On an album FULL of hits, this song is still the best of the lot (in my opinion). I think if this was put on any other album, it would have been a huge hit. But honestly? I like it as it is, a secret little masterpiece for those of us who grew up listening to The Joshua Tree.
My fave from an album of faves. This was Bono's Baby and it kicked his Ass...The band had about 23 songs to cull for the album, many weren't finished, including this one, and they simply didn't have time to spend on it. Bono couldn't get the right sound, arrangement, etc and U2 had already Tabled it for a future time but Bono kept on it. It's a song about Divorce in a Coal Mining town and Bono wanted it on Joshua Tree. This has the best vocals he ever recorded and is only performed live when he feels his voice will hold up while he sings mostly out of Range
@@milkcarton6654 or just have both. I agree, Spanish Eyes should have been on the album though. Such a fantastic song. Guess what I'm going to have to listen to now 😂
I feel achtung baby is the greatest album ever, but the Joshua tree is right behind it. One, is the first song I ever heard by u2, and I was hooked, and they became my favorite band.
Yes I know haha Bono has inspired me a lot and I hate it when people have other people write songs for them I feel it’s not real when Bono writes u can really hear the emotion and passion in his singing and lyrics
As I just watched this after not seeing it for years, I thought the same thing as I watched Bono for the millionth time lol but I thought to myself, wow, I haven't seen anybody perform like him, he just gives me chills watching him!
@@brettscott8288 I was thirteen when I got into this album in '87 and although I've been a heavy metal and other extreme kinds of music fan since, I will always go back to this album when I am feeling ponderous, emotional or sentimental.
Because of THIS album yes, for sure !! not for the rest of their work to me.. but THIS album worth all the best of them all others, and probably surpasses them yes indeed..!
I'll come right out and say it.. Beatles broke the ice sure, U2 are a progression of music mastery Beatles could never come close to. Queen and Stones outstanding in their own owned zone, they're silo'd.
There was a time when U2 could do no wrong. Everything they were doing was fantastic. No one today is doing anything that comes remotely close. I'm lucky to have been growing up in that era.
I played this album every day from when it first came out for at least a year , amongst a few other great albums that came out around the same time. Music is still great but it’s just not AS great as it used to be. I miss real musicians and bands and even singers used to be better. Maybe I’m biased but I don’t think so.
OMGosh-yes!! It's like I heard it for the first time when I got it on vinyl a few months ago. I actually had the cassette of this back in 1987 and LOVED the album but this song didn't stand out for me back then. Now...it's my absolute favorite U2 song.
Whatever you think of U2 in general, or their newer work in particular, you have to admit it's hard to find fault with The Joshua Tree. Beautiful, well-made music; Bono Vox showing he's worthy of the name.
@@TheMICMusicInspirationChannel Credit Eno. Credit Lanois. But also still credit Bono and the Edge and Clayton and Mullin. The Joshua Tree is one of the pinnacle albums of all time, and it takes a team effort, as well as a bit of luck, to create something that can reach that sort of peak.
I hear u man... loved this track since 87 and suddenly there's a video... Bono singing his soul out Poor Larry smashing the walls as Edge n Adam just stand around ...lazy gits
U2 isn't about or 'behind' Bono, though i absolutely share ur admiration for the man. Truth is, any member of U2 would be 'another very good artiste', but, together, they become magic.
As a group, bigger than the sum of their parts. The band is not Bono and the rest, it is U2. All credit to them for sticking it out for 40+ years with no member changes, except they needed a drummer to fill in for Larry in Vegas because he was ill. But he should be returning.
You can say whatever you want about U2, but a group who is able to make to the top charts in three, fours different decades is definitely something else.
this album in general for me is when i started to listen to lyrics, this album is beautiful, i saw their 4 tour in united states, greatest concerts of my life...and i have seen hundreds
I remember hearing this song in 1987 during my class graduation.... raised the hair on my arms.... still does. What a beautiful song.... vintage U2 still grabs my attention.
Oh I remember this look in 1987 the first time I saw them and it amazed me that this man could stand on a stage in a simple black shirt and move a whole arena to tears with his voice alone. No gimmicks, no giant screens, just a band doing its thing.
Don’t know why but I had this song on my mind, hadn’t heard it in over 20 years. Pure magic, touches the depths of my soul, transporting me to a beautiful place and time.
