Saracene

8. I've never liked Bono's vocal on the studio version, but live this song never fails to move me.

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LemonMelon

I'm the opposite. The studio version always moves me, while the live versions have been so diluted and whored out that the original meaning of the song is lost entirely.

djerdap

I agree with this, at least partially. The ZooTV performances, especially the ones on the 1st leg (Tacoma 1992), still kept the intimacy and the personal meaning of the song intact. Somewhere around Popmart it seriously started to go downhill. Bono's delivery is a major point (especially the "I can't be holding on" line, the way it's delivered now is almost a symbol of the song's decline). And the bad taste of the Mary J Blige fiasco just won't go away.

Nevertheless, the studio version is a 10.

youarenotimmune

exactly. the strength of this song lies in its final third. Bono's vocals (particularly his phrasing) are so key there

An Cat Gav

I agree.

HansaTonImbiss

Who voted this ZERO?!?! I have been a songwriter for years, and any writer in his mind would be exultant for a moment of inspiration and simplicity like that. A very easy, and emphatic 10 for me. Superb. Lasting across time and space and applicable to both love and social commentary, thus somewhat ambiguous. Which is what many classic songs do.

Galeongirl

I did. Got a problem with that mate?

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I'd be pretty pissed off if this is all I could spit out.

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chocky

I couldn't find "11" so I had to score it a mere "10"....

Zoots

Exactly! The studio version is so much better than the live ones! Especially that awesome falsetto at the end. He never ever sang as good as on the album.

Yup, same here.

Anybody rating it 1 or 0 just to bring the score down is an idiot. Rate based on how much you like it.

65980

If you don't like this song, it's obviously not for musical reasons. And if it's not for musical reasons, you shouldn't be rating the song.

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oh, thanks.

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The Sad Punk

Achtung Baby was the first U2 album I bought. I loved every song on it except for this and So Cruel. I've never been more bored or irritated by a U2 song until Vertigo came out, and this was before I was introduced to how wildly loved it was.

Kindly shut up and stop looking down upon every other poster on the board as inferior.

65980

(Brief highjacking of the thread):

It's fine to dislike the song. Nevertheless, awarding a "0" (and no, I'm saying that you did, but so far four peopel have) means that people must absolutely loathe the song. Given that you are a U2 fan, there's no conceivable way you (and no, I'm not implying that you did) could rate this song a "0". Obviously, the four who did so have rendered useless this entire thread, by virtue of their pretending to viciously hate a song that has a delightfully addictive melody and is plainly heartfelt. By virtue of this alone, there is no way anyone could honestly award the song a "0".

For example, I mentioned before that I detest Bon Jovi. But even I would have a hard time rating one of their most popular songs a "0", because at least the song would logically have a good tune, a nice arrangement, or something else that strikes a chord with people. So it is with "One", except that all of you are supposedly U2 fans, and if so, it's embarrassingly stupid to rate this song a "0".

I have no idea how your comment relates to my post, but since you brought it up, I do not look upon anyone as my inferior -- except for you and one or two others.

The Sad Punk

Irishteen has allowed for any song to be voted a "0". Other songs in this competition have been given such ratings. You see, you can do what you want in life. Surely you have something better to think about than something as useless and banal as complain about this? Or does it really fucking bother you that much that four people you'll never meet have rated a song you really like a 0 on an internet forum?



There's absolutely no need to bother any more with this subject.