U2 — Bullet the Blue Sky
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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
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:
Depends how many pints are available for consumption
How many Irish men does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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.
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 :)
Time to destroy some more of my hearing by cranking this up to unreasonable volume levels.
The transition from Epilogue (Relief) was brilliant.
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...
Joshua Tree still one of my favorite albums.
To play from start to finish & no shuffle
To play from start to finish & no shuffle
eileenomurphy wrote:
TOO FUNNY! LOL!
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!
jwynn80 wrote:
GREAT TUNE!!
Still gives me shivers up my spine every time I hear this.
GREAT TUNE!!
How many Irish men does it take to screw in a light bulb?
None, they will drink in the dark!
aneal300 wrote:
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
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
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.
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.
Excellent!
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!
grudgingly acknowledge as good tunage... 'til Bono presumed himself the christ
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!!!!!
College was very, very good to me!!!!!
unclehud wrote:
"..am I buggin' ya?" [he meant to]
"And he's peeling off those dollar bills, slapping them down : one hundred, two hundred ..."
'MERICA.
'MERICA.
"..am I buggin' ya?" [he meant to]
Great stuff!
U2 creating Jimi H
Love it
Solid 9,maybe 10
U2 ran into the "Arms of America" and made a lot of $$$$$
I get chills each time I hear The Edge’s guitar work on this. So good
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.
I seriously think Rage Against the Machine took serious notes of this
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!
janac13 wrote:
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'
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'
Chilling, dirty rocker about a very scary place
Noni163 wrote:
Anything from this album could be their best!
Best U2 song
Anything from this album could be their best!
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.
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.
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"
MattRudely wrote:
Together with RUTTLE & HUM where you can hear a powerful live version of this song !
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 !
MattRudely wrote:
"Where the Streets Have No Name" is my vote for their best song, but I agree about the album.
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.
Best song from these douche bags
One of their best, likely their heaviest and most groovy. Great drums, driving bass and a very edgy Edge. Sweet!
Noni163 wrote:
No. It's not. So there.
Best U2 song
No. It's not. So there.
I "don't like U2" but this was clearly their best album, and song possibly.
Best U2 song
Good album
"And he's peeling off those dollar bills, slapping them down : one hundred, two hundred ..."
'MERICA.
'MERICA.
Still gives me shivers up my spine every time I hear this.
U2 at their best.
love this song.
maboleth wrote:
+1 Exactly. U2 are boy-zooropa. Everything after that is pure garbage.
Subscribing to this statement
+1 Exactly. U2 are boy-zooropa. Everything after that is pure garbage.
Subscribing to this statement
Nice Timing Bill, I just picked up my tickets for the The Joshua Tree show coming to Phoenix in Sept!
... and run into the arms America.
Nope, not today, not anymore.
Nope, not today, not anymore.
Shmelo wrote:
+1 Exactly. U2 are boy-zooropa. Everything after that is pure garbage. With the exception of Hold me Thrill me Kiss me Kill me.
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.
Very nice segue from ELP's "Stone of Years" to this one!—Kudos to the DJ 
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.
Threw some ? marks into the bargain.
Threw all the statements out.
Afterall, they say it's a doing word.
Love that slide guitar.
Beautiful segue from ELP.
Dorothyhancock wrote:
Agree
Amazing perfomance
Agree
Great song. It reminds me of what a tragic stream of tripe this band has become and how far they've fallen.
Before Bono enrolled into MKUltra summer camp. . .
Amazing perfomance
8 —> 9
Sonic and lyric power in spades.
Sonic and lyric power in spades.
High water mark of a once-great band.
"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."
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
But this album (The Joshua Tree) is quite good all-in-all. To me a classic.
Give it a listen
Not my taste!
Melodramatic caterwauling twaddle. Too over-the-top for my tastes.
Not much of a U2 fan but a great song is a great song. Live even better,
Anyone who loves and appreciates live music should not fail to experience "Bullet The Blue Sky" in concert. Pretty powerful.
Great song and album, says the No-U2 fan!
perrygibbs wrote:
Perry, is there something you'd like to share with us about...addiction?
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?
Not the biggest fan of this release, but this song is tops.
with Shins fading out and this starting I thought it was Down In The Park by Numan
marvelous...
