Pride (In the Name of Love) - U2 | College Students' FIRST TIME REACTION!
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The final verse about MLK gets me every single time- “They took your life but they could not take your pride” ❤❤❤
"Early morning, April 4... a shot rings out, in a Memphis sky."
The time and place of the assassination. 1st time I heard that, before they got to the quote, I was gone. Imagine what we might've become, had that day played out differently.
@@Ontir Except it was in the evening. But we'll forgive the poetic license.
@@Ontir Actually he was shot around 6 pm. But that's OK. Still a great song.
That line always gives me goosebumps
@@dustinsutton6166 Same here. Arguably their best song because a) it's an excellent song and b) it's so socially relevant
I don't think Gen X people, like me, could ever impress upon younger people just how huge and meaningful this song was/is. Instant classic, S tier all the way.
As a fellow Gen X I couldn’t possibly agree more with you. I will even take that a step further..
I don’t think we will ever be able to fully express how truly transcendent this band was during the entirety of the 80s and 90s both in their recording and live performing. There are very few bands in the history of rock that pumped out a quality of product like they did for as long as they did. And change their sound multiple times along the way. Its a shame because now all people seem to remember is the caricature they become of themselves. Had they died in a plane crash in 1993, they would be unquestionably on Mount Rushmore of rock bands. They kind of play their way off of that over the past 20 years.
100%! This was bigger than life at the time. Was so different than their first three studio albums. Such a great album.... so under rated.
U2 ended up as such clowns but they were magnificent in their day and this song is truly incomparable. Both musically and with what it says. Emotion, real rage and sorrow.
Agree! It's my favorite song of U2 and one of my faves of all time! The tributes to so many like Malcolm X, MLK, etc within the song just makes it even more special for me! ❤🎵💕
"Where The Streets Have No Name" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" are both amazing U2 songs to follow this up with.
I have a musician friend who used to sing the chorus of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" as "I Still Haven't Learned How to Play Guitar". Yeah, he wasn't a fan. For your next U2 track, I hope you do "I Will Follow" next. It's from their debut album and it's one of their best.
Agreed. 👍
Have you seen the live version "U2 - All I Want Is You / Where The Streets Have No Name"? It is truly amazing. It was live at Slane Castle in Ireland
Also, In God's Country, Mysterious Ways
Add: All I Want Is You
U2 during the 80s was spectacular. So good.
... and early 90s
Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby are just spectacular pieces of work. In terms of raw emotion, Joshua Tree wins, but Achtung Baby has the most amazing lo-fi sonics and atmosphere.
The Joshua Tree (1987.. what a year for music) is arguably one of the top ten albums of all time.
Definitely
As you said, arguably.
What a year for a lot of things! I believe Sting's album Nothing Like the Sun (his best, in my opinion) came out that year, too.
This song isn’t on the Joshua Tree album, it’s off the The Unforgettable Fire album of around 1984.
@@SuperEdge67 I don’t think he was implying the song is on Joshua Tree. He was suggesting the album for a reaction
The Joshua Tree album in it's entirety. OMGosh such a great band. The entire album is awesome to the nth degree. Red Hill Mining Town, Running to Stand Still, in God's Country are some of my favorites. The radio faves where streets have no name, still haven't found what I'm looking for and with or without you. Makes me want to listen to this album now. U2 S tier in my book. Thanks guys for sharing.
In God's Country is my favorite.
I would definitely agree, from start to the end, just fantastic. I also love Red Hill Mining Town . If I'm not mistaken here, I believe it won a Grammy for album of the year.
The Joshua Tree is a masterpiece and it really should be listened to from beginning to end. Running to Stand Still might be my favorite U2 song.
Joshua Tree for sure. Their 80s concerts so powerful
I saw U2 5 times in 5 different places on the Joshua Tree tour in '87. Just listened to Red Hill Mining Town a few days ago and still get chills.
The Edge won't blow you away with solo pyrotechnics, but he is masterful at using the guitar to create sonic landscapes.
He's a very textural guitar player.
Like David Gilmour, The Edge knows how to make the silence between notes be every bit as impactful as the notes he is playing. That sense of space really opens up the songs IMO.
He's the master of digital delay.
Perfect description.
I'm a painter so I do painting analogies. He's like a tonalist painter.
My favorite U2 song. It's passion and emotional impact are undeniable.
Agree. ❤
I deny it.
