They just played here in Vegas @ the new Sphere. So many people expressed their hate for this band! That's because they only know their newer stuff. They have NO idea how great they were back in the day! 🥰
When U2 first came out, they were compared to a Scottish band called the Skids. One magazine called them an "Irish Skids" That said, I think U2 are a much better band than the Skids (much like Duran Duran are a much better band than Japan).
Saw them in a small club in Madison, WI. in 1981. I knew they’d be big. After the show, all the band members came out to sign autographs, I still have my ticket with all their signatures. How cool was that?
@@lordvader6512 actually that's the sound of an Explorer plugged into a VOX AC30! Beautiful sounding guitar in a beautiful sounding amp! This would actually be the only time Edge played this song on a Les Paul until the Popmart tour some 15 years later! After the Popmart tour he smartly switched back and stuck with his signature Explorer.
@@kbusby4824 *True, they are pretty good albums. But I only really started to take them seriously with Achtung Baby - which was, interestingly enough, when they stopped taking themselves too seriously*
*Fun fact:* This would be the only time Edge would use a Les Paul to play I Will Follow until the Popmart tour some 15 years later. And after the Popmart tour he (smartly) went back to, and stuck with his signature Explorer when performing I Will Follow. This would also be the only time we'd ever see Edge use a black Les Paul, despite the vast catalogue of guitars at his disposal.
This has been one of my most favourite songs (EVER) since I was a young girl in the 80’s. It has made my spirit soar when I’m already happy and lifted it during incredibly difficult times in my life. Never underestimate the power of music and it’s importance in our lives and the human psyche ♥️♥️♥️🙌🙌🙌
I was born on 81, and remember the early 90's as the best times listening to 80's. This song brings back deep memories of my alone adventures in the wilderness, trying to find a point in living this life. I played alot of u2 and simple minds music on a walk man during these times. In 2005 I finally figured it out, and decided that life is worth living
I saw them March 16, 1981 in at the Woodstock a small club in Anaheim. There were maybe 60-70 people at most. I bought a ticket at the door for $5, just walked up, no line about 30 minutes before they started. This was basically a bar with a stage in the corner and pool tables and bar in the back. U2 gave a show as if there were 10,000 people not just 60. They were excellent, and very down to earth guys to talk to,
My old copies of 'Boy' and 'October' credit him only as Larry. Makes me wonder if he was trying the Mononymous thing like Bono and Edge, which would be kinda funny
The thing with U2 is its just not possible to say one member is the star. In every performance each band member is the man of the match in his own right. I believe that is a long way responsible for their continued success.
They have a very unique chemistry between the 4 band members. They are all very important to the band. For me U2 have so many brilliant songs and there are very few other groups that come close.
This is the first time I've seen this video too, in Sept 2023. Gotta laugh at the cheesy low budget green screen effects. But they were sure good - and young. On their way to greatness.
Found this little unknown band while browsing in a Licorice Pizza ( a well known record shop in the 80s) Bought their song/single on a 45. Who knew the height of popularity they would achieve.
Need to dust off my U2 collection and listen to their earlier music. This takes me back to 1982 when I first started to hear about them. Brilliant song.
Boy is the Album that introduced us to this wonderful Irish band known as U2....so blessed to have won front row seats to see them in 98. ..gave Bono a huge bouquet that broke apart while in tbe air...he caught the sunflower and danced around the stage with it in his hand....made my life worth everything up to that moment!
I remember back in the late 80's someone asked Joe Satriani for an example of a great guitar lick and he played the riff for this song. I'm still smiling!
A boy named Paul....not McCartney but Hewson, a lad from Dublin, Ireland. Just 14 years young, he loses his grandfather, and if that wasn't tough enough for a young lad, his Mother passes away tragically at the funeral. A difficult situation to say the very least to bury your Mother at such a tender age. Tragedy can put us in dire situations and leave us feeling utterly depressed and helpless, but we *can* emerge and find ourselves through creative expression like singing or playing an instrument. Thankfully, Paul found his creative outlet in his youth and just six years after his Mom's death, he joins forces with 3 other lads to form the band the whole world knows as U2. In this song, and many others you can hear a little pain in Bono's voice, but he was victorious and made his way through, and made a nice living actually. Thank you Paul, Adam, David and Larry for your 40+ years of great music to help us find solace and love in this world.
