This song represents most strongly music's power to attach itself to a certain moment for me. As soon as it begins, I'm transported back to my childhood, sat driving in the back of a hire car on the streets of cannes on a wonderful evening as the sun sets alongside the endless beach. My brother and sister are sat sleeping either side of me, and my parents are in the front, their smiles beaming back at me. I feel at home, I am privileged to have such memories, and owe them to this glorious song
You're privileged period if you spent your childhood on the French Riviera (Cannes) 😉 Good for you. Sounds like it was enhanced with loving relationships all around.
Me too it has so much meaning to me and i reflect on this song to do with my father who totally admired u2 when he was alive. We have favourites but love all because his voice is mesmorising. Plus he is damn sexy hee. 😍
So true. And you cannot FULLY understand the sentiments of this song until you've reached a certain age or level of maturity. The bliss of youth and the novelty of life has a way of vanishing to the realities of life and time. Bruce Springsteen once wrote (and still sings) "...now I'm ready to grow young again..." (No Surrender).
Nah i think for the sake of defining their 2000s selections...beautiful day set the rest in motion but none did what that one did and where it wound up being used for promos
Listening to this song on Jan 1, 2020. I can’t believe the 2000s will be 20 this decade. I remember the 2000s like they were yesterday and a time were 20 years ago was the 80s. Throughout the 2010s, I had a hard enough time grasping the fact that the 90s was 20 years ago, let alone the 2000s.
I watched them in Philly and I have no reason why I felt so emotional when they sang this song. I took a live video of the moment and it’s amazing how music touches you. ❤️❤️
This is my favourite U2 song, and arguably it's also their best (rivalled only by The Unforgettable Fire, I think). Not many bands are capable of releasing such a great song this far advanced in their musical careers.
Barack, thank you for this fantastic song. I mean my late Dad introduced me to U2 but hearing this song for the first time when Barack used it for his speeches made me love U2 even more.
This song takes me away. I cried the first time I heard this, which is strange since it's so upbeat. The words make me think of someone I wish was still in my life. The beauty of it is just unreal though!!!
I was given this album when I was 7. Immediately started listening to it and fell in love with this song. Never realised that 4 four years later it would be used by the man who became the 44th President of the United States. A sense of foreshadowing :)
This was my soundtrack as a fresh faced, 18 year old, country bumpkin living in London for the first time. It had just come out and it gave me strength being away from home for the first time.
Una delle canzoni più spettacolari degli U2, li seguo ormai da anni e ho ascoltato ogni loro canzone e a mio parere sono una più bella dell' altra, davvero.
apesar de no ser un gran fan de U2 (de hecho soy de Madonna), uno debe saber reconocer la verdadera música, ésta canción representa para mí la captura y la escencia de éste disco de U2. Gran banda, siempre estaran en el recuerdo!!
M I'm still listening mate...U2 have evolved into an amazing band....all the time I have breath in my body...I will never tire of listening...God bless all & your families.
This song I would dedicate to my husband for our sweet long memories of our 20 years of marriage, listened to this song when I was unknowingly missing him so badly..he was working and I was studying..I love you my soulmate 🌹
Really nice song !! I love it 3 Make my cry because with the intro i imagine a whole life with my girlfriend and also because this song i listened with my grandmother :')
Heard a few songs from them like a year ago (Where the Streets Have No Name & Vertigo) and from then on was hooked. Currently on a quest to hear every single song composed by them.
Great song!!!!!!! I remember on January 20th 2009, hearing Elliot in the morning on DC101, when they played this song before their intro and they went on the air. As well as President Obama, coming out to this song at the DNC this past summer. I will always think Obama when hearing this song. Thank you for 8 great years President Obama.
