HOLY SH*T! | Lyric ANALYSIS of "Beautiful Day" by U2
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Just saw Bonos book tour a couple of days ago and he played a new version of this song with just piano, drums and a cello and it’s an incredible version - hopefully released soon
He was absolutely spectacular, I saw him in La and was blown away 🥰
@@nellyweini8188 I am not at all jealous of you guys. No not me. 😅
@@lauraallen55 I was very lucky that I was invited from one of my U2 sisters, those tickets were rare and sold out in a heartbeat. I really hope they come out with a DVD. I know there is going to come the album with the new recorded 40 songs he is mentioning in the book. You will be blown away 🥰
@@nellyweini8188 I'm sure I will be! I only got to see them once for Elevation tour and that was mind-bendingly good. I took someone who was ambivalent about U2 and they were blown-away and turned into an instant fan of them LMAO!
I believe the new songs were made into 2 albums though weren't they? I saw that Bono has said they have two albums worth of songs they've recorded.
@@lauraallen55 the next album is going to be called “Surrender ” and will be connected with the re-recorded song from the book tour. The other album that will come sometime after that it’s going to be called “ Songs of Ascent” and that one will have complete new songs. So exciting!!! They’re going to have some shows in Vegas starting toward the end of next year. I’m really worried about those ticket prices!
Hard to think that this song and ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND album are 22 years old now
I think you hit on something that's hard to explain about Bono's voice and what he does with it and Edge's tone. They are masterful at whatever it is they're doing 100%. I'm no singer or guitar player but they have a certain ability to make the songs come across in whatever way they want to to the listener. It's a skill (plus talent obviously). That skill has been refined in this song and others of that time across 25 years. I would really like for you to see so much more of their live stuff. Bad was just them at the near-beginning. They learned more and more about how to be their best in front of an audience as they grew and over time. They were always amazingly good in front of audiences because of their raw talent, but it did get refined of course over time naturally. I would dearly love for you to see some early live performances such as at Red Rocks, and then some middle like with ZooTV and then later ones like at Slane Castle or Boston.
I've mentioned ZooTv a few times. It was them deciding in the 90s to do something completely different, and not just for them, for music/entertainment as a whole. They nearly went bankrupt doing it in fact. The band has said they wanted to stop taking themselves seriously after Joshua Tree and all that came before, and make an opportunity to just let go and be anyone or anything they'd ever wanted to be, individually and together. You might say there was a 5th member for ZooTV as there were TV cameras and 'news' programs bits across the screen and messages that Bono interacted with. He also dressed as a character. You will have to see it to believe it. You've mentioned you like a lot of their videos because they're trippy. Their trippiest video will seem like nothing in comparison. The whole thing was something never done before. Today it still seems modern and innovative. It's very compelling to watch. I would go out on a limb and say that if you started watching it you would not want to stop lol!
I got a video of my first time skydiving over the beach, ocean as far as you can see, and this song playing in the background. I'll always get such an epic feeling from this song
Hey Anton, it's great to see your way down the U2 rabbit hole. As someone alredy told you tour supuse watch U2 live, it's another level! And also you might wanna check the Pop álbum which is so underrated even by the band themselves, songs like Mofo, If God will send his angels, last night on earth, please, etc
He's only seen one live by them - the one at Live Aid, but the owners of the footage blocked it.
Those you mentioned from Pop are really good. Unfortunately, even though there are loads of live performances on here, they don't all have one million views. MoFo is another one about Bono's mom. I think that's a recurring theme in a lot of lyrics for him. I know she's the subject of at least 4 songs.
@@lauraallen55 Bono's mom is a theme of U2's carreer ajjaaajja there are loads of songs about her.
@@chrisberol for sure there were 4 songs, and plenty on parts of songs. 14 would be a really rough age to lose one's mother.
This one of my “happy-feel good songs” Aren’t they amazing? 😍😍😍😍 You say they make you feel relaxed, it’s true! And peaceful too. They’re music is simply magical 🎵 The song you couldn’t think of is “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”
It made you happy too 😜🤪
@@nellyweini8188 yeah, clearly agree
Another favorite U2 song - Every Breaking Wave, especially the 2014 MTV VMAs version. Gorgeous, epic song, and Bono's voice is amazing.
Yes!!!! One of the best versions of one of the best songs ever!!