Oh, how I remember those days! It's been 40 years now,wow! Saw them in concert twice, the unforgettable fire tour and the joshua tree tour. Both concerts were great! I'm in my late 50's,many years has gone by but I still remember how much I enjoyed seeing them live! What memories!🙂
@@nellig_anne You're 16?!!😳 And you like this kind of music, from an older generation? That's cool, I like that! I can remember a time when U2 were so popular. Their videos played alot on MTV and I mean alot too! The two concerts when I saw them was so much fun, I really miss those times. But anyway, thanks for sharing your thoughts and feelings about U2. Take care and have a great 2021!🙂
This band made me proud of my Irish heritage and has been a life saver throughout the years . I was able to attend a concert a few years back life changing now I’m going to Ireland in September thanks to my wife . I’m ready to die after that lol
A dance student of mine in NJ gave me their first four albums on an audio cassette and I Fell In Love With This Band! That was in the early 80s! And I Am FOREVER GRATEFUL!!!
Ah here . St Brigid’s School hall in Finglas , Dublin 1976. Our school band Electron supported U2 and Virgin Prunes. I sang in Electron. U2 blew us away.😮😮
Finally! But still missing so many U2 videos on YT... We need in HD All I Want Is You, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Two Hearts Beat As One, The Unforgettable Fire, The Fly, Last Night On Earth, A Celebration and many others
@@majestictwelve2401 Cool my friend, this song have many great live performances, i recommend on U2 Elevation Tour: Live From Boston (2001) & U2 At Red Rocks (1983).
In 1981 I was a hard rock guy. Kiss, AC/DC, Sabbath, Aerosmith, etc. 5 seconds into that opening guitar riff I was into something different all together. 40 plus years later it still rips into my soul.
I like how Bono starts out sitting on the drum riser, and then demonstrates the best dance moves to interpret this groove, and his voice sounds great without a microphone. I don't miss the microphone.
This is my all time most favorite song ever !! I have listened to it more than 16,000 times in the last 25 years... I listen to many different version on you tube but My favorite is this original version from the Boy album!! It is on continuous repeat in my vehicle..
I bought this album at its release. Became my fav. Found a U2 t-shirt at my local record store; bought it and wore it to my middle school. Was teased relentlessly! "Who's U2?! They suck, blah blah. Fast forward to high-school; everyone now loves U2!
This just brings back memories of when I was young. Going up stairs - THAT makes me feel old. Hopefully in 20 years when I'm half senile, I'll just think it's 1982 and I'm ready to head off to college again, LOL.
Although a fan from the beginning, more than 40 years ago, this is the first I've seen of that particular Les Paul Edge is playing. Admittedly, I have sometimes been napping during that time, so... Startling how young they look, and to think how much a band could evolve since then. One of a select very few groups to move forward through the decades and still remain creatively relevant amidst the changes happening in the world during that span...
I think it's not only the "most haunting" U2 song but one of the "heaviest" rock (?) songs ever - a bit sharper than NewYears Day (!) & that's hardly possible.... The guitar is so unbelievable violently & dominates the song in combination with the "glass bottles - ping" tones almost perfectly! That's 3:30min of pure energy and he's crushing everything! It just smashes you like a plank! In a way it's comparable to BlackSabbath's "Paranoid", although of course it was a different style - but this driving beat!! just unbelievable. Once again proof that bands can leave behind absolutely lasting crackers even in their early days!😮😮😮
I love this song , I heard it on a alternative collage radio around 1980, I was 13 and there is a part in the song where Bono Sing "Your eyes make a circle " , "I see them when I go in Them " your Eyes .... Just so deep and raw. Unforgettable ❤
1. New Years Day
2. Gloria
3. Even Better Than The Real Thing
4. I Will Follow
5. Bullet The Blue Sky
@@kenbyrd3456 lady with the spinning head.
