U2 The Unforgettable Fire first of over 500 bands in concert !! U2 raw, The Unforgettable “live band” Fire capturing that moment in TIME !!! Glad I was there !!!
I wish U2 would bring this song back live. It's one of my faves...I'll take "wire" over anything U2 did in the 90's and I'll match it up against any one of their big hits any day of the week.
@@revol148 yes it was, I think it did stop a bit later on, I remember my mate got hit on the back by a yoghurt, splattered on his new jacket! Who the hell throws yoghurt at a concert! 😁
@@robinstreets1792 I missed so many gigs from that era on account of my youthful age (I was born in 1975) the Jam, David Bowie (before he was dreadful), the Clash, the smiths, the alarm, the Pogues (early) Guns 'n' Roses, U2 (although I did get to see them on their Zooropa tour).I have no idea why people throw things at gigs - especially yoghurt - I'd have it especially if it was Strawberry flavoured !
My favorite song, favorite album, favorite tour. April 29. Omni Atlanta. I was 15 years old & got my dad to drive us 5 hours to go. I have seen hundreds of shows and missed maybe only jimi & the doors. This was the shit.
This was the last of the old U2, after that they would move on to becoming the biggest band in the world a position they haven't vacated since and while they have done good stuff beyond 1985 this is the tour i'd have loved to see (i was 7). The end of en era for U2. As for Mullen, i actually also feel that past Unforgettable fire his drumming became more restrained and as such im afraid to say a litle less interesting. But he has PLENTY of good drum parts on those first four records.
Remember seeing this tour (Houston). At the time I thought it was the best I had ever seen. The delay intro part is genious. Those who say "he's only playing a quarter or whatever of the notes" or whatever don't realize it is not possible to play their delay songs without it. Try it, it doesn't work. He really took it to another level, I suppose with Gilmour influnences but that may have not even been involved. The Memory Man pedal with the modulation is one secret. The H300 rack with crystal echoes is also all over this album and the next one and is an entirely differerent texture.
Four years later😂. I play guitar and can play most U2 songs proficiently. However, the intro to this song stumps me. I have the delay & modulation correct, hit the muted strings, but cannot consistently play the intro. Anyone who plays guitar & plays dotted eights etc. & thinks it’s easy? Think again.
@@johnrogan7940 I just read the capgage1 reply and am going yeah, yeah not realizing it was me. Duh! Anyway this is definitely dotted eighth note - but - it's really fast. That's what makes it hard. the notes you actually play are so minimal but the repeats make it awesome. Try slowing down the recording maybe to get it.
Not so sure about the (H3000 not H300) Eventide Crystal Echoes thing anymore. But ENO had some primitive version of that for sure on these, I think he invented it with other equipment years earlier, maybe with Fripp? Anyway Edge also had Infinite Guitar, which I have never seen, but seems to be roughly a six string Ebow. Ebow I am very familiar with. But regardess I stand by the Memory Man thing. I have had people in my church praise band (when I used to do that for a while) freak out whenever I used it, saying "how do you get that tone?" Tone is a terrible word for that, but I guess it will do. It was easy to get that sound as is most older guitar music - Stick mostly with the analog effects, and tube amps (doesn't matter what kind), avoid the mega digital processors, and dare I say, the amp modelers and all that shit. Keep in mind I am a child of the 80s, so I'm biased. But I used to see people using the digital stuff and having it sound like it was coming from an AM radio. Maybe it's gotten better.
I just discovered this song and totally loved it! Wanna hear it on 260 tour as well as Bad. Unforgettable Fire is a really good album :) Thanks for sharing this rarity with us!
I first saw U2 on this tour on March 2, 1985 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. A memory I will never forget. This video is almost the exact same vantage point I had the night of the show. I believe this was filmed in Toronto, CA. I'm not sure if it was filmed in 1984 or 1985? It was such an amazing night! Cut to 30 years later, and I am still a fan. U2's music has been the soundtrack to many aspects of my life. God Bless this band, and thank you for the music, guys.
