This song was heavier, more grim and darker than most of the heaviest, deadliest, brutal black/death metal ever made (and I know a thing or two about these). It just flattens you into pavement like a road roller.
zooropa is an incredible album and seems timeless. some will doubt it, but i think the finest of U2. Think they have lost their way now and just picking up the pay cheque which is a shame. Zooropa/zoo TV is just amazing
The SONIC magician that is The Edge.......the most underated guitar player of our generation!!!! Just ooozes coolness and class...a true master of his art !!!
What can I say, the guitar solo alone at 3:13 brings me to tears, let alone the lyrics, melody. Fully of sarcasm, sadness and emotions about getting betrayed (The Edge in his divorce).
That is poetry in motion. The best of the best!!!! 'Achtung Baby' was the best U2 album of all times (Joshua Tree, my a**).
What a ferocious and intense guitar solo that was melodic and easy to listen to at the sametime. The Edge seldom does guitar solos, but whenever he does, he makes sure it is incredible and intense. Especially, when this song is about his divorce to Aislin.
The Edge was a genuis. Yeah, I listen to Page, Hendrix, May etc., but when it comes to capturing the intensity of the mood and emotions, no one f'king beats the edge.
I read a comment somewhere else that just describes this song so perfectly. "Bono isn't singing here, he is crying, Edge isn't just playing guitar, he's dying" I feel the pain through my whole body when Edge takes off.
@mfpwalshe ...if you read my comment correctly you'll see i said the guitar is less to the forefront in the studio version. Yes the solo is almost the same but in the studio version it's lower in the mix. There are no verse arpegios (clean guitar sound) in the studio version as there are in this. I play the guitar and have done so for 30 years......do you?
There are two guitar solo's that can make me cry, just by the sound of it. This one, and the one from Kite - live @ Telstra Stadium Sydney..
The Edge !! No one can create this sound on guitar. You probably can get close to it. But you will never play it like Edge can play it ! Simple fact !
anyone that ever said the edge can't play should watch this. would love to see any other elite guitarist play something that fits this song and mood better than this!
Achtung Baby is by far my favorite album from U2. (Joshua Tree a very close 2nd) Love is Blindness is one of the best songs on this album too. And of course, the guys pull it off with superb precision on this tour. Simply electrifying, simply breath-taking, spell-binding performance. **
I could never say it better. You've taken the words from my mouth. The third position is really opened. And this performance of Love is Blindness is possibly the best they've ever made (as in my opinion, the best performance of "The Fly" was made in the Boston Elevation Tour). This song is a dramatic bleeding heart, and I love it.
You will have to hear/watch "New Year's Day" 16th August 1992 from Washington DC - The Edge makes several mistakes on the keyboard and at one point on the wrong key change!
this is in my top picks of u2...This song holds a place in this soul and it was written for me like so many songs of there's...thank you bono...cbono69
u2 songs are GREAT LIVE but not so great on the album!
that´s what I think...but they´re not bad in the album, but they sound so much better live that we cannot say that in the album version they could take so much energy from they´re songs like live!!
Este tema no es normal... en concierto es BRUTAL... MÍTICO... APOTEÓSICO... INCREIBLE... IMPRESIONANTE... Edge se marca un solo de guitarra de otro planeta.
Awesome video and great performance. Great solo by Edge. Overall, best U2 album ever and best U2 era ever! (circa 1992). U2 never could and will be able to match or top this.
I have also been looking for this exact version on this concert. It is trully amazing what a musician is the Edge. This solo here is much like the one on the Fly in Boston, but this one here is much stronger...it just puts you in another dimension
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bmp713 1 week ago
A little death, without mourning.
brazenhubris 1 month ago
This song was heavier, more grim and darker than most of the heaviest, deadliest, brutal black/death metal ever made (and I know a thing or two about these). It just flattens you into pavement like a road roller.
soberek 2 months ago
I hear Edge trying to run with 20 Les Paul guitars (10lbs each) chained to each of his legs from Aislinn O'sullivan trying to poison them both...
soberek 2 months ago
grampa munster <.<
BurnYourCash 2 months ago
Shivers down the fecking spoine....
littlejimmyboro 2 months ago
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they did not write this song.
dublinbarterclub 3 months ago
What's that solo Edge - the 1 note Samba? CMG
NowNunoGetsRicky 3 months ago
I WAS AT THIS SHOW !!!!!!
pabbyb1 3 months ago
@pabbyb1 You (lucky) bastard!
