Saw them in a small club in Madison, WI. in 1981. I knew they’d be big. After the show, all the band members came out to sign autographs, I still have my ticket with all their signatures. How cool was that?
They just played here in Vegas @ the new Sphere. So many people expressed their hate for this band! That's because they only know their newer stuff. They have NO idea how great they were back in the day! 🥰
When U2 first came out, they were compared to a Scottish band called the Skids. One magazine called them an "Irish Skids" That said, I think U2 are a much better band than the Skids (much like Duran Duran are a much better band than Japan).
*Fun fact:* This would be the only time Edge would use a Les Paul to play I Will Follow until the Popmart tour some 15 years later. And after the Popmart tour he (smartly) went back to, and stuck with his signature Explorer when performing I Will Follow. This would also be the only time we'd ever see Edge use a black Les Paul, despite the vast catalogue of guitars at his disposal.
@@lordvader6512 actually that's the sound of an Explorer plugged into a VOX AC30! Beautiful sounding guitar in a beautiful sounding amp! This would actually be the only time Edge played this song on a Les Paul until the Popmart tour some 15 years later! After the Popmart tour he smartly switched back and stuck with his signature Explorer.
Again I must say U2 is and always will be the best band with the greatest music and songs . They are what made the eighties for me! ❤❤❤❤❤✌️ I mean listen to the music and the lyrics of this song and every other song from U2 ✌️ 2025 who’s here ?
@@kbusby4824 *True, they are pretty good albums. But I only really started to take them seriously with Achtung Baby - which was, interestingly enough, when they stopped taking themselves too seriously*
Gosh, Bono and the guys look SO young! There's a hint of Jim Morrison in Bono's look. And the backdrop reminds me of a scene from "A Hard Day's Night." Borrowing works.
My old copies of 'Boy' and 'October' credit him only as Larry. Makes me wonder if he was trying the Mononymous thing like Bono and Edge, which would be kinda funny
This has been one of my most favourite songs (EVER) since I was a young girl in the 80’s. It has made my spirit soar when I’m already happy and lifted it during incredibly difficult times in my life. Never underestimate the power of music and it’s importance in our lives and the human psyche ♥️♥️♥️🙌🙌🙌
I was born on 81, and remember the early 90's as the best times listening to 80's. This song brings back deep memories of my alone adventures in the wilderness, trying to find a point in living this life. I played alot of u2 and simple minds music on a walk man during these times. In 2005 I finally figured it out, and decided that life is worth living
I saw them March 16, 1981 in at the Woodstock a small club in Anaheim. There were maybe 60-70 people at most. I bought a ticket at the door for $5, just walked up, no line about 30 minutes before they started. This was basically a bar with a stage in the corner and pool tables and bar in the back. U2 gave a show as if there were 10,000 people not just 60. They were excellent, and very down to earth guys to talk to,
I discovered U2 via this song on indie radio in 1981. I went to a record store while on a high school band trip and bought a cassette of "Boy". I remember popping it into my boom box and other kids telling me it was annoying and they wanted to listen to the usual Styx/REO Speedwagon/Kansas stuff. I was impressed with the maturity of their sound, considering they were basically teenagers or not much more (and I put an 8x10 of Bono that I ripped out of Rolling Stone into my notebook!). One or two years later I saw them live in Seattle, at a smallish venue for the October tour. Bono fell back into the crowd and was bodypassed through the mosh pit! They exploded in popularity up to stadium shows in no time, and the first album gives abundant evidence why. Incredible talent.
@@majestictwelve2401 Cool my friend, this song have many great live performances, i recommend on U2 Elevation Tour: Live From Boston (2001) & U2 At Red Rocks (1983).
I was 2 years old. Nothing in the world like the 80's. It was a fantastic time to be a kid. I didn't get into music until I was about five, that was 1985, I had a keen ear for sound and good music. So I remember this song, even though I didn't hear it until years later. But it was so catchy.
Ah here . St Brigid’s School hall in Finglas , Dublin 1976. Our school band Electron supported U2 and Virgin Prunes. I sang in Electron. U2 blew us away.😮😮
"Boy", "October" and "War" were unbelievable efforts - IMO, the strongest opening albums any band ever released. Subsequent to that, they became self-important wankers. They REALLY went downhill, whilst somehow becoming more popular.
Found this little unknown band while browsing in a Licorice Pizza ( a well known record shop in the 80s) Bought their song/single on a 45. Who knew the height of popularity they would achieve.
