I used to listen to this song back to 2010 in an empty train wagon travelling to my home city in the middle of the night , it was magical , just me and the moon…
You must listen to the Glastonbury 2002 performance of Spies. That’s the gold standard. The one place this performance has it beat is Jonny’s ebow at the beginning. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-q1rV3eNcVlQ.html
So amazing omg they were so young and had all that (and still do) hungry passion so hauntingly moving!!! This is the time where they just got signed and they weren’t going to let anything stop them!!! Goosebumps!!!
Why must you compare bc Chris always talks about how big U2 is?? Two completely different avenues. We are allowed to appreciate land and water, wind and fire, earth and sky...puhleez.