One of my favourite U2 songs
I get the relaxed feeling you spoke of....i think it's kind of a trade mark for u2. There are a few songs that drive but you can feel their enjoyment of the music....the ease of their instruments. It's just a laid back ty for the day. Anyway maybe I'm nuts I don't explain myself well. Love u2 and your reaction. Rock on👍❤
“Gloria” from 1982’s “October” album.
Great reaction and read into the song. A common thread in U2 lyrically and sonically is very much what you are getting at. Many of their songs like Beautiful Day are indeed anthemic, yet there is a groundedness to them. The rhythm is usually driving, and Edge hits those higher notes that ring out and echo, yet het tends to counter that with a more choppy sound . Lyrically U2 rarely just sing happy everything is perfect songs. People assume, because the chorus/title that it is just a lightweight superficial high. Yet, it is sunshine and rainbows. It AFTER THE FLOOD, all the colors came out. There is work/challenge/obstacle, U2 songs take you with them on a journey. "The heart is a bloom,
Shoots up through the STONY GROUND. It's never as simple as things are always happy and here are a bunch of catchphrases you can plaster in cursive on your wall. they may have a few like that, like maybe Wild Honey (even Sweetest Thing with its saccharine sound has some sense of putting effort into getting that sweetness). Bono sings and emotes like he is reaching for the stars, but he also imbues a gravel and world-worn-tone, in addition to the entire band usually build up to just the edge of crescendo, and introducing one layer at a time.
they have songs that go outside of this: The Fly, Numb, Mothers of the Disappeared, Desire, Angel of Harlem, Raised by Wolves, Bullet the Blue Sky, Wire, Lemon, Gone, Blackout, Elevation... So many more, and all wildly different from the radio hits
It's very true that there's usually something uplifting in their lyrics and sound. But look closer and it's not all uplifting. There's groundedness, but also introspection and more to be found. Like you mentioned in one of the lyric examples, 'see the bird with the leaf in her mouth. After the flood all the colors came out' is both at first joyful, but then disappointing, but also poetic. There's usually poeticism in the lyrics in one way or another.
Edge is underrated by many when he is so skillful in setting and maintaining whatever mood the song requires. Larry and Adam, too, are always just right at doing what is needed from drums and bass. What they do, as Anton has indicated a few times, is deceptively simple, but never simplistic. And of course Bono with his voice. It's always been hard for me to describe, but it's very pleasant to listen to to many people. Most of all, I think he's just masterful at expressing whatever emotion he's feeling, but it isn't a conscious thing, which only adds to the attraction. And, he as a person has a great deal of magnetism. And, they all have an off the charts amount of passion for what they're doing. All of those things, plus knowing each other since they were literally children (and of course the talent) make for a winning combination.
Some of the songs you mention are so far removed from what Anton has heard from them I know he's be very surprised, and probably enjoy them. He has heard One and Mysterious Ways from Achtung Baby, but I had plans to show him much more from that album like The Fly, and Love Is Blindness, Zoo Station, and so on to get a bit of the other side of them. Bullet, Lemon, Desire also are all very different for them and not all in the same way. Luckily, he'll hear LIB (from ZooTV even - no time to ease him into that lol!) and Elevation next week. He's doing LIB because I won't get a chance to give him any or many of the others because of view counts and Elevation because it managed to win a vote over Where The Streets Have No Name, somehow...
So many people, when it comes to this band, say Joshua Tree is the pinnacle/best of them, and they hadn't even started to show what they had with that one. :)
@@lauraallen55 I LOVE Elevation. So many people think it's lightweight fluff. Perhaps. For a band that is renown for taking themselves too seriously, this is refreshing. It would be different if U2 has ALOT of these songs, but they don't. So a departure is very refreshing. So many things I love about Elevation. I mean, the hook, it's sup catchy. It's energetic yet not angsty (which is usually the go-to in higher intensity songs). It's fun! I've. It's a bit silly. Like all U2 songs, the lyrics make sense in serving the song. I've always thought of it as U2's version of a Ramones song. Fun, silly, not too serious, playful in sound and word choices, punchy, and chantable. AND pogo inducing.
@@MBeano Well said! I remember many people not liking Elevation as much as some others. But then a lot of people threw them over about Pop. I loved it the second I heard the opening notes and yeah yeah, hoo ooh LOL! It was one I remember where I was when I heard it first along with One (because wow), When The Stars Go Blue (also wow) and Sweetest Thing (very recognizably Bono, but this does not sound like a U2 song ha ha!)