@Bob Donald it’s alright it’s a common joke people do on RUclips videos, like they’ll comment on a nirvana song from their first album and be like “wow this group is cool hope they make it big one day” it’s just messing around
some mates n i met bono out back of the arena afterwads when it was raining n he was just standing there....talking, to me n my mates like no bfd I didn't have anything much to say i was only 16 but fugg me what an experience. i wont ever forget . 1986
1. New Years Day
2. Gloria
3. Even Better Than The Real Thing
4. I Will Follow
5. Bullet The Blue Sky
@@kenbyrd3456 lady with the spinning head.
And electric co
Vou ouvir even better
*At most, 'The Best of a Bad Bunch'*
In the name of love
Where the streets have no name
Bono kinda looks and dances like Siouxsie Sioux in the video for the song _Hong Kong Garden_ by Siouxsie and the Banshees
its a mad house 👍
is that a good thing?
Saw them in a small club in Madison, WI. in 1981. I knew they’d be big. After the show, all the band members came out to sign autographs, I still have my ticket with all their signatures. How cool was that?
I saw them in Albany NY 1981 at a college Mayfest. For 5 bucks. They were incredible .
Lucky boy
priceless!!
Hitsville in Passaic, New Jersey in '81. Oh to be 19 again and slam-dancing to this like a brainwashed maniac.
It must have been cool indeed.
That guy can move.
Skipping, mincing, flossing - He can do it all.
😆🤣👌
This IS their sound. The guitar is like no other.
They just played here in Vegas @ the new Sphere. So many people expressed their hate for this band! That's because they only know their newer stuff. They have NO idea how great they were back in the day! 🥰
Keith Levine and John McGeoch may disagree with you…
Actually I heard it was taken from Siouxsie & the Banshees Jigsaw feeling.
@@jaimecamire1088 In fact, The Edge really had a deep inspiration on Siouxsie & the Banshees early guitarrists, specially John McGeoch.
When U2 first came out, they were compared to a Scottish band called the Skids. One magazine called them an "Irish Skids" That said, I think U2 are a much better band than the Skids (much like Duran Duran are a much better band than Japan).
*Fun fact:* This would be the only time Edge would use a Les Paul to play I Will Follow until the Popmart tour some 15 years later. And after the Popmart tour he (smartly) went back to, and stuck with his signature Explorer when performing I Will Follow. This would also be the only time we'd ever see Edge use a black Les Paul, despite the vast catalogue of guitars at his disposal.
Great note. Didn’t know that.
Why can't we have THIS U2 back?
❤ I WILL FOLLOW 🎉🎉🎉😊
BONO SHOULD LOVE THIS.
So young looking especially the drummer!
Yep. They were just 18 and 19 by that point.
Larry Mullen Jr!
He was only 15 at the time I think also the boy on the album cover was the son of their manager 🍻🍺😜@@yvonne.p
Larry Mullen Jr. and Adam Clayton are far less known than Bono and The Edge but such an essential part of this great band.
@@HMKATL
*That's because a group IS its members*
omg they are all just babies!!!
This video is proof of the birth of the alternative music!
Alternativement commerciale.
Nah! The Jam and New Order!
*Was called 'underground' at the time, or - ahem - punk*
Great song
23 years out of Ireland. I never lost my routes especially my accent!
Nor should you. It’s one of the most beautiful accents that exists
After nearly 40 years, that opening guitar still has me up on my feet dancing! And, OMG, how young they look!
They WERE young
Your eyes make a circle
I am the same age 😂
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@@jessicagutierrez4727😅un
The Guitar tone that was heard around the world! Love the Edge's sound!
So he got that sound from a Les Paul plugged into a Fender Dual Showman going through a Marshall cab? Magic sauce indeed.
Tbf, he wasn’t the very first, as Keith Levene and John McGeoch also had the tone.
The King of delay.
@@lordvader6512 not even close. He's a VOX AC30 man - with loads of effects.
@@lordvader6512 actually that's the sound of an Explorer plugged into a VOX AC30! Beautiful sounding guitar in a beautiful sounding amp! This would actually be the only time Edge played this song on a Les Paul until the Popmart tour some 15 years later! After the Popmart tour he smartly switched back and stuck with his signature Explorer.
The older I get the more revolutionary I realize bands like U2 were - this stuff is FORTY YEARS OLD, but is as raw as it was day 1.
