This tune is 35 years old in 2022 and I still feel goosebumps, the hair on the back of my neck, and misty-eyed…. all at the same time. The ultimate anthem rock song. Heaven on earth.
It's hard to name a more reliably and predictably joyful moment in rock concertdom, than that moment when you and the 50,000 people around you at a U2 show all realize at the same time that they're about to do this song, and you all start cheering. Powerful and beautiful.
U2 has been my favorite band since I first saw them in Boston in 1981 at the Paradise Club, and this is my favorite song. I use it for my wake up alarm on my iPhone. The gradual build up of the organ followed by Edge's ethereal guitar intro is a joy to wake up to every morning.
No one IRL understands how epic this is. I love coming here and seeing the comments from my fellow U2 fans who get it, who feel it, like I do. I send my love to each of you, as you take flight to the place where our souls gather to sing, dance and play along. Namaste. 🙏💗
@@dawns.3000 Dawn, i just love the story of Streets, how they spent over half the total production time on this one tune, that they recorded the album in a house instead of traditional studio, that the timing of the intro was different from the rest of the song but then Edge built a bridge that made it work, a symbolic bridge of Peace, if you will. There's a snippet in the Making of Joshua Tree dvd where Edge is playing back some guitar parts, and his face lights up with a realization, he comments "that's cool because I really didn't know what I was doing there". I found that to be fascinating because he was just busy being himself, doing his thing, and had zero idea how his gifts would go out and touch millions of people. Cool, huh?
I was at this show. I still have the ticket stub. $5.00 all admit. rain or shine. Right before Christmas 1987. Mr. BB King opened the show. Cool concert.
William. May 25 2018 Georgia. About 350 to be close enough to see them. Seen them in Hampton va in the 80 s paid like 30 bucks lol. What show moved me and touch my sole . Life long fan thanks
I know. People can't believe it when I saw them for $5! A few years ago I went and visited my daughter. She was wearing one of the t-shirts I bought at this concert. I don't think she knew the significance of the shirt. Brought a tear to my eye.
Can anybody explain to me how this song still has the same effect as the last several thousand times I have played this? It is almost like I have heard it for the first time, over and over again! This is when you know that music has transcended from sound to magic.
This song and particularly the live version on Rattle and Hum still makes the hairs on my whole body stand up my favourite song of all time. I think an honorable mention also for with or without you live at the same concert straight after the street's is also pretty amazing my favourite version of that song. I was 16 year's old and seen it 4 times at the cinema. My God was it really 31 years ago not a care in the world footloose and free and thought I knew it all. Best decade ever in my lifetime nothing will ever top it brings back so many moments my first job first kiss first everything and brings a tear to my eyes love it love it love it.
Perhaps it is because three out of four of these guys are Christians who understand they get their inspiration from the Almighty God, and that this song is about heaven. None of the streets are named in scripture (eg. Revelation 21).
My deepest and most heartfelt condolences to you. I know what it's like to lose a father. If your dad thought this was a great song, it tells me that he was a wonderful, and amazing father. You are lucky to have had him in your life, and I mourn with you at his loss. Remember him with love.
My son passed at the age of 25 ... this song feels like a hint of what ethereal music could be ... with gradual entry in 6/4 time, transitioning to 4/4 time, then returning to 6/4 time at the end with the words "its all I can do" ... the span of a life in this crazy world, and the reentry into eternity with calm and hypnotic waltz-like ease ... tears every time
I was a junior in high school and this was my first BIG concert. When the song really kicks off and those huge, bright, white lights slammed into me, I thought it was the most powerful thing I’d ever seen. I still get a little misty when I think about this show, being with the girl that I loved, and all the promise that my life held. It’s amazing what music can do.
***** The Unforgettable Fire was a transition album. The transition album. The second one, cuz October was the first one. As it was posed to be. All sophomoric ala tradition and shiite.... Achtung Baby was the first assurance album. And not the last. The first of every one since. I don't kno wwhat you were trying to be. BNr what you'd wanted to say.
Bless you, brother, on this Dad's Day in 2023. My youngest son writes a little rap and has assembled a few tunes. He's real familiar with his pop's favorite tune of favorite band. Hard to believe he's 24 now, which makes it even harder to believe I'm 59.
Larry Mullen is a fucking good drummer! Bono voice is unreal... guitar is magic and bass powerful.... so, perfect song and band! No band reach,this power and émotion!
My brother and I drove from Denver to Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe AZ to see this show. And then a month later U2 came to Denver and we went to that show too. Both of those concerts were filmed for Rattle And Hum. How fortunate that we can relive both of those concerts for the rest of our lives. What are the odds?
Think you might have your dates backwards! Understandable, it's been over 35 years after all! The Denver segments for the film were shot Nov 7th and 8th 1987 at McNichols Arena. The Sun Devil Stadium segments were shot over a month later on Dec 19th and 20th and were the final shows on the Joshua Tree Tour.
I experienced it live, was amazing...with the Red Background...will never forget with tears in my eyes when the Song started....still one of the best Songs
I Remeber buying the Joshua tree cassette. I begged my parents to buy it for me. It was the first rock tape I had ever purchased. As soon as I had it in my dad's car we played it. First song, Where the streets have no name, it was the most magical moment in my life. Still to this day whenever I hear the song it's just as magical.
Spero mi capiate o che riusciate a tradurre: se vi piacciono questi U2 ascoltate Boy, War, The Joshua Tree, TUF, Achtung Baby ma non gli ultimi album che non vi daranno mai l'idea di cosa erano
I used to sell extremely expensive audio/video equipment for a small chain that carried all the right brands. We had the good shit, but it wasnt cheap. All of us salesman had a handful of very specific demos we used to justify the added cost. This intro (on laserdisc, yes im that old) was one of my "go to" home theater demos. Several key points, but the one i always pointed out was the crowd moise when they light up the stadium, still makes the hairs on my neck stand up. This live version from rattle and him sold so much eqipment for me.. so good, phenomenol. :)
Same venue I saw ZooTv outside broadcast. It was my first concert. Had to wait until the All That You Can't Leave Behind tour for anything to even approach it. Amazing
Masterpiece. Have listened more than 1000 times since I was 12. No words can put this into how this makes someone feel. It is and will always be a masterpiece
Heard this at 11 years old for the first time. 46 years old now,and no song has given me the feel this song gives me everytime. There is nothing better or anything alike, well, maybe, The Blackout, it comes close. Love U2 4ever.
