At the Live Aid Concert, Bono was singing and he looked down and noticed that a young woman was being pushed up against the wall by the huge crowd. Afraid she might be crushed to death, he signaled to the other band members to just keep repeating the instrumentals and then he jumped down and pulled the girl up. Of course, talking was out because of the band and the huge number of people in the stadium. So, he just pulled her to him and they danced until he was satisfied that she was okay. So he gave her a kiss, had someone take her backstage to be sure she hadn't broken any bones, and went back to the finish their performance. Now, that's class!
Should do bullet the blue sky in Paris 2015 it's amazing i wouldn't bother with the studio version the words are different from the original to be more with what was going on in the world i watch it every day it is that good. The whole show is great. It's in my top 5 shows!!
The Edge, the guitar player, is instantly recognizable once you hear a few of their songs. “Bad” “Where the Streets Have No Name” “Running to Stand Still” “Beautiful Day” “Acrobat” “Kite” “All I Want is You””Mysterious Ways” Also, their Super Bowl halftime show is considered the best ever by many 🔥🎶🔥
One of my all time favourites. I was lucky to see U2 live a few times, the feeling in their shows was highest level incredible. Whenever I feel down, listening to U2 pulls me up, connects in to my “Irish heartbeat”. Their songwriting is second to none. True poets of music. Can you imagine hearing a whole stadium singing this song together. It takes you to another place. They do big anthemic songs & perfect intimate songs & it all translates so beautifully live. The ZooTv tour live shows were my favourite if you can see those but they have SO many other great moments to see. A lesser known song but one of my best life memories is being near the roof of the outdoor stadium in Sydney on a starry night as they performed “Love is Blindness” at the end of the show after we’d all been on this amazing journey - it became other worldly, stars and the universe filling the screens, Edge’s jingly guitar, Bono’s haunting voice - then Edge cut in with what became one of the most powerful booming solos I ever heard. Will never ever forget how it made me feel, totally mesmerising! 🌌 (found it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xUXVE4GEwmc.html ) I believe this was also filmed the same week I saw them in Sydney, I was at the show when Adam (bass) didn’t perform. By the time that final fuzzy part of the solo kicks in, I was almost in outer space - it felt like the music was inside me and expanding out to the sky all at once. I could go on forever about their music lol, this is just one song but such a memory. The ZooTv tour was also artistically incredibly interesting, with Bono exploring his “Fly” persona, the antithesis of the earnest rock star he was, becoming the decadent bloated washed up cynical “shadow side” by the end of the show (hence the gold suit and devil horns). This duality was so well integrated into that show. They were brilliant at cutting to the truth & pathos of a lyric, an emotion and somehow being confrontational and unifying all at once. Truly important artists for the world and all time ✌️
This was an amazing response. U2 are a wonderful live band. They've been a group for over 40 years, having started in 76 and having released their first album in 1980. They have harder rocking songs like Until the end of the world, which was also on Achtung Baby, beautiful ballads like One, Stay, and With or Without you, and anthems like Where the Streets Have No Name, Beautiful Day, Bad, and City of Blinding Lights. Personally, I think you would enjoy performances from Zoo TV Sydney. Some great picks from that show are Running to Stand Still/transition into Streets, Until the end of the world, With Or Without You, and Stay.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. I can't put my finger on why its so hauntingly amazing. They wrote this song around a time when they were not getting along as band members and were seriously considering breaking you. You can feel their pain and strain in their relationship in the words of the song. Thanks for your review. Keep smiling🤘🙂
Exactly right. The story of how this happened that you were talking about is one of my favorite stories in 20th century music. Coming off the massively successful Joshua tree album/tour, they wanted to change their sound almost entirely. The band was about to break up. They couldn’t get along. They couldn’t agree on the direction of the band. They were in the studio for months with hardly anything to show for it... Then while Edge is messing around with a few chord progressions(in the middle of the song that ended up being Mysterious Ways), he hits on something that basically made everyone stop arguing, stop what they were doing.. and listen to what they just heard. Then within a matter of minutes they basically had the entire structure for One finished. Everything fell into place for the entire album from that point forward. As of 2022, the band has won the most Grammys of any band and is officially the longest running band in the history of rock with out any lineup changes. The story is almost too on the nose to believe that story was true. It sounds like some narrative from a movie.. And I would probably have a hard time believing it if it wasn’t recorded. They go through this in the Achtung Baby documentary with the audio recordings at the time. It’s amazing.
"You gave me nothing now it´s all I got" - this song is so Iconic in every possible way! Nice reaction, glad you shared it with us! Love and respect from Sweden
Yes and what I don't like about of these reaction channels is they generalize the reaction and don't go into lyrics very much. I remember one guy rewinding Dylan lyrics and getting blown away with the words. Another reaction video didn't say one word about lyrics but mentioned how they love his voice and harmonica. Here the guys are getting goosebumps and calling this a masterpiece, but very little about the lyrics....
