U2 - With Or Without You | REACTION 

You all know U2 were THE biggest band on the planet for the 80s and 90s... right? Man feeling old... there's a reason this album went diamond.

We cannot forget the hauntingly beautiful bass line from Adam Clayton...absolutely mesmerizing.

Great song from one of history's best albums. "Bullet the blue sky" is my favorite from a collection that are all top notch on the Joshua Tree. The guitar work of The Edge gives U2 a distinctive sound that always let you know who the song was by before you ever heard a word. The more you hear, the more you'll know it. He could really set an eerie mood.

😮Kinda shocked you don't know U2 a little better. This song was huge and the album Joshua Tree was epic. They write their own stuff and are incredible musicians.

Joshua Tree is a masterpiece. All songs are excellent.

This band OWNED that year(!). You couldn't get away from this album; one hit song after another was released from this album. They already had some albums out before with some chart toppers, but when Live Aid happened, it was pretty much agreed that U2 was the breakout band that day; they had the whole stadium in their hands, and the whole world was introduced to them. I hope you try their Beatles influenced rooftop performance (video) with Where The Streets Have No Name.

I was BEYOND surprised that Nick didn't know this song! Of all the songs, of all the bands, this would not have been on my bingo card for songs he didn't know.

The Joshua Tree album is the reason I became a U2 fan in 1987 and with each album I loved them more. It isn’t “only” their music, I especially love their lyrics. Their songs are the soundtrack of my life and definitely a big YES!!! Check out some live performances! Being in a U2 concert is one of the most amazing experiences! 🥰🎼🎶

U2 best live band ever! Period.

Amazing song by an amazing band. Even greater when they play live. I love U2 so much.

You know a song is good when the grimaces get more intense and hold for a longer amount of time. Just an incredible song...and band.

You know the song's FANTASTIC when you don't want to pause it to make any comments until the song is done. A true Classic from U2 and vocal EXCELLENCE from BONO. Heard this song a thousand times, still gives me goosebumps every single time.

Well, now I'm off to listen to Joshua Tree. It's been a while. Even the non-singles are phenomenal. I really love "Running To Stand Still" and "Red Hill Mining Town." The Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno production is stellar throughout. Excellent video guys!

You guys will love my favorite U2 song, "New Year's Day."

I am 56 . I saw U2 on their first Big American Tour 41 yrs ago! I was 15. A dozen of my friends all met up in SF at 8am for a 8 Pm show ! We got in line 12 hrs early for a GA show! It was incredible !!! We l k ew ew en then theyd be Legends !!! They had the same Aura back then in 1983!!! .

This was a HUGE song 86-87 even here in Costa Rica... I was a kid back then, 8 year old I believe, and I was floored by the feel even if the lyrics not yet connected at a personal level with me.

Sunday bloody sunday.

songs like this are why GenXers think modern music is rubbish.

I fell in love with U2 music after the Joshua Tree experience! Fun times! That voice & nothing compares to the Edge ... 😊

You always know when it's The Edge. Very charitable band, always pursuing peace. ❤😊

The Edge's name is David Evans. Bono's name is Paul Hewson. Their friends, family and even their parents use their nicknames, so while they have, they're hardly ever used.

"One" should be your next!!!!!!!!

10-21-1992. The Zoo Tour, Denver, Mile High Stadium. Unforgettable!

Yeah! They are Awesome!!🤘🔥

Finally! You’ve come to my favorite band of all time and it does my heart good to see your heads going and Nicks stank face lol. PLEASE PLEASE continue this album it’s a must. 💯 a masterpiece

This might be Bono's best vocal performance of many by him. It is one of a few songs that evokes an involuntary emotional reaction in me. That said, it might only be the fourth or fifth best song on The Joshua Tree album. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Where The Streets Have No Name, Bullet The Blue Sky, In God's Country and Red Hill Mining are all stellar songs from an incredible LP. Joshua Tree is neck-and-neck with Back In Black, Moving Pictures and Famous Last Words, for me, as the best album(s) of the 1980s. My favourite U2 songs are from their early LPs - Pride (In the Name of Love), Sunday, Bloody Sunday and (their best IMO) New Year's Day. BTW Nick and Ryan, Diamond level sales, for your viewers' information, signifies 10 million units of an album or single sold in the U.S.

Quintessential Irish Rock!