This song represents most strongly music's power to attach itself to a certain moment for me. As soon as it begins, I'm transported back to my childhood, sat driving in the back of a hire car on the streets of cannes on a wonderful evening as the sun sets alongside the endless beach. My brother and sister are sat sleeping either side of me, and my parents are in the front, their smiles beaming back at me. I feel at home, I am privileged to have such memories, and owe them to this glorious song
You're privileged period if you spent your childhood on the French Riviera (Cannes) 😉 Good for you. Sounds like it was enhanced with loving relationships all around.
your words are so empathic.. 🖤
Que hermoso recuerdo...que bueno que la música pueda transportarte a tan maravillosos momentos...
Cari ricordi, peccato che portino sempre un po’ di malinconia.
This sounds like the beginning of a great novel
I spent my whole childhood listening U2. This song means a lot to me! It's epic!
So you didn't spend anything... You gained better taste in music
Me too it has so much meaning to me and i reflect on this song to do with my father who totally admired u2 when he was alive. We have favourites but love all because his voice is mesmorising. Plus he is damn sexy hee. 😍
I wanna wish a Happy early 61st Birthday to U2’s Drummer Larry Mullen Jr
Some songs seem to give you wings.
🛩🕊❤
No need for red bull
David Mole why not both
@@elfonero1492 or does feel like you're flying doesn't it
So *that's* why Bono sings "I'm getting ready to leave the ground" before the choruses.
The world needs more songs like this.
one of the best intros in a song ever!
"What happened to the beauty I have inside of me?" That line really hits me hard.
Me too!!!
The line "Oh you look so beautiful tonight" is about Bono looking at all the New Yorkers down below. That is pure magic 😄😭😄😭
So true. And you cannot FULLY understand the sentiments of this song until you've reached a certain age or level of maturity. The bliss of youth and the novelty of life has a way of vanishing to the realities of life and time. Bruce Springsteen once wrote (and still sings) "...now I'm ready to grow young again..." (No Surrender).
I wanna wish a Happy early 62nd Birthday to U2’s Lead Guitar David Howell Evans The Edge
Such an underrated song.
The best U2's song of the 2000's by far.
Walk On wants to talk
@Brandon Mooremany are saying there's a dark side Kobe had in his life very Hollywood occult roots ???
@Brandon Moore well, God have mercy on the innocent people caught up in such a tragedy !
Nah i think for the sake of defining their 2000s selections...beautiful day set the rest in motion but none did what that one did and where it wound up being used for promos
Magnificent is the best. This is a close second
U2 opened with this on the tour for this album. It was the best opening to any concert I have ever been to over many years.
Miranda & Andrea... they look soooooooo beautiful in France
Elizabeth G.M. Mdssss simmmmm amoooo
Brasil
Yas!!!!!!
Lembrei também de o Diabo veste Padra
I knew this song from that movie 😗☝🏻
Saw them perform this song live a few nights ago. Needless to say, it gave me chills. Love the Edge's guitar tone.
When I go to Paris, you better believe I’m playing this song lol.
I will do the same
Listening to this song on Jan 1, 2020. I can’t believe the 2000s will be 20 this decade. I remember the 2000s like they were yesterday and a time were 20 years ago was the 80s. Throughout the 2010s, I had a hard enough time grasping the fact that the 90s was 20 years ago, let alone the 2000s.
M D I wish I was grown up during the 80s omg. Was born in September of ‘89. I mean the 90s were cool too! But I love the 80s
Autumn Ball, I just wish I didn’t grow up in the 2000s, literally any other generation would be better
Time is time! Gotta enjoy every bit of it!
But... you still look so beautiful tonight, baby!
Time is outta our grasp doesn't it?
(I was like between 8 or 10 yrs
I understand just a little about how you feeling right now)
I watched them in Philly and I have no reason why I felt so emotional when they sang this song. I took a live video of the moment and it’s amazing how music touches you. ❤️❤️
The Edge's genius.
One of the best songs ever
The melody is so... full of feeling!! I love that guitar
this song is really wonderful....... no other words to describe it
Claudio Thompson 👍⭐️🌹❤️☘️🥂✨🙏
Punk's Wala akong ma say
The best song from that album by far. It's a bit like their older stuff and has a unique sound along with good lyrics. Plus the Edge killing it.