@The Screams have to agree with you there. fairly standard early 80s new wave, although that's not a bad thing at all.
@The Screams Also Cork band nun attax were arguably an influence. look up "white cortina".
Fuckin right
@The Screams partly agree but look at the bunnymen post 84 a shadow of what they were moreso than U2
Definitely!
Thank God for U2.
I remember exactly where I was in 1982 when a college friend played U2 for me.....never forgot. Boy October War ....after that, hit and miss imho.
Again I must say U2 is and always will be the best band with the greatest music and songs . They are what made the eighties for me! ❤❤❤❤❤✌️ I mean listen to the music and the lyrics of this song and every other song from U2 ✌️ 2025 who’s here ?
2025 who’s here ? Moi
They were sooo young in this video my god
U2 I Will Follow is one of my favorite song
Rockstars since day one.
Soo 80s I love this song just want to go back and stay
Old school U2.. nothing like that..!!🥳🎶❤️🙌
*Hail Eno*
First five albums, straight up 🔥!! Nothing unforgettable about them.
@@kbusby4824
*True, they are pretty good albums. But I only really started to take them seriously with Achtung Baby - which was, interestingly enough, when they stopped taking themselves too seriously*
Baby U2 is cute.
U1 1/2
Jett Crash I Will Follow’s one of my favorite songs ever.
Achtung Baby
😊👍👍👍👍👍
Then over ten years later they became Achtung Baby!
This album had the best drumming.
And guitar play by The Edge.
I concur!
100% I have always found his rhythms simple yet genius
Amazing that their signature sound was already complete.
So much of that is The Edge 🎆
@@vanessalogan265
*Who completely stole his sound from PiL guitarist Keith Levene*
Damn them leather slacks are something else
Our band is going to practice this on Monday night. Wish us luck.
❤🔥
How'd it go?
Early 80's...what a great time to be a early teen.
Absolutely! I was around 15 when this jam was playing over the radio 📻 air waves.
Just turned 13 nov 2021 😒🙄 dam, really missed out. RUclipss the closet I can get to a time machine
Absolutely. If you were born in '67 you had the luck to hit a really sweet spot in history when it comes to music.
Yup!!!
I was to ,in the early 80s. The best ever, me a teenager.
Still the best U2 song ever
Loved the post-punk vibe this band has. I think they might be famous someday
@Bob Donald WOOSH
This song did it for me. I was hooked right away. I asked my sister’s friend to play this over and over. I guess she had the album. I’m still hoo
Hooked over 40 years. I’ve seen them a few times. This is my favorite band from that time.
U2 never bested this song in my decades of Ethnomusicology. I wonder if they still perform this live. ❤🔥
They were little kids. Sucks getting old.
My favorite U2 song, with the newwavish mood
I wish they still sound like this.
This is one of their best tracks ever with an actual rock beat to it...
the drum part is beautifully simple but expressive as hell
Exactly. This is probably the closest they came to 80s punk.
This song has one of the catchiest beats of any song ever written :D I love the drum beat and Edge's guitar sound!
@@ForrestGump1212 indeed
The drum beat is stolen from Stephen Morris of Joy Division. I still like this song though.
This is one of those rare songs that has a power about it.
GAWD! They were so young when they made this video!
Gosh, Bono and the guys look SO young! There's a hint of Jim Morrison in Bono's look. And the backdrop reminds me of a scene from "A Hard Day's Night." Borrowing works.
Adam has some really fancy shoes here!
It’s very punk I love it 🙏😎
The drummer 1st class.
ONE OF The last great Rock bands
I've got the new zealand 7"of this, bought it 40 years ago, it's actually quite a rarity
Great song. The cover of BOY would have a whole different connotation in 2022.
LOL!!!
The Edge gave them, well, the edge.
Paul “Bono” Hewson
David “The Edge” Evans
Adam Clayton
Lawrence Mullen
A generation old, and still running!
My old copies of 'Boy' and 'October' credit him only as Larry.
Makes me wonder if he was trying the Mononymous thing like Bono and Edge, which would be kinda funny
Absolutely Paul "Bono Vox" Hewson!
I was going to go to the Public Library spending the weekend ,pure bliss, looking this up you beat me to it. Cheeky!
Almost two generations old at 44
I wanna wish a Happy early 64th Birthday to U2’s Bass Guitar Adam Clayton
1:21
They are so young in this, adorable.
Bono's dance moves.....