I like Bad better off the same album. But all their albums, to me, up to Zooropa are nearly all perfect albums. Very high quality and consistency, while still being very very different every time out. Maybe something from their October album before the end of the month?
This is peak Bono wailing, which is what he was known for early on. INcredibly influential on both male and female singers who came after. How many singers can say that?
An A?
Bono was once performing in front of a large crowd. In between songs he slowly started to clap his hands. He said to the crowd, "Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies." Then someone from the crowd shouted, "Please stop clapping!!!."
U2 is the rare band that made multiple songs capable of delivering relentless goosebumps.
just got them now.
The thing about U2 is that they were 4 teenagers that met in school and decided to form a band. Problem was they didn’t know how to play their instruments. They just dove in and learned as they kept playing and the result became what you hear now. No other band sounds like U2. The rhythm section lays down a rock solid foundation. Edge is not a shredder like Eddie Van Halen, he embraces effects and makes them a part of a sonic landscape.Then Bono does his thing, love him or hate him, he always gives 110%
Dude, you nailed it. Also, they wanted to be a punk band, they couldn’t cover anyone else’s songs - which is why they are so unique.
The Edge is from my perspective one of the greatest rhythm guitarists in the history of rock music. His rhythm work is so original and instantly recognizable. He approached the rhythm guitar space as an empty canvas waiting to be painted. His extensive use of guitar effects such as delay effects was/is innovative and yet tasteful. Jimmy Page has referred to him as a "sonic architect." Of course, if you are going to call yourself "The Edge," you better be both very good and innovative at what you do. He is.
Well put John!
And he's a geeky sound inventor, akin to Tom Scholz or Brian May.
I don't understand the massive underrating of The Edge in some circles. I mean, he isn't cranking out a bluesy solo at every turn (though he's got a few memorable ones), and the delay effect is his go-to approach (so what? everybody has one), but his work has always been intricate and distinctive.
For me, it's just that it went over my head until much later in life.
@@mikegarcia6979 Same reason people throw shade at Townshend because he "can't solo". There are many ways to be a great guitar player.
Now picture this in a live performance. They deliver it hard and loud every time; their tunes ae all geared for the stage.
Bono was just incredible doing these songs live. His charisma was out of this world.
Red Rocks concert in the rain!! Awesome film of that performance.
If y'all like U2, you must watch "Rattle and Hum". A rockumentary, if you will.
Search the song with Rattle and Hum in the search. Killer.
@@loosilu He's got a real magnetism about him too
Many take issue with Bono's Human Rights activism (and being so outspoken) but must say, he actually does the hard work.. As opposed to just shooting his mouth off, has actual major accomplishments including .
getting George W Bush to help make Aids a priority.
U2 also pays major props to black blues and soul artists that influenced them.
That's respect in my book.
I'm not even much of a U2 fan but this deserves props given.
Ppl who don't do shit are the biggest critics of those who do.
That's awfully gracious of you to say so! Thank you for acknowledging that.🙂
Excuse me but Bono's "foundation" had only 1% of contributions paid out to charities.
I've never understood that. Say what you will about the man, but at least he's fucking trying, you know?
How many artists today can say the same? Bunch of PC cunts too afraid to speak up lest it gets them cancelled on Instagram...
@Gramps 63 - you are so correct! Bono should stick to music and shut up!
If people would do some deep reading they would see that Bono isn't all he is praised for being.
The RED campaign!! Do your homework!! Most of the money goes into the corporations pockets
Setting that aside, read up on what others , those who are on rhw ground, think of Bono's work.
His rasp wasn’t rasp, it was passion. U2 is often blamed for being crusaders or too down for causes, but never misunderstand… Bono meant what he sang. It was from the heart.
You guys need to check out their debut album, Boy.
Absolutely true Bono was and is so passionate and emotional with his singing. Boy is a great album. They were essentially still kids when recording it. I love An Cat Dubh (bass!) and I Will Follow, Electric Co.
An Cat Dubh is so good. The bell tones of that Stratocaster. That opening riff makes you just stop. Out of all their songs. This is the one song that takes me back to a certain place in time. EARLY U2. Enough said.
I lived in Ireland, saw them live in Dublin during vertigo tour. They are not raw rockers. They are poetic, political, technical and intellectual. Not your regular rock n roll group. Edge uses a lot of delay. It’s well documented the delay timing. The sounds are circular and complex in sound but very simple from a picking/fingering perspective.
