50 years. Never again. twitter.com/U2/status/1487…
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from listening to uncountable covers over the years, it’s that NOBODY can belt ou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
How many people remember this lovely cover of The First Time by Mr. Lanois for The Million Dollar Hotel? youtube.com/watch?v=vafFCt…
Something odd I just stumbled onto on YouTube. Was watching Ground Beneath Her Feet and at the end I get the typica… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
CD for me! My music listening is mostly in the car and I can’t play vinyl (safely) in there! twitter.com/u2songs/status…
My guess is they copied the blurb from last year and forgot to change that part when reviewing. twitter.com/u2songs/status…
Sadly only one concert had both of them.
By the end of the tour they had played HMTMKMKM more than Ultraviolet twitter.com/coribald/statu…
To be honest the ZooTV arrangement is actually my least favourite of the live Ultraviolets. I put 360 at the top an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Love Is Blindness, 155x played on 2 tours (but 154 of them ZooTV). 2 previous live releases, both ZooTV.
Acrobat, 59x played on 1 tour. 1 previous live release, from e+i.
Outside shot: acoustic arrangement by Bono + Edg… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Ultraviolet (Light My Way), 242x played on 4 tours. 3 distinct arrangements. 2 previous live releases, both 360.
Tryin to Throw Your Arms Around the World, 137x played on 1 tour. 2 previous live releases, both ZooTV. Another, ei… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Mysterious Ways, 598x played on 7 tours. 10 previous live releases (2 ZooTV, 2 PopMart, 1 Elevation, 1 Vertigo, 3 3… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The Fly, 344x played on 5 tours (6 if you include Glasgow 2015). 87 previous live releases (8 if you count Glasgow… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
So Cruel… 3x live on one tour, all of them barely beyond a snippet and only Bono. 0 live releases.
We might see… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Throw in the fifth style from From the Sky Down and that’s a lot of potential mixes to choose from. Don’t rule a FT… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, 101x played on 3 tours. 1 previous live release (1 e+i).
BUT
It has the most d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Now it starts getting interesting.
Until the End of the World, 607x played on 7 tours. 12 previous live releases (4 ZooTV, 1 Popmart, 3 Elevation, 2 360, 1 i+e, 1 Other)
One, 815x played on 9 tours. 17 previous live releases (2 ZooTV, 3 PopMart, 1 Elevation, 3 Vertigo, 3 360, 1 i+e, 1 e+1, 3 Other)
Zoo Station, 248x played on 4 tours. 4 previous live releases (1 ZooTV, 2 Vertigo, 1 e+i)
Even Better Than the Rea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
For the record, I am counting promo appearances with the closest associated tour (ie. ATYCLB promo = Elevation, Glastonbury = 360, etc).
I’m very curious about Achtung Baby 30 - Live. Here is some of what we can say based on the expected tracklisting.
This might be the single most impressive recreation I have ever seen.
The Fly texts
youtube.com/watch?v=p0N1pl…