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U2 — Bullet the Blue Sky
Album: The Joshua Tree
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Released: 1987
Length: 4:31
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In the howling wind comes a stinging rain
See it driving nails
Into the souls on the tree of pain
From the firefly, a red orange glow
See the face of fear
Running scared in the valley below

Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue

In the locust wind comes a rattle and hum
Jacob wrestled the angel
And the angel was overcome
You plant a demon seed
You raise a flower of fire
See them burning crosses
See the flames higher and higher

Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue

This guy comes up to me
His face red like a rose on a thorn bush
Like all the colors of a royal flush
And he's peeling off those dollar bills
Slapping them down
One hundred, two hundred
And I can see those fighter planes
And I can see those fighter planes
Across the mud huts where the children sleep
Through the alleys of a quiet city street
You take the staircase to the first floor
Turn the key and slowly unlock the door
As a man breathes into a saxophone
And through the walls you hear the city groan
Outside is America
Outside is America

Across the field you see the sky ripped open
See the rain through a gaping wound
Pounding on the women and children
Who run
Into the arms
Of America
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 joejennings wrote:

How many Irish men does it take to screw in a light bulb?


NONE!  They'll drink in the dark!
Posted 1 week ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 joejennings wrote:

How many Irish men does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Depends how many pints are available for consumption

Posted 5 months ago by KPC1    [ Reply ]
Ah, the one U2 song that I never seem to tire of.  It's got it all, driving bass, interesting drumming and The Edge is well, particularly "edgy" on this one.  It's lyrical content is presented a bit different too, more like a spoken word performance set to music.
Posted 6 months ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Loved this song from my first play of this album. Went to a party a couple of weeks later and they had it cranked. I was a bit disappointed that others were enjoying "my" song :)
Posted 6 months ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]
Time to destroy some more of my hearing by cranking this up to unreasonable volume levels.
Posted 7 months ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
The transition from Epilogue (Relief) was brilliant.
Posted 7 months ago by Jayesea    [ Reply ]
One of the most powerful songs EVER... Around the time this was out, I saw the prize-worthy Oliver Stone film, "Salvador," true story, btw, with remarkable acting performances by James Woods and Jim Belushi, at the UMC Theater at CU, and there's this utterly horrifying scene where an old propeller fighter plane rips the sky open and then comes diving down along the streets of a hillside town, strafing everything in sight, and it will forever be etched into my mind's eye, along with THIS, this spectacular masterpiece of song-theater by U2...
Posted 7 months ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Joshua Tree still one of my  favorite albums.
To play from start to finish  & no shuffle
Posted 9 months ago by KPC1    [ Reply ]
 eileenomurphy wrote:

A while back, U2 played a show in Belfast. The band paused and Bono had the  crowd start to clap their hands. He then told the crowd : "every time you clap, a young child dies"! ...then a young kid jumped up an screamed:  THEN QUIT CLAPPING YOUR FOOKIN' HANDS!


TOO FUNNY!   LOL!  
Posted 10 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 jwynn80 wrote:

Still gives me shivers up my spine every time I hear this.


GREAT TUNE!!  
Posted 10 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
How many Irish men does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
None, they will drink in the dark!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 aneal300 wrote:

1973 these Tres Hombres were touring the Tres Hombres album. I was a freshman at a small college in Georgia and had never been to any kind of concert. These guys played the basketball gym, maybe 2k people there. Just three guys laying down the finest sound I ever heard. Within two months I was at Univ. Ga. to hear Elton tour Yellow Brick Road.

College was very, very good to me!!!!!


Hey, buddy!  Did you mean to post this in a ZZ Top thread?  (heh, heh, Those UGa boys seem to have trouble with techno stuff ... <chuckle, chuckle>)

With respect,
Uncle Hud
Georgia Institute of Technology
Class of 1985
Posted 1 year ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 dylan46 wrote:


Together with RUTTLE & HUM where you can hear a powerful live version of this song !

