mean normal fans, not obsessed, crazy fans like us) over the world learn the lyrics of every song by heart, especially when English is not their mother tongue, as someone has pointed out before. So far they've been in Spain where people speak Spanish or Catalan in Barcelona, in Italy Italian, in France French, in Germany German, and tonight in Holland where they speak Dutch, so no native English speaking audiences up to the moment. Have you ever tried to remember the lyrics of a song in Spanish for example? If you are an English speaker (and you can't speak Spanish), you'll find it quite difficult, then imagine trying to remember all the lyrics of a band that has been successful for 30 years!
mikal
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i've said it before and i'll say it again. UC is one of the best songs U2 has ever written/recorded, and the live version only enhances it.
TheEdge1987
Acrobat
No it sounds great from the clips ive heard, always thought it would, especially the chorus!
niterpi
Babyface
i have not seen or heard it live yet- however; my friend has and she loved it. actually she didn't like it on the album, but after hearing it live - it clicked for her.
powerhour24
ONE love, blood, life
I know that, but putting 'oh' on the screen doesn't say much for how its sung now does it? They knew the melody from the start.
Yeah, I think many people did, but at least in Barcelona Bono had to get them started.
btw, Edge really really nailed that solo in Berlin.
btw, Edge really really nailed that solo in Berlin.
Melon50
The Fly
I just came back from Amsterdam 1, UC was the the new song I was looking forward too most, and sure did it live up to expectations!! GOOO Shout it out!!!!
'RoomOnFire
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Bootlegs of this song are absolutely incomparable to the live experience, and thats what this song is live - an 'experience'.
silkensky
War Child
Very powerful and amazing song live. I never really could warm up to the studio cut, but as usual they took it to a new level on stage and it soars. I hope they play Unknown Caller every single night of the tour (so far its looking good).
One little quibble, though, please drop the birds at the start and have Bono properly introduce the song instead. Either way it is awesome, just nagging a bit is all.
One little quibble, though, please drop the birds at the start and have Bono properly introduce the song instead. Either way it is awesome, just nagging a bit is all.
boorock74
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Sorry for being a douchebag on this topic.
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Changed your opinion now?
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Galeongirl
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beau99
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I'll just say that it rocked in Phoenix... this despite me completely trashing it after just listening to both the album version, as well as various bootlegs.
The Edge's solo is MUCH BETTER... as for the lyrics, I was easily the only one I could physically see that was singing along. I STILL hate the lyrics, though.
That's SOMETHING right there.
The Edge's solo is MUCH BETTER... as for the lyrics, I was easily the only one I could physically see that was singing along. I STILL hate the lyrics, though.
That's SOMETHING right there.
bigjohn2441
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edge should nail the solo EVERYTIME.
if you cant even play your own guitar solos, there is something wrong. and it's not like the song is Eruption or anything.
if you cant even play your own guitar solos, there is something wrong. and it's not like the song is Eruption or anything.
last unicorn
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UC is one of my fave tracks on NLOTH and I was actually surprised how great it was live. I'm so glad they brought it back and that it will also be on the DVD. The audience chant is great, because the band cannot do all the chanting themselves like it's supposed to sound.
gvox
Ghost of Love
They could play this at every show for the rest of their careers and I'd be happy 
chrissybaby
Refugee
They could play this at every show for the rest of their careers and I'd be happy
Me too, it's epic live. The solo, the organ, the chants... Brilliant stuff
The one NLOTH song that didn't do it for me.
The "oh oh oh" chorus (why the karaoke lyrics on the screen ? it's not that hard to figure out what to sing even if you don't own the album...) I prefer on the album, and didn't come across well live. Enjoyed the solo though.
The "oh oh oh" chorus (why the karaoke lyrics on the screen ? it's not that hard to figure out what to sing even if you don't own the album...) I prefer on the album, and didn't come across well live. Enjoyed the solo though.
Tyagu_Anaykus
New Yorker
I don't care of it live. Maybe its the karaoke thing... don't know.
But the solo is
But the solo is
gvox
Ghost of Love
Umm...pretty sure the instrumentation is there still...have to listen again but I think Bono's just ad-libbing on top of it.
TM
Acrobat
I don't know what to think about the live performance of Unknown Caller. Musicwise it's much better. But it has become a sing-a-long and I don't like that.
Maybe they did it wrong during the recording UC. "Shout for joy", they are not really shouting, are they? So the studio version is too modest... I don't know. Help me!
Glad they put on filmn though.
Maybe they did it wrong during the recording UC. "Shout for joy", they are not really shouting, are they? So the studio version is too modest... I don't know. Help me!
Glad they put on filmn though.
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