U2 is my oldest love in music. Bono's voice, Edge's great sound and guitar playing and the solid and original spine of the band with Larry and Adam who are always forgotten... Juts one of the best bands still active that never changed a band member and that was never afraid to take chances. I would love your input on our last video. If you have just 3 minutes to listen and a bit more to comment, that would mean the world to me : ruclips.net/video/nIzsCppYCYM/видео.html
Yeah! So true and the shot of the stadium rim facing towards the stage....just amazing. I remember seeing U2 3 times on The Joshua Tree Tour in the 1980’s. The JT is my favourite album ever and although we’ve all had and heard great music before and since, this Tour and Album sum up a time in my life where I was going from child into adulthood with no commitments on one hand and on the other hand my whole adult life in front of me. Such was the innocence. This brief once in a lifetime time year allowed me to appreciate music as I had never done before or since and by shear coincidence U2 (my all time fav band) released and Toured this amazing album at the same time. All I can say is I was blessed to see them at that time in my life and Thankyou nbn33 for making me remember that today. 🙏🏻
@@skygoose11 I was 17 when the Joshua Tree originally came out and didn’t get to see them on tour, but I did 30 years later in 2017 at Arrowhead in KC. It was surreal, unexplainable hard to believe I was even there.
I didn't see it in the cinema, but the theatrical trailer - featuring the Streets intro - lit the spark that made me a fan. 35 years later, and they're still my favourite band.
I too have listen to u2 all of my life. And I just turned 44yrs couple of weeks ago. This song is fantastic then and is fantastic now. This song should have been on that golden record they sent into space. This song is universal
And this version is, in my opinion, the best. Especially the intro. Gives me chills every time! Just saw you post while I watched again and thought I'd respond! You have great taste in music, Robert!
What a performance from a band in full stride! The good ol' days with not an iphone or a selfie shot to be seen; just people sharing an experience together fully in the moment. The kids these days don't even know what they missed.
U2 and their Joshua Tree masterpiece is an installation of art at a level of magnificence and impact that belongs to the absolute finest crafts of culture ever carried out by humanity. It encapsulates the glorious 1980's and inspired us that were young back then as it continues to tell its story of peace, tolerance, love and beauty into the future. Where the streets have no name is where I would like to greet you all and come to conclusion about all things that are.
The opening is the most fantastic sound and visual of a live song. The red backdrop, the silhouette of the drum riser, Larry counting the band off with his headset, Edge coming in with the strobe light. Pure Gold.
wow thats exactly what ive always felt about it, just never put it into words-the exact words you did, bravo! excellent! you described the incredible moments and opening perfectly, any one that doesn't truly 'feel it' 'appreciate it' 'comprehend it' and so much deeper, just isn't a real U2 fan, which surprisingly, I've met a few cool ones here and there amidst the 'wannabes' its true once a band starts out and gets big and bigger, along with the true fans as flowers, the weeds start to grow and grow until soon, like today, the true U2 fans are a small minority while the bandwagon jumpers, opportunists, wannabes, exploiters, and any and all every kinda weirdo jumps from the woodwork and suddenly its all a mess, I know as a 47 yo guy who lived the 80s, grew up with U2 and all the other awesome bands, before all this shit of today-the internet and technology -smart ass phones etc all of it has turned people into assholes, I totally miss the seventies and eighties............people born around oh, eighties, maybe, nineties and definitely in the 2000s are nothing more than mindless gobs with no hearts or souls who have shit for parents which is why they are they way they are, if they even had one or two parents at all, people today can't do math manually, they have to have a calculator, shit, people can't wipe their own ass today to save their life..........if i approached a so called U2 fan and asked them a question about U2, I could tell how long they've 'been a fan' I wouldn't mind if they got the answer wrong, if they were a cool person who enjoys U2 thats cool, but most so called U2 fans-american ones suck-foreign fans are the best, most U2 so called fans would not only not know the answer to my question about U2, but also are assholes and wouldn't care, I cant stand wannabe pricks that care nothing for shit that just plain don't care care..............caring and in depth people are so rare these days
cant believe i was at that concert, so many many years ago, when i was still single and now happier than ever married to the love of my life and 2 gourgeous kids, but nevertheless this song reminds me of that era that i thought was gonna be my best years when my best years were yet to come.
Where was this ? I seen them at Celtic park in Glasgow as well as Slane Castle in Ireland which was brilliant as Ireland were playing in the world cup qualifiers and they won. They showed the game on the big screens. A night ill never ever forget.
Oh how this song can take you back to better days. The Joshua Tree was such a landmark for many of us when it came out. Its the only album I've ever bought on the day it was released. 30 years on when they toured this album, the emotions, that space in time when we were all younger just rolled away for fourty or so glorious minutes. It was a beautiful moment and this track soothed you back all those years. Thank you U2.
As a 15 year old boy (now 36) watching this for the first time on my dad's VHS tape was profoundly powerful. Watching Edge do his thing was a massive inspiration to a young guitarist. It's still amazing to watch this.
The Rattle and Hum VHS got me into them. Bought it, watched it, rewound it and watched again right away. This, Exit, Bullet and Silver and Gold bring me to my knees.
Soul searching it is......your place on this earth, and the epic sound and lyrics of this song, and the epic talented guys after decades. I myself bought the LP(vinyl) in 1987! Then i was 22 years old windsurfing on the Northsee in Holland.....good vibes and memories...now @ 57 i still listen @ U2 and all there albums...those where the days.
This is how to came to be for them , 29 years ago they first conquered the world now they definitely are the most greatest loved band in history, in 1987 this Irish band hit their stride and never looked back
I have been listening to this song on and off since it was released in the late 80's. I never get tired of it and always get chills when I hear it. I was lucky enough to have played with a band in the 90's and we did this song live...thankfully we did it justice. At first, I was reluctant to have us play it as to me the song is untouchable. Fortunately we pulled it off. Most importantly is the message of the song. In the world of rock music, the song stands alone. This is U2's masterpiece as far as I am concerned. There are no street names in Heaven...
