Here's a version that's lost its Edge, so to speak.
I bought a copy of (Ahk-toong Bay-Bi) Covered a few weeks ago; as its name suggests, it's a collection of covers of all the songs on U2's Achtung Baby, to benefit famine relief in east Africa. It also includes a bonus: a remix of U2 itself, with a pretty new take on Even Better Than The Real Thing.
Instead of the opening tears and rips of The Edge's guitars, we hear keyboards dominate the mix. The guitars come in later, but by then we're into what's pretty much a different song.
I like it, and have been playing it a lot on walks lately. The rest of the album (with contributions from Patti Smith, Jack White, The Killers and many more) is pretty decent, too.
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