LOL. RUTTLE & HUM is the favorite album of elk everywhere.
Posted 2 years ago by 1jerry    [ Reply ]
Excellent!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
A while back, U2 played a show in Belfast. The band paused and Bono had the  crowd start to clap their hands. He then told the crowd : "every time you clap, a young child dies"! ...then a young kid jumped up an screamed:  THEN QUIT CLAPPING YOUR FOOKIN' HANDS!
Posted 3 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
grudgingly acknowledge as good tunage... 'til Bono presumed himself the christ
Posted 3 years ago by john_m_hopkins    [ Reply ]
1973 these Tres Hombres were touring the Tres Hombres album. I was a freshman at a small college in Georgia and had never been to any kind of concert. These guys played the basketball gym, maybe 2k people there. Just three guys laying down the finest sound I ever heard. Within two months I was at Univ. Ga. to hear Elton tour Yellow Brick Road.

College was very, very good to me!!!!!
Posted 3 years ago by aneal300    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:
"And he's peeling off those dollar bills, slapping them down : one hundred, two hundred ..."

'MERICA.
 
"..am I buggin' ya?" [he meant to]
Posted 3 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
Great stuff!
Posted 3 years ago by rock_a_rolla    [ Reply ]
U2 creating Jimi H Love it Solid 9,maybe 10
Posted 3 years ago by Montreal_Mort    [ Reply ]
U2 ran into the "Arms of America" and made a lot of $$$$$
Posted 4 years ago by d16rr702    [ Reply ]
I get chills each time I hear The Edge’s guitar work on this. So good
Posted 4 years ago by sfuller    [ Reply ]
I did not appreciate this song until I saw U2  play it a few years ago during the Joshua Tree Tour. O my God, everything started exploding to bits.
Posted 4 years ago by Hey_Porter    [ Reply ]
I seriously think Rage Against the Machine took serious notes of this
Posted 4 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Listen to the first 30 seconds, wether you like U2 or not. It's incredible how much space and atmosphere can be created by just three instrument tracks!
Posted 4 years ago by mzuther    [ Reply ]
 janac13 wrote:
As Reguritator so aptly sang I like their old stuff better than than their new stuff. This was the album when they no longer were quirky and different. Which doesn't say this is a bad song but rather that this when they started to be "Rock Stars"
 
No, this is where they jelled and matured making their sound unique to them. Achtung Baby  is where it went forward from there

All That You Can't Leave Behind  is where they became 'rock stars'


Posted 4 years ago by Triquel67    [ Reply ]
Chilling, dirty rocker about a very scary place
Posted 4 years ago by johnnycache    [ Reply ]
 Noni163 wrote:
Best U2 song
 

Anything from this album could be their best!
Posted 4 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
 dylan46 wrote:


Together with RUTTLE & HUM where you can hear a powerful live version of this song !
 
LIVE means IN PERSON, ya seen them that way? It's Rattle, btw.
Posted 4 years ago by jahgirl8    [ Reply ]
As Reguritator so aptly sang I like their old stuff better than than their new stuff. This was the album when they no longer were quirky and different. Which doesn't say this is a bad song but rather that this when they started to be "Rock Stars"
Posted 4 years ago by janac13    [ Reply ]
 MattRudely wrote:
I "don't like U2" but this was clearly their best album, and song possibly.
 

Together with RUTTLE & HUM where you can hear a powerful live version of this song !
Posted 4 years ago by dylan46    [ Reply ]
 MattRudely wrote:
I "don't like U2" but this was clearly their best album, and song possibly.
 

"Where the Streets Have No Name" is my vote for their best song, but I agree about the album.
Posted 5 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Best song from these douche bags
Posted 5 years ago by Wonderloaf    [ Reply ]
One of their best, likely their heaviest and most groovy. Great drums, driving bass and a very edgy Edge. Sweet!
Posted 5 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
 Noni163 wrote:
Best U2 song
 
No. It's not. So there.
Posted 5 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
I "don't like U2" but this was clearly their best album, and song possibly.
Posted 5 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
Best U2 song
Posted 5 years ago by Noni163    [ Reply ]
Good album
Posted 5 years ago by Angry_Old_Man    [ Reply ]
"And he's peeling off those dollar bills, slapping them down : one hundred, two hundred ..."

'MERICA.
Posted 5 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Still gives me shivers up my spine every time I hear this.
Posted 5 years ago by jwynn80    [ Reply ]
U2 at their best. love this song.
Posted 5 years ago by Lemonhead    [ Reply ]
 maboleth wrote:

+1 Exactly. U2 are boy-zooropa. Everything after that is pure garbage. 
 