All true, and yet Achtung Baby has raw rock in Zoo Station, Even Better than the Real Thing, and Mysterious Ways. For me, their best album (as it's something of a comeback from the outstanding earlier albums).
'Bullet the Blue Sky' - This song stands apart from the rest on the Joshua Tree album. Instrumentation, Vocals, Harmonies, Lyricism. IMO, one of their most complete song's.
Also has one of my favourite solos and basslines
Great tune!
And the live version on Rattle and Hum!!!
Only decent song they ever did.
A&A did it in a live stream! but they had no context.
U2's 1st album is from 1980, and while they were good from the beginning, their 1983 album, War, is still what I'd consider their breakthrough album. It contains "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and also my favorite U2 song, "New Years Day". "Pride" is from 1984. The Joshua Tree from 1987 is generally considered their best album, so if you want to do a full album review for U2, it would probably be that one. If you want to react to a song from it first, probably "With or Without You" is the one. Their most popular post-1987 song is "One" from their 1991 album Achtung Baby. They've done some good stuff since 1991, but I consider 1983-1991 their peak years.
You are spot on with this post. And New’s Year’s Day is a particular fave of mine. I will Follow and Gloria from their first 2 albums are worth a listen.
agree with New Year's Day, you can feel the emotion in that song.
"New Year's Day" is my favorite U2 song so I highly agree with everyone. If they react to it, they need to make sure they do the album version. Everybody I have seen who has reacted to it has done the video version and It just cuts too much out of the song.
Yep! A&A should review the entire War album.
@@donnakubiski5572 yep you're right to suggest the longer version.
One of my favorite all-time albums. I really think people forget just how vibrant U2 was at the beginning of their career and how truly good the music was. And the production was phenomenal in those Lillywhite, Lanois, and Eno days.
Harder rock U2: Bullet the Blue Sky. Beautiful U2: One or Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For. Maybe the best three songs to end an album ever (from Joshua Tree) One Tree Hill, Exit, Mothers of the Disappeared. Others from early to late: Surrender, Bad, Running to Stand Still, When Love Comes to Town, All I Want is You, Acrobat, Wake Up Dead Man. That's a sampling of what they did-- and how much they changed from 1983 to 1997. Rocking, bluesy, deep, playful, beautiful, tear-inducing, sweetly beautiful. It is hard to explain just how massive this band was from the late 80s throughout the 90s.
Agreed and well said. I was just thinking about the topic of U2’s legacy the other day. Follow me on this..
In a way, U2 has become a bit of a victim of their own success and longevity. It’s kind of like the opposite effect of artists, performers, politicians(Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, JFK, RFK, James Dean, etc.) whose legacies significantly outgrew their actual profile since they died/broke up at/around their peak and are therefore frozen in time at a level which would have been completely impossible to maintain had they lived just a few years longer. Likewise, if U2 broke up or had members die in the early 90s, they would be revered as one of the 5 greatest bands in the history of rock. But since we saw the decline of their popularity, creativity, ability (Bono’s vocals), it has damaged the way they are viewed by a significant chunk of the world of music. But I would put their work between War and Pop up against any band not named the Beatles.
This entire album is just an atmospheric sonic masterpiece
"Shot rings out in the Memphis sky" always sends chills down my spine. I am very surprised that you guys had no comments on what this song is about. Or are you even aware?
Me too unbelievable and I'm irish
One of the best things about U2 are the lyrics
I saw this tour. One of the images in my mind is The Edge sitting at his keyboard with his guitar in his lap playing both at the same time. He taught himself to play and he doesn’t play like anyone else.
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is the story of so many people's lives.
I didn't really catch the true meaning as a kid when I first heard it, but all these years later, oh yeah I get it now.
Achtung Baby is such a masterful album. The song "One" is near the top of a lot of lists of greatest songs ever.
My favorite album after Joshua Tree..
My favorite album, not a bad one on it.
My fav album by them.
zoo station
"One" and "All I Want Is You" are incredible.
If this song isn't A+ or S, I don't know if any U2 songs will get there for them. Love your content. Your ratings make sense from the perspective you provide. From my perspective as an 80's teenager this is S tier. You once said S tier is genre defining or era defining and this one definitely hits both categories. You can't have a more 80's sound and the content of the song is asking how much Dr. King could have given than everything? Tremendous song and the delivery of the vocals really highlight the meaning. Thanks for another great video.