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.
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?
How about limiting U2 to only every other day? Or start by havng just 1 day off a month and progressing from there?
Cynaera wrote:
Well said, friend... miss you...
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...
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.
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.
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.
lemmoth wrote:
Absolutely —- a show stopper live.....
I agreee !!!!!!!!!
Absolutely —- a show stopper live.....
I agreee !!!!!!!!!
MiracleDrug wrote:
Absolutely —- a show stopper live.....
this song KILLS live...
Absolutely —- a show stopper live.....
An understanding of bullets. Eloquently executed explanation.,
Terrific song but there's been an awful lot of U2 lately, no? I have the albums, y'know.
MiracleDrug wrote:
Didn`t kill me, I liked it.
this song KILLS live...
Didn`t kill me, I liked it.
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.
stations to play. Bono,you sold out years ago.
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.
this song KILLS live...
sirdroseph wrote:
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.
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.
coloradojohn wrote:
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!
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!
On_The_Beach 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.
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 NEVER get tired of Joshua Tree — U2's finest. This track, as an earlier poster so aptly said, is FIERCE!
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!
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.
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.
mandolin wrote:
I agree!
...oh, this is just perfect rolling out of puscifer's green valley...
I agree!
Someone called this a screaming guitar, and that's wonderfully descriptive. Powerful music, and "outside it's America" with screaming, jangly guitar noises.
great album! don't "diss" bono!
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...
YES IT IS!
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!
...oh, this is just perfect rolling out of puscifer's green valley...
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...
SaintPeter wrote:
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.
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.These guys are tiresome. Let them RIP.
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.
You too.
I stay; want to hear the screaming guitar.
SaintPeter wrote:
I stay; want to hear the screaming guitar.
SaintPeter wrote:
Bono needs to go.
SaintPeter wrote:
What? And miss out on "Spider Man, The Musical?"
Bill!!
These guys are tiresome. Let them RIP.
These guys are tiresome. Let them RIP.
What? And miss out on "Spider Man, The Musical?"
Bill!!
These guys are tiresome. Let them RIP.
These guys are tiresome. Let them RIP.
Whooo hoo oo hoo oo oooohhh!!!
Inside is the Americans dreaming the American dream. Outside is America.
"The God I worship isn't short on CASH, MISTER!!!"
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.
Bono needs to go.
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.
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.
hopalong wrote:
but there is a great U2 song named Bad ;)
There is no bad U2 song.
but there is a great U2 song named Bad ;)
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.
There is no bad U2 song.
Patti Smith influences? 
flatpicker wrote:
Yes! Before they got religion and lost their edge. Glad to know it's not just me.
Great tune!
Back when they were awesome!
Back when they were awesome!
Yes! Before they got religion and lost their edge. Glad to know it's not just me.
Danimal174 wrote:
How 'bout "Sky Blue Sky" by Wilco in your set?
Recommendation for a setlist -
Patty Griffin - "Blue Sky"
U2 - "Bullet the Blue Sky"
Pink Floyd - "Goodbye Blue Sky"
Patty Griffin - "Blue Sky"
U2 - "Bullet the Blue Sky"
Pink Floyd - "Goodbye Blue Sky"
How 'bout "Sky Blue Sky" by Wilco in your set?
Danimal174 wrote:
Yes. Then end it with Billie Holiday - "How High is the Sky".
Recommendation for a setlist -
Patty Griffin - "Blue Sky"
U2 - "Bullet the Blue Sky"
Pink Floyd - "Goodbye Blue Sky"
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".
Fierce.
Recommendation for a setlist -
Patty Griffin - "Blue Sky"
U2 - "Bullet the Blue Sky"
Pink Floyd - "Goodbye Blue Sky"
Patty Griffin - "Blue Sky"
U2 - "Bullet the Blue Sky"
Pink Floyd - "Goodbye Blue Sky"
Great tune!
Back when they were awesome!
Back when they were awesome!
This is a nice little set! Harder! Harder!
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.
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.
...outside it's America
The Edge is on fire!
My goodness, I sincerely LOVE reading these comments. 
How many Irish men does it take to screw in a light bulb?
NONE! They'll drink in the dark!