U2’s Brooklyn gig available from iTunes store

Four tracks taken from U2’s recent gig in Brooklyn, NY, can now be bought from the iTunes store (USA), labelled the ‘Live from Under the Brooklyn Bridge’ EP (iTMS). The tracks are ‘All because of you’, ‘Sometimes you can’t make it on your own’, ‘I will follow’ and ‘Vertigo’.

The iTMS seems to be down as we write this. We think it’s safe to assume they’re adding a live feed from The Edge’s home – $0.99/minute to hear whatever he is working on at this very moment.

Joking aside, we wouldn’t mind being able to buy the band’s stellar performance (bt) on BBC’s Jonathan Ross show from the iTunes stores here in Europe. With apologies for our failing to report on it.

42 thoughts on “U2’s Brooklyn gig available from iTunes store

  1. This ipod-flirting by U2 is really starting to anoy me!!
    Please chaps, be good sports and release this on ‘conventional’ CD as well !
    (please, please, please??) Maybe as b-sides on the All Because of You EP-cdsingle??
    (please?)

  2. This ipod-flirting by U2 is really starting to anoy me!!
    Please chaps, be good sports and release this on ‘conventional’ CD as well !
    (please, please, please??) Maybe as b-sides on the All Because of You EP-cdsingle??
    (please?)

  3. U2Roeili: It comes with a picture.. you can see on the iTMS. Nothing other than that though.

    u2joost: I’d get used to it. They’re not going to release every single thing on a CD – just like they didn’t before. This costs them next to no money to do, but they can rake it in. You don’t need an iPod to listen to the tunes, just download the free iTunes for Windows/Mac and you can burn your own CDs.

    Listened to ABOY and now SYCMIOYO Much better than traditional bootlegs that’s for sure.

  4. U2Roeili: It comes with a picture.. you can see on the iTMS. Nothing other than that though.

    u2joost: I’d get used to it. They’re not going to release every single thing on a CD – just like they didn’t before. This costs them next to no money to do, but they can rake it in. You don’t need an iPod to listen to the tunes, just download the free iTunes for Windows/Mac and you can burn your own CDs.

    Listened to ABOY and now SYCMIOYO Much better than traditional bootlegs that’s for sure.

  5. It’s too bad they didn’t make “Original of the Species” available, even though it was pretty rough. It was my favorite of the new songs.

  6. It’s too bad they didn’t make “Original of the Species” available, even though it was pretty rough. It was my favorite of the new songs.

  7. Listening to them now — they sound great. The only qualm I’d say I have is that it sounds a whole lot like they dubbed the “is to fake it” bit back into “Sometimes…” — Bono missed that note at the show. Oh well, as revisionist histories go that’s all right…

  8. Listening to them now — they sound great. The only qualm I’d say I have is that it sounds a whole lot like they dubbed the “is to fake it” bit back into “Sometimes…” — Bono missed that note at the show. Oh well, as revisionist histories go that’s all right…

  9. Oh really? That’s too bad… I understand both sides of the argument but I think that it’s always better to hear the real thing. Unless the edited version is even better than the real thing. Ha!

  10. Oh really? That’s too bad… I understand both sides of the argument but I think that it’s always better to hear the real thing. Unless the edited version is even better than the real thing. Ha!

  11. oh man, ‘all because of you’ is a woeful track! don’t encourage it by making it a single! jay-sus. bono misses hitting the chorus by at least three notes. is that some kind of in-joke with band? “hahaha, four years in here, and let’s put this bum note on the record! catorce!” ‘city of blinding lights’ on the other hand, is totally killer.

  12. oh man, ‘all because of you’ is a woeful track! don’t encourage it by making it a single! jay-sus. bono misses hitting the chorus by at least three notes. is that some kind of in-joke with band? “hahaha, four years in here, and let’s put this bum note on the record! catorce!” ‘city of blinding lights’ on the other hand, is totally killer.