True
A couple off the Joshua Tree album might get them there. One Tree Hill and Red Hill Mining Town are my personal favs, even though they were not the radio hits.
I think Sunday Bloody Sunday was their S tier song. That put Irish protest rock on an international map. This one was popular and an excellent song, but I don't really see it as era or genre defining. To me, Everyone Wants to Rule the World, Burning Down the House, Billie Jean, Don't You Forget About Me are songs that defined the 80s sound.
"One" by them is amazing. As is "New Year's Day". One of the few bands I always liked and never got the chance to see live.
The Edge basically invented this gtr sound, well, he really got it from David Gilmour on Pink Floyd's Run Like Hell. But the Edge was the first to use it like this compositionally. So all of the music you hear in the 80s, 90s and now that use this, it goes back to the Edge. And the drummer too, quite unique.
I think Charlie Burchill from Simple Minds might take issue with that. He was doing this stuff in 80/81 while Edge was still just doing basic stuff with straight 8th note delays. Never really got the credit he deserved but he was a huge influence on The Edge.
@@singing894 I think the edge credits David Gilmour as his source though. I'll check out the simple minds, it's been 30 years since I listened to it!
@@ChristopherSchaub1 Nope. The biggest influence on the Unforgettable Fire and on U2's sound in general was Simple Minds. They specifically hired Eno/Lanois to try and capture some of the soundsape of New Gold Dream and Bono has even recently admitted that a lot of things widely considered U2-isms are really Simple Minds-isms. He has said without them there really would be no UF and no JT.
@@singing894 True. Heard it from Adam and/or Edge in clips on Pandora.
So much early-mid U2 is ultra high quality. Everyone should have a love-love relationship with U2. In Bono's prime, he was top-5 level vocalist, up there with MJ, Plant, Mercury, Perry, etc
A&A, you'll love their "Two Hearts Beat as One", "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", "Mysterious Ways" and more!!!
They played my schools indoor Ice rink in April 1983. I took the 8-12 DJ shift at the radio station that night, and was given their album 'Boy' from the duplicate cabinet. I've been kicking myself ever since for not attending :( .
Wow that would have been an incredible concert to attend!!
I saw them in June of 83 and yes, you missed out. They were still approachable yong lads at that point.
In their music video 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" , they're hanging out in downtown Las Vegas (from the 80s)
I fell in love with U2 when the video for the song “Gloria” first appeared on MTv. That was it!! Never saw a band like this before so musically gifted and passionate.
We were listening to their first album on a bootleg cassette. The sound was nothing like we’d ever heard. Something like when Van Halen came along.
@@christinegilbert1078 Totally agree with that. It was an amazing time when several bands were coming out with sounds we had never heard before. I got to see U2 at The Grand Circus Theatre in downtown Detroit in 1983 when they just coming on the scene in the US and they weren’t a huge phenomenon yet. And that was a great experience!
If you want more U2, Running to Stand Still is a banger 🔥🔥🔥
Used to listen to that so much when I had the Joshua Tree CD on my Discman (oh boy is that dated!). Loved that so.
It's one of my all-time favorites of theirs.
My fave U2 song is “Angel of Harlem”. So fun and contagious! 🎉
Billie Holiday 😀
Appreciate the reference and honor to Dr. King in this song and album.
several are referenced here along with King.
@@lauraallen55 yes,it's an important point, incl Jesus, possibly fallen soliders, it's a great song giving honor to the power of sacrificial Love.
@@mark-be9mq Beautifully said!
@@lauraallen55 TY, Appreciate it.
Always been my favorite U2 song. "Free at last, they took your life They could not take your pride."
So many other great U2 songs. I recommend "One" and "Mysterious Ways" because they are also high on my list and because probably won't be recommended by many others.
Same!
One is spectacular! Anything Achtung Baby is for me.
Bullet the Blue Sky is a really good one too
@@nicolettaveganthibeault8781 It really is! I'm behind any song on Achtung Baby, but then I'm a hardcore fan of theirs too.
U2 was the biggest band in the world at the end of the 80's. They brought a new sound to pop/rock. This song was very famous, but I loved them with The Joshua Tree and I bought the cassette inmediately.
