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U2 have such a deep rabbit hole and, as good as the instrumentals are, the lyrics are often even better and more meaningful. My favourites are Where The Streets Have No Name and Until The End Of The World.

When my wife and I were separating in 2010, it was this song that perfectly encapsulated how I was feeling towards her. It's a masterpiece, as is all of "Achtung Baby."

One is probably my favourite U2 song, I love the line "We get to carry each other" which makes the act of helping each other sound more like a privilege than a burden. If you want to check out more U2 I would suggest Bad (Live Aid) All I Want Is You/Where The Streets Have No Name (Slane Castle) and Every Breaking Wave (VMA Awards). All 3 are good examples of Bono's singing ability.

It's actually not actually "Baby, baby, baby" he's singing. The subtitles got it wrong, if you listen closely he sings "My aching, my aching" And then falsetto "heart, heart" That's exactly what he's singing.

The Album "Achtung Baby" was produced in Berlin. The Band nearly break apart about their creative differences, but they find together. The song "One" was the first after that crisis. Sidenote: The city itself was just recently united. U2 has produced many great songs. My favourite is "New Year's Day".

The beautiful thing about this song for me is how it can be interpreted in different ways. I was once told this song is written from the perspective of a child who is homosexual and wasn’t accepted by their parent. That could be so far off base but that’s the point I think. This song has no base, it’s one of those treasures that is completely up to the individual what it means. It’s breathtaking. I first heard it when I was like 11 hrs old, I’m 42 now, it still hits like a tonne of bricks lol

One of the best songs ever made.

This song kept the band together... they were near breaking up when they discovered it and the rest of the album flowed..... the making of this album is very interesting.

If you are having a hard time deciding which is the best song named "One", Chris Cornell left us with the gift that is the music to U2s one with the lyrics to Metallicas one. Definitely worth checking out!

You're spot-on about how the song could be just about anything or any type of relationship. I believe that's a key aspect as to why U2 achieved that level of popularity, because their lyrics are often vague and everyone can identify with them, regardless of their beliefs and/or backgrounds. This is what Bono wrote about the song in his memoir: "I don’t think we’re all one. We can be one, but I don’t think we have to see things the same way for that to be so. An anarchic thought: We’re one but we’re not the same. We get to carry each other, not that we’ve got to, just that we get to. Now I improvised a lyric about a son telling his religious father he was gay. About a lover who had been discovered finding sex outside a sexless marriage and explaining how she’d got there. Part of its drama is that it starts in the middle of an argument: “Is it getting better, or do you feel the same? Will it make it easier on you, now you’ve got someone to blame?” We don’t have to pretend we’re all the same, and we don’t have to carry each other. But in truth, like it or not, we do get to carry each other. Without the band, I can’t make the music I hear in my head. Without my partner, I can’t be the man I aspire to be. I succeed only through collaboration."

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The music video is amazining. Jesus. I forgot how good it was.

One of the best transitions between 2 songs is all I want is you/where the streets have no name from slane castle. Bono’s dad died a few days before the show and he still went on in an emotional concert

“The song is a bit twisted,” Bono explained in Neil McCormick’s U2 By U2, “which is why I could never figure out why people want it at their weddings. I have certainly met a hundred people who’ve had it at their weddings. I tell them, ‘Are you mad? It’s about splitting up!’”

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If you dive into the rabbit hole U2, than react only to live versions, because U2 is a pure live band. Live versions are even better than the studio versions. There is one exception. If you do a reaction of the fantastic song "Unforgettable fire", take the studio version 😉👍ENJOY !!!

"Creative lyrics"? You mean not shit, like 99.9% of modern music.

Most people (including whoever did the captioning for this video) fail on the lyrics at 3:47. There, he says "harry" each other, "harry" each other. /harry: to harrass, to carry out attacks on. The 2nd time, towards the end of the song, he says "carry" each other, "carry" each other, in the sense of coming together as One. Bono said this himself in a vh1 behind the music years ago. I wish people would get the lyrics right.

C'mon... EVERYONE knows this song

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Bono’s lyrics are always amazing. “Once I knew there was a love Devine. Then came a time I thought it knew me not. Who can forgive forgiveness where forgiveness is not? Only the lamb as white as snow. -White as Snow…amazing deep cut from No alone On the Horizon.

Too many interruptions , just watch the video then review it !!

Reminds me of my ex-wife every time I hear "you ask me to enter, but then you make me crawl, and I can't be holding on to what you got when all you got is hurt."

I think there was a guitar or music shop in Dublin called 'Bono Vox', which is where he got the name from. I could be wrong, but I'm sure I read it somewhere years ago. Thanks for the vid.

7:36 reminds me of me when I was 30 sulking in the bar over a woman drinking Heineken.

He was called Bono vox

The "Joshua Tree" and "Achtung Baby" albums are pretty much a perfect set of albums. The former is full of angst and gospel influences. The latter is full of amazing lo-fi production that I love, with these incredible layered guitar textures. In both cases, full of extremely well crafted songs, and of course all before music became part of the IT department, so it's all full of human imprecision that makes it even better.