FunkeeDonkee 3 months ago
One of the most underrated guitar solos in the history of rock music....powerful song, awesome band....one of Edge's finest moments!
craigyvince 3 months ago 5
Such a seductive, haunting song. I get chills every time..
summerstarr882 4 months ago
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susanpresley01 4 months ago in playlist U2 Performances
I love Bono, love u2
AchtungRose 4 months ago
δεν μπορώ να σταματήσω να ακούω το σόλο του Edge ξανά και ξανά...
kourkel 5 months ago
fantastic song
mjcork88 6 months ago
The Edge is the greatest guitarist I have ever seen
PineappleBobTheGreat 6 months ago
Personally i think its u2s finnest moment
36badder 6 months ago 3
Take the moneeeey, hooooney!
Btelgeuse 7 months ago 2
the edge is my god!
u2 is magic!
ninomatias 8 months ago
zooropa is an incredible album and seems timeless. some will doubt it, but i think the finest of U2. Think they have lost their way now and just picking up the pay cheque which is a shame. Zooropa/zoo TV is just amazing
onlyonamonday 9 months ago
I was being born when this concert happend. Makes me believe in fate and destiny cuz U2 is for life man...
BettinaFromBrazil 10 months ago
The SONIC magician that is The Edge.......the most underated guitar player of our generation!!!! Just ooozes coolness and class...a true master of his art !!!
TheFlyBaby1 1 year ago
they should finish every concert with this song....absolutely stunning!!
pdillon78 1 year ago
What can I say, the guitar solo alone at 3:13 brings me to tears, let alone the lyrics, melody. Fully of sarcasm, sadness and emotions about getting betrayed (The Edge in his divorce).
That is poetry in motion. The best of the best!!!! 'Achtung Baby' was the best U2 album of all times (Joshua Tree, my a**).
05XRS 1 year ago
What a ferocious and intense guitar solo that was melodic and easy to listen to at the sametime. The Edge seldom does guitar solos, but whenever he does, he makes sure it is incredible and intense. Especially, when this song is about his divorce to Aislin.
The Edge was a genuis. Yeah, I listen to Page, Hendrix, May etc., but when it comes to capturing the intensity of the mood and emotions, no one f'king beats the edge.
SpeedKlz 1 year ago
@SpeedKlz Seldom does guitar solos??? I can think of dozens of them, so... Still doesn´t make them less awesome though.
Salix81 1 year ago
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@SpeedKlz check this out on my channel : The edge (dave evans) U2 guitar solo's .
There you can see why he is the best !!
bonavox11 7 months ago
One of the darkest songs of U2. Pure perfection of the best band of the world.
The most influencial band of the last 25 years.
matu2983 1 year ago
The Edge is a genius...
Soh2k8 1 year ago 2
I read a comment somewhere else that just describes this song so perfectly. "Bono isn't singing here, he is crying, Edge isn't just playing guitar, he's dying" I feel the pain through my whole body when Edge takes off.
ExperimentOfNature 1 year ago 3
Did this become a single?
Its amazing.
People say The Edge can't play guitar.. LOL
Skimpsnable 1 year ago
I just broke completely down. this is stunning.
ArrJayEss 1 year ago
rock was created by the man, the man was created by god and god was created by... the edge 3:13
roncesvalless 1 year ago
The world is a screwed up place...only 34 thousand have watched this.......and 89 million have watched Susan Boyle.....go figure.
Aussiephil99 1 year ago 7
@Aussiephil99 or 360 million have watched fucking bieber -.-
mbiernacki9 1 year ago
Zoo TV is one of the best tour ever.
jctreminio 1 year ago
Hey, the album version was fucking brilliant....
mfpwalshe 1 year ago
@mfpwalshe ....the guitar is much more to the fore front in this version............you can't even hear Edge's verse arppegios in the album version
Aussiephil99 1 year ago
@Aussiephil99 ..... Well I don't know what album version you have but the one I have you can hear Edge's solo just fine.
mfpwalshe 1 year ago
@mfpwalshe ...if you read my comment correctly you'll see i said the guitar is less to the forefront in the studio version. Yes the solo is almost the same but in the studio version it's lower in the mix. There are no verse arpegios (clean guitar sound) in the studio version as there are in this. I play the guitar and have done so for 30 years......do you?