Best Album of all time IMO. U2 has saved me many times, through hard times as their music is not only amazing, but so therapeutic, gets to your soul, deep down and grabs you to take you higher in ways that are indescribable. Thank you Bono, Edge, Adam and Larry for not only your music but your devotion to us, the fans.
I put the Unforgettable Fire album above Joshua Tree and War by a toenail, but I challenge anyone to name three phenomenal albums in a row by any other band. They are like the original Star Wars trilogy of rock music.
I can’t think of many albums I can listen to in its entirety but this is one of them. Transports me back to high school, up in my room in the wee hours of the morning,,, thinking about the girl.
Huge U2 fan and until this very moment, I had no idea this video even existed. Amazing song. Incredible cinematography with beautiful lighting...managed to make the cold hard depths of a coal mine seem inviting somehow. Thanks so much for posting so I could finally discover some vestige of U2 that has eluded me all these years.
I think the song was only released as a single in Australia, so the video would have been more or less irrelevant to MTV programmers. But what do I know other than this song is stellar.
Hard to pick a best song on one of the best albums of all time but this has to edge it. Can really feel the honesty and heart in his voice . Pure class
My favourite U2 song. It was originally scheduled to be the initial release from the Joshua Tree album. But given the huge vocal range required Bono opted to release " withorwithoutyou" first. Seemingly he didn't fancy losing his voice too early upon the albums release. I am not surprised. Bono's vocal range definitely one of the most underrated singing ranges in the business. Awesome song I love it.
"From father to son The blood runs thin See faces frozen still Against the wind The seam is split The coal face cracked The lines are long There's no going back Through hands of steel And heart of stone Our labor day Has come and gone Yeah you leave me holding on In Red Hill town See lights go down, I'm Hanging on You're all that's left to hold on to I'm still waiting I'm hanging on You're all that's left to hold on to The glass is cut The bottle run dry Our love runs cold In the caverns of the night We're wounded by fear Injured in doubt I can lose myself You I can't live without Yeah you keep me holding on In Red Hill town See the lights go down on I'm hanging on You're all that's left to hold on to I'm still waiting Hanging on You're all that's left to hold on to, on to We'll scorch the earth Set fire to the sky We stoop so low, to reach so high A link is lost The chain undone We wait all day For night to come And it comes Like a hunter child I'm hanging on You're all that's left to hold on to I'm still waiting I'm hanging on You're all that's left to hold on to Love, slowly stripped away Love, has seen its better day Hanging on The lights go out on Red Hill The lights go down on Red Hill Lights go down on Red Hill town The lights go down on Red Hill". (Me llena de sentimiento... Dedicada a mis padres).
A criminally underrated song, one of U2's very best tracks on their best album ever, The Joshua Tree. Undoubtedly brilliant, a treasured gem and genuine masterpiece.
This is beyond u2's greatest song. It's arguably one of the best pieces of music ever composed in history. Nothing is ever perfect, but this song comes close to it
When I bought this album at age 15, I of course focused on the US singles/hits. However, even at that age I could see that THIS song on the album was THE eternal classic of the album. So much soul, emotion and timelessness in it. One of the best they ever recorded.
The Joshua Tree changed my life. Being sent to boarding schools and summer camps I would play Joshua Tree album and realize there is a world out there !!!! U2 my bigger brothers !!!
Forced to attend Military School. (6th grade) in 79 !!! Out of Control, I will Follow playing on radio !!! Attention, War arrives (a new March) (got me in trouble) and then I see a light, The Joshua Tree !!!! TopJimmy
I was driving home on 15 south next to the Las Vegas strip when this song came on my Pandora, Subculture: 80s Alternative channel. I blasted up the volume on my JBL sound system, started singing along and couldn't help but to get teary and emotional. These 80s masterpieces do it to me all the time! I love U2 and now I'm looking into buying tickets to their show at the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas. I hope they play this song!!!
Saw U2 1987 The Is Joshua Tree tour at the Hollywood sportatorium In Hollywood, FL. He brought the house down with this song ! No Giant video monitors or laser show. No props or Gimmicks. Just a voice that could melt a Angel's heart. Absolutely Intoxicating.
The perfect song basically. From the perfect album. I always think it’s a bit mad that if these 4 people hadn’t met when they did....did what they did....the world would be a completely different place! If you were to change one tiny single aspect of U2 they wouldn’t be as awesome as they became. 👍
Where the hell has this song been my entire life? 15 years or so being a U2 fan and some of there best stuff is shit i've never heard before. Thanks RUclips recommendations!