So Chris Cornell was doing an acoustic solo tour. As well as his own original songs, Soundgarden songs and AudioSlave songs he would play around with some covers. He said he wanted to do a cover of U2's One. He knew the melody but didn't know the lyrics. But when he googled the lyrics he kept coming up with the lyrics for Metallica's One. So he did a mash up using the music from U2's One and the Lyrics from Metallica's One. It was actually pretty good. 🤣

Great song, very emotionally performed. Similar to this another U2 favorite for me is "All I Want is You". Always the studio version first.

With or without you is my favorite U2 song. It never wears out.

A couple of suggestions. One Tree Hill (Rattle and Hum outtakes) and Love Is Blindness (ZOO TV Sydney).

This song is about a son (got sick with AIDS) who tells his father (with whom he had an argument due to the fact he had got sick - in the first 90s people with AIDS were "generally" considered "bad lifestyle" people, expecially because the most of them were gay) that, in spite of their differences, they both belong to the human kind and have to "carry each other". Great song, deep meaning: absolute masterpiece! Greetings from Italy

please, react to bono singin pride (in the name of love) live 1984. Is absolutely amazing

The cover version if this song together with Mary G. Blige is even better!!! Her vocals are so powerful and lift it on another level...

Thanks for sharing your reaction, this is a special song. U2 made three official videos for "One". This was the mainstream version that is the most commonly played, but I prefer the version directed by Mark Pellington (literally search for One Mark Pellington Version). You mentioned how universal the lyrics are - that version of the video leans into the universal nature of the lyrics more strongly than this version.

Agree. It's refreshing for a breakup song to be not about "I hate you, you suck" or "baby I'll never get over you", but "hey i care about you, but this is isht is unhealthy."

His face when he says "one love" and drops his head approx 8:08 we've all been there

I love really like this song and the whole album, Achtung Baby. There are so many great songs on this album. Even Better than the Real Thing, Until the End of the World, Who's Going to Ride Your Wild Horses, The Fly, Mysterious Ways(My favorite of the album) and Ultraviolet are my favorites other than this. They have some other great albums too. Definitely worth getting into.

your facial expressions at 8:38 is priceless!!!!! you appeared shocked, amazed, thrilled!!! LOL!! Glad you enjoyed it!!!

At its core, the tension between father and son, but the beauty is that the song offers several interpretations to the listener

Band's like U2 only come around once in a generation and have a huge back catalog of amazing songs which is why they have won more Emmy awards than any other band in history but their songs should be reviewed live as they are one of the greatest live acts of all time, as Noel Gallagher from the band Oasis was said U2 are so good live it makes him sick with envy.

I think a good reaction video for would be their Super Bowl show after 9-11. Emotional and powerful. The world went crazy because U2 a band from Ireland stood on stage and sang to us the way we all felt then. Mourning the losses but ending with hope.

One of only a handfull of song that I enjoyed as a child and still enjoy it even more. Probably will till the end.

So much music, so little time. That is how you don't know this one.

Agree with you ... fabulous, thought-provoking lyrics ... good job

Huge U2 fan here. If you want interesting lyrics. I like SO CRUEL. React to SO CRUEL! That is my favorite U2 song. And not a super popular song, but I am not sure why. Cheers!!!!

There’s a collaboration they did of this song with Mary j blige as well.

His real name is actually Paul Hewson. "Bono" is a nickname given very early on by guitarist The Edge (real name David Evans) that stuck. It's based on a barber shop in Dublin called Bonovox. Or something like that.

I’ve always liked this song from the time that it was released in 1991. It’s just a beautiful song, but I never really paid close attention to the lyrics. I was married with two kids and a third in 1994. Then I saw this same video on another reaction channel with the lyrics just 3 days ago. It then hit me like a ton of bricks that I “lived” this song for many years. We got divorced in 2017 after 32 years of marriage and having been together for 35. It was ALL my fault. It took me the last 7 years to figure that out and admit it. And maybe I’m being too hard on myself. But I want to take the blame. She will always be my one true love. ❤️💔

I tell you what. If by minute 4 you are not in tears , you have no idea about music. Sorry.

Bonovox - I love this song from U2 and think it's a timeless song with real wisdom. The band itself was going through a bit of an existential crisis and almost broke up. So the hard knowledge of breakup and love lost is very much earned in this song. There's another song with wonderful lyrics from the same time period that you may like - Don Henley's "The Heart of the Matter".

You should hear U2's cover of Elvis' Can't Help Falling in Love. If you thought Bono's falsetto was good here, it absolutely soars on that cover. They used to finish the Zoo TV concerts with it in 1993, which is where I first heard it live. I don't think he can hit that kind of note now, and even live I notice they transpose some of the chords. That said, he's still got one hell of a voice.

heed those words, they're deeper than you think. It's a crash master on REAL love, not Instagram love.....

Fantastic song. You should listen to this version too. U2 one with Mary J. Blige. I can't decide which version is best. liked your reaction. Greetings from Norway.

