![]() ![]() ![]() ‘They were demo’s really, no words on them,’ he recalls.īy July Beautiful Day had become the first single and, following a succesful photo-shoot of the band by Anton Corbijn, the strikingly modernist architecture of Paris Charles de Gaulle airport identified as a video location. At the time, while he was impressed with the new material from All That You Can’t Leave Behind, nothing was finished and no single identified. The 34yr old Swedish director first visited the band at their recording studios in Dublin in late Spring. ‘I always knew that I wanted to do a performance-based video with U2, they’ve done so many memorable videos but I can’t remember them performing as a band in such a way before.’ The most difficult thing with every commission is coming up with something new, he says, but it is not any single visual motif in the Beautiful Day video he is proudest of – more the way it captures a performance by the band. Recent work includes Moby (‘Porcelain’) and Smashing Pumpkins (‘Try’), while he may be best known for his Grammy-winning 1998 ‘Ray of Light’ video for Madonna and an MTV Best Video for Prodigy’s ‘Smack My Bitch Up’. ‘I feared for their lives, risking everything in the cause of art like that.’Īkerlund is one of the hottest properties in video at the moment. ‘They were incredibly brave to go through with that,’ says director Jonas Akerlund, with a grin. It is already being talked of as a seminal moment in the short history of the rock video: midway through an ecstatic live performance of the new single Beautiful Day, a jumbo jet roars out from behind U2 and into the sky over their heads. Page rendered in: 0.Director Jonas Akerlund on Shooting The Beautiful Day Video () Lyrics are transcribed as heard and are presented here under a provisional license by Universal Music, granted in 2005. The discography, news and video entries are copyright U2Songs and should not be reused in any form without permission, all images in the discography are scanned / generated by U2Songs from original sources and also should not be used without permission. The information presented within these pages is accurate to the best of our knowledge but is based upon information provided by other fans, research into individual items and several books, and U2 Songs takes no responsibility for any problems resulting from use of the material as presented within. This website is an informational resource for private use only and is not affiliated with U2, their management company, their record label or any related bodies. All images are copyright their respective designers. Songs of Surrender Video Snippets (2023).U2 - “The Virtual Road: U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle” EP.U2 - “Beautiful Day” Promotional Release.No traditional liner notes in this digital release. All four members of the band are included in the shot. The cover artwork embedded in the release is a live photograph from the Slane Concert show from behind the band. At the time of release, it was the only iTunes store and other international stores did not exist. This digital single was made available only in the US iTunes store. While the “Beautiful Day” track was available for several months, “Elevation” was removed from the iTunes music catalog after only a few days. This track had to be purchased separately. The version sold through the iTunes music store does match up with the edit of the song which appeared on the promotional release “U2 Live: Slane Castle” which was released in Mexico.įor a few days when first made available, a second digital single was also available, which was “Elevation”, also from the Slane Concert performance. The eventual release of the Slane Concert show on CD through the fan club used the same editing as the DVD version of the track. Although taken from the same source as the Slane DVD, the audio track is edited slightly different, resulting in a longer track in audio format at 4:36 instead of 4:24. When U2 released “Go Home: Live from Slane Castle” on DVD in November of 2003, they also released a “digital single” through iTunes, consisting of one track, “Beautiful Day” taken from that release. U2 had been early supporters of the store, and Bono had even appeared in early launch announcements about the store. In late 2003, iTunes was still a relatively new service in the USA, and just freshly launched for the Windows environment. "Beautiful Day" (Live from Slane, Sep."Beautiful Day (Live from Slane Castle)" - U2 Digital Song Track Listing: ![]()
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