I was at that very show. And I was not at all expecting what happened. To this day I will tell anyone, That was the greatest show I have ever seen. I realize even now that show was the pinnacle of what Rock and Roll was able to do. Beatles Stones Zep Queen Bowie The Who and punk all led up to what these guys did that night. Walked in liking a couple of their songs and walked out a completely changed person! My girlfriend says, I feel like I've been cleansed. People near me cried. My sister cried. My buddy saw them the third night and admits he teared up a little. It was that kind of thing. And it was just for that moment. The perfect storm of four guys at a freakish creative peak, having made War, then following it up with Unforgettable Fire, being at that young stage where the whole world gets to discover them first, where they still had that 'fresh from the garage' innocence and hunger, and those songs were so elevated and spectacular! The biggest part was that it was in no ways contrived. Or at least whatever contrivance they attempted was completely overshadowed by the organic, unplanned luck of John meeting Paul meeting George meeting Ringo and it sounding like God by accident. They weren't yet conscious of the fact that they were going to be the Elvis for the next ten years. But then I saw them the next year, and these 'four lucky lads' had fully become the Cultural Corporate Entity, U2, Inc. I remember saying to my bro, What's with the Jesus thing? It was very anti-climatic. But then Joshua Tree came out after that and I guess we were all okay with the Bono act so long as they make records like these. (Can't blame them. They created a monster and figured out how to ride it for 40 years of still packing stadiums! So cheers! You did better than I could've!) Because War, UF, and JT are Beatles Zep Floyd level masterpieces. Three in a row. A four year period. But that Unforgettable Fire tour was THE U2 TOUR. Pure magic! A little biblical! Almost spooky! But never to be seen again. Everything after that was a different band, different experience. I know all my fellows agree. If you were there you saw something that was truly unique and historical. And never repeated. The 2nd best show I ever saw (out of hundreds) was Jane's Addiction at the Ford in 89. They sold out 7 nights! You gotta understand what that band meant to Los Angeles in 87, 88, and 89! They were this cosmic force that was going to be a massive Led Zeppelin/Velvet Underground thing that would rule from its base on the moon. And it was at its peak for those shows. They were supposed to do what Nirvana and grunge did, but 2 years earlier. Where U2 was singing hymns with the angels, Jane's Addiction was a band of goat-legged Greek gods dancing around the fire, banging everything in sight (and killing Hair Metal). The key to both of those was that we saw utter greatness while it was still hungry!! And that's when the legendary stuff happens. Elton at the Troub, Bruce at the Bottom Line, Zep at the Whisky, Bowie in Santa Monica, any Hendrix show. I saw an early and hungry Beck at Al's Bar and knew he was special and would be a superstar. A couple years later I saw him at Universal Amphitheater thus proving that I do in fact, know everything. ps I have a bootleg of that show and while the sound isn't that good, the sound of the crowd tells you everything. Like I said, totally unexpected.
Bono's got that Edward Scissorhands/Michael Myers thing going on in this one. Still great, though! I remember this live Wire well from 6th grade. Of course, I only had the audio copy I pinched off the radio broadcast of this, circa 1985. Total love for the coolest band! Ah, those were the days...
I just bought the Unforgettable Fire last summer and when I heard this song the first time I fell in love with it. Iv been really hooked on Achtung Baby and the newer stuff recently but its songs like this that draw me into the early stuff again. Edge is REALLY picking his guitar on this song!
I've got a couple of live audio recordings of Wire. Never seen a video performance and this was really well performed. Love it. I'd love to see U2 release a live DVD from this tour. And Lovetown
@Novacoma Tottally agree with the drumming side, and prettty much everything you said, i wernt born then, born 1995 and would LOVE to time travle to see U2 un these tours. :') poor larry.
U2 has always worked within limitation. They don't WANT to sound like they're trying to be 16 or 25 years old again. They'll settle on what sounds just right. That's their biggest strength. They're humans not rockstars. That will always be what is endearing about them.
Brian Eno (and Daniel Lanois eventually) brought out a really great side of U2 and made them still edgy. (pun or no pun intended) This band died to me after the 80's. With the exception of a very few songs after that, they lost their punch.
