Oh,so remember being there that night,I lived 10 minutes away from there. This was right after a horrendous monsoon rain,lightning slammed the Ampetheatre. Everybody was soaking wet,we all laughed,hugged,loved together,sang together,lol... What times it was then,the most alive I ever felt,miss the 80s so dearly...
I was there. 8 rows back on the left. It was beyond magic. I remember every note, perfect or not. It was and remains the most real live performance I have ever seen.
U2 has been the band my family listens to on every New Year's Evening since 2000's. And we are not even aglophones. We're from southern Brazil. I am glad you had that experience. Let it live. He comes soon. ✟
PLLLLease... "Every note, perfect or _not!"_ This is probably the best version of the song in existence. It's perfect the way it is. At least music was still real then! Also, at least Bono was still REAL then. This new Bono is not Bono, it's a completely different person 100%... Men simply don't change the way he changed... And people don't have plastic surgery to look worse. His entire features are different, in a negative way. He doesn't even have the same voice! This is the real Bono. I don't know where this Bono went, but he's absolutely not the Bono presented to the whole world today! It's a bit scary.
I'm 56, I was there, and the next day at HS in Aurora I think was the last day of my junior year. A few people asked me to sell them my ticket stub, so they could get in at Boulder, since it sold out immediately. I've been to many good shows and some great, but U2 at Red Rocks was on its own level higher.
I am 61 and I was there in row 32 off center stage right. NEVER have I been able to find us in any of the footage. lol I've looked though. I was freezing my t*ts off, I was drenched, but I did not care one bit! ♥
Everyone in Ireland and UK were sick of it! All people wanted was peace and to live together, not being scared of bombs going off while out shopping with kids.
Very powerful and touching performance of U2. Iconic! I am listening and watching this video while the latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the long drawn out war between Russia and Ukraine are going on... this song although referring to a different situation is applicable here as well. Sadly, the peace and love that music and musicians share are not shared by the leaders and guardians of nations. Maybe one of the sides is compelled to react to save their own community/nation from those who have either provoked or aggravated them. It's an irony and yet a valid question when Bono sings, "How long must we sing this song?" Wish for ultimate peace and harmony in the world.
Best version of this song, I don't always listen to U2 since I'm only 18 and really enjoy other bands/artists and modern artists. However, nothing makes me feel so good but sad as U2 does, my dad played U2 all the time while I was growing up. Miss you Dad.
Malignant narcissists do not change...ever....this is why they have to be killed. Malignant narcissists are some of the most dangerous people who walk the planet, and the FLOCK to the power, control & admiration that politics affords them. i.e. Hitler, Stalin, Idi Amin, Putin, and trump's psychopathology isn't too far from malignant narcissism and is certainly full blow NPD. It's not that humanity doesn't learn, it's that narcissists, malignant narcissists, socopaths and psychopaths cannot change...EVER...as it's psychopathology that warps their moral character (which is why they are known as characterological disorders). This is NOT mental illness. Mental illness can be medicated, and psychopathology and characterological disorders are disorders of moral character.
Fun fact. U2 is the only band to make it into the Red Rocks Amphitheatre hall of fame off of just one performance. They kicked ass and left so hard they gave them a spot. I grew up in Denver so red rocks is the spot.
There are many great outdoor venues. Red Rocks is the Rose Bowl. And this is coming from a Pine Knob fan. Know what brought me back here? Matt and Trey.
Mullins might have not been the most technical drummer ... but his unique sound/beat differentiated U2 from the others. He doesn't get the credit he deserves. U2 is legendary.
agreed. But wars have been fought for thousands of years - so the odds of world peace being achieved in our lifetimes would sadly be around 0%. As GRRM put it "The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends, it is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace. They never are.”
My father also showed me this group many times, he told me it had so many messages behind it and I know realize them, hes still is a great man and I will keep loving him
Live music is always better than the studio. Unless the band sucks and they rerecord every second and splice the thing to death. Live is raw, you get power and grit that the band is going for plus the audience reaction.
As a 90s kid (born in April of 90') i fell in love with music VERY young. I had all older friends and i was the youngest of all my brothers and sisters so i was introduced to great music very early on. I never thought great music would be dead so quickly. Today music is total garbage and most modern artists should be ashamed of themselves. I still play guitar and drums and write songs but i would never want to be a part of what music has become. Its all perfect voices singing about nothing interesting with zero heart. But its perfectly autotuned and written about the trendiest things so people accept it. Its like we handed to least sincere people the keys to the musical kingdom and turned our back on anyone with sincere music to share. Id rather listen to sincere music sung by musicians with crappy voices over insincere music written by 30 "producers" sung by someone with a cookie cutter "perfect" voice thats had all the life and human element "perfected" out of it.
Around 1993 or so everything turned mechanical and robotic - absolutely soulless. You’d be hard pressed nowadays to find a pop song that actually uses real drums.
my Father's favourite song ever. everyday i would get told that its the greatest song ever.I'm 28 but if only the world today knew how to make music like this....
I'm not a drummer, I still don't know how you make drums sound the way they do on this song. Amazing, they break my brain. Of course much more here but the drums on this song will always blow me away
U2's got a few songs that most people would recognize from the drums alone. Not many bands can claim that. Even if the drums aren't technically amazing, they are iconic. They have that Dave Grohl musicality.
It’s almost like what they call a blast beat in metal. It sounds like marching music and gunfire. The Edge’s guitar definitely compliments the drums. Checkout a documentary called It Might Get Loud. It has Robert Plant, The Edge and Jack White talking about their music and playing live. It’s awesome.
