They caught my eye on MTV with "I will follow" and I've loved them ever since. I'd listen in the mornings and the song would be going through my head all day in school. Early 80's ❤
I saw U2 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago in 1983. My friend who was into bands like Kiss and Judas Priest said that exact same thing at the end of the concert.
Saw them in Detroit in 1984, (12/8/84) small 5 thousand-seat Fox theater and they were on fire! 11 O'Clock Tick Tock I Will Follow Seconds MLK The Unforgettable Fire Wire Sunday Bloody Sunday The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet) / Amazing Grace (snippet) A Sort Of Homecoming Bad October New Year's Day Pride (In the Name of Love) encore(s): Gloria Party Girl 40 What a magic night! We got in when we could not afford scalper tickets and a side door flew open! We found faith in the future with these guys and next year (3/23/1985) I saw them at Cobo Hall playing to 20k and I saw a band literally BLOW UP in 4 months! Two years later Joshua Tree would send them into the stratosphere. I was a HUGE MTVer back then and the videos they did were impressive. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock I Will Follow Seconds MLK The Unforgettable Fire Wire Sunday Bloody Sunday The Cry / The Electric Co. / Amazing Grace (snippet) A Sort Of Homecoming Bad / Ruby Tuesday (snippet) / Sympathy For The Devil (snippet) October New Year's Day Pride (In the Name of Love) encore(s): Knockin' on Heaven's Door Gloria 40 / Do They Know It's Christmas (snippet) / We Are The World (snippet)
They are so youg, that i would not have recognized them if it was not written , while i know them from 1983. It was punk time, many young boys were beginning like this without special talent, any personal style, no real musician training, etc... at their beginning, but they were optimist, and some of them became great bands in the 80's , and some are still playing....
From here to the Sphere. These guys have travelled a long and winding road indeed. What a legacy; I don't think we'll ever see anything quite like U2 again.
I think this is one of the most important videos we could have on youtube. Young people need to be aware that even the most influential bands in the world had to start somewhere. NO ONE is famous instantly, it takes time and refinement! I hope in our schools we bring back all of the Arts! Its so important on so many levels! Most importantly, it helps with self esteem and confidence in creating musical beauty! 🎼
@@sharonneth4231 Dear Sharon. I watched this video because I listened a lot to the early stuff from this band and this video is definitely historic and fun to watch. My first take on your statement, I was just coming home from a 10-hour shift with partly very aggressive mentally disabled people and needed some destruction, was that you meant U2 had a big musical influence on other artists. I do see the influence that they had on society by promoting organizations like Amnesty International and Greenpeace. Sad to say it was not sustainable because by watching human behavior today it seemed that for most, not all people, it was then and is now just a fashionable thing to be interested in. And of course, the influence that music has on specific individuals by lifting their mood when they go through hard times ore motivating them and getting them up like a cup of strong (best fairtrade) coffee. For the musical part…U2 is on there early recordings heavily influenced by post punk and wave bands. After that turning to contemporary pop-rock and conquering the United States in big parts over selling their records in Christian record stores and claiming Rock and Roll, Blues and Gospel influences. Then they tried to jump the alternative bandwagon to gain the next generation of fans and stay relevant as artists. At the end they lost there social and musical reputation by becoming a corporate whore for apple and save on tax payments in their home country by moving their business to the Netherlands. I heard a song by them in a supermarket in Vienna Austria the other day, right after the announcement that all laundry detergent is -25% but only this weekend. What's left over is a commercially very successful band with no substantial legacy- like many others.
It shows that grinding and doing the hard work and persistence will get you far. That is what these guys have done and lasted 40 plus years now. Shows the greatest bands in music history start somewhere and hone in their craft to make it, not social media or given to them.
If I was on the tech team of their Sphere shows, I would totally prank them by putting this up on the dome. Yes, I would lose my job but it would be awesome
I was working in a record store in 1980 when Boy came out. We had never heard of U2., but being children of the Cold War, we were intrigued by the name, so we gave album a spin. It did not leave the turntable for the rest of the day. We sold out the whole shipment in one day just by playing it in the store.