It's the ego vs. love thing. All those biblical references are basically saying, "Stop trying to be above God, or the higher law." We get to carry each other. That's where the love is. That's the humility.

Ésta canción no habla de amor...sino más bien de desamor de un chico homosexual con VIH incomprendido y no aceptado por su padre. Bono ya lo explicó en su día...

I’ve always thought of this song as the reaction/response or fulfillment of With or Without You…kinda universalizing the personal of the first

Interesting comment. " Bono " . ie Paul Heuuson was picked by him fr from an ear phone shone in Dublin called "Bono Fox" a

Yes, Bono is an amazing lyricist and most people think this is a Love Song. It is not. It is a Break-Up song writtne to the Band after the Joshua Tree Album and tour. They had reached the height of what they wanted and U2 was lost. That is why they went to Germany to record this album to try and find a new direction. Hence, Achtung Baby.

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Look into the lyrics a little more… it’s much more complicated than what you are thinking.

Go listen to Mysterious Ways, and if you like that one (it’s not as deep, more philosophical) then start that whole album from track 1 and let’er rip. Also, the song is about a father son relationship. As a son with a… complicated relationship with his father, the song is so absolutely perfect…

Not that it matters but the original video was of a slowmotion Buffalo running in a field, the cover of the 7 inch record had an old famous picture of stampeading Buffalo falling off a cliff, this came later as a promo video. You should check out the live version in Paris after the terror attack in the theater. the crowd sing a lot of the song and is very emotional as is the song anyway but beautful to hear them all sing.

He purposely started smoking to alter his voice around this era...crazy I know. By the way there is an alternate music video for this the band made with Anton Corbijn which is more interesting in the context of the song.

I understand the lyrics from my perspective of unrequited love but who was the girl that was turning down Bono?

Great song,and you certainly need subtitles,don't you.exasperated sigh.

Bono Vox = good voice That was the name of a hearing aid store in Dublin. His friend Guigi Gabe him the name b/c after listening to him you needed hearing aids- his voice as a teenager was not yet found or refined. That was the joke among his peers.

There's a black and white version of this song by Anton Corbijn, this US version does not do this song its justice really.

Oh…… you still don’t know!!! I would love you to do a reaction to the original video that was deemed not appropriate for MTV. There is sooooo much depth behind this song on so many levels if you look into it!

This song is about Bono's relationship with his father...primarily.

Night and Day U2 reatcion E se vuoi c'è Bono che canta insieme a Sinatra Frank I've got you under my skin

Leon Russell Song for You, Homewood Session. Its Amazing.

They are on a different level than all others.

Interesting lyrics is Bono's M.O. His name was Bono Vox, Bono means good, and Vox means voice.

You're so busy talking like you're the main character and you miss the beauty of the song

You should check out the other two video versions of One. The band dressed in drag in a Berlin brothel by Anton Corbin and the slow running buffalo.

Bono's nickname was originally bonovox, which is Latin for good voice

A lot of couples like to have this song played at their wedding. The funny thing ... or ironic thing is that this song is not about getting closer and being committed, it's about breaking up. Hahahaha... but it sounds like it's the opposite until you listen to the lyrics.

I agree with your analysis, but will slightly disagree -- Bono is disagreeing with God.

One of the greatest songs ever. I’m not even a U2 fanboy but this is just so deep and all encompassing that you can place many romantic situations onto its framework and have it resonate.

Check out the version with Bono and Mary J Blige. Also great.

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The lyrics are about relationship between a father and homosexual son dying on AIDS. In another video to this song done in Berlin, you can see the old man who lost his son. Sad story.

This song was written at a time when AIDs was a crisis, and this could depict a conversation between an AIDs positive gay son with his father. Magnificent.

To me it’s about a loving relationship that wasn’t cared for and with no closure…….

Love U2 reactions. If you can see U2 live, do it. Beautiful band, that always make live music perfect. He sounds like the album live

the relationship is just fine. What they're saying is that all relationships go through this more or less. Through unavoidable difference and desire to be one. If the relationship is serious there will be disappointments. Better know how to adapt and love each other where each one is at.

Fun fact: This song is often played at weddings... Much to the confusion of the band 🙂

I kindly suggest reacting to live performances for U2 reactions. As good as they are lin studio, they are many times better live.

The poetry in their lyrics just always hits. Joshua Tree album probably more so.

I love U2 but if you want the real thing check out Led Zeppelin.

U2 - THE most overrated band in music history

Sweetie you are so young to try to understand everything that happens around you. The life itself is complicated and us too as well

This song is about Bono's conflict with his Church over what his destiny is/was to be.

You should react to their version of this song with Mary J Blige taking the lead!

To me it’s bros before hoes song..fun fact I was on the list as always to go to Nells in nyc that night when we got there they diverted a bunch of people to another club fun times

Bono vox, hearing aid shop in Dublin back in the day babe.

This is an amazing song!! Enjoyed the reaction!! OH!! Language Ray!!

Bono comes from the word bonovox or Latin word bonavox. He didn't like the nickname but got used to it and shortened it to bono.