Pride (In the Name of Love) - U2 | College Students' FIRST TIME REACTION! 

The final verse about MLK gets me every single time- “They took your life but they could not take your pride” ❤❤❤

I don't think Gen X people, like me, could ever impress upon younger people just how huge and meaningful this song was/is. Instant classic, S tier all the way.

"Where The Streets Have No Name" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" are both amazing U2 songs to follow this up with.

The Edge won't blow you away with solo pyrotechnics, but he is masterful at using the guitar to create sonic landscapes.

The Joshua Tree (1987.. what a year for music) is arguably one of the top ten albums of all time.

Achtung Baby is such a masterful album. The song "One" is near the top of a lot of lists of greatest songs ever.

U2 during the 80s was spectacular. So good.

Many take issue with Bono's Human Rights activism (and being so outspoken) but must say, he actually does the hard work.. As opposed to just shooting his mouth off, has actual major accomplishments including . getting George W Bush to help make Aids a priority. U2 also pays major props to black blues and soul artists that influenced them. That's respect in my book. I'm not even much of a U2 fan but this deserves props given.

Bono was once performing in front of a large crowd. In between songs he slowly started to clap his hands. He said to the crowd, "Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies." Then someone from the crowd shouted, "Please stop clapping!!!."

My favorite U2 song. It's passion and emotional impact are undeniable.

The Joshua Tree album in it's entirety. OMGosh such a great band. The entire album is awesome to the nth degree. Red Hill Mining Town, Running to Stand Still, in God's Country are some of my favorites. The radio faves where streets have no name, still haven't found what I'm looking for and with or without you. Makes me want to listen to this album now. U2 S tier in my book. Thanks guys for sharing.

The Edge is from my perspective one of the greatest rhythm guitarists in the history of rock music. His rhythm work is so original and instantly recognizable. He approached the rhythm guitar space as an empty canvas waiting to be painted. His extensive use of guitar effects such as delay effects was/is innovative and yet tasteful. Jimmy Page has referred to him as a "sonic architect." Of course, if you are going to call yourself "The Edge," you better be both very good and innovative at what you do. He is.

His rasp wasn’t rasp, it was passion. U2 is often blamed for being crusaders or too down for causes, but never misunderstand… Bono meant what he sang. It was from the heart. You guys need to check out their debut album, Boy.

U2 is the rare band that made multiple songs capable of delivering relentless goosebumps.

I lived in Ireland, saw them live in Dublin during vertigo tour. They are not raw rockers. They are poetic, political, technical and intellectual. Not your regular rock n roll group. Edge uses a lot of delay. It’s well documented the delay timing. The sounds are circular and complex in sound but very simple from a picking/fingering perspective.

The thing about U2 is that they were 4 teenagers that met in school and decided to form a band. Problem was they didn’t know how to play their instruments. They just dove in and learned as they kept playing and the result became what you hear now. No other band sounds like U2. The rhythm section lays down a rock solid foundation. Edge is not a shredder like Eddie Van Halen, he embraces effects and makes them a part of a sonic landscape.Then Bono does his thing, love him or hate him, he always gives 110%

"Shot rings out in the Memphis sky" always sends chills down my spine. I am very surprised that you guys had no comments on what this song is about. Or are you even aware?

"One" by them is amazing. As is "New Year's Day". One of the few bands I always liked and never got the chance to see live.

Now picture this in a live performance. They deliver it hard and loud every time; their tunes ae all geared for the stage.

'Bullet the Blue Sky' - This song stands apart from the rest on the Joshua Tree album. Instrumentation, Vocals, Harmonies, Lyricism. IMO, one of their most complete song's.

If this song isn't A+ or S, I don't know if any U2 songs will get there for them. Love your content. Your ratings make sense from the perspective you provide. From my perspective as an 80's teenager this is S tier. You once said S tier is genre defining or era defining and this one definitely hits both categories. You can't have a more 80's sound and the content of the song is asking how much Dr. King could have given than everything? Tremendous song and the delivery of the vocals really highlight the meaning. Thanks for another great video.

Appreciate the reference and honor to Dr. King in this song and album.

You should do Joshua Tree full album. It’s one of the best albums of all time. Incredible.

U2's 1st album is from 1980, and while they were good from the beginning, their 1983 album, War, is still what I'd consider their breakthrough album. It contains "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and also my favorite U2 song, "New Years Day". "Pride" is from 1984. The Joshua Tree from 1987 is generally considered their best album, so if you want to do a full album review for U2, it would probably be that one. If you want to react to a song from it first, probably "With or Without You" is the one. Their most popular post-1987 song is "One" from their 1991 album Achtung Baby. They've done some good stuff since 1991, but I consider 1983-1991 their peak years.