And electric co
Vou ouvir even better
*At most, 'The Best of a Bad Bunch'*
In the name of love
Where the streets have no name
This IS their sound. The guitar is like no other.
They just played here in Vegas @ the new Sphere. So many people expressed their hate for this band! That's because they only know their newer stuff. They have NO idea how great they were back in the day! 🥰
Keith Levine and John McGeoch may disagree with you…
Actually I heard it was taken from Siouxsie & the Banshees Jigsaw feeling.
@@jaimecamire1088 In fact, The Edge really had a deep inspiration on Siouxsie & the Banshees early guitarrists, specially John McGeoch.
When U2 first came out, they were compared to a Scottish band called the Skids. One magazine called them an "Irish Skids" That said, I think U2 are a much better band than the Skids (much like Duran Duran are a much better band than Japan).
Saw them in a small club in Madison, WI. in 1981. I knew they’d be big. After the show, all the band members came out to sign autographs, I still have my ticket with all their signatures. How cool was that?
I saw them in Albany NY 1981 at a college Mayfest. For 5 bucks. They were incredible .
Lucky boy
priceless!!
Hitsville in Passaic, New Jersey in '81. Oh to be 19 again and slam-dancing to this like a brainwashed maniac.
It must have been cool indeed.
Bono kinda looks and dances like Siouxsie Sioux in the video for the song _Hong Kong Garden_ by Siouxsie and the Banshees
its a mad house 👍
is that a good thing?
Thank God for U2.
omg they are all just babies!!!
This video is proof of the birth of the alternative music!
Alternativement commerciale.
Nah! The Jam and New Order!
*Was called 'underground' at the time, or - ahem - punk*
So young looking especially the drummer!
Yep. They were just 18 and 19 by that point.
Larry Mullen Jr!
He was only 15 at the time I think also the boy on the album cover was the son of their manager 🍻🍺😜@@yvonne.p
Larry Mullen Jr. and Adam Clayton are far less known than Bono and The Edge but such an essential part of this great band.
@@HMKATL
*That's because a group IS its members*
Amazing that their signature sound was already complete.
So much of that is The Edge 🎆
@@vanessalogan265
*Who completely stole his sound from PiL guitarist Keith Levene*
After nearly 40 years, that opening guitar still has me up on my feet dancing! And, OMG, how young they look!
They WERE young
Your eyes make a circle
I am the same age 😂
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@@jessicagutierrez4727😅un
The Guitar tone that was heard around the world! Love the Edge's sound!
So he got that sound from a Les Paul plugged into a Fender Dual Showman going through a Marshall cab? Magic sauce indeed.
Tbf, he wasn’t the very first, as Keith Levene and John McGeoch also had the tone.
The King of delay.
@@lordvader6512 not even close. He's a VOX AC30 man - with loads of effects.
@@lordvader6512 actually that's the sound of an Explorer plugged into a VOX AC30! Beautiful sounding guitar in a beautiful sounding amp! This would actually be the only time Edge played this song on a Les Paul until the Popmart tour some 15 years later! After the Popmart tour he smartly switched back and stuck with his signature Explorer.
The older I get the more revolutionary I realize bands like U2 were - this stuff is FORTY YEARS OLD, but is as raw as it was day 1.
@The Screams have to agree with you there. fairly standard early 80s new wave, although that's not a bad thing at all.
@The Screams Also Cork band nun attax were arguably an influence. look up "white cortina".
Fuckin right
@The Screams partly agree but look at the bunnymen post 84 a shadow of what they were moreso than U2
Definitely!
That guy can move.
Skipping, mincing, flossing - He can do it all.
😆🤣👌
❤ I WILL FOLLOW 🎉🎉🎉😊
Our band is going to practice this on Monday night. Wish us luck.
❤🔥
How'd it go?
Why can't we have THIS U2 back?
Old school U2.. nothing like that..!!🥳🎶❤️🙌
*Hail Eno*
First five albums, straight up 🔥!! Nothing unforgettable about them.