Uhh... their 90s albums were some of the most inventive material they ever did. Achtung Baby, Zooropa, Pop... get no credit. They became very simplistic after the 90s because of closed minded mainstream fans. All that you can't leave behind... and on... they caved to pop music.
@thegools I was there, too, and this clip looks like I shot it myself (same angle where I was). Remember when Bono said "we don't need crowd control, our crown can control itself"? Come on down!
Well, i do agree about Bono´s voice, it´s perfectly known that he will never have again such range. Such a shame....Probably "love comes tumbling" is another great "unknown" song, it stayed only as a B-Side. It must had been part of the album, even its style does not fit into the Unforggetable Fire.... What do you think about that?¿
isn't this video from Toronto? There's a live private video recording of Toronto from the Unforgettable Fire tour...and it seems that recording (I had it but got ruined)
@cisco9x Definitely this track goes to Adam man, in fact, one of the most participative song for him ( if not the most) just look at him like dancing trowing that poppin-slapping secuence O.o
People should just say that Larry is their favorite drummer,not that he's the best,that will always be a debate.I'm a big U2 fan,but you can't say he's the best.He's good ,but not flashy or technical like Peart etc.He just fits with the band,doesnt do anything extraordinary really.
Wire and The Unforgettable Fire my two favorite U2 songs...such an amazing guitarist!
Edge is actually playing quite slowly, but he is using a delay pedal which means you hear each note twice.
U2 The Unforgettable Fire first of over 500 bands in concert !!
U2 raw, The Unforgettable “live band” Fire capturing that moment in TIME !!! Glad I was there !!!
so much power, energy, and drama in their playing back then -- they were the best band in the world. Thanks for posting this!
I wish U2 would bring this song back live. It's one of my faves...I'll take "wire" over anything U2 did in the 90's and I'll match it up against any one of their big hits any day of the week.
there is no one out there at the moment that comes close to this - raw,edgy power - superb.
So much passion in the vocals and the playing , so powerful as the song is about drugs and addiction
Yes...put it in the live set! I love the delay on the guitar...such a cool sound.
a really underrated song from a great album TUF!!!
Absolutely, I agree!
Hollywood FL...May 1 and 2, 1985,,,2nd row.....the memories
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Love it, great tune!
My first ever concert, u2 at Milton Keynes bowl, it pissed it down, was caked in mud up past my shins but it was an amazing show, great memories
+Robin Streets was this the Longest day gig? - all anyone remembers is the weather !
@@revol148 yes it was, I think it did stop a bit later on, I remember my mate got hit on the back by a yoghurt, splattered on his new jacket! Who the hell throws yoghurt at a concert! 😁
@@robinstreets1792 I missed so many gigs from that era on account of my youthful age (I was born in 1975) the Jam, David Bowie (before he was dreadful), the Clash, the smiths, the alarm, the Pogues (early) Guns 'n' Roses, U2 (although I did get to see them on their Zooropa tour).I have no idea why people throw things at gigs - especially yoghurt - I'd have it especially if it was Strawberry flavoured !
This is the U2 I love. Great era.
Cruising around with my friends, going to the clubs while Wire is blasting out of the radio. The good 'ol days.
My favorite song, favorite album, favorite tour. April 29. Omni Atlanta. I was 15 years old & got my dad to drive us 5 hours to go. I have seen hundreds of shows and missed maybe only jimi & the doors. This was the shit.
I still have my t shirt and program from this show on 1985-03-02. Their best album , in my opinion.
Saw the Chicago show at the Aragon on Dec 11, 1984 - the only time I've seen Wire performed. It's always been my favorite U2 track!
I would kill to se this song live. One of my top 10 fav songs of all time. One of Edge's great guitar songs.
Wire: on my top-10 U2 songs.
“Such a nice day” when I hear it.
One of my favorite U2 songs. Thanks for the upload!
such a great song.
Such a huge , vibrant atmospheric sound from a basic four piece band.
Quality. As always. Thank you for putting this up.
