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| {{Infobox Song <!-- See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Songs -->| | |||
| | Name = A Sort of Homecoming | |||
| | Cover = | |||
| | Type = ] | |||
| | Artist = ] | |||
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| | Published = | |||
| | Released = 1984 | |||
| | track_no = 1 | |||
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| | Genre = ], ] | |||
| | Length = 5:28 | |||
| | Writer = | |||
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| | Label = ] | |||
| | Producer = ] and ] | |||
| | Background = #D8BFD8 | |||
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| | next = "]" | |||
| | next_no = 2 | |||
| }} | |||
| "'''A Sort of Homecoming'''" is the first track of ]'s 1984 album, ]. A live version of the track is found on ]'s four-track ], ]. | |||
| ] lead singer ] wrote for '']'' magazine's <ref>{{cite web| title = The Immortals: The First Fifty| work = Rolling Stone Issue 946| publisher = Rolling Stone| url =http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty | |||
| | accessdate = 2006-12-21 }}</ref> the section on U2, saying: "I don't buy weekend tickets to Ireland and hang out in front of their gates, but U2 are the only band whose entire catalog I know by heart. The first song on '']'', "A Sort of Homecoming", I know backward and forward—it's so rousing, brilliant and beautiful. It's one of the first songs I played to my unborn baby." | |||
| ==Live== | |||
| Its live premiere was during the ] on ] ]. When played live, the song would start acoustically with just ] playing while ] sang. After the first verse, the rest of the band would join in. It was played regularly on the rest of Unforgettable Fire Tour, typically after "]", and was played occasionally on the first two legs of the next tour, the ]. It was dropped from the band's live set on ] ] and did not reappear until the second leg of the ] in ]. It was played at the band's homecoming gig at ] in ] on ] ]. The performance was somewhat of a mess as Bono forgot many of the lyrics. It made only one more Elevation Tour appearance: at a concert in ] on ] ], a fan was pulled on stage to play guitar with the band and he began playing "A Sort of Homecoming". The band played along with him but Bono's recollection of the lyrics was even worse than in Meath. The song has not been performed since. | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| *] | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{reflist}} | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| * - Lists all known performances of "A Sort of Homecoming". | |||
| {{DEFAULTSORT:Sort of Homecoming, A}} | |||
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