Even Better Than the Real Thing (Demo Version) - U2

[ChampippleD]

Very cool!

[AndPlus]

What on earth happened to the drums in the final version? This is a great instrumental

[DaveXanderBass]

the achtung baby demos really give the feeling of a "bridge" between Joshua Tree/Rattle and Hum to Achtung Baby.

[viperdude281]

@DaveXanderBass Yeah it's like the musical style is the same as Achtung baby, but the sound of the instruments are still the same as Joshua Tree

[JoyC666]

the clip gives me vertigo, but this shit is awesome.

[jamaicanhemp]

nice instruments... wanna dance!

[pacovailoes]

Sounds like rolling stones

[analogk]

I read that EBTTRT was being worked on during the Rattle & Hum days (1989). The band were working on some song ideas and this was one of them.

[GnomeAddict]

It was a song called "The Real Thing" that wasn't used. It got reinvented a couple years later...

[anacrobat89]

The tapes from the Berlin Aghtung sessions were actually found in a trash can right outside Hansa Studios. Reels of tape!...

[BaronM]

@anacrobat89

Sure it was found in a trashcan. Just like when I was a kid and 'found' those quarters in my dad's pocket.

[anacrobat89]

@BaronM Well, they could have possibly been stolen sure. That's a very likely possibility. However, I read they were found in the trash can outside the studios. If you Google "Salome outtakes" this is what the way the story is told. Who knows.

[fredgul]

Great!

[mixelangel]

It was ahmm... "taken"... from the studio in Germany, while U2 was recording the Achtung Baby album. Maybe it was a crime... but for the fans... it's God send hehe

[sgf1989]

wow, haven't heard this ever, thanks mixy

[mixelangel]

You're welcome Sonny ^_^

[pacovailoes]

it's more blues than the final version, and really it's a song inspired by the rolling stones.