U2 in their heydays ( 80s -90s) were as good as any top rock band in last 50-60 years . Bono was very passionate singer then and that ringing guitar was incredible
The music is good, the lyrics are good, the voice yes...Bono, Larry, Edge and Adam beauty is there... Yes their youngness ...God that remember my my time, my beauty my youngness... God thank for the blessing, Tks U2 let's get older together, better than dying young
This song is one of the reasons this band is probably one of my favorites of what I call the modern era. Meaning any bands that weren't conceived in the 60s. The Who. The Beatles. Led Zeppelin. I always loved U2. REM. The Talking Heads. The Pixies.
Omg this man..... this voice..... 💚💋😘 I have been listening to them since early 80s!! Man, Bono you really help me through some very tough times in my life, I turned to your music and wishing I could have found someone like you instead of the abuser I was with at the time. Still listening to you today 2/19/2021 my birthday 🎂 and with a beautiful man!!! I love you Bono, and U2, thank you!💚💚💚💚🙏💋
I saw U2 on the Joshua Tree Tour in I guess 87. We stood in line all night long in the rain for tickets. In the morning, everyone stormed the doors of the record shop, they even had to call the police in. I was the only one who squeezed in to the counter to get 4 tickets. The sold out on the guy after me. We were 4 rows from the top of the stadium in NJ but no one cared. U2 had only white lights in the concert. Nothing else but the music. The entire stadium stood for the whole concert. Unbelievable. The Joshua Tree will go down as one of the greatest complete albums in history with the likes of Ziggy Stardust!
I spent most of the late 80s to 90s listening to U2. I travelled to their beat. They felt evangelising and so did my trips If i enjoy them less now, I realise it's because I have lost some of my youth, drive and energy, and that passion and soul. Mixed with anger and fire in the belly
I bought the Joshua Tree about 15 or 16 years ago but it's only today that I found out that they have a video for this song. One of Bono's best vocal performances.
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This might be the one song that slipped by the critics and listeners. This is a pure masterpiece. One of U2's best ever
I have always been fairly amazed with this song
I agree
On an album FULL of hits, this song is still the best of the lot (in my opinion). I think if this was put on any other album, it would have been a huge hit.
But honestly? I like it as it is, a secret little masterpiece for those of us who grew up listening to The Joshua Tree.
Seriously! I mean, Joshua Tree is magnificent from start to finish.
My fave from an album of faves. This was Bono's Baby and it kicked his Ass...The band had about 23 songs to cull for the album, many weren't finished, including this one, and they simply didn't have time to spend on it. Bono couldn't get the right sound, arrangement, etc and U2 had already Tabled it for a future time but Bono kept on it. It's a song about Divorce in a Coal Mining town and Bono wanted it on Joshua Tree. This has the best vocals he ever recorded and is only performed live when he feels his voice will hold up while he sings mostly out of Range
The best music in "the Joshua tree" album....who listenning in 2024?
I’m listening to U2 Red Hill Mining Town mid April 2024
4:25
@@brandonmoore7497 2nd of May 24 Timeless classic 🕰
Still hanging on in 2024
From Portugal
U2 4 ever🇵🇹🙏❤️
Now, and forever!
This album got me through Cancer aged 14 in 1987, and this song is so underrated. An absolute masterpiece.
Glad you pulled through! Pretty scary thing to go through.
God bless you.
As I have cancer listening to this album in 2024. And this will also get me through as it did you. Best wishes to you
@@jaymusic9039 I Wish you a safe journey. Its a bumpy ride, but you'll make it!
@@Sackbladder thank you I sure will.
There are literally zero “filler” songs on this album.
Trip through your wires imo...... should have been Spanish eyes. But this is a very minor nitpick.
@@milkcarton6654 Trip Through Your Wires is one of their greatest songs.
@@milkcarton6654 or just have both. I agree, Spanish Eyes should have been on the album though. Such a fantastic song. Guess what I'm going to have to listen to now 😂
@@milkcarton6654 I LOVE Trip through your wires... Its in my top 3 from that album..
AMEN!!
Joshua Tree is a immortal masterpiece of music history.
absolutely true ! :)
one of the most important albums of all time!
Absolutely!
Music, like life was much more real in ‘87 unlike now.
I feel achtung baby is the greatest album ever, but the Joshua tree is right behind it. One, is the first song I ever heard by u2, and I was hooked, and they became my favorite band.
