U2 - Bono "The First Time" acoustic demo video free download

susanpresley01

beautiful

Baron Moritani

sounds like Edge on guitar. Bono can't play in time while talking to a journalist. Agree or no?

Jason Lefler

i appreciated the remark about this being a bit like Sweet Jane.so, it's like Prince singing a Lou Reed number, in a way.actually, i hear a bit of Jagger in this, too.circa Beast of Burden.

Juanjo CasOs

Bono sang this version for a spanish journalist called Julián Ruiz. The interview was made in the Yankee Stadium in NYC, just several months before U2 played in Madrid in 1992.

Ryan Doyle

People ALEAYS say demo versions are better. In this case, you're all wrong. The album version is way more poignant. To me this is just by the numbers white boy soul. They might have realized that and changed it. 

Ryan Doyle

He was wise to sing it lower on the record. 

chad

I think we all agree.. This version should of been on the album. Nothing is better then Bono's falseto and a acoustic guitar.

MissMael

I prefer this one to the album version.

1rboyle

sooooooo much funkier in falseto

U2 Electrical Forum

Bonne semaine à tous :)

Fernando Lobo

I know very well the origin of this recording. It was recorded by Julian Ruiz (spanish radio presenter) in 1992 during an interview with Bono while they were turing their Zootv Outside broadcast in the USA. I remember that bono said he wrote the song for someone else to sing it, that´s why he sings it in falseto. Later on when Julian Ruiz presented Zooropa on the radio he regreated that Bono changed the falseto voice and the faster tempo for the flater and slower version.

videos4mydad

How many bands today and how many of us would have been more than satisfied with the very forgettable guitar riff here? Thank god Edge and the rest keep pushing and don't stop at just 'good'.

m1lkm4n

@daspatadas Do a google image search for "Zoooropa Sessions" and it will come up.

susanpresley01

beautiful

Sean Twohig

The guitar chords here are very reminiscent of Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane." I'm glad that the studio recording of "The First Time" use more subtle, muted piano instead.

U2coholics

Brilliant !

U2SSana

@dmpittman35 you're wrong. bono's singing

u2john316

Cool. I love hearing the origins of songs as they are constructed especially U2 ones.

Hallucination

@masliquin how dos this sound even remotely like Lemon? lol

manan polara

BEAUTIFUL!!! I want taht picture of Bono! can you send it to me? [email protected]