Same thing, hanging in the local record store in the eighties which was something we did always as teens and the owner says I got something for you guys. We were blown away !! Seen them the night after Lennon was shot for 5 bucks at the El Mocambo for the first time of 25
@@armondtanz I heard about midnight special but 50 years ago, I was too busy getting drunk and smoking dope to care too much about t.v. shows. As far as I was concerned, WE WERE "THE SHOW"! THOUSANDS OF KIDS WITH NO PLACE TO GO! I got bored with it all and left the country for awhile.
I love this moment in 0:27 when Larry is smiling - I see there pure happiness of dreams of young guy coming true. So brilliant and brings memories of my own times of drumming - unfortunately on much less scale.
I had never seen any footage of him playing with a traditional grip in the past - something only drummers notice of other drummers. But he must have switched to the standard grip shortly after this, because every other shot I've ever seen of him from '80 onwards no longer shows this
Well, you’re wrong aren’t you. This is great. I love to see The Edge play with such determination 😁and Adam (with that hair! 😂) playing a bit more easy in their early years but certainly not bad at all. Larry’s one of my favorite drummers and smiling shyly for the cameras. 😁 All the sudden with Bono jumping on the stage in his tight white pants, all energy, sounds amazing. I love Bono’s voice and this was just the beginning. They end being one of The Greatest Bands Of All Time (in all the world) and they deserve it. I saw video of them playing last Christmas eve outside in a small square in Ireland (where my mom’s from) and hanging out with their fans. They are dedicated to their fans like no others. “Happy Christmas Everyone!” 😁🎄🕯️🙏🏼🕊️🤍
It's incredible that Bono and Adam Clayton were 18 and The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr. were only 16 when this was televised. Even at that young age they knew what they wanted and were driven enough to get there!!
My regret is that I only found out about them when they released Me Years Day. Even then, I was a hard rocker and didn't want to give them the time of day. I couldn't get that song and their fresh original sound out of my head. Been a huge fan ever since. Still, it would have been extra special to witness history in the making. So much great music over the years!!!
It was little until Achtung Baby, good bang with that and following Live DVD. Further, I was one to regret getting it on Apple device as a pushed gift-promo.
There was an unbelievable amount of confidence in that much suckage. But that's what it takes to make it big some day. They certainly stayed the course and came up with some groundbreaking stuff no doubt.
I was just thinking about that. I just realized that these four have been the same band members since then! No changes in drummer, bassist, guitarist and/or vocalist. Amazing 👌
It is so rare for a band to not change any members after the band has formed. I know of no other famous group that can make the same claim: even The Beatles changed drummers at the last minute.
Some things are meant to be. If you think not, try going back in time to change what is. Or what is not. Good luck with that. And if there was ever proof of what they say, the Irish create their own luck, U2 is way high on the "proof sheet." I would love to knock back some pints of ale with these fellas. Maybe some other time if it's meant to be. Much love to one and all who I'll see on the other side.
Wow, so young. My favorite band, ever. I can put on any old album and love it all over again. They are fantastic in concert and the vibe of the fans at the concerts is really great.
Larry is completely adorable here - they all look like they're 14 or 15 and playing the local youth club rather than their actual age of 17-18. 😂 But they developed fast - only three years later they were one of the hottest bands in Ireland and ready to take on American audiences.
Many thanks, I just have seen the Tears for fears first TV appearance in 1980 , their style was different than in 1983 with their first album. Here, we recognize immediatly the U2's style
I first saw them during the 1983 War tour , in Rochester, NY for $6.00. There were about 2000 people at the old RIT hockey rink. I still have the ticket stub!
Amazing...I saw them 4 times in the 80's (including their free filmed show in SF) and never knew they had been around that long. Honestly, If I saw them at the time of this video in a bar or club, I would have probably walked out, lol
Incredible that U2 went from this to hits like Gloria in just 3 years. To succeed you have to know when your stuff sucks and that you need to get better. U2 knew when to pivot.
