U2 - With Or Without You | FIRST TIME REACTION | (Live in Boston 2001) 

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Bono wrote the lyrics during his first night visiting Côte d'Azur in 1986, while struggling to reconcile his responsibilities as both a married man and a musician

U2 is always amazing live - I disagree with some of the other comments about the studio version - they're both good! I was at this concert, and it's always an amazing and spiritual experience.

Hey Bisscute, great reaction! From what I understand, Bono wrote this song when the band had really started to take off with their "Unforgettable Fire" album and their performance at the Live Aid benefit concert in 1985, which was a globally televised event. At that time, he was also faced with these responsibilities of being a husband and father. He wrote this song about these directions life was pulling him and through this song he realized, it wasn't about just being a rock star or just a family man, but the constant tug of war between these aspects of himself. I hope that answers your question.

"Bono told Rolling Stone that 1986 had been "an incredibly bad year" for him, personally, and it was "almost impossible to be married and be in a band on the road." But, he told Jobling, he "didn't want to write about romance because that doesn't interest me as much as the other side." So he embraced what he called "the two-edged sword" of love"

As unique as this live performance is it doesn’t do the official recording justice.

You really miss something when you don’t do the studio version of this song

Their performance during the Super Bowl Halftime Show 2002 is definitely worth seeing. Live at the first Super Bowl after 9/11 happened. Their power and sensitivity to what the USA was going through is purely amazing.

U2 was the band that was going to save the world. The connection they have with us ( people) is always astonishing.

I was at THIS show! It was incredible. I wasn’t the only one without dry eyes by the end of the song. I’ve been to over 8 U2 concerts, and this was by far my favorite. They are like the anthem to my life.

U2 live is awesome. I saw them twice. Once my seat was the last row of the Oakland Coliseum, but U2 personnel switched my ticket and it was 6th row center stage. They said they would give my ticket stub to someone outside who was looking for a ticket. How cool is all that. Thank you U2 for one of the best concert experiences of my life. 😊😊❤❤

Bono recently performed this on Late night and explained the meaning behind the song, highly recommended performance

U2 is one of the Biggest Bands in the World (they've performed live to more people than any group in history). There's a reason for this. They put their Heart and Soul into the music. Love your genuine reaction, it's real and it's fun to watch.

Glad you liked it. I'm going to keep requesting "All I Want Is You / Where The Streets Have No Name". Life changing.

U2 is excellent live! Been to a few of their shows over the years. They are always very intimate with the crowd. Not always to this degree, but they certainly make you feel like you are "seen" in the crowd. When you get a chance in your personal time, watch the official video of this so you can hear the studio version. Also, the live Milan shows they did are exceptionally great.

You'll have to check out Joy Division. Especially Dead Souls. Love U2 very much.. been a fan for many years. Bono has a lot of charisma.

Watch U2 1985 Live Aid performance singing Bad. You will really enjoy it

Theyre one of those bands that are so great u could hear the studio version, be blown away, then hear the live version, and be blown away all over again for different reasons.....theyre special like that.

Are you slowly becoming a fan of the world's greatest rock band?

U2 song bullet the blue sky is insanely awesome live

Live Aid is a great performance to watch. It's hard to have an intimate connection with over 100,000 people, but they pull it off.

can you please react to more Michael Jackson's music video like Ghosts, You Are Not Alone, The Way You Make Me Feel, Beat It, Bad, Don't Stop Til You Get Enough, Rock With You, Scream with Janet Jackson, Blood On The Dance Floor, She's Out Of My Life, and Remember The Time

From U2, try "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" but read something about that song before listen it please, I understood it all after my father died years ago.

Not a huge U2 fan, but they are incredibly powerful

They actually made a movie called "Rattle and Hum" which is a must see for this group.

You must watch the official Video from Where the Streets Have no Name. ❤️ Greetings from near Frankfurt

During this tour, and this particular night, Bono’s dad was dying. You can hear the raw emotion.

Concert reactions are fine and all, but I feel like your first encounter with any performer's song should really be with the official music video. That is the purest incarnation of that artist's work.

Uno de los himnos de U2, canción sencillamente hermosa.

This show was just before Bono's father died. At that time he was already very sick, hence the emotional burden.

This is the live U2 performance that you want ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HvBgRSSlVBA.html

I was at this show! It was an amazing show. Another great live performance by U2 is the song Bad at Live Aid 1985

This U2 concert was outstanding!! specialy when bono and the girl

I highly recommend you watch All I Want Is You/Where The Streets Have No Name from U2’s 2001 live performance at Slane Castle. It’s unbelievable. I believe someone else also suggested it in a comment on one of your other U2 reactions.

