Contiene anche due inediti, E non volo (scritto da Tozzi con Graziano Giacomello e Roberto Pacco) e Angelita (scritto da Tozzi per il testo e da Federica Camba e Sergio Vinci per la musica).
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Umberto Tozzi "The Best"
The Best è un album raccolta del cantante italiano Umberto Tozzi uscito nel 2002 che arriva in quinta posizione in Italia ed in nona in Vallonia (in Belgio).
Contiene anche due inediti, E non volo (scritto da Tozzi con Graziano Giacomello e Roberto Pacco) e Angelita (scritto da Tozzi per il testo e da Federica Camba e Sergio Vinci per la musica).
Contiene anche due inediti, E non volo (scritto da Tozzi con Graziano Giacomello e Roberto Pacco) e Angelita (scritto da Tozzi per il testo e da Federica Camba e Sergio Vinci per la musica).
Umberto Tozzi "Notte Rosa"
Notte rosa è il settimo album di Umberto Tozzi, pubblicato per la CGD nel 1981.
Nato durante un ritiro in Maremma, si tratta forse del disco più innovativo di Tozzi. I testi e i brani sono firmati da Tozzi e Giancarlo Bigazzi (che ha curato anche la produzione), mentre gli arrangiamenti di Greg Mathieson danno all'album un'atmosfera particolare, che ben si adatta alle tematiche, che hanno come denominatore comune la notte, la passione erotica e atmosfere decadenti tardo-romantiche. Per rendere al meglio queste suggestioni, gli arrangiamenti sono molto raffinati, i timbri caldi con l'uso accentuato dei bassi, e delle percussioni effettate. Le tonalità delle canzoni sono spesso in minore, in pieno spirito new-romantic. A livello vocale, prosegue la ricerca sul falsetto, mentre i testi parlano, forse più di sempre, anche di amore fisico e di situazioni vagamente trasgressive, il tutto condito con un linguaggio elegante, sempre lirico e creativo, degno del miglior Tozzi e del miglior Bigazzi. L'espressione chiave dell'album è sempre "far l'amore", che ricorre tante volte, ma soprattutto nella title track omonima Notte rosa.
Risalta molto la figura femminile che prende vari nomi e caratteristiche, soprattutto l'evanescenza e la fuggevolezza. Vi sono spesso situazioni di solitudine e di desiderio frustrato. Barbara descrive una donna misteriosa, ambigua sfuggente che fa soffrire il suo uomo che la cerca, Amantenova è invece un'amante che fa morir d'amore dopo un over-dose di vov il protagonista. In Superlady compare in sordina un rapporto sado-maso soft, con una donna che tiene prigioniero fra i propri piedi a far l'amore. Roma Nord è autobiografica e tratta del rapporto di Tozzi con la propria donna e delle sue trasferte notturne verso Roma in macchina, durante le quali sogna di abbracciarla. Completano il disco Per Angela, Amico pianoforte (una dedica poetica al pianoforte e alla musica che vengono personificati, ma sullo sfondo c'è sempre la lei di turno), Please e Marea, che raccontano in forme diverse la ricerca, la perdita o la paura dell'abbandono di un uomo verso una donna.
Nato durante un ritiro in Maremma, si tratta forse del disco più innovativo di Tozzi. I testi e i brani sono firmati da Tozzi e Giancarlo Bigazzi (che ha curato anche la produzione), mentre gli arrangiamenti di Greg Mathieson danno all'album un'atmosfera particolare, che ben si adatta alle tematiche, che hanno come denominatore comune la notte, la passione erotica e atmosfere decadenti tardo-romantiche. Per rendere al meglio queste suggestioni, gli arrangiamenti sono molto raffinati, i timbri caldi con l'uso accentuato dei bassi, e delle percussioni effettate. Le tonalità delle canzoni sono spesso in minore, in pieno spirito new-romantic. A livello vocale, prosegue la ricerca sul falsetto, mentre i testi parlano, forse più di sempre, anche di amore fisico e di situazioni vagamente trasgressive, il tutto condito con un linguaggio elegante, sempre lirico e creativo, degno del miglior Tozzi e del miglior Bigazzi. L'espressione chiave dell'album è sempre "far l'amore", che ricorre tante volte, ma soprattutto nella title track omonima Notte rosa.