Aussiephil99 1 year ago
1000% better than the album version
Aussiephil99 1 year ago
This song gives me tingles every time I hear it!!!
I saved for months to get myself to Sydney to see this show...one of the greatest memories of my teenage years. This song blows me away...BEAUTIFUL!
jodz75 2 years ago 2
There are two guitar solo's that can make me cry, just by the sound of it. This one, and the one from Kite - live @ Telstra Stadium Sydney..
The Edge !! No one can create this sound on guitar. You probably can get close to it. But you will never play it like Edge can play it ! Simple fact !
cannabooze 2 years ago 5
semplicemente straordinari.
millinadi 2 years ago
@millinadi
U12B 2 years ago
@U12B cosa ce?
millinadi 2 years ago
This songs sound is perfect, so much imagery!
jtcconnolly 2 years ago
One of Edges best solo imo. Spine chilling
MissRavenBlue 2 years ago 8
Probably the best solo by The Edge ever!
rubenm25 2 years ago 6
yeee, very impressive. but his ston face is weird.
marapapik 2 years ago
I love u edge!!!
And the best is: U2 still got it!
Cosi88 2 years ago 4
This guitaring is amazing - best guitarist in the world ever. The end, cheers
richies165 2 years ago 6
anyone that ever said the edge can't play should watch this. would love to see any other elite guitarist play something that fits this song and mood better than this!
Robesda75 2 years ago 8
Damn that's good guitar...
Zooboy1975 2 years ago 7
OMG AWESOME BEST LIVE PERFORMANCE :D
JamesTheEdge14 2 years ago 3
amazing guitar,the edge is a legend
welshrockfan 2 years ago 42
A legend born of Welsh parents..it doesnt get better than that.
wolfennyc 2 years ago
true..im watching them in august cant wait
welshrockfan 2 years ago
TEARS!!!!!
ABSOLUTELY MAGIC
manzone91 3 years ago 6
That was freaking AWESOME - the edge should go over the edge more often lol!
Achilleis1 3 years ago 27
100% agreed
awesome comment though
manzone91 3 years ago 3
The Edge goes over the edge in this one ;-)
TWern9 3 years ago 7
@Thystonius:
No, it was just the McPhisto character like that
Vasilikiu2 3 years ago 2
da brividi...
jadafly86 3 years ago 2
The people responsible for the make-up have done it a bit over the top on Bono :P
Thystonius 3 years ago
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Around 4.00 reminds me of a buckethead song. Cant remember what though.
matt3723 3 years ago
The Edge is a force of Nature
Fullra 3 years ago 7
The Edge is a talent...Adam is a learner...Bono a Frontmen...Larry The Founder...end of discusion !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TechTheFly 3 years ago 6
how can i get the audio of this? which album?
aniruddh1989 3 years ago
Achtung Baby the album version. I think the only way to have this live version is on the Sydney ZooTV DVD
arrowayes 3 years ago
you can get other bootleg discs with video of this, that was the day of actual great consert bootlegs
sgf1989 3 years ago
this song is their brilliance at its best.
manhattanmaryanne 3 years ago 3
edge! AMAZING SOLO!
growtallernow 3 years ago
sem palavras para descrever
no words to discribe...