Yaay!...you've 'discovered' U2. Been lucky to see them twice live. But if I had a time machine, I'd go to see them Live At Slane Castle. That gig version of Where The Streets Have No Name is astonishing.
Bro's, this was from their 1992 album. Their first album was 'Boy' in 1980, and they've recorded/performed great music since. Deep lyrics and catalog worth exploring.
Joshua tree has more good songs than achtung baby, but I think the good ones on the latter are amazing. And the fly from it knocked Brian Adams off no1 in UK after forever, so I really like it ;) And it was the first album I ever bought.
It's hard to imagine kind of forgetting a band I've seen live 10 times. So many great songs to choose from. I'd go with "I will follow" live. Or go back to their early stuff. Sunday bloody Sunday is a classic. Cheers!
U2 is a great band so much talent and a distinctive sound and many wonderful songs with deep meaning and social and political relevance. "With or Without You", "Bloody Sunday", "New Year's Day", and "Pride in the Name of Love" to name a few.
This is a great band with a great hits. This song with Mary J Blige is amazing. Sunday bloody sunday, beautiful day, I still haven't found what i'm looking for, with or without you etc. The album "The Joshua tree is one of the world's best-sellings albums. Is in top 30 albums in Rolling Stone list. But you have other bands in the 80' s: Simple minds, 4 non blondes . Thank you guys for this reaction👍🏻
Oh. My. Stars... What a day to ask about live U2. While this performance does not feature One, for me it is one of U2's, a band from Ireland, iconic live performances. This is short, because it was the halftime show at the 2002 Super Bowl. It only features two songs: Beautiful Day and Where the Streets Have No Name although a write up about it says something called MLK is between the two, but I am unfamiliar with that one if it is. Do react to Beautiful Day and Where the Streets Have No Name before you watch this, so you're familiar with them. Keep in mind as you're watching that this event happened five months after the attacks on US soil on 09/11/2001 (or, as the rest of the world writes it 11/09/2001). I'm not going to spoil the performance and say why. But do keep it in mind. U2's performance was genius and iconic. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pH5tHgXS-2M.html
Thank you, @@johnbassett7963 ! I figured it had to do with Martin Luther King, Jr., but do not know it so did not discern it in the performance. I would suggest the guys listen to all three before watching this live performance, then.
As Sienna Glass said, you should, no you must react to All I want is you + Where the streets have no name from Slane Castle. Especially the transition from the first into the second song is brilliant. You will have goosebumbs I promise you.
Amazing band from the 80s to the early 2000s. Bono always had a great voice and the lyrics are universal. Even if you don't speak English, you can understand the emotion he displays. From this album: even better than the real thing, mysterious ways, who's gonna ride your wild horses are all worth a look.
ONE LIVE AT CASTLE IN IRELAND 2001...A MUST ..AN ON THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK HONEYMOON IN LAS VEGAS..CANT HELP FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU...VOICE OF AN ANGEL.. BONO THE MAN
French fact : Samuel Paty, who was a teacher, has been assasinated by an extremist last year. And there has been an hommage in front of his coffin with this song, which was his favorite. And the song took a very different way.
I haven't heard this song before and it is very emotional. I do like U2 and have quite a few songs by them - two of them I especially like are Vertigo and With or Without You. They have a huge catalogue of songs. Also a couple of great Scottish bands from the 1970s/1980s are Simple Minds (Don't You (forget about me)), and Big Country (In a Big Country, Fields of Fire). Many thanks for the reaction, guys.
My absolute favorite band in the world. I’ve seen them in concert only 5 times and met them once. They are living legends. I’ve been a fan since I was 10 years old. 40 years of love fills my heart. React to the live version of “A Sort of Homecoming”. It’s amazing. Thank you! 😘❤️🙏🏼
This song saved this band from each other. Watch their documentary From The Sky Down. They talk about it. They were not in a good place as a band and this song brought them back to each other. Also.. any U2 review should use live versions. That's when the songs come alive. It's magical
If you guys really like U2 you would probably like when they were young and just starting out, they did a live show and recorded it was called "Under a Blood Red Sky" It was a great performance - I was there when I was a young kid.
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This song touches the soul so deeply but the video expresses the emotion of Bono and the other members of U2's admiration and love towards each other and is succcinctly expressed in the stanza: // Well, it's too late tonight // To drag the past out into the light // We're one, but we're not the same // We get to carry each other, carry each other // One In essence, we all need to move forward in life but not forget we have take care of each other regardless of the past albeit not evil actions, but more the trials and tribulations we all go through individually and collectively as humans tied to this mortal coil because life is too short. One.