Risalta molto la figura femminile che prende vari nomi e caratteristiche, soprattutto l'evanescenza e la fuggevolezza. Vi sono spesso situazioni di solitudine e di desiderio frustrato. Barbara descrive una donna misteriosa, ambigua sfuggente che fa soffrire il suo uomo che la cerca, Amantenova è invece un'amante che fa morir d'amore dopo un over-dose di vov il protagonista. In Superlady compare in sordina un rapporto sado-maso soft, con una donna che tiene prigioniero fra i propri piedi a far l'amore. Roma Nord è autobiografica e tratta del rapporto di Tozzi con la propria donna e delle sue trasferte notturne verso Roma in macchina, durante le quali sogna di abbracciarla. Completano il disco Per Angela, Amico pianoforte (una dedica poetica al pianoforte e alla musica che vengono personificati, ma sullo sfondo c'è sempre la lei di turno), Please e Marea, che raccontano in forme diverse la ricerca, la perdita o la paura dell'abbandono di un uomo verso una donna.
Umberto Tozzi "Stella Stai (Single & Video)"
Stella stai/Gabbie è un singolo del cantautore italiano Umberto Tozzi, pubblicato su vinile a 45 giri nel 1980.
Entrambi i brani, scritti da Tozzi e Giancarlo Bigazzi, sono tratti dall'album Tozzi, dello stesso anno.
Durante il mese di luglio di quell'anno il singolo ha raggiunto la posizione numero 3 della classifica dei più venduti in Italia ed in Svizzera.
Entrambi i brani, scritti da Tozzi e Giancarlo Bigazzi, sono tratti dall'album Tozzi, dello stesso anno.
Durante il mese di luglio di quell'anno il singolo ha raggiunto la posizione numero 3 della classifica dei più venduti in Italia ed in Svizzera.
Umberto Tozzi "Tozzi"
Tozzi, pubblicato nel 1980, è un album del cantautore torinese Umberto Tozzi. È conosciuto anche come "Poste '80" perché la copertina riproduce un francobollo con la foto di Tozzi abbigliato in stile country-rock con il timbro omonimo, per l'appunto.
Con questo lavoro a forte impronta rock, il cantante continua la collaborazione con Greg Mathieson (arrangiatore di Gloria).Si tratta di un album molto americano e internazionale nella sua concezione, con musiche all'avanguardia come sempre. Lo staff dei musicisti è in parte uguale a quello di Gloria. Tozzi chiude anche il ciclo delle "canzoni per l'estate", aprendone un altro, più introspettivo e con ambizioni cantautorali; Tozzi vuole dimostrare al pubblico di saper fare anche musica d'autore di qualità e non soltanto "da Festivalbar". I testi hanno una cura particolare in questo senso, anche se non mancano i soliti brani estivi, che efficacemente si sposano con parole e temi più impegnati, senza appesantire la musicalità e la metrica, che rimane la più internazionale possibile, pensata su misura per un rock anglosassone ed esportabile.
L'hit di lancio è Stella stai che partecipa al Festivalbar '80; fra le altre canzoni del 33 giri vi sono Gabbie, dedicato al mondo carcerario, con la chitarra di Lee Ritenour; A cosa servono le mani, con Giancarlo Bigazzi; Calma, dal taglio rock, Dimmi di no (un'altra grande hit), Nemico alcool che tratta del rapporto controverso con il vizio del bere e l'autobiografica Luci e ombre, testimonianza di un incidente stradale che Tozzi ebbe in Toscana. A questo disco seguì un tour che venne poi ripreso e registrato nel live In concerto nello stesso anno.