I've heard some clips recorded by Edge and Adam about some of their songs and influences on Pandora U2 modes. They talked about the Ramones being a big influence on them. Edge or Adam, I don't recall who said they were ashamed to say that they even claimed at a very early point in their career to have written some of their songs. 😂
The video with Elevation is clever too. Can't wait to see and hear it recorded on Twitch next Tuesday! You should join in :)
@@lauraallen55 Im not on Twitch, perhaps I should look into joining :)
@@MBeano If you have Amazon Prime it's easy to do through there. You definitely should join. It's a lot of fun to chat with everyone and of course to see him record! :)
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Larry and Bono are epic in that song
Don’t know if you can watch this due to copyright but watching U2 live is a completely different experience. Tracks like Zoo Station, Fly, Mysterious Ways, Running to standstill, With or Without you and my personal favourite Love is Blindness. But also this concert has some rare tracks like Lemon and Dirty Day live.
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I had one last choice for a live song for Anton. I struggled with that, let me tell you! But, I settled on Love Is Blindness from ZooTv. If Anton was to listen to/watch one whole concert from them what would you choose? I'm torn between Zoo Sydney, Slane Castle, Red Rocks, and Elevation Boston. If he was to listen to one album it would be Achtung Baby for me (probably lol)!
Just checked your link. ZooTV has to be the winner. Was that Edge's soon to be wife in Sydney (or any of ZooTV concerts) for Mysterious Ways? Seems to me she joined the tour at some point. I had Mysterious Ways from that concert as a request and changed it to Love Is Blindness from the same concert because of Edge's solo. But I really wish I could request MW from it too (not enough views to do so or many others going forward sadly).
In any case, 100% he should watch your link someday. I've re-watched it again recently, and still want to again soon 😂
I love your analysis of whether or how their songs move upwards or forwards. The thing is that, like you said Larry's drum beat is very forward while Edge and Bono are driving upwards. Adam's bass is not always in line with Larry too. He does random things to his own rhythm sometimes but it's very short usually and nearly imperceptible. They can all be very nuances and subtle when they want. Larry, though, is very on point always. He is the youngest and only 14 when they met, yet he had a fair amount of experience even at that age. Bono has said he's a machine and never makes a mistake. While the others do a fair amount of playing around with effect, he doesn't.
This may help explain things a bit: Much of their early influences were British and Irish punk. Their sound wasn't punk, but you picked up on that influence without realizing it was there.
You also picked neatly up on how they're very good at evoking emotions. That plus them feeling the emotions that they're expressing is a really good combination for the listener.
Really loved this reaction.
I would recommend moment of surrender, lemon, or the troubles.
Awesome choices! I don't think I could list all those he should see/hear easily. lol! Lemon would be an absolute trip for him to see/hear. Well, anything from Zooropa or ZooTV or Pop for that matter. >.
lol of course its not real .... but just one of those iconic songs that really was needed back in 2001. Also if U2 tour again I am gonna have to insist you find a way to get to a show. While they are older the crowd and vibe I think you would just soak up.
They are planning a residency next summer in Las Vegas. 🤩
Yes, the planes are real and they're on the runway. Larry Mullen in talking to family was asked aren't you scared? To which he replied, there's been so many planes, I've gotten used to it.
Love your U2 reviews but your missing a trick when it comes to U2 songs . You have to see the live versions . U2 live are possibly the greatest act ever. These songs are a million times better live 👍
Sadly they get blocked on the channel
@@antonreactstorock Anton, their lives don't get blocked though! The Live Aid song was owned by whomever owns Live Aid footage, and it was them that blocked Bad. U2 doesn't block anything. They *give* their music away if anything. :)
And Christian is so very right about seeing more of them live. You think they're compelling and magnetic etc. already, but man, live is insane. You really do have to see more of them live. They have loads and loads of live performances on youtube, probably more than anyone if I was to guess. It's because they're so good live that there are so many. People can point you to the best stuff. I know someone who's pretty well versed in what to check out btw. ;-) Seriously, there is so much of them you have yet to experience. They changed what they did in the 90s then went back to some of their earlier sound in the early 2000s.
@@lauraallen55 Okay great to know :)
They played this song at JCPENNEY when I worked there.
You’re on to something with their sound. 🤓
I watch a lot of your content I hope one day you can review the song Army Of One by Chris Jericho.