90's U2 was their best phase for me personally, Achtung Baby was an incredible album to grow up with in high school, it is still a masterpiece today, as well as many songs from Zooropa, a great time to be alive and young

@ovathere93

5 жыл бұрын

You hit it right on the head.

@Mujcanal

Жыл бұрын

Yes.

@danieleventura3810

9 ай бұрын

It definitely was. And that phase opened for us the doors for a lot of great music that came after them, from other bands. And gave us also the means and the right to criticize U2 when they lost their devotion to art and music

@edge032

4 ай бұрын

💯

When Bono and U2 were cool. When they ruled the world. When they did what they wanted and didn't worry about the public perception. When they led, and everyone else followed.

@TT_1221

7 жыл бұрын

I agree Zoo TV, Zooropa and this period was U2 at their best. It was my first concert and no other show from them or anybody else has lived up to it since. I think you must appreciate however that because it was so kitsch, so unique, so stamped in that particular time - technologically, politically, socially that if they tried to repeat it or adopt the same personas on a subsequent tour it would not have been received well. McPhisto was great fun, but he was a character. As a band they couldn't continue to tour as "characters". By its nature, the tour was a once off. It was great though.

@YourLoyalDeserter

6 жыл бұрын

This whole period was a reaction to negative public perception. He outlines the whole thing in this interview. People criticized them for being uncool and pretentious in the 80s when they actually didn't care about public perception. They're pretending to be cool here.

@YourLoyalDeserter

5 жыл бұрын

@Gruagach. Iron Shoes What a rambling mess of a comment.

@wahillyman

3 жыл бұрын

@@YourLoyalDeserter such a shame they didn’t explain it as succinctly when they did popmart

yes this is the bono i miss, such a rock star back then..

@ark9823

4 жыл бұрын

He was acting a rock star, but i'm with you anyways.

Name me another frontman as eloquent. He's the best songwriter, best singer, poet and orator. Never be another..

@Wakeupdream

4 жыл бұрын

Best singer? There is Elvis and Sinatra. Poet? There is Bob Dylan, nick cave Leonhard cohen and Morrissey

@vinniesmyyth334

4 жыл бұрын

@@Wakeupdream Bono's voice is my favourite 1987-1994 however Bono himself would probably say Sinatra hahaha

@kalterkakaozumfruhstuck1515

4 жыл бұрын

Jon Bon Jovi!

@ThePogue95

4 жыл бұрын

Love Bono but Shane Macgowan is a far better lyricist

@bpcawley12345

3 жыл бұрын

Wtf? Roger Waters.

A era that's gone with the static and the radio.

@mysticedge4

3 жыл бұрын

Pun intended?

Zoo Tv was so ahead of the times

This will forever be how I remember Bono

i want the year 1992 one more time

@terryo9185

7 жыл бұрын

Prabhu Shankar me too!!!!!!!! so many things I'd make right and do over!!!!! Life's gone too fast. ....

The nineties were brilliant. Nineties U2 were brilliant.

I've always preferred the obnoxious, cocky, arrogant Bono over the one we've gotten the last 10 or 15 years. I think he's best and U2 is best when they truly don't give a fuck and just be obnoxious, like Zootv and the even the popmart day's. Pure gold.

@lizhorne923

8 жыл бұрын

Yes

@hotdogflavouredmilkshake

6 жыл бұрын

TheFly212 same

@MathieuLLF

3 жыл бұрын

I loved PopMart so much

@mysticedge4

2 жыл бұрын

Me too The fly/ cocky bono is so cool

@l82theparty4

8 ай бұрын

2023 Las Vegas sphere.($$$$) you get the best of all U2’s different personalities 🕶 ❤

"The 1 thing that really doesn't come off with the media is sincerity" 90s U2 were amazing in every way 👑

Real recognize real. What Bono is saying is still very relevant to this day. A class act and milestone ground breaker doing things way ahead of his time. It will take 50 to 100 years for people to actually recognize what they did here. And lastly if Frank Sinatra bigs you up, you’re legit. Nothing will take that away.

@curly_wyn

Жыл бұрын

“That’s a really pretentious thing to go for.” Pfft. You’re one to talk, Boner.

i absolutely love the fact that he dedicates all of his concerts and songs to world problems that self-centered americans don't care enough about. it's truly amazing. i just went to one in seattle for his 360 tour 3 days ago and it was incredible. before every song, he would show something in the world and tie it in to his songs. he really is an amazing man.

OMG Bono when he's taking off his sunglasses... He's sexy

This was back when we could not get enough of Bono/U2, now we bitch and complain when we get a free album on our iphone. Times have changed - I miss the old 80's and 90's swagger. I guess it's tough to stay on top for more than two decades so they're always champs for that, but wow have things become boring post POP.

