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Some of their songs sound great acoustic, but an acoustic live recording probably means only Bono and Edge playing... time for a breather for Larry and Adam.
 
Bottle Bono said:
And then the lead into to Dancing Queen was something that defined every single concert.
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dancing queen was only done in europe, so it hardly defined every single concert. it was done very tongue in cheek, a joke type song- that seemd to fit theme of the absurdity of zootv. you are the first person i have even suggest it as a highlight, let alone call it the the thing that defined the whole concert (did you miss the zoo station opener, streets, bullet to running or the love is blindness closer?). again, thats cool if you really liked dancing queen, i thought it was an absolute waiste of a spot that could have gone to a song that is original and actually good.

i like seeing the band do a new take on a song acoustically, but really there only needs to be one of those in the set. the butchering of a song like walk on by doing it acoutically on vertigo was so disappointing. they were too lazy to rehearse and get it down as a band, so they do a terrible acoustic version. the first time, please (although much better full band), edge's version of sunday bloody sunday, and stay were all great, but just pick one and play it. don't make it into a whole big thing. there are very few u2 songs that actually get better accoustically.
 
last unicorn said:
I actually like the acoustic Desire version much more than the album version. Same with Stuck. Actually, I think all the songs played a the Union Chapel gig were brilliant. I'd love to hear an acoustic U2 album but doubt that will ever happen.
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Hey, if you like it, that's cool. I just think the acoustic version of Desire completely removes the propulsive element of the song.

Stay, Staring At The Sun, and Stuck are all excellent acoustic, and I'm glad they've gotten the attention they deserve from the band.
 
BoyOnTheHorizon said:
You forgot the best (U2) song of the last 15 years... A man and a woman
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Holy F-ing Jeebus...

....WORST song ever!!!!!

My buddy always teases me on that song. He thinks the video to that song should entail Bono and the boys walking down a neighborhood in the "Village" in New York City wearing cowboy hats, short shorts, half shirts and pink bandanas around their necks. He also likes to change the chorus of that song to:

"....between a maaaaaan....aaaaaaaand a MAAAAN!!!!!"

There's obviously nothing wrong with that lifestyle, and my buddy is obviously teetering on the line of homophobia...but as for his overall disdain for the quality of the song...unfortunately, I can't disagree with his assessment one bit.
 
LemonMelon said:
Hey, if you like it, that's cool. I just think the acoustic version of Desire completely removes the propulsive element of the song.

Stay, Staring At The Sun, and Stuck are all excellent acoustic, and I'm glad they've gotten the attention they deserve from the band.
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Actually Desire acoustic can be good like in Popmart. I also like it when Larry comes in with just one giant bongo and hammers it. Add some base guitar and it smokes.
 
U2 acoustic is great, but I don't think it would work as a whole set. As a breather, though, it's amazing.
 
I didn't think they could do this acoustically:

YouTube - U2 - Please acoustic (live from Elevation Miami)

This is good:

YouTube - U2 - The Ground Beneath Her Feet (acoustic)

This guy is so talented that he falls a sleep and wakes up in the morning with more melodies.

I liked the acoustic version of Lost from Viva la vida but why did they have to overproduce it to death on the album version?

YouTube - U2 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own (Acoustic)

I didn't even know about this one either. Good stuff!

Did U2 do Drowning Man live? All I hear is "Hold on tightly" added to Surrender live UABRS
 
What Brian Eno liked about MOS was the atmosphere in particular.

Lemon is atmospheric and close to 8 min on the album. Maybe another Lemon?
 
Bottle Bono said:
Eno is U2's greatest cheerleader.

If oyu hear the aucustic version of Stuck in the Moment...

You can understand Enos opinion.

Unfortunately then Eno over-produced the song and it lost something in the translation.
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I hate when people say that about "Stuck". I think I'm one on the few that understands why "Stuck" got to where it went.
I think that Stuck In A Moment has looots of similarities with INXS's "Baby Don't Cry". Don't know if ya'll remember, but "Stuck" talks about Michael Hutchinson.
 
U2DMfan said:
Here's what Eno said:

He didn't say MOS was the best song ever. Christ.
He didn't even say it was U2's best song.
He said Moment of Surrender was the best U2 song he had worked on.

And he bet Bono that Stuck would be their biggest hit in the U.S. only.
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Yes, Eno said 'Moment of Surrender' was the "best thing" he'd ever done wth U2, which means he didn't say it was the best U2 song. However, Eno has arguably produced U2's best songs to date. If you did a "best" U2 song list, the majority of music fans would pick the following in no particular order...

'Streets'
'With or Without You'
'Pride'
'I Still Haven't Found'
'One'
'Stay'
'Bad'
'Beautiful Day'
'The Unforgettable Fire'
'Miss Sarajevo'
'Sunday Bloody Sunday'
'New Year's Day'
'Running To Stand Still'
'Kite'
'All I Want is You'

Now, out of all these "best" U2 songs, the top 3 (arguably more) are all Eno's anyway! So when Eno said MOS was the "best thing he'd ever done with U2," it's saying the same thing as, "the best U2 song ever," without actually saying it.
 