And this, kids, is how you are supposed to sing a fucking song out from the bottom of your soul.
All the way to the end, he nailed it. My fave track on TJT.
Back when Bono had a soul and conscience!!!!!
Yes I know haha Bono has inspired me a lot and I hate it when people have other people write songs for them I feel it’s not real when Bono writes u can really hear the emotion and passion in his singing and lyrics
As I just watched this after not seeing it for years, I thought the same thing as I watched Bono for the millionth time lol but I thought to myself, wow, I haven't seen anybody perform like him, he just gives me chills watching him!
Absolutely!!
This song STILL makes me tear up over 35 yrs later...the chord progression on this....wow its beautiful. And Bono's vocals are fire
Me too 😊
Me too
One of my top 5 U2 songs. Never get tired hearing it!
Growing up with this album ... same. Changed my life forever, this album
@@brettscott8288 I was thirteen when I got into this album in '87 and although I've been a heavy metal and other extreme kinds of music fan since, I will always go back to this album when I am feeling ponderous, emotional or sentimental.
U2 can sit at the same table with the Beatles, Queen, and Stones..
They are amazing, just one level down from the beatles and the stones imo. However, that is reserved for the true greats.
Very unpopular opinion: U2s album The Joshua Tree is far better than anything the Stones or Beatles did. Let the stoning begin.
Because of THIS album yes, for sure !! not for the rest of their work to me.. but THIS album worth all the best of them all others, and probably surpasses them yes indeed..!
@SNoone89 no. no they aren't.
I'll come right out and say it.. Beatles broke the ice sure, U2 are a progression of music mastery Beatles could never come close to. Queen and Stones outstanding in their own owned zone, they're silo'd.
bonos vocals are so powerfull on this track!
yes sir
Never Sounded As Good Again" My Favorite U2 song What A Voice Back in the 80's
There was a time when U2 could do no wrong. Everything they were doing was fantastic. No one today is doing anything that comes remotely close. I'm lucky to have been growing up in that era.
I agee 100%
My favorite U2 song, Im 67.
Totally Agree! This is a gorgeous song!
I played this album every day from when it first came out for at least a year , amongst a few other great albums that came out around the same time. Music is still great but it’s just not AS great as it used to be. I miss real musicians and bands and even singers used to be better. Maybe I’m biased but I don’t think so.
The only one doing anything close today is Doja Cat
This has been one of my favorite U2 songs for the past few decades. And I'm just seeing this video for the first time in 2024. Crazy.
NOT CRAZY! I LOVE IT TOO
U2
One of the most underrated U2 songs, and one of Bono's greatest vocals in their history. Best band of all time.
Absolutely but was such a good album this song was over shadowed
Best song of U2
hallelujah and amen to that
Great song and Bono's vocals are amazing in this song, but they aren't the greatest band of all time.
Net worth 700 million 👍
Such an underrated song.
OMGosh-yes!! It's like I heard it for the first time when I got it on vinyl a few months ago. I actually had the cassette of this back in 1987 and LOVED the album but this song didn't stand out for me back then. Now...it's my absolute favorite U2 song.
Possibly my favourite U2 track
Definitely one of their best tracks.
Totally agree
Maybe so but it's not like anyone is actually going to call any U2 song bad, even if it is...??
Who still listening in 2020?...ok I admit I discovered this song today..Where has it been all my life??!?
so why the stupid question?....it's a great song, discover the hole album and more...
Never too late to discover such a classic song. ❤️
You just won at life discovering this gold mine 33 years later!
I can lose myself... You I can't live without!
check out bloody sunday by u2. They still put out banger albums. Grew up with my mom having an obsession they truly are so underated.
This video looks completely different in HD. Incredible
Let's all take a moment to agree with this. For so many years, I've only seen a VHS quality of this vid. HD is a game changer. Good stuff.
@@MrMatthias03 we are really lucky this stuff was recorded on film. The upscaling on film is so good
Absolutely. Feels and looks like this video was made this year and u2 are young again in 2021.
Definitely one of the most underrated song U2 ever wrote. This song is a testimonial of what Bono true potential is. Merci pour cette chanson !!! ❤
Bono's true potential was, because He can´t sing anymore. When TJT tour, He never sang Red Hill Mining Town. In fact, He has never sung the song.
@@leeryramirezFALSE! Google “RED hill Mining Town live,” and you’ll find that he’s sung this song many times.
