so much debate over the best version of this song. Forget the word best, i'll just say this is my favourite. I think Bono's improv is beautiful. The fact they dug up this song after 25 years is amazing. Proof that they haven't forgotten (entirely) where they're from.
Adam went into a different key at 0:58, and it in fact sounded good, but at 1:03 it was already too dissonant. At 1:26 The Edge played a wrong final chord of the phrase, and Bono's improvisation sounded like he forgot the words again. So, hardly the best version...
omg, it seemed like i was the only one freaking out in my section when i heard the first few notes. This was the only time I sang along through the whole song...well, at least what I could since Bono improvised lyrics.
under the water with her eyes wide open...
thenamelessavenger 1 month ago
beautiful..
AchtungRose 4 months ago
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AchtungRose 4 months ago
so much debate over the best version of this song. Forget the word best, i'll just say this is my favourite. I think Bono's improv is beautiful. The fact they dug up this song after 25 years is amazing. Proof that they haven't forgotten (entirely) where they're from.
thenamelessavenger 10 months ago
I wish I'd known this song when they played it... I was at one of these shows.
bkev93 1 year ago
For me this song has never been long enough... I remember back in the 80's I would replay this very short song over and over and over again.
Keruaran 1 year ago
@Keruaran
Yeah,it's like a pistachio in a nutshell,delicious but not enough.
spentonmediocrity 1 year ago
Very diferent performance os The Ocean!
Good!
AdrielBelmont 2 years ago
Adam went into a different key at 0:58, and it in fact sounded good, but at 1:03 it was already too dissonant. At 1:26 The Edge played a wrong final chord of the phrase, and Bono's improvisation sounded like he forgot the words again. So, hardly the best version...
dragmio 2 years ago
omg, it seemed like i was the only one freaking out in my section when i heard the first few notes. This was the only time I sang along through the whole song...well, at least what I could since Bono improvised lyrics.
zooradio 3 years ago
U2 on the small stage 27 years ago was better, at least for this song and others of that era.
ToolsnFire 3 years ago
I don't agree at all. Electric Co. during the Vertigo tour... none was better.
drvertigo 3 years ago
Ok,... have you seen this vid though?: 'U2 The Ocean OGWT 1981'
Do the search on that and watch it. I suppose it's a matter of which U2 era one prefers. The '81 example is much more 'real'.
ToolsnFire 3 years ago