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1985 was a ridiculously strong year for music releases. We missed May 20, 1985, when U2 released their EP Wide Awake In America. Featuring possibly the best recording of Bad ever, it was an enormous success, going Platinum in the US. Side A: Bad (Live), A Sort Of Homecoming (Live)
Side B: The Three Sunrises, Love Comes Tumbling
Side B: The Three Sunrises, Love Comes Tumbling
"Bad (Live)" is my favorite U2 song, by far. No "possibly" about it. It is ridiculously strong.
posted by chavenet at 1:16 AM on June 7, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by chavenet at 1:16 AM on June 7, 2020 [5 favorites]
A Sort of Homecoming is just as good. The energy on the live version is amazing.
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 4:01 AM on June 7, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 4:01 AM on June 7, 2020 [3 favorites]
I burned through my cassette. U2 had some really good b-sides back in the 1980s, or perhaps I was just so obsessed with U2 that I would consume anything they released.
It was Bad that made U2 at Live Aid. Bad was amazing. I don't think it was ever a single or if they ever had a video for it, but somehow it was one of the most well-known songs off Unforgettable Fire.
It's also a classic Edge riff of like two notes that sound like an orchestra when you put them through a delay. I'm not the U2 fan I used to be, and Bono has become mostly insufferable, but The Edge will always be one of my all-time favorite guitarists.
posted by bondcliff at 7:57 AM on June 7, 2020 [5 favorites]
It was Bad that made U2 at Live Aid. Bad was amazing. I don't think it was ever a single or if they ever had a video for it, but somehow it was one of the most well-known songs off Unforgettable Fire.
It's also a classic Edge riff of like two notes that sound like an orchestra when you put them through a delay. I'm not the U2 fan I used to be, and Bono has become mostly insufferable, but The Edge will always be one of my all-time favorite guitarists.
posted by bondcliff at 7:57 AM on June 7, 2020 [5 favorites]
Yeah, it would be fun to play with his gear.
posted by Windopaene at 2:02 PM on June 7, 2020
posted by Windopaene at 2:02 PM on June 7, 2020
It was Bad that made U2 at Live Aid.
U2, "Bad" at Live Aid
posted by dnash at 9:08 AM on June 8, 2020
U2, "Bad" at Live Aid
posted by dnash at 9:08 AM on June 8, 2020
I can't count the number of times I have listened to the songs from that EP. Transcendent. They should have stopped right there.
posted by AJScease at 4:09 PM on June 8, 2020
posted by AJScease at 4:09 PM on June 8, 2020
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