The played RHMT on the 30th JTJ Tour on 2017 and the performance was great@@leeryramirez
ON POINT, IT'S MY FAVOURITE
Bono's young voice was incredible, and what a powerful song.
Last night for the first time in years,I lay in bed an listened to the full album.I had constant goosebumps.What an incredible piece of music.
I'm doing the same thing right now.
@@r0b0gam3r9 Respect.
Sorry a year late in this reply but yes this whole album takes your breath away! 👍
A classic
@@corilia9529 Glad you feel the same way
My absolute hands down favorite song. The haunting vocals, the arrangement...
Makes my heart weep.
There is no going back.
Long live ...U2
Love it too!!! Beautiful song!!
This album is gold
Platinum..even 👍
"Joshua Tree" will forever be in my top favorite albums.
Best of the Best
Do you know what it's about?
Happy 63rd Birthday to U2’s Bass Guitar Player Adam Clayton Today
This is probably my favorite U2 song
It's mine too!
Whatever you think of U2 in general, or their newer work in particular, you have to admit it's hard to find fault with The Joshua Tree. Beautiful, well-made music; Bono Vox showing he's worthy of the name.
Adam Higgins It is an epic album.
Yea, no doubt. War , unforgettable fire were first music I ever got into. Joshua Tree is ridiculous good. U2 wrote a ton of great songs.
one of the best albums ever made - to me it still doesn't sound oldfashioned .. but maybe because I love this album ? :)
Truth
I need to admit that even though the quality od the new albums is not that high it is still very good music
One of my favourite U2 songs. A masterpiece really
It's September 2022 and this song remains one of my all time favourites. It never ages!
I’m listening to U2 Red Hill Minning Town mid December 2022
2023 and going strong
Even after 30 years, this reminds me why I used to love U2 so much.
used to love? You still and will always love them.
I used to love U2. I still do but I also used to, too
Anyone: what's your favorite U2 era?
Me: 1980-present
@@fd9447 of course!
Concordo Lucia
Breaks me up, every time. "I can lose myself, you I can't live without"
I have always loved that line.
As a believer, this hits hard.
To think there are people with the nerve to doubt the brilliance of this band.
What an outstanding song ❤
And to make an album .. and not be satisfied… balls!
Based on the video about the making of this album, it would probably make more sense to credit the brilliance of Eno and Lanois.
Its the best. This and the live version. Fucking beautiful.
@@TheMICMusicInspirationChannel Credit Eno. Credit Lanois. But also still credit Bono and the Edge and Clayton and Mullin. The Joshua Tree is one of the pinnacle albums of all time, and it takes a team effort, as well as a bit of luck, to create something that can reach that sort of peak.
Henry Rollins doesn't like them...
All these years of singing this song in my car and I never knew this video existed until today.
x2
Thank you, I was scared to say the same.
It wasn't released until 2017.
I hear u man... loved this track since 87 and suddenly there's a video...
Bono singing his soul out
Poor Larry smashing the walls as Edge n Adam just stand around ...lazy gits
Dumb video!
Great song, but dumb video!
This song is a part of my soul that still brings me joy and brings me to tears.
same here. Back when life made sense.
I just basically wrote that in a blog post
The good parts.
The man is a genius... 🇮🇪 and lets no forget the great band behind him 👌
U2 isn't about or 'behind' Bono, though i absolutely share ur admiration for the man. Truth is, any member of U2 would be 'another very good artiste', but, together, they become magic.
@@dortmunderkelp1704 yes, like the WHO, four solo artists.
As a group, bigger than the sum of their parts. The band is not Bono and the rest, it is U2. All credit to them for sticking it out for 40+ years with no member changes, except they needed a drummer to fill in for Larry in Vegas because he was ill. But he should be returning.
Bono sings with his entire spirit. He puts 1000% of himself into his vocals.
You can say whatever you want about U2, but a group who is able to make to the top charts in three, fours different decades is definitely something else.
for me is the best of this album
+LAURA GLORIA „LALA“ SÀNCHEZ MONTES Zum Träumen
I agree. Soaring and powerful.
Every song on this album is great. The album itself is a masterpiece.
this album in general for me is when i started to listen to lyrics, this album is beautiful, i saw their 4 tour in united states, greatest concerts of my life...and i have seen hundreds
I never get tired of this song - even since its release - to this day. This and "Far away, so close".
