This is the U2 I fell in love with, when they were hungry, raw, revolutionary, and honest. Their first four albums will always resonate in my soul.

@rainfactory2011

6 жыл бұрын

Gebre Menfes Kidus agree with you! I use to listen to October all the time, IMO one of their most intriguing and unique albums. How special is Tomorrow?

@lab-by-the-sea

5 жыл бұрын

heard of them the first time from an algerian friend when i was in eastleigh in 1982, loved them so much, the energy of the first records is still there!!!

@mickwallace9949

5 жыл бұрын

When they were hungry raw revolutionary and honest , they were kids you fucking idiots , talented kids who became men who took over the world , that’s how progression works , you talk some shit .

@georgerichardson7728

4 жыл бұрын

@@mickwallace9949 That's no way to talk to someone, learn some manners, and Gebre - you are right, they had something in those early days that no other band seemed to, perhaps a determination without compromising their style, that didn't last through their whole career unfortunately, its hard to imagine they produced crap like "No line on the horizon"

@hernangustavomunne7730

4 жыл бұрын

I felt exactly the same

I was 18 and this was my first Rock Werchter, looked forward to it for months. My girlfriend would meet me at the festival. But when we met, she broke up with me. The girl I had a crush on since I was 15 , the future mother of my unborn children, just dumped me. I walked on the festival like a zombie, couldn't get why she did it and then this concert started. Wow, this was new, excited, full of energy, unseen, the future of rock music, it made me forget my sorrows en even to this day, I will mention it as the best gig I ever saw. And for the people who like happy endings. 3 years and a few failed relationships later, that girl finally realized that it would be a good idea to be the mother of our children. 34 years later, we still go each year to Rock Werchter and I ask her every time if she plans on breaking up with me, but so far, I have been lucky.

@KevinChisholm

3 жыл бұрын

This is one of the most interesting comments I have ever seen on a KZread video. It's very cool of you to share such a personal memory, and that is just the 1st paragraph. When I clicked "Read More", I was pleasantly surprised by the happy ending. At 55 years old, I feel this kind of deep personal connection to live music has been lost in the "Tweets & Likes" culture in which we now live... so nice to know that there is still someone out there who can share a story that really connects their life to a concert so long ago. 34 years together. Wow, thank you for sharing such a wonderful story.

@dbarbour8352

3 жыл бұрын

That is beautiful man! Great story!

@peterboels

2 жыл бұрын

WHAT. A. STORY!

@timmatthew3887

Жыл бұрын

😢 that’s beautiful.

@Eduardo-wx3ed

Жыл бұрын

Wooow! how beautiful

I was there, along with Simple Minds, Peter Gabriel , Van Morrison and a load of others, great two days, can’t believe how long ago this was, U2 were great back in the day, not so much now………

Edge’s guitar playing is pure magic.

@eliaol4231

2 жыл бұрын

Bono's voice is amazing

@brianwilson49

2 жыл бұрын

the clothes though ..............!

@jude999

Жыл бұрын

Edge is U2, bascially.

@shothastar

Жыл бұрын

@@jude999 he took up playing drums in the 90s as well no

@MAKE-COMMENTS-GREAT-AGAIN

7 ай бұрын

​@@jude999U2 is a four legged table.

00:00 - I Threw a Brick Through a Window 04:00 - A Day Without Me 07:08 - An Cat Dubh / Into The Heart 14:32 - Rejoice 18:15 - The Cry / The Electric Co. 23:50 - I Fall Down 27:08 - I Will Follow 31:00 - Out of Control 36:46 - Fire

@WillianMattos

2 ай бұрын

up

That voice...incredible

@mightyV444

2 жыл бұрын

And he was actually having a 'bad voice day'! 😉

@carolehoag6607

Жыл бұрын

,,,😈😈😈❤️🥰❤️

god when I see this now I get so nostalgic for the unabashed power of this band in the young era

@TheEarlHaight

2 жыл бұрын

Titans..