@@kbusby4824
*True, they are pretty good albums. But I only really started to take them seriously with Achtung Baby - which was, interestingly enough, when they stopped taking themselves too seriously*
This album had the best drumming.
And guitar play by The Edge.
I concur!
100% I have always found his rhythms simple yet genius
BONO SHOULD LOVE THIS.
This is one of those rare songs that has a power about it.
*Fun fact:* This would be the only time Edge would use a Les Paul to play I Will Follow until the Popmart tour some 15 years later. And after the Popmart tour he (smartly) went back to, and stuck with his signature Explorer when performing I Will Follow. This would also be the only time we'd ever see Edge use a black Les Paul, despite the vast catalogue of guitars at his disposal.
Great note. Didn’t know that.
Great song
Loved the post-punk vibe this band has. I think they might be famous someday
@Bob Donald WOOSH
This song did it for me. I was hooked right away. I asked my sister’s friend to play this over and over. I guess she had the album. I’m still hoo
Hooked over 40 years. I’ve seen them a few times. This is my favorite band from that time.
U2 never bested this song in my decades of Ethnomusicology. I wonder if they still perform this live. ❤🔥
They were little kids. Sucks getting old.
Bono looks so young in this video.
This song gives me a surge of energy. I seen U2 twice in concert.
They are unforgettable.
Its the beggining of the u2
yes Bono was only 20 here now he is 60 and still sounds totally awesome!!
@@teresaellis1393almost 64, welcome to senior citizen hood
He looked so much better with his hair like that.
23 years out of Ireland. I never lost my routes especially my accent!
This has been one of my most favourite songs (EVER) since I was a young girl in the 80’s. It has made my spirit soar when I’m already happy and lifted it during incredibly difficult times in my life. Never underestimate the power of music and it’s importance in our lives and the human psyche ♥️♥️♥️🙌🙌🙌
I was born on 81, and remember the early 90's as the best times listening to 80's. This song brings back deep memories of my alone adventures in the wilderness, trying to find a point in living this life. I played alot of u2 and simple minds music on a walk man during these times. In 2005 I finally figured it out, and decided that life is worth living
Me too... hard to type ..I'm bouncing !!
Completely agree.
I was born in 1981 also, the 80s were amazing. Music is so important and U2 is one of my favorite bands. 🎶❤️🔥🎶
msbindydney2…Powerful words…Love your comment…Sharon
The Edge gave them, well, the edge.
This is one of their best tracks ever with an actual rock beat to it...
the drum part is beautifully simple but expressive as hell
Exactly. This is probably the closest they came to 80s punk.
This song has one of the catchiest beats of any song ever written :D I love the drum beat and Edge's guitar sound!
@@ForrestGump1212 indeed
The drum beat is stolen from Stephen Morris of Joy Division. I still like this song though.
I saw them March 16, 1981 in at the Woodstock a small club in Anaheim. There were maybe 60-70 people at most. I bought a ticket at the door for $5, just walked up, no line about 30 minutes before they started. This was basically a bar with a stage in the corner and pool tables and bar in the back. U2 gave a show as if there were 10,000 people not just 60. They were excellent, and very down to earth guys to talk to,
GAWD! They were so young when they made this video!
Paul “Bono” Hewson
David “The Edge” Evans
Adam Clayton
Lawrence Mullen
A generation old, and still running!
My old copies of 'Boy' and 'October' credit him only as Larry.
Makes me wonder if he was trying the Mononymous thing like Bono and Edge, which would be kinda funny
Absolutely Paul "Bono Vox" Hewson!
I was going to go to the Public Library spending the weekend ,pure bliss, looking this up you beat me to it. Cheeky!
Almost two generations old at 44
I wanna wish a Happy early 64th Birthday to U2’s Bass Guitar Adam Clayton
1:21
One of their underrated classics. U2 RULES! MTV days!
Underrated?😂
They were sooo young in this video my god
Opening track of Boy album.. shot me down for decades.