This entire album is just an atmospheric sonic masterpiece

One of the best things about U2 are the lyrics

One of my favorite all-time albums. I really think people forget just how vibrant U2 was at the beginning of their career and how truly good the music was. And the production was phenomenal in those Lillywhite, Lanois, and Eno days.

If you want more U2, Running to Stand Still is a banger 🔥🔥🔥

So much early-mid U2 is ultra high quality. Everyone should have a love-love relationship with U2. In Bono's prime, he was top-5 level vocalist, up there with MJ, Plant, Mercury, Perry, etc

The Edge basically invented this gtr sound, well, he really got it from David Gilmour on Pink Floyd's Run Like Hell. But the Edge was the first to use it like this compositionally. So all of the music you hear in the 80s, 90s and now that use this, it goes back to the Edge. And the drummer too, quite unique.

I saw this tour. One of the images in my mind is The Edge sitting at his keyboard with his guitar in his lap playing both at the same time. He taught himself to play and he doesn’t play like anyone else.

In their music video 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" , they're hanging out in downtown Las Vegas (from the 80s)

My fave U2 song is “Angel of Harlem”. So fun and contagious! 🎉

This is at minimum A+, Alex needs to free himself of any previous bias against Edge, and properly rate this song :-). Alex, watching your reaction, it was clearly a minimum A+ reaction. You enjoyed the shit out of this song.

Did you know that thie album, The Unforgettable Fire is a tribute to Martin Luther King? This song is about him too, I believe.I have always loved what U-2 stand for. If you haven't yet, you have to hit"Zombie" by "The Cranberries", another Irish band.

Absolutely perfect song.

"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is the story of so many people's lives. I didn't really catch the true meaning as a kid when I first heard it, but all these years later, oh yeah I get it now.

You gotta do "New Year's Day," from the third (not second) album "War." Phenomenal song. Loved the first album when it came out, but it was the third (mistakenly wrote second) album that made the most impact to me.

A&A, you'll love their "Two Hearts Beat as One", "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", "Mysterious Ways" and more!!! They played my schools indoor Ice rink in April 1983. I took the 8-12 DJ shift at the radio station that night, and was given their album 'Boy' from the duplicate cabinet. I've been kicking myself ever since for not attending :( .

Probably a dozen songs you could hit up from these guys that would be A+ or S quality. Enjoy!

You guys should watch U2's performance at Live Aid. The whole thing is great but Bad is when they went from being just another MTV band to the biggest rock band in the world. Queen gets all the love now (deservedly so) but this is what we were all talking about the next day Guarantee this performance will turn Alex into a U2 fan.

Alex, I wonder if you would change your rating to A+ after reading the lyrics? Also, it's worth noting that Bono is one of the few lead singers in Rock who never double-tracks his vocals.

I fell in love with U2 when the video for the song “Gloria” first appeared on MTv. That was it!! Never saw a band like this before so musically gifted and passionate.

You should watch “Rattle and Hum.” Watching them perform, not just listening, will help you to fully appreciate how iconic they are. Their showmanship is just incredible.

I've been listening to U2 since '83. One of my S tier bands, for sure. I recommend "Mysterious Ways" for your next U2 hit... a great bass song. :-)

One of their better songs. I Will Follow is another great one that came even before this one.

Undoubtedly a great tune one of the biggest of the entire '80s.

80's kid here. My sister and I used to record songs off the radio via the magic of the boombox. One day I come home from school and she says 'what do you think of this song?" and I was completely blown away, to the point that I was embarrassed by how much I liked it. There have been a lot of U2 imitators in the decades since that have watared down this sound, so it would be hard for me to impress upon you how powerful and original their music was in their creative prime.

Rattle and Hum live version is epic!!

I think the whole Joshua Tree album is worth a listen

"New Year's Day" seems like the logical next step. Most of what the band did from their beginning through 1991's Achtung Baby is phenomenal, though.

Great reaction Gents! So stoked that Alex is getting over his The Edge bias. I'd highly recommend the full albums Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby!

Edge gets shit for not being very technically skilled but he understands how to use pedals and delays or whatever other effects he needs to create layered soundscapes that fit the song and allow Bono to go crazy on the vocals (and this is during his vocal prime as well). Larry is super underrated on the drums too War is when they started coming into their own, Unforgettable Fire through probably Zooropa is their artistic peak

Always been my favorite U2 song. "Free at last, they took your life They could not take your pride." So many other great U2 songs. I recommend "One" and "Mysterious Ways" because they are also high on my list and because probably won't be recommended by many others.