I live in México. And listening to this... I can easyly go back in time and remember those wonderful 80's with U2 music. Those complete nights hanging around with friends in our 70's volkswagen... drinking and listening U2. Finally in the 90's I got the chance to attend their Vertigo Tour... BEST LIVE CONCERT EVER.... this and many of their songs are real music that goes through my ears and feelings and memories and eveeeeerything.....
wrong decade - Vertigo Tour was 2005 :) and YES it was INCREDIBLE i was at 5 shows - imo though sady it was their LAST true spectacle - theior subsequent tours were great but just didnt have the intimacy and energy of previous tours
The way this version starts out just floors me. I feel overwhelmed by the solitary note ringing out and the cry of the people. It flips a switch inside of me. Breathtaking.
Gd. That is powerful!!!!!I I was there, both nights. ASU. Stadium. Critical times. Drove 4 hrs. From a Native reservation in a used vehicle . made it back, just barely. Ohh and we met them at kupd. God reigned that night.
The best concert I have ever been too!! 1987 Joshua Tree Tour...the tour started at University Activity Center at ASU which holds bout 12,000..then tour ended with this concert in Dec of 87. They had two shows..one sat night then one sun night. I remember standing in line outside Dillards Dept store (might have been Diamonds Dept store then) at Metrocenter Mall in Phx. Tickets were $5 each...cuz Bono said that going to the movies was $5 then a concert being made into a movie shud be $5 too. They actually played about an hour show...then stopped and got cameras ready...then filmed this opening for second half of show...Absolutely Incredible...still gives me chills listening to this live version.
Stood right there with you man, in that line at Metro Center now a ghost town, and yeah, those chills are still present to this day watching this video even now.
Was there ever a better song to open a concert than this? No way!! It made the tour and every show. It's like the first time you heard the album you knew this would open the show.... and now they're redoing this tour. Dream come true!
Edge came up with the song. His mission was "If I were a U2 fan, what kind of song would I want to hear the most?" That's when he came up with the main riff and danced around when he got it. The other members were unsure because they couldn't figure out how to arrange it but thank God they got it.
Best version of the best song of all time. Most EPIC intro of all time. The soundtrack of my 18 years!!! Goosebumbs everytime I lisen this version. 35 years later I did a cover!!!
Ich war leider noch nie auf einem Live Konzert von U2 weil ich mir das entweder nicht leisten konnte oder ich wahr auf Fernfahrt unterwegs... überwiegend als Fernfahrer aber ich liebe diese Musik auch heute noch und das wird sich auch niemals ändern, Danke Bono - The Edge - Larry Mullen jr. - Adam Clayton... ! Ich bin jetzt 56 Jahre alt. - I LOVE U2
I was there! A Fine Arts senior at Arizona State! tickets were only $5.00 for that show! One of the best times of my life. A.few months before they played in the ASU basketball arena. The night before the show they were rehearsing and a few of us students were hanging outside listening when out comes Adam Clayton and signs a few autographs for the 10 or so of us. I.lost that autograph.
Greatest live concert I have ever seen, Zoo tv Tour was so grandiose and spectacular performance, U2 at their peak. The hallmark of U2's concert tour is that they are massive and visually stunning.
for some reason, I don't know why, I find the moment the Edge goes to the side of the stage, all alone, during the second verse, absolutely beautiful; it gives off a certain feeling of intimacy, especially because the whole song is shot in partial darkness constantly
Crazy to believe thousands of other people get the same feeling I get when I hear this intro...goosebumps...chills. I can only imagine what it would have been like to be there in person.
Si no saltan lágrimas de emoción cuando escuchas esta canción es que estás muerto y ese maravilloso sonido de guitarra electrica te lleva a otro nivel. Bravo, bravo y bravo.
When I was working in the back blocks of Jakarta I needed to walk down several streets that had no name.............. sang this song every time...... reassurance that i would be safe.... i was ....... thanks U2
I saw this tour in the intimate setting of JFK Stadium in Philadelphia with 100,000 U2 fans. To this day, it was one of the most amazing concert openings I have ever witnessed. That organ intro sends shivers up your spine followed by Edge's digital delay intro. The Super Bowl and the Slane Castle versions are most likely the two best ever. One of the all time epic live U2 songs ever.
U2 is my oldest love in music. Bono's voice, Edge's great sound and guitar playing and the solid and original spine of the band with Larry and Adam who are always forgotten... Just one of the best bands still active that never changed a band member and that was never afraid to take chances. I would love your input on our cover of their great Ordinary Love song. If you have just 3 minutes to listen and a bit more to comment, that would mean the world to me. Keep rockin' : ruclips.net/video/yiUkR6YUNgU/видео.html
Every time I listen to this songs I get flash backs to good times, bad times, hundreds if not hundreds of thousands of miles to the...80's, 90's, to infinity...I can't help but think of how profound this song is cuz at the end it all turns to rust...
Kay I'm 15 years old and my parents (and myself) r HUGE U2 fans so in my life I've seen this video (I mean of U2 performing at Sun Devil stadium) a redicules amount of time and even now when I heard The Edge play those first note and when I saw the lights come up on the thousands and thousands of people that where there that night, I got chills, they really are the most amazing band ever :) Peace & Love
Absolutely the start, that has just propelled this super band into their status . They crossed over at that point to become the best band ever to hit a stage. Not just the music, but the intelligence behind it....we are all lucky to be experience and witness this to unfold from that time till now, can't wait for the next chapter .
I have no words for this song! Not to mention this particular intro - just amazing, pure heaven. No matter if I hear the studio or the live version of this, they both represent instant goose bumps for me! I've listened U2 since I was a young boy. I was never into rock music - or anything heavier in general - and currently at the age of 25 I still ain't. But U2 has always been a major exception because they just got it, no matter what genre the band itself thinks they represent. I feel music so very deeply and I can say to me they're just heaven sent with their magical tunes and story-like lyrics. If the beautiful paradise called heaven does exist, please help me God - let the Where The Streets Have No Name be the song that welcomes me to Your place. And please let me hear the song Beautiful Day also because it's such an amazing song as well and it will always remind me of the beautiful life I had on this planet Earth.
