U2: 18 Videos
Videos July 17th, 2010
Description
1. Beautiful Day
2. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
3. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
4. With Or Without You
5. Vertigo
6. New Year’s Day
7. Mysterious Ways
8. Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of – US Version
9. Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of – International Version
10. Where The Streets Have No Name
11. Sweetest Thing
12. Sunday Bloody Sunday
13. One
14. Desire
15. Walk On – International Version
U2: 18 Videos
July 17th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
If you bought the video release of “The Best of 1990-2000,” you already own many of the videos on this latest compilation. “Beautiful Day,” “Stuck in a Moment,” “One,” and “Mysterious Ways” were already in my U2 library, meaning I don’t have to watch them on this disc. Fortunately, some of U2′s 80s work is also featured on “U218,” and they make the price of this collection worthwhile.
These are great videos. “With or Without You,” with its creepy montages and washed-out colors; “Pride,” which captures the Bono mullet in all its glory; “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” which is just a cool, documentary-style video shot on the streets of Las Vegas, and “Desire,” which looks and feels like Rattle & Hum-era U2 … and, best of all, “Where the Streets Have No Name,” filmed in downtown Los Angeles, with the band performing on the roof of a liquor store with the LAPD shutting down the production! It’s their best ever.
“Walk On” and “Elevation” are also here from All That You Can’t Leave Behind. “Elevation” is a little too movie tie-in (sorry, I fail to see the connection between U2 and Laura Croft, aside from cash and exposure), but I really like both versions of “Walk On.”
Two videos from How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb are here, “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own” and “Vertigo.” Both are tremendous. But why not include “City of Blinding Lights” and “All Because of You” as well?
U2 are a bit strange in their policies. Why didn’t they also include some of their earliest videos, like “Two Hearts Beat As One,” “Gloria” and “I Will Follow”? “The Fly,” from Achtung, Baby, was also omitted. And, as with the CD release of the same material, both Pop and Zooropa are completely ignored. Why? “Numb” is a very humorous video, and how could U2 choose to forget their Village People romp called “Discotheque”? (Very easily, I guess!)
So, this compilation is by no means all-inclusive, but as a sampling of U2′s best images and music, it’s hard to complain too much.
Rating: 4 / 5
July 17th, 2010 at 11:24 pm
This DVD will contain the videos for the songs contained on the cd. While there will be some overlap from the previously released 1990-2000 set, classic videos like the stark “New Year’s Day” and the stirring “With Or Without You” will be included. U2 has always been a visual band and their videos are among the finest and most well-crafted in history. The DVD is a perfect companion to the cd set (which will have a bonus dvd of live material from a Vertigo Tour show in Milan).
Rating: 5 / 5
July 18th, 2010 at 1:23 am
Whoever got the job of compiling this DVD should be shot at dawn because it is a poor representation of U2′s history. There is no “Gloria”, there is no “I will Follow”, nor is there anything from Zooropa. Instead, the real focus is on the later years with the inclusion of two videos each for weak songs like “Walk on” and “Stuck in a moment” (both of which charted poorly internationally). There are three versions of “Vertigo”. Why not just feature one version for each of these poor tracks which would then allow space for older videos like the first two I mentioned?
There are some positives, for example, an alternate version of “Pride” (on the special features”) and “new years day” and “sunday bloody sunday” get an inclusion. You also get all three videos for “One” and the documentary for “One” is included (was also included on “Best of 1990-2000″ DVD).
Die-hard fans will still want it, but overall it is a lost opportunity to present a comprehensive look at U2′s history. How many versions of Vertigo on one DVD do we really want? None really.
Rating: 3 / 5
July 18th, 2010 at 2:32 am
Great work. There should be a U218 part II, part III, etc. They have plenty of great songs that were not included in this DVD.
Rating: 5 / 5