This was the last of the old U2, after that they would move on to becoming the biggest band in the world a position they haven't vacated since and while they have done good stuff beyond 1985 this is the tour i'd have loved to see (i was 7). The end of en era for U2.
As for Mullen, i actually also feel that past Unforgettable fire his drumming became more restrained and as such im afraid to say a litle less interesting. But he has PLENTY of good drum parts on those first four records.
I remember them playing this song at the Capital Center, near D.C. April 8 , 1985.
Best arena show I have ever seen.
Love the intro on the guitar!
This part also appears at the last verse, and the ending
Just brilliant live
Always one of my favorite songs, by U2 ...anyone.
So cool to see this raw footage from the crowd!
Great performance of one of their better, uptempo songs.
I love this song!
Larry Mullen Jr. is a really good drummer. He is always perfect on timing and is always keepong the rhythm going.
24 years ago, dammnnnn, and they're still going strong to the present day.
Remember seeing this tour (Houston). At the time I thought it was the best I had ever seen. The delay intro part is genious. Those who say "he's only playing a quarter or whatever of the notes" or whatever don't realize it is not possible to play their delay songs without it. Try it, it doesn't work. He really took it to another level, I suppose with Gilmour influnences but that may have not even been involved. The Memory Man pedal with the modulation is one secret. The H300 rack with crystal echoes is also all over this album and the next one and is an entirely differerent texture.
Four years later😂. I play guitar and can play most U2 songs proficiently. However, the intro to this song stumps me. I have the delay & modulation correct, hit the muted strings, but cannot consistently play the intro. Anyone who plays guitar & plays dotted eights etc. & thinks it’s easy? Think again.
@@johnrogan7940 I just read the capgage1 reply and am going yeah, yeah not realizing it was me. Duh! Anyway this is definitely dotted eighth note - but - it's really fast. That's what makes it hard. the notes you actually play are so minimal but the repeats make it awesome. Try slowing down the recording maybe to get it.
Not so sure about the (H3000 not H300) Eventide Crystal Echoes thing anymore. But ENO had some primitive version of that for sure on these, I think he invented it with other equipment years earlier, maybe with Fripp? Anyway Edge also had Infinite Guitar, which I have never seen, but seems to be roughly a six string Ebow. Ebow I am very familiar with. But regardess I stand by the Memory Man thing. I have had people in my church praise band (when I used to do that for a while) freak out whenever I used it, saying "how do you get that tone?" Tone is a terrible word for that, but I guess it will do. It was easy to get that sound as is most older guitar music - Stick mostly with the analog effects, and tube amps (doesn't matter what kind), avoid the mega digital processors, and dare I say, the amp modelers and all that shit. Keep in mind I am a child of the 80s, so I'm biased. But I used to see people using the digital stuff and having it sound like it was coming from an AM radio. Maybe it's gotten better.
Everyone can play it, but how many can write it?
My fave album because of the daring change in their sound
Oh my God, thank you for posting this. One of the highlights of the UF album. God, I would love to see them play this again.
Still such a kickass song. U2 in their prime.
I just discovered this song and totally loved it! Wanna hear it on 260 tour as well as Bad. Unforgettable Fire is a really good album :) Thanks for sharing this rarity with us!
i like the band when it´s loud... thundering down, great stuff
love this song
Bloody magnificent.
I first saw U2 on this tour on March 2, 1985 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. A memory I will never forget. This video is almost the exact same vantage point I had the night of the show. I believe this was filmed in Toronto, CA. I'm not sure if it was filmed in 1984 or 1985? It was such an amazing night! Cut to 30 years later, and I am still a fan. U2's music has been the soundtrack to many aspects of my life. God Bless this band, and thank you for the music, guys.
