Mexican beach on the Pacific, bottle of Don Pedro, sunset, this song, my 30th birthday.  Those were the days ...

I don't normally bump my own comments, but this kid is worth checking out . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4CR3GoB3YY

Ramasutra to U2?  Now THAT's a segue!

 romeotuma wrote: 
Yes, sooo coool.  Love it . . . classic . . .

ha, great follow up from Vieux Farka Toure - Bullet the Blue Sky

...brilliant, as usual!

Without . . . .please?

I just don't get U2. Lousy vocals, mediocre band. I just don't get it.

The worst part about this song is that it ends.

What a powerful, beautiful song. Love this C.D. It's too bad that they seem to have lost that certain strength of pure art.

Overplayed but still a stone cold classic.

This song is soooo good for the ears... and the soul...

 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote: 
I don't, but thanks.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
This song was last played five days ago.  Bad was just played yesterday.  Where the Streets Have No Name was played one week ago.  Pride was played two weeks ago.  New Year's Day, ten days ago.  Mysterious Ways, three days ago.  The epitome of overplaying, Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, was played five days ago. Desire, one week ago.

Meanwhile, such gems as Salome haven't been played since January. Beautiful Day was just played this week, but before that?  January. 

Dear sdn,

Stop listening to shitty fm radio.

Respectfully,
AO 

 sdn wrote: 
Jesus. Once a month is all it gets played. And I do not give a flying rat's what radio station overplays something. I can't hear your crappy FM so I do not care.

 On_The_Beach wrote: 
Definitely a prodigy with technique...a little Steve Vai-esque. Does he do the composition I wonder?

Dear Radio Paradise,

    This is a wonderful song.  It is, however, woefully overplayed on every so-called classic rock station on Earth.  You can't walk into a shopping mall or drugstore without hearing it.

    There are so many good U2 songs to choose from; why do you usually play the already-overplayed?  Please — send us "deep cuts", not "greatest hits".

Love,
sdn

Check out this amazing kid doing a tasty version of With or Without You on acoustic guitar. Incredible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4CR3GoB3YY

 Peace_tode wrote:
Nice catch. 

Edge has talked about playing that last little riff which, at the time of the recording, really was an opportunity for him to lay down a big solo. But he mentions getting a lot of satisfaction by showing some restraint at the end, letting the guitar just gently fade out.  What's cool is that I've seen live versions where he actually "goes big" at the finish, unlike the album version, laying down one of his amazing, patented solos.  And I'm thinking to myself all the while, "So that's how it was supposed to go."

I still am not over my crush on The Edge - still in my Top 5.

I actually like this song (9) and some other U2 stuff quite well.  But I couldn't resist.  Bono Vox.  Mr. "Good Voice"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXlPU0TWMds

 

 ajlept wrote: 
If one is in it for the music, of course not.  For those that are trend-sucking hipsters, the answer will be yes...

Bill and Rebecca play just about the right amount of U2, and far more variety than you'll hear on commercial radio.  Keep it up!

Just about any song off this album is worth hearing.

 Excelsior wrote: 
You never listen to any terrestrial radio! You're always on here, complaining about the music/artists that Bill plays.

Come on now, confession is good for the soul, lad!

  Good song but I am  really tired of this one,
sorry only 6,  overused

 HarrO wrote: 
 I concur!

 HarrO wrote: 
how dismissive of the most enduring band of our times...or any other..
think about it.
they have been relevant and current from 1980 till now; their last album
'how to dismantle a nuclear bomb'..had great songs was contender for album of the year
and they don't sound dated.
they have been producing relevant music since the early 80's till now....
longer than the stones....who long ago
became a parody of themselves.
they are not my faves, but you have to give them respect...they are by far the greatest
rock and roll band of our times.
3rd only to the beatles and elvis presley in the entire rock and roll era.

 Excelsior wrote: 
And the problem is.......?????

the simplest yet most effective guitar riff at the end.Off beat quarter notes