Not a fan of live performances I guess I'm not a vibe sort of person lol Much prefer studio versions 😎

3:31 hes lying on his back, but hes still singing so good

Pls. React to U2 with Bad (Live Aid) …… it is sensational

They are amazing to see live!! I have been lucky twice ❤️❤️❤️, please check out their performance at live aid.✌️

Bisscute reacts to u2 with the song Bad live aid 1985

Greatest band ever.

Great reaction. I do feel you should have probably listened to the studio version first, as it’s a special ‘U2 symbolic’ song that takes you through it’s own journey itself. I can’t wait for you to react to “All I want is you + where the streets have no name live slane castle”, though 😏

When With or Without you was released I played the song day in day out. I was a teenager who found life quite difficult. Falling in love with girls who didn't fall in love with me. This song was my hidden love song I sang for the girls who stayed unreachable. It is still one of my favourite ballads/love songs of all time. Thank you for you reaction and please listen to the studio version as well. ~ Vals

Hi, you should react to: "U2 - All I Want Is You / Where The Streets Have No Name" the transition between the two songs is awesome and it's a really great live performance.

Do with or without you live in sydney 1993

At this point in 2000-2001 Bono’s father was on the way out… I think a lot of emotion came from that… It’s where the zone Kite came from

Another live version is 2 songs with one of the best transitions, all I want is you/where the streets have no name from slane castle in Ireland.

I think u got extremely lucky in that this was an extraordinary live version, the problem is that some bands are so great and empathetic that they can transform a performance of a song to fit the mood of an audience of hardcore fans on that exact night, and then adjust the performance again, for the same song, the next night....this is what u2 does 1000%...im glad u enjoyed it, i think u would have even more knowing the album version, again, im really glad u got lucky, but this is more for someone who knows the song backwards and forwards and not a first time listener, but it was great...he started the song a little weak, and vulnerable, vocally (all on purpose, bc hes a great singer), but on the album his voice is as present and as arresting as it was on the studio version of their song “One”....in your spare time, just check out the album version, i think youll get this amazing performance even more....and yes, on the album they lyric is “with or without you.......i cant live......with or without you” its super clear on the studio version, but quite muffled here....live versions for any band are hit or miss for newbies, and not always because theyre “bad” versions, but for the above mentioned reasons too.....great reaction, just check out the studio version in ur spare time at some point.....just beware of some live versions.....there are exceptions, some bands are better live and crap on the album, some bands, like u2, are equally great at both, just....different, so, be aware of that, different and tailored for hardcore fans

And all of this lying on his back

Please do a Depeche Mode Live soon 🙏

This was an amazing live performance. Try every breaking wave by u2... It's fantastic

Hi another song is u2 ultraviolet light my way the live concert version

U2 is my favourite band. I saw them on their first UK tour and have seen them six times since down the years in Newcastle, Budapest, Barcelona, London and São Paulo. They are one of the bands I would travel for, and travel far and wide to see. I never tire of them. They never disappoint live. At the moment I'm reading Bono's autobiography, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story. It is touching, funny, and bizarre by turns. Just what I'd expect. Enjoy U2. I envy you. You're discovering them. Depeche Mode is another group I'd venture far to see. The video you posted showed you why. Your father has great taste!

I heard from an interview with Bono that the song was originally a "throw away song" they didn't think they would do much with. Hard to imagine if this song had never been released. Anthem to millions in so many ways.

STAY FARAWAY SO CLOSE OFFICIAL VIDEO IN BERLIN 1993

They make a stadium feel emotional and personal

U2 is regarded by many as the best concert group ever,there prime was mid to late 80s. Live aid (1985) and Joshua tree (1987) concerts was epic.

Awesome bisscute U2 reaction live. Yes now 1985 live aid hmmm the song bad was awesome indeed. 👌 check that out.

This is an important song to me. As a young military man when this song first came out, I met a girl at a club, asked her to dance to this song, held her close, sang to her and have been with this girl for almost 34 years. Yes the original recording captures the beautiful sounds but the live version captures the emotion. It’s beautiful, we need more beautiful in this world.

He can't live without his family when he's on the road or with them when he's missing his music life. He loves both desperately. "You give it all but I want more" refers to his family being everything to him but he still wants to be part of U2. "You give yourself away" refers to him feeling he is giving too much of himself to his musical career.