I remember when this song came out I figured that this would be a one time hit wonder then fade away. Boy, was I wrong.
Easy to do; you just didn't know what would follow 😉
Baby U2 is cute.
U1 1/2
Jett Crash I Will Follow’s one of my favorite songs ever.
Achtung Baby
😊👍👍👍👍👍
Then over ten years later they became Achtung Baby!
In my opinion the best time from U2.
The pieces had incredible power and were absolutely unadulterated (fast, hard without compromise)
Reason why I love their older stuff
The thing with U2 is its just not possible to say one member is the star.
In every performance each band member is the man of the match in his own right. I believe that is a long way responsible for their continued success.
They have a very unique chemistry between the 4 band members. They are all very important to the band. For me U2 have so many brilliant songs and there are very few other groups that come close.
I've always been a U2 fan ever since this era. And I grew up with MTV during it's golden age. Never seen, or even knew of, this video till now.
This is the first time I've seen this video too, in Sept 2023. Gotta laugh at the cheesy low budget green screen effects. But they were sure good - and young. On their way to greatness.
Don't know how many years it's been since I've heard this song, I remember listening to it in Max Club in Hanau, Germany. 85.
And we’re still following❤
Not only a great U2 track but one of the best of the 80s tracks and this song was probably written in 79 to be released in 1980.
U2 I Will Follow is one of my favorite song
So YOUNG!! 😆 ❤️ Still one of my favourites. One of their best!
They are so young in this, adorable.
Four Irish lads with the world before them!
The Irish invasion
And they had no idea what was about to happen to them at this point.
Found this little unknown band while browsing in a Licorice Pizza ( a well known record shop in the 80s) Bought their song/single on a 45. Who knew the height of popularity they would achieve.
Boy is still my favourite U2 album.
ONE OF The last great Rock bands
Early 80's...what a great time to be a early teen.
Absolutely! I was around 15 when this jam was playing over the radio 📻 air waves.
Just turned 13 nov 2021 😒🙄 dam, really missed out. UA-cams the closet I can get to a time machine
Absolutely. If you were born in '67 you had the luck to hit a really sweet spot in history when it comes to music.
Yup!!!
I was to ,in the early 80s. The best ever, me a teenager.
Hey, that’s a pretty strong debut. Wonder if they’ll go anywhere.
Omg I spit up my drink when I read that! Ha!
Still their best song imo, lots of good songs, at their best in the 80s to early 90s i think.
Thats a pretty strong comment. You're goin' places, kid!
They’re not bad. I think they have a chance. 😎🤟
Imagine being the record company that passed on these kids
Need to dust off my U2 collection and listen to their earlier music. This takes me back to 1982 when I first started to hear about them. Brilliant song.
I remember exactly where I was in 1982 when a college friend played U2 for me.....never forgot. Boy October War ....after that, hit and miss imho.
HAIR!! Wow, you guys, their hair is hilarious! I've been following U2 music for most of my life. But I haven't seen this video before. HAIR!!
For me, that's th best Rock song ever!!!
The drum signatures in this song are epic..all conventional drummers still confused about what magic happened here..Larry is great..!!
Not bonham or peart
@@chriswisman8532 Yes..legends are an exception..!!
It's a standard 4/4 rock beat
The special vibe is given by a typical new wave, a la joy division double stroke on the snare drum
For those who played Rock Band 4, THIS song would be first U2 song we ever played.
I met U2 for the first time around 1980 with the album "October" and I said to myself: these guys are a force of nature !! it was true !!!
Boy is the Album that introduced us to this wonderful Irish band known as U2....so blessed to have won front row seats to see them in 98. ..gave Bono a huge bouquet that broke apart while in tbe air...he caught the sunflower and danced around the stage with it in his hand....made my life worth everything up to that moment!
I found this song so great 👍
They are on of the few bands with their original lineup in tact
One of best debuts of all time.
That glockenspiel gets to me every time. Saw them at ‘The Ritz’ in NYC when this album came out.☮️❤️🌈
Still one of my favourite U2 songs, this and New Years Day.