Sunday Bloody Sunday was my introduction to U2 at a very young & impressionable age! The Irish & Native American heritage in me loved the balls to the wall adrenalin rush that the lyrics, Bonos singing & the Edges guitar playing ignited in me! I'm still listening to & loving U2 in 2023!
As a kid seeing this on mtv I was floored by the song and fascinated by the venue they were performing in. 30 plus years later this is still totally awesome.
I was there at this concert in 1983. It was as cool as it looked. The opening bands (Divynls and the Alarm) wouldn't go on because it was so wet and cold. U2 was determined to do the video, so the show went on. Props to them. Not only that, they felt bad about the conditions and said anybody with a ticket could go to a repeat show the next night at the University of Colorado Events Center. It was great, thanks U2!
Bono came out before the show to give hot drinks and refreshments to the fans who showed up early. They really had no choice but to do the show, they were on the hook for $25 K in costs to have the thing filmed. that day.
When you don’t realize you’re in the moment until it’s a memory…The 80s and 90s were incredible so glad I was born in ‘68 and grew up with all this music… GenX forever
LYRICS: (In case you need them!) I can't believe the news today Oh, I can't close my eyes And make it go away How long How long must we sing this song How long, how long 'Cause tonight, we can be as one Tonight Broken bottles under children's feet Bodies strewn across the dead end street But I won't heed the battle call It puts my back up Puts my back up against the wall Sunday, Bloody Sunday Sunday, Bloody Sunday Sunday, Bloody Sunday And the battle's just begun There's many lost, but tell me who has won The trench is dug within our hearts And mothers, children, brothers, sisters Torn apart Sunday, Bloody Sunday Sunday, Bloody Sunday How long How long must we sing this song How long, how long 'Cause tonight, we can be as one Tonight, tonight Sunday, Bloody Sunday Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Hard to stay "hungry" when you literally reach the pinnacle of rock music and stardom and become generational wealthy. That they continue to produce great music is a testament to how hungry and great they are. Many other bands and singers do and would have faded in to oblivion or voluntarily bowed out after obtaining that level of success.
SBS is so relevant at the end of 2021. "I can't believe the news today" is what everyone in Europe and possibly on earth will be saying in a few months as Ukraine and the world drift toward all out war. _Influential US Senator Roger Wicker, who is on the powerful US Armed Services Committee, said recently that the US might have to start a nuclear war with Russia to defend Ukraine. Other US politicians and a German geo-political expert also voiced this view_ I'm from India btw. But don't worry! I believe, as did 85 percent of the greatest scientists in history like Sir Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday, James Clerk Maxwell etc, that Jesus Christ will return to finally bring peace to humanity. We are all children of the same mother the Bible says and so does science with mtDNA results. Please take care all,and call your parents more often and hug your loved ones tighter. The Bible did say that God is Love personified. :)
@@charleysangel2866 Once upon a time (30 years ago) there was U2. Nobody complains that they don't keep making good music cert, commercial music. Let's say that they "had" to adapt to the times, if they had "kept" their "rebellious" line perhaps today they would not even be a band anymore, as happened to other bands that have not "bent" and adapted to making music to make number instead of music to make "history". They sang the "stories" of the struggle for Irish independence, they sang the rebellion of those who did not want to give up and wanted their rights respected. Today they sing songs in favor of globalization and the loss of the culture and identity of peoples. I think they will end their careers by writing songs for cartoons. I personally stopped listening to them after "Zooropa" when I realized how they were turning to more "commercial" music.
I remember seeing this when it first came out and thinking "This band sounds incredible at a live show". I have seen U2 maybe 5 times in all the years since. They have sounded incredible live every time. Few bands can even say that. Great shows.
This song introduced me to U2 in my youthful days of 1988.i playing it now and I feel nolgastic to the golden,beautiful days of my innocence. It plays beautifully as it a new song
I have been a U2 fan since I first heard them. As a bass guitarist I have huge respect for Adam Clayton. Certain songs I play every Sunday are "Sunday Bloody Sunday", and "New Year's Day" come December 31st. Of course I listen to all of their songs year round, and can play a vast majority of them, but it does crack me up when I'm playing and the audience has no clue as to what the true meaning behind most of the songs are. Let them be ignorant, I suppose. Anyway, U2 has inspired my life and countless others. Love you guys! Keep on rocking!
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/ufF4gUA_6rQ/видео.html
U2's song "Sunday Bloody Sunday" is about the Troubles in Northern Ireland and the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry, where British soldiers shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters.@@PeterGreen-t8c
Man, if there's one memory that sticks out for me as a kid of 12 years old, it was seeing this video on MTV. I had never heard of U2, and I had no idea what this song was about. But I knew that it was an anthem of great importance and coupled with the flames high above the stage, Bono's march to the opening beat and those melancholy guitar chords, I was mesmerized.
I don't Always listen to U2, but when i do , so do the neighbors :) EDIT: Wow didn't expect that. Don't hesitate to check our new music video, young French guys that worked with Kenny Jones (Oasis, The Smiths, Björk...). See you!
i think the reference is in relation to "lid of me granny's bin" an anti-british song that speaks about the creative ways that the Irish would let their neighbours know that the British army had arrived. @@krilleren3277
This is one of the best live rock songs you’ll ever see hands-down!!!! I always thought This was performed in Europe, but it wasn’t. It was performed right here in the USA. They were HUGE!!!!❤🎤🎸
Listnening to this masterpiece today, January 30 2022. Fifty years ago, the event that the song tells about took place in Derry, Northern Ireland. I would like to pay respect to all the family and friend of those who lost their lives on that terrible day.