Regards from Chile!! 🙂
This is at minimum A+, Alex needs to free himself of any previous bias against Edge, and properly rate this song :-). Alex, watching your reaction, it was clearly a minimum A+ reaction. You enjoyed the shit out of this song.
Where the Streets have no Name - the video is an all time classic
Live version of “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m looking for” with the gospel choir - gives me chills
Running to Stand Still - amazing lyrics
One Tree Hill - little known song that might be their best
One - a song that brings tears to my eyes every time I listen to it
You should do Joshua Tree full album. It’s one of the best albums of all time. Incredible.
Seconded!
@@loosilu And maybe Rattle and Hum for a Patreon Movie...
Absolutely perfect song.
You gotta do "New Year's Day," from the third (not second) album "War." Phenomenal song. Loved the first album when it came out, but it was the third (mistakenly wrote second) album that made the most impact to me.
It's their third album after Boy and October. I agree it's awesome.
Second album was October I believe.
The mythology around October was that Bono lost the lyric sheets on the way to the studio. They had to recreate the lyrics while recording, so it doesn't reach the level of Boy and War. It was ignored by a lot of people, so not that surprising you don't know about it. It's still a good album.
@@Nightrelic On Pandora, there is this thing I found a few weeks ago called 'U2 modes'. There are 4 f them, one each for Boy, October, War, and AB. They are songs and bands that influenced the band interspersed with little clips of one of the guys giving out trivia. In one clip (on the October mode) Adam speaks about what you said. He says Bono's briefcase was stolen, and their producer wanted to get finished with the album, and all they had was bits and pieces of guitar, bass and drum parts, so they had to turn them into complete songs and Bono had to come up with lyrics, both cold and from memory.
@@lauraallen55 yes, that all sounds familiar. I was working entirely from memory.
Seeing them play live is an absolutely amazing experience. My best friend "worked" security when he was a college student at SUNY Stony Brook (New York) and U2 played there in 1983. After the concert, the band went out with the students to the local bars.
Alex, I wonder if you would change your rating to A+ after reading the lyrics? Also, it's worth noting that Bono is one of the few lead singers in Rock who never double-tracks his vocals.
I was thinking the same thing and for a second was waiting for the read the lyrics break. It’s hard to “get” the whole song on one listen, especially when it’s political or socially conscious. The shudders I get from these lyrics are similar to the ones I get from Living Colour’s “Cult of Personality “. Both referencing MLK. It also makes a difference when the group has lived through circumstances that made them keen to want to write about serious matters. Amazing also, that they can make you rock to it, even without knowing the full lyrics.
This is the same guy who gave California Dreaming an S. Does it really matter what rating they give?
Their rating doesn’t change the opinion of anyone old enough to have heard this song on the radio or bought the album/ cassette tape when it came out.
Let their rating be saved here forever. As they mature, they will no doubt come back and scratch their heads at some of their ratings…
@@troyhodges9810 California Dreaming deserves an S
@@davidheiser2225 I guess if you don’t value playing of instruments and using session musicians. I mean come on…
@@troyhodges9810 The song is the song, regardless of who's playing it. And it's an S-tier song any day.
I've been listening to U2 since '83. One of my S tier bands, for sure. I recommend "Mysterious Ways" for your next U2 hit... a great bass song. :-)
Did you know that thie album, The Unforgettable Fire is a tribute to Martin Luther King? This song is about him too, I believe.I have always loved what U-2 stand for. If you haven't yet, you have to hit"Zombie" by "The Cranberries", another Irish band.
AND there's another song, 'MLK', too!
@@scottboswell6406 Absolutely!✌
One of the best concerts I ever attended was U2 in 1983. Yes, I was at the live concert at Red Rocks 'Under a Blood Red Sky'. I am in the concert footage... somewhere! LOL Have never been able to find us. We were lower stage right... LOL oh well. It was fantastic. Their first tour here in the US. You can see it - it was filmed, the whole thing. U2 Live At Red Rocks ♥
Their first album, Boy, is mind blowing. So many amazing songs and it’s a debut album. Worth a listen.
Love An Cat Dubh and I Will Follow (and the rest lol)
They need to start at Boy, then hit October, and then War. U2 is a journey, you can’t start in middle.
@@CdnTrader1 Absolutely!
@@lauraallen55 exactly!