Fullra 3 years ago
il fo savoir ke kan the edge joue ce morco sa femme venia de le kitter avan kil parte en australie dc c pour sa kil ya tant demotion kan il joue
babacoolfr 3 years ago
Achtung Baby is by far my favorite album from U2. (Joshua Tree a very close 2nd) Love is Blindness is one of the best songs on this album too. And of course, the guys pull it off with superb precision on this tour. Simply electrifying, simply breath-taking, spell-binding performance. **
mercblue22 3 years ago
I could never say it better. You've taken the words from my mouth. The third position is really opened. And this performance of Love is Blindness is possibly the best they've ever made (as in my opinion, the best performance of "The Fly" was made in the Boston Elevation Tour). This song is a dramatic bleeding heart, and I love it.
arrowayes 3 years ago 4
<3 <3 <3 je ne m'en lasse pas...
clignote 3 years ago
best U2 solo EVER!!!!
beasoriani 3 years ago
Its a tragedy, they took this from their current selection of concert songs!!
macphistorules 3 years ago
beautiful !!!
saltis07 3 years ago
brilliance at it's best.
manhattanmaryanne 3 years ago
egészen fantasztikus!!!!
zimonandras 4 years ago
all hail the edge, brilliant
giulianotaddeo 4 years ago 3
The Edge may be the best ever at hitting every note with such precision. He makes so few errors that they are often gems to hear in a song.
RuskNation61 4 years ago 3
You will have to hear/watch "New Year's Day" 16th August 1992 from Washington DC - The Edge makes several mistakes on the keyboard and at one point on the wrong key change!
Vernbernau 4 years ago
What?? the mighty edge makes mistakes??
Of course he makes mistakes, he's human. Every human makes mistakes, even the ones from who you wouldn't expect to make mistakes at such a platform!
jelle87holland 3 years ago
Yes Edge makes a lot of mistakes, but not near like Adam Clayton on his puny bass guitar.
Junije1 3 years ago
One of the best songs they have made.
bpd35 4 years ago 3
the edge the magician!!
u2betou2 4 years ago 3
OMG!!!! The Edge's solo is incredible! I can't stop watching it!
Jasiu3zd 4 years ago 4
this is in my top picks of u2...This song holds a place in this soul and it was written for me like so many songs of there's...thank you bono...cbono69
cbono69 4 years ago
addicting....
GENARO92U2 4 years ago
I CAN´T STOP WATCHING THIS VID!!!
PortGuitarPlayer4 4 years ago
U2 RULES!!!PERFECT!!!
bashemsire 4 years ago
the guitar matches edge's outfit.
sprayinish187 4 years ago
u2 songs are GREAT LIVE but not so great on the album!
that´s what I think...but they´re not bad in the album, but they sound so much better live that we cannot say that in the album version they could take so much energy from they´re songs like live!!
PortGuitarPlayer 4 years ago
i wanna learn this solo. i neve really liked the album version of this song, but i love it live.
incubated 4 years ago
Great music, superb lyrics, stunning performance..amazing guitars make U2 the best and most touching bands ever on this planet!!!!
manzone91 5 years ago
Great music, Amazing Show!
leo5533 5 years ago
Este tema no es normal... en concierto es BRUTAL... MÍTICO... APOTEÓSICO... INCREIBLE... IMPRESIONANTE... Edge se marca un solo de guitarra de otro planeta.
PaCiMa 5 years ago
u2 & edge is what music means to me
dovesfan 5 years ago
The Edge guitar is killing me in this song!
partnerzy26 5 years ago
espectacular!
bononic 5 years ago
Awesome video and great performance. Great solo by Edge. Overall, best U2 album ever and best U2 era ever! (circa 1992). U2 never could and will be able to match or top this.
05XRS 5 years ago
ah this song so perfect and the edge's guitar solo makes my skin chicken skin :D
Freaky112 5 years ago
I have also been looking for this exact version on this concert. It is trully amazing what a musician is the Edge. This solo here is much like the one on the Fly in Boston, but this one here is much stronger...it just puts you in another dimension
14niki07 5 years ago
Mike 11112e
Amazing Song-This Song you must hear on alive Version
The Guitar from Edge is fantastic.
mike11112e 5 years ago
THANK YOU SO MUCH for this video. I've been looking for exactly this performance for a long long time!!
Stavrogina 5 years ago
Wonderful song ! Great show!
jiggazar 5 years ago
listen to Edge's solo! :rockon:
waynetravis 5 years ago
Show fantástico...
marcusviniciuspompeu 5 years ago
Another great concert set- ups!! The 30+ T.V.'s were great but the show on a whole was AWESOME!!
Penguinos 5 years ago