February 08, 2006 / Los Angeles, CA Venue: Staples Center Main Set: Vertigo, One Comments: U2 performs at the 48th annual Grammy Awards. The band brings its own light show for ‘Vertigo,’ which features the swirling red designs used during the Vertigo Tour. ‘One’ is performed with Mary J. Blige, and features the Zoo TV tour’s video animations showing the word ‘one’ on the screen in different languages. Later in the ceremony, Edge takes part in an all-star musical tribute to the artists and sounds of New Orleans, performing with the likes of Dr. John, Allen Toussaint, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, and others. As for the awards, U2 wins all five categories in which its nominated and Steve Lillywhite also wins Producer of the Year.
Members of U2 received Portugal’s Order of Liberty, one of the country’s highest honors, in recognition of their work for humanitarian causes over the past 25 years. President Jorge Sampaio presented the medals to vocalist Bono, guitarist The Edge, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen Jr. in a formal ceremony at the presidential palace before the band’s concert in the Portugese capital
Studio Version(5:19) Pop Album(1997) Written By U2/Bono & The Edge Directed by Frenchman Stéphane Sednaoui, the band performed in atmosphere approximating the inside of a mirrorball. They alluded to several elements of the disco era, including disco-style dancing and the film Saturday Night Fever. U2 further and directly alluded to the Village People, a popular disco era band, by similarly adopting the guises of various professions: a motorcycle police officer (Bono), a gay-fetish biker (The Edge), an American sailor (Adam Clayton), and a cowboy (Larry Mullen, Jr.). en.wikipedia.org You can reach, but you can’t grab it. You can’t hold it, control it You can’t bag it. You can push, but you can’t direct it Circulate, regulate, oh no You cannot connect it – love. You know you’re chewing bubble gum You know what that is but you still want some. You just can’t get enough of that lovey-dovey stuff You get confused, but you know it Yeah, you hurt for it, work for it, love You don’t always show it – love. Let go, let’s go, discothèque. Go, go, let go, discothèque. Looking for the one But you know you’re somewhere else instead. You want to be the song The song that you hear in your head Love, love, love, love. It’s not a trick, you can’t learn it It’s the way that you don’t pay that’s okay ‘Cause you can’t earn it – love You know you’re chewing bubble gum You know what that is But you still want some You just can’t get enough of that lovey-dovey stuff Let go, let’s go, discothèque …
The world’s greatest band on the world’s largest stage – U2 on YouTube. Watch the rebroadcast of the full live streaming performance from the Rose Bowl. Recorded on Sunday, October 25th. BEAUTIFUL DAY – U2 ON YOUTUBE Live from the Rose Bowl markoz-13@live.com “BEAUTIFUL DAY” markoz360 U2official
www.u2spain.es U2 360 Tour – Soldier Field, Chicago. // Here’s the band hitching a lift from Newark to Chicago ahead of tonight’s show. ‘A borrowed plane,’ observes Edge. ‘But it’s not too shabby.’ Three, two, one…. the real lift-off is tonight at Soldier Field. See you there.