This anthem was captured at the famous *Red Rocks Amphitheater* during a filming of the "Under a Blood Red Sky" concert on a cold, wet and dreary evening of *June 5th, 1983*. Shot live in Morrison, just outside Denver, CO. it captures all the heart, sweat & glory of an early U2 show back in the day supporting their newly released War album.
That's because back in 1983 when this was recorded live, there was no such thing as a smart phone with a camera on it. The only mobile phones available back then had to be professionally installed in your car and you could only use them in your car. Not to mention, the frequency spectrum that they ran on was all analogue and not digital like it is today. Because no company wanted to make investments in mobile phones at the time, the FCC gave the analogue frequency spectrum away for free to a company called US Cellular, which then made a killing off installing and servicing mobile phone in people's cars. Then hand held mobile phones came along around the late 1980's, but they were so big, heavy, bulky since they relied on the analogue frequency spectrum that not many people actually carried them. Also, if you wanted to call someone in another city, other then yours, you had to call US Cellular and ask them for the roaming access number for a particular city. Then you would call that number first and then when it answered, you dialed in the number plus area code of the mobile phone you were trying to reach.
Yep! We were there right in front of the lights crew 1/3 of the way up! Unreal show and very historic for all of us. Try and catch all of the video's from this show and see how far ahead of our time they were and are. Thanks for reading and go 80'S!
@@davidklein4680 man I tell ya what, I had no idea how big they were gonna be but they were already big to me then!! I was lucky to be there brother, you are right! Thanks for gettin et!
I have seen U2 in concert 4 times over the decades; they're one of my favorite bands. This is my all-time favorite song by them. Back in the day, U2 concerts were a brilliant, intense, spiritual, almost life-changing experience. That may seem like hyperbole, but it really felt that way. And Bono was the center of it all, the bonding point for thousands of fans. Incredible.
@@cynthiastrickland1971 the first time I saw them was at an arena that would only hold 5,000 people. It was general admission seating, and it was easy to get near the front. The last time I saw them was in a sports stadium that held 60,000 or more. It was sold out, and we were there, on a chilly December night.
The thing that I love most about this song is the MASSIVE marching drums. Such a driving drum beat it makes me wanna headbang so hard. Larry Mullen Jr. Great drummer
@@duncanwcraig9668 Agreed! I love "Like a song" that tom groove he plays on like the bridge part after "I can see through this expression" is so fuckin powerful my speakers rumble and my entire house vibrates cause it's just made to play WAY TOO LOUD
@@duncanwcraig9668 All of Larry's drum parts are absolutely outstanding and so original. Larry is not a technical drummer like Neil Peart or Mike Portnoy, he plays a straight 4/4 beat. But my god HE'S AMAZING HIS TIME FEEL IS ONE OF THE BEST IVE EVER HEARD HES SO STEADY
Great song, great performance, still holds up really well. Funny to see Edge with hair (dressed up as Joe Strummer). And Larry, all of 12 years old here, giving it loads. Well done, lads. Keep it going!
I love this country ! Ireland forever ! I went in Dublin seven years ago and it was so Amazing ! i'm French, sorry for my english ! Irish are the best !
Every Irish father showed this to his son when he was a young boy only now I understand what the song is about and I will show this to my son when he is born love you dad 🇮🇪🇮🇪
And The Edge, anybody! He revolutionized the Electric Guitar! A whole new driving, ringing, chiming, and chopping sound! Amazing. U2 changed music! A major milestone in Rock music!
I'm forever grateful to U2 for making me learn english since I was 12 cause I love this band and guys so much. I'm 23 now, and fluent. Love you guys forever!!!
A group of kids growing up surrounded by conflict. Their life could have taken a darker turn, but they chose to rise above it and fight for change.
Well said.
All members of U2 grew up in Dublin which might as well be a world away from the conflict in the north .
@@Hipit55 Most don't know the difference between Northern Ireland and The Republic of Ireland and the vast difference.
@@johnnight9627Because everyone wants to claim to be part of our heritage but refuse to learn about our culture, language and history…
This song needs to be heard by the world again! 😢
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Too right
AMEN!
I’m calling it: the 80s have finally gone out of style. 📯
@@patlaw398Joe mama
Oh,so remember being there that night,I lived 10 minutes away from there.
This was right after a horrendous monsoon rain,lightning slammed the Ampetheatre.
Everybody was soaking wet,we all laughed,hugged,loved together,sang together,lol...
What times it was then,the most alive I ever felt,miss the 80s so dearly...
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That's awesome!!
@@michaelstevenson8402Well you saw history being written
You are so Lucky to be present at such a great event !
Respect
Once upon a time, musicians were real musicians. We need them back!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
❤amigo ❤its.gone❤❤
.. crónica de 1 músico.
.❤que ❤CANTABA ❤
I think they may still be out there. I'm only just now discovering new and vibrant talent, they're just not mainstream for now.
Yes. We Need !!!
😂😂😂
I was there. 8 rows back on the left. It was beyond magic. I remember every note, perfect or not. It was and remains the most real live performance I have ever seen.
40 years later and we haven’t learned a thing.
U2 has been the band my family listens to on every New Year's Evening since 2000's. And we are not even aglophones. We're from southern Brazil. I am glad you had that experience. Let it live. He comes soon. ✟
When the fog rolls onto the Colorado foothills like that, it can be a magical thing.
Jealous truly
PLLLLease... "Every note, perfect or _not!"_ This is probably the best version of the song in existence. It's perfect the way it is. At least music was still real then! Also, at least Bono was still REAL then. This new Bono is not Bono, it's a completely different person 100%... Men simply don't change the way he changed... And people don't have plastic surgery to look worse. His entire features are different, in a negative way. He doesn't even have the same voice! This is the real Bono. I don't know where this Bono went, but he's absolutely not the Bono presented to the whole world today! It's a bit scary.
