Sunday, August 19, 2007

we were told you were going to be japanese tourists

august 23, 1981
paris cinema studio, london
recorded for bbc "in concert"

u2 live:


11 o' clock tick tock
i will follow
an cat dubh - into the heart
with a shout
twilight
out of control
rejoice

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this one is maybe a little bit lacking in the freak out department as far as u2's early days performances go. this is hyper but not insane. all professional, like (despite requisite fumbled lyrics), for the bbc. still, very awesome, must have, all that. rejoice is my favorite part of this set. by the end of that song the energy is so high it feels like baby bono is about to jump out of the speakers and grab you by the shirt and sing it in your face.

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7 Comments:

Blogger Bob K said...

You rock. Thanks a lot.

9:16 PM  
Anonymous marc said...

great stuff...what happened to the An Cat Dubh track? It poops out about 2+1/2 in...

11:46 AM  
Blogger c said...

just re-upped it, file should be okay now.

12:05 PM  
Anonymous Brendastarlet said...

Good to know that Bono's forgetfulness is a lifelong issue, and not something that's come upon him with age. That means we have years of forgetting lyrics to come.

12:06 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

ahhhh the memories, I have this on wax if you can believe that. Havent listened to it in 15 years!! Thanks a bunch!

12:22 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Heeeee, how awesome! I was thinking JUST yesterday that I probably wouldn't get my hands on that BBC recording 8D

12:33 PM  
Anonymous Nigel said...

Good show, good sound, I wish they'd played longer. Thanks.

4:08 PM  

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