U2 - First TV appearance on RTE 1978
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3 жыл бұрынU2's allereerste TV-optreden op RTE in 1978
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@johnbsouth1 Жыл бұрын
There’s no way these guys are ever gonna make it. 😮
@anibalbabilonia1867 Жыл бұрын
👋😂Lmfao!
@trisspeaker9572 Жыл бұрын
I saw U2 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago in 1983. My friend who was into bands like Kiss and Judas Priest said that exact same thing at the end of the concert.
@johnbsouth1 Жыл бұрын
@@trisspeaker9572 that’s so cool. I saw similar lineup without the boys from Dublin sadly. But one year it was UFO and then Sabbath I think.
@pleeman Жыл бұрын
Saw them in Detroit in 1984, (12/8/84) small 5 thousand-seat Fox theater and they were on fire! 11 O'Clock Tick Tock I Will Follow Seconds MLK The Unforgettable Fire Wire Sunday Bloody Sunday The Cry / The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet) / Amazing Grace (snippet) A Sort Of Homecoming Bad October New Year's Day Pride (In the Name of Love) encore(s): Gloria Party Girl 40 What a magic night! We got in when we could not afford scalper tickets and a side door flew open! We found faith in the future with these guys and next year (3/23/1985) I saw them at Cobo Hall playing to 20k and I saw a band literally BLOW UP in 4 months! Two years later Joshua Tree would send them into the stratosphere. I was a HUGE MTVer back then and the videos they did were impressive. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock I Will Follow Seconds MLK The Unforgettable Fire Wire Sunday Bloody Sunday The Cry / The Electric Co. / Amazing Grace (snippet) A Sort Of Homecoming Bad / Ruby Tuesday (snippet) / Sympathy For The Devil (snippet) October New Year's Day Pride (In the Name of Love) encore(s): Knockin' on Heaven's Door Gloria 40 / Do They Know It's Christmas (snippet) / We Are The World (snippet)
@brandonlink7471 Жыл бұрын
Said some people in 78. Ha.
@karmicselling4252 Жыл бұрын
The Edge plays more notes on his guitar in this one song than he has done in all the playing he has done since.
@4himsanctified Жыл бұрын
right. who'd have known
@pguilhaus3378 Жыл бұрын
The solo of his life😁 Not great but decent.
@marcelobaez6115 Жыл бұрын
Here all his style was very very different indeed
@4himsanctified Жыл бұрын
@@marcelobaez6115 discovered delay
@pmoris4405 Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@leokimvideo 9 ай бұрын
Before The Edge discovered the Digital Delay guitar pedal
@LKtube1 9 ай бұрын
or pedals ..
@TheAgentAssassin 9 ай бұрын
Oddly enough The Edge was singing in delay pedal fashion repeating Bono's lyrics. 01:03
@partyguinness 9 ай бұрын
Curious. Som many young bands in the 70s…dudes were still teenagers and actually playing instruments..! You don’t see that today.
@paulj0557tonehead 9 ай бұрын
Good memory man.
@free322001 9 ай бұрын
And yet, no one else saw how to use it like he did.
@divad23 9 ай бұрын
I think if these lads keep working on it, they’ve got a bright future
@prillewitz 3 ай бұрын
Nah, it’s nothing
@YtuserSumone-rl6sw 26 күн бұрын
If they just get X100 more pretentious and vassalizing for oligarch interests, they will get a huge audience who idolize them I predict.
@BlueAsh-MilitaryAviation Жыл бұрын
It's incredible that Bono and Adam Clayton were 18 and The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr. were only 16 when this was televised. Even at that young age they knew what they wanted and were driven enough to get there!!
@blite13 Жыл бұрын
they were groomed at a young age......not organic.
@Pablo-ub4ht Жыл бұрын
Bono was riculous at that point...and beyond.
@MrManfly Жыл бұрын
@@Pablo-ub4ht They were all teenagers!! 🤣
@beagley Жыл бұрын
Larry looks 12
@AZVIDS 11 ай бұрын
Before Bono was the worlds biggest POS😉
@sharonneth4231 Жыл бұрын
I think this is one of the most important videos we could have on youtube. Young people need to be aware that even the most influential bands in the world had to start somewhere. NO ONE is famous instantly, it takes time and refinement! I hope in our schools we bring back all of the Arts! Its so important on so many levels! Most importantly, it helps with self esteem and confidence in creating musical beauty! 🎼
@Simon-talks Жыл бұрын
they won't, schools are now teaching kids to be communist, to be divisive about "race" and to be confused about their gender. ;(
@thomasmoss4235 11 ай бұрын
Most influential band????? This is a joke,yes?
@sharonneth4231 11 ай бұрын
@@thomasmoss4235 music is all subjective. Being an intelligent man like yourself you know this. We all have a right to each other's opinions. ✌
@thomasmoss4235 11 ай бұрын
@@sharonneth4231 Dear Sharon. I watched this video because I listened a lot to the early stuff from this band and this video is definitely historic and fun to watch. My first take on your statement, I was just coming home from a 10-hour shift with partly very aggressive mentally disabled people and needed some destruction, was that you meant U2 had a big musical influence on other artists. I do see the influence that they had on society by promoting organizations like Amnesty International and Greenpeace. Sad to say it was not sustainable because by watching human behavior today it seemed that for most, not all people, it was then and is now just a fashionable thing to be interested in. And of course, the influence that music has on specific individuals by lifting their mood when they go through hard times ore motivating them and getting them up like a cup of strong (best fairtrade) coffee. For the musical part…U2 is on there early recordings heavily influenced by post punk and wave bands. After that turning to contemporary pop-rock and conquering the United States in big parts over selling their records in Christian record stores and claiming Rock and Roll, Blues and Gospel influences. Then they tried to jump the alternative bandwagon to gain the next generation of fans and stay relevant as artists. At the end they lost there social and musical reputation by becoming a corporate whore for apple and save on tax payments in their home country by moving their business to the Netherlands. I heard a song by them in a supermarket in Vienna Austria the other day, right after the announcement that all laundry detergent is -25% but only this weekend. What's left over is a commercially very successful band with no substantial legacy- like many others.