I am sure that Bono ask himself the same question as I do........How that time flew so fast....where is that handsome young man ...?
I remember hearing this song in 1987 during my class graduation.... raised the hair on my arms.... still does. What a beautiful song.... vintage U2 still grabs my attention.
Listening to Unforgettable Fire and Achtung Baby last night and filled with Nostalgia and Infinite longings.
I'm surprised this song isn't more popular. It's my favorite song of theirs.
One of my favorites. Love the hint of desperation in his voice.
never noticed until i read your comment :)
the depth of expression and emotion in his voice is amazing
The line "you're all that's left to hold on to" always rips my heart out.
IM STILL WAITING!!
It's got to be worth the ticket price to hear this song sung, alone.
Oh I remember this look in 1987 the first time I saw them and it amazed me that this man could stand on a stage in a simple black shirt and move a whole arena to tears with his voice alone. No gimmicks, no giant screens, just a band doing its thing.
No giant screens haha that changed
@@mysticedge4 lol zootv was known for that, still one of the best tours in history tho
ever hear johnny cash?
So charismatic. I would follow him anywhere while he commands the stage. Kinda scary but enticing 😮😊
Don’t know why but I had this song on my mind, hadn’t heard it in over 20 years. Pure magic, touches the depths of my soul, transporting me to a beautiful place and time.
Same. Been years since I heard Joshua Tree, Now this song is stuck in my head, again.
One of the best albums of the 80’s
My favorite track on The Joshua Tree. So powerful! Had no idea there was a video for the song until today.
Bono is the man with the most beautiful voice I have heard in my entire lifetime. Best ever!
Lettie Starkey he really does have killer vocals. And he's easy on the eyes!
Best Album of all time IMO. U2 has saved me many times, through hard times as their music is not only amazing, but so therapeutic, gets to your soul, deep down and grabs you to take you higher in ways that are indescribable. Thank you Bono, Edge, Adam and Larry for not only your music but your devotion to us, the fans.
I put the Unforgettable Fire album above Joshua Tree and War by a toenail, but I challenge anyone to name three phenomenal albums in a row by any other band.
They are like the original Star Wars trilogy of rock music.
u bet!! BEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME !!
A vocal performance like that is a once in a lifetime thing, people.
His eyes. Those gorgeous eyes. I was entranced. His voice is so beautiful. Filled with passion. This band is amazing.
Don't forget About THAT Mane Of Hair.
Yes. Super intense. His (the entire band's, really) passion is always, always evident. Full of emotion.
Bono, a voice of soul.
This whole album was one of their best, and I can listen to the whole album. It really is a true masterpiece! 🥰😘😍
I can’t think of many albums I can listen to in its entirety but this is one of them. Transports me back to high school, up in my room in the wee hours of the morning,,, thinking about the girl.
One of their best....haha...Love U2 but they didnt come close before or after Joshua Tree...perfection
Huge U2 fan and until this very moment, I had no idea this video even existed. Amazing song. Incredible cinematography with beautiful lighting...managed to make the cold hard depths of a coal mine seem inviting somehow. Thanks so much for posting so I could finally discover some vestige of U2 that has eluded me all these years.
Agree -- I don't remember seeing this video on MTV back in those days. . . ??
I think the song was only released as a single in Australia, so the video would have been more or less irrelevant to MTV programmers. But what do I know other than this song is stellar.
I miss the days where singers really cried it out. I miss the 80's so much. Only TINY pockets of that sentiment can still be found in 2021.
Never hear it howadays
No it all sounds like moaning and auto tune these days.
@@diddlysquat8595 robot vocal moans and groans
I’m listening to U2 Red Hill Mining Town late April 2023
Hard to pick a best song on one of the best albums of all time but this has to edge it. Can really feel the honesty and heart in his voice . Pure class
Another level
Yep 👍
Edge it,was that intentional?
My favourite U2 song. It was originally scheduled to be the initial release from the Joshua Tree album. But given the huge vocal range required Bono opted to release " withorwithoutyou" first. Seemingly he didn't fancy losing his voice too early upon the albums release. I am not surprised. Bono's vocal range definitely one of the most underrated singing ranges in the business. Awesome song I love it.
