Recent content by monsieur fly

Yes I love Outside as well! 'A Small Plot Of Land' is epic, and Hallo Spaceboy is an acknowledged classic.

My list: 1) Achtung Baby 2) Pop 3) Zooropa 4) No Line On The Horizon 5) The Unforgettable Fire 6) All That You Can't Leave Behind 7) The Joshua Tree 8) War 9) Rattle and Hum 10) Boy 11) October 12) How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

YouTube - ‪U2 ~ One Love ~ July 2, 2011 ~ 360 Tour ~ Nashville, TN‬‏ This is from Nashville. On the whole, this is one of the strongest performances I have heard in a while. Bono's restraint is pleasing. He does not oversing, he does not sing behind the melody, and generally-speaking, his...

I thought they did well. Yes, they were nervous (perhaps no bad thing) but they were effective. It was nice to hear a lean version of 'One': no lengthy introduction, no oversinging or singing behind the melody. In fact, I haven't heard Bono sing it in quite that way for a long time. I would have...

Is it just me or is Bono starting to sing One properly again? The Anaheim version is far from perfect but at least he keeps it simple. At times, his voice sounds somewhat like its early 90s incarnation. Listen to how he sings 'have you come here for forgiveness, have you come to raise the dead?'...

Hollow Island is spot on about the success of U2 singles in Canada. Indeed, I get frustrated when band bangs on about SATS not being a hit. It is just a myth to suit its narrative about Pop. SATS might have flopped in America but it reached number 3 in the UK, which was four places higher than...

Doctor Who makes some very interesting points. I agree that Magnificent, Breathe or Moment of Surrender could well have delivered a hit for U2 had one of those been released first. Magnificent married neo-classical U2 with dance rhythms very effectively. Breathe was fiery enough to get radio...

Well it's obvious isn't it? Bono will start the show with a solo rendition of Acrobat, before the Edge launches into the crunching opening chords of Zoo Station. Now that is dreaming out loud!

Mofo Zooropa Acrobat

Thank God U2 have had the guts to resurrect EBTTRT- much better!

Here are seven I would like to see: Mofo Discotheque Even Better Than The Real Thing Desire (electric, not the wimpy acoustic rendition) Last Night On Earth Zooropa Zoo Station.

I am finding it all increasingly tiresome. I feel like making a curmudgeonly prediction There probably won't be an album until 2013. They will drop most of the Danger Mouse material; instead, they'll go back to Lillywhite, and we'll get a stodgy, overcooked HTDAAB part 2. Bono will say that the...

Well that is your opinion, of course. I know what I prefer, and that is his ZOO TV voice.

Neither version even gets near the live rendition on Popmart. If I had to choose, I would take the album cut.

I don't care how many Grammys it won, for me it's their worst album. Still, no U2 record is without its saving graces- Vertigo and COBL are classics and I have a sneaking admiration for that ambiguous little love song, A Man And A Woman.