@margaretsch.3609

Жыл бұрын

One can go beyond nostalgia and take advantage of the opportunity we have through this video to hang out in this zone once again.

I saw U2 on this tour on March 13, 1982 in Louisville, KY. They were the warmup band for the J Geils Band. U2 stole the show and I have been a fan ever since that concert. It took me eight months to find their albums following this concert. They were Awesome with a Capital A.

40 years ago on this day. Still moves me. This is the U2 sound to catch my attention.

@knorrie63

Жыл бұрын

It was the Fourth of July….

this is the U2 that shaped me ... needed this music then in a big big way

killer version of An Cat Dubh

@jude999

3 жыл бұрын

The best song of this time period.

I loved this U2, most of what they did in the 80's is brilliant

@yellowjackboots2624

3 жыл бұрын

Most?!

@jamesdavies542

3 жыл бұрын

Yellow Jackboots not everything, just most of what they did

@jamesadcock5235

3 жыл бұрын

The 80s u2 is best no question. And people that say actung baby is their best album are not real u2 fans.

@petervanherp6691

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesadcock5235 What’s your favorite album of those irish lads?👍👊🏼 I don’t really have one particular favorite. Beside Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience i like them all. But off course Boy all through Achtung Baby i play the most!👍😃👊🏼

@davidkitch825

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesadcock5235 The first 3 albums are incredible. Unforgettable Fire was great with a few klunkers, Joshua Tree is overrated. Achtung Baby sounds like it is by a different band - but it might be their best from start to finish. After that it was all downhill.

My favorite U2 time (Boy/October/War). Their creativity exploded with these albums. I can't get over how young and talented they were at this point, and to have this incredible level of complexity in their music compositions. I feel lucky to have been a junior in high school in 1982 and have had all these great tunes to listen to at a point before responsibilities took over.😁👍

@margaretsch.3609

Жыл бұрын

Truly a band for your generation

The first 2 albums are the best 2. Absolutely brilliant.

@jasonkeith9317

2 жыл бұрын

No way!!

@coldacre

2 жыл бұрын

100% YES!

@markanthony2873

Жыл бұрын

Ill say the first 4

@craigmeyer5777

Жыл бұрын

The first 6 with the last 2 of those being the very best. IMO

@bmwelch320

4 ай бұрын

AH ...WAAAAY!! All U2 is magnificent. But ... Boy, October and War are thee best!@@jasonkeith9317

Amazing….early U2…so musical, so energetic, just awesome!

For me, their best period, by far. Plus, I was there, front row ! A real blessing !

@jeffreysmith594

Жыл бұрын

Which one are you in the footage? How did you get those tickets?

@dreamlifeds4412

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffreysmith594 , it was 40 years ago. Easy to get tickets as it was a festival. I was in front row on the left the whole afternoon and evening. Great line up with Eurythmics, Simple Minds, U2 and Peter Gabriel. And for one song, Bono invited Annie Lennox and Jim Kerr to join the band. Magic.

@salubrious

Жыл бұрын

Envy you!

@deeice5398

Жыл бұрын

You lucky shit!!!😃

The time has come for U2 to strip back the huge stages, light shows and theatrics and perform a raw again like this. Traditional rock. Pure. 2021

@jonesjones7057

3 жыл бұрын

My God man you are spot on. Just go back to basics.

@rogerbelger2014

Жыл бұрын

i feel you homey1, but thats impossible, you can strip everything down to basics yes thats true, but U2 are elderly men now- its the "youth" that made early U2 do magical shows. Its gone. just accept it , and enjoy what they are today.

@craigmeyer5777

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I would hate to see bono today try to climb to the top of the stage. It was scary then! 😂

@robertpapak5467

Жыл бұрын

1 band I isn't here my brother Stan

@robertpapak5467

Жыл бұрын

😊u2

I love Rejoice and Fire so much... October is a vastly underrated U2 Album!

@donmon5361

7 жыл бұрын

Vastly!!

