U2 - One (360 tour - Barcelona 30/06/2009)

[Predator72]

Bono at 4:17: "Have you come here to play conductor, just listen to what I say" xD

[SEBBARU]

They should always play this without backing tracks or additional musicians.

Once the underground musicians (Terry and CPU) cut out (4:11), it suddenly feels more intimate and raw. Just 4 guys, "3 chords, and the truth" !!

[ajaxrulzz]

Shit happens :P But I would rather see them fuck up one live than a polished version (: This is something you never forget (:

And I LOVE that Bono isn't playing guitar this time and walking around (:

[rickyapar]

Chales DESTRUYO una de las mejores canciones del siglo pasado :(

PARECIERA COMO SI ESTUVIERA ENSAYANDO en su BODEGA en los inicios de U2.

MAL MAL MAL...

[elsjeseke]

he sounds like a schoolboy, the original version is a lot better sung.

[lucolovic]

Me gusta mucho esta musica!!! El show fuera mucho hermoso!!!

[modeo92]

I've never watched this before, but I kind of like it. It's good to see them when everything isn't polished and you see them being very human.

And get better, Bono. Hope to see you in Seattle eventually. But don't rush. You need a strong back when you're saving the world.

[hatrickp]

It must be IMPOSSIBLE to get any non vocal signals between band members when they're all so far apart. Normally on stage you can anticipate things just by watching eachother, but how are you supposed to do that when you're on opposite sides of one of the biggest stage structures in history?

It's quite incredible that this is pretty much the only such incident on the whole tour!

[ccfcman1]

bono wanted to redo d 2nd verse like he said , nd he sang it again but the rest of the band went on to the " love is a temple " bit .....mass confusion , good ta see that one of d best bands in the world actually are human ......

[TheGavio93]

this song just goes to show that these guys are just human beings. they're still just 4 mates that can go out and play great music and put on a show. that's it.

[sonyliam1]

El concierto buenisimoooooo!!!!!!!!

Mi lema es tener hijos e ir a ver a U2!!

Son increibles , me voy a Sevilla a volver a verlos.

Te apuntas????

[carlinhobcn]

y quien no? ;)

[mmaxsters]

hey guys, shut the fuckup, you are lucky to see a live u2 concert, not many ppl get the chance in their lifetime....

[pocortodoxo]

pathetic

[DanielamaAna]

eles são os melhores dia 2 de outubro de 2010 lá vou estar eu a ver os U2 ao vivo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tiagosborges]

Thank you very much!

Muito Obrigado!!!

[SergheiRO]

i kindda liked it.That's not embarassing at all because it's a difficult song, very difficult actually, and sometimes it happens.They are not 20 years old.

[Diugoa]

It really don't think it's got anything to do with age...

It just happens!

And he dealt with it pretty good. :)

[SIFORROA]

Definitely bono's fault he went into the 2nd verse for a 2nd time, when he was supposed to sing the 3rd verse instead...and since part of the background song is playback, it wasn't as easy for the others to go back to the 2nd verse as bono asked them to... thus at 04:11 the engineers stop the playback. Regardless Bono makes fun of himself and finishes the song... Still a great band...It once happened to Depeche Mode on Nov 3rd 2005 with Everything Counts...unlike U2 they started over..hehe

[Smis08]

you guys shouldnt be so harsh, first concerts are always a bit scratchy, ive watched the same song that they played more recently and they've got it perfect

[stantonshred]

i was at this show , and this song was the biggest fuck up iv ever seen live ever ever!!!!

[SergheiRO]

maybe you're the biggest fuck up everyone else saw in their whole life!

[garybarlow20]

my favourite song!!!!

amazing act live!

2nd october 2010 in portugal! I here go

[guntoter2]

Edge... Stay where you are, Im coming up to Howth to show how to play this song.

All 4 playing a different song. I've heard u2 tribute bands play better... They had better get it right by october 20 and 23rd.

[JimmyVox123]

With an attitude like that I don't think they should even let you in the stadium come Oct. 20! Grow up!