It's hard to believe that they're actually 17-18 years old here: they look more like fourteen, like a middle-school hobby band....Very fun clip and they look like they're enjoying themselves too! The earliest live footage I've seen with them before is from 1981 and by then they're clearly a far more cohesive band.
This didn't suck. It wasn't spectacular but it didn't suck either. Edge's backing vocal was a little off, it needed another verse, and Bono needed some work. Larry starts to speed up a couple times but catches himself quickly... But the band still sound good anyway.
I just came from "Tears for Fears" first TV appearance, when they were in a band called Graduate, and it really is crazy to see the origins of these huge bands. That damn Graduate song is catchy as hell.
If someone told me I would queue 8 hours to buy tickets to attend to concerts at Camp Nou stadium with a capacity of 100.000 people to see these bunch of nerds I wouldn't have believed it. That said, I can see a sparkle of potential with the Edge's solo. 🙏🙏🙏 Thank U2 for giving us a great live. See you at the sphere! God bless u
And to think from here they grew to one of the greatest band producing one of my all time favorite albums Joshua Tree! That album still holds up today.
Not 'incredible,' very, very basic. And he started getting stale with it about 3/4 of the way through. Now if Joe Satriani played it - it would be "incredible."
@@evangelicalsnever-lie9792 I think it was very good, especially for a 16 year old lad in 1978. Let's hear a 16 year old Joe Satriani so we can compare. Also this song is not the type that needs a "shred" type solo.
They obviously went a lot further since this 1978 appearance. Bono’s run to the stage almost seemed late, but was good to see the other band members highlighted.
His use of effects was always an artistic choice. He's a very good player on a technical level he just doesn't feel the need to shred. It's not how he rolls, much better to create his own definitive sound than to copy someone else's.
This extremely rare and valuable footage disproves the commonly held notion that Bongo became the massive bell end that he is immediately after U2 found fame.
It's really interesting how much like a conventional 70s rock guitarist The Edge sounds at this stage in his life. He's doing a perfectly-passable-for-an-18-year-old guitar solo! Edge occasionally gets criticized today for being incapable of fast, technical playing, but in 1978 he was very much down the road of that style. And yet the style he did develop in the 1980s is so much more interesting and unique.
I'm not even a U2 fan at all (never have been), but even in this video you could tell Bono had that certain "something" in terms of stage presence that separated him from most front men.
So cool to see such an early performance of theirs. They definitely don't have the intensity they would have later on but they look like they are having alot of fun.
This is such a high school band right here.
The edge was about 17 during that taping.
I've seen far better high school bands though
@@groovymoon him and Larry Mullen Jr were only 16 their birthdays hadn't come up yet. and bono had only turned 18 a few weeks before before
They graduated. Bono is over dramafying things here.
@@Lamster66
Did they go on to have the same success as U2?
I first heard U2 on a college radio station, Clemson, in 83 along with REM and The Police. College radio was great
Magical time for college radio. There were so many great bands inspired by the simplicity of punk that were not covered by mainstream Radio/MTV.
They caught my eye on MTV with "I will follow" and I've loved them ever since. I'd listen in the mornings and the song would be going through my head all day in school. Early 80's ❤
"Bono, if you don't arrive in time, we will start With or Without You".
And they really did!
I hear what you did there!
@@patrickdonegan9559 You must be thick if you didn't
@@del808 ?
I think if these lads keep working on it, they’ve got a bright future
Nah, it’s nothing
There’s no way these guys are ever gonna make it. 😮
👋😂Lmfao!
I saw U2 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago in 1983. My friend who was into bands like Kiss and Judas Priest said that exact same thing at the end of the concert.
@@trisspeaker9572 that’s so cool. I saw similar lineup without the boys from Dublin sadly. But one year it was UFO and then Sabbath I think.
Saw them in Detroit in 1984, (12/8/84) small 5 thousand-seat Fox theater and they were on fire!