Am not a big U2 fan, but I like quite a few of their songs and this is my hands-down favorite. Just a classic. They have a distinct sound, which gives them a bit of a love/hate thing with fans/non-fans. Some people think the guitar sound is a bit of a gimmick. But you can't deny great songs like this.
You should watch “Rattle and Hum.” Watching them perform, not just listening, will help you to fully appreciate how iconic they are. Their showmanship is just incredible.
Totally!!! I even told Bono when I met him about how amazing there show's are.
@@Shadowrider1872 yes! They need to be seen, not just heard! How cool you had the chance to tell him in person!
80's kid here. My sister and I used to record songs off the radio via the magic of the boombox. One day I come home from school and she says 'what do you think of this song?" and I was completely blown away, to the point that I was embarrassed by how much I liked it. There have been a lot of U2 imitators in the decades since that have watared down this sound, so it would be hard for me to impress upon you how powerful and original their music was in their creative prime.
"New Year's Day" seems like the logical next step. Most of what the band did from their beginning through 1991's Achtung Baby is phenomenal, though.
You guys should watch U2's performance at Live Aid. The whole thing is great but Bad is when they went from being just another MTV band to the biggest rock band in the world. Queen gets all the love now (deservedly so) but this is what we were all talking about the next day Guarantee this performance will turn Alex into a U2 fan.
Yep. U2 won the best live aid performance poll in Rolling Stone the following week.
Undoubtedly a great tune one of the biggest of the entire '80s.
This song is amazing live!!!! They fade out the song and the whole audience continues to sing the oh, oh, oh part at the end. Sends chills down my spine remembering how amazing that experience was.
Here are three suggestions for the next U2 songs to hit: With or Without You, Where the Streets Have No Name and All I Want Is You. All from the 80s, all masterpieces and fantastic.
Maybe something from the 90s would be nice too like One or Mysterious Ways etc.
U2 and REM were incredibly influential groups back in the late 80's and early 90's. U2 has a ton of great songs. You really should check them out.
Edge gets shit for not being very technically skilled but he understands how to use pedals and delays or whatever other effects he needs to create layered soundscapes that fit the song and allow Bono to go crazy on the vocals (and this is during his vocal prime as well). Larry is super underrated on the drums too
War is when they started coming into their own, Unforgettable Fire through probably Zooropa is their artistic peak
This is classic Bono shout- to-the-rafters wailing.
He also uses a 1.1 m 'dimpled' pick turned upside down to make the chimey sound.
When all you do is strum then all your songs are going to sound the same, no matter how many pedals and other tricks you use.
@@scottingram7634 he makes them sound different hence why he’s good at it
@@dereklasker5350 bet he plays a lot better than Scott can, too. Last time I checked those 'tricks' he uses are what everyone else considers creativity.
Probably a dozen songs you could hit up from these guys that would be A+ or S quality. Enjoy!
Great reaction Gents! So stoked that Alex is getting over his The Edge bias. I'd highly recommend the full albums Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby!
With these guys and Elvis I have to say you have great taste in music! Rattle and Hum, JT, AB and My Aim Is True or Next Year's Model. That should cover a little bit of time and not all that much to ask to make us happy, right? 🙃
@@lauraallen55 We speak the same language friend
“With or Without You” was always my favorite U2 song growing up. “Where the Streets Have No Name” and “One” are also great.
I saw this band a few days before their famous Red Rocks performance. I've never been the same. 4 guys playing music on a stage with a unity I've never seen since. Watch their Vertigo show in Chicago from 2005...they were never surpassed in live shows. The version of Pride in that show makes me cry every time. I cry even harder thinking they are probably done because their live shows enhanced their sound perfectly. Recordings never measured up, which is what true U2 fans lived for. Thanks for playing this song. Let U2 live performances enter your life.
They aren't quite done yet live...check out news about a residency in Las Vegas next summer. ;-)
This song, in fact this tour, sounded better in person than the record. U2 was a great live band.
Bono's voice will hit you in the feels every time. His full nickname is Bono Vox - and it's earned. Others have described the unique layering of Edge's guitar work, so I'll leave that to the guitar gurus. As a listener, I love Edge's guitar - it is definitely atmospheric and instantly recognizable. Solid solid bass & drums. The band overall is just so solid - they work together so beautifully. "Joshua Tree" is an album must. The whole album is exquisite. I think if you don't really know U2, that is the best immersion to get what they are about. It is impossible to overstate the impact U2 had on the 1980s and into the 1990s.
