U2 - Stay (Union Chapel - Nov. 23, 2007 - Edge and Bono)

[karlvirgil]

This is my hubby's account. I don't have a YouTube account.

I love this song.  Bono sung perfectly here. The Edge too.

I loooooooove When Bono sings and smiles at the same time. Melts my Heart....

[JJF92U2]

best version of Stay.

[PerhapsMaybe]

Such a great song, and I think they look adorable.

[hammerholds10]

What's he saying at 2:52?

[miarrem]

Islington - where they're performing..

[u2feeder]

@hammerholds10 isslington 

[MuzycYzLyfe]

so weird iv never seen this b4, but youtube sed it wwas previously viewed

[frostflow]

i like what they're wearing,.. gangsta

[bodonnavox]

me too rap it up

[punkguitar95]

eww.. i don't

[frostflow]

hah that's why you have no flava

[punkguitar95]

nah.. i just don't like cholo status... plus their musicians not those gay raperz

[frostflow]

that is a very ignorant comment you have no idea what you're talking about.

they actually look more IRISH than ever and that's what i'm referring too.

on the hip-hop tip if you know nothing about it so you should stay quite. don't insult my culture

[dfgoythjjk]

This could have come from 1993 Bono's voice is that good

[markyboy84]

Bono's voice has been in decline since ZooTV but here he sings like he's never sang before. His voice is completely different to it's ZooTV peak, but almost as good! For the first time in his career, he's hitting the high notes without going into falsetto (which he did a lot during ZooTV) and it sounds so soulful and clear! I'm really excited about No Line On The Horizon now! Just think; before and after this gig, he was in the studio recording new songs with that voice!

[frostflow]

i think bonos voice was at it's best during Zoo TV, you started to see how his singing matured.. im sure hanging out with sinatra helped..

I'm proud of the man here, keep taking care of that voice B!

[u2MRtheFLY]

i liked his voice in the unforgettable fire / joshua tree era

but those days are long gone but this album will be killer incredible

[monsterinyourpocket]

a chill up the spine performance

[RPete100]

Bono....Bravo. Take care of that amazing voice that seems to be getting better with Age. We are going to need your music more than ever in the yrs to come.

[NachoVox]

Bono's voice at 3:43 makes me cry.

[mmaxsters]

at present, the biggest band on the planet

[Pure7pazaak]

Not just at present. For the last 20 years.

[tommywm24]

Sounds just like Zoo TV again...great!

[tarbalien]

I used to think that the Boston Elevation show was the best performance of this song. This beats it.  Bono's voice is superb here. I can't wait for the new album.

[poptartsband]

che voce...what a voice

[stevik74]

He's voice come back..!!! great...

[mattshine1]

JFK was murdered in the streets of DALLAS Nov. 22 1963... Correct??

Tabacco killed my FATHER.

JEB BUSH was the first Governor to change the awarded amounts for the Tabocco COMPANIES. It was true BLOOD MONEY!

[enrycode]

Stay indimenticabile e nostalgica.

Siete grandi, vi voglio un mondo di bene!!!!

GRAZIE!!!!!

[andreeblc2]

UN temon de ptmr .....que rica musica..para todas las chicas . chimico

[jgroch]

The best band ever, U2 and the beatles

[marcaodd]

I totally agree with lennwod, we have to see his voice on tour, after a sequence of concerts! But he sounds amazing anyway, fact!

[lennwod]

yes his voice sounds great here but i think being on tour takes it out of him. he hasn't just come out of a concert here. he has being resting. but im always optimistic. and here we can see the power in his voice that used to be there

[lolosfbi186]

De las mejores canciones que escuchado en mi vida, es realmente hermosa.

[RoryBlyth]

Also... listen to Edge - his voice his still freaky powerful. Very little has changed. Age hasn't gotten in the way of his voice.

My one beef - there are a couple *really* tiny things he could do to preserve his voice without losing any of the "feeling" - he'd also have better stamina, able to keep the strength longer live.

But, I'm not complaining. I didn't think we'd ever hear that voice again - I've been sitting here with my eyes bugged out and a *huge* smile on my face :)

[TheGreatVY]

He could stop going to debt relief rallies and just sing, but if that's his calling, then i guess that's fine.

I want a new performance of Wire! lol

[theflyingvi]

yeah me to! I thought that today. They should do some new Versions of older not-singles, like Wire

or: Like a song, Exit, God PartII

[Eira69]

They performed "like a song" live just once. So I don't think so :) But I realy, realy want to hear Exit or God pt II live. Boys, come on! :)

[RoryBlyth]

Dude. Voice. Oh my god. Wow. Voice. Wow.

