Originally posted by thalloween:elevation’s slane performance is surely an underrated one, with Bono making the sign of the cross before the drop of the song at the start, i loved it
Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
Well it’s voted the best performance on the site and I’d imagine it’s probably the go to version of the song live for most people maybe along with Boston so I don’t think it is underrated no. I actually do enjoy elevation more on the Slane and Boston gigs, elevation tour in general really, compared to later tours. The influx intro works great and helped it be a strong opener. On E&I the influx intro didn’t work the same for me although it was the best since the elevation tour for me same with JT2019.
Originally posted by RUMMY:No to Vertigo tour? Fair enough but I like the slow intro back then. To me the song wore thin by ie with the Paris performance being the low point (with apologies to any of you who danced on stage to that one).
Originally posted by iamcrazytonight:I didn't want to post this on the Sphere thread as it is irrelevant to the U2:UV residency - even though the video I am sharing here is a response to the Elevation/Vertigo conversation that broke out on the Sphere thread - , so I am sharing this video on this thread instead. To each their own; however, both songs are almost always received extremely well from the crowd, and even though they are not my favorite songs, I would also go nuts if I was in that crowd on the video and I'm sure that moment would've stayed with me.
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