You can see what existed in Bono, the humanitarian, before he was nominated for a Nobel Prize for his work in charity and relief work around the world. The albums covered on this are, of course, the resulting "Rattle and Hum", "The Joshua Tree", and all of their previous work. The video is good quality, well edited and the sound mixing is done well, especially considering the fact that music is intertwined with voice throughout. The band is U2 before they were the megaband they are today. OK ,AT THE TIME THE CRITIC SNOBBERY DISSED IT(HEY THEIR GOOD,TIME TO KNOCK THEM OFF THAT LITTLE PEDASTEL),HOWEVER I KNOW OF NO ONE CASUAL LISTENER,EVEN PEOPLE NOT INTO U2 OR ESPECIALLY A FAN OF THIS BAND THAT DOESN'T LOVE/LIKE THIS DVD.THE SOUND QUALITY, WILL JUST BLOW YOU AWAY. THEY ACTUALLY RECORDED 5 SONGS IN 5 HOURS AT SUN STUDIOS(WHEN YOU TOUR SUN THEY PLAY 1 OR 2 OF THEM FOR YOU) ,*THE VERY BEST VERSION OF BAD/RUBY TUESDAY/SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL IS CAPTURED HERE,AS WELL AS AN EXCELENT PERFORMANCE OF "EXIT" WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO STRAIN TO HEAR THE LYRICS! ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER ,WHERE BONO WAS ARRESTED FOR SPRAY PAINTING "ROCK & ROLL STOPS THE TRAFFIC",HELTER SKELTER A VISIT TO GRACELAND(LARRY MULLEN ON ELVIS' MOTORCYCLE,AFTER BONO SWEET TALKS A TOUR GUIDE TO ALLOW IT ). ![]() FANTASTIC COLLECTION OF LIVE SONGS,MANY OF WHICH ARE NOT ON THE CD.U2 DISCOVERING MEMPHIS TENNESEE & MUSICALLY ACKNOWLEDING THE SUN STUDIO MEGASTARS THAT BEGAN THERE. "The Star-Spangled Banner" excerpt by Jimi Hendrix – 0:43 "Pride (In the Name of Love)" (live) – 4:27 "Freedom for My People" excerpt by Adam Gussow and Sterling Magee – 0:38 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (live) – 5:53 Great Dvd for U2 Fans~Contains Songs not on the Album.Ĭons: Picture Quality could be better, contains some older black and white footage. The extent of changes across versions make it a highlight of any show.Great Dvd for U2 Fans~Contains Songs not on the Album!! Snippets are frequent appearances too, Jimi Hendrix's Star-Spangled Banner was an intro in the early days, while later versions have included old gospel songs, The Hands that Built America, When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again, War (What is it good for?) and more. Lyrically its topic changes with most tours - from Nazism in the Zoo TV tour, through a blistering indictment of gun violence in America on the Elevation tour and sectarian conflict on Vertigo, to an introspective look at the corruption of money and fame on the Innocence + Experience tour. Edge's solos get longer and more intricate, Adam occasionally brings the bass to the forefront and makes it a funkier version, and even Sunday Bloody Sunday's drumbeat shows up every now and then. ![]() The politically charged nature of the song has left it to be reworked frequently in live performances. As the story goes, the guitar came about when Bono put up photos from his trip to El Salvador and told Edge to 'put it through his amplifier'. America's involvement as a whole was under scrutiny, and this song was a response to the impact their role in the war was having on the local population. ![]() It's all about the civil war in El Salvador at the time, which like most during the Cold War was equally a proxy war between the US and the Soviet Union. Bullet is a monster of a song, and is definitely the most overtly political song off The Joshua Tree. ![]() Last week I covered a song that was never played live, so this week we're doing the complete opposite and having one which has been on almost every tour since its inception. So this guy comes up to me, his face red like the rose on a thorn bush.
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