Subscribing to this statement
Posted 5 years ago by krkinen    [ Reply ]
Nice Timing Bill,  I just picked up my tickets for the The Joshua Tree show coming to Phoenix in Sept! 
Posted 7 years ago by Baketown    [ Reply ]
... and run into the arms America.

 Nope, not today, not anymore.
Posted 7 years ago by vaiodon    [ Reply ]
 Shmelo wrote:
Great song. It reminds me of what a tragic stream of tripe this band has become and how far they've fallen.

 
+1 Exactly. U2 are boy-zooropa. Everything after that is pure garbage. With the exception of Hold me Thrill me Kiss me Kill me.
Posted 7 years ago by maboleth    [ Reply ]
Very nice segue from ELP's "Stone of Years" to this one!—Kudos to the DJ   {#Cheers}
Posted 8 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
                      Injected as much code into '' is''' as I'd manage.
                             Threw some ? marks into the bargain.
                                 Threw all the statements out.
                             Afterall, they say it's a doing word.
                     
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
Love that slide guitar.
Posted 8 years ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
Beautiful segue from ELP. 
Posted 8 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
 Dorothyhancock wrote:
Amazing perfomance

 
Agree


Posted 9 years ago by ambrebalte    [ Reply ]
Great song. It reminds me of what a tragic stream of tripe this band has become and how far they've fallen.
Posted 9 years ago by Shmelo    [ Reply ]
Before Bono enrolled into MKUltra summer camp. . . 
Posted 9 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Amazing perfomance
Posted 9 years ago by Dorothyhancock    [ Reply ]
8 —> 9

Sonic and lyric power in spades. 
Posted 9 years ago by Bone    [ Reply ]
High water mark of a once-great band.
Posted 9 years ago by Hoosfoos    [ Reply ]
"One hundred, two hundred ...", and all the while, that guitar screams and wails, and the drum kit hammers steadily, "... pounding on the women and children, who run, into the arms of America."
Posted 10 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Maybe this song is not for you.. And I can understand. (Bono serious dark political shizzle)
But this album (The Joshua Tree) is quite good all-in-all. To me a classic.
Give it a listen
Posted 10 years ago by OHMish    [ Reply ]
Not my taste!
Posted 10 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Melodramatic caterwauling twaddle. Too over-the-top for my tastes.
Posted 10 years ago by wmstadler    [ Reply ]
Not much of a U2 fan but a great song is a great song. Live even better,
Posted 10 years ago by ccjemmett    [ Reply ]
Anyone who loves and appreciates live music should not fail to experience "Bullet The Blue Sky" in concert. Pretty powerful.
Posted 11 years ago by Rick_V    [ Reply ]
Great song and album, says the No-U2 fan!
Posted 11 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 perrygibbs wrote:
How about limiting U2 to only every other day? Or start by havng just 1 day off a month and progressing from there?

 
Perry, is there something you'd like to share with us about...addiction?  {#Drunk}{#Cowboy}



Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]

love this song...  this album is one of the top ten of all time...

Joshua Tree National Park


Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Not the biggest fan of this release, but this song is tops.
Posted 11 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
with Shins fading out and this starting I thought it was Down In The Park by Numan
Posted 11 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]

marvelous...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
U2 fan WAY back in the day — I remember clearly when this LP came out — it's absolutely genius then and it still is now.  U2 fell out of favor for me after this one — I was at the filming of the Rattle n Hum stadium shows (they weren't playing huge shows, yet, BTW - they sold those tickets for $5 to fill it :-) and for me that was it, and I haven't listened to them in almost 30 years.  HOWEVER when I now hear songs from The Joshua Tree, I remember what an absolutely amazing LP — and band — they were.
Posted 11 years ago by Biscobret    [ Reply ]
I have listened to this album hundreds of times, and never get tired of it. After visiting the Joshua Tree National Park with this CD on the car ... This album is just WOW! I just would like to hear some of the other brilliant songs here, "Red Hill Mining Town" maybe?
Posted 11 years ago by hugogdt    [ Reply ]
How about limiting U2 to only every other day? Or start by havng just 1 day off a month and progressing from there?
Posted 11 years ago by el-pezos    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
I never really listened to the song with lyrics in mind, because the music overwhelmed me. But - lyrics. And how money buys power. Even if you hate Bono and his glad-handing, at least give him credit for knowing the enemy...
 