Great choice, one of their best songs 😉

Gotta react to the U2 Super Bowl performance "Where the Streets Have No Name". To me it was the best Super Bowl performance of all time. Bono changed the lyrics to fit what had happened in the United States and the performance reached the heart of a nation.

Love you Bisscute. You are Awesome. I can’t live with or without you.

Bono Vox's enchanting voice matches The Fist's guitar.

BONO is a crazy far left guy, he got political and showed his unrealist point of views. But sang good in a band. Bono is probably nuts, grabbing at uforia which will never happen. How can anybody agree with a guy like Bono who really is so full of Hatred

Bono, unfortunately, has lost a lot of his vocal power over the years. It happens to some singers. That's why there are many requests to react to the original video.

An unforgettable experience for one concert fan for sure. But what they didn't tell you is how her boyfriend reacted. "Wait, did Bono just kiss her?" then a beat later, "Would he kiss me too?" This was the first live concert video I thought of when you said you wanted to see a live version of a U2 song. The studio version of this song is also excellent.

This song and Linkin park shadow of the day Matches the beats ❤❤❤❤

That girl at the concert is still receiving therapy today. She was never been able to settle with anybody else.

A música nos faz viajar,trazendo muitas sensações e emoções um ar de mistério na melodia algo que não tem como expressar agente sente ela é marcante e atemporal o U2 concerteza está em outro nível tipo tocam e encantao que som gostoso de arrepia,música boa que se eternizou.

So glad you chose this song ❤️

Thanks for the reaction... you are so beautiful!!

Love your reactions! 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!!!!

Hi,once again, it's me, jejejeje,You have to try with BAD,or with,FAR AWAY SO CLOSE

PLEASE! React to "She moves in mysterious ways", live at Slane Castle, Ireland, 2001 (you may like a little surprise there :) ) - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6WiwAGYtTl8.html

Prefer U2 prior 2000. Best work album and love was Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby. This is a lazy version of With Or Without you. He is not trying and that amazing rasp is not apparent. Better go and watch prior live versions. Love is Blindness live is well worth listening too.

Thank god that girl’s moment was captured on film. Otherwise nobody would believe her. 😂

Please watch the 1988 LIVE remaster version of this song. It’s on yt. Please watch it it’s much better than this

Why was it written? What were the circumstances? Have you ever been in love before? It was probably something like that. Just kidding. This might be off topic, and apologies because im going to start a long ramble here, but I want to tell you about one of the most interesting things I've heard about U2, but I don't really know is true. It was part of the VH-1 TV show "Legends" episode on U2, but I've never heard it mentioned anywhere else, nor have I ever heard the guys from U2 ever talk about it, so I've never been able to confirm whether it's real, or it was bullshit that Vh-1 just made up to make the show more interesting. Oh, by the way, this is the second time I've mentioned Vh-1, and it occurs to me that you're young enough that you probably have no idea what I'm talking about. Vh-1 stands for Video Hits 1. It was a cable channel that use to show music videos, and were sort of competition to MTV, except they were smaller, probably with not as much money, and were no where near as successful, popular, and as hip as MTV. When I was a kid, they mainly showed videos of bands that were more older classic rock stuff, as opposed to newer hit music, ironically. Eventually though, they started making shows like "Legends" and "Behind The Music" that were like rock n roll documentaries, which became very popular and elevated their profile. Anyways, the guys from U2, especially Bono and The Edge, have known each other since at least high-school, if not longer. So, the story is that at one point early on before their success, they became born again Christians, except for Larry the drummer, and at one point even discussed whether they should kick Larry out of the band because of it. Obviously they didn't, and if it was true, I don't know that they ended up staying that religious, but it always made me feel bad for poor Larry who must've felt like, "What the fuck? I thought I was joining a rock n roll band with my mates because I wanted to rock out on the drums, maybe have some fun and meet some chicks! How'd I all of a sudden become the asshole?" Again, I have no idea if it's true, but it's just interesting to me, and sometimes seems to fit with some of the other things I think I know about them. Like, I'm pretty sure that Bono's wife was his high-school sweetheart, and they've been together all this time since they were very young. Which in the context of this song, you have to imagine what it must've been like to have met so young, and then gone through all of that together, including him becoming one of the biggest rock stars in the world. You might not get it, but in the 80s and 90s, Bono was very literally one of the hugest celebrities in the entire world. He has also always been very outspoken about political issues, humanitarian causes, and charity, which you'd think is a good thing, but lots of people thought of him as a pretentious asshole for it. They had a documentary about the making of their album Achtung Baby a while back, and I watched it thinking, I'm gonna figure this out, but I just felt like, damn. Either Bono really is that fucking cool, or he really is an incredibly pretentious asshole! He seems very down to earth in interviews I've seen him in, and I'm a fan, so I give him the benefit of doubt, but if I'm being honest, I don't know that I can genuinely tell which it is, and haters going to hate! So, since I've gone on this long, I'll tell you about one more thing. There was a movie from like ten years ago called "Killing Bono" that's supposedly a true story. At least according to this one guy. That guy being Neil McCormick, who went on to be a writer and journalist, and I think the movie is based off his writings, but he was like a buddy of theirs from school. In fact, when they first put U2 together in high-school, they wanted his brother to play guitar in the band, but he was basically an arrogant dick that said, no. If you guys are going to make a band, so am I, and he's my brother, so he has to be in my band. So, who knows what might've happened, but basically he screwed his brother over on being part of one of the biggest rock bands ever. He basically always saw himself in competition with Bono, but was such an asshole that he fucked up any opportunities that they ever had, screwing over his brother and the rest of the band, but was always so jealous and blamed Bono for it, as if he ever had anything to do with it. The funny part about it is that it was basically in his head, and I'm not sure that Bono was ever aware that they were supposed to be in competition with each other. It seems like when they crossed paths, Bono was just like, hey how's it going old school buddy? I'm he's a bright guy. I'm sure he was aware on some level, but he probably didn't realize quite how much hatred this guy held towards him.