I was introduced to this band on my 20th birthday. No one liked it back then. I thank the person who I did not know at the time. Thanks because I learned a lot from U2 and love and appreciate their music to this day. Love always
Love every single thing about this. The red backdrop. The drum riser's silhouette. The band entering the stage. Larry counting them, Edge doing that brilliant thing the does on this song. Bono being Bono. The big lights coming just on the bridge. Perfection
I listen to this song about five times a day (literally), and have been doing it for the past year and a half. Not only that, but I get goose bumps every time I hear it. That's when you know you're not listening to music anymore; you're experiencing magic.
Not sure what the best version is....used to think Boston was excellent. Then was blown away by U2 Go Home in Ireland. Just after Bono's Dad passed. Phenomenal.
I was 12 when Joshua Tree was released. This album, along with Phish's Junta, G n R Appetite, and RHCP Blood Sugar Sex Magik, changed my life. I've been playing guitar for 35+ years thanks to these guys...
They did a similar opening song at the old JFK stadium (no longer there) in Philly in 1988 for the Joshua Tree Tour and the lighting effects were very impressionable. Just a brilliant concert at an old stadium is a memory I'll carry with me forever. Thanks, U2.
I believe that somewhere in the world, there are people who feel the same emotions that I feel when I listen to masterpieces like this song.
I have said this for years. This is the greatest love song ever written.
We do.
Exactly a Master one of the best songs of all times
I WANNA GO THERE WITH U !! that last line is not on the studio version of the song
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One of the best intros of all time
33 years and i still feel the chill down my spine
November 14, 1987. Oakland Arena. That’s where I had this experience too.
Amen bro!!
Oh yeah !
Another would be the beginning of Prince’s Let’s Go Crazy
Me too
This tune is 35 years old in 2022 and I still feel goosebumps, the hair on the back of my neck, and misty-eyed…. all at the same time. The ultimate anthem rock song. Heaven on earth.
Been listening to this song for over 27 years. It is still one of the 10 greatest rock songs ever written. I simply ignore those who disagree...
Every time I listen to it same thing! Goosebumps! Such a great tune
It's hard to name a more reliably and predictably joyful moment in rock concertdom, than that moment when you and the 50,000 people around you at a U2 show all realize at the same time that they're about to do this song, and you all start cheering. Powerful and beautiful.
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U2 has been my favorite band since I first saw them in Boston in 1981 at the Paradise Club, and this is my favorite song. I use it for my wake up alarm on my iPhone. The gradual build up of the organ followed by Edge's ethereal guitar intro is a joy to wake up to every morning.
After 34 years this song/video still brings tears to my eyes. 80’s the greatest time to be alive and best music era.
Me too! I love singing it OUT LOUD and I can NEVER make it through with out choking up... that guitar just sounds like rain.... heavenly....
You got that right
Agree totally in that one!
We were and are lucky to of lived through that era and the greats, u2, Bowie, queen
Those were the best of times. Everything about the 80's was epic. And unforgettable fire that never will burn out.
The best start (or encore) to a concert ever! Rattle and Hum set is epic.
No one IRL understands how epic this is. I love coming here and seeing the comments from my fellow U2 fans who get it, who feel it, like I do. I send my love to each of you, as you take flight to the place where our souls gather to sing, dance and play along. Namaste. 🙏💗
Dream out loud
What you said!
Of all their hundreds of tunes, this one punched through on the radio way back, and still does.
Thanks for your post.
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@@dawns.3000 Dawn, i just love the story of Streets, how they spent over half the total production time on this one tune, that they recorded the album in a house instead of traditional studio, that the timing of the intro was different from the rest of the song but then Edge built a bridge that made it work, a symbolic bridge of Peace, if you will. There's a snippet in the Making of Joshua Tree dvd where Edge is playing back some guitar parts, and his face lights up with a realization, he comments "that's cool because I really didn't know what I was doing there". I found that to be fascinating because he was just busy being himself, doing his thing, and had zero idea how his gifts would go out and touch millions of people. Cool, huh?
I was at this show. I still have the ticket stub. $5.00 all admit. rain or shine. Right before Christmas 1987. Mr. BB King opened the show. Cool concert.
William. May 25 2018 Georgia. About 350 to be close enough to see them. Seen them in Hampton va in the 80 s paid like 30 bucks lol. What show moved me and touch my sole . Life long fan thanks
I know. People can't believe it when I saw them for $5! A few years ago I went and visited my daughter. She was wearing one of the t-shirts I bought at this concert. I don't think she knew the significance of the shirt. Brought a tear to my eye.
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I was there too somewhere in the floor middle. I worked at ASU got in for free. I was dating a grad student then. Awesome show.
I envy you. I wasn’t even born yet lol
Can anybody explain to me how this song still has the same effect as the last several thousand times I have played this? It is almost like I have heard it for the first time, over and over again! This is when you know that music has transcended from sound to magic.
This song and particularly the live version on Rattle and Hum still makes the hairs on my whole body stand up my favourite song of all time. I think an honorable mention also for with or without you live at the same concert straight after the street's is also pretty amazing my favourite version of that song. I was 16 year's old and seen it 4 times at the cinema. My God was it really 31 years ago not a care in the world footloose and free and thought I knew it all. Best decade ever in my lifetime nothing will ever top it brings back so many moments my first job first kiss first everything and brings a tear to my eyes love it love it love it.
Colten DeYoung it’s pure magic.. that’s it!!😜
NO. SHIT. OMG. This is SUCH a masterpiece.
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Perhaps it is because three out of four of these guys are Christians who understand they get their inspiration from the Almighty God, and that this song is about heaven. None of the streets are named in scripture (eg. Revelation 21).
Thank you U2 to give us this song. My dad passed away yesterdayand it was his favorite😭😭
My deepest and most heartfelt condolences to you. I know what it's like to lose a father. If your dad thought this was a great song, it tells me that he was a wonderful, and amazing father. You are lucky to have had him in your life, and I mourn with you at his loss. Remember him with love.