I wanna wish a Happy early 63rd Birthday to U2’s Lead Singer Paul David Hewson Bono
"From father to son
The blood runs thin
See faces frozen still
Against the wind
The seam is split
The coal face cracked
The lines are long
There's no going back
Through hands of steel
And heart of stone
Our labor day
Has come and gone
Yeah you leave me holding on
In Red Hill town
See lights go down, I'm
Hanging on
You're all that's left to hold on to
I'm still waiting
I'm hanging on
You're all that's left to hold on to
The glass is cut
The bottle run dry
Our love runs cold
In the caverns of the night
We're wounded by fear
Injured in doubt
I can lose myself
You I can't live without
Yeah you keep me holding on
In Red Hill town
See the lights go down on
I'm hanging on
You're all that's left to hold on to
I'm still waiting
Hanging on
You're all that's left to hold on to, on to
We'll scorch the earth
Set fire to the sky
We stoop so low, to reach so high
A link is lost
The chain undone
We wait all day
For night to come
And it comes
Like a hunter child
I'm hanging on
You're all that's left to hold on to
I'm still waiting
I'm hanging on
You're all that's left to hold on to
Love, slowly stripped away
Love, has seen its better day
Hanging on
The lights go out on Red Hill
The lights go down on Red Hill
Lights go down on Red Hill town
The lights go down on Red Hill".
(Me llena de sentimiento...
Dedicada a mis padres).
And my grandfather ❤❤RIP Paride
Beautiful
I wanna wish Happy early 64th Birthday 🎂 to U2’s Bass Guitar Adam Clayton
1:26
Thanks
A criminally underrated song, one of U2's very best tracks on their best album ever, The Joshua Tree. Undoubtedly brilliant, a treasured gem and genuine masterpiece.
This song is a hymn honoring humanity, creativity, talent, and the sensibility we all possess.
The best his voice has ever sounded IMO. My favorite U2 song. Love the canaries🐤
canaries are symbolic when minerium exploration they used the birds to see if tunnels have oxygen ...
if the birds dont comeback ....
This is beyond u2's greatest song. It's arguably one of the best pieces of music ever composed in history. Nothing is ever perfect, but this song comes close to it
yes
When I bought this album at age 15, I of course focused on the US singles/hits. However, even at that age I could see that THIS song on the album was THE eternal classic of the album. So much soul, emotion and timelessness in it. One of the best they ever recorded.
I was the same aged 18!
So so true was always my favourite song and still is over 30 years later
Yes indeed! This song is so full of emotion! Every time I hear it it gives me strength to keep going! Best wishes to you!
One of my favourite U2 songs
Absolute classic
The Joshua Tree changed my life. Being sent to boarding schools and summer camps I would play Joshua Tree album and realize there is a world out there !!!! U2 my bigger brothers !!!
Forced to attend Military School. (6th grade) in 79 !!! Out of Control, I will Follow playing on radio !!! Attention, War arrives (a new March) (got me in trouble) and then I see a light, The Joshua Tree !!!! TopJimmy
I was driving home on 15 south next to the Las Vegas strip when this song came on my Pandora, Subculture: 80s Alternative channel. I blasted up the volume on my JBL sound system, started singing along and couldn't help but to get teary and emotional. These 80s masterpieces do it to me all the time! I love U2 and now I'm looking into buying tickets to their show at the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas. I hope they play this song!!!
Definitely one of the best rock bands ever! Powerful voice and awesome guitar and bass and drums!
Joshua Tree - a devastatingly great album. It perhaps equals Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Greatness still lives among us.
Don't push it.
Michael Reid Perry
Hyperbole much?
The best album in the world.
You can’t compare it with Beethoven. Different time period and genre. It is one of the best albums from the 80s.
Absolutely my favorite U2 song (though One Tree Hill comes close) from maybe the best album ever, Joshua Tree.
Saw U2 1987 The Is Joshua Tree tour at the Hollywood sportatorium In Hollywood, FL. He brought the house down with this song ! No Giant video monitors or laser show. No props or Gimmicks. Just a voice that could melt a Angel's heart. Absolutely Intoxicating.
@coby PORSCHE U2 didn’t perform this song live until 2017
sadly didn’t perform live until 2017
One of their best if not The best song from U2.
Yes... along with A Sort of Homecoming, Running to Stand Still, Bullet the Blue Sky and... so on and so on ;-)
2023... and after 36 years I still listening to this masterpiece...🥰 That´s why I love so much U2. The Best Band in the World...❤🩹
I’m listening to U2 Red Hill Mining Town mid July 2023
Was, is, and always will be my favorite U2 song. Turn it up!