  13. That’s the 2nd time Bono missed that note. He really didn’t hit it at the SNL performance either lol. I was at the Brooklyn show – as soon as I head the iTunes version I was looking forward to the part where he voice disappears on “fake it”… – Well he really did fake it!!! They totally cut & pasted his voice back into the song! lol

  14. That’s the 2nd time Bono missed that note. He really didn’t hit it at the SNL performance either lol. I was at the Brooklyn show – as soon as I head the iTunes version I was looking forward to the part where he voice disappears on “fake it”… – Well he really did fake it!!! They totally cut & pasted his voice back into the song! lol

  15. If U2log.com had covered the Jonathan Ross show 😉 they would have noticed that this tone was a bit too much there too…

    Listening to the record (which I think is great and still getting better) I can’t help thinking how difficult this is going to be live. I admire U2 for not going for the obvious though.

  16. If U2log.com had covered the Jonathan Ross show 😉 they would have noticed that this tone was a bit too much there too…

    Listening to the record (which I think is great and still getting better) I can’t help thinking how difficult this is going to be live. I admire U2 for not going for the obvious though.

  17. All this talk of missing a note is maybe missing a point. I’m just amazed he can sing this ‘tough’ (boom, boom) song at all and not spontaneously combust.

  18. All this talk of missing a note is maybe missing a point. I’m just amazed he can sing this ‘tough’ (boom, boom) song at all and not spontaneously combust.

  19. U2’s Brooklyn gig available from iTunes store

    ‘Four tracks taken from U2’s recent gig in Brooklyn, NY, can now be bought from the iTunes store (USA), labelled the ‘Live from Under the Brooklyn Bridge’ EP (iTMS). The tracks are ‘All because of you’, ‘Sometimes you can’t make…

  20. U2’s Brooklyn gig available from iTunes store

    ‘Four tracks taken from U2’s recent gig in Brooklyn, NY, can now be bought from the iTunes store (USA), labelled the ‘Live from Under the Brooklyn Bridge’ EP (iTMS). The tracks are ‘All because of you’, ‘Sometimes you can’t make…

  21. caroline, we know that Bono lives for catharsis! no, apart from the “ironic” all because of you” note, he sounds so great on the album.

  22. caroline, we know that Bono lives for catharsis! no, apart from the “ironic” all because of you” note, he sounds so great on the album.

  23. This one sentence makes more sense than anything I’ve ever posted (anywhere) Caroline…

    It is true that I can’t even listen to the album without combusting, let alone perform some of it….

  24. This one sentence makes more sense than anything I’ve ever posted (anywhere) Caroline…

    It is true that I can’t even listen to the album without combusting, let alone perform some of it….

  25. Well there, I’ve done it…got a new computer and iTunes, so I can continue to get new U2 releases legally. I love the fact that they’re releasing stuff like this and it sounds great. Wish it were on CD too, though.
    Elmo, we’re on different U2 wavelengths….I love “All Because of You” and I detest parts of “City of Blinding Lights” (the lyrics in the verses). That’s part of what makes U2 so great, I guess.
    Best thing about this release? Shows that it’s still about the music when you get right down to it.

  26. Well there, I’ve done it…got a new computer and iTunes, so I can continue to get new U2 releases legally. I love the fact that they’re releasing stuff like this and it sounds great. Wish it were on CD too, though.
    Elmo, we’re on different U2 wavelengths….I love “All Because of You” and I detest parts of “City of Blinding Lights” (the lyrics in the verses). That’s part of what makes U2 so great, I guess.
    Best thing about this release? Shows that it’s still about the music when you get right down to it.

  27. I’m always dubious of promo tours. I remember the Irving Plaza gig and Bono’s voice was iffy at best. I still will probably download it; it’s a great idea!

    –Breach

  28. I’m always dubious of promo tours. I remember the Irving Plaza gig and Bono’s voice was iffy at best. I still will probably download it; it’s a great idea!

    –Breach

  29. I’ll replay my tape of MTVjammed for the zillionth time. So what if it’s edited! Bono nails more notes than he misses. These mini gigs are all opportunities to prepare for the tour. We get to watch the “rehearsals”.

  30. I’ll replay my tape of MTVjammed for the zillionth time. So what if it’s edited! Bono nails more notes than he misses. These mini gigs are all opportunities to prepare for the tour. We get to watch the “rehearsals”.

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