U2 was the biggest band in the world at the end of the 80's. They brought a new sound to pop/rock. This song was very famous, but I loved them with The Joshua Tree and I bought the cassette inmediately. Regards from Chile!! 🙂

One of the best concerts I ever attended was U2 in 1983. Yes, I was at the live concert at Red Rocks 'Under a Blood Red Sky'. I am in the concert footage... somewhere! LOL Have never been able to find us. We were lower stage right... LOL oh well. It was fantastic. Their first tour here in the US. You can see it - it was filmed, the whole thing. U2 Live At Red Rocks ♥

Their first album, Boy, is mind blowing. So many amazing songs and it’s a debut album. Worth a listen.

U2 and REM were incredibly influential groups back in the late 80's and early 90's. U2 has a ton of great songs. You really should check them out.

Seeing them play live is an absolutely amazing experience. My best friend "worked" security when he was a college student at SUNY Stony Brook (New York) and U2 played there in 1983. After the concert, the band went out with the students to the local bars.

Here are three suggestions for the next U2 songs to hit: With or Without You, Where the Streets Have No Name and All I Want Is You. All from the 80s, all masterpieces and fantastic.

Am not a big U2 fan, but I like quite a few of their songs and this is my hands-down favorite. Just a classic. They have a distinct sound, which gives them a bit of a love/hate thing with fans/non-fans. Some people think the guitar sound is a bit of a gimmick. But you can't deny great songs like this.

Where the Streets have no Name - the video is an all time classic Live version of “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m looking for” with the gospel choir - gives me chills Running to Stand Still - amazing lyrics One Tree Hill - little known song that might be their best One - a song that brings tears to my eyes every time I listen to it

I have seen almost every great band since the eighties live and they hands down are the greatest band to see live!!

One of several of their songs that is undeniably S tier. U2s best songs are epic

Although there are other things being sung here there are phrases that stick out profoundly to me. One man in the name of love...one man betrayed with a kiss. I shouldn't have to tell you who that is. There is also the the phrase that refers to MLK...Free at last, they took your life but they could not take your pride. This is actually a very powerful and meaningful song. I've always loved it.

This song, in fact this tour, sounded better in person than the record. U2 was a great live band.

This entire album is a PERFECT road trip album.

The whole U2 discography are amaizing and The Unforgettable Fire just pure magic. Really love this band.

The Unforgettable Fire is a great album. Loved U2's first five albums. They had some gems on their later albums as well. I was fortunate to see them in January of 1987. Snuck into the soundcheck too.

Love to see your evolution regarding The Edge's guitar sound and his use of effects. He is a genius. Bono's voice is also a miracle. His voice shouldn't have lasted as long as it has, given how he sings.

I didn't start appreciating U2 until later in life. At the time they were big, they didn't resonate w my young brain. The more I hear the more I REALLY like.

The music of my youth. I feel sorry for kids who had to grow up without music like this and bands like U2.

This song is amazing live!!!! They fade out the song and the whole audience continues to sing the oh, oh, oh part at the end. Sends chills down my spine remembering how amazing that experience was.

Great song...will need to hit their ultimate album Joshua Tree next.

God, I loved these guys back in my college days. Woke up one morning and I didn't care anymore, but it was great while it lasted.

Bono's voice will hit you in the feels every time. His full nickname is Bono Vox - and it's earned. Others have described the unique layering of Edge's guitar work, so I'll leave that to the guitar gurus. As a listener, I love Edge's guitar - it is definitely atmospheric and instantly recognizable. Solid solid bass & drums. The band overall is just so solid - they work together so beautifully. "Joshua Tree" is an album must. The whole album is exquisite. I think if you don't really know U2, that is the best immersion to get what they are about. It is impossible to overstate the impact U2 had on the 1980s and into the 1990s.

Thanks for the review guys, I enjoyed this. The Unforgettable Fire came out back in 84 I believe; we're going back to when the guys were all still quite young. This is a remarkable album in that it was the first in their collaboration with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois - the duo that would help them experiment, refine and define their signature sound for what would be their biggest albums. On this collection, it sometimes hit and it sometimes missed (at least for me) but I recall thinking at the time that they were on the verge of something very unique and special. I turned out to be correct as the ground broken here, with it's lessons learned would be finely honed into their next album - the legendary Joshua Tree. If you choose to look at anything from there, the big 3 songs were Where the Streets have No Name, I still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For and With or Without You. Rattle and Hum was a companion album to that; it had many live recordings on it from that tour, as well as some other big hits like Desire and All I Want is You. My personal favorite era would be the 90s where they did a complete and utter U Turn and went Cyberpunk with Achtung Baby! The tour for that, Zoo TV was groundbreaking for its era and kicked live concert shows into the multimedia experiences that are now so common. The Fly, One, Until the End of the World, Even Better than the Real Thing, Mysterious Ways - it was all quite incredible. Zooropa was supposed to be an EP but turned into a album they did on the fly while on the ZOO TV tour and it has some gems like Stay, Faraway So Close and Lemon- it really shows a band that was supremely confident and experimental, I loved it. Anyway, I hope you review them again sometime soon - cheers ~

