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ONE love, blood, life
The album version of 'Please' has a bad name around here because of the lack of the solo at the end. I admit that I love that solo.
However, in listening to the album version for the first time in a while...I have to say...there's something really fucking...great...about the interplay of Bono's vocal from 'so love is big/bigger than us/but love is not/what you're thinking of/it's what lovers deal/it's what lovers steal/you know I found it hard to recieve/'cause you my love/I could never believe' and Edge's four-note backing vocal that is NON-EXISTENT IN ANY OTHER VERSION OF THE SONG. It gives the whole thing a really gritty feel, almost an entirely different vibe than the backing-vocal-less big-drama guitar solo single and live versions. In fact, the album version of the song almost 'fits' with songs like Discotheque, Do You Feel Loved, Last Night On Earth, Gone, Miami, etc, more than the others do.
I don't know.
The album version of Please is not the piece of crap that many might say it is.
I think, depending on the mood you're in, it keeps the soul of the song alive but within a much more intimate vibe.
Just a thought.
However, in listening to the album version for the first time in a while...I have to say...there's something really fucking...great...about the interplay of Bono's vocal from 'so love is big/bigger than us/but love is not/what you're thinking of/it's what lovers deal/it's what lovers steal/you know I found it hard to recieve/'cause you my love/I could never believe' and Edge's four-note backing vocal that is NON-EXISTENT IN ANY OTHER VERSION OF THE SONG. It gives the whole thing a really gritty feel, almost an entirely different vibe than the backing-vocal-less big-drama guitar solo single and live versions. In fact, the album version of the song almost 'fits' with songs like Discotheque, Do You Feel Loved, Last Night On Earth, Gone, Miami, etc, more than the others do.
I don't know.
The album version of Please is not the piece of crap that many might say it is.
I think, depending on the mood you're in, it keeps the soul of the song alive but within a much more intimate vibe.
Just a thought.