10th grade, '85 I guess, this was the most anticipated album I can remember throughout high school. Lots of us were into them beforehand, but they were still a wee but under the radar. This track came out and the days of seeing them in small music halls was over. Went right to arenas and stadiums.

I still can’t figure out how you did not know this band? One of the biggest bands ever.

What a tremendous rabbit hole to go down. Start at the beginning with New Years Day and Sunday Bloody Sunday (and with SBS make sure you watch the live performance at Red Rocks). Then the entire Joshua Tree album. You're going to love them!

Pat Benatar All Fired Up. Progression on display.

This one of dozens of songs that U2 simply rose above the pale for 30 years plus. I recommend October, An cat dubh, Bad, or Bullet the blue sky as the lesser known hits. : U2 ( Boy : I will follow, Twighlight, An cat dubh, Into the heart, Out of control, Stories for boys, The ocean, A day without me, Another time another place, The electric co., Shadows and tall trees; October: Gloria, I fall down, I threw a brick through a window, Rejoice, Fire, Tomorrow, October, With a shout, Stranger in a strange land, Scarlet, Is that all?; War: Sunday bloody Sunday, Seconds, New Year's day, Like a song, Drowning man, The Refugee, Two hearts beat as one, Red light, Surrender, "40"; The Unforgettable Fire: A sort of homecoming, Pride, Wire, The unforgettable fire, Promerade, 4th of July, Bad, Indian Summer Sky, Elvis Presley and America, MLK; The Joshua Tree: Where the streets have no name, I still haven't found what I am looking for, With or without you, Bullet the blue sky, Running to stand still, Red Hill Mining Town, In God's country, Trip through your wires, One tree hill, Exit, Mothers of the dissapeared; Rattle and Hum: Helter Skelter, Van Diemen's Land, Desire, Hawkmoon 269, All along the watchtower, I still haven't found what I'm looking for, Freedom for my people, Silver and gold, Pride, Angel of Harlem; Achtung Baby: Zoo station, Even better than the real thing, One, Until the end of the world, Who's gonna ride your wild horses, So cruel, The Fly, Mysterious ways, Tryin' to throw your arms around the world, Ultra Violet; Zooropa: Zooropa, Babyface, Numb, Lemon, Stay, Daddy's gonna pray for your crashed car, Some days are better then others, The First Time, Dirty Day, The Wanderer; Pop: Discotheque, Do you feel loved, Mofo, If God will send His angels, Staring at the sun, Last night on earth, Gone, Miami, The playboy Mansion, If you wear the velvet dress, Please, Wake up dead man; All that you can't Leave Behind: Beautiful Day, *Stuck in a Moment You Can't get out of, Elevation, Walk on, Kite, *In a little while, Wild Honey, Peace on earth, When I looked at the world, New York, Grace; ), How to dismantle an atomic bomb: Vertigo, Miracle Drug, Sometimes you can't make it on your own, Love and Peace or else, City of Blinding lights, All because of you, A man and a woman, Crumbs from your table, One step closer, Original of the species, Yahweh; No line on the Horizon: No line on the Horizon, Magnificent, Moment of surrender, Unknown caller, I'll go crazy if I don't go crazy tonight, Get on your boots, Stand up comedy, FEZ-Being born, White as snow, Breathe, Cedars of Lebanon; Songs of Innocence: The Miracle, Every breaking wave, Song for someone, Iris, Volcano, This is where you can reach me now, The Troubles)

Guys, Sunday Bloody Sunday.

In the US guys a Diamond selling album is at least 10 million copies sold. So that is about as massive as it can get, LOL! There are very few releases that hit that stage of popularity, like only around 90 albums in the history of recorded music. U2's The Joshua Tree sold 16.7 millions records and CDs in the US and 25 million worldwide. There is literally no need to work after a hit like that, ha, ha, ha! As Randy Bachman says, if you are good musicians you play Classic Rock. If you are poor musicians you play punk rock. Clearly U2 are good musicians, thus "The Joshua Tree" is Classic Rock and blues flavoured. The finest style of music in recording history. 🎸🎙🥁

For a deeper dive into 80’s Irish rock bands , checkout Mike Scott and the Waterboys. Song Fisherman’s Blues

❤️♥️👏👍

Boy is a great album ! Check it out

I like some of U2's songs, but this one works my nerves. Maybe because I heard it a lot.

