The curtain coming down was exactly the point. It was to show how those people were fallen. This wasn’t just for the Super Bowl, this was done every night during their tour at the time. Biggest live rock band of all time, still the biggest rock band in the world 45 years on. Longest running band of all time with the same line up. Just sold half a million tickets to their 25 show run in Vegas, with over a million ticket requests. No one touches them live.

@abrahamrodriguezpineda1848

6 ай бұрын

They only did the curtains falling and the names at the Super Bowl and for their NYC shows on the tour, other than that it had symbols of their album

these 4 guys from Ireland are the best Live Band EVER.

U2 is simply the best band of the last 40 years and the biggest live band of the last 35 years.

Hey Guys, this is Dan T. Than you for reacting to this! The dad's reaction to the screen falling was a a valid response but it was not what U2 intended. The song was written with the idea that you can tell a lot about a person by the street they grew up on. Often, because of the neighborhood they live in, you'd know if they are catholic or protestant, black or white, Muslim or Jew (ect). Heaven (3 of the band members are quite spiritual in a rock and roll way) could be a place where these differences would mean very little and be a place where there would be clear unity. The screen falling demonstrated these names goint up to heaven. This is why THIS song performed at THIS time resonated with so many people. I remember being in a video bar during that show and the room went silent as the names started to scroll. I saw one grown man openly weeping. I STILL get emotional when I watch this. Your Dad WAS on point about there being so much unity and patriotism at this time and I miss it as well.

@Chaosnegi12

11 ай бұрын

also you got to look at it, the names were still being projected even as the curtain fell down. It also represent that even when the curtain fall, those names still being projected upon the American people. Still rising and projected unwavering.

Also consider the fact that U2 is from Ireland, not America, so a great show of respect and unity from the world. And opening his coat to show the flag was epic and showed how the world was with us.

The curtain falling was the point. The country was in mourning, it represented how we remember but life goes on.

What a performance from U2 So much to take in and it’s regarded as the greatest superbowl halftime show ever. They also played Beautiful Day before this song. U2 were one of the only acts to carry on touring after 9/11 . Their second leg of the Elevation tour started on the 10th of October less then a month after 9/11 . Most artists cancelled their tours , they didn’t know how to approach the disaster that had happened. Totally different in U2’s case , u2 put their arms around America and used their music as part of the healing process for the country. They played 3 dates at MSG at the end of October 2001 . Shows that some say are the greatest u2 shows ever. They brought various members of the New York fire service, police and Ambulance workers all on stage. U2 are like no other artist. Especially live, they can touch someone’s soul and bring out pure emotion like no other. Bono used to say at the time “ the goal is soul “ and he was right. Bono also organised a charity single , a cover of what’s going on. That had all the big worldwide stars singing on. Their album at the time all that you can’t leave behind was huge. It came out in 2000 but some of the songs related so much to the horrible scenes on 9/11 . Songs like walk on , peace on Earth , when I look at the world , New York etc . The whole album had a new meaning after 9/11 . It sold 12 million copies and flew back up the charts in America after 9/11 . U2 again putting their arms around America with their music The NFL did not want U2 to display the names of the dead on stage. They were even unsure whether to have a half time show. The whole show was U2’s design to honour the dead. U2 demanded the show they wanted and the NFL caved into their demand. There’s a documentary about the whole performance that explains it all. The curtain falling was a symbol of these people will never be forgotten all you need is love to go forward , love each other and everything will be ok , carry it each other. Great analogy from the son in the video Great review Poor parenting for not introducing U2’s music to your son 😃👍

U2's performance was so emotional- I watched this live, and it was so powerful. IMO no other band could have done this show at the emotional and energetic level they did. Growing up in Ireland, the members of U2 knew all too well about war-within their own country-and of loss. U2 are all about peace and kindness to EVERYONE- and they delivered when we needed it.

The banner was nothing to do with the superbowl or anything like that. That was entirely Bono and U2's idea. U2 were the first band to resume their tour in the United States after 9/11. They also did not create a stage special for this event like many seem to do. They just took their arena stage and put it in this giant stadium. The stage itself is actually heart shaped.

U2 put their love for America on full display that night.

The single GREATEST SuperBowl half time show. Will never ever ever ever be beaten.

u2 music is timeless and passionate the edge those guys are great musicians too

From North side of Dublin....the First band in the world....PAUL, DAVID, LARRY, ADAM.....U2......❤❤❤

Showing my age but I find it hard to believe people have never heard of either the band or this track.

This is the greatest Super Bowl halftime show EVER! Not even close. Micheal, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, The Rolling Stones, The Boss, none of them can hold a candle to U2.

U2 forever❤❤❤

Still is and will always be the best SB performance ever.

Fue un antes y un después de U2 luego de semejante tema y lo que significo el 11 S... La intro, lo que significa el tema, inevitable que se te erice la piel... Único!! ❤🇦🇷🙏🌠

The curtain falling represents the breakfast Bono had that morning. He wanted scrambled eggs but they brought him sunny side up and he was heart broken so he went to the back to speak with the chef and tripped and FELL down, so...

Shit man...when the curtain falls before the last chorus.....Goosebumps. Tremendous.