Con questo lavoro a forte impronta rock, il cantante continua la collaborazione con Greg Mathieson (arrangiatore di Gloria).Si tratta di un album molto americano e internazionale nella sua concezione, con musiche all'avanguardia come sempre. Lo staff dei musicisti è in parte uguale a quello di Gloria. Tozzi chiude anche il ciclo delle "canzoni per l'estate", aprendone un altro, più introspettivo e con ambizioni cantautorali; Tozzi vuole dimostrare al pubblico di saper fare anche musica d'autore di qualità e non soltanto "da Festivalbar". I testi hanno una cura particolare in questo senso, anche se non mancano i soliti brani estivi, che efficacemente si sposano con parole e temi più impegnati, senza appesantire la musicalità e la metrica, che rimane la più internazionale possibile, pensata su misura per un rock anglosassone ed esportabile.
L'hit di lancio è Stella stai che partecipa al Festivalbar '80; fra le altre canzoni del 33 giri vi sono Gabbie, dedicato al mondo carcerario, con la chitarra di Lee Ritenour; A cosa servono le mani, con Giancarlo Bigazzi; Calma, dal taglio rock, Dimmi di no (un'altra grande hit), Nemico alcool che tratta del rapporto controverso con il vizio del bere e l'autobiografica Luci e ombre, testimonianza di un incidente stradale che Tozzi ebbe in Toscana. A questo disco seguì un tour che venne poi ripreso e registrato nel live In concerto nello stesso anno.
Umberto Tozzi "Tu"
Tu è un album in studio del cantante italiano Umberto Tozzi, pubblicato nel 1978 dalla Compagnia Generale del Disco.
Leggenda vuole che quando il cantante torinese era alla Numero Uno, etichetta fondata da Lucio Battisti, scommise con lui che avrebbe dominato le classifiche con brani in giro armonico di base. E nel 1978 infatti uscì Tu, motivetto estivo ed orecchiabile che fece lievitare anche le vendite dell'LP.
Tuttavia nell'album sono presenti brani di notevole spessore come Tu domani, Zingaro e Perdendo Anna.
Leggenda vuole che quando il cantante torinese era alla Numero Uno, etichetta fondata da Lucio Battisti, scommise con lui che avrebbe dominato le classifiche con brani in giro armonico di base. E nel 1978 infatti uscì Tu, motivetto estivo ed orecchiabile che fece lievitare anche le vendite dell'LP.
Tuttavia nell'album sono presenti brani di notevole spessore come Tu domani, Zingaro e Perdendo Anna.
U2 "Rattle And Hum"
Rattle and Hum is the sixth studio album by Irish rock band U2, and a companion rockumentary film directed by Phil Joanou. The album was produced by Jimmy Iovine and was released on 10 October 1988, while the film was distributed by Paramount Pictures and was released on 27 October 1988. Following the breakthrough success of the band's previous studio album, The Joshua Tree, the Rattle and Hum project captures their continued experiences with American roots music on the Joshua Tree Tour, further incorporating elements of blues rock, folk rock, and gospel music into their sound. A collection of new studio tracks, live performances, and cover songs, the project includes recordings at Sun Studios in Memphis and collaborations with Bob Dylan, B. B. King, and Harlem's New Voices of Freedom gospel choir.
Although Rattle and Hum was intended to represent the band paying tribute to rock legends, some critics accused U2 of trying to place themselves amongst the ranks of these artists. Critical reception to both the album and the film was mixed; one Rolling Stone editor spoke of the album's "excitement", another described it as "misguided and bombastic". The film grossed just $8.6 million, but the album was a commercial success, reaching number one in several countries and selling 14 million copies. Lead single "Desire" became the band's first UK number-one song while reaching number three in the US. Facing creative stagnation and a critical backlash to Rattle and Hum, U2 reinvented themselves in the 1990s through a new musical direction and public image.
While in Hartford during the 1987 The Joshua Tree Tour, U2 met film director Phil Joanou who made an unsolicited pitch to the band to make a feature-length documentary about the tour. Joanou suggested they hire Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, or George Miller to direct the film. Joanou met the band again in Dublin to discuss the plans and again in France in September before the band chose him as director. The movie was originally titled U2 in the Americas and the band planned to film in Chicago and Buenos Aires later in the year. It was later decided that the Chicago venue wasn't suitable, and instead U2 used the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver to film. Following the success of Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky, which had been filmed in Denver four years earlier, the band hoped that "lightning might strike twice". With production problems and estimated costs of $1.2 million the band cancelled the plans for December concerts in South America. At the suggestions of concert promoter, Barry Fey, the band instead booked the Sun Devil Stadium in Arizona.