Those of you who're talking about his age... age doesn't actually have as significant effect on voice as people generally think. In fact, many male voices improve throughout their lives - if you're not killing your voice (as Bono's been known to do), you can keep on going for a long, long time...

[RattleAndHum1988]

This sounds better than the Boston DVD. He really has his voice back here. Not completely, i mean it still has a little bit of that rough edge to it. But it sounds better than it sounded basically for most of the vertigo tour and elevation tours, and definitely the pop tour. Popmart was just shit for bonos voice. He got better for elevation, but shitty again for vertigo. Hopefully he's like this for the next tour when they come to my town. He sounds amazing here! And the Edge always sounds good.

[tryngites]

Bono's voice sounds great here, I hope that he maximizes it value on the next album. I think it wasn't on HTDAAB. I think the big drop off has been with Larry's drumming, go on here and pull up With or Without You from Syracuse or Paris, great drumming

[U2387]

Not true. Larry's drumming is the best it has ever been, he has only gotten better. Vertigo tour case in point- Vertigo, they played Gloria, An Cat Dubh, Electric co again, he did unbelievable. Then the SBS, Bullet transition, playing those songs back to back. The fly, the list goes on for his great drumming. He is still unbelievably fast and coordinated. He has slowed down on with or without you from 1987 to now to match the loss in Bono's voice. He can still smash those drums, believe me.

[U2ATOMIC]

U2 greatest band of all time!

[shwnkumar]

Sometimes your voice just needs some rest. He was touring so hard, and now he finally got a few years of rest and his vocal chords have recovered a bit. That being said, I thought Vertigo Tour showed a lot of the "old Bono." He's still got it, and I thank God for it, because his voice has always touched my heart.

[wolfwill23]

His voice sounds 15 years younger. How is that possible?

[berley73]

My fav u2 song at the moment cant help but sing along wish i was there ...but then who doesnt

[dsignrdane]

thank god for U2

[VanCityKyle]

Man i wish i was their!

[justinplet]

jesus, is he reading the lyrics???

[JBraden]

Jesus could be reading the lyrics, kinda hard to tell though, since the cameraperson didn't catch 'im in frame :p

[albicha]

hahaha

[wolfwill23]

Um, he's written and performed literally 100's of songs over 30+ years. I think it's ok that he forgets a lyric every now and again.

[davidnc76]

thanks for posting

[ncz82]

Bono messed up at 2:17. He wasn't supposed to say "and the night would be enought" for another verse or two... They both got a good smile out of it though...

[kellner71]

I love U2

[aemequis]

OMG, Bono's actual voice is very similar to his voice in the Rattle and Hum era ^^

[dsignrdane]

your right, he sounds like the old bono, er young bono.

[U2387]

EXACTLY!! Watch the performance of Desire from the same night, sounds like rattle and hum voice is back. I think this was Bono's best era as far as his voice.. with or without you, lovetown performances of streets, Bad and God Part II,etc.

[shwnkumar]

That being said... I still loved his voice during the Popmart/Elevation era. It may not have had the power it once had, but he displayed such amazing control over it. And, that lead to some amazing renditions of some of U2's songs. Check our Irving Plaza from 2000 and you can see what I'm talking about...

[deeoosee]

Bono's voice will never be as good as the Rattle and Hum era...hes not exactly a spring chicken any more

[U2387]

I wouldn't have though so either, until I saw clips from Union Chapel. Desire and Angel of Harlem do sound like Rattle and Hum era. Will it continue? Who knows, it will be a long tour, etc, but as someone else already commented, this is about the 1st time in his career Bono is taking care of his voice, not smoking,etc. It sounded much better in late 2006 and is on the upswing in general. Late 2006 saw some of the best performances of the U2 classics since the 1980s!

[shwnkumar]

I agree!! I mean Bono's voice was actually much deeper in the Rattle & Hum era, but it also cracked more. He has much more control now, as you can hear in this song. I think a song that sounded better during Rattle & Hum, was WOWY, because of the deeper voice. But, songs like ONE, WTSHNN, STAY, BAD, Still Haven't Found, all sound better now because of the smoother, more controlled voice.

[RoryBlyth]

There's an Angel of Harlem recording from the Union Chapel show? Anybody know anything about this? Please, oh please, tell me there's a new AoH recording with the brand-spankin'-shiny-new-voice he's got.

Combining the control he's developed over the years with the bright, tonal thing he's got back in his throat... I just want to hear as many recordings as have been made from the past few months.

It feels like he's recovered from a terminal illness.

