Red Mosquito

So I uploaded (or at least attempted to) a zip file full of U2 non-album stuff for Kevin Davis, but figured since it's up there, I might as well see if anyone else wants it. PM me if you're interested (assuming it works). The stuff in it is kinda catered to his collection, so anything from the bonus disc of The Best of 1980-1990 and the 7EP aren't on it. If anyone really needs those I can probably add them at some point. My copies of the original version of Night & Day as well as Bono's versions of/appearances on Hallelujah, Save the Children, & Let the Good Times Roll are really crappy copies apparently (I think they're all from a bootleg I owned in the 90's), so they're not in there right now. Also I forgot to include the studio version of Sun City (which Bono also appears on). Lastly, I forgot that someone had stolen my copy of the In the Name of the Father Soundtrack, so the three songs Bono wrote with Gavin Friday from that aren't in there either. My collection gets really spotty post-ATYCLB, so I'm sure there's stuff missing from the last decade. I've also included only a handful of remixes (the ones that seemed significant enough to me). If anyone really cares about the other ones, let me know and I will see if I can upload them, but most of them aren't worth hearing more than once. Everything in here comes from my physical collection, so it should all be good quality (they're from my itunes though, so if you're an audiophile I apologize).

For those who are interested, here is what's in the file...

Spoiler: show

FULL DISCS
The Best of 1990-2000 Bonus Disc
Medium, Rare & Remastered
Boy Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc
October Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc
War Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc
The Unforgettable Fire Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc
The Joshua Tree Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc
Achtung Baby – The Working Tapes (Bootleg)

STUDIO TRACKS
Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)
In a Lifetime (Bono with Clannad)
Untitled (Fire Demo/Snippet from Rare Editions of Boy)
Heroine (The Edge with Sinead O'Connor)
Holy Joe (Garage Mix)
Salome
Where Did It All Go Wrong (Demo)
Goldeneye (Tina Turner)
Can't Help Falling in Love (Bono)
Fast Cars
Slow Dancing (with Willie Nelson)
Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad
Last Night on Earth (Single Mix)
Pop Muzik (PopMart Mix)
Happiness is a Warm Gun (The Danny Saber Mix)
Theme from Mission: Impossible (Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen, Jnr.)
New Day (Bono with Wyclef Jean)
Lady with the Spinning Head (UVI)
Satellite of Love
Night & Day (Steel String Remix)
Please (Single Mix)
I've Got You Under My Skin (Bono with Frank Sinatra)
Slow Dancing
Alex Descends into Hell for a Bottle of Milk/Korova1
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Never Let Me Go (Bono & The MDH Band)
Stateless
Falling at Your Feet (Bono & Daniel Lanois)
Dancin' Shoes (Bono & The MDH Band)
Be There (Demo)
Beat on the Brat
When Love Comes to Town (Live from the Kingdom Mix)
Paint it Black
Can't Help Falling in Love (Triple Peaks Mix)
Fortunate Son

LIVE TRACKS

Love Rescue Me (with Ziggy Marley, 10-16-88)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (09-23-97)
Silver Lining (02-26-80)
Speed of Life (02-26-80)
The Magic Carpet (02-26-80)
Trevor (02-26-80)
Pete the Chop (02-26-80)
The Dream is Over (02-26-80)
Jack in the Box (02-26-80)
Please (07-18-97)
Where the Streets Have No Name (07-18-97)
Bullet the Blue Sky (08-28-93)
Love is Blindness (08-30-92)
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (03-21-85)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (05-17-86)
Maggie's Farm (05-17-86)
Help! (06-15-86)
Sun City (with Lou Reed, Ruben Blades, Nona Hendryx, and Steve Van Zandt, 06-15-86)

So yeah, PM me if you're interested and as soon as I know whether or not it works, I'll let you know.

Listening to Streets live is a sublime experience. That guarantees them a place in my heart forever even if there was nothing else.

Wow, that looks like quite the haul. Thanks again, Lament!

The first show i saw from this guys...back in 06, was a really different experience when it comes to live music. I realize how good The Edge is after watching him playing live.

Didn't see this posted yet. Its from the Mandela official soundtrack.

I'm a casual U2 fan but that new song is the most U2 by numbers track they've probably ever recorded.

City of Blinding lights is a brilliant tune.

Y'know, it didn't dawn on me, but am I breaking board protocol with my last post? I can edit it accordingly if I am.

These are sounding great so far. Plus, now that I have Lament's email address, I can start copying him on all those funny email forwards I get from my mom.

Kevin Davis wrote:I can start copying him on all those funny email forwards I get from my mom.

And they said my master plan wouldn't work out.

this thread inspired to me to listen to this bootleg gem today

doug rr wrote:this thread inspired to me to listen to this bootleg gem today

Great Bootleg...awesome. My favorite era from U2.

Yes! That is an awesome bootleg. I should try to find a digital copy of it; Mine is a cassette.

Another one for Strat's "stripped down" files:

I've always thought that was a beautiful song. When he wrote it he apparently sent it Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson. The version Willie Nelson did a few years later never really hit the spot for me. I think Johnny Cash would have done nicely with it though.

I just want to give props to The Wanderer. What a fantastic track.

Definitely one of their absolute best songs. And Bono's favorite U2 song as well, supposedly.

(Or at least at one point it was. He's also called both I'm Not Your Baby and Stay the best thing they've ever done at other points. Which just shows he has better taste in U2 songs than most U2 fans do...)

Bob Loblaw wrote:Listening to Streets live is a sublime experience. That guarantees them a place in my heart forever even if there was nothing else.

'That song is when god enters the room'

VinylGuy wrote:I liked the last album..it was pretty cool, they quit that idea of them rocking and went for something else, it might be flawed, and that first single was awful, but songs like Breathe put a smile in my face.

There were just too many moments that made me roll my eyes. My god, the lyrics to Unknown Caller are just so painfully stupid.

yeah, I would probably be willing to say that Unknown Caller might very well be the worst song in their album catalog.

lament, the U2 b-sides have, for the most part, not really grabbed me. If you were going to pick 5, what would they be?