This is my favourite U2 song, and arguably it's also their best (rivalled only by The Unforgettable Fire, I think). Not many bands are capable of releasing such a great song this far advanced in their musical careers.
Other of my favorites songs of this band awesome U2. 🙏🏻
The movie Devil Wears Prada, Paris scene brought me here.😌
Same here!!
😆 omg
YUP!
pasadena19 me too
Me too love this song 😍😍
I love this song a lot. I used to listen this song a lot back in 2006. It brought me lots of memories and tears.
They used this song to help promote the FIFA world cup in '06
The studio version is good but the live version is so much better. The best opening song for a concert ever
Igor Alvaro I think it works best for a closing song!
Zoo station is their best opening song
@@oilersrock9350 Where the Streets Have No Name is incredible, as well
The Devil Wears Prada 🤩
Great song, I love U2 been a fan for years.
Eu aqui de novo, 0:50 que sensação!!
Um dos melhores momentos da história da música!
U2 para sempre !!!!
OMG, IT REMINDS ME OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES "The Devil Wears Prada" they play that song, when Miranda and Andy arrived to Paris. Lovely .....
My 2nd favourite song of this century. Awesome job U2! If other songs of 2000's were like this, I would blow up of listening to U2.
Love U2, this is their best song in my opinion
One of my favorite U2 songs
One of the best bands ever !
When I visited NYC for the first time I went to time square when it was dark and I heard this playing 😍😀
one of the most beautiful songs
i love this band,great song.
One of the Best songs ever :)
Barack, thank you for this fantastic song. I mean my late Dad introduced me to U2 but hearing this song for the first time when Barack used it for his speeches made me love U2 even more.
This song takes me away. I cried the first time I heard this, which is strange since it's so upbeat. The words make me think of someone I wish was still in my life. The beauty of it is just unreal though!!!
I loved this music
Thank you for producing amazing music
My favorite U2 song. This is the one that really got me turned on to U2 ... love it even these many years later
The best band in the world 🛩🏙🕊♥️👂💦
Great love letter to NYC
I was given this album when I was 7. Immediately started listening to it and fell in love with this song. Never realised that 4 four years later it would be used by the man who became the 44th President of the United States. A sense of foreshadowing :)
You made me vomit...thanks.
@@dougie8010 me too...way to attach a horrible memory to this beautiful song.
Dougie stfu hater
Such an amazing band,they need to go on tour again! ASAP!!!!!
perfect song and music to think about life... one of the best songs ever!
I will always remember the U2 concert in Toronto back in july 2011....BEST concert I ever went to! These guys are awesome live!!!!!
"Oh you look so beautiful tonight"
Thang Nguyen can anybody see the beauty inside of me?
What a wonderful song!
@@HeidiSue60 mph!!
Post-COVID, city lights shall shine brightly again!
This song reminds me of the lovely times my husband and I shared in the early days of our courtship. Infact it always reminds me of my husband.
This was my soundtrack as a fresh faced, 18 year old, country bumpkin living in London for the first time. It had just come out and it gave me strength being away from home for the first time.
This might be my favourite U2 song. It's just so good.
Una delle canzoni più spettacolari degli U2, li seguo ormai da anni e ho ascoltato ogni loro canzone e a mio parere sono una più bella dell' altra, davvero.
I love this song
this and the intro to Where The Street Have No Name...magic!
Really nice song!!!!!!!
A timeless song. Majestic.
U2 foi no show do Morumbi simplesmente foi inesquecível sensacional
Most epic U2 song of all!
I listen to this song every time I drive into Boston 🏙🌆🌇🌌🌃🌠🍀☘️
Sarah Jordan go patriots 🇬🇧🇮🇪🏴🏴🏴🇺🇸🥂✨⭐️🌹👍👍💕
saw u2 sing this live on 360 tour wembley, HEART STOPPING AMAZING!!!!!!!!