11 O'Clock Tick Tock
I Will Follow
Seconds
MLK
The Unforgettable Fire
Wire
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet) / Amazing Grace (snippet)
A Sort Of Homecoming
Bad
October
New Year's Day
Pride (In the Name of Love)
encore(s):
Gloria
Party Girl
40
What a magic night! We got in when we could not afford scalper tickets and a side door flew open!
We found faith in the future with these guys and next year (3/23/1985) I saw them at Cobo Hall playing to 20k and I saw a band literally BLOW UP in 4 months! Two years later Joshua Tree would send them into the stratosphere. I was a HUGE MTVer back then and the videos they did were impressive.
11 O'Clock Tick Tock
I Will Follow
Seconds
MLK
The Unforgettable Fire
Wire
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Cry / The Electric Co. / Amazing Grace (snippet)
A Sort Of Homecoming
Bad / Ruby Tuesday (snippet) / Sympathy For The Devil (snippet)
October
New Year's Day
Pride (In the Name of Love)
encore(s):
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Gloria
40 / Do They Know It's Christmas (snippet) / We Are The World (snippet)
Said some people in 78. Ha.
The Edge plays more notes on his guitar in this one song than he has done in all the playing he has done since.
right. who'd have known
The solo of his life😁 Not great but decent.
Here all his style was very very different indeed
@@marcelobaez6115 discovered delay
Exactly
Before The Edge discovered the Digital Delay guitar pedal
or pedals ..
Oddly enough The Edge was singing in delay pedal fashion repeating Bono's lyrics. 01:03
Curious. Som many young bands in the 70s…dudes were still teenagers and actually playing instruments..! You don’t see that today.
Good memory man.
And yet, no one else saw how to use it like he did.
I'll show this clip to every music student of mine. Before mention the band name of course! Priceless lesson.
They are so youg, that i would not have recognized them if it was not written , while i know them from 1983.
It was punk time, many young boys were beginning like this without special talent, any personal style, no real musician training, etc... at their beginning, but they were optimist, and some of them became great bands in the 80's , and some are still playing....
Do your students know who U2 are?
@@jackbombay1423 yes, U2 are still pretty famous here in my country (Brazil).
@@DanielRezendeGuitar I mean for younger generations.
@jackbombay1423 U2 is one of the best-selling artists of all time
Its nice to see Larry smiling...its very rare that he does!💖✨️
I think it was the first time and the last time that he did it
Larry has got hair like Jon bon jovi
💥💥💥Reminds me of a battle of the bands in our school cafeteria
Except some of those bands were probably better than U2 was here.
HA you're right!
From here to the Sphere. These guys have travelled a long and winding road indeed. What a legacy; I don't think we'll ever see anything quite like U2 again.
I hope we don't.
I love all the hair, I love Paul's Elvis moves, and Larry looks like he's about 13 with that grin. Now on to find the video of them as "Hype."
Wow, only 5 years before the live at Red Rocks, the evolution is amazing!
I think this is one of the most important videos we could have on youtube. Young people need to be aware that even the most influential bands in the world had to start somewhere. NO ONE is famous instantly, it takes time and refinement! I hope in our schools we bring back all of the Arts! Its so important on so many levels! Most importantly, it helps with self esteem and confidence in creating musical beauty! 🎼
they won't, schools are now teaching kids to be communist, to be divisive about "race" and to be confused about their gender. ;(
Most influential band????? This is a joke,yes?