I'm almost 55 and I was at the concert and I still remember it as being one of the most intense, beautiful, wonderful moments of my life.
Wasn't that cool how it rained and Bono said we will see you tomorrow in Boulder
Hold on to the memories
I'm 56, I was there, and the next day at HS in Aurora I think was the last day of my junior year. A few people asked me to sell them my ticket stub, so they could get in at Boulder, since it sold out immediately. I've been to many good shows and some great, but U2 at Red Rocks was on its own level higher.
I am 61 and I was there in row 32 off center stage right. NEVER have I been able to find us in any of the footage. lol I've looked though. I was freezing my t*ts off, I was drenched, but I did not care one bit! ♥
Awesome! I hope you had a great time! What a time to be alive!
This U2 song is timeless...hands down classic...love the part where Bono screams "I'm so sick of it!!!!" Noted.
It’s one of his best lines ever if not the best.
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Free palestine
Everyone in Ireland and UK were sick of it! All people wanted was peace and to live together, not being scared of bombs going off while out shopping with kids.
Timeless!
Very powerful and touching performance of U2. Iconic! I am listening and watching this video while the latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the long drawn out war between Russia and Ukraine are going on... this song although referring to a different situation is applicable here as well. Sadly, the peace and love that music and musicians share are not shared by the leaders and guardians of nations. Maybe one of the sides is compelled to react to save their own community/nation from those who have either provoked or aggravated them. It's an irony and yet a valid question when Bono sings, "How long must we sing this song?" Wish for ultimate peace and harmony in the world.
I've been searching for comments like that
"we're so sick of it"
😢I can't believe the news today! Love U2
Wipe your Tears away, Wipe your Tears away, Wipe your Blood...Trump-President-2024!
¡ Es verdad !
Still gives me chills when I hear this . U2 at their rawest and finest
Me too
They were just getting warmed up for the future!
Me too, absolutely
Exactly.. no further comment needed
Amen!!!
Best version of this song, I don't always listen to U2 since I'm only 18 and really enjoy other bands/artists and modern artists. However, nothing makes me feel so good but sad as U2 does, my dad played U2 all the time while I was growing up. Miss you Dad.
My condolences. He taught you well, as Bono's father Bob taught him.
🙏
God bless
@@pauljordan4452 Then why did Bono become a globalist shill?
@@pauljordan4452Bobo?
38 years later and we haven't learned a thing. Thanks Bono. Best live versión EVER
Malignant narcissists do not change...ever....this is why they have to be killed. Malignant narcissists are some of the most dangerous people who walk the planet, and the FLOCK to the power, control & admiration that politics affords them. i.e. Hitler, Stalin, Idi Amin, Putin, and trump's psychopathology isn't too far from malignant narcissism and is certainly full blow NPD.
It's not that humanity doesn't learn, it's that narcissists, malignant narcissists, socopaths and psychopaths cannot change...EVER...as it's psychopathology that warps their moral character (which is why they are known as characterological disorders).
This is NOT mental illness. Mental illness can be medicated, and psychopathology and characterological disorders are disorders of moral character.
Live aid 85?
50 years I will never forget what I saw,tonight my heart is with Ukraine god help them 🙏❤🇨🇮🙏🇺🇦
@@le_th_ yes they are,it's hell
@@joshuafurborough811 Red Rocks (Colorado) in summer 1983 - the "Live at Red Rocks" video is legendary 😎
One of the best songs ever created in my opinion.
I fully agree
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decent at the time but its aged poorly
Sucked at the time n still sucks now n bono is 🏳️🌈💯
Talento puro , só quem gosta vai curtir esse clássico em 2024👏🏾👍🏾💖
Fun fact. U2 is the only band to make it into the Red Rocks Amphitheatre hall of fame off of just one performance. They kicked ass and left so hard they gave them a spot. I grew up in Denver so red rocks is the spot.
also crazy to think that the band members were only 21-23 years old
There are many great outdoor venues. Red Rocks is the Rose Bowl. And this is coming from a Pine Knob fan.
Know what brought me back here? Matt and Trey.
That’s definitely the best they ever were imo
That must have been awesome. They were young and hungry man and they showed it.
@@LoneShot95 I like the young hungry angry U2, wish they'd still be that way
U can say whatever you want, but this song is and always will be legendary
Especially nowadays
not this song ...U2 will be
Yes, especially to the Irish.. I love the English, but so much bloodshed would have been avoided if they had just gone back home!
@@eileenmunson3647 I think it was a bit more complicated than that. And it wasn't just the English there.
Mullins might have not been the most technical drummer ... but his unique sound/beat differentiated U2 from the others. He doesn't get the credit he deserves. U2 is legendary.
I’m so sick of wars … peace in Europe and in the world, 🙏
agreed. But wars have been fought for thousands of years - so the odds of world peace being achieved in our lifetimes would sadly be around 0%. As GRRM put it "The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends, it is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace. They never are.”
jw apologist 🇵🇸💯
tell joey
There will be no peace until islam is defeated or removed from the West.
@@patlaw398 Terrorist-apologist. Free the world from islam.
Now I'm adult and I can understand why my father showed to me this music...message behind is outstanding. Thanks dad you were a great man.
For some reason that brought a tear to my eye. You have a good Father
My father also showed me this group many times, he told me it had so many messages behind it and I know realize them, hes still is a great man and I will keep loving him
My dad showed me this band, I’m 14 right now, I can’t stop listening to this.