Except for the guy in Flock of Seagulls I think Edge had the most unique guitar tone in the 55 year history of rock music.

This one is about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, this was one of their earliest ones to get a lot of airplay although they were getting a lot of recognition for being great to see live.

In terms of eras: 1) their first four albums (up through this one) were a slow build from indie to mildly popular '80s Europ punk-pop (this song was pretty big). 2) Then they released The Joshua Tree, one of the biggest albums of the '80s and one of the best selling albums of all time - almost every track was a single - and it mixes the sounds of the early era with their love of American music. It's a killer album. They continued that trend (to lesser, but still great success) with Rattle and Hum. 3)Then in the '90s they took a left turn into harder rock sounds inspired by European electronica and put out two more amazing albums in Achtung Baby and Zooropa and the lesser-but-still-not-bad Pop. 4)They had a sort of old-school comeback with All that You Can't Leave Behind in '00, which, in my book, is their last great album. 5) Everything since then has been a mixed bag (lol, I'm sure some like their later stuff, too).

You guys need to do the whole album, The Joshua Tree. The follow up record to Unforgettable Fire which resulted in U2 becoming the biggest band in the world.

I really enjoyed where Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois took U2's sound on this album.

An absolute masterpiece. It figures it took an Irish band to make a song about such a great American.

That guitar riff and sound is one of the best in all of music!

Edge is a guitar tone master - if you’re a shredder you won’t get it. He uses processing with artistry - he literally paints pictures with his guitar work. He’s up there with Hendrix, Berry and van halen for originality.

Unforgettable Fire is my very favorite U2 album. You need to do the whole album. Masterpiece

They are undeniably one of the best rock bands ever.

"The Joshua Tree" is a front-to-back masterpiece. It just is. Side 1 = all hits. Side 2 = all gems.

“With or Without You” was always my favorite U2 song growing up. “Where the Streets Have No Name” and “One” are also great.

One of my favrite reactions ever! We'll help you through your Edge PTSD, no worries. Joshua Tree is their masterpiece album, would be a great reaction.

She Moves in Mysterious Ways always gives me chills

Bought this album the day it went on sale. Put it on the turn table. Proceeded to cry throughout! Such a beautiful album and for that time, and the music.. so very unique.

U2 are such an important band, I'm surprised you haven't heard more of them. The Edge's guitar is majestic, he's so underrated. Other songs: One, Where the Streets Have No Name, Angel of Harlem, Every Breaking Wave, Ultraviolet (a favorite of mine), Vertigo, The Fly, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, I can go on and on. More U2 please.

I saw this band a few days before their famous Red Rocks performance. I've never been the same. 4 guys playing music on a stage with a unity I've never seen since. Watch their Vertigo show in Chicago from 2005...they were never surpassed in live shows. The version of Pride in that show makes me cry every time. I cry even harder thinking they are probably done because their live shows enhanced their sound perfectly. Recordings never measured up, which is what true U2 fans lived for. Thanks for playing this song. Let U2 live performances enter your life.

When Love Comes to town with BB King this one absolutely speaks to the soul. BB King's guitar and vocals with Bono absolutely resonates with what what I think you would call a FAT and driving sound.

I'd love if you guys hit the Joshua Tree album some month! I wasn't a big fan of U2 from just hearing them on the radio, but sitting down with that album for the first time really changed my mind.

Iconic song

This entire album is a masterpiece. I think this is their seminal album. Saw them live 5 times around the time if it’s release and they were just incredible live. They had an honesty and sincerity in their live performances that I’ve rarely seen.

U2 is one of the most important and enduring Rock’N Roll bands ever. I saw them in 1981 at a small music club in Albany, NY (JB Scott’s). Over 40 years later they are as adaptable and relevant as any band ever.

The Unforgettable Fire tour was my first concert where I bought the ticket. Still ranks as one of my fave concerts ever. Still have the t-shirt. The title track is probably my favorite U2 song. HIGHLY RECOMMEND listening to that track.