You're cultured, those 2 are EXACTLY my 2 favorites. I heard New Year's Day on the radio in 2019 and I've loved U2 since.
@@dj-um7el Damn. You didn't hear New Year's Day until 2019?
@@VicInNocal most crappy music on the radio now that's why.
I was born in 2006 tho.
i say my top 4 songs by them are new years day, i will follow, desire, unforgettable fire.
Same here! Kismet.
Provocative and surrealistic, this priceless music video color footage.
I remember back in the late 80's someone asked Joe Satriani for an example of a great guitar lick and he played the riff for this song. I'm still smiling!
Thanks for sharing. This is a very special song to me too! ❤️🔥
A boy named Paul....not McCartney but Hewson, a lad from Dublin, Ireland. Just 14 years young, he loses his grandfather, and if that wasn't tough enough for a young lad, his Mother passes away tragically at the funeral. A difficult situation to say the very least to bury your Mother at such a tender age. Tragedy can put us in dire situations and leave us feeling utterly depressed and helpless, but we *can* emerge and find ourselves through creative expression like singing or playing an instrument. Thankfully, Paul found his creative outlet in his youth and just six years after his Mom's death, he joins forces with 3 other lads to form the band the whole world knows as U2. In this song, and many others you can hear a little pain in Bono's voice, but he was victorious and made his way through, and made a nice living actually. Thank you Paul, Adam, David and Larry for your 40+ years of great music to help us find solace and love in this world.
Is there another Dublin, elsewhere?
@@moyajanko6642 Dublin, Ohio
Oh, how I remember those days! It's been 40 years now,wow! Saw them in concert twice, the unforgettable fire tour and the joshua tree tour. Both concerts were great! I'm in my late 50's,many years has gone by but I still remember how much I enjoyed seeing them live! What memories!🙂
@@nellig_anne You're 16?!!😳 And you like this kind of music, from an older generation? That's cool, I like that! I can remember a time when U2 were so popular. Their videos played alot on MTV and I mean alot too! The two concerts when I saw them was so much fun, I really miss those times. But anyway, thanks for sharing your thoughts and feelings about U2. Take care and have a great 2021!🙂
@@nellig_anne Thank you!
This band made me proud of my Irish heritage and has been a life saver throughout the years . I was able to attend a concert a few years back life changing now I’m going to Ireland in September thanks to my wife . I’m ready to die after that lol
This is probably my favorite era of U2...but I do love How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb too.
Their early 80s bass guitar driven tunes were by far their best
The bass line in New Years Day!! 😉😉😜👍🎸
A dance student of mine in NJ gave me their first four albums on an audio cassette and I Fell In Love With This Band! That was in the early 80s! And I Am FOREVER GRATEFUL!!!
Damn them leather slacks are something else
I will follow U2, I will follow until the end of my life.
Mee too
Me too. U2 forever....
Ah here . St Brigid’s School hall in Finglas , Dublin 1976. Our school band Electron supported U2 and Virgin Prunes. I sang in Electron. U2 blew us away.😮😮
This song slaps so hard it's from another dimension. Your eyessssss. Damn what a front man and its obvious even then he is gonna be special
AWWW THEY'RE BABIES AWW
Finally! But still missing so many U2 videos on YT... We need in HD All I Want Is You, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Two Hearts Beat As One, The Unforgettable Fire, The Fly, Last Night On Earth, A Celebration and many others
Next year this videos will coming
The Unforgettable Fire used to be on UA-cam. What happened? It’s their best video.
I had this uploaded to YT since 2005... Today they finally took back what was theirs from the beggining 😂
I am with you
Im waiting for the true color version of pride to be reuploaded to youtube. This video is proof ua-cam.com/video/s0u3_vwJPQ8/v-deo.html
Rockstars since day one.
I wish they still sound like this.
My first U2 song! OM! This video.. look at dem babies! Great and brilliant men they are today!
I've just discovered this song and I can't stop listening to it. UA-cam sometimes has really good recommendations
You don't know U2???