My son passed at the age of 25 ... this song feels like a hint of what ethereal music could be ... with gradual entry in 6/4 time, transitioning to 4/4 time, then returning to 6/4 time at the end with the words "its all I can do" ... the span of a life in this crazy world, and the reentry into eternity with calm and hypnotic waltz-like ease ... tears every time
So sorry about your son
Sorry for your loss 😢. You're father had great musical taste brother
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I was a junior in high school and this was my first BIG concert. When the song really kicks off and those huge, bright, white lights slammed into me, I thought it was the most powerful thing I’d ever seen. I still get a little misty when I think about this show, being with the girl that I loved, and all the promise that my life held. It’s amazing what music can do.
What happened with the girl?
@@richardheinz I screwed up. She met and married a really good guy. They had some beautiful kids and have stayed together for over twenty years now.
@@jlloyd2004mcsProps for the honest answer, brother
The best U2 song ever.
I want this played at my funeral.
No tears, no sadness.
Just a great band playing great music.
No so fast man!! Lsls.
Same
@@Paboy-85you bet 👍🇦🇺
Reading this brought tears as I am letting the video play
It WILL be played at my funeral too
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this is why the edge is one of the greatest guitarists ever...the intro is magic!!!!!!
The Edge sas it all
His Tone!!!
@@matthewmp111 this is not just tone....he creates landscapes.....
I've always loved Edge's playing, pure class.
Same feelin in 2020
This is, beyond the shaddow of a doubt, THE GREATEST INTRO TO ANY SONG EVER IN THE HISTORY OF ROCK'N ROLL!
Don't care what you think about U2... this performance is fantastic.
Everyone gets old. But damn, they were young and on top of the world when this was recorded.
***** The Unforgettable Fire was a transition album. The transition album. The second one, cuz October was the first one. As it was posed to be. All sophomoric ala tradition and shiite....
Achtung Baby was the first assurance album. And not the last. The first of every one since.
I don't kno wwhat you were trying to be. BNr what you'd wanted to say.
Egerton _G u2 haven't let up by the way , that's why their very famous , check out last tour / album
Adam Guitar I surely will, sir.
Jay most people love them as they represent all that’s good in the world and have done for 40 years
There’s something about this song that I can’t explain. The emotion.
And love also 😍❤
This band was the best band EVER at this precise moment in time
Unreal
This song makes me cry, it was my late dad's favourite U2 song and it's stunning
🙏🏽❤
Bless you, brother, on this Dad's Day in 2023. My youngest son writes a little rap and has assembled a few tunes. He's real familiar with his pop's favorite tune of favorite band. Hard to believe he's 24 now, which makes it even harder to believe I'm 59.
Me too, man.
best intro to a song ever
the drummer clacking his sticks, omg and u know in a few secs The Edge is gonna riff that guitar, omg so powerful
Larry Mullen is a fucking good drummer! Bono voice is unreal... guitar is magic and bass powerful.... so, perfect song and band! No band reach,this power and émotion!
My brother and I drove from Denver to Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe AZ to see this show. And then a month later U2 came to Denver and we went to that show too. Both of those concerts were filmed for Rattle And Hum. How fortunate that we can relive both of those concerts for the rest of our lives. What are the odds?
Think you might have your dates backwards! Understandable, it's been over 35 years after all! The Denver segments for the film were shot Nov 7th and 8th 1987 at McNichols Arena. The Sun Devil Stadium segments were shot over a month later on Dec 19th and 20th and were the final shows on the Joshua Tree Tour.
@Sparkle Bat I'm sure you're correct. I'm 53 now and the memories get a little convoluted. Lol.
I experienced it live, was amazing...with the Red Background...will never forget with tears in my eyes when the Song started....still one of the best Songs
I WANNA GO THERE WITH U !! yes this live version of Streets is magical
That was a GREAT show! People from all over waving banners, etc. And the rain was a nice touch for an AZ concert =)
Classic songs such as this one have no time boundaries. "Streets" was great in '87, '97, '07, '17 and will still be great in '27!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEN
BROTHER
AMEN
TIL.MY LAST BREATH AND BEYOND
It will be great in 2087 and 2187. 2024 is the bicentennial of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. Great music endures.
Proper music.
I Remeber buying the Joshua tree cassette. I begged my parents to buy it for me. It was the first rock tape I had ever purchased. As soon as I had it in my dad's car we played it. First song, Where the streets have no name, it was the most magical moment in my life. Still to this day whenever I hear the song it's just as magical.
I am 14 years old. And all my life I listen to U2
WOW
SO AWESOME TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE LOVING U2
i’m 15 and love them
@@fishstuffgames3824 I'm also 15 and I am obsessed
Spero mi capiate o che riusciate a tradurre: se vi piacciono questi U2 ascoltate Boy, War, The Joshua Tree, TUF, Achtung Baby ma non gli ultimi album che non vi daranno mai l'idea di cosa erano
good music taste Sir.
Edge’s signature guitar is like clarion that calls us. It calls us to care, to feel, to touch a greater good within ourselves….
I used to sell extremely expensive audio/video equipment for a small chain that carried all the right brands. We had the good shit, but it wasnt cheap. All of us salesman had a handful of very specific demos we used to justify the added cost.
This intro (on laserdisc, yes im that old) was one of my "go to" home theater demos. Several key points, but the one i always pointed out was the crowd moise when they light up the stadium, still makes the hairs on my neck stand up. This live version from rattle and him sold so much eqipment for me.. so good, phenomenol. :)
A touchstone for all us '87 ASU freshmen. It was December and cold.....when the red lights went up everyone stood on their chairs. Goosebumps.
Same venue I saw ZooTv outside broadcast. It was my first concert. Had to wait until the All That You Can't Leave Behind tour for anything to even approach it. Amazing
Masterpiece. Have listened more than 1000 times since I was 12. No words can put this into how this makes someone feel. It is and will always be a masterpiece
Heard this at 11 years old for the first time. 46 years old now,and no song has given me the feel this song gives me everytime. There is nothing better or anything alike, well, maybe, The Blackout, it comes close. Love U2 4ever.
