promo greatest hits and electric co.


Lawrence Akers ([email protected])
Sun, 11 Oct 1998 21:32:50 +1000


Howdy All on this fun lovin' strip!

Two things:

>I just checked the version of Electic Co on my copy of Under A Blood >Red
Sky
>and it doesn't appear to be edited. Bono says "...I love the clown, >bring
on
>the clown, I love the crowd..." Now, my CD is pressed in Australia >and is
>only a few years old. I wouldn't mind betting that only copies sold in >the
>U.S. are edited (maybe the legal settlement with the copyright >holders
only
>applied to U.S. sales of the CD or something?).

It did only apply to the US. When I bought the back catalogue, I wanted all
imports and *stupidly* got mine all from America. My horror when I listened
to "Under a Blood Red Sky" was sheer enough to send me straight down to my
record store and buy the local version immediately. Seems Sondheim wasn't
too fond of Bono's adaptation (some people have no fun)!

Secondly, and this is a bit of bragging, and I am sorry but I can't help it,
I got my promo copy today of the "The Best & The B-Sides Of 1980-1990", and
it has been constantly on my cd for the last couple of days! Let me tell
you, as someone who felt funny about the whole GH thing being released, I
love it. Although, age old question now, why the hell isn't "Gloria" on it?
And why is "October" on as a secret hidden track? Well, you can't always
get what you want. But you can always get out your copy of "October". :)

Cheers and all things U2iness.
Lawrence.



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