Awww...this was played at my Dads funeral

Their best song without a doubt was Sunday Bloody Sunday. the next best was the U2/Mary J Blige version of One. That was honestly the last decent thing they did. Everything else was a big drop down from there. This is still a good song, it's my third best but it hurts me the most in personal ways. I can't say it's better than the other two despite how much it personally affects me. this song has burnt me personally twice in ways that you really dont wanna ask about.

I usually better like the original performance cause the sound is really what they had in mind. Bono was a kid singing about love. Song was more agressive. I didn't like this performance, it was too whiny.

Talking about settling the bar to high for us guys 🥺 You could tell that was personal but doesn't hate females That's all relationships can't live with you or without you I have 🤞you find yours as you seem pretty girl on the inside as well as out Hope you enjoy Xmas with family and friends Thanks mate for the year 🦘🇦🇺👍

"Oh my gosh I went to the U2 concert, and I was even hugged, got to lay next to, and then got herpes from Bono!" "I'll never get forg...I mean get rid of that!"

A true work of art leaves the author's hands to the viewers/listeners, and each viewer/listener adds their own understanding and thoughts to it regardless of what the author thought/felt when creating the story. The consumer of the work of art, however, is based on his level of erudition. So, for example, it is difficult for me to explain what I feel and go through when listening to this song. At the same time, it is quite interesting to listen to different so-called thinkers. There are billions of people in the world, but classical music is forever.

Bono is singing to God, or Source, or to his Higher Self - how ever you want to thinking about a higher power. Or he is putting himself in God's shoes and sining to himself. This song is about his relationship with his own soul.

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Just for everyone's information: Bono has actually finally realised that all the stupid 'charity' work he's done for decades was useless, empty virtue-signalling and he has admitted that it was all a waste of time if not actually negative in effect.

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as this is your first time to hear the song..at this age...it means you dont know how HUGE Bono is back then.........

As I understand, he was thinking about the concept of being secretly in love with someone who both doesn’t know you have those feelings for them and perhaps you aren’t in their league.

For God's sake, listen to a live recording from 1988 when Bono still had his voice.

The next morning, this girl tells this event to her co-workers, and no one believes her. No, no one believed her, until this video came out on RU-vid.

Laziest performance ever 😂 But seriously, Joshua Tree is one of the the top albums of all time

react to New Years Day by u2 live from mexico city 1997 it's epic

Would be great crauc if bono got Lisa's red dress and started doing a Tommy from The Room, Bonos Blue Room?

Bono had some major problems with his voice on this þour, IIRC. That he manages to sing at all here is a wonder.

Great song by a great band check out angel of Harlem,bullet the blue sky from U2 they have a lot of good music.

As much as I appreciate U2 and this song this is a perfect example for a good mixed studio song where the singer isn´t able to match it live. 😕

That's an elaborate way to pick up a girl. I think I will try it myself. 😎😎

When he wails like that it's because he's sick of doing the song...he's forced to do it every single concert...lol