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IF you start with a new group you should start with one of their first hits not 4-5-6 albums in

When you guys didn't pause ONCE.. I knew it was grabbing you and not letting go.

Big fan of the old days of U2, they were a fresh and original sound, good choice!

"One" is my favorite. Extremely well written and performed. Great video too..

I haven't heard this song in years. It has a real ethereal quality to it. It's so good. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪

Such an spiritual album. Those that stays with you the rest of your life.

Bono has a supernatural quality to his voice. Once he turns it on you are immobilized and have to listen.

❤Where The Streets Have No Name is a MUST for you next U2 and you NEED to watch the video.

Never listen to anyone who says U2 is overrated.

Now do "Bad" live from Wide Awake in America. You will LOVE it.

You're entering a completely new rabbit hole with U2. There were years when I played them continuously, they kept getting better and better. So happy you enjoyed this. Keep going!

I have seen them live many times over the years and they are stunning.

You really can’t go wrong with a U2 song, but I’d love to see/hear you react to “One”.

U2 has a lot of great songs. Mysterious Way might be my personal favorite. The edge is an underrated guitarist.

U2s debut album - Boy - is one of the most extraordinary debut albums by any band in the last 60 years. Try out I Will Follow from Boy. It's a good place to start. Their early back catalogue is well worth mining.

"Bono" was called that since school days which was short for "Bono Vox" meaning "good voice " "The Edge" brought a style unique to him, alone. Edge also has a phenomenal voice

ah, great album, all of it! great video for this one! good days... ❤

I would highly suggest you do Joshua Tree all the way through, every song. It's a masterpiece all the way down from the songs, lyrically to production etc. One of the greatest albums ever recorded.

Next you should review "Where The Streets Have No Name"

Now do Where the Streets Have No Name. Or anything off The Unforgettable Fire.

I still like the rooftop video. That was chaos. The album The Joshua Tree was insanely good.

Wow that song was so huge. People may throw things at me if I say this - but I was tired of it and it was overplayed. They are a great band but I was not into them as much as some of my friends. Now that I don't hear it as much - I can appreciate more. That song is used a lot in movies and TV shows. Most notably in Friends and The Office. Cool that you guys had a fresh take on the song! Best part is the guitars/drums on the ending!

Love the Edge

I just love watching reactors fall in love with U2! Red Hill Mining Town also from the Joshua Tree album is an underrated vocal masterpiece from Bono. And please, please, please watch their set from Live Aid in 1985, even if you don't react to it just watch it for your own enjoyment (it's only 20minutes long) as it is one of the greatest live performances in music history (that's not hyperbole!)

Check out "One" from the same album. Another masterpiece. ❤

Sunday, Bloody Sunday was the first U2 song I ever heard. My favorite to this day.

The Streets Have no Name is an great video

I always appreciated the tension that builds up and never truly releases - there are no overblown guitar solos towards the end that was so common back in the 80s' the lyrics and sound sort of just simmer and smolder like a banked fire instead and it has a much more potent effect I think.

Hard to believe you guys are not familiar with U2. They are one of the most MASSIVE bands in the world. This is a fantastic song, and I'm glad you guys enjoyed it so much. 😎😎

I’ve seen U2 live four times ever since their first tour through the US. An amazing band who just connected with their audience!!

Such a phenomenal song!!! As a big U2 fan from their first album, I could recommend so many songs, but will refrain. If you would like to check out a live version of this, I will recommend the performance from the ELEVATION tour from Boston. That is so emotionally packed. One thing I realized by watching your reaction--we all need Nick and Ryan bobbleheads!!!

New Year's Day or Sunday Bloody Sunday would have been my first choices.

When I lived in the city and my neighbours were creating noise and fighting, I would play this full blast [as the bass vibrates nicely when loud] and peace returns. Great song. Love their early era, not so much there later.

I saw them on this tour and they were fantastic. I remember hearing "I Will Follow" from their debut album in 1980 as a teenager and I was hooked immediately.

That might be the best song, from the best album, of the 80’s…….

Mysterious Ways is one to definitely check out. New Years Day, Where The Streets Have No Name

That transition around 7:44 has always been my favorite. So nice.

I don’t really listen to them anymore but I’ve been with them since the beginning. They will always be my band.

It's between this and New Years Day for my favourite U2 song.

i love the song....from the Joshua Tree Album...