Rattle and Hum live version is epic!!
This entire album is a masterpiece. I think this is their seminal album. Saw them live 5 times around the time if it’s release and they were just incredible live. They had an honesty and sincerity in their live performances that I’ve rarely seen.
I have seen almost every great band since the eighties live and they hands down are the greatest band to see live!!
Saw them live for Elevation. It was almost a religious experience lol!
I'll never forget the week back in 1985 when I was a college student at FIT in Melbourne, FL and I got to see U2 live 4 times in 1 week. Saw them in Jacksonville, Tampa at the USF Sun Dome, and twice in Hollywood, FL. All shows were general admission. I met Bono after both shows in Hollywood. They were becoming well known but hadn't hit the big time yet. The 2nd Hollywood gig was the last show in America on the Unforgettable Fire tour. On July 13, 1985 they performed at Live Aid and put on a legendary performance, especially the live version of "Bad". Live Aid turned U2 into legendary superstars. Would love to see you two react to that Live Aid version of "Bad".
YES!
Although there are other things being sung here there are phrases that stick out profoundly to me. One man in the name of love...one man betrayed with a kiss. I shouldn't have to tell you who that is. There is also the the phrase that refers to MLK...Free at last, they took your life but they could not take your pride. This is actually a very powerful and meaningful song. I've always loved it.
Love to see your evolution regarding The Edge's guitar sound and his use of effects. He is a genius.
Bono's voice is also a miracle. His voice shouldn't have lasted as long as it has, given how he sings.
Agree he is completely original. For some, it's hard to get past the fact that he has very little skill in traditional guitar. Plays what he conjures up and nothing else.
The whole U2 discography are amaizing and The Unforgettable Fire just pure magic. Really love this band.
Love UF and personal album fav is Achtung Baby
God, I loved these guys back in my college days. Woke up one morning and I didn't care anymore, but it was great while it lasted.
It'd be really neat if say, on the Patreon, you both reacted to the full "Live at Red Rocks" video from 1983. It was the concert that really broke them to America, since it was the second live show broadcast on MTV. The full set wasn't shown, but it was released years later in both audio and video formats.
The unmistakable sound of Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno on the production are all over this album.
The Unforgettable Fire tour was my first concert where I bought the ticket. Still ranks as one of my fave concerts ever. Still have the t-shirt. The title track is probably my favorite U2 song. HIGHLY RECOMMEND listening to that track.
their song "bad" has one of my favorite percussion arrangements ever
Unforgettable Fire is my very favorite U2 album. You need to do the whole album. Masterpiece
U2 has to get props for evolving to stay relevant as time wore on.
The era you just hit (Boy (1980), October, War, Under a Blood Red Sky, The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree, and Rattle & Hum (1988)) is their premiere stuff, IMO. Any of their top singles from those albums are all worth reactions. Beyond that, my personal faves are Running to Stand Still, In God's Country, Red Hill Mining Town, Love Rescue Me, All I Want is You, Bad)
Yes to all of these❤ they are missing out if they go to the more popular radio play stuff now. Also they should check out Bad live aid.
When Love Comes to town with BB King this one absolutely speaks to the soul. BB King's guitar and vocals with Bono absolutely resonates with what what I think you would call a FAT and driving sound.
One of several of their songs that is undeniably S tier. U2s best songs are epic
U2 are such an important band, I'm surprised you haven't heard more of them. The Edge's guitar is majestic, he's so underrated. Other songs: One, Where the Streets Have No Name, Angel of Harlem, Every Breaking Wave, Ultraviolet (a favorite of mine), Vertigo, The Fly, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, I can go on and on. More U2 please.
Songs of Innocence was such an underrated album because of songs like Every Breaking Wave, Lights of Home and Cedarwood Road. Good call.
@@danhobson2879 Yeah, I love Songs of Innocence. I couldn't believe how many people hated on it because Apple gave it to them free. Go figure!
In the late 80s and early 90s U2 were just killing it with consistency. 'Joshua Tree' is often considered the band's magnum opus, and definitely worth an album reaction.
U2 is one of the most important and enduring Rock’N Roll bands ever. I saw them in 1981 at a small music club in Albany, NY (JB Scott’s). Over 40 years later they are as adaptable and relevant as any band ever.
There is a great live version of this in U2's concert film, "Rattle and Hum." Powerful and goose-pimple inducing.