@@borzoiobsessiack try listening to don’t cry by Guns N’ Roses pls
@@jonathansteenstrup422 ok
One of the few live performances that is actually better than the studio version.
Indeed 😎
It’s close. Studio version is pretty good.
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Live music is always better than the studio. Unless the band sucks and they rerecord every second and splice the thing to death.
Live is raw, you get power and grit that the band is going for plus the audience reaction.
I totally agree. Loved it then, and still enjoy it. It's one of those bands that make it in every decade.
I remember this as an innocent 26 year old in 1983 and it still blows my mind as a well-worn 66-year-old. I still have the VHS video
bro is old
jw 🌈
As a 90s kid (born in April of 90') i fell in love with music VERY young. I had all older friends and i was the youngest of all my brothers and sisters so i was introduced to great music very early on. I never thought great music would be dead so quickly. Today music is total garbage and most modern artists should be ashamed of themselves. I still play guitar and drums and write songs but i would never want to be a part of what music has become. Its all perfect voices singing about nothing interesting with zero heart. But its perfectly autotuned and written about the trendiest things so people accept it. Its like we handed to least sincere people the keys to the musical kingdom and turned our back on anyone with sincere music to share. Id rather listen to sincere music sung by musicians with crappy voices over insincere music written by 30 "producers" sung by someone with a cookie cutter "perfect" voice thats had all the life and human element "perfected" out of it.
Around 1993 or so everything turned mechanical and robotic - absolutely soulless. You’d be hard pressed nowadays to find a pop song that actually uses real drums.
my Father's favourite song ever. everyday i would get told that its the greatest song ever.I'm 28 but if only the world today knew how to make music like this....
+Jeremy B34ni3 No doubt!
Totally agree!
Music was more important then. Today it is a cheap commodity with little value. Hopefully a new generation will review and renew what we once had.
One of the best venues for music the world will ever see. U2 made this special.
This was the very first U2 video i saw when I was maybe 13 years old. I will be 50 this year.
I guess you have an awesome taste of rock and roll / God bless you from 🇨🇦
Me too. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺
Im 53, U2 fan forever
this is the very first U2 video I've ever seen (first time watching it right now) and i am 13... is this a sign???
That was the younger years of u2 band I think that was in the late 70s if I'm not mistaken,I'm now 42 and a u2 fan forever god bless to all!!!!
I'm not a drummer, I still don't know how you make drums sound the way they do on this song. Amazing, they break my brain. Of course much more here but the drums on this song will always blow me away
U2's got a few songs that most people would recognize from the drums alone. Not many bands can claim that. Even if the drums aren't technically amazing, they are iconic. They have that Dave Grohl musicality.
It’s almost like what they call a blast beat in metal. It sounds like marching music and gunfire. The Edge’s guitar definitely compliments the drums.
Checkout a documentary called It Might Get Loud. It has Robert Plant, The Edge and Jack White talking about their music and playing live. It’s awesome.
@@justinbarnett9476 Larry wanted to use a military drumbeat - of course the snare drum was originally played by soldiers.
Sunday Bloody Sunday was my introduction to U2 at a very young & impressionable age! The Irish & Native American heritage in me loved the balls to the wall adrenalin rush that the lyrics, Bonos singing & the Edges guitar playing ignited in me! I'm still listening to & loving U2 in 2023!
Estou escutando no Brasil julho 2023
The mongrel in me loved it too....3rd generation of bits-of-this-and-that.
Song about civil rights protest down in Selma Alabama 😢
You talk some shit.
selma the most dangerous 💩 city in 🇭🇹
Over a decade later and I still get goose bumps listening to the intro. One of the greatest live performances ever.
As a kid seeing this on mtv I was floored by the song and fascinated by the venue they were performing in. 30 plus years later this is still totally awesome.
Figure out a way to get here to Red Rocks for a show. Best venue in the world.
Saw Wilco at Red Rocks awhile back and Jeff Tweedy was lamenting, "How come we don't get the U2 torches?"
I absolutely loved U2 back in the 80s this is a powerful song
It's July 2024 and this song still hums like it was yesterday!
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Sept8 rytchea!
This man is fantastic! He can put the Irish anger into words and music and get the point across without raising his hand.
To peace in The Holy Land.."How Long must we Sing this Song "
That is the most unholy place , people have died there for 3000 years
I really couldnt believe the news
sing as much and as often as you want they don't want peace in northern ireland
This is the definitive version of this song. Also, this is one of the most iconic videos of the 80s.
Why this version is better than studio ?
i was born in 1983 in china, I am so happy to catch up this show today in 2024🎉
I was there at this concert in 1983. It was as cool as it looked. The opening bands (Divynls and the Alarm) wouldn't go on because it was so wet and cold. U2 was determined to do the video, so the show went on. Props to them. Not only that, they felt bad about the conditions and said anybody with a ticket could go to a repeat show the next night at the University of Colorado Events Center. It was great, thanks U2!
@Lily Bannon This was at Red Rocks in Colorado
Bono came out before the show to give hot drinks and refreshments to the fans who showed up early. They really had no choice but to do the show, they were on the hook for $25 K in costs to have the thing filmed. that day.
Too bad Divynils and The Alarm didn't play though
Djevel Kjokken AWESOME! Weather made the Video and the Show !
Djevel Kjokken what city? Denver?
This live performance will always be better than the studio version to me.
When you don’t realize you’re in the moment until it’s a memory…The 80s and 90s were incredible so glad I was born in ‘68 and grew up with all this music… GenX forever
THIS SONG IS A MASTERPIECE
FREE OCCITAINE
Do good
Facts
Free Corsica !!