The movie is a rockumentary, which was initially financed by the band and intended to be screened in a small number of cinemas as an independent film. After going over budget, the film was bought by Paramount Pictures and released in theatres in 1988, before arriving on video in 1989. It was produced by Michael Hamlyn and directed by Phil Joanou. Paul Wasserman served as the publicist. It incorporates live footage with studio outtakes and band interviews. The album is a mix of live material and new studio recordings that furthers the band's experimentation with American music styles and recognises many of their musical influences. It was produced by Jimmy Iovine and also released in 1988.
The title, Rattle and Hum, is taken from a lyric from "Bullet the Blue Sky", the fourth track on The Joshua Tree. The image used for the album cover and movie poster, depicting Bono shining a spotlight on Edge as he plays, was inspired by a scene in the live performance of "Bullet the Blue Sky" recorded in the film and album, but was recreated in a stills studio, and photographed by Anton Corbijn. Several vinyl copies have the message "We Love You A.L.K." etched into side one, a reference to the band's production manager Anne Louise Kelly, who would be the subject of another secret dedication message on several CD copies of the band's later album, Pop.
The album opens with a live cover of The Beatles' "Helter Skelter". Its inclusion on the album was intended by the band to reflect the confusion of The Joshua Tree Tour and their new-found superstar status. Bono opens "Helter Skelter" with this statement: "this is a song Charles Manson stole from The Beatles ... we're stealing it back".
Bono said "Hawkmoon 269" was in part as a tribute to writer Sam Shepard, who had released a book entitled Hawk Moon. Bono also said that the band mixed the song 269 times. This was thought to be a joke for years until it was recently confirmed by The Edge in U2 by U2, who said that they spent three weeks mixing the song. He also contradicted Bono's assertion about Shepard, saying that Hawkmoon is a place in Rapid City, South Dakota, in the midwestern United States.
The album contains a live version of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower", which can be seen as a dual tribute to Dylan and to Jimi Hendrix, who popularised the song with his own blistering rendition. Aside from the covers, a couple of songs were written for other artists. "Angel of Harlem" is a vivacious, horn-filled tribute to Billie Holiday. The bass-heavy "God Part II" is an introduction to the Achtung Baby sound, and is a sequel of sorts to John Lennon's "God", his stark denunciation of everyone from Elvis Presley to Jesus Christ.
The punchy lead single, "Desire", sports a Bo Diddley beat. During the Joshua Tree tour, in mid-November 1987, Bono and Bob Dylan met in Los Angeles; together they wrote a song called "Prisoner of Love" which later became "Love Rescue Me". Dylan sang lead vocals on the original recording, a version which Bono called "astonishing", but Dylan later asked U2 not to use it citing commitments to The Traveling Wilburys. The live performance of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (recorded with a full church choir) is a gospel song. "When Love Comes to Town" is a blues rocker featuring B.B. King on guitar and vocals.
U2 recorded "Angel of Harlem", "Desire", "Love Rescue Me" and "When Love Comes to Town" at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and many others also recorded. They also recorded an unreleased version of "She's a Mystery to Me" and Woody Guthrie's "Jesus Christ", which appeared on Folkways: A Vision Shared. The band started writing "Heartland", in 1984 during The Unforgettable Fire sessions, and it was worked on during The Joshua Tree sessions. All of the studio tracks apart from "Heartland" were performed in concert on the Lovetown Tour, which began almost a year after Rattle and Hum's release
The band chose to film the black-and-white footage over two nights at Denver's McNichols Sports Arena on 7 and 8 November 1987. They chose the city following the success of their U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky video which was filmed in Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Denver in 1983. "We thought lightning might strike twice" said guitarist the Edge. The first night's performance was disappointing with Bono finding the cameras infringing on his ability to play to the crowd. The second Denver show was far more successful and seven songs from the show are used in the film, and three on the album.