Edge is a guitar tone master - if you’re a shredder you won’t get it. He uses processing with artistry - he literally paints pictures with his guitar work. He’s up there with Hendrix, Berry and van halen for originality.
One of their better songs. I Will Follow is another great one that came even before this one.
My fav song by them. Kinda punky.
I saw U2 in Foxboro in 1991, 80,000+ people sang in unison along with the band. It gives me goosebumps to this day
Such a massive catalogue of great songs. You two (pun intended) have merely scratched the surface.
I think the whole Joshua Tree album is worth a listen
I really enjoyed where Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois took U2's sound on this album.
This one is about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, this was one of their earliest ones to get a lot of airplay although they were getting a lot of recognition for being great to see live.
I didn't start appreciating U2 until later in life. At the time they were big, they didn't resonate w my young brain. The more I hear the more I REALLY like.
You absolutely need to react to the whole Joshua Tree album. It changed the music landscape for so many people.
Some of their much earlier & much later albums are "either love 'em or hate 'em", but this period of the band's music is when U2 pretty much ruled the airwaves with hit after hit after hit, and even the deep dives are amazing.
The live version of this from the Rose Bowl is incredible. Same with that version of Still Haven’t Found What I’m looking for. They had a choir singing background vocals, and it gave me goose bumps. Check out the video of Street with no name also. A classic.
This band not only had great songs, but they had wonderful concerts. (imo) and in order to get the full experience, you guys might consider watching them perform a song. I would suggest this one "U2 - With Or Without You {Live 1987} [Lyrics]" Bono has a great stage presence, and an incredibly strong voice. This song has also got a powerful message, and this concert was part of the Joshua Tree Tour. The "Joshua Tree" changed everything for U2, released in 1987 the album took the band to the top of the US pop charts for the first time and brought Bono and the Boys their first Grammy Awards. It soared to global sales of more than $25 million, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.
The lyrics alone put this in S-tier territory. The second verse references Dietrich Bonhoffer, Ghandi, Roger Casement, Jesus, & Malcom X. The third verse is more of a giveaway and is all about Martin Luther King Jr. "Early morn April 4th, shot rang out in the Memphis sky, free at last, they took your life, they could not take your pride". Bono's delivery is inspired. Also, this was the first album Brian Eno worked on with them and he is the master of creating ambience and mood. Him producing The Edge was a great formula to create incredible atmosphere. It's even more pronounced on The Joshua Tree. So have another listen with the lyrics in front of you. Thanks!
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Thanks for the review guys, I enjoyed this. The Unforgettable Fire came out back in 84 I believe; we're going back to when the guys were all still quite young. This is a remarkable album in that it was the first in their collaboration with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois - the duo that would help them experiment, refine and define their signature sound for what would be their biggest albums. On this collection, it sometimes hit and it sometimes missed (at least for me) but I recall thinking at the time that they were on the verge of something very unique and special. I turned out to be correct as the ground broken here, with it's lessons learned would be finely honed into their next album - the legendary Joshua Tree. If you choose to look at anything from there, the big 3 songs were Where the Streets have No Name, I still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For and With or Without You. Rattle and Hum was a companion album to that; it had many live recordings on it from that tour, as well as some other big hits like Desire and All I Want is You. My personal favorite era would be the 90s where they did a complete and utter U Turn and went Cyberpunk with Achtung Baby! The tour for that, Zoo TV was groundbreaking for its era and kicked live concert shows into the multimedia experiences that are now so common. The Fly, One, Until the End of the World, Even Better than the Real Thing, Mysterious Ways - it was all quite incredible. Zooropa was supposed to be an EP but turned into a album they did on the fly while on the ZOO TV tour and it has some gems like Stay, Faraway So Close and Lemon- it really shows a band that was supremely confident and experimental, I loved it. Anyway, I hope you review them again sometime soon - cheers ~
What you said about the 90s U2!
I'd love if you guys hit the Joshua Tree album some month! I wasn't a big fan of U2 from just hearing them on the radio, but sitting down with that album for the first time really changed my mind.
Bought this album the day it went on sale. Put it on the turn table. Proceeded to cry throughout! Such a beautiful album and for that time, and the music..
so very unique.
Saw/heard them do this on their 2017 Joshua Tree Tour in an NFL stadium. Couldn’t believe how great they sounded in that venue. Their entire performance was S tier!