I know very well the origin of this recording. It was recorded by Julian Ruiz (spanish radio presenter) in 1992 during an interview with Bono while they were turing their Zootv Outside broadcast in the USA. I remember that bono said he wrote the song for someone else to sing it, that´s why he sings it in falseto.
Later on when Julian Ruiz presented Zooropa on the radio he regreated that Bono changed the falseto voice and the faster tempo for the flater and slower version.
How many bands today and how many of us would have been more than satisfied with the very forgettable guitar riff here? Thank god Edge and the rest keep pushing and don't stop at just 'good'.
The guitar chords here are very reminiscent of Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane." I'm glad that the studio recording of "The First Time" use more subtle, muted piano instead.
MUCHAS MUCHAS GRACIAS!!!!
LunnnaAzul 1 month ago
sooooooo much funkier in falseto
1rboyle 2 months ago 2
I know very well the origin of this recording. It was recorded by Julian Ruiz (spanish radio presenter) in 1992 during an interview with Bono while they were turing their Zootv Outside broadcast in the USA. I remember that bono said he wrote the song for someone else to sing it, that´s why he sings it in falseto.
Later on when Julian Ruiz presented Zooropa on the radio he regreated that Bono changed the falseto voice and the faster tempo for the flater and slower version.
felobo33 3 months ago 3
How many bands today and how many of us would have been more than satisfied with the very forgettable guitar riff here? Thank god Edge and the rest keep pushing and don't stop at just 'good'.
videos4mydad 3 months ago
Amazing
AlCotro 4 months ago
beautiful
susanpresley01 4 months ago
The guitar chords here are very reminiscent of Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane." I'm glad that the studio recording of "The First Time" use more subtle, muted piano instead.
STwohig77 4 months ago
Brilliant !
luieu2 5 months ago
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dmpittman35 5 months ago
@dmpittman35 you're wrong. bono's singing
U2SSana 5 months ago
Cool. I love hearing the origins of songs as they are constructed especially U2 ones.
u2john316 5 months ago
BEAUTIFUL!!! I want taht picture of Bono! can you send it to me? alextremo_06@hotmail.com
daspatadas 7 months ago
@daspatadas Do a google image search for "Zoooropa Sessions" and it will come up.
m1lkm4n 4 months ago
Sounds Almost like lemon. Cool to hear this, thanks for uploading it.
masliquin 8 months ago
@masliquin how dos this sound even remotely like Lemon? lol
Hallucination 6 months ago
@Hallucination The falsetto is the same "fat lady" tone Bono uses in Lemon.
bicyclingfish 6 months ago
OH MY GOD THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!
krisis999 8 months ago