I know, so cute!
Boy is still my favourite U2 album.
And we’re still following❤
Still one of my favourite U2 songs, this and New Years Day.
You're cultured, those 2 are EXACTLY my 2 favorites. I heard New Year's Day on the radio in 2019 and I've loved U2 since.
@@dj-um7el Damn. You didn't hear New Year's Day until 2019?
@@VicInNocal most crappy music on the radio now that's why.
I was born in 2006 tho.
i say my top 4 songs by them are new years day, i will follow, desire, unforgettable fire.
Same here! Kismet.
Four Irish lads with the world before them!
The Irish invasion
And they had no idea what was about to happen to them at this point.
I hate you bono but this was epic gold!
Innocents of youth , was still with them , great music , still enjoying U 2 , music , . . .
I remember when this song came out I figured that this would be a one time hit wonder then fade away. Boy, was I wrong.
Easy to do; you just didn't know what would follow 😉
Hey, that’s a pretty strong debut. Wonder if they’ll go anywhere.
Omg I spit up my drink when I read that! Ha!
Still their best song imo, lots of good songs, at their best in the 80s to early 90s i think.
Thats a pretty strong comment. You're goin' places, kid!
They’re not bad. I think they have a chance. 😎🤟
Imagine being the record company that passed on these kids
Back when they were still cool. If there was some way for them to get back to this....
I concur
HAIR!! Wow, you guys, their hair is hilarious! I've been following U2 music for most of my life. But I haven't seen this video before. HAIR!!
“You can be anything that you want to be in life if you work hard enough“. The Edge is a genius. I wish I could will myself to be a genius.
This has been one of my most favourite songs (EVER) since I was a young girl in the 80’s. It has made my spirit soar when I’m already happy and lifted it during incredibly difficult times in my life. Never underestimate the power of music and it’s importance in our lives and the human psyche ♥️♥️♥️🙌🙌🙌
I was born on 81, and remember the early 90's as the best times listening to 80's. This song brings back deep memories of my alone adventures in the wilderness, trying to find a point in living this life. I played alot of u2 and simple minds music on a walk man during these times. In 2005 I finally figured it out, and decided that life is worth living
Me too... hard to type ..I'm bouncing !!
Completely agree.
I was born in 1981 also, the 80s were amazing. Music is so important and U2 is one of my favorite bands. 🎶❤️🔥🎶
msbindydney2…Powerful words…Love your comment…Sharon
For me, that's th best Rock song ever!!!
I saw them March 16, 1981 in at the Woodstock a small club in Anaheim. There were maybe 60-70 people at most. I bought a ticket at the door for $5, just walked up, no line about 30 minutes before they started. This was basically a bar with a stage in the corner and pool tables and bar in the back. U2 gave a show as if there were 10,000 people not just 60. They were excellent, and very down to earth guys to talk to,
They look like a K-Pop boy band but with a real talent! Genious all of them!
I discovered U2 via this song on indie radio in 1981. I went to a record store while on a high school band trip and bought a cassette of "Boy". I remember popping it into my boom box and other kids telling me it was annoying and they wanted to listen to the usual Styx/REO Speedwagon/Kansas stuff. I was impressed with the maturity of their sound, considering they were basically teenagers or not much more (and I put an 8x10 of Bono that I ripped out of Rolling Stone into my notebook!). One or two years later I saw them live in Seattle, at a smallish venue for the October tour. Bono fell back into the crowd and was bodypassed through the mosh pit! They exploded in popularity up to stadium shows in no time, and the first album gives abundant evidence why. Incredible talent.
One of their underrated classics. U2 RULES! MTV days!
Underrated?😂
What an incredible band!
Don't know how many years it's been since I've heard this song, I remember listening to it in Max Club in Hanau, Germany. 85.
Great nostalgia from my junior year in college. My favorite band from that era.
So Young,who would have thought.......🌠
I've just discovered this song and I can't stop listening to it. RUclips sometimes has really good recommendations
You don't know U2???
@@LucasLima-ov4mq i know them, i just never really listened to them on purpose, especially not to their earlier albums
@@majestictwelve2401 Cool my friend, this song have many great live performances, i recommend on U2 Elevation Tour: Live From Boston (2001) & U2 At Red Rocks (1983).
Me too.
@@majestictwelve2401 Their earlier music is the best...just my thoughts
The dislikes are from people who cannot appreciate great music. Lots of love from India
You mean...Trolls!