Well said, friend...  miss you...

 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
The song is great, but that guitar solo... WOW! Masterful work by "the" Edge. It deserves a place as one of the best 50 guitar solos of all time.
Posted 12 years ago by dowdog999    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:


U2 is a good band, this song is really good. No one in their right mind has ever compared them musically to Led Zepplin though they may end up selling more records than Zep. Selling records and good music only occasionally hang out together though and are not really good friends.
 
I came of musical age with the Beatles and the Stones and my high school was definitely a stronghold of the Zeppelin, Who, Floyd fanatics.

Really love Zep and the Who - Floyd not so much, but as I moved on to first Bowie and then punk and on the Elvis Costello, U2s arrival on the rock radio scene were welcome breaths of fresh air - that I inhaled in massive quantities - so my affection for them still exceeds mine for Zeppelin.

And really its for one main reason - and if you see who my mainstay's were you can tell - its the songs.  The tunes.  The well crafted musical stories.  Zep was a mind blowing Blues/Rock/Hardass kicking quartet with fantastic players and an incredibly charismatic front man. Floyd was a mind blowing Blues/Prog/Atmospheric/ neo-Classical  bunch of amazing players.

But in my humble opinion, U2, like the Beatles and Stones, the Who, Bowie, and Elvis - just wrote - and occasionally sitll write - better songs than Plant, Page, Waters, Gilmour et al.
Posted 12 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
 lemmoth wrote:

Absolutely —- a show stopper live.....
 

I agreee !!!!!!!!!
Posted 12 years ago by cinziacursio    [ Reply ]
 MiracleDrug wrote:
this song KILLS live...
 
Absolutely —- a show stopper live.....
Posted 12 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
An understanding of bullets. Eloquently executed explanation.,
Posted 12 years ago by Centabor    [ Reply ]
Terrific song but there's been an awful lot of U2 lately, no? I have the albums, y'know.
Posted 12 years ago by shplody    [ Reply ]
 MiracleDrug wrote:
this song KILLS live...
 

Didn`t kill me, I liked it.
Posted 12 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
6 months of Radio Paradise and first time Ive had to listen to that nob,please RP leave U2 to the crap commercial 
stations to play. Bono,you sold out years ago. 
Posted 12 years ago by PORTS100    [ Reply ]
So when did RP become the U2 channel? Not necessarily complaining, but there have been as many U2 songs in the past week as my local "Dave" FM station plays—and that's a lot.
Posted 12 years ago by mbolch30307    [ Reply ]
this song KILLS live...
Posted 12 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:
U2 is a good band, this song is really good. No one in their right mind has ever compared them musically to Led Zepplin though they may end up selling more records than Zep. Selling records and good music only occasionally hang out together though and are not really good friends.

In general I'd agree, but this particular song sounds very much like Zep, particularly the bass/drums. (Try playing it back to back with "When The Levee Breaks".) Not saying that's good or bad, it just is.
Posted 12 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
I remember well the first time I heard this; I was talking to my room-mate Mary at 745 Arapaho, and this thing came over KBCO and we both fell silent as I reached for the volume knob and gave it a crank.  We freaked!  Sure, I had a good green buzz on, but...this was something else...It felt like the room was moving, the floor was heaving, as the sky was being ripped open by fighter planes and bullets were strafing down and Bono's voice breathed into the microphone and that bass wailed and Edge played and jagged shards came right out of my speakers and the neighbors pounded on the walls but we made them wait till it was over...YEAH!
 
That's what rock and roll is about.   I had a similar experience the first time I heard Nirvana's Smells like Teen Spirit.  Was working at a Best Buy in the computer section.  Somebody in the stereo section next to us cranked up Nirvana so half the store could hear it.  I was working two ailes down and should have went over there and turned it down, but instead, I was like, "Wow"...  that freakin' rocks...  and let it play LOUD. 