Hours before the second Denver performance, an IRA bomb killed eleven people at a Remembrance Day ceremony in the Northern Irish town of Enniskillen (see Remembrance Day Bombing). During a performance of "Sunday Bloody Sunday", which appears on the film, Bono condemned the violence in a furious mid-song rant in which he yelled "Fuck the revolution." So powerful was the performance, that the band said they were not sure the song should have been used in the film, and after watching the film, they considered not playing it on future tours.
Colour outdoor concert footage is from the band's Tempe, Arizona shows on 19 December 1987 and 20 December 1987. Tickets were sold for $5.00 each and both nights sold out within days. The set was different each night with the band throwing in some rarely performed songs including, "Out of Control", "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)", "One Tree Hill", and "Mothers of the Disappeared". For the latter, all four members played at the front of the stage, each under a large spotlight.
The performance of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" is from the band's impromptu "Save the Yuppies" concert in Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco, California on 11 November 1987. The video intersperses the performance of the song with footage from the band's performance of "Pride" from the same show, during which Bono spray-painted "Rock and Roll Stops the Traffic" on the Vaillancourt Fountain. This caused a bit of controversy, and ultimately, the band paid to repair the damage and publicly apologised for the incident. The phrase "Rock and Roll Stops the Traffic" reappeared 18 years later in the video "All Because of You" when an unnamed fan appeared with the sign at 1:55 in the video.[14] It also reappeared in February 2009, when the band played on the rooftop of the BBC Radio studios in Langham Place.
Dennis Bell, director of New York gospel choir The New Voices of Freedom, recorded a demo of a gospel version of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". While in Glasgow in late July during the Joshua Tree Tour, Rob Partridge of Island Records played the demo for the band. In late September, U2 rehearsed with Bell's choir in a Harlem church, and a few days later they performed the song together at U2's Madison Square Garden concert. Footage of the rehearsal is featured in the movie, while the Madison Square Garden performance appears on the album. After the church rehearsal, U2 walked around the Harlem neighbourhood where they come across blues duo, Satan and Adam, playing in the street. A 40-second clip of them playing their composition, "Freedom for My People", appears on both the movie and the album.
During "Silver and Gold", Bono explains that the song is an attack on apartheid. "The Star Spangled Banner" is an excerpt of Jimi Hendrix's famous Woodstock performance in 1969. The noise of the crowd was sampled extensively by The KLF for 'the Stadium House Trilogy' of singles on their 1990 album The White Room.
Alternative live concert footage captured for the film in other cities during the 1987 tour (but ultimately not used for the final cut of the film) included:
Foxboro, Massachusetts, Foxboro Stadium, 22 September 1987
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, JFK Stadium, 25 September 1987
New York, NY, Madison Square Garden, 28 September 1987
Long Island, New York, Rehearsals on a beach, 19 October 1987
Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Garden, 18 September 1987 (color footage)
Although Rattle and Hum was intended to represent the band paying tribute to rock legends, some critics accused U2 of trying to place themselves amongst the ranks of these artists. Critical reception to both the album and the film was mixed; one Rolling Stone editor spoke of the album's "excitement", another described it as "misguided and bombastic". The film grossed just $8.6 million, but the album was a commercial success, reaching number one in several countries and selling 14 million copies. Lead single "Desire" became the band's first UK number-one song while reaching number three in the US. Facing creative stagnation and a critical backlash to Rattle and Hum, U2 reinvented themselves in the 1990s through a new musical direction and public image.
While in Hartford during the 1987 The Joshua Tree Tour, U2 met film director Phil Joanou who made an unsolicited pitch to the band to make a feature-length documentary about the tour. Joanou suggested they hire Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, or George Miller to direct the film. Joanou met the band again in Dublin to discuss the plans and again in France in September before the band chose him as director. The movie was originally titled U2 in the Americas and the band planned to film in Chicago and Buenos Aires later in the year. It was later decided that the Chicago venue wasn't suitable, and instead U2 used the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver to film. Following the success of Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky, which had been filmed in Denver four years earlier, the band hoped that "lightning might strike twice". With production problems and estimated costs of $1.2 million the band cancelled the plans for December concerts in South America. At the suggestions of concert promoter, Barry Fey, the band instead booked the Sun Devil Stadium in Arizona.