@@thomasmoss4235 music is all subjective. Being an intelligent man like yourself you know this. We all have a right to each other's opinions. ✌
@@sharonneth4231 Dear Sharon. I watched this video because I listened a lot to the early stuff from this band and this video is definitely historic and fun to watch. My first take on your statement, I was just coming home from a 10-hour shift with partly very aggressive mentally disabled people and needed some destruction, was that you meant U2 had a big musical influence on other artists. I do see the influence that they had on society by promoting organizations like Amnesty International and Greenpeace. Sad to say it was not sustainable because by watching human behavior today it seemed that for most, not all people, it was then and is now just a fashionable thing to be interested in. And of course, the influence that music has on specific individuals by lifting their mood when they go through hard times ore motivating them and getting them up like a cup of strong (best fairtrade) coffee. For the musical part…U2 is on there early recordings heavily influenced by post punk and wave bands. After that turning to contemporary pop-rock and conquering the United States in big parts over selling their records in Christian record stores and claiming Rock and Roll, Blues and Gospel influences. Then they tried to jump the alternative bandwagon to gain the next generation of fans and stay relevant as artists. At the end they lost there social and musical reputation by becoming a corporate whore for apple and save on tax payments in their home country by moving their business to the Netherlands. I heard a song by them in a supermarket in Vienna Austria the other day, right after the announcement that all laundry detergent is -25% but only this weekend. What's left over is a commercially very successful band with no substantial legacy- like many others.
sharonneth not sharon sorry
It shows that grinding and doing the hard work and persistence will get you far. That is what these guys have done and lasted 40 plus years now. Shows the greatest bands in music history start somewhere and hone in their craft to make it, not social media or given to them.
If I was on the tech team of their Sphere shows, I would totally prank them by putting this up on the dome. Yes, I would lose my job but it would be awesome
I was working in a record store in 1980 when Boy came out. We had never heard of U2., but being children of the Cold War, we were intrigued by the name, so we gave album a spin. It did not leave the turntable for the rest of the day. We sold out the whole shipment in one day just by playing it in the store.
Mad in those days, thats was a skill, sifting thru albums in the store and making sure you listen out for a banger ;)
Same thing, hanging in the local record store in the eighties which was something we did always as teens and the owner says I got something for you guys. We were blown away !! Seen them the night after Lennon was shot for 5 bucks at the El Mocambo for the first time of 25
The guy at the record store told me to buy it! And so I did.
@@armondtanz I heard about midnight special but 50 years ago, I was too busy getting drunk and smoking dope to care too much about t.v. shows. As far as I was concerned, WE WERE "THE SHOW"! THOUSANDS OF KIDS WITH NO PLACE TO GO! I got bored with it all and left the country for awhile.
Awesome!!! 🍻☮️
I love this moment in 0:27 when Larry is smiling - I see there pure happiness of dreams of young guy coming true. So brilliant and brings memories of my own times of drumming - unfortunately on much less scale.
O yes
They made it ALL the way to the RTE
Yea I saw that too. Then he missed the drum roll. Lol
At least you're still with us, Bonham, Moon, Peart have sadly departed
What I was thinking…
I had never seen any footage of him playing with a traditional grip in the past - something only drummers notice of other drummers. But he must have switched to the standard grip shortly after this, because every other shot I've ever seen of him from '80 onwards no longer shows this
The 77s were also on Island Records label at the time. They have an extensive library worth looking into as well.
Well, you’re wrong aren’t you. This is great. I love to see The Edge play with such determination 😁and Adam (with that hair! 😂) playing a bit more easy in their early years but certainly not bad at all. Larry’s one of my favorite drummers and smiling shyly for the cameras. 😁 All the sudden with Bono jumping on the stage in his tight white pants, all energy, sounds amazing. I love Bono’s voice and this was just the beginning. They end being one of The Greatest Bands Of All Time (in all the world) and they deserve it. I saw video of them playing last Christmas eve outside in a small square in Ireland (where my mom’s from) and hanging out with their fans. They are dedicated to their fans like no others. “Happy Christmas Everyone!” 😁🎄🕯️🙏🏼🕊️🤍
They were just babies here...and LMJ is the Irish Charlie Watts.
Hard to believe 2 years later these lads would come out with "Boy" - which was and still is an awesome debut album !
Well, sometimes producers do the miracle😎
Steve Lillywhite!!!
Oh, wow, yes, it definitely took some serious vision to turn them into what they've become ;-)
And Larry playing traditional grip ?!
A lot can happen in 2 years, especially at that age.