I’ve lost count how many times I’ve watched this intro....goosebumps every time. That overhead shot...WOW
U2 is my oldest love in music. Bono's voice, Edge's great sound and guitar playing and the solid and original spine of the band with Larry and Adam who are always forgotten... Juts one of the best bands still active that never changed a band member and that was never afraid to take chances. I would love your input on our last video. If you have just 3 minutes to listen and a bit more to comment, that would mean the world to me : ruclips.net/video/nIzsCppYCYM/видео.html
Yeah! So true and the shot of the stadium rim facing towards the stage....just amazing. I remember seeing U2 3 times on The Joshua Tree Tour in the 1980’s. The JT is my favourite album ever and although we’ve all had and heard great music before and since, this Tour and Album sum up a time in my life where I was going from child into adulthood with no commitments on one hand and on the other hand my whole adult life in front of me. Such was the innocence. This brief once in a lifetime time year allowed me to appreciate music as I had never done before or since and by shear coincidence U2 (my all time fav band) released and Toured this amazing album at the same time. All I can say is I was blessed to see them at that time in my life and Thankyou nbn33 for making me remember that today. 🙏🏻
@@skygoose11 I was 17 when the Joshua Tree originally came out and didn’t get to see them on tour, but I did 30 years later in 2017 at Arrowhead in KC. It was surreal, unexplainable hard to believe I was even there.
Yes. The intro. The feel. The time. The stadium overhead. The crowd roaring. All one.
Yes! I just saw them for the first time a few years ago. Joshua Tree reunion tour? Don’t recall the name. Goosebumps!
Seeing Rattle and Hum at the cinema in '88 made me a U2 fan.
This intro and concert sealed the deal :)
I didn't see it in the cinema, but the theatrical trailer - featuring the Streets intro - lit the spark that made me a fan. 35 years later, and they're still my favourite band.
I could listen to that intro all day.....So beautiful
victoria pedder Lello u2 musica straordinaria :-) :-)
Same here girl
It is super
❤️
You should check out stars of the lid
I too have listen to u2 all of my life. And I just turned 44yrs couple of weeks ago. This song is fantastic then and is fantastic now. This song should have been on that golden record they sent into space. This song is universal
And this version is, in my opinion, the best. Especially the intro. Gives me chills every time! Just saw you post while I watched again and thought I'd respond! You have great taste in music, Robert!
Me too on both. Turned 44 Dec 21
What a performance from a band in full stride! The good ol' days with not an iphone or a selfie shot to be seen; just people sharing an experience together fully in the moment. The kids these days don't even know what they missed.
Yes have emphaty for our young.☯️
U2 and their Joshua Tree masterpiece is an installation of art at a level of magnificence and impact that belongs to the absolute finest crafts of culture ever carried out by humanity.
It encapsulates the glorious 1980's and inspired us that were young back then as it continues to tell its story of peace, tolerance, love and beauty into the future.
Where the streets have no name is where I would like to greet you all and come to conclusion about all things that are.
I will meet you there! 🙏💗
The opening is the most fantastic sound and visual of a live song. The red backdrop, the silhouette of the drum riser, Larry counting the band off with his headset, Edge coming in with the strobe light. Pure Gold.
wow thats exactly what ive always felt about it, just never put it into words-the exact words you did, bravo! excellent! you described the incredible moments and opening perfectly, any one that doesn't truly 'feel it' 'appreciate it' 'comprehend it' and so much deeper, just isn't a real U2 fan, which surprisingly, I've met a few cool ones here and there amidst the 'wannabes' its true once a band starts out and gets big and bigger, along with the true fans as flowers, the weeds start to grow and grow until soon, like today, the true U2 fans are a small minority while the bandwagon jumpers, opportunists, wannabes, exploiters, and any and all every kinda weirdo jumps from the woodwork and suddenly its all a mess, I know as a 47 yo guy who lived the 80s, grew up with U2 and all the other awesome bands, before all this shit of today-the internet and technology -smart ass phones etc all of it has turned people into assholes, I totally miss the seventies and eighties............people born around oh, eighties, maybe, nineties and definitely in the 2000s are nothing more than mindless gobs with no hearts or souls who have shit for parents which is why they are they way they are, if they even had one or two parents at all, people today can't do math manually, they have to have a calculator, shit, people can't wipe their own ass today to save their life..........if i approached a so called U2 fan and asked them a question about U2, I could tell how long they've 'been a fan' I wouldn't mind if they got the answer wrong, if they were a cool person who enjoys U2 thats cool, but most so called U2 fans-american ones suck-foreign fans are the best, most U2 so called fans would not only not know the answer to my question about U2, but also are assholes and wouldn't care, I cant stand wannabe pricks that care nothing for shit that just plain don't care care..............caring and in depth people are so rare these days
John Doe , I've been a U2 fan since Boy, the early stuff is so much better
c3-8ate best intro ever
Yes, my favourite live version. It is all in the intro and the mood.
Trevor Robertson the Joshua tree and achtung baby albums are better than boy and October you goof
I was there! Still like yesterday! U2 so many good memories.✝️🙏❤️
cant believe i was at that concert, so many many years ago, when i was still single and now happier than ever married to the love of my life and 2 gourgeous kids, but nevertheless this song reminds me of that era that i thought was gonna be my best years when my best years were yet to come.
Chayatano Valdesatano how much did you pay for tickets 💰
Mick Funny $5
Marcus Lara were you there as well?
Where was this ? I seen them at Celtic park in Glasgow as well as Slane Castle in Ireland which was brilliant as Ireland were playing in the world cup qualifiers and they won. They showed the game on the big screens. A night ill never ever forget.
Albee_ Fuqtifanno this was in Tempe Arizona in December 1987 when they were filming Rattle&Hum, it was in a football stadium I think.
the greatest rock band of all time
They’re masters at their instruments. They can play at such a high level that their live shows are better than the actual record. Awesomeness.✨🙂
Listen to Rush…..
They're like RUSH in that regard, masters of their instruments
This song is outstanding! I still enjoy listening to there music and I'm 62 years old!
In his memoir Surrender, Bono describes how "every time we play Streets, it's like God walked through the room".