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@@federico8332 Teen U2 Lovers like you and me(I'm 14) are rare!!
Nailed it Mr. Sankar
@@a_star7233 I support all kinds of music. I'm not biased to only one kind
Opening track of Boy album.. shot me down for decades.
Poor Larry looks knackered by the end of this tune
they are so young here!
Provocative and surrealistic, this priceless music video color footage.
Down a wormhole back to 1980 for me, eek!! ❤
I was 2 years old. Nothing in the world like the 80's. It was a fantastic time to be a kid. I didn't get into music until I was about five, that was 1985, I had a keen ear for sound and good music. So I remember this song, even though I didn't hear it until years later. But it was so catchy.
First u2 song i ever heard, my brother said you gotta hear this band
Ah here . St Brigid’s School hall in Finglas , Dublin 1976. Our school band Electron supported U2 and Virgin Prunes. I sang in Electron. U2 blew us away.😮😮
You can see the lack of Sleep in Bonos eyes I can't imagine the roller coaster they was on and just getting going never too stop
Bono looks so young in this video.
This song gives me a surge of energy. I seen U2 twice in concert.
They are unforgettable.
Its the beggining of the u2
yes Bono was only 20 here now he is 60 and still sounds totally awesome!!
@@teresaellis1393almost 64, welcome to senior citizen hood
He looked so much better with his hair like that.
The best band in the universe. Finally, this video is available on RUclips.
Br with love. From the amazon.
Can Brasil to give hugs? 😅
I think NOFX is better.
Hello there from dublin..Ireland 🇮🇪
Tbm sou do brasil amo u2
It's a shame Bono doesn't realize how much better this stuff is than anything he's done in the last 20+ years.
Erano giovani e ispirati, con il tempo si perde slancio pure con la musica, basta guardare il nostro Vasco, son anni che fa cagate..
I much prefer this era too.
"Boy", "October" and "War" were unbelievable efforts - IMO, the strongest opening albums any band ever released.
Subsequent to that, they became self-important wankers. They REALLY went downhill, whilst somehow becoming more popular.
Funnily enough they got pretty close with vertigo
Try 30 years!
MTV had a live performance of I Will Follow in their rotation back in 1981-82, I don’t recall MTV ever playing this music video before, I wonder why?
I don’t recall seeing this either I’m sure they showed it at some point
They did! The 1st video they played of them was Gloria...and then this song.
ANOTHER TIMELESS CLASSIC! 80"S MUSIC RULES!! LOVE U2 ALWAYS!!!! the dj
This is probably my favorite era of U2...but I do love How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb too.
Found this little unknown band while browsing in a Licorice Pizza ( a well known record shop in the 80s) Bought their song/single on a 45. Who knew the height of popularity they would achieve.
Foxboro stadium 1987, amazing concert they closed with this song, I will follow
Bonne époque 💪🔥 fra 😭franchement 💪🔥top de top 💪🔥mes années 🔥💪
Been lookin 4 this song 4 yrs, always remembered the melody but not the words but anyway appreciate u dearly Last American Virgin!
Their early 80s bass guitar driven tunes were by far their best
The bass line in New Years Day!! 😉😉😜👍🎸
This song is so good!! It's timeless.
For those who played Rock Band 4, THIS song would be first U2 song we ever played.
the first album is my favorite. they are so damn young here.
U2 Number One group Rock......
I will follow U2, I will follow until the end of my life.
Mee too
Me too. U2 forever....
It's always funny to see young Bono trying to figure out which cammera he's supposed to look at 🤭🤭
you're reading way too far into the vid. I'd say not on what you stated.
@@nellig_anne- I absolutely laugh.
😂😂😂👍✌
He did good in the end
These kids look like they have the potential to be one of the biggest bands in the world one day.
Funny how that works..............LOL!
@Bob Donald not very bright are you
@Bob Donald the joke went right over your head
@Bob Donald the original comment, he knows it’s U2 it’s a joke
@Bob Donald it’s alright it’s a common joke people do on RUclips videos, like they’ll comment on a nirvana song from their first album and be like “wow this group is cool hope they make it big one day” it’s just messing around
Irish - always have strong recognizable features. Eyes....
some mates n i met bono out back of the arena afterwads when it was raining n he was just standing there....talking, to me n my mates like no bfd
I didn't have anything much to say i was only 16 but fugg me what an experience. i wont ever forget . 1986