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U2 - If You Wear That Velvet Dress Bassline
from: Chris Petersen
Spyguy01@ix.netcom.com
Tuning in Eb
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D----------7----7-----------------------------------7--7------------------------
A---5---5-----------------------------------5---5----------------------------5--
E--------------------7----5--4----5----8------------------7----5--4--5--8-------
Interlude (Edge’s echo riff) Bass played with strong reverb.
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D----7---------7----------7-----
A-------------------------------
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Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
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Jon Badass |
#1 by Jon Coath at Feb 7, 1972 at 2:18 PM EST |
| I totally agree with Blackwell... It's a really great song to listen to through your headphones, alone in your room, with no lights on.... I just love it! | |
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Nic Average |
#2 by Nic Bosco at Jul 25, 1984 at 11:03 AM EST |
| I think Aayers really nailed it. That wasn't my original impression of the song, but it certainly makes a great deal of sense and I must say, that interpretation makes the already sexy song ten degrees sexier! The line that intrigues me the most about this song is the very last one..."Who'll catch the star when it falls?" The whole song is pretty much summed up in that one final line. Throughout POP, Bono deals a lot with his fame and stardom and all that comes with it, and I think that's what he refers to here. Going along with Aayers' interpretation, which I wholeheartedly agree with, I think that in the last line he's asking the question that the whole song has been leading up to...If he gives in to one night of incredible temptation, where will he end up? Who'll catch the star when it falls = Would he ever be forgiven and would he ever be able to forgive himself if he did it? Who will be there to catch his fall? Amazing song. I love it. I love listening to it alone in the dark of my living room with a glass of wine. Beautiful imagery in this one. You can just imagine that's what Bono's doing as he writes these lyrics....the only difference being that he's in a hotel far away from his home. | |
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Wanna Be |
#3 by at May 5, 1987 at 6:00 AM EST |
| it is amazing song, i'm hipnotised with its mood, its lyrics, for me it is about love and illusion...which part of love it is a play of our imagination, of this what we want to believe, how we want to see...on our interior stage of soul, with the memories and desires | |
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Laura Average |
#4 by Laura at Nov 27, 1988 at 10:36 AM EST |
| this is what this song means to me. The main person (Bono i guess) is in a new relationship. Hes comfortable likes it but he still has thoughts about memories about his last relationship. To me his previous relationship was not purely, but mostly sexual. Now he thinks about her a lot and maybe be put in a situation where he could be with her again: "we've been here before... last time you scratched at my door the moon was naked and cold I was like a two year old who just wanted more if you wear that velvet dress" the velvet dress must be something that is the proverbial 'straw that broke the camels back' Its the one thing that would put him over the edge if he saw her in it. then he cheats on whoever he is with: "tonight the moon has drawn its curtains it's a private show no one else going to know I'm wanting" Then the next day or whenever, hes back with the current girlfriend. He compares one as the sun and one as the moon. The old girl is the moon and the new girl the sun: "sunlight sunlight fills my room it's sharp and it's clear but nothing at all like the moon... " wow what an amazing song. i love it. without a doube the sexiest U2 song to date. any one agree with all of this? | |
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Jordie Wanna Be |
#5 by Jordie Oz. at May 31, 1992 at 7:35 PM EST |
| That's how I've always listened to this song, late at night with my headphones on and no lights in my room. Great song, very sexy, very psychedelic and surreal. | |
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brandon Lead Player |
#6 by brandon at Dec 20, 1998 at 1:39 PM EST |
| Have you heard the live version of this song? Its on the Beautiful Day Pt. 2 single. It was recorded live from Mexico City and it just sounds awsome!! Great song to listen to at night when your alone. | |
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Rebecca Average |
#7 by Rebecca ******* at Jan 13, 2001 at 9:24 AM EST |
| The original version of this song is great, but i was really moved by the version done live in Mexico City. The band was just hyped after performing Discotheque so it was an awesome transition into Velvet Dress. The live recording of it is great. Search it out or go buy the Mexico City concert video. | |