[debbiewerne]

oh dear !

[vanassun]

bono mágico

[heloisabueno]

só de pensar que eu vo ter o privilégio de ouvi a MINHAAA musica frente a frente eu ja fico anciosa :D

[larryfinebono]

bravo bono!

[vanassun]

grande bono

[janthye]

That is what live is all about........<3

[SatiricalTruth]

One - HQ Restaurant Version

watch?v=XQn1_mDL6Hg

[Rascasseman]

It was the first gig of the tour for gods sake! Every band has teething problems with the first few gigs. The first few gigs of the Popmart tour were apparently shit and even Coldplays fantastic Viva La Vida Tour sounded dodgy from the beginning.

U2 still are the best live act in the world.

[deepseaskate]

4:15 Have u come here to play conductor? Cause listen to what I said

[bboris92]

That was pretty annoying.

[melanieschotejil]

sweeet :D

[vikingmog]

Bono was having monitor(speakers which allow you to here the whole problems there. he says ''lets try that verse again''. he couldn't here himself through his monitors in his ear.

[federicalok90]

what does he say before starting again with the song??!at third minute circa...

[CLS01sp]

O Bono Ficou bem com essa camisa do Barcelona!

[PoHaCkEr]

I was there and from my point of view I think the Edge went wrong because of Bono who messed up with lyrics in the second chorus. From that moment til the end the song lost its magic. Anyway, thursday's performance was simply amazing.

[SergheiRO]

Still it take strong nerve to pass that dead moment, Bono did it great, must hav' benn his huge experience.

[Matiele1]

In Milan tonight ONE has been fantastic!!!

[laflechedebussy]

Pourquoi boycotter le stade vélodrome ???

[atenass12]

nadie es perfecto! a disfrutar mas y criticar menos... vivan y dejen vivir.... bravo U2!!!!

[subinbar]

I think his in-ear monitors were messed up.

[hamjam3578]

I'm no musician, bur can someone explain what went wrong here please? Was it a problem with his ear monitors?

[Passenger95]

I don't know why Bono decided to do this, maybe because his in-ears went out, or something. But he decided to re-start the song from the second verse. Fine, but the problem is that the keyboard loop the band is playing to keeps going like normal, and went into the bridge chords like it's supposed to. Bono was still singing the next verse because he's now behind in the song. But the band has to stay with the loop to not get discordant. So then Bono has them re-start everything.......

[Passenger95]

.......but the loop is still in the wrong place, and they eventually have to kill the loop altogether. Bono should have known that where the loop changes chords, and that he can't decide on the fly to re-start a song with an intricate of a loop as One has. 'Bad' is a different story, because it just loops over and over. But 'One''s loop actually changes chords. I'll bet Edge, who does most of the band's orchestration, had some words for Bono after this. :-)

[66willo66]

Bono had a nightmare! That was all over the place, get your act together boys!

[Misterchucktuck]

absolutely worst version of ONE EVER!

[javierarmando09]

Bono, we need your help in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, Please!

[winterdiscontenter]

tuvo que ponerse la camisa de bogarde

[danielmrquz]

esta en el camp nou...

NO se va a poner la de faubert paqutee jaajajajaaja

[meath4life]

no one will beat the irish croud and the atmosphere in croke park dubln!!

[dansken92]

bono got confused with the crowd

[animauzao]

ricardo from brasil but living in portugal here!!

bono had the audacy that he was screwing things up and stopped!! but still a great song for the lovers everyone, and check out how many exibitions had after 5 days or something. pretty amazing!! cheers from CASCAIS- PORTUGAL

[tomiks008]

cant wait going to see in Zagreb in Croatia!!!!

[BrandiU2]

Yep. Edge was fine, and so was Adam and Larry. Think Bono got lost and couldn't hear. Still funny though. And Bono is known for changing the lyrics, not following along, sometimes, and he used to run off into the audience and scare the band by climbing the lighting rafters and eqipment. Not shocking.