Not really!!😅
The drummer's smile has "hi mom" written all over it...
THEN HE MISSES DRUM FILL CLEARLY ON RECORDING
I have always maintained that Adam Clayton was the basis for the character, "Napolean Dynamite".
😂😂
It's incredible that Bono and Adam Clayton were 18 and The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr. were only 16 when this was televised. Even at that young age they knew what they wanted and were driven enough to get there!!
they were groomed at a young age......not organic.
Bono was riculous at that point...and beyond.
@@Pablo-ub4ht They were all teenagers!! 🤣
Larry looks 12
Before Bono was the worlds biggest POS😉
It's quite remarkable that they've been playing together for such a long time, almost 50(!) years. 🤟
My regret is that I only found out about them when they released Me Years Day. Even then, I was a hard rocker and didn't want to give them the time of day. I couldn't get that song and their fresh original sound out of my head. Been a huge fan ever since. Still, it would have been extra special to witness history in the making. So much great music over the years!!!
It was little until Achtung Baby, good bang with that and following Live DVD. Further, I was one to regret getting it on Apple device as a pushed gift-promo.
@@seksualusis Let's not talk about that. LOL
I love the way a busy drum fill starts while the camera is on Larry at 0.32 and they cut away quickly because he obviously isn't playing it 😅
Ya! I rewinded to see if I really saw what I saw.
Yeah what was that lol. Was it just a bad camera angle and optical illusion?
@@MarkW1210 I noticed it too... hilarious
There is a passion in Bono that instills confidence and commitment to the music, without it this song would have been horrible, he is a true frontman.
There was an unbelievable amount of confidence in that much suckage. But that's what it takes to make it big some day. They certainly stayed the course and came up with some groundbreaking stuff no doubt.
I wish I could go back in time...to 5 minutes ago when I had never seen this 😮 some things you can't UNSEE !!!
It's really amazing that these four still together as a band to this day. This is priceless.
They've been irrelevant for decades....
Sure they've nothing else for doing.....
I was just thinking about that. I just realized that these four have been the same band members since then!
No changes in drummer, bassist, guitarist and/or vocalist.
Amazing 👌
@@mikeblaz I don't agree. And the point is that they are still together, not whether they matter to you or anyone else.
It is so rare for a band to not change any members after the band has formed. I know of no other famous group that can make the same claim: even The Beatles changed drummers at the last minute.
Based on this, I don't see much of a future...
Right?
😂
🤣 I agree.
Yeah, they sucked.
Ooh, quite like The Edge's solo in the beginning, though. You gotta remember that they were only just beginning.
thanks for this video clip of U2 on the children's TV Youngline
I love that early sound that they built on over the years! 👏👏👏
The Edge... of puberty
🤣🤣
Remember kids, there is always hope.
The drum fill front of 1st verse at 1:01 is nearly same as Sultans of swing drum fill front of 1st verse. Interesting!
Well, that was a thousand times better than their newest albums
lol did they have a recent album?.. lol
Lol haters will hate . Look where they are at and all they have done. Cry elsewhere .
OMG I have been a life long U2 fan and never seen this.The song is called street mission. incredible and thanks for posting.
Based on what I heard, the song is actually called "Djreet Mid-shun"
@@latinolawdog5067 de stree mishun
I love it when Larry smiles into the camera. Just a baby. He'll, they all were!
The fans were rocking out with them . Both of them
The quality is so good ❤️
Holy crap, this is amazing. So young! I have to admit that if they weren't identified, I would not have a clue who these guys were.
I was six years old in '78 and I'm quite glad that I was blissfully unaware of U2 at that point. That "performance" was painful!
Painful? OK, I can see that. I was thinking more hilarious.
I think both hilarious and painful 😮
Am I the only one who enjoyed it??
Wow these guys definitely grew into a power house of a rock band .... Amazing...
Based on this I never would have guessed they had potential.
I know this is a little rough but I'm noticing the absolute confidence on stage. They got so much better so quickly.