I was at that very show. And I was not at all expecting what happened. To this day I will tell anyone, That was the greatest show I have ever seen. I realize even now that show was the pinnacle of what Rock and Roll was able to do. Beatles Stones Zep Queen Bowie The Who and punk all led up to what these guys did that night. Walked in liking a couple of their songs and walked out a completely changed person! My girlfriend says, I feel like I've been cleansed. People near me cried. My sister cried. My buddy saw them the third night and admits he teared up a little. It was that kind of thing. And it was just for that moment. The perfect storm of four guys at a freakish creative peak, having made War, then following it up with Unforgettable Fire, being at that young stage where the whole world gets to discover them first, where they still had that 'fresh from the garage' innocence and hunger, and those songs were so elevated and spectacular! The biggest part was that it was in no ways contrived. Or at least whatever contrivance they attempted was completely overshadowed by the organic, unplanned luck of John meeting Paul meeting George meeting Ringo and it sounding like God by accident. They weren't yet conscious of the fact that they were going to be the Elvis for the next ten years. But then I saw them the next year, and these 'four lucky lads' had fully become the Cultural Corporate Entity, U2, Inc. I remember saying to my bro, What's with the Jesus thing? It was very anti-climatic. But then Joshua Tree came out after that and I guess we were all okay with the Bono act so long as they make records like these. (Can't blame them. They created a monster and figured out how to ride it for 40 years of still packing stadiums! So cheers! You did better than I could've!) Because War, UF, and JT are Beatles Zep Floyd level masterpieces. Three in a row. A four year period. But that Unforgettable Fire tour was THE U2 TOUR. Pure magic! A little biblical! Almost spooky! But never to be seen again. Everything after that was a different band, different experience. I know all my fellows agree. If you were there you saw something that was truly unique and historical. And never repeated. The 2nd best show I ever saw (out of hundreds) was Jane's Addiction at the Ford in 89. They sold out 7 nights! You gotta understand what that band meant to Los Angeles in 87, 88, and 89! They were this cosmic force that was going to be a massive Led Zeppelin/Velvet Underground thing that would rule from its base on the moon. And it was at its peak for those shows. They were supposed to do what Nirvana and grunge did, but 2 years earlier. Where U2 was singing hymns with the angels, Jane's Addiction was a band of goat-legged Greek gods dancing around the fire, banging everything in sight (and killing Hair Metal). The key to both of those was that we saw utter greatness while it was still hungry!! And that's when the legendary stuff happens. Elton at the Troub, Bruce at the Bottom Line, Zep at the Whisky, Bowie in Santa Monica, any Hendrix show. I saw an early and hungry Beck at Al's Bar and knew he was special and would be a superstar. A couple years later I saw him at Universal Amphitheater thus proving that I do in fact, know everything. ps I have a bootleg of that show and while the sound isn't that good, the sound of the crowd tells you everything. Like I said, totally unexpected.
Bono's got that Edward Scissorhands/Michael Myers thing going on in this one. Still great, though! I remember this live Wire well from 6th grade. Of course, I only had the audio copy I pinched off the radio broadcast of this, circa 1985. Total love for the coolest band! Ah, those were the days...
He is the greatest rock drummer of all time.
Unforgettable Fire & Achtung Baby get my vote for best albums.
Thanks for posting this.
I just bought the Unforgettable Fire last summer and when I heard this song the first time I fell in love with it. Iv been really hooked on Achtung Baby and the newer stuff recently but its songs like this that draw me into the early stuff again. Edge is REALLY picking his guitar on this song!
Don Johnson & PMT following Dennis Farina's grey-market Amg Mercedes.
thanks for posting this! i love this song. i have some bizarre rehearsal bootleg of it that is amazing.
I converted it from vhs to dvd, Was sold to me a while back :-)
I've got a couple of live audio recordings of Wire. Never seen a video performance and this was really well performed. Love it. I'd love to see U2 release a live DVD from this tour. And Lovetown
As good as the Unforgettable Fire album is, imagine if Love Comes Tumbling, Three Sunrises, and Bass Trap had been on it.
top song , bike to work to this
extraordinary!
Epic Mullets!
Proof that mullets rule!
Capitol Center; Landover MD; April, 1985
Absolultely Amazing!!!!!
Unspeakably, Unbelievably AWESOME!!!!