The movie is a rockumentary, which was initially financed by the band and intended to be screened in a small number of cinemas as an independent film. After going over budget, the film was bought by Paramount Pictures and released in theatres in 1988, before arriving on video in 1989. It was produced by Michael Hamlyn and directed by Phil Joanou. Paul Wasserman served as the publicist. It incorporates live footage with studio outtakes and band interviews. The album is a mix of live material and new studio recordings that furthers the band's experimentation with American music styles and recognises many of their musical influences. It was produced by Jimmy Iovine and also released in 1988.
The title, Rattle and Hum, is taken from a lyric from "Bullet the Blue Sky", the fourth track on The Joshua Tree. The image used for the album cover and movie poster, depicting Bono shining a spotlight on Edge as he plays, was inspired by a scene in the live performance of "Bullet the Blue Sky" recorded in the film and album, but was recreated in a stills studio, and photographed by Anton Corbijn. Several vinyl copies have the message "We Love You A.L.K." etched into side one, a reference to the band's production manager Anne Louise Kelly, who would be the subject of another secret dedication message on several CD copies of the band's later album, Pop.
The album opens with a live cover of The Beatles' "Helter Skelter". Its inclusion on the album was intended by the band to reflect the confusion of The Joshua Tree Tour and their new-found superstar status. Bono opens "Helter Skelter" with this statement: "this is a song Charles Manson stole from The Beatles ... we're stealing it back".
Bono said "Hawkmoon 269" was in part as a tribute to writer Sam Shepard, who had released a book entitled Hawk Moon. Bono also said that the band mixed the song 269 times. This was thought to be a joke for years until it was recently confirmed by The Edge in U2 by U2, who said that they spent three weeks mixing the song. He also contradicted Bono's assertion about Shepard, saying that Hawkmoon is a place in Rapid City, South Dakota, in the midwestern United States.
The album contains a live version of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower", which can be seen as a dual tribute to Dylan and to Jimi Hendrix, who popularised the song with his own blistering rendition. Aside from the covers, a couple of songs were written for other artists. "Angel of Harlem" is a vivacious, horn-filled tribute to Billie Holiday. The bass-heavy "God Part II" is an introduction to the Achtung Baby sound, and is a sequel of sorts to John Lennon's "God", his stark denunciation of everyone from Elvis Presley to Jesus Christ.
The punchy lead single, "Desire", sports a Bo Diddley beat. During the Joshua Tree tour, in mid-November 1987, Bono and Bob Dylan met in Los Angeles; together they wrote a song called "Prisoner of Love" which later became "Love Rescue Me". Dylan sang lead vocals on the original recording, a version which Bono called "astonishing", but Dylan later asked U2 not to use it citing commitments to The Traveling Wilburys. The live performance of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (recorded with a full church choir) is a gospel song. "When Love Comes to Town" is a blues rocker featuring B.B. King on guitar and vocals.
U2 recorded "Angel of Harlem", "Desire", "Love Rescue Me" and "When Love Comes to Town" at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and many others also recorded. They also recorded an unreleased version of "She's a Mystery to Me" and Woody Guthrie's "Jesus Christ", which appeared on Folkways: A Vision Shared. The band started writing "Heartland", in 1984 during The Unforgettable Fire sessions, and it was worked on during The Joshua Tree sessions. All of the studio tracks apart from "Heartland" were performed in concert on the Lovetown Tour, which began almost a year after Rattle and Hum's release
The band chose to film the black-and-white footage over two nights at Denver's McNichols Sports Arena on 7 and 8 November 1987. They chose the city following the success of their U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky video which was filmed in Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Denver in 1983. "We thought lightning might strike twice" said guitarist the Edge. The first night's performance was disappointing with Bono finding the cameras infringing on his ability to play to the crowd. The second Denver show was far more successful and seven songs from the show are used in the film, and three on the album.