@George Coller - They did grow sooo quickly. I think it’s because of the way the band communicated after each set.
❤esto es Oro hssta nuestros tiempos 2023
Wow, that was really terrible. They must have worked really tirelessly to get so good in a short amount of time
Some things are meant to be. If you think not, try going back in time to change what is. Or what is not.
Good luck with that. And if there was ever proof of what they say, the Irish create their own luck, U2 is way high on the "proof sheet." I would love to knock back some pints of ale with these fellas. Maybe some other time if it's meant to be. Much love to one and all who I'll see on the other side.
Sold their souls... 😏
Wow, so young. My favorite band, ever. I can put on any old album and love it all over again. They are fantastic in concert and the vibe of the fans at the concerts is really great.
Larry is completely adorable here - they all look like they're 14 or 15 and playing the local youth club rather than their actual age of 17-18. 😂 But they developed fast - only three years later they were one of the hottest bands in Ireland and ready to take on American audiences.
Longest solo by Edge ever :)
They were already peaking!
Love it! The Elvis leg shake is funny
Yea, bit of mick jagger too.
Absolutely hilarious 🤣😂😅😭. Why did no one stop them.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The hair!!
😂
🤭🤣🤣
The Edge guitar skills never reached this level again
Only down down down
I can't believe they will one day become my Favorite band and the greatest band in the world
Back in 1978 this CD-single was bundled with the first iPhone.
1st U2 song I have ever liked!
If I would have seen this in 1978 I would have said “don’t quit your day job” boy would I have been wrong.
I'm seeing it in 2024 and still thinking don't quite your day jobs boys.
@@Lamster66 😂
Many thanks, I just have seen the Tears for fears first TV appearance in 1980 , their style was different than in 1983 with their first album.
Here, we recognize immediatly the U2's style
I mean this is just amazing.
I read somewhere that just after this Bono took singing lessons and improved dramatically 😀😀😀😀
Thank God he did that. All he had here was the attitude - which did serve him well.
I first saw them during the 1983 War tour , in Rochester, NY for $6.00. There were about 2000 people at the old RIT hockey rink. I still have the ticket stub!
Just tuning up
Amazing...I saw them 4 times in the 80's (including their free filmed show in SF) and never knew they had been around that long.
Honestly, If I saw them at the time of this video in a bar or club, I would have probably walked out, lol
This gives hope to all the garage bands.
Larry Mullen Jr. using traditional grip on the drumsticks. I've never seen him use that before.
Two years before I saw them in a 2000-seat concert hall and then suddenly: 💥💥💥 Stadiums!
Incredible that U2 went from this to hits like Gloria in just 3 years. To succeed you have to know when your stuff sucks and that you need to get better. U2 knew when to pivot.
It's hard to believe that they're actually 17-18 years old here: they look more like fourteen, like a middle-school hobby band....Very fun clip and they look like they're enjoying themselves too! The earliest live footage I've seen with them before is from 1981 and by then they're clearly a far more cohesive band.
This didn't suck. It wasn't spectacular but it didn't suck either. Edge's backing vocal was a little off, it needed another verse, and Bono needed some work. Larry starts to speed up a couple times but catches himself quickly... But the band still sound good anyway.
@@RobSmith-rn3ieit was a pretty bad song at this point. It could have been good. But it needed a lot of work
Good comment, what was that CD ? WAR was it,, i love all those songs .
They hadn't met Brian Eno yet.
its amazing to see the transformation these bands went through, such as depeche mode etc
Duran Duran/Tears for Fears.
Depeche mode .. uh .. what a great band ! ❤
@@caskstrength7629Ordinary world ❤
I just came from "Tears for Fears" first TV appearance, when they were in a band called Graduate, and it really is crazy to see the origins of these huge bands. That damn Graduate song is catchy as hell.
the evolution is amazing
Never got any better
Uh huh...