@michaellamneck2116

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@jamesadcock5235

6 жыл бұрын

William Sauer it's my favourite it's the album of theirs I think is the most addictive u can't get the songs out of your head

@Will21st

6 жыл бұрын

yup, it's just so stellar, the guitar work, the drums, bass, the singing, the atmosphere of the songs... to me one of the great appeals to it is the faith that pours out of those songs. In a way it is U2 at their purest, having to rely entirely on faith and belief, and they grow wings from that place to fly so high.

@d.a.thorndike8772

5 жыл бұрын

My favorite U2 album

The Edge guitar playing Fire is so amazing.

The edge actually having real fun on stage,priceless!

@gollycom

5 жыл бұрын

Wooooow, a musician having fun really? Lord it's a FUCKING miracle..😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👽

@eliaol4231

2 жыл бұрын

All of them seem to have a lot fun

My teenage self was obsessed with U2 ,to see this footage is so great i saw them at wembley stadium 1987 supported by spear of destiny and the pretenders

What a euphoric sound, this is just incredible! Especially considering how old it is. A Day Without Me, brand new all over again, this performance just soars!!!

I was 16. It was on late night tele. Blew me away. Fan to all this 80s sound. Not so much after first 4 albums. Such a sound they had. Still have it on a VHS tape. Nothing to play it on but just can’t throw it out

The way Bono won the audience over was so sincere and so brilliant. These early songs sung live and gigs like this should be treasured in your memory. Greatness♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️👌🏻

Probably the best early footage I’ve ever seen, the sound, the stage presence , the band is tight & of course the crowd make this a gem of a archive. I saw them for the first time the following year on the WAR TOUR in Upper Darby PA . I was 17 and can still close my eyes & remember!!!!! THANKS FOR THIS 🎵🎵❤️

@isabellebaele1712

Жыл бұрын

same here.

@margaretsch.3609

Жыл бұрын

Excellent quality indeed. We can consider it a time capsule.

I always loved Edge's playing he had a great tone and great artistic vision and touch.

@jmccuanu2

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I have loved his unique sound from the very first time I heard it.

@dbarbour8352

3 жыл бұрын

No one comes close to The Edge way back and into the future now times

@dbarbour8352

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve noticed in their more recent shows that “I Will Follow” pops up early in their concerts today. For some reason I thought they were a heavy metal band in my younger years. They were not a metal band, but something far more exciting, they are U2!!

@dbarbour8352

3 жыл бұрын

Larry looks like he just finished high school

@dbarbour8352

3 жыл бұрын

That was exhilarating to watch them as a very young rock band

The raw faith rock, U2, when the world was on plastic pop there shone a bright light.

Never ever get bored of this video, my first memories of U2 .....Definitely can play live, not many bands at this time could. So miss this era.

I was there .....that day , that moment ....

@wrinkledfrotskin3800

3 жыл бұрын

You lucky sod.

At that time they were the best band in the world. That sound is so unique. I still find the Edge to have no equal in tone and delivery. Just masterful ❤️

when U2 started flying ....rising on waves of pure positive joyful emotional currents and strong bonds created between the music and their audience ...

I was there!

@rager1969

5 жыл бұрын

@@gollycom How do you know - where you watching him?

@tomthumb3500

4 жыл бұрын

Lucky man. 👍👍👍

@ottson

Жыл бұрын

Congrats bro

What a showman superb.

This is one of the best U2 concerts out there... is pure joy 🤓

My God!! their stage presence is incredible and there are people who think it's an overrated band bono climbing on stage structure the Edge playing keyboards and guitar, U2 for sure the biggest band in the world

Wouldn't be able to climb that scaffolding nowadays, elf and safety and all that.

This is when they were the best!! Right before the epic Unforgettable Fire. Legend. The energy.

@salubrious

Жыл бұрын

Eh, sorry to be a pain, but this would have been before the "War" album in '83.