A FUCKING MASTERPIECE
LYRICS: (In case you need them!)
I can't believe the news today
Oh, I can't close my eyes
And make it go away
How long
How long must we sing this song
How long, how long
'Cause tonight, we can be as one
Tonight
Broken bottles under children's feet
Bodies strewn across the dead end street
But I won't heed the battle call
It puts my back up
Puts my back up against the wall
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
And the battle's just begun
There's many lost, but tell me who has won
The trench is dug within our hearts
And mothers, children, brothers, sisters
Torn apart
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
How long
How long must we sing this song
How long, how long
'Cause tonight, we can be as one
Tonight, tonight
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Top 10 Archive l love this video 2018😉😆
Jacek Malicki It has a meaning in comparison to the songs from today
Kiss
Top 10 Archive 🎤Amazing!!!
Top 10 Archive thanks 😄
The absolute best version of it...When U2 was still a hungry Irish Rock band....Wish they had stayed like this...
I fully agree.
Hard to stay "hungry" when you literally reach the pinnacle of rock music and stardom and become generational wealthy. That they continue to produce great music is a testament to how hungry and great they are. Many other bands and singers do and would have faded in to oblivion or voluntarily bowed out after obtaining that level of success.
SBS is so relevant at the end of 2021. "I can't believe the news today" is what everyone in Europe and possibly on earth will be saying in a few months as Ukraine and the world drift toward all out war. _Influential US Senator Roger Wicker, who is on the powerful US Armed Services Committee, said recently that the US might have to start a nuclear war with Russia to defend Ukraine. Other US politicians and a German geo-political expert also voiced this view_ I'm from India btw. But don't worry! I believe, as did 85 percent of the greatest scientists in history like Sir Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday, James Clerk Maxwell etc, that Jesus Christ will return to finally bring peace to humanity. We are all children of the same mother the Bible says and so does science with mtDNA results. Please take care all,and call your parents more often and hug your loved ones tighter. The Bible did say that God is Love personified. :)
@@charleysangel2866 Once upon a time (30 years ago) there was U2. Nobody complains that they don't keep making good music cert, commercial music. Let's say that they "had" to adapt to the times, if they had "kept" their "rebellious" line perhaps today they would not even be a band anymore, as happened to other bands that have not "bent" and adapted to making music to make number instead of music to make "history". They sang the "stories" of the struggle for Irish independence, they sang the rebellion of those who did not want to give up and wanted their rights respected. Today they sing songs in favor of globalization and the loss of the culture and identity of peoples. I think they will end their careers by writing songs for cartoons. I personally stopped listening to them after "Zooropa" when I realized how they were turning to more "commercial" music.
@@charleysangel2866
Let me guess, you watch CNN and/or NBC?
Exactly 40 years after this supercharged concert, U2 should make a repeat performance before world leaders who need some singing and talking to,.
I'm 27. This band, I grew up with them and I love them. I miss when all music had real meaning.
Breathtaking! Bono's voice always sends chills down my spine! Saw U2 live 4 times, ONE of the most outstanding bands ever! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Agree. Great live act for sure.
I remember seeing this when it first came out and thinking "This band sounds incredible at a live show". I have seen U2 maybe 5 times in all the years since. They have sounded incredible live every time. Few bands can even say that. Great shows.
feel
This song introduced me to U2 in my youthful days of 1988.i playing it now and I feel nolgastic to the golden,beautiful days of my innocence. It plays beautifully as it a new song
I have been a U2 fan since I first heard them. As a bass guitarist I have huge respect for Adam Clayton. Certain songs I play every Sunday are "Sunday Bloody Sunday", and "New Year's Day" come December 31st. Of course I listen to all of their songs year round, and can play a vast majority of them, but it does crack me up when I'm playing and the audience has no clue as to what the true meaning behind most of the songs are. Let them be ignorant, I suppose. Anyway, U2 has inspired my life and countless others. Love you guys! Keep on rocking!
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/ufF4gUA_6rQ/видео.html
U2 for me
will always be this Red Rocks performance.
Everything about it captured their essence.
Never get tired of it!
Love and respect from Varna (Bulgaria)! In memory of all victims who lost their live on 30.1.1972 in Derry!
_I was looking for this comment._ 🙌🏻
It's not about Derry 1972
Hommage à Bobby Sand aussi.
@@PeterGreen-t8cit definitely is
U2's song "Sunday Bloody Sunday" is about the Troubles in Northern Ireland and the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry, where British soldiers shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters.@@PeterGreen-t8c
Lembro de minha adolescência curtindo U2....hoje 55 anos..
Só lem viveu esta época sabe que não e saudosismo....
Tenho 49 sou dessa época.
No more. No war. the world needs this today
jw apologist 🇵🇸💯
There’s no money in the concept
😅@@patlaw398
This song is about a specific incident in an 800 year war against oppression, genocide, murder, rape, and pillaging
@@krt88nc joey(the big guy) needs his money
With all of the terrible news around the world, this song is just as relevant today as ever.
Sad but true.
lmfao who gives a fuck about that
+Firecracker Science , obviously sheep dont.
Fucken IRA did 9/11
crazy f$!+&?@. it was Muhammad Salih and Bin Laden who to blame no regard to 9/11 victims
That opening rift is pure MAGIC.
Man, if there's one memory that sticks out for me as a kid of 12 years old, it was seeing this video on MTV. I had never heard of U2, and I had no idea what this song was about. But I knew that it was an anthem of great importance and coupled with the flames high above the stage, Bono's march to the opening beat and those melancholy guitar chords, I was mesmerized.
