Durante a carreira, sempre foi hábito do U2 usar, durante seus shows, trechos de outras canções durante alguma parte das próprias músicas – os chamados “snippets”. Listamos alguns momentos de destaque em que isso ocorreu. Confira a seguir:
10 - I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For / Exodus
17/12/1989 - Dublin, Irlanda – Point Depot
“Exodus,
Movement of Jah people!
Exodus,
Movement of Jah people!
all right, all right!”
(Bob Marley)
09 - Discothèque / Love To Love You Baby / Shiny Happy People / Life During Wartime / Stayin' Alive
26/11/1997 - Atlanta, EUA - Georgia Dome
[1:23:00]
“This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
This ain't no fooling around
This ain't no Mudd Club, or C. B. G. B.,
I ain't got time for that now”
(Talking Heads)
08 - Discothèque / Black Betty / Stayin’ Alive
25/02/1998 - Brisbane, Austrália - ANZ Stadium
[1:42:40]
“Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive”
(Bee Gees)
07 - Hawkmoon 269 / Desire / Running To Stand Still
12/07/2001 - Colônia, Alemanha - Koln Arena
“Like a desert needs rain
Like a town needs a name
I need your love
Like a drifter needs a room
Hawkmoon
I need your love
I need your love
Like a rhythm unbroken
Like drums in the night
Like sweet soul music
Like sunlight
I need your love
Like thunder needs rain
Like a preacher needs pain
Like tongues of flame
Like a sheet stained
I need your love
I need your love
Like powder needs a spark
Like lies need the dark
I need your love”
06 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / In A Little While
19/12/2005 - Portland, EUA - Rose Garden
[20:18]
“In a little while
Surely you'll be mine
In a little while, I'll be there
In a little while
This hurt will hurt no more
I'll be home, love
When the night takes a deep breath
And the daylight has no air
If I crawl, if I come crawling home
Will you be there?”
05 - Beautiful Day / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / Blackbird
25/10/2005 - Auburn Hills, EUA - Palace Of Auburn Hills
[33:40]
“We're Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
We hope you will enjoy the show
We're Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sit back and let the evening go
Sgt. Pepper's lonely, Sgt. Pepper's lonely”
(The Beatles)
04 - The Fly / I Can’t Get No
02/03/2006 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - River Plate Stadium
“I can't get no satisfaction,
I can't get no satisfaction.”
(The Rolling Stones)
03 - Sunday Bloody Sunday / Rock The Casbah
20/10/2009 - Glendale, EUA - University of Phoenix Stadium
“The Shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
The Shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah“
(The Clash)
02 - Sunday Bloody Sunday / Get Up Stand Up
06/09/2010 - Istambul, Turquia - Atatürk Olympic Stadium
“Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!”
(Bob Marley)
01 - Vertigo / Teenage Kicks
30/03/2011 - La Plata, Argentina - Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
“Are teenage dreams so hard to beat?
Everytime she walks down the street
Another girl in the neighbourhood
Wish she was mine, she looks so good”
(The Undertones)
Percebam que, na maioria das vezes, os snippets não são apenas escolhas aleatórias, mas sim um complemento ao contexto da canção executada no momento. Detalhes narrativos como esses tornam a experiência de ouvir U2 algo mais incrível ainda.
Em breve a parte 2 desse especial. Aguardem.