Please share any links if you've got 'em :)

[U2387]

There was one here on youtube from the same show. I can not find it now, but will continue to look andf link it up if I find it!

[theflyingvi]

you mean the one from zoo-tv? I´m looking for it, too but I think they deleted it :-(

[FedeVox83]

Two of my four Gods of music!!!!!!!

[albicha]

I was 7 when I first met U2, thru MTV, all the way back to 94. Somehow I kept in my memory the black 'n white video w/ angels 'n ponytails. It was only around 98 w/ their first arrival here that I really came to appreciate the band and found out that my childhood song was Stay. I immediately fell in love for it ever since, but felt terribly disappointed to find out SHE wasn't only left out of Vertigo, but out of U218. I dreamt of the day U2 would remember her. Now this dream came thru, tks U2!

[cathkel]

Wow that was amazing. Just an acoustic guitar and their voices.I love it when they strip back the songs.

[zuluamuse]

As a fellow musician...When playing live we all sometimes change words on the fly...it's kind of like your brain gets bored with the same old rendition when you have played it a couple hundred times. Yes! we are all human.

[rattleU2]

great great!!!! The actual bono voice is greattttttttttttttttttttttttt thank for this video ;)

[solittle40]

yay!!! this is the performance i wanted to see!

[bonosfriend]

Nothing short of spectacular!! As usual...

Wish they would have shown Adam up in the balcony..

[Paint4U2]

U2 are still fantastic and forever

[fhrjtugj]

I LOVE U2! They are the BEST!

[u2thebest39]

je suis dacors avcec toi! they ae the best!!!!

kiss

[janezjansa77]

me ;)

[mnpete1101]

3:32 -3:50 !!!

[LI24u]

lol hes switching to hats instead of glasses now

[Quigonjinn]

And when i touch u , u don't feel a thing.... If i could stay the day would keep it's trust...Stay and the night would be enough ...

[colleenmariew]

Wish I had been there!!  Beautiful!!

[bingobrian123]

I'm so happy, I thought Bono's voice was fading over the last 4 or 5 years, but he's been reborn! That's what I love about U2; just when you think they've gone as far as they can, they change direction and reinvent themselves. Think their next album will be awesome after hearing them in Fez - long live U2!

[Hallucination]

I agree that their new album will be amazing and hopefully they do go in a new direction but what from any of these new clips gives you the impression they've gone in a new direction? I mean they're simply playing acoustic versions of songs in a way they've always done. Apart from Wave of Sorrow which has new lyrics all of this is old. Amazing but old. There's nothing new here except Bono's new found fondness for switching up his head gear while not wearing shades. lol

[mike11112e]

Great !! Only one Acustic Guitar!!! What a Sound!!!

[janezjansa77]

bono singing while reading lirics he wrote :)

but still, greatest band in the world

[beerflyvixens]

Well as a songwriter myself....

once in a while you need to read the lyrics,

especially if you haven't played it in a while

[U2fan4life]

Thanks so much for this. Edge amazing as usual although I could of sworn he made a mistake somewhere at like 2:18, no matter he's still amazing. And Bono's voice is sounding great can't wait to see them all live.

[kuroroluc]

He did the minor chord instead of the major, but he fixed it right away. Anyways Bono's voice was absolutely great.

[Innersoul1]

Is it just me or did Bono mess up the lyrics at that point and Edge just switched to the proper chord progression for where Bono was!?

[Innersoul1]

Is it just me or did Bono sing the wrong lyrics at that point and that was just Edge moving to the correct chord progression for that part of the song?

The line goes:

"And if you look, you look through me"

and Bono started with "And when you talk its not not to me"

[tjittosz]

maybe its part of the show :)

[greggyjb]

thanks so much for uploading this. man bono's voice i can't get over it... amazing... simply amazing.

[Ungoliantx]

Bono is my hero, even with that hat on! :)

[jponnn]

What can one say about that!! Brilliant.

[U2jr]

fantastic! wish I was there! SO MUCH!!

[KarskiMarski]

Oh wow. Though they can make it feel intimate in a stadium of 80 000, I sure wish I could someday see them in a little place like this.

[war1war]

Great voice

[jazzman410]

very nice indeed!

[noodlesu2]

thanks a lot!!!what a good news from this gig..his voice is back,beautiful as ever!!!!!

[TheFly06]

Amazing! What an ending!

[Amiarockstar]

Man his vocals are so smooth. He has really worked on getting his voice back. No more scratchy high parts! I'm really impressed and pleased!

[ather0x]

Awesome dude, I haven't heard a live version of Stay since the Elevation Tour. I hope to hear this magnificent song on the next tour!