I have never witnessed a more dramatic concert opening than that night in Sun Devil Stadium. I doubt I ever will. So glad the video is available.
Oh how this song can take you back to better days. The Joshua Tree was such a landmark for many of us when it came out. Its the only album I've ever bought on the day it was released. 30 years on when they toured this album, the emotions, that space in time when we were all younger just rolled away for fourty or so glorious minutes. It was a beautiful moment and this track soothed you back all those years. Thank you U2.
As a 15 year old boy (now 36) watching this for the first time on my dad's VHS tape was profoundly powerful. Watching Edge do his thing was a massive inspiration to a young guitarist. It's still amazing to watch this.
The Rattle and Hum VHS got me into them. Bought it, watched it, rewound it and watched again right away. This, Exit, Bullet and Silver and Gold bring me to my knees.
The intro to this song since I was a little kid in 7th grade has NEVER not givin me chills
Still gets chills after all these years, good god this is incredible.
They had serious serious MOJO!!!!
This is why U2 is the best band
So many videos on the Internet. So many GOOD videos on the Internet. But here it is, the very BEST of them all. A masterpiece.
Soul searching it is......your place on this earth, and the epic sound and lyrics of this song, and the epic talented guys after decades. I myself bought the LP(vinyl) in 1987! Then i was 22 years old windsurfing on the Northsee in Holland.....good vibes and memories...now @ 57 i still listen @ U2 and all there albums...those where the days.
This is how to came to be for them , 29 years ago they first conquered the world now they definitely are the most greatest loved band in history, in 1987 this Irish band hit their stride and never looked back
yes
Still gives me goosebumbs after all these years. What an epic performance.
me, too... I actually weep.
Only the Edge can strum that signature sound of U2 🎸
The 1/8th echo
And the edge plays a flawless performance in this song. Beautiful!!!
I have been listening to this song on and off since it was released in the late 80's. I never get tired of it and always get chills when I hear it. I was lucky enough to have played with a band in the 90's and we did this song live...thankfully we did it justice. At first, I was reluctant to have us play it as to me the song is untouchable. Fortunately we pulled it off. Most importantly is the message of the song. In the world of rock music, the song stands alone. This is U2's masterpiece as far as I am concerned. There are no street names in Heaven...
I live in México. And listening to this... I can easyly go back in time and remember those wonderful 80's with U2 music. Those complete nights hanging around with friends in our 70's volkswagen... drinking and listening U2. Finally in the 90's I got the chance to attend their Vertigo Tour... BEST LIVE CONCERT EVER.... this and many of their songs are real music that goes through my ears and feelings and memories and eveeeeerything.....
wrong decade - Vertigo Tour was 2005 :) and YES it was INCREDIBLE i was at 5 shows - imo though sady it was their LAST true spectacle - theior subsequent tours were great but just didnt have the intimacy and energy of previous tours
Mesicanz be like Oh wrong year?
Well I was stupid at maff 🤣
#vivau2
Literally, there is no way to describe Larry Mullen, Jr.'s playing other than mesmerizing.
The way this version starts out just floors me. I feel overwhelmed by the solitary note ringing out and the cry of the people. It flips a switch inside of me. Breathtaking.
The timing during the whole intro is absolutely spot on. True professionals.
Gd. That is powerful!!!!!I I was there, both nights. ASU. Stadium. Critical times. Drove 4 hrs. From a Native reservation in a used vehicle . made it back, just barely. Ohh and we met them at kupd. God reigned that night.
The best concert I have ever been too!! 1987 Joshua Tree Tour...the tour started at University Activity Center at ASU which holds bout 12,000..then tour ended with this concert in Dec of 87. They had two shows..one sat night then one sun night. I remember standing in line outside Dillards Dept store (might have been Diamonds Dept store then) at Metrocenter Mall in Phx. Tickets were $5 each...cuz Bono said that going to the movies was $5 then a concert being made into a movie shud be $5 too. They actually played about an hour show...then stopped and got cameras ready...then filmed this opening for second half of show...Absolutely Incredible...still gives me chills listening to this live version.
Stood right there with you man, in that line at Metro Center now a ghost town, and yeah, those chills are still present to this day watching this video even now.
I was there
Was there ever a better song to open a concert than this? No way!! It made the tour and every show. It's like the first time you heard the album you knew this would open the show.... and now they're redoing this tour. Dream come true!
Edge came up with the song. His mission was "If I were a U2 fan, what kind of song would I want to hear the most?" That's when he came up with the main riff and danced around when he got it. The other members were unsure because they couldn't figure out how to arrange it but thank God they got it.
Rez Wow never heard that. Awesome. Yes you’re right thank god they got it and produced the greatest tour in history.
Best version of the best song of all time.
Most EPIC intro of all time.
The soundtrack of my 18 years!!!
Goosebumbs everytime I lisen this version.
35 years later I did a cover!!!
Ich war leider noch nie auf einem Live Konzert von U2 weil ich mir das entweder nicht leisten konnte oder ich wahr auf Fernfahrt unterwegs... überwiegend als Fernfahrer aber ich liebe diese Musik auch heute noch und das wird sich auch niemals ändern, Danke Bono - The Edge - Larry Mullen jr. - Adam Clayton... ! Ich bin jetzt 56 Jahre alt. - I LOVE U2
Their best live version of this mighty track. Hits you like a breeze block. That intro is absolutely mind-blowing
One of my all-time favorite Songs. Edge is heavily underrated as a guitarist!! The guy is great.
I was there! A Fine Arts senior at Arizona State! tickets were only $5.00 for that show! One of the best times of my life. A.few months before they played in the ASU basketball arena. The night before the show they were rehearsing and a few of us students were hanging outside listening when out comes Adam Clayton and signs a few autographs for the 10 or so of us. I.lost that autograph.
Greatest live concert I have ever seen, Zoo tv Tour was so grandiose and spectacular performance, U2 at their peak. The hallmark of U2's concert tour is that they are massive and visually stunning.
Brings tears to my eyes. The America that I remember. What an amazing night this was.