I like the story of being worried about conceiving a child at the time of 9/11. My wife and I were already expecting our first at the time. 9/11 is the date of graduation from our child birthing classes. I still have the card with the date stamped on it. Carry it everywhere.

Actually guys it was u2 s idea with the banner names

I believe rhe names collapsing represented not just the buildings collapsing and the generic lives lost but the fact that all the names on there represented the loss of individual people.

The names ROSE as the curtain FELL. All that was left was a hole in our HEART. But the song says "I'll show you a place with no sorrow or pain...where the streets have no name.(heaven)" perfect imagery for such a tragic event.

Epic. I am from Hong Kong ❤

No one wanted to perform for this event but they did and did it with class!!!

The curtains fell, not so the names would fall, but so they would go into the giant HEART that formed the stage. We knew here in America all about the sudden, and violent destruction of those two towers falling, and the utter devastation of the loss of life that brought. To see it presented this way did not cause us any further pain. The curtains fell into bright, shining lights, into the giant heart, and into the music of a band that wears it's spiritual foundations firmly on it's sleeve. "Where the Streets Have No Name"---a prayer that we all will go to a place where we will not be known or judged by where we come from, but upon our humanity.

The current fell to show how they died and that they were loved and missed it was a call to action u2 is amazing for a group from Ireland they have always been there for the unloved

I too am Irish and I know without a doubt that neither Bono nor U2 meant anything but respect in letting the curtain fall down at that moment. They wanted to let the world see that yes 3000 people died that day and the manner in which they died was heinous but not to forget them or gloss over how unbelievably awful it was. Sometimes its' so dreadful that you have to stop, make yourself watch and then go forward as a country. Ireland is only a wee Island but we've had more than our fair share of atrocities over the years but with the help and support of a lot of great people and countries around the world, we've managed to stick to our hard won peace agreement that was brokered in 1998. It's not always easy but we've hung in there because peace always trumps ( no pun intended ) bloodshed.

The song has a dual meaning as Dan says below. In the context of the song and the time of this performance, I believe that the place "where the streets have no name", is the New Jerusalem from the Book of Revelation". If you listen to the beginning of the video, you can hear Bono saying a prayer. "Lord, open up my lips so that I might show forth thy praise". So, the choice of this particular song matched with the falling curtain points toward heaven.

This was the perfect song and performance for that moment in time. I’ll never forget it.

The curtain drop was part of the show plan ENDING!

It’s called symbolism guys. Wasn’t disrespectful at all. If anything it was a tribute.

This was January of 2002 ; lbelive it's the Superdome in New Orleans. U2 were in the midst of their Elevation tour and they started their presentation by playing Beautiful Day ; and yes , this is the first Super Bowl that the Patriots won with Brady as their QB.

Greatest Super Bowl show ever!

I do be so surprised when nobody heard of u2 i just crack up lpl😅 good review

Hey guys, there is a short documentary on KZread about this performance. How U2 designed the set etc. also why U2 chose this song. Hope this helps 👍☘️

@abrahamrodriguezpineda1848

6 ай бұрын

I saw it years back but haven’t been able to find it, can you link it??

God Bless America!!

As far as I know, "Where the Streets have no name" is a reference to Heaven.

@paulv433

2 ай бұрын

Bono wrote it after a trip to Africa

I agree with the other comments. It was meant to be the towers falling, and how they went. My opinion with others. Hard to see but It was meant for everyone to see and live it once. Bless all the names. U2 knew what they were doing, message with the flag was it is time to?

Uk to us, god bless yuu, u2 the best

@DANNYtheBOY11

9 ай бұрын

They're from Ireland dude, not UK......🤦‍♂

@michaelfaulkner3119

2 ай бұрын

Yes I know , am from UK, my boys are from Ireland republic, apart from 2 of them, do you want to go on. I hate petty people, Dave and Adam are Welsh and English

The West was beautiful at the turn of the millennium. 😢

Whether or not the curtain of names dropping was like the Towers, I don't know. But if it was, it was right to do. It should not be comfortable. Many lost their lives, can't sugar coat that.

10:40 To me the falling canvas was also very emotionally intense, but more because it felt as a symbol of giving over all those names, those people to eternity. I feel like if you're taking art 1:1 to life you're doing it wrong. I'm sure it's very culturally dependant on how you interpret it though.

Think you are imagining something unintended. If anything the falling of the curtain with names should remind us of how fragile and brief life really is.

Edge is the 🎸 🐐

have you said three towers? lol

I don't think that banner was rotating. Just saying..

So what you’re saying is we need a common enemy. 🤔

What a performance, compare thoa to the garbage of the last 5 years

Still no idea why people react to things they know little about. It just seems embarrassing. I realise the US is insular about the world but other countries do exist. 9/11 hurt you and all the free world, but maybe once in a while look at an atlas and see other countries.

@linjicakonikon7666

3 ай бұрын

Americans are the world's caregivers. Somehow in our "insularity" our massive relief efforts (from private churches and citizens humanitarian efforts) reach out to every corner of the globe when natural disasters strike. Get off your smug anti American podium and either acknowledge our compassion or roll up your sleeves and do it yourself for your neighbors.🇺🇸🌎🌍🌏🇺🇸