I don't Always listen to U2, but when i do , so do the neighbors :)
EDIT: Wow didn't expect that. Don't hesitate to check our new music video, young French guys that worked with Kenny Jones (Oasis, The Smiths, Björk...). See you!
OSTED real original
Lol man same here!
OSTED my neighbors are forced into hearing U2 right now as we speak.
No one cares dude :/
i think the reference is in relation to "lid of me granny's bin" an anti-british song that speaks about the creative ways that the Irish would let their neighbours know that the British army had arrived. @@krilleren3277
Anybody who has been to Red Rocks know the acoustics are awesome there! Bucket list for any concertgoer who hasn't been!👍
What a masterpiece and legendary moment,,, what a talent and performer Bono is
This is one of the best live rock songs you’ll ever see hands-down!!!! I always thought This was performed in Europe, but it wasn’t. It was performed right here in the USA. They were HUGE!!!!❤🎤🎸
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I’m very pleased to know am not the only one that loves the song but when last did you played it?😀
Listnening to this masterpiece today, January 30 2022. Fifty years ago, the event that the song tells about took place in Derry, Northern Ireland. I would like to pay respect to all the family and friend of those who lost their lives on that terrible day.
So good to know that there are good people who remember and pay respect to the victims ...NO MORE WAR! .".wipe your tears away" 💫
Thanks, Amigo.
I just learned of this song but I will be listening to it alot expecially Jan 31 every yr
De ene zn dood de andere zn brood...
Rest in peace 🙏
41 anos atras! música boa é eterna! obrigada U2!
I discovered U2 after hearing this song almost 40 years ago it stirred my senses about social justice I've been hooked on U2 ever since!
What a beautiful, powerful song. I love watching these videos from when they were so young.
This anthem was captured at the famous *Red Rocks Amphitheater* during a filming of the "Under a Blood Red Sky" concert on a cold, wet and dreary evening of *June 5th, 1983*. Shot live in Morrison, just outside Denver, CO. it captures all the heart, sweat & glory of an early U2 show back in the day supporting their newly released War album.
Mr. Romeo possibly the greatest outdoor venue in the world
Mr. Romeo yes it does
I love the fires and smoke like battlefields. Go Ukraine.
I was 11 years-old and in the audience here.
What year was it you were at the performance?
@@classified1063 It was in 1983, when I wasn't EVEN alive!!!!
Prove it.
@@carachamadofinger4640 hahahaha
Wow.
Not one person is staring at a phone in their hand... Just experiencing this great concert, in the moment. Gotta love that! 💕
That's because back in 1983 when this was recorded live, there was no such thing as a smart phone with a camera on it. The only mobile phones available back then had to be professionally installed in your car and you could only use them in your car. Not to mention, the frequency spectrum that they ran on was all analogue and not digital like it is today. Because no company wanted to make investments in mobile phones at the time, the FCC gave the analogue frequency spectrum away for free to a company called US Cellular, which then made a killing off installing and servicing mobile phone in people's cars. Then hand held mobile phones came along around the late 1980's, but they were so big, heavy, bulky since they relied on the analogue frequency spectrum that not many people actually carried them. Also, if you wanted to call someone in another city, other then yours, you had to call US Cellular and ask them for the roaming access number for a particular city. Then you would call that number first and then when it answered, you dialed in the number plus area code of the mobile phone you were trying to reach.
Maybe because it’s the 80s 😂
@@kingkarnage4358 Extension cords were a thing
@@upthebuffer1921At a concert? 🤡🥴🤦
Yep! We were there right in front of the lights crew 1/3 of the way up! Unreal show and very historic for all of us. Try and catch all of the video's from this show and see how far ahead of our time they were and are. Thanks for reading and go 80'S!
Lucky you ☘️
@@davidklein4680 man I tell ya what, I had no idea how big they were gonna be but they were already big to me then!! I was lucky to be there brother, you are right! Thanks for gettin et!
@@8r0o8k I was 13 when that when that concert happen also that Christmas I got the U2 war album
The setting, Red Rocks Arena in Denver, turns a stirring anthem into a quasi-mystical experience. Stunning.
I have seen U2 in concert 4 times over the decades; they're one of my favorite bands. This is my all-time favorite song by them. Back in the day, U2 concerts were a brilliant, intense, spiritual, almost life-changing experience. That may seem like hyperbole, but it really felt that way. And Bono was the center of it all, the bonding point for thousands of fans. Incredible.
I agree early concerts were incredible!
I envy you
They are great
@@cynthiastrickland1971 the first time I saw them was at an arena that would only hold 5,000 people. It was general admission seating, and it was easy to get near the front. The last time I saw them was in a sports stadium that held 60,000 or more. It was sold out, and we were there, on a chilly December night.
Larry mullan is criminally underrated, the guy is a beast ! 💪
O U2 no geral eh uma perfeição musical, mas concordo que a bateria dá um toque diferenciado na banda!
Sou fá da performance do Larry Muller Jr.
If I could turn back time and it was up to me choose any live show of all bands in the world... this would be it!!! 100% sure!!!
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35 years later still kickin!!
1983 ?
@@Express-420 that's when the song came out
My freshmen year of college..❤☝🏼
The thing that I love most about this song is the MASSIVE marching drums. Such a driving drum beat it makes me wanna headbang so hard. Larry Mullen Jr. Great drummer
The drumming on War is fantastic!
