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Old 09-02-2008, 04:25 AM   #16
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Live/Single > Album. If there's one U2 song that truly benefited as a single, it's Please.



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Old 09-02-2008, 05:57 AM   #17
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Imo, the single version of Please is just an evolved version of the album version. I agree that the album version fits better on the album and certainly has some elements that are missing on the single version, but all in all, I guess the album version is just to weird. I mean, Adams bassline is deliberately out of tune, but that makes it sound so off key that I always skip the song on the album.

And of course, being Dutch, I'm a bit proud of the Dutch strings that are on the single version


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Old 09-02-2008, 07:19 AM   #18
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Does anyone know why they didn't (with a couple of rare exceptions) play "Please" on the 2001 or 2005-6 tours? It seems like it would be an obvious winner...
AGREE.

They should think about changing Bullet the Blue Sky or Sunday bloody Sunday, two are played almost in every concert, for Please. And bring wake Up Dead Man back too!!!


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Old 09-02-2008, 07:20 AM   #19
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And of course, being Dutch, I'm a bit proud of the Dutch strings that are on the single version
ME too! and what about the single live version recorded in Rotterdam? That was amazing! Unfortunately I couldn't be there


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Old 09-02-2008, 07:32 AM   #20
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Does anyone know why they didn't (with a couple of rare exceptions) play "Please" on the 2001 or 2005-6 tours? It seems like it would be an obvious winner...
They played Please 23 times on Elevation. I wouldn't call that rare.


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Old 09-02-2008, 07:46 AM   #21
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They played Please 23 times on Elevation. I wouldn't call that rare.
They did?

Was it in accoustic setting? Or full blown?


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They did?

Was it in accoustic setting? Or full blown?
They did it once with the full band but unfortunately after that it was all acoustic.


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Old 09-02-2008, 08:10 AM   #23
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No need to defend the album version of Please, it's perfection.


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Old 09-02-2008, 08:30 AM   #24
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No need to defend the album version of Please, it's perfection.
Agree 100%. It's got that intense feel of desperation and comes off as a pretty dark song...you won't get that with any of the other versions; they may rock harder, but a song like Please doesn't need to.


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