This was U2 at their most versatile. 1:39 "Numb" - a song in which the lyrics are spoken by the lead guitarist 2:44 Doing a live cross during their concerts to war-torn Sarajevo 4:29 Singing a duet with Frank Sinatra Show me a band with that kind of range.

@idoengel145

5 жыл бұрын

RedLightMax you forgot to mention Lemon

He's such an intelligent person. Wish all men spoke this way

He’s one tremendously great song writer and singer and frontman !

He's very handsome and so awesome!!

I love zootv Bono!

Los 90 años dorados xq conocí a U2, cuando veía a Bono me sentía morir de felicidad esperaba ansiosa x un vídeo de Bono ya q en esa época no tenia cable ni existía el youtube, me consolaba verlo escucharlo y escapaba mi mente de los maltratos horribles q vivía a manos de mi despiadado padre y sera por eso q lo admiro tanto y mas xq me sentía feliz cuando interpretaba alguna de sus canciones y hasta hoy sigo igual, gracias Bono por hacerme tan feliz lo único q no me gusta de ti es q fumes, cuando me doy cuenta me pregunto xq algunos padres en lugar de querer a sus hijas únicas gozan maltratandolas quizás algún día se lo agradezca a Bono por dar luz a mi vida en los 90 q solo había oscuridad

@oz5368

6 жыл бұрын

te entiendo

@leanaltamiranda4446

14 күн бұрын

Y porque no puede fumar? Bien ganado lo tiene por lo q te generó emocionalmente 😂

Bono has always been effortlessly cool...whether he knows it or not. He's also one of the very very few who makes smoking look kind of hot...kind of.

Bono with cutler end gross...My favorite glasses...Now in my collection..I like times zoo tv zooropa... Top for me... Beautiful...Good memories forever

@acrobat7646

2 жыл бұрын

Ciao this is really top glasses!!...me too in my collection 2 glasses (One pair for everyday😉) e 2 glasses the fly replica glasses zoo tv Zooropa tour...cutler is rare 🎶🎵

Thanks so much for this. I love the first half of this especially!

thank you for posting. brilliant

I love Bono without his glasses. 90's Bono was soooo hot!

My favourite era in my favourite band. Great album, great sound, great image, great tour. Cocky. Cool. fun.

Bono is the mate that phones you drunk and talks shit for hours

Bono is hot!

I like what he said in the beginning. Use ur instinct first and your intellect second.

So different from 92-93. Just one year...chasm of progression

Works now. Thanks for uploading.

i loooooooooooooooooooooooooove it!!!

ZOOtv Ya'll

BONO= COOL MAN

Dude this was the year I was born lol

Me fascina Bono en la época del Achtung Baby!!!!! Me emboba como nadie.... :)

Was so cool*

Where do you go when you’re at the top?..what do you do when life ends?..at least Bono lives

This was U2's peak, when they were beyond fucking awesome, before they got too fucked up over politics.

@goldenhourkodak

6 жыл бұрын

What? Ever heard War (1983)?

@miarrem

3 жыл бұрын

Are you kidding?! They've always been about politics and social justice....

@leanaltamiranda4446

14 күн бұрын

Joshua tree era was the peak

lol is that Edge on the camera at 3:50?

Hot

What music is that in the back ground at the beginning

He looks a bit like Falco...his gestures, his hairstyle and how he's behaving...cool and a little touch of arrogance but I like it👍

@hotdogflavouredmilkshake

5 жыл бұрын

Kerstin Sommer yeah I wish this arrogant bono would come back

@Babeolicious777

Жыл бұрын

I see a lot of Trent Reznor too, it’s funny. The mannerisms, the nose, the way they move and speak…similar.

He developed the stage persona of The Fly during this period and he's in character during the interview. The sad thing is that he never really snapped out of it.

@alexhaarbosch1919

9 жыл бұрын

I think you've missed the point a bit though. The Fly was meant to allow Bono to be himself more than he ever was before. The over-sincere and modest Bono of the 80's was just one side of him that was him doing his best to react to all of the fame in what way he thought best. When he realized people started hating him for it, he said "fuck it then, you want a rock star? You've got it", and that's what he did. To say he never snapped out of it should actually apply to pre-Fly Bono.

@DuffPaddy1

9 жыл бұрын

Alex Haarbosch I get that but bits of it never really of it never really left him.

@There_is_No_Spoon_

7 жыл бұрын

+Alex Haarbosch and Mr.Macphisto was just a halloween costume?

What a band they were at that time, their run of 6 albums from War through to Zooropa rivals any other band. Hopefully in years to come people will remember how great they were at their peak, rather than focusing on their tax affairs or invading people's iphones...

@Muldfeld It works perfectly fine for me =( I'm sorry that you can't watch it till the end

Sad to see Bono smoking in that interview, that was already early 90's. I saw him smoking in the early 80's too, so bad for the vocals, as well as everything else. Willie Nelson may smoke weed, but it's not tobacco, and he just turned 80! I'm one of your biggest fans Bono, please quit smoking!!Your family will thank you!!