[stomofshadow]

what's wrong with bono XD

[Burksninja]

cant wait going to see them in dublin. it will be the best gig of the whole tour

[kerbizetimus]

did I disappoint you...once?...Twice?...thrice?

[u2MacPhisto09]

lol

Edge, Edge, can you stop for a moment.

[misterviolator]

hamma geil

u2 great band

[prototube001]

it's live! people, this can happen. no big deal. still bono does what he wants and does not stick to what the song demands sometimes. it's not edges fault at all, even if he had better nights.u2 shows always start off pretty rough. wait for the second barcelona show. you will see they just need to get in the sound! :-)

[350cuiv8]

Wish I would have been near the band during the period just before the encore. Guess that Bono & The Edge had much to talk about....

[eLegantLywasTed7]

madre mia... se ha puesto una camisa del barcelona... vaya asko... todavia sigue siendo mi idolo xD

[Gemc07]

...did anyone notice Bozo touch his ear mic as if he wasn't hearing what he was supposed to? Think thats what screwed them up....but at least he had the cool head to stop it and start again. And the missing guitar at the end...they're usually much more on the ball than that...I think the show will only really get going after 10-20 live performances...iron out the rough spots because from what i've seen and heard the show was spectacular but the music didn't reach the heights.

[cyberpatsy]

El mejor cantante del mundo con la mejor camiseta del mundo....Logico!!!

[poronga001]

Amen MrScorpion34!

I was there and It was Magnificient. Pure gold.

[pablitojr1]

Todos cometemos errores, sigan practicando para que sea perfecto en Phoenix, ahi nos vemos. U2...todo se le perdona por su grandeza.

[Europe1992]

HAHA lol Bono 1

[declanmcg4]

What a mess.

[MrScorpion34]

le plus grand groupe du monde

dans le plus grand stade du monde

avec le maillot du plus grand club du monde

respect mr bono

respect U2

[niafep]

preciosa canción.

y aun suena mejor si la canta con esa camiseta, jaja. VISCA EL BARÇA!!!!

[basura1977]

edge listen to me... go back to verse

one, two, three.. verse

[WilburyVision]

This was almost two hours into the set, and it was a sweltering night. I think the Edge was beginning to get heat stroke under his hat. Fascinating to watch this technical/ human error going on, and how clearly and calmly Bono sorted it out. Yes - opening night - amazing how well the concert went given this, nearly everything worked out brilliantly. Undoubtedly the best band in the world.

[monodogg83]

even though they messed up a bit they still sound better than most bands at their peak

[geraldman24]

Only true perfectionists would stop and start again. They are human, it was opening night. That was awesome. Also, if there was ever any doubt about who's in charge, Bono erased it there. Good going boys, get it right, get it tight.

[nanubuma]

muy bueno!!!!!!

hay más???

Javier, desde Argentina+

[carlinhobcn]

Eso es todo, en total 9 videos. Saludos!

[davidatgc]

Es ponerse esos colores y empezar los problemas. Todo "uno". A las pruebas me remito. El lunar de una noche apoteósica.

[CocamoJoe]

Kinda reminds me of Staring at the Sun on opening night of the PopMart tour in Las Vegas... The critics panned it... but, my friend Diodoro was there, and said it was great, he thought!

[vanjabre]

Bono je sve zajebo ovde, a i klavijaturista se pogubio... Haos... Edge ispao kriv, ni kriv ni dužan... uh, al sam ovo sročio :)

[rocksuena]

FANTASTIC SONG by U2

 U2 THE BEST BAND OF THE WORLD

[feyecas]

bono did not screw up, edge did. because of that bono whas soo sick

first time i saw it

[hatrickp]

Actually did anyone notice that Bono's not playing his own guitar in this version, it's just Edge. I wonder why? Usually when they play this song live, Bono plays the guitar (the green Gretsch one) with the heavy distortion chords after the first verse, and Edge plays the riffs...

[tommywm24]

Yeah I noticed. Hopefully he will for the other shows. Only U2 could screw this song up after playing it all these years!