No just smothered it all with effects
@@Lamster66sure, sure…
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What you actually think the edge is a good guitarist😂🤣😂🤣
If someone told me I would queue 8 hours to buy tickets to attend to concerts at Camp Nou stadium with a capacity of 100.000 people to see these bunch of nerds I wouldn't have believed it.
That said, I can see a sparkle of potential with the Edge's solo. 🙏🙏🙏 Thank U2 for giving us a great live. See you at the sphere! God bless u
see you there!
And to think from here they grew to one of the greatest band producing one of my all time favorite albums Joshua Tree! That album still holds up today.
These guys have a bright future ahead.
I love the extended guitar solo at the start.
Incredible guitar solo. Played the hell out if the Blues scale. Song was a hybrid of Rock Lobster and a random Dire Straights lick.
Not 'incredible,' very, very basic. And he started getting stale with it about 3/4 of the way through. Now if Joe Satriani played it - it would be "incredible."
@@evangelicalsnever-lie9792 I think it was very good, especially for a 16 year old lad in 1978. Let's hear a 16 year old Joe Satriani so we can compare. Also this song is not the type that needs a "shred" type solo.
They look so young. I had never heard of them until 1985, Live Aid.
They sound so much better than today with all the milion dollar production.
❤❤❤ such an 80s sound they had early on 😊
They definitely got way better later on. This is horrendous.
I think this is pretty damn good, I think their earlier stuff is their better songs.
That's the point.....but they are HUGE ❤ what about you? I mean ..how far will you go😅
I saw them a few years later, when they had the Fire double 45 in gatefold sleeve, the Edge had discovered the echo pedal by then.
Little did they know 45 years later they would be performing regularly in Las Vegas in a sphere
Not Larry.
Never judge yourself to hard , things can be better in the future
If I had seen this first I probably wouldn't have seen them again.
I don't know if I ever realized how old these guys are..!?!? Love U2!!!
They obviously went a lot further since this 1978 appearance. Bono’s run to the stage almost seemed late, but was good to see the other band members highlighted.
Little known fact: boner is only 3 foot 6 inches tall but wears big shoes. He's basically a leprechaun.
@@Buster_Piles His name is "Bono".
I couldn't listen all the way through. We need a reaction vid of present day U2 watching this.
It would be like watching video of how you dressed or acted in middle school.
But, you know, everybody's gotta start somewhere.
I like this version of U2 the best
OMG... Thank you God for musical evolution...
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Wow The Edge is a better guitar player than I thought he'd be without all the delay and effects he has since used.
That was cool guitar work.
My thoughts exactly
Indeed, he even can play a decent solo!
Delay, reverb, effetcs in general is what shaped U2s sound
His use of effects was always an artistic choice. He's a very good player on a technical level he just doesn't feel the need to shred. It's not how he rolls, much better to create his own definitive sound than to copy someone else's.
Wow, who knew The Edge could play guitar like THAT?!
The Edge was clearly gifted...
Hooking the guitar to the amp from your left. Bold move.
This extremely rare and valuable footage disproves the commonly held notion that Bongo became the massive bell end that he is immediately after U2 found fame.
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It's really interesting how much like a conventional 70s rock guitarist The Edge sounds at this stage in his life. He's doing a perfectly-passable-for-an-18-year-old guitar solo! Edge occasionally gets criticized today for being incapable of fast, technical playing, but in 1978 he was very much down the road of that style. And yet the style he did develop in the 1980s is so much more interesting and unique.
He was only 16. 2 months from 17
We sure Edge really played that on the recording?
mmmm
I don't understand why people are saying it was horrible.. I enjoyed it!
I'm not even a U2 fan at all (never have been), but even in this video you could tell Bono had that certain "something" in terms of stage presence that separated him from most front men.
So cool to see such an early performance of theirs. They definitely don't have the intensity they would have later on but they look like they are having alot of fun.
Larry Mullen looks like he's 14. What a great drummer!
Nowhere to go but up after this song.
Te amo U2, Gracias por este vídeo que no tiene precio para nosotros los Fanáticos de esta banda tan emblemática del Rock mundial