I forgot to mention, only 3 of those songs aren't produced by Eno. After doing that Eno list, wow....I have to say I'm excited about the new album....he's produced so many amazing U2 songs! We get another Eno/Lanois album!
 
Screwtape2 said:
Anyone else have a fantasy about what the new songs might sound like from the titles or talk about them?
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Yeah...I'm guessing that "The Cedars of Lebanon" is going to be sort of like "City of Blinding Lights," in that it's upbeat but still somehow subdued.
Just something about the title...
 
purpleoscar said:
I liked the acoustic version of Lost from Viva la vida but why did they have to overproduce it to death on the album version?
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Wait...you mentioned Coldplay on Interference (in a subforum of EYKIW, no less) and it didn't immediately start a flame war? MacPhisto must have gotten that air conditioner installed in Hell...:wink:
 
If Mercy is MOS I'll cry--and not from happiness. Don't get me wrong, I think Mercy is a pretty good song, but it is also easily the most overrated U2 song ever (among superfans). I think roughly 82% of this is due solely to its unreleased, mythical leaking status. I digress. If Mercy = MOS that means that Eno has lost his taste, and that the rest of the album is middling. I actually wouldn't be that bummed to hear it in a significantly tweaked form on the album, especially if it adds to the overall cohesiveness and pervasive atmosphere of the LP. But I definitely won't be bummed if its not on there.
 
So much is happening at once in this thread, the previous text of this post is now entirely irrelevant to the conversation.
 
I would have loved to hear an acoustic version of Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me.

"They want you to be Jesus, they will go down on one knee but they want their money back if you are alive at 33"

Because it never made a U2 album and was a front song for a rather tired Batman movie, it never ever got the exposure that it deserved.

ENO IS U2.

From Unforgettable Fire onwards. It is Eno.

Guiding the boys. Heck he might even write half the songs and arrangements for all I know.

U2 songs always say written and performed by U2.

That means immediately Brian Eno is a member of U2 whether he tours with them or not.
 
Michael Griffiths said:
Yes, Eno said 'Moment of Surrender' was the "best thing" he'd ever done wth U2, which means he didn't say it was the best U2 song. However, Eno has arguably produced U2's best songs to date. If you did a "best" U2 song list, the majority of music fans would pick the following in no particular order...

'Streets'
'With or Without You'
'Pride'
'I Still Haven't Found'
'One'
'Stay'
'Bad'
'Beautiful Day'
'The Unforgettable Fire'
'Miss Sarajevo'
'Sunday Bloody Sunday'
'New Year's Day'
'Running To Stand Still'
'Kite'
'All I Want is You'

Now, out of all these "best" U2 songs, the top 3 (arguably more) are all Eno's anyway! So when Eno said MOS was the "best thing he'd ever done with U2," it's saying the same thing as, "the best U2 song ever," without actually saying it.
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Eno almost erased WTSHNN if it wasn't for Pat Leonard holding him back. :lol:
 
Bottle Bono said:
Guiding the boys. Heck he might even write half the songs and arrangements for all I know.

U2 songs always say written and performed by U2.

That means immediately Brian Eno is a member of U2 whether he tours with them or not.
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Brian Eno is a producer not a member, there is a distinct difference.
 
bram said:
If Mercy is MOS I'll cry--and not from happiness. Don't get me wrong, I think Mercy is a pretty good song, but it is also easily the most overrated U2 song ever (among superfans). I think roughly 82% of this is due solely to its unreleased, mythical leaking status. I digress. If Mercy = MOS that means that Eno has lost his taste, and that the rest of the album is middling. I actually wouldn't be that bummed to hear it in a significantly tweaked form on the album, especially if it adds to the overall cohesiveness and pervasive atmosphere of the LP. But I definitely won't be bummed if its not on there.
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I think the reason Mercy gets so much love from people here is that it sounds so unique to the known 2000's material. I'm sure if Interference had been around before Achtung Baby people would have gotten just as crazy if they heard Take You Down off the Salome Outtakes because it so different. I love the song because from that dark sounding vein of U2 that I adore. I do want it to be different from MOS because that would mean you'd have two really passionate, longer songs. The only change I'd make to Mercy for the album is to make it more atmospheric with subtle effects.
 
Brian Eno's talent if it's anything is his approach to the music by the use of effects, by non-acceptance of the usual approaches to the music.
 
Bottle Bono said:
I would have loved to hear an acoustic version of Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me.

"They want you to be Jesus, they will go down on one knee but they want their money back if you are alive at 33"

Because it never made a U2 album and was a front song for a rather tired Batman movie, it never ever got the exposure that it deserved.
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AMEN! :applaud:
 
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