Luck In A Moment

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If you can’t beat them.

Every Friday, we give away a voucher worth twenty five big ones to spend at any of the 14 Golden Discs stores nationwide.

All we ask is a tune we can play at an unspecified time next week

This week’s theme: Unknown U2

To mark U2’s appearance at Croke Park on Saturday what song from the controversial Holland-based four piece lifted them into a different league yet does not get enough attention?

To enter, complete this sentence.

‘Begrudgery aside, the most sublime yet underrated moment from U2 came during_____________________ ‘

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33 thoughts on “Luck In A Moment

  1. dav

    ‘Begrudgery aside, the most sublime yet underrated moment from U2 came during the case of BONO’S BUM, which we cannot discuss because it is sealed…..

    1. halafhead@gmail.com

      “Milk, bread, rashers….I’m sure I have forgotten somet……, ah shite”

  2. Dudley

    Begrudgery aside, the most sublime yet underrated moment from U2 came during the revelation that Bono once sent Captain Beefheart a nice letter on the occasion of the Captain’s birthday.

    The captain replied with a postcard, “Thanks Bongo!”

    1. Niallo

      Your almost right, he wanted to know if beefy wanted to colaborate on something, to which the cap responded “dear bongo, no”

  3. Toni the Exotic Dancer

    Begrudgery aside, the most sublime yet underrated moment from U2 came during the opening piano to “October” live at Red Rocks.

  4. fez

    ‘Begrudgery aside, the most sublime yet underrated moment from U2 came during Pop, with mofo (what 11 year old me or most people in Ireland probably didn’t realise what it meant at the time). U2 for a brief moment morphed into the chemical brothers for a quality car chase dance banger.

  5. badderest@memes

    11 o’clock tic toc.
    – If only they had stopped then…
    Arguably the lowest point in Martin Hannet’s career, but it was U2 at their peak.

    On a brighter note, my mate told me yesterday that Golden Discs are opening new stores.
    I shouldn’t have laughed.

    1. Brother Barnabas

      I wouldn’t say you’re right but you’re not much wrong

      I Threw A Brick Through a Window was for sure U2’s high point. I think I remember hearing that Bono wrote it when he was 15. All went downhill after that, seems.

  6. Andrew

    ‘Begrudgery aside, the most sublime yet underrated moment from U2 came during ‘what I would call their German years. Act Jung baby !!
    Interesting that Stay Far Away so close and Miss Sarajevo are mentioned by Bingo and Harry above. Both songs I admire. The Wings of Desire allusion in the former resonating with me in particular.
    I wouldn’t call myself a fan but they have some good tunes to be fair. How much of that is down to themselves and how much is down to good producers; is another matter.

  7. ivan

    ‘Begrudgery aside, the most sublime yet underrated moment from U2 came during that bit in Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses – it’s at 2:06 here. “Baby can we still be friends?”‘

    Sometimes it’s about the bits where there’s nothing.

    In other news, weren’t ‘Single versions’ that differed completely from the album version utterly fab sometimes?

  8. martco

    ‘Begrudgery aside, the most sublime yet underrated moment from U2…’ ah I can’t hope to beat Scottser’s entry above really!

    my own thing was having to find out wtf an Arpeggio was after reading about it in the Hot Press (the opening riff in Where the Streets Have No Name is a looped six-note arpeggio with delay..so there you go) but it hooked me into guitar properly after I eventually figured out how to bash it out…and an appreciation for his guitar/electronics which is often slagged off by many (even he says himself he’s crap) but I think it’s knitting genius

    Ivan….I just tried to describe singles and the concept of the 12″ and the like to my 15 y/o there. you’re dead right, great stuff

      1. martco

        I actually had a go at that before when the subject of the romantic “mixtape” came up in conversation with the 17 y/o one when he’d seen it in some movie…I had a few in the attic but nothing to play them on?!?

        Led into chatting about the fella on O’Connell bridge selling the bootlegs and how when you had something really really special to tape you’d have to get one of those proper TDK Metal Tapes despite not having the gear to play it on that would show any discernable difference to the basic ones heh

  9. Liam Deliverance

    ‘Begrudgery aside, the most sublime yet underrated moment from U2 came during the Popmart Tour in Helsinki in 1997 and the song Please. This song is hardly one of their finest tracks but performed here,live, it is imbued with a power and resonance that is characteristic of the bands live performances. Never understood the begrudgery myself, here is a wholly Irish band that is one of the worlds biggest acts, they have been going strong for 40 years, a rarity these days, producing an impressive back catalogue as they go and nearly all Irish people have a U2 moment of some kind, be it witnessing a live show or hearing “One” in the car just after you have broken up with your significant other. Same with Bono, solid performer and song writer who uses his wealth and influence to try and bring about social change here and abroad for those that need help when he could have quite easily sat back and enjoyed and flaunted his great wealth, instead going against the grain of your average pop star. We should be nothing but proud. I am anyway.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GegTud00LAU

  10. Odockatee

    ‘Begrudgery aside, the most sublime yet underrated moment from U2 came during is Numb. The moment I heard that ripping guitar sound from one of the masters of guitar tech, The Edge, I was hooked. Edge’s talkey whispery vocal, the random lyrics, the iconic video, Bono’s falsetto – it had it all. Made me buy the album as an 11 year old which was a big outlay back then. Led me to Stay (faraway,so close) – my favourite U2 song. And to top it all when they put it on the greatest hits they updated it to, in my opinion, an awful butchered version of it. Typical of them being perfectionists they felt rushed to release it when it was already brilliant.

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