@@duncanwcraig9668 Agreed! I love "Like a song" that tom groove he plays on like the bridge part after "I can see through this expression" is so fuckin powerful my speakers rumble and my entire house vibrates cause it's just made to play WAY TOO LOUD
@@duncanwcraig9668 All of Larry's drum parts are absolutely outstanding and so original. Larry is not a technical drummer like Neil Peart or Mike Portnoy, he plays a straight 4/4 beat. But my god HE'S AMAZING HIS TIME FEEL IS ONE OF THE BEST IVE EVER HEARD HES SO STEADY
The guitar in the beginning kills me everytime, it's just too good
Caymen Claire basic but effective
@@lewis8550 basic and effective
Caymen Claire have you watched the video called stairway to Sunday?
Jw..ogi.
Vroom?,
My cousin forced me to listen to this.
I'm not disappointed
Stereo Hearts I’m disappointed
So you come together to listen u2 thats nice!
@@amineeou8945 who cares?
@@rodrigoalves1944 come to Ireland a lot of people hate bono.
What else your cousin forced you to do?
This is one of the most powerful performances I’ve I’ve ever seen... just WOW
And now he doesn't give a shit because hes made his money. One of the best most important Irish songs EVER!!!!
Wow! What a gorgeous voice ! U2 never ages ! I remember this and I’m 58! Was in college ! So glad I grew up when I did !
THIS performance at THIS venue is
magical and should never be forgotten!❤
I’ve always loved this song, it’s my favorite U2 song. It’s neat to see their clothes, they were so far ahead of us.
One of the most recognisable riffs in rock
Larry Mullen Jnr drum intro is one of the best in music history, rarely does the drummer get the credit. After all he did form U2, not Bono.
@@grogscol At high school in 1976!
@@grogscol My sister in law's dad sold the drum kit he used to play and I could have jammed to this on it. Disappointing.
@@pauljordan4452 would still take a lot of effort to learn the drums in the first place to learn that rhythm though
Another bloody day here in nz and this song strikes my heart
..how long can this song go on...
Depends how long governments want it to continue.
My cousin was from NZ
Mi papá tiene 73 años de edad, y todavía los escucha¡¡¡¡¡¡
I remember this classic from U2 and got the video in 1983 at tender age of 26. Wow 👌
Fortunate to have red rocks In my backyard, it is such a spiritual place, U2 had a special day there, one of the best shows ever! 😎
Sing, " No more!!", " No more!"" " Wipe your tears away!! Shishhhhhhh!! And that lil dance of Bono's!! Still blows me away!! 💘 🎶 😍 🎸 🎹 💘
Keeping the flame alive💥
@@janpangilinan2979 yessir
One of my favorite live performances..they continue to be awesome
I remember this being shown on telly in 83 or 84 as a 13 year old - still the best band in the world 40 years on. This was THE song!
jw 🌈
I was not there, but this had to be one of the most Awesome concerts EVER ?!??!
Yes it was ☘️🍻👍
One of the best, if not THE best band of all time!!
That's what U2 wishes they were. but let's face it, they're no Beatles.
@@sjdrifter72 Is it subjective? No. But I can say I like U2 more, while admitting the fact that the Beatles are overall better
Beatles 😂😂😂😂😂
Sempre
@@renegadeexpress1983 I concur !!
Great song, great performance, still holds up really well. Funny to see Edge with hair (dressed up as Joe Strummer). And Larry, all of 12 years old here, giving it loads. Well done, lads. Keep it going!
I have an unreliable friend who is just about Larry's double. It's amazing.
Under a blood red sky is THE greatest live album ever ❤
I'm writing a novel about Ireland and home rule and this song was in my head. I think it's a sign from God
Really? I would LOVE to read it!!!❤❤❤
@N9 Shankz hey i finished it its avail on amazon titled the riveters hope you enjoy it
Absolutely the best U2 song ever, as well as the one with the most meaning (especially for us Irish🍀)
Ok
Team irish
Pietro Viganò I have a pretty weird heritage. I am mostly Scottish, but also Irish, northern Irish and Canadian.
Can't forget the Cranberries, Zombie
I love this country ! Ireland forever ! I went in Dublin seven years ago and it was so Amazing ! i'm French, sorry for my english ! Irish are the best !
Every Irish father showed this to his son when he was a young boy only now I understand what the song is about and I will show this to my son when he is born love you dad 🇮🇪🇮🇪
Éirinn go Brách
It was my grandpa for me
I’m 14 years old my dad is not Irish but a massive U2 fan and so am I he showed this to me when I was 3 been obsessed since then
I'm not Irish but my father still showed it to me and explained what's it about
I'm Irish and my father hates U2 lmao
And The Edge, anybody! He revolutionized the Electric Guitar! A whole new driving, ringing, chiming, and chopping sound! Amazing. U2 changed music! A major milestone in Rock music!
The greatest group ever in their finest hour
U2 is an amzing band man I love all of their songs Sunday Bloody Sunday is one of my top 10 songs, its such a powerful song.
Alguém ouvindo esse clássico em 2024❤
Gosto muito
Eu!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
Eu!! ❤
What a wonderful performance, voice, musicians and stage!!!💚🤍💛
The greatest concert of all time! Now my daughter is attending a concert there. Wow
I really feel like this is the soundtrack of the world today #prayforOrlando #prayfortheworld
I feel the same way. Every time there's a terrorist attack somewhere in the world, this song pops into my head like a siren.
Handmaid’s tale just reminded me how amazing this song is
Exactly
holland richardson yes! It fit so perfectly with the ending as well
holland richardson oh! Yes!
Me too
me too
I tried to get my non U2 fan son to at least visit Red Rocks last week as we were in Colorado. Nope he said, he was tired. End of our relationship!
I'm forever grateful to U2 for making me learn english since I was 12 cause I love this band and guys so much. I'm 23 now, and fluent. Love you guys forever!!!