[tommywm24]

Oh wait at 5:30 he starts playing the Gretsch...bet you Bono not playing the chords srewed the Edge!

[Burial69]

bono culeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

[bonocrist]

sem palavras. fantastico.

[Taymelo]

Visca el Barça i visca Bono!!!

[CLS01sp]

U2 Fantástico!

Brasil em 2010

[robotsandmonkeys]

One of the few times where it wasn't Bono screwing up the song! The band can be forgiven cuz of all the times they had to adjust on the spot from Bono missing/forgetting lyrics...

[KiwiGizGirl]

Bit of a trainwreck but no big deal, the nerves must have been incredible Bono seemed amazingly unfased. I bet those lyrics are being learnt as we speak!!

[aureau2]

We are all humans, not perfect..however they are almost there! :)

I loved it, such an amazing night...

[hatrickp]

This is such a relief - if geniuses like U2 can still slip up on a song they play as often as One, I guess the rest of us shouldn't be to embarrassed when it happens to us! U2 FOREVER <3

I guess this is one of the risks when you use instrumentals you're not playing - you can't decide to change anything while playing because you're tied to the backing track. A band like U2 is better off without those limits - they're too inventive to do everything by the book!

Love you guys! Roll on Croke Park!

[EmitFlestiKY]

What "backing track". All the instruments are live. The keyboardist is just under the stage.

[martinone9]

Actually it's called a sequencer,they use it for "Bad","One Tree Hill" etc.,like a backing track,there is no keyboardist under the stage.

[hatrickp]

Really? I always thought they used a pre recorded synth for the songs with string ensembles in them...

[scarlet88breeze]

Actually they use sequencers so that pre-recorded instruments such as some keyboards/additional instrumentation can be used to make the sound bigger. Some keyboard sounds are actually an effect pedal The Edge uses to add strings to the guitar notes he plays. The downside of the sequencers is that they are fixed so improvisation is limited. Hence here when they re-started the backing track was out of synch at 4:00 and the production team turned if off at 4:11.

[thklinge]

The Edge control the backing track from his enourmous foot-panel-gizmo and should have turned it off. Bono knew about it, since he picked up his guitar to back up The Edge when he did the solo.

[albiscotti]

you're right. it's not first time they do crap with one, all the time cause of the added strings. it's a shame, even cause one is one of the most loved songs so...

they should take someone playing keys live during some songs... it's the only thing i also hated on their shows, the rest is amazing.

[sakamuras1]

the restarted the backing track on the second verse, but the band restarted thinking they were on the first verse. the loop went into the outro while the band played the second verse. totally mucked that one up...

[Dhanijel1]

Great, even one of the biggest bands ever can screw up pretty badly on a song they've played a thousand times.

[nitch003]

rock n roll how it should be, not at all perfect. I understand the magnitude of such a venue but that's whats lacking with u2 shows now, spontaneity. it's all a little too directed. again, I understand that but I don't like it. I'm still going to check out 3 gigs though :-D

[fernidrums]

Definitely, something went wrong, very strange...The bass can't be heard at the end and The Edge is doing something weird...as if the melodies weren't complete...

[dragmio]

What was that? The backing track started looping?

[sanctipetri2008]

Es normal , acaba de comenzar la gira y son los desajustes propios de los primeros conciertos. Vamos digo yo.

[cvarela16]

WHAT A NICE SHIRT!!!

[Bustio82]

ahahahahahahah! something gone wrong!!!

[01mm10]

3:05 - they stopped the song?!?? wtf???

[01mm10]

1:20 - LOL

Bono forgot the lyrics

[ervinHR]

:))

[hatrickp]

He might not have - sometimes he holds the mic out so the crowd can sing instead :D

[dhide14]

is it just me or does Bono look fat in that shirt? LOL

[carlinhobcn]

I was thinking exactly the same.

Conclusion: if you aren't a professional football player, you always will look fat wearing football t-shirts :-P