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  1. Alright this has really been bugging me the past week or so and I need the help of Mystery Bad Certified U2Start.

    A few years ago - definitely within the past 5 - I saw, for the first time, a very short clip of just Bono and Edge sitting outside somewhere. I believe it was a stairwell or a rooftop. Edge has an acoustic guitar.

    It was definitely shot in '87-'89 based on their look alone.

    They are playing a demo, or really just messing around on an idea, of a song that was unreleased at that time. I remember when I saw it thinking it was an awesome glimpse into their creative process since the song was still years from coming out. I am 98% certain that it was Even Better Than the Real Thing (which I know was demo-tracked alongside Desire in '88).

    This might have been in "The Defiant Ones" special on HBO about Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, in some archival footage of when Jimmy got on board with U2. It's the only thing I can imagine watching in the past 5 years that included U2 at this point in their career.

    I believe I am 100% correct that its EBTTRT and that its in The Defiant Ones, but I cannot find any corroborating evidence online that this scene is in the special, and I don't have access to the special.

    Is anyone able to confirm this or possibly remember the clip I'm referencing, and where it came from?

    Thanks!
  2. Is it the clip of them on the Long Island beach late 87 singing Blow Your House Down?
  3. R&H outtakes?
  5. Yep, you guys nailed it.

    Now back to Bad.
  6. I'm fairly certain that was filmed at Montauk, Long Island in a rented house during the third leg of TJT.
  7. Please post the Defiant Ones videos....
  8. The clips above are The original Beach Clips.
  9. I very clearly hear EBTTRT and All Because of You coming out of that little jam!

    And @miryclay, the Defiant Ones video is just a remastered clip lasting no more than ~10 or 15 seconds of the above. I've scoured YouTube and can't find the exact clip from the special, but you're more or less watching it already.
  10. I didn't know ABOY was from 87. That's a 17 year fermentation.
  11. There are Wake Up Dead Man lyrics in it too.

    Just goes to show that these sonic ideas are subconsciously shelved and revisited over decades. They know when they've got something.