Great song by a great group. I saw them play live in Belfast ☘ a while back, outstanding. Please react to Green Day - Basket Case. Or The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight. ✌️
My brother passed away recently n this was his favourite song...we played it at his cremation. it always touches me when they sing the line SISTERS BROTHERS becsuse we had our quarrels but he was my brother and I loved him so much .. there is only one love.... it's just different. Like I love my parents , and I love my siblings but it's a different love that I have for my partner... but love is love.. beautiful song n I've met this band becsuse they chill out in Ireland... never the less gorgeous song xxx
Boah guys.... Feelings... emotions... love.. that's what's U2 all about. Check this live versions: "U2 - All I want is you & Where the streets hace no name - Live slane castle" "U2 - Bad (Live aid)" "U2 - Love is blindness (Live sydney ZooTv)" "U2 - Kite (Live slane castle)" "U2 - One (Live Paris 2015)" and soooooooooooooooooooo many others
If not for One? U2 might’ve broken up in 1990. The band was in disagreement about which direction the band should go musically while recording for the Achtung Baby album...to the point they were considering disbanding. When they created One in the studio? They knew they were stronger as a band than separate. This song live is like being in church...makes me tear up every single time. For another iconic U2 song that’s a COMPLETELY different vibe? Bullet the Blue Sky...preferably a live version!
Please react to more U2. 1) I Still Haven't Found What I'm looking for 2) Running to Stand Still 3) Where the Streets Have No Name 4) All I Want Is You 5) Bad (Live Aid 1985) 6) Pride, In the Name of Love 7) Sunday Bloody Sunday
It's strange you hadn't heard of this band. Its one of The most famous rock bands ever. Keep con listening to their songs. I would also recommend you reacting to Coldplay early stuff.
There are too many songs to list by U2 to react to. , "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "With or Without You", "Red Hill Mining Town", I could list a hundred more! They are amazing.
If you want some power, I recommend "October/Bullet the blue sky", live in Paris 2015 ... but I could tell you a thousand others. Have a good listening!
Another great job dudes!! Are you really not familiar with U2? Buckle up because they are truly legends...you should find the live version of this. Bono brings a girl on stage and sings while laying on the stage with her. Sunday bloody sunday, pride, bad, where the streets have no name,bullet the blue sky to name a few others. Rock on!!
You must watch All I Want Is You and Where The Streets Have No Name HD live at Slane Castle, also One live on Zoo TV Sydney.... All I Want Is You studio and Kite live in Sydney
U2 burst on the world stage during the "troubles" of Ireland, Irish against Irish. They were political from the start. Rattle and Hum is a good recording to listen to, to really understand them musically. Bullet the Blue Sky, suggested listening.
You guys should react to You're So Cruel. It didn't get as much air play but is a really cool song 🔥 Also Where The Streets Have No Name, the one they performed on top of a one story building in California and caused mass chaos 🔥🔥🔥
the whole Achtung Baby Album is one of the Best albums on Planet. Next song from U2 "Who´s gonna ride your wild horses" and "Mysterous ways" please, thanks guys ;)
“One life you got to do what you should” Whatever your believes are the only thing for sure is now. Make this day wonderful. I’m writing from a Hospital bed and instead of focusing into my health issue I feel better to help out people helps me so much. “Sisters, Brothers”
You guys are amazing im irish so i appreciate your reaction. That ssid I please suggest Dimash to you... I promise promise you will not regret it xxx he's stunning beyond belief... thanks for your reaction xxx
Never got much into U2 (which is ironic, because I was literally named after "Joshua Tree"😂.) But definitely gotta give them credit, they are great at the music they do.
This song is a classic masterpiece . Maybe it's about love but maybe the bitterness of it? Idk, I think many songs are free for interpretation only the one who wrote it knows exactly what's it all about "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 can't say I understand it perfectly but I don't care, is so sweet but sad and heart broken at the same time...ONE of the most beautiful songs ever created
Respect to the bro in white - you react naturally not trying to pretend "how I am impressed" - all your emotions are in your eyes. Bravo. And disrespect to the bro in black - it was the mistake to interrupt such great song - it shows that it didn't touch you at all, and all you behavior is just pretending.
I can understand why some people relate this song to a love relationship, but I personally prefer the other interpretations: the one about Germany's reunification, but mostly the father/son tough conversation, or the AIDS interpretation theory.
I didn't see Freddy live, but I have seen this live twice and it's one incredible live band and vocalist and show man too. Watch their inauguration into the rock and roll hall of fame and play The end of the world. Bono's showmanship there never gets old. This song is magic. Such a good lyric, voice and guitar. Devine.
Haven't learned your names yet, sorry... But brother on the right always shows soooooooooooooo much emotion and brother on the left is always paying attention to the lyrics and logic... Love you both for the concurrent reactions!!! You complete each other!!!
It is not belivable that you have not heard U2 before. Seriously. But if that is so, or even, maybe start from the beginning. Sunday bloody sunday, or In the name of love.
Guys please listen to a song called Creed by Petra. Listen to the official version and not the Live version. You will be blown away. Interested to see your reaction.