I have watched this over and over again! amazing u2 at their best😎🤙🎶🎵🥁🎸🎸🎤

Awesome concert..so regret i was still too young..it All began here for them to become later the biggest rockband in the world!❤❤

This is how I’ll always remember The Edge… amazing tone, blistering playing, just amped and relying on a simple pedal board and not a computer bank. Top 10 all-time guitarist no question.

@uv77mc85

Жыл бұрын

He got known for that sound though and it's still called "the edge sound" you can't blame him for wanting to extend his palette of colours. Shame he never found a sound as good. I loved it when I heard beautiful day and heard the edge sound again. That was a great moment for U2 fans and guitarists

Awesome music purpose ... One single man with 6 strings, & an electric piano some times, one with 4 strings, other with a single drum kit, and another one with an unstopable energy & great voice... U2 4ever❤️‼️

When this show was made I still had 6 years to be born, and the other day September 21, 2018, about to turn 31, I was jumping and crying while listening to this song at the Wizink Center in Madrid. This band is the best in history.

39.21. Larry looks over to the right and sees the guy in red trousers jumping on stage and begins to prepare for the ensuing chaos, which is the best U2 moment to ever be put on camera.

This was U2 at the very top of their game.

These guys had so much energy. Bono is a madman, always trying his hardest to get the crowd onside, love it!

Bono what a fucking legend he is. The self-belief at such a young age was incredible. Extremely unique individual.

Bono I love you and your voice is wonderful

brilliant early u2, amazing stuff...

This is the concert. The live recording is the best U2 of all time. Then I took my kids to Joshua Tree 2.0. That was the second best.

@FrankMaessen-nu5uu

2 ай бұрын

My second U2 concert First one was Pinkpop 1981

U2 at their magnificent best - before the adulation and the decline into MOR rock. Saw them so many times in this period, truly amazing. Boy/October/War - very few bands can claim their first three albums as good as them. For those who don’t know the tracks: I Threw A Brick A Day Without Me An Cat Dubh/ Into The Heart Rejoice Cry/ The Electric Co I Fall Down I will Follow Out Of. Control Fire

In 50 years or so we Will realise: this was the best band of all time

@johnfalconer5778

3 жыл бұрын

I realised that in 1985 growing up in Ireland

@jamesbob6864

2 жыл бұрын

IMO The BEATLES are the greatest band of all time. However, I consider U2 to be our generations (Gen X) BEATLES.

@padraigsisk4057

2 жыл бұрын

Big country for me

@jasonkeith9317

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesbob6864 that's what I always tell people too! Great minds must think alike lol!!

Badass, best songs live.

This is before they went commercial and political absolutely brilliant

A perfect setlist! Probably the best of their entire career!

@jasonkeith9317

2 жыл бұрын

No way their best albums were yet to come.

IMO the best ever footage of u2 - brilliant!

Wow!!! I missed this concert but I haven’t missed a U2 concert since 1987

Change the world REJOICE Ucan2gether❤

What a show... these are the real U2!!! 👏👏👏

Great bassist and drummer. - Tight!

First time seeing this concert on KZread. Absolutely fantastic!!! Their early sound was already so formidable and tight. LMJ has such a joy in his expressions. All of their playing is incredible. All the elements of perfect chemistry are already fully realized in this early band. Thanks for sharing. For those that have not yet gotten Surrender on Audible you are missing out. I have read or listened to probably 50 autobiographies of musicians and this is the best yet with its comprehensive content and format. Its like having an intimate sbd honest discussion with Bono along with music used to tell his story. What could be better? Well maybe the entire band but perhaps the others Will Follow.

@maureendevries1904

Жыл бұрын

Often imitated never equalled.

They are real to me this song represents they will give 100.000 thanks

That guy who jumps on stage at the end and Bono steals his headband. What a great moment

This was my second U2 gigs,first one was Pinkpop festival in Geleen Holland 1981 Now i count 44 live performances from U2.