Hours before the second Denver performance, an IRA bomb killed eleven people at a Remembrance Day ceremony in the Northern Irish town of Enniskillen (see Remembrance Day Bombing). During a performance of "Sunday Bloody Sunday", which appears on the film, Bono condemned the violence in a furious mid-song rant in which he yelled "Fuck the revolution." So powerful was the performance, that the band said they were not sure the song should have been used in the film, and after watching the film, they considered not playing it on future tours.
Colour outdoor concert footage is from the band's Tempe, Arizona shows on 19 December 1987 and 20 December 1987. Tickets were sold for $5.00 each and both nights sold out within days. The set was different each night with the band throwing in some rarely performed songs including, "Out of Control", "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)", "One Tree Hill", and "Mothers of the Disappeared". For the latter, all four members played at the front of the stage, each under a large spotlight.
The performance of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" is from the band's impromptu "Save the Yuppies" concert in Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco, California on 11 November 1987. The video intersperses the performance of the song with footage from the band's performance of "Pride" from the same show, during which Bono spray-painted "Rock and Roll Stops the Traffic" on the Vaillancourt Fountain. This caused a bit of controversy, and ultimately, the band paid to repair the damage and publicly apologised for the incident. The phrase "Rock and Roll Stops the Traffic" reappeared 18 years later in the video "All Because of You" when an unnamed fan appeared with the sign at 1:55 in the video.[14] It also reappeared in February 2009, when the band played on the rooftop of the BBC Radio studios in Langham Place.
Dennis Bell, director of New York gospel choir The New Voices of Freedom, recorded a demo of a gospel version of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". While in Glasgow in late July during the Joshua Tree Tour, Rob Partridge of Island Records played the demo for the band. In late September, U2 rehearsed with Bell's choir in a Harlem church, and a few days later they performed the song together at U2's Madison Square Garden concert. Footage of the rehearsal is featured in the movie, while the Madison Square Garden performance appears on the album. After the church rehearsal, U2 walked around the Harlem neighbourhood where they come across blues duo, Satan and Adam, playing in the street. A 40-second clip of them playing their composition, "Freedom for My People", appears on both the movie and the album.
During "Silver and Gold", Bono explains that the song is an attack on apartheid. "The Star Spangled Banner" is an excerpt of Jimi Hendrix's famous Woodstock performance in 1969. The noise of the crowd was sampled extensively by The KLF for 'the Stadium House Trilogy' of singles on their 1990 album The White Room.
Alternative live concert footage captured for the film in other cities during the 1987 tour (but ultimately not used for the final cut of the film) included:
Foxboro, Massachusetts, Foxboro Stadium, 22 September 1987
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, JFK Stadium, 25 September 1987
New York, NY, Madison Square Garden, 28 September 1987
Long Island, New York, Rehearsals on a beach, 19 October 1987
Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Garden, 18 September 1987 (color footage)
U2 "Desire (Single & Video)"
"Desire" is a song by Irish rock band U2 and the third track on their 1988 album, Rattle and Hum. Released as the album's lead single, "Desire" was the band's first number-one single in the UK and Australia. It reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S., and topped both the Modern and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, the first song to reach the top of both of these charts simultaneously. It reached number two on the Dutch Top 40. At the 31st Annual Grammy Awards, "Desire" won the 1988 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
U2 cite the Stooges' song "1969" as the primary influence on "Desire," which is an interpolation of the Bo Diddley beat. The band originally recorded a demo of the song at STS Studios in Dublin. After re-recording it at A&M Studios in Los Angeles, they agreed it sounded "tighter and more accurate", but according to guitarist the Edge, "it lacked feel". As a result, they abandoned the re-recording in favour of the original demo.
"Desire" debuted live on the first night of the Lovetown Tour on 21 September 1989, and appeared at almost every concert on that tour. It segued into a cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower".
On the Zoo TV Tour, "Desire" was re-invented with different effects on the Edge's guitar, and it opened most encores. Bono would use the song to accentuate characteristics of his onstage alteregos Mirrorball Man and MacPhisto. On the PopMart Tour, Bono and the Edge would play the song acoustically. For the Elevation Tour, it was a stripped-down electric version played at the tip of a heart-shaped walkway that extended into the audience. Adam Clayton would join in with bass just before the bridge, and Larry Mullen, Jr. played along on a single drum.
