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Songs that have never been performed live

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posted by Angel_or_Devil (Member) on 2007-07-31 08:54 pm quote


Hey how are things?

I have just listened to 'Promenade' and thought woo its actually a good song, but I see it has never been perormed live, why is this? sounds simply enough to play. Perhaps its a bit quiet and not enough energy in it to make it to a live set list.

What other songs off their albums have never been performed live? (to me 'when i look at the world' was played live even though it was a snippet and sung to the music of bad)

Does u2start have every u2 bootleg ever made, or are there a few out there that were recorded but are not uploaded?

posted by alfmlc (Member) on 2007-07-31 09:01 pm quote

Originally posted by Angel_or_Devil:


What other songs off their albums have never been performed live?


I think it's a shame such a great song as Electrical Storm has never been performed live!!

posted by Remy (Webmaster) on 2007-07-31 09:02 pm quote

Album songs never played live:

* Boy: all have been played
* October: Stranger In a Strange Land, Is That All?
* War: Drowning Man, The Refugee, Red Light
* The Unforgettable Fire: Promenade, 4th of July, Elvis Presley & America
* Wide Awake in America: The Three Sunrises, Love Comes Tumbling
* The Joshua Tree: Red Hill Mining Town
* Rattle and Hum: Heartland
* Achtung Baby: Acrobat (was performed only in soundchecks and rehearsals for Zoo TV, but never in an actual concert)
* Zooropa: Some Days Are Better Than Others
* Pop: The Playboy Mansion (snippets were sung after "Streets" at some PopMart shows, but never the full song)
* Best of 1980-1990: all have been played
* All That You Can't Leave Behind: Peace On Earth (never the full song), When I Look at the World (never the full song), Grace
* Best of 1980-1990: Electrical Storm
* How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb: A Man and a Woman, One Step Closer


posted by zooTV4all (Member) on 2007-07-31 09:16 pm quote

Originally posted by Remy:
Album songs never played live:

* Boy: all have been played
* October: Stranger In a Strange Land, Is That All?
* War: Drowning Man, The Refugee, Red Light
* The Unforgettable Fire: Promenade, 4th of July, Elvis Presley & America
* Wide Awake in America: The Three Sunrises, Love Comes Tumbling
* The Joshua Tree: Red Hill Mining Town
* Rattle and Hum: Heartland
* Achtung Baby: Acrobat (was performed only in soundchecks and rehearsals for Zoo TV, but never in an actual concert)
* Zooropa: Some Days Are Better Than Others
* Pop: The Playboy Mansion (snippets were sung after "Streets" at some PopMart shows, but never the full song)
* Best of 1980-1990: all have been played
* All That You Can't Leave Behind: Peace On Earth (never the full song), When I Look at the World (never the full song), Grace
* Best of 1980-1990: Electrical Storm
* How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb: A Man and a Woman, One Step Closer



*U218 Singles: all have been played




posted by Angel_or_Devil (Member) on 2007-07-31 09:24 pm quote

Originally posted by Remy:
Album songs never played live:

* Boy: all have been played
* October: Stranger In a Strange Land, Is That All?
* War: Drowning Man, The Refugee, Red Light
* The Unforgettable Fire: Promenade, 4th of July, Elvis Presley & America
* Wide Awake in America: The Three Sunrises, Love Comes Tumbling
* The Joshua Tree: Red Hill Mining Town
* Rattle and Hum: Heartland
* Achtung Baby: Acrobat (was performed only in soundchecks and rehearsals for Zoo TV, but never in an actual concert)
* Zooropa: Some Days Are Better Than Others
* Pop: The Playboy Mansion (snippets were sung after "Streets" at some PopMart shows, but never the full song)
* Best of 1980-1990: all have been played
* All That You Can't Leave Behind: Peace On Earth (never the full song), When I Look at the World (never the full song), Grace
* Best of 1990-2000: Electrical Storm
* How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb: A Man and a Woman, One Step Closer




Thanks Remy! What about the hands that built america. I remember I opened a topic about this song but can't seem to find it.


posted by thechicken (Member) on 2007-07-31 09:39 pm quote

has zooropa ever been played live? the whole thing?

posted by germcevoy (Crew member) on 2007-07-31 09:47 pm quote

Originally posted by thechicken:
has zooropa ever been played live? the whole thing?


no not the whole thing. It doesn't have the extended intro and Bono doesn't sing the slow 'Zooropa.......bla bla bla bla bla..... Zooropa ..... . .bla bla' parts. He starts from 'and I have no compass, and I have no map. Check out the first 2 Zooropa Wembley shows. Both soundboard quality

posted by haytrain (Member) on 2007-07-31 09:55 pm quote

Originally posted by Angel_or_Devil:
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Thanks Remy! What about the hands that built america. I remember I opened a topic about this song but can't seem to find it.



I thought they played it at the Oscars that year.....for Gangs of New York. But if I remember correctly, it was a shortened version of the song. I'm sure someone here can confirm or correct this. I have a terrible memory!

posted by Angel_or_Devil (Member) on 2007-07-31 10:01 pm quote

Originally posted by haytrain:
[..]

I thought they played it at the Oscars that year.....for Gangs of New York. But if I remember correctly, it was a shortened version of the song. I'm sure someone here can confirm or correct this. I have a terrible memory!


O yeh, you're right. Forgot about the Oscars, just seen it on youtube.

posted by easports43 (Crew member) on 2007-07-31 10:01 pm quote

Originally posted by haytrain:
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I thought they played it at the Oscars that year.....for Gangs of New York. But if I remember correctly, it was a shortened version of the song. I'm sure someone here can confirm or correct this. I have a terrible memory!


I'm not sure about that, but I do know it was performed as a snippet to Bullet The Blue Sky sometimes during
the VT

posted by Remy (Webmaster) on 2007-07-31 10:07 pm quote

It was never played in full, only as a shortened version, one time at the Oscars, another time at the Presidential Library and as a snippet during the VT.

posted by Blue_Room (Member) on 2007-08-01 03:25 am quote

Originally posted by Remy:
Album songs never played live:

* Boy: all have been played
* October: Stranger In a Strange Land, Is That All?
* War: Drowning Man, The Refugee, Red Light
* The Unforgettable Fire: Promenade, 4th of July, Elvis Presley & America
* Wide Awake in America: The Three Sunrises, Love Comes Tumbling
* The Joshua Tree: Red Hill Mining Town
* Rattle and Hum: Heartland
* Achtung Baby: Acrobat (was performed only in soundchecks and rehearsals for Zoo TV, but never in an actual concert)
* Zooropa: Some Days Are Better Than Others
* Pop: The Playboy Mansion (snippets were sung after "Streets" at some PopMart shows, but never the full song)
* Best of 1980-1990: all have been played
* All That You Can't Leave Behind: Peace On Earth (never the full song), When I Look at the World (never the full song), Grace
* Best of 1980-1990: Electrical Storm
* How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb: A Man and a Woman, One Step Closer



Red Hill Mining Town (full band) soundchecked 1987
Playboy Mansion (full band) played in rehearsals 1997
Peace On Earth (full band) soundchecked and rehearsed extensively 2001

The only one I'm surprised they didnt play at an actual concert full band was Peace On Earth.




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