Genuinely Life-Altering!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
just think 7 years after this was recorded it was all over for this band...
@Novacoma Tottally agree with the drumming side, and prettty much everything you said, i wernt born then, born 1995 and would LOVE to time travle to see U2 un these tours. :') poor larry.
Thanks Ax, I love this song! :)
ditto!! i was about to wite the exact same thing. awesome song.
Wise words.
Anyone remember Milton Keynes bowl , June 21 1985 , i was there , got drenched lol but great gig .
best song ever.
Wow, thank you
I too wish they would bring this song back! The video is from Toronto 1985
@nusrathussein This was the first U2 tour I attended... changed my life seeing this show.
A song about an executioner. They tried to put a video together, including bits with a Japanese swordsman, but it never came to fruition.
I wish he did that evil little laugh like on the record I love so much!
Yeah its from Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto 03.28.1985
Leg 5 - North America tour :-)
awesome track _ always has been Mike
awesome
U2 has always worked within limitation. They don't WANT to sound like they're trying to be 16 or 25 years old again. They'll settle on what sounds just right. That's their biggest strength. They're humans not rockstars. That will always be what is endearing about them.
wow
nice. this must've been the last tour that edge took the stage without headwear!
I wondering too if this from The Omni in Atlanta. I was there and it reminds me of how they performed it that night.
Hi axblack what was the venue saw them in edinburgh playhouse 5/5/84
great upload cheers
Brian Eno (and Daniel Lanois eventually) brought out a really great side of U2 and made them still edgy. (pun or no pun intended) This band died to me after the 80's. With the exception of a very few songs after that, they lost their punch.
popmarter Yeah, I really get worked up listening to Stuck in a Moment. yawn, boring.
Uhh... their 90s albums were some of the most inventive material they ever did. Achtung Baby, Zooropa, Pop... get no credit. They became very simplistic after the 90s because of closed minded mainstream fans. All that you can't leave behind... and on... they caved to pop music.
@thegools I was there, too, and this clip looks like I shot it myself (same angle where I was). Remember when Bono said "we don't need crowd control, our crown can control itself"? Come on down!
Well, i do agree about Bono´s voice, it´s perfectly known that he will never have again such range. Such a shame....Probably "love comes tumbling" is another great "unknown" song, it stayed only as a B-Side. It must had been part of the album, even its style does not fit into the Unforggetable Fire....
What do you think about that?¿
Holy shit !
Wire----> Best Anti-Drug Song Ever!!!
@WatchingViking I wanted Twilight also, but from Boy I really wanted A Day Without Me live!
The range goes as one ages, human nature, lay off my man, nerds.
I have the full show on dvd
last good tour before they went bad.
they were hungry during this period.
Is this from the Omni in Atlanta? I remember him introducing the song thus.
It sounds a lot like a bootleg I have from Chicago's Rosemont Horizon, but I can't recall the intro.
My theory on U2 is that the band was best when Bono's mullet at its greatest apex.
Is this Milton Keynes Bowl by any chance?
We saw em there on The Longest Day Tour 1985, two weeks before they played Live Aid
isn't this video from Toronto? There's a live private video recording of Toronto from the Unforgettable Fire tour...and it seems that recording (I had it but got ruined)
@cisco9x
Definitely this track goes to Adam man, in fact, one of the most participative song for him ( if not the most) just look at him like dancing trowing that poppin-slapping secuence O.o
Riccio is Wire
@WatchingViking well u got one of em huh? ;)
@Wesley108 me too
One of U2's best songs but this is a relatively sloppy live version. They absolutely had better nights during the UF tour.
@ToolsnFire red hot chili peppers and u2
bad ass
Hey glasson65 what are the chances of getting a copy that DVD?
This is from Toronto?? Do you know what venue???
Never did care much for him or The Police. He's not enough of a hard-hitter for my liking.
People should just say that Larry is their favorite drummer,not that he's the best,that will always be a debate.I'm a big U2 fan,but you can't say he's the best.He's good ,but not flashy or technical like Peart etc.He just fits with the band,doesnt do anything extraordinary really.