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"Love Is Blindness" is the final song from U2's 1991 album, Achtung Baby. A video was made for the song but was not released until the "Numb" VHS video single in 1993 on which it is featured.
[edit] Recording and composition
The song was written during the Rattle and Hum sessions and in Australia during the 1989 Lovetown Tour.[1] Bono had struck up an acquaintance with Frank Sinatra and "Love is Blindness" shows cabaret influences.[2] Bono described The Edge's guitar solo as "a more eloquent prayer than anything I could write."[3]
[edit] Live performances
The song was either the final or second last song of Zoo TV Tour shows; with images of the night sky projected were shown on the screens. The Edge played the song on his Gibson Les Paul Custom, and included an extended guitar solo in the live performances. A backing track was used to create some of the resonating bass effects. A performance is seen on the Zoo TV: Live from Sydney video, with Bono performing the song in his MacPhisto persona and dancing with a girl from the audience.
It was not played again until 1 March 2006 on the Vertigo Tour's stop in Buenos Aires.[4]
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