This song and this video led to a lot of women getting in to U2. I remember my babysitter LOVED them. I didn't really get it until Achtung Baby came out a few years later.

The song was overplayed at the time which made me forget how good it was

Pride (In the Name of Love) and One MUST be experienced.

U2 is definitely worth you guys checking out more. Thier early work is my favorite, Boy, October, War.... these albums are so awesome. New Years Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, I will follow, Gloria.. U2 live at Red Rocks is amazing too

Could you please do California by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, great vocals,incredible bass,phenomenal lead solo,amazing keyboard solo!

MONTROSE - " ROCK CANDY (BABE) @ND. " SPACE STATION #5 " 🎸 🎸 2 Classic Rock Jams from 1973 w/ Sammy Hagar on Vocals long before he joined Van Halen . These 2 songs have the Loudest & Heaviest Drums ever recorded for an early 1970s Rock songs way ahead of it's time check it out 🔥 it's FIRE 🔥

"Platinum" albums didn't exist until the VERY end of the '70s. The "Diamond" designation didn't get created until the very late '90s (or even early 2000s). As I recall the sales figures which demarcate the title designations are: "Gold" = 500, 000 copies sold. Platinum = 1,000,000 copies sold Diamond = 10,000,000 copies sold (I may be off on the Diamond sales amount. 🤷🤷). They don't, really, mean anything except: you made your record label a lot of money. [and, o.k.: a LOT of people own your album or single. 👍👍]

Not a huge fan of U2. I can take them or leave them. But I do like the Joshua Tree album, especially this song. It’s very haunting and I LOVE the slow progression. It’s perfect. I do admire Bono’s dedication to advocating for human rights. As for his art, I don’t care much for it. It's not anything I enjoy but I do get a strong sense of his political activism from his artwork. Very interesting person. This was an enjoyable review. Haven’t heard this song in a while and it was nice to hear again. Thanks for bringing it, Ryan.

Please try "Bad", if you like this you will LOVE that! Or for a great live performance try "All I Want Is You / Where the Streets Have No Name" live from Slane Caste.

Great & honest review!! I’m going to watch more. BTW find some more U2 cuz if this song moved you there are many more to do the same. Try “One”or “Where the Streets Have No Name” or “Mysterious Ways”….so many more. Live concerts are where they shine tho! Thx & cheers!

You guys should listen to Southside Johnny and the Ashbury Jukes TALK TO ME

Never done U2 on here? Really?

This whole album is awesome! I played this album so much, I wore it out and had to buy it again! I would be interested in hearing your reaction to the whole album!

Awesome band and "Joshua Tree" album. You should check out their hits "Where the Streets Have No Name," "Beautiful Day," "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" and "Mysterious Ways"

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BBKiNW33iW4.htmlsi=FG5IX7-gLCmBYriD ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BBKiNW33iW4.htmlsi=FG5IX7-gLCmBYriD After a short trip into prog metal, the guys go to one of the more well known groups and songs that the channel has had in awhile. Given how iconic "The Joshua Tree" album has become, I'm fascinated by the guys reaction to this song. Underscoring the legacy of this album, the documented stats are impressive. This song has been sampled nearly 25 times, including such diverse artists as Kenny Chesney and Girl Talk using the song. The cover numbers are even more mind-blowing. There is documentation that the song has been covered over 100 times since its release. The more intriguing versions include The Midnite String Quartet, the first link above. There has also been an R&B cover released by Cunnie Williams, which is the second link above, as just a couple of highlights. There's no doubt few bands or artists have impacted popular music as much as U2 in the last 30 plus years. That's why I'm so interested to see and hear what the guys have to say about this well known hit. Let's go! 😄

This is just a suggestion for another band that you would enjoy. Jethro Tull playing Aqualung. It’s an old treasure.

You guys need to do the Live Aid "Bad" video. Its epic!!

Pretty nice. Better yet, 'The Unforgettable Fire' is majestic, and 'Wire' is fire!

I agree, seen them live in London couple of times, they were great!

u2 gets a lot of hate but all bands are trying to write a song this good in their own way

Hey you beautiful boys❤ Love most of your videos 😂JK❤ You guys have to hit some more Heart songs. I can tell you about some bangers that you will freak out over.😊Try "Sing Child" (its not about children singing😊), "Cook With Fire" (do the original studio recording, the live one sucks), "Little Queen" and "Love Alive". These are a good start... they have so many.