U2 album versions often suck. I likely wouldn’t be much of a U2 fan if it weren’t for live U2. Nearly every song is much

Aug 7, 2020
11:57:02am

RUNBYU1 All-American

better live.

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Post a song where the live version is better, or even the definitive version.

Kilgore Trout

8/7/20 10:49am

All I Want is You by U2

WorfoSAUR

8/7/20 10:51am

Also Bad:

Kilgore Trout

8/7/20 10:56am

Also With or Without You at the BBC

RC Vikings

8/7/20 11:26am

The Rattle and Hum version has always been my favorite

TrackCoug

8/7/20 11:57am

This!^^^

RUNBYU1

8/7/20 12:25pm

Sunday Bloody Sunday is the biggest example, IMO.

Byron McNertney

8/7/20 11:29am

I actually think Mysterious Ways might be:

RUNBYU1

8/7/20 11:52am

That's fine, but I don't know that it's the definitive version of the song whereas this really is for SBS:

Byron McNertney

8/7/20 12:00pm

I actually think the version from rattle and hum is the definitive version:

RUNBYU1

8/7/20 12:23pm

You could argue that the ZooTV version of Mysterious Ways is the definitive, but they’re very close.

RUNBYU1

8/7/20 12:24pm

The Rattle and Hum performance of Bad is my favorite.

Loon to the Moon

8/7/20 6:16pm

I agree on both counts!

RUNBYU1

8/8/20 10:58am

Please is perhaps the greatest transformation and possibly my favorite song ever:

RUNBYU1

8/7/20 11:54am

Every single Journey song

WorfoSAUR

8/7/20 10:52am

Edelweiss.

CDV

8/7/20 10:53am

Sweet Caroline

BGRTHNUMEGO

8/7/20 10:53am

Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon (1976)

Cougar-Duck

8/7/20 10:53am

I think everyone was jacked up because they fly through this

RC Vikings

8/7/20 11:59am

I really like that version, but love this one even more

AF Cougar

8/14/20 9:18pm

Jane Says-- Jane's Addiction

BYUtka

8/7/20 10:54am

That horrible Bon Jovi song about Tommy working at the docks

BGRTHNUMEGO

8/7/20 10:54am

Well he is down on his luck

TNT

8/7/20 10:55am

Life During Wartime by The Talking Heads

spinner

8/7/20 10:54am

Also: Waiting Room by Fugazi

spinner

8/7/20 10:58am

The energy in that live version is incredible.

ReyOso

8/7/20 11:03am

David Byrne is just incredible in that version. The rest of the band, too

spinner

8/7/20 11:14am

Same with Psycho Killer and This Must Be The Place from that live concert film &

BYU1982

8/7/20 11:25am

RE: Life During Wartime by The Talking Heads

weasal

8/7/20 12:06pm

Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication at Slane

RyneK

8/7/20 10:57am

Lots of Nirvana Unplugged

RyneK

8/7/20 10:57am

Especially About a Girl

Kilgore Trout

8/7/20 10:59am

Hotel California from Hell freezes Over

Nat Gas Man

8/7/20 10:59am

All apologies

Natedog916

8/7/20 10:59am

All the Peter Frampton songs from Frampton Comes Alive!

JMack

8/7/20 11:01am

The entire Concert in Central Park album for Simon and Garfunkel.

cougfanblue

8/7/20 11:01am

Garfunkel's "Bridge over troubled Water" is great, he nailed it.

RC Vikings

8/7/20 12:03pm

If Art Garfunkel didn't have a face that exactly matches his name, he could've had a better solo career.

cougfanblue

8/7/20 4:18pm

Hand of Doom by Black Sabbath

ReyOso

8/7/20 11:08am

Collective Soul - Shine at Woodstock '94. It blows away the album the version.

CSoul

8/7/20 11:08am

The guitar solo is unbelievable

CSoul

8/7/20 11:12am

Eric Clapton - Cocain

Kilgore Trout

8/7/20 11:11am

Joe Cocker's Woodstock cover of "With a Little Help from my Friends"

UCLACoug

8/7/20 11:12am

One Headlight: The Wallflowers + Bruce Springsteen

d-coug

8/7/20 11:13am

Hero of the Day (live with symphony) - Metallica

KokoBeware

8/7/20 11:14am

TUSK - Fleetwood Mac (Must Watch)

Dan

8/7/20 11:32am

Tom Petty, Breakdown

BYUFBDAD

8/7/20 11:37am

Keith Urban - You'll Think of Me

oohYeah

8/7/20 11:46am

Depeche Mode, Never Let Me Down Again and Question of Time

Traveshamockery

8/7/20 11:47am

U2 album versions often suck. I likely wouldn’t be much of a U2 fan if it weren’t for live U2. Nearly every song is much

RUNBYU1

8/7/20 11:57am

I disagree that their studio albums suck. I love them. But U2 live is

Loon to the Moon

8/7/20 6:25pm

Yeah they don’t suck but the Live versions are so much better that it makes you not want listen to the album versions.

RUNBYU1

8/8/20 10:59am

RATM - every song they played in their Spanish Fork show

joelvandyne

8/7/20 12:27pm

Radio Gaga live aid

Incentivize

8/7/20 1:12pm

For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her by Simon & Garfunkel

cosmohio

8/7/20 7:11pm

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