On 15 October 2004, at an appearance on British television promoting the How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb album, Bono and Edge performed a rough electric version. On the Vertigo Tour, "Desire" was not played at all on the tour's first three legs, and appeared just once in an acoustic form on the fourth leg in response to a fan's request in São Paulo. It made a full electric debut at the beginning of the fifth leg at the second show in Sydney; this performance was ramshackle and it was refined before appearing at four subsequent concerts. "Desire" was played sporadically during the U2 360° Tour tour, usually played in a semi-acoustic form. On one occasion, it was combined with Bruce Springsteen's "She's the One." It has been played semi-regularly on the Innocence + Experience Tour during their b-stage set, often with Bono bringing someone from the crowd to play guitar with the band.
"Desire"'s B-side "Hallelujah (Here She Comes)" has never been played in full live by U2 but was debatably snippeted once during "Bullet the Blue Sky."
"Desire" has appeared on two U2 compilation albums, The Best of 1980-1990 and U218 Singles.
An early version of the song appears in the form of a studio performance in the Rattle and Hum film. "Desire" has furthermore appeared on Zoo TV: Live from Sydney (as a bonus track from a different concert), PopMart: Live from Mexico City, Elevation 2001: Live from Boston, and U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland.
The music video for "Desire" was filmed in Hollywood, California and directed by Richard Lowenstein and Lynn-Maree Milburn. It is the Hollywood remix version of the song, with band members and local people in assorted places in the city, supplemented by random images pertaining to references in the song.
U2 cite the Stooges' song "1969" as the primary influence on "Desire," which is an interpolation of the Bo Diddley beat. The band originally recorded a demo of the song at STS Studios in Dublin. After re-recording it at A&M Studios in Los Angeles, they agreed it sounded "tighter and more accurate", but according to guitarist the Edge, "it lacked feel". As a result, they abandoned the re-recording in favour of the original demo.
"Desire" debuted live on the first night of the Lovetown Tour on 21 September 1989, and appeared at almost every concert on that tour. It segued into a cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower".
On the Zoo TV Tour, "Desire" was re-invented with different effects on the Edge's guitar, and it opened most encores. Bono would use the song to accentuate characteristics of his onstage alteregos Mirrorball Man and MacPhisto. On the PopMart Tour, Bono and the Edge would play the song acoustically. For the Elevation Tour, it was a stripped-down electric version played at the tip of a heart-shaped walkway that extended into the audience. Adam Clayton would join in with bass just before the bridge, and Larry Mullen, Jr. played along on a single drum.
On 15 October 2004, at an appearance on British television promoting the How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb album, Bono and Edge performed a rough electric version. On the Vertigo Tour, "Desire" was not played at all on the tour's first three legs, and appeared just once in an acoustic form on the fourth leg in response to a fan's request in São Paulo. It made a full electric debut at the beginning of the fifth leg at the second show in Sydney; this performance was ramshackle and it was refined before appearing at four subsequent concerts. "Desire" was played sporadically during the U2 360° Tour tour, usually played in a semi-acoustic form. On one occasion, it was combined with Bruce Springsteen's "She's the One." It has been played semi-regularly on the Innocence + Experience Tour during their b-stage set, often with Bono bringing someone from the crowd to play guitar with the band.
"Desire"'s B-side "Hallelujah (Here She Comes)" has never been played in full live by U2 but was debatably snippeted once during "Bullet the Blue Sky."
"Desire" has appeared on two U2 compilation albums, The Best of 1980-1990 and U218 Singles.
An early version of the song appears in the form of a studio performance in the Rattle and Hum film. "Desire" has furthermore appeared on Zoo TV: Live from Sydney (as a bonus track from a different concert), PopMart: Live from Mexico City, Elevation 2001: Live from Boston, and U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland.
The music video for "Desire" was filmed in Hollywood, California and directed by Richard Lowenstein and Lynn-Maree Milburn. It is the Hollywood remix version of the song, with band members and local people in assorted places in the city, supplemented by random images pertaining to references in the song.
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