This song make me cry and fly...
Amazing performance in Chicago this past Sunday!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT A GREAT SONG!!
great lyrics! The best track on the album!! one of the best at all!!
This song makes me feel in París again! 💜
Camila Caro yeah was there in 89 Camila 🌹⭐️👍✨🙏
A perfect song for a casual midnight hike/stroll through the city.
Excelente banda ótima música perfeita saudades desse tempo que não volta mais
u2 nao tem o que comenta ou falar e so ouvir e viajar kkkkkkkk
Beautiful song!
what an amazing song..... this song makes me feel blessed for being alive and listening to it.....
Beautiful lyrics
What I love most about this song is the ambiguity of the lyrics so that every listener can relate to it in some way and imagine what they want.
Amo esta canción 😍 💕
Magical U2 ....💗
Essa música... Muitas memórias ❤️
@Carlos Kombo I agree
u2 hanno sempre fatto musica straordinaria ! COMPLIMENTI !! siete miticii !
apesar de no ser un gran fan de U2 (de hecho soy de Madonna), uno debe saber reconocer la verdadera música, ésta canción representa para mí la captura y la escencia de éste disco de U2.
Gran banda, siempre estaran en el recuerdo!!
M
I'm still listening mate...U2 have evolved into an amazing band....all the time I have breath in my body...I will never tire of listening...God bless all & your families.
Reminds me of waiting for spaghetti bolognaese in Brewers fayre in Swindon when it first opened in 2005 great song though love it
This song I would dedicate to my husband for our sweet long memories of our 20 years of marriage, listened to this song when I was unknowingly missing him so badly..he was working and I was studying..I love you my soulmate 🌹
Really nice song !! I love it 3 Make my cry because with the intro i imagine a whole life with my girlfriend and also because this song i listened with my grandmother :')
That is very sweet :) Music is medicine, hope you're all doing well!
+Kah Deh This is such a great song. It reminds me of my ex-boyfriend and my sister. It really resonates with me.
+Daniel Sparks Boyfriend? GAYYYYYYYYY
Yeah, I am gay. Is that a problem?
+Bees Knees learn how to spell and use grammar, I know many more gay people that can speak better English than you
2022 and I'm still here...👍
"Hey Johny Drama, feliz cumpleaños"
entourage
Victory!!!!!
S.W pensterify WTF....?
Yes! Entourage. I'd never heard this song until I saw that episode. Great song.
this is musical beauty
Heard a few songs from them like a year ago (Where the Streets Have No Name & Vertigo) and from then on was hooked. Currently on a quest to hear every single song composed by them.
Great song!!!!!!! I remember on January 20th 2009, hearing Elliot in the morning on DC101, when they played this song before their intro and they went on the air. As well as President Obama, coming out to this song at the DNC this past summer. I will always think Obama when hearing this song. Thank you for 8 great years President Obama.
One of U2's best. Hugely underrated track.
Reminded me of old friend.,..
This song is adorable breeze filled how can you not give that huge smile when the bridge comes up
Viva U2, a melhor banda do planeta!!❤
Nem tanto k kkk kkk kkk kkk kkk kkk kkk a banda é Boa com certeza 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
I wanna wish a Happy 61st Birthday 🎂 to U2'S Lead Guitar David Howell Evans The Edge Tomorrow!In The City Of Blinding Lights Edge
Fantastic typical U2 song. I get instant happy when ik hear this song. 😊👍
Amazing! I love this song!!
Amazing start that gives me goosebumps everytime i listen to this song...
The devil wears prada ♥
Yes❤️
Beaucoup de plaisir, et d'énergie avec cette chanson, petite ressemblance avec Colplay
in the CITYYYYY OF BLINDINGGGG LIGHTSSSS
Great song. One of their most under-rated in my opinion. The Live in Milan version from the U218 Singles album is even more amazing.