U2 Red Hill Mining Town is one of my personal favorite song
My favorite song on my favorite album of all time. It is brilliant. It's so is so heartfelt and well done.
Love this song. What a great voice!
These songs never get old
This is my all time favorite U2 song.
Me too, I like its sad passionate message.
Beautiful voice. He is born to sing..
The best song of the album!
Let's go down on Red Hill Town... yeah! 80's all the way. Nostalgic, unpredictable, and tenacious.
The perfect song basically. From the perfect album. I always think it’s a bit mad that if these 4 people hadn’t met when they did....did what they did....the world would be a completely different place! If you were to change one tiny single aspect of U2 they wouldn’t be as awesome as they became. 👍
Never even knew that they had done a music video on this cracking track!
Where the hell has this song been my entire life? 15 years or so being a U2 fan and some of there best stuff is shit i've never heard before.
Thanks RUclips recommendations!
U2 in their heydays ( 80s -90s) were as good as any top rock band in last 50-60 years . Bono was very passionate singer then and that ringing guitar was incredible
That guitar does it for me! This song and One Tree Hill have always been my two favorites on this album!
The music is good, the lyrics are good, the voice yes...Bono, Larry, Edge and Adam beauty is there... Yes their youngness ...God that remember my my time, my beauty my youngness... God thank for the blessing, Tks U2 let's get older together, better than dying young
Youth is awesome, but Larry has aged like the finest of wines. 😻
I am listening. One of my all times favourites as well as "Unforgettable Fire"
Unforgettable Fire is the most underrated album of theirs
I saw U2 in concert in Toronto at The CNE GrandStand!! The Joshua Tree is my favorite album. I miss not hearing U2 on the radio 😕
This song is not the best each one is best ❤😊
I heard the whole album (Joshua Tree) on the radio tonight!!! A tribute ;-)
When i bought The Joshua Tree cassette this one was my favorite song at the beginning. This album is one of the most listened here un México.
One of the BEST SONGS - off of the BEST ALBUM - by the BEST BAND! ❤
Larry looks like a mini Dolph Lungren
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
God bless the Irish!
Irisshhhhhhhh Englishhhhhhh. 😊
This song is one of the reasons this band is probably one of my favorites of what I call the modern era. Meaning any bands that weren't conceived in the 60s. The Who. The Beatles. Led Zeppelin. I always loved U2. REM. The Talking Heads. The Pixies.
Omg this man..... this voice..... 💚💋😘
I have been listening to them since early 80s!! Man, Bono you really help me through some very tough times in my life, I turned to your music and wishing I could have found someone like you instead of the abuser I was with at the time.
Still listening to you today 2/19/2021 my birthday 🎂 and with a beautiful man!!!
I love you Bono, and U2, thank you!💚💚💚💚🙏💋
Never can I ever get tired of this one...one of the greatest song ever made...
Joshua Tree é um álbum muito sentimental,uma obra de arte imortal.U2 é uma maravilha.
I saw U2 on the Joshua Tree Tour in I guess 87. We stood in line all night long in the rain for tickets. In the morning, everyone stormed the doors of the record shop, they even had to call the police in. I was the only one who squeezed in to the counter to get 4 tickets. The sold out on the guy after me. We were 4 rows from the top of the stadium in NJ but no one cared. U2 had only white lights in the concert. Nothing else but the music. The entire stadium stood for the whole concert. Unbelievable. The Joshua Tree will go down as one of the greatest complete albums in history with the likes of Ziggy Stardust!
When U2 were U2...
this song he sings with soul, one of my favorites ... congratulations to the band U2 for the moments and for what the songs do in people's lives
God hears he loves . He waits for us all equally.
I fuck god.
I spent most of the late 80s to 90s listening to U2.
I travelled to their beat. They felt evangelising and so did my trips
If i enjoy them less now, I realise it's because I have lost some of my youth, drive and energy, and that passion and soul.
Mixed with anger and fire in the belly
I love how you can hear fingers slide up and down the frets in this song. Just adds to the whole experience of the song. 👍
All time favorite U2 Song. Very underrated song
a sweaty Bono... that's just too much for my weak heart :-)
Enhances his passion
Timeless.
U2 are padophile boy child lovers. that's thems secret.
zooropa and Achtung baby I prefer also as the best ones.
I bought the Joshua Tree about 15 or 16 years ago but it's only today that I found out that they have a video for this song. One of Bono's best vocal performances.