@@LucasLima-ov4mq i know them, i just never really listened to them on purpose, especially not to their earlier albums
@@majestictwelve2401 Cool my friend, this song have many great live performances, i recommend on U2 Elevation Tour: Live From Boston (2001) & U2 At Red Rocks (1983).
Me too.
@@majestictwelve2401 Their earlier music is the best...just my thoughts
The UA-cam time machine is priceless.
It's awesome seeing this iconic band in it's early years.
Getting Inhaler vibes, especially from the singer. Mark my words, this band is gonna be big!
Agree, hopefully they become massive😂
I just don't see it... now personally, I think this other band who are kinda friends with U2... Shook Up... they have massive appeal!
@@c.mckenna1234 think she knows, that's the joke
@@c.mckenna1234 easily done😂
@@karlclemmy2054 yes HAHAHAHA
It’s very punk I love it 🙏😎
So Young,who would have thought.......🌠
In 1981 I was a hard rock guy. Kiss, AC/DC, Sabbath, Aerosmith, etc.
5 seconds into that opening guitar riff I was into something different all together.
40 plus years later it still rips into my soul.
I like how Bono starts out sitting on the drum riser, and then demonstrates the best dance moves to interpret this groove, and his voice sounds great without a microphone. I don't miss the microphone.
This is my all time most favorite song ever !! I have listened to it more than 16,000 times in the last 25 years... I listen to many different version on you tube but My favorite is this original version from the Boy album!! It is on continuous repeat in my vehicle..
I bought this album at its release. Became my fav. Found a U2 t-shirt at my local record store; bought it and wore it to my middle school. Was teased relentlessly! "Who's U2?! They suck, blah blah. Fast forward to high-school; everyone now loves U2!
What an incredible band!
I've got the new zealand 7"of this, bought it 40 years ago, it's actually quite a rarity
If this doesn't make you feel old, nothing will.
I'm watching in 2022 and wondering where my youth disappeared to.
This song is still a "banger".
This just brings back memories of when I was young. Going up stairs - THAT makes me feel old. Hopefully in 20 years when I'm half senile, I'll just think it's 1982 and I'm ready to head off to college again, LOL.
The drummer 1st class.
It's always funny to see young Bono trying to figure out which cammera he's supposed to look at 🤭🤭
you're reading way too far into the vid. I'd say not on what you stated.
@@nellig_anne- I absolutely laugh.
😂😂😂👍✌
He did good in the end
Although a fan from the beginning, more than 40 years ago, this is the first I've seen of that particular Les Paul Edge is playing. Admittedly, I have sometimes been napping during that time, so... Startling how young they look, and to think how much a band could evolve since then. One of a select very few groups to move forward through the decades and still remain creatively relevant amidst the changes happening in the world during that span...
I think it's not only the "most haunting" U2 song but one of the "heaviest" rock (?) songs ever - a bit sharper than NewYears Day (!) & that's hardly possible.... The guitar is so unbelievable violently & dominates the song in combination with the "glass bottles - ping" tones almost perfectly! That's 3:30min of pure energy and he's crushing everything! It just smashes you like a plank! In a way it's comparable to BlackSabbath's "Paranoid", although of course it was a different style - but this driving beat!! just unbelievable. Once again proof that bands can leave behind absolutely lasting crackers even in their early days!😮😮😮
First u2 song i ever heard, my brother said you gotta hear this band
The dislikes are from people who cannot appreciate great music. Lots of love from India
You mean...Trolls!
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@@federico8332 Teen U2 Lovers like you and me(I'm 14) are rare!!
Nailed it Mr. Sankar
@@a_star7233 I support all kinds of music. I'm not biased to only one kind
The bass player really drives this one.
The back up bass does help drive it tbh
It blows my mind that this band has been playing for over 40 years with zero lineup changes. They were so young here!
I love this song , I heard it on a alternative collage radio around 1980, I was 13 and there is a part in the song where Bono Sing "Your eyes make a circle " , "I see them when I go in Them " your Eyes .... Just so deep and raw. Unforgettable ❤