33 years later and even though I’ve seen and heard it thousands of times it’s still amazing! Best concert opener EVER
Woah! Never realized how incredible is Adam's speed here! Incredible rhythm.
for some reason, I don't know why, I find the moment the Edge goes to the side of the stage, all alone, during the second verse, absolutely beautiful; it gives off a certain feeling of intimacy, especially because the whole song is shot in partial darkness constantly
best intro ever- goosebumps
👍
Andrew Mcclure the best!
totally agree with you
Crazy to believe thousands of other people get the same feeling I get when I hear this intro...goosebumps...chills. I can only imagine what it would have been like to be there in person.
The moment the main lights came up had to be absolutely magical
Si no saltan lágrimas de emoción cuando escuchas esta canción es que estás muerto y ese maravilloso sonido de guitarra electrica te lleva a otro nivel. Bravo, bravo y bravo.
When I was working in the back blocks of Jakarta I needed to walk down several streets that had no name.............. sang this song every time...... reassurance that i would be safe.... i was ....... thanks U2
I saw this tour in the intimate setting of JFK Stadium in Philadelphia with 100,000 U2 fans. To this day, it was one of the most amazing concert openings I have ever witnessed. That organ intro sends shivers up your spine followed by Edge's digital delay intro. The Super Bowl and the Slane Castle versions are most likely the two best ever. One of the all time epic live U2 songs ever.
I was there too. Fantastic.
I liked the 30th Anniversary at Giants stadium with the huge screen.
Joshua Tree tour 1987
RFK stadium Washington D.C. I was there !
Michael Lynch Same here - still to do this day the best concert I’ve ever been to and I’ve seen them a bunch.
Absolutely U2 at their peak...they were so powerful and charismatic...
U2 is my oldest love in music. Bono's voice, Edge's great sound and guitar playing and the solid and original spine of the band with Larry and Adam who are always forgotten... Just one of the best bands still active that never changed a band member and that was never afraid to take chances. I would love your input on our cover of their great Ordinary Love song. If you have just 3 minutes to listen and a bit more to comment, that would mean the world to me. Keep rockin' : ruclips.net/video/yiUkR6YUNgU/видео.html
The Edge gets this sound live from just ONE guitar!
One of the BEST SONGS from U2..💎💎💎💎💎👑
Every time I listen to this songs I get flash backs to good times, bad times, hundreds if not hundreds of thousands of miles to the...80's, 90's, to infinity...I can't help but think of how profound this song is cuz at the end it all turns to rust...
You just don't get a show like them. Goosebumps every single time
Kay I'm 15 years old and my parents (and myself) r HUGE U2 fans so in my life I've seen this video (I mean of U2 performing at Sun Devil stadium) a redicules amount of time and even now when I heard The Edge play those first note and when I saw the lights come up on the thousands and thousands of people that where there that night, I got chills, they really are the most amazing band ever :)
Peace & Love
Absolutely the start, that has just propelled this super band into their status . They crossed over at that point to become the best band ever to hit a stage. Not just the music, but the intelligence behind it....we are all lucky to be experience and witness this to unfold from that time till now, can't wait for the next chapter .
Still amazing in 2024
this video will be powerful 40 yrs from now
I'm over it.This song.(😂 Yeah,as if! ) u2 are thee band
epic, totally epic
THE best live version of this mighty track. They totally nail it here
I’ve watched this countless times, and the intro never fails to give me a shiver through my spine, outstanding 🎸
I have no words for this song! Not to mention this particular intro - just amazing, pure heaven. No matter if I hear the studio or the live version of this, they both represent instant goose bumps for me! I've listened U2 since I was a young boy. I was never into rock music - or anything heavier in general - and currently at the age of 25 I still ain't. But U2 has always been a major exception because they just got it, no matter what genre the band itself thinks they represent. I feel music so very deeply and I can say to me they're just heaven sent with their magical tunes and story-like lyrics.
If the beautiful paradise called heaven does exist, please help me God - let the Where The Streets Have No Name be the song that welcomes me to Your place. And please let me hear the song Beautiful Day also because it's such an amazing song as well and it will always remind me of the beautiful life I had on this planet Earth.
The best start to a song ever just magic. Edge you're a legend and such an underrated guitarist. Simply brilliant.
Agreed
I was introduced to this band on my 20th birthday. No one liked it back then. I thank the person who I did not know at the time. Thanks because I learned a lot from U2 and love and appreciate their music to this day. Love always
Love every single thing about this. The red backdrop. The drum riser's silhouette. The band entering the stage. Larry counting them, Edge doing that brilliant thing the does on this song. Bono being Bono. The big lights coming just on the bridge. Perfection
Of all the live versions I've heard,this one brings a smile and a bit of a tear to me eye and warms the ❤️. Best live version. Fun to play on 🎸.
I listen to this song about five times a day (literally), and have been doing it for the past year and a half. Not only that, but I get goose bumps every time I hear it.
That's when you know you're not listening to music anymore; you're experiencing magic.
Absolutely
Abercadabera
Not sure what the best version is....used to think Boston was excellent. Then was blown away by U2 Go Home in Ireland. Just after Bono's Dad passed. Phenomenal.
Yep me too
The doctor has medication for this problem. 5 times a day 1,5 year...... Not good
This song makes you feel like you can fly.
Perfect description.
Angels will get called back to Heaven only if they believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Me too
IT'S MAGIC!,
Yes it does!!
Remember this song opening murrayfield on the joshua tree tour many moons ago was immense then and still is best band to walk this earth
I was 12 when Joshua Tree was released.
This album, along with Phish's Junta, G n R Appetite, and RHCP Blood Sugar Sex Magik, changed my life.
I've been playing guitar for 35+ years thanks to these guys...
Me too amen brother
The best performance ever to this song!
And when I'm down, all I need is listening to this tune, specially the intro, and that badass bass...
The best Intro ever !!!
I just freakin LOVE this tune and I dedicate it to my son, Wictor in Heaven, because there is no name on the steets up there
They did a similar opening song at the old JFK stadium (no longer there) in Philly in 1988 for the Joshua Tree Tour and the lighting effects were very impressionable. Just a brilliant concert at an old stadium is a memory I'll carry with me forever. Thanks, U2.