YEAH! 
Posted 12 years ago by pomalley    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Led Zeppelin Live 1975
 

U2 is a good band, this song is really good. No one in their right mind has ever compared them musically to Led Zepplin though they may end up selling more records than Zep. Selling records and good music only occasionally hang out together though and are not really good friends.
Posted 12 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
I NEVER get tired of Joshua Tree — U2's finest. This track, as an earlier poster so aptly said, is FIERCE!
Posted 12 years ago by bev    [ Reply ]
Posted 12 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
I remember well one of the first times I heard this; I was talking to my room-mate Mary at 745 Arapaho, and this thing came over KBCO and we both fell silent as I reached for the volume knob and gave it a crank.  We freaked!  Sure, I had a good green buzz on, but...this was something else...It felt like the room was moving, the floor was heaving, as the sky was being ripped open by fighter planes and bullets were strafing down and Bono's voice breathed into the microphone and that bass stomped and the Edge went wild and jagged shards came out of my speakers and the neighbors pounded on the walls but we made them wait till it was over...YEAH!
Posted 12 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song, and this whole album...


 
 
I think I need to join your party! Third Album I ever bought. Still makes my heart skip a beat hearing it. 
 
Posted 12 years ago by Jahgal    [ Reply ]
 mandolin wrote:
...oh, this is just perfect rolling out of puscifer's green valley...
 

I agree!
Posted 12 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
Someone called this a screaming guitar, and that's wonderfully descriptive.  Powerful music, and "outside it's America" with screaming, jangly guitar noises.
Posted 12 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]

great album!  don't "diss" bono!


Posted 12 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:

The Joshua tree is a plant in the southwestern United States, with sword-shaped leaves and greenish-white flowers grouped in large panicles...

a group of Mormon settlers who crossed the Mojave Desert in the mid-19th century named the plant the Joshua tree, after Joshua of the Old Testament— the forks of the tree reminded them of Joshua's hand raised as he prayed, and also the shape of the leaves reminded them of Joshua's spear...

the name of U2's album, The Joshua Tree, is complicated... first, the entire album has a religious theme... second, the title is a tribute to the global power of the United States... third, the album also shows U2's fascination with American culture, politics, and forms of music...

this is a great song...


YES IT IS!
 


Posted 12 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
...oh, this is just perfect rolling out of puscifer's green valley...
Posted 12 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
I never really listened to the song with lyrics in mind, because the music overwhelmed me. But - lyrics. And how money buys power. Even if you hate Bono and his glad-handing, at least give him credit for knowing the enemy...

In the howlin' wind
Comes a stingin' rain
See it drivin' nails
Into the souls on the tree of pain.

From the firefly
A red orange glow
See the face of fear
Runnin' scared in the valley below.

Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue.

In the locust wind
Comes a rattle and hum.
Jacob wrestled the angel
And the angel was overcome.

You plant a demon seed
You raise a flower of fire.
We see them burnin' crosses
See the flames, higher and higher.

Woh, woh, bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue.

Now this guy comes up to me
His face red like a rose on a thorn bush
Like all the colours of a royal flush
And he's peelin' off those dollar bills
(Slappin' 'em down)
One hundred, two hundred.

And I can see those fighter planes
And I can see those fighter planes
Across the mud huts as children sleep
Through the alleys of a quiet city street.
Up the staircase to the first floor
We turn the key and slowly unlock the door
As a man breathes into his saxophone
And through the walls you hear the city groan.
Outside, is America
Outside, is America
America.

See across the field
See the sky ripped open
See the rain comin' through the gapin' wound
Howlin' the women and children
Who run into the arms
of America...


Posted 12 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 SaintPeter wrote:
Bill!!

These guys are tiresome.  Let them RIP.
  Bill really likes U2 and knows that a lot of us really like them too. I, for one, find this album to be a masterpiece along with The Unforgettable Fire and Achtung Baby. That said, I also think that Bono can a pretentious twit. I don't blame him for moving his money to the Netherlands because he doesn't want to bankroll Ireland. He freely uses his money at HIS discretion, not his government's. But they have in recent years put out music that can be at best, very formulamatic.

That said, this is a great song off a great album. The United States really is that frightening to the rest of the world! Trust me on this. I have seen our country thru the eyes of others, and they are often wide and full of disbelief.