@hotdogflavouredmilkshake

6 жыл бұрын

Terry O let him fucking smoke. It’s his life and you don’t control him. Get the fuck away.

@NFStamper

6 жыл бұрын

It wasn't just smoking that altered his voice, his harsh singing style was a contributor.

@redlightmax

6 жыл бұрын

+Terry O It wouldn't surprise me if Bono smokes only during interviews. He's performing here, just like he performs on stage. That's not a criticism - it just means he's projecting an image.

@Gfresh1620

5 жыл бұрын

As a fan I always worried he would ruin his good voice, but now I'm just concerned for his health. He looks more fragile as the years go by, smoking certainly does not help...

@novembergold4144

5 жыл бұрын

I think he isn't smoking anymore.

they missed the part of the interview where Bono quotes a few very poignant comments about the history of U2: "... very materialistically oriented, you know, and that is not what the U2 is about. You know, we are not about the glitz and the glamour.... the money.... and the fame and the power, and the touring.... and the money.... well maybe we are about that a little bit, but... well, I guess that is what we are about."

@jakexou812

Жыл бұрын

here is the greatest inverview of Bono: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gnaHsLeigMefpdY.html

@michaelgriffiths8068

10 ай бұрын

Actually that wasn’t Bono. It was Ben Stiller parodying Bono lol. Here is the quote at the 2 minute, 17 second mark: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gGeXy66zfLDYqco.htmlsi=rYYs9kzhhtKgonzt

Something's wrong with the video; it won't go past the 4 minute mark to finish at 4:59.

thats "plush" by stone temple p.

PAUL DAVID HEWSON 10 DE MAYO DE 1960 62 AÑOS (63) SINGER OF U2.

IL mondo ha 4523 milioni di anni, noi siamo cresciuti con GLI U2.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ l'emozione non ha voce.

'Core' - Stone Temple Pilots

@maddermofo that''s plush by stone temple pilots. great song actually

@David Os No band in this world, as small it could be, will make a show or a record for free. Last week I was in a bar with an unknown band for $20. We are all in it (life) for money, comfort and exploitation.

@WookieeWarrior20

9 жыл бұрын

They realize the big bucks are in touring. They'll give an album for free if it means losing a few million bucks.

What happened to their punk roots and having different sounding albums. The last 4 albums just are mediocre.

@PeachFuzzWhaleEgg Actually its quite easy to deny. Vanian looked like the muted spawn of Dracula and a gay butler who looks nothing like The Fly character. And its not 'Bono's' look. The Fly was a composite parody of the rock star in general. Check out From the Sky Down. He look Lou Reed's glasses, Jim Morrison's pants and Elvis' haircut.

U2 was the shit, when they didn't took themselves seriously and acted like they are: rockstars, instead of telling everyone how they should live their lives.

gato!

can u fix Syria???

I do bite on a butt

Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah ......... Why so serious People . Its Just Music .

The fact that bono is the same age as me (32) but i look like a kid compared to him xD

Well since 2000. they turned into a bunch of boring old men musically!!

@M_D93

7 жыл бұрын

Even their 2000 album was bad? Also, Vertigo is an amazing song. Never listened to their 2009 album. Songs of Innocence is okay. I didn't mind having it pre-loaded onto my iTunes. I don't get why people bitch about it.

@jaystone7587

7 жыл бұрын

I completely agree. Their last good album was Pop. Not a really well planned tour, but the album was good and different. Now they mass produce the same sound since All You Can't Leave Behind. They're not imaginative anymore.

@M_D93

7 жыл бұрын

+Jay Stone I disagree, though I never heard Zoopara or Pop. I heard some not so good things about them, but that is all I have heard.

@jaystone7587

7 жыл бұрын

OK I hear you! By the way Zooropa only has maybe 5 songs I like. But Pop you have to listen to and let it grow on you. That's kind of how all U2 albums have been, because they changed their sound so much. I just don't think they have altered their sound since 2000. I love all of their 80's albums. I remember listening to The Unforgettable Fire and just thinking wow this is interesting, but unsure if I liked it, but the sound the singing kept me coming back for more, and I just love that album. Nice talking to you Mickey Deez, you take care.

@M_D93

7 жыл бұрын

+Jay Stone Thanks. I should give Zooropa and Pop a listen.

Bono is pretending to smoke that cigarette. When he finally takes a drag he clearly does not inhale. The cigarette is a prop. Bono thinks it makes him look cool.

@hypersphereengineering6015

2 жыл бұрын

It's a fucking cigar. You don't need to inhale

@michaelgriffiths8068

Жыл бұрын

@@hypersphereengineering6015 😂🤣

@escaton74

11 ай бұрын

it obviously was an entirely artificial persona, leather and shades and also black hair dye. all of that isn't Bono