Que días, toda la energía expresada e ímpetu, el mejor grupo U2

Actually got an Explorer a few weeks ago, I feel like The Edge !!!

One of my favourite performances.Had this on video,couldn't stop watching it over and over.

Looks like the lead singer of Inhaler has got himself a time machine ;-)

@ladyleecher

4 жыл бұрын

Lol...

@Mag-us6iz

3 жыл бұрын

Not at all

@SilverLine269

2 жыл бұрын

😆

For me the first 3 Albums I was growing up, the next 2, I have become a man #ThankYouU2 #YouKnowTheWords

U2 are the best band in..

Do know wy. This beats Red Rock by a trillion miles. Absolutely fantastic. 🎸🎸🎸

Really Everything Everyone..🎉

The Edge.

Great post! Such fire and passion, to this day, I've never see a band have this much fun playing together. They were made to play live, the original "garage band" as Bono said during the War Tour 1983. Saw I&E tour in Boston last year. Saw them 5 times, not as many as some but toughest ticket in the world as many know. Can't wait to see them again! Thanks for the great footage!

@margaretsch.3609

Жыл бұрын

Definitely NOT the original garage band…but the most successful and long lasting, yes. Garage bands were spontaneously springing up throughout the mid-60s onward, helping to give these 4 guys a pattern to build from starting in the late 70s.

Absolutely brilliant!!!!

October tour 4 songs from October 6 songs from Boy Even when U2 had only 2 albums October was underrated😂😂

this was my first concert of u2. very good

Bono siempre ha sido una persona extraordinaria con su público amable y cortés es un Amor 😘 es una una Banda de los 80'S que más me ha gustado y todavía en los 20'S sigue dando mucho de que hablar Amo U2💖🎼🎵🥁🎸🎼🎵🎤

@giannagarcia4937

3 жыл бұрын

Siiiii Bono es un cabsllero con su público, con sus fans, increíble voz aún ahora para sus casi 61 años sigue teniendo dulce voz, ya nos dió demasiado de su potente voz durante 45 años, guapo y con una banda siempre extrsordinaria y de un nivel más alla de muchos.

THIS is U2 🤘

A Day without feeling left....

just a few months before I discovered U2....the lads doing what they do best

my gramps love this band; he said I looked like the kid in one the record pictures. I like them to

I love to see U2 in person

RAW,aggressive,a super band.the Edge a Genius guitarist

Rejoice Because we Can

Excellent videography

That was very cool!

Magical !! Cant wait for the next band to appear with it !! They became legends and deserved it !!

My Cats love u2. U2 a band avtrue band Who stay together/Forever Love❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Fantastische tijd 80’ Elk jaar naar T/W en een toen nog geweldig U2

Life is in our control. Whywreckthings.. I love you U2.. ILive I can't fight fate.. Fate is U2 with

My country 🤜🏻🤛🏻

U2 IS THE AWESOME 4 BAND 🎵

Poor Iris Hewson. When I see this I think a lot about Iris Hewson. Poor Iris and what she could not see with her early death at that fateful funeral in 1974 . She never knew that the son she had was the greatest frontman of all time, with the greatest rock voice of all time and in the greatest band of all time. Even when a fortune teller told her that she would have a son and that he would be famous, she never knew that it was much more than that: she had given birth to God. Poor Iris Hewson.

I was so moved by U2. It felt like I was listening to music that mattered.

@Thatguy55595

10 күн бұрын

You were and I was too. All the kids at my Catholic school knew I loved U2 as a kid. In 7th grade we did a project on Ireland and I put the New Years Day Red Rocks video in it for everyone to watch 😂

Love U2. Forever

Le bonheur, le u2 de ma jeunesse, j avais 12 ans ,j écoutais mtv...❤❤❤❤❤

Wow this video is older than me but I feel like I was there. Timeless.

@marlenesullivan3113

5 ай бұрын

SO TRUE

Help U2 Rejoice

U2 change my life.

I can’t decide which is more dope, the video transitions or Bono’s chef’s top.