Posted 13 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
You too.
I stay; want to hear the screaming guitar.

 SaintPeter wrote:
Bono needs to go.
 


Posted 13 years ago by PeeBee    [ Reply ]
 SaintPeter wrote:
Bill!!
These guys are tiresome.  Let them RIP.
   
What?  And miss out on "Spider Man, The Musical?"          {#Smile}


Posted 13 years ago by Detlaps    [ Reply ]
Bill!!

These guys are tiresome.  Let them RIP.
Posted 13 years ago by SaintPeter    [ Reply ]
Whooo hoo oo hoo oo oooohhh!!!
Posted 14 years ago by Ja300Mes    [ Reply ]
Inside is the Americans dreaming the American dream. Outside is America. 
Posted 14 years ago by nampelkafe    [ Reply ]
"The God I worship isn't short on CASH, MISTER!!!"
Posted 14 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
I've heard the reggae version of this, and it's great in its own way.  Still, this song, with its driving beat and guitar, makes me wanna go out and revolute.
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Bono needs to go.
Posted 14 years ago by SaintPeter    [ Reply ]
 Bookmaniac wrote:


Before they got religion and lost their edge.
 
That's not true.  They always had a religious (read: Christian) undertones to their music, owning to the active faith of most members.  Many of their songs touch on this, going all the way back to "I Will Follow".  From what I understand, that song is loosely written from Jesus' point of view as he calls out to a wayward soul "Walk away, walk away - I will follow."  In other words, grace.
Posted 14 years ago by window    [ Reply ]
 hopalong wrote:
There is no bad U2 song.
 
but there is a great U2 song named Bad ;)

Posted 14 years ago by peacockangel    [ Reply ]
i've never been able to shake the feeling that if bono had been born 20 years earlier he'd be making a living singing 'danny boy' at funerals.
Posted 14 years ago by rp1125    [ Reply ]
There is no bad U2 song.
Posted 14 years ago by hopalong    [ Reply ]
Patti Smith influences? {#Ask}
Posted 14 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
 flatpicker wrote:
Great tune!
Back when they were awesome!

 

Yes! Before they got religion and lost their edge. Glad to know it's not just me.
Posted 14 years ago by Bookmaniac    [ Reply ]
 Danimal174 wrote:
Recommendation for a setlist -

Patty Griffin - "Blue Sky"
U2 - "Bullet the Blue Sky"
Pink Floyd - "Goodbye Blue Sky"
 
How 'bout "Sky Blue Sky" by Wilco in your set?

Posted 14 years ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]
 Danimal174 wrote:
Recommendation for a setlist -

Patty Griffin - "Blue Sky"
U2 - "Bullet the Blue Sky"
Pink Floyd - "Goodbye Blue Sky"
 
Yes. Then end it with Billie Holiday - "How High is the Sky".


Posted 14 years ago by donnyballgame    [ Reply ]
Fierce.
Posted 14 years ago by Anax    [ Reply ]
Recommendation for a setlist -

Patty Griffin - "Blue Sky"
U2 - "Bullet the Blue Sky"
Pink Floyd - "Goodbye Blue Sky"
Posted 15 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
Great tune!
Back when they were awesome!

Posted 15 years ago by flatpicker    [ Reply ]
This is a nice little set! Harder! Harder!
Posted 15 years ago by Flying_Donut    [ Reply ]
 eddief wrote:

Barely play, huh?  Nobody, that I've heard, has even reomotely come close to sounding like The Edge.  Maybe he's just over your head, pal.   I'm truly sorry you don't get it.

Bono once said that notes are expensive and the Edge is the master of knowing when to use them.  I agree.  Sometimes less is more.  And sometimes the true measure of a guitar player, or any musician for that matter, is knowing when NOT to play. 
 

Excellent comment and I agree completely. I love how guitar players love to cut down Edge about his playing. Too many guitarists think that the song is about how fast they can play a scale or finger tap their way through the solo. Edge has an ear. A lot of players don't.
If you work too hard at the mechanics of guitar playing, that's how you play, mechanically.
Posted 15 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
...outside it's America
Posted 15 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
The Edge is on fire!
Posted 15 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
My goodness, I sincerely LOVE reading these comments. {#Arrowd}
Posted 15 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]