@thomasmoss4235 11 ай бұрын
sharonneth not sharon sorry
@DanielRezendeGuitar 10 ай бұрын
I'll show this clip to every music student of mine. Before mention the band name of course! Priceless lesson.
@jean-louispech4921 9 ай бұрын
They are so youg, that i would not have recognized them if it was not written , while i know them from 1983. It was punk time, many young boys were beginning like this without special talent, any personal style, no real musician training, etc... at their beginning, but they were optimist, and some of them became great bands in the 80's , and some are still playing....
@jackbombay1423 4 ай бұрын
Do your students know who U2 are?
@DanielRezendeGuitar 4 ай бұрын
@@jackbombay1423 yes, U2 are still pretty famous here in my country (Brazil).
@jackbombay1423 4 ай бұрын
@@DanielRezendeGuitar I mean for younger generations.
@paranoidplane9799 3 ай бұрын
@jackbombay1423 U2 is one of the best-selling artists of all time
@fmmaj9noname332 5 ай бұрын
I love all the hair, I love Paul's Elvis moves, and Larry looks like he's about 13 with that grin. Now on to find the video of them as "Hype."
@patton303 10 ай бұрын
This is such a high school band right here.
@groovymoon 6 ай бұрын
The edge was about 17 during that taping.
@Lamster66 5 ай бұрын
I've seen far better high school bands though
@RabidWildCreature 5 ай бұрын
@@groovymoon him and Larry Mullen Jr were only 16 their birthdays hadn't come up yet. and bono had only turned 18 a few weeks before before
@nelsonx5326 3 ай бұрын
They graduated. Bono is over dramafying things here.
@apemoon1731 3 ай бұрын
@@Lamster66 Did they go on to have the same success as U2?
@mc76 Жыл бұрын
I was working in a record store in 1980 when Boy came out. We had never heard of U2., but being children of the Cold War, we were intrigued by the name, so we gave album a spin. It did not leave the turntable for the rest of the day. We sold out the whole shipment in one day just by playing it in the store.
@armondtanz Жыл бұрын
Mad in those days, thats was a skill, sifting thru albums in the store and making sure you listen out for a banger ;)
@kenglass7833 Жыл бұрын
Same thing, hanging in the local record store in the eighties which was something we did always as teens and the owner says I got something for you guys. We were blown away !! Seen them the night after Lennon was shot for 5 bucks at the El Mocambo for the first time of 25
@nsbd90now Жыл бұрын
The guy at the record store told me to buy it! And so I did.
@robertpeters4161 Жыл бұрын
@@armondtanz I heard about midnight special but 50 years ago, I was too busy getting drunk and smoking dope to care too much about t.v. shows. As far as I was concerned, WE WERE "THE SHOW"! THOUSANDS OF KIDS WITH NO PLACE TO GO! I got bored with it all and left the country for awhile.
@HOPEat Жыл бұрын
Awesome!!! 🍻☮️
@Cornerboy73 5 ай бұрын
From here to the Sphere. These guys have travelled a long and winding road indeed. What a legacy; I don't think we'll ever see anything quite like U2 again.
@johnnyoranges 3 ай бұрын
I hope we don't.
@rq83 Ай бұрын
LOL...😂
@concettaworkman5895 22 күн бұрын
Never. Except for the Bee Gees.
@chipapa50 10 ай бұрын
It shows that grinding and doing the hard work and persistence will get you far. That is what these guys have done and lasted 40 plus years now. Shows the greatest bands in music history start somewhere and hone in their craft to make it, not social media or given to them.
@boke75 2 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe 2 years later these lads would come out with "Boy" - which was and still is an awesome debut album !
@annarellapino5961 Жыл бұрын
Well, sometimes producers do the miracle😎
@annarellapino5961 Жыл бұрын
Steve Lillywhite!!!
@pascaldeshayes5459 Жыл бұрын
Oh, wow, yes, it definitely took some serious vision to turn them into what they've become ;-) And Larry playing traditional grip ?!
@michaelepp6212 Жыл бұрын
A lot can happen in 2 years, especially at that age.
@legrandmaitre7112 Жыл бұрын
Not really!!😅
@TheKrazysexykool Жыл бұрын
I first heard U2 on a college radio station, Clemson, in 83 along with REM and The Police. College radio was great
@info781 10 ай бұрын
Magical time for college radio. There were so many great bands inspired by the simplicity of punk that were not covered by mainstream Radio/MTV.
@CocoOPNY 3 ай бұрын
They caught my eye on MTV with "I will follow" and I've loved them ever since. I'd listen in the mornings and the song would be going through my head all day in school. Early 80's ❤
@NewtaoV 9 ай бұрын
"Bono, if you don't arrive in time, we will start With or Without You". And they really did!
@patrickdonegan9559 4 ай бұрын
I hear what you did there!
@vimfuego8827 3 ай бұрын
@@patrickdonegan9559 You must be thick if you didn't
@patrickdonegan9559 3 ай бұрын
@@del808 ?
@rohayamohamed7509 5 ай бұрын
thanks for this video clip of U2 on the children's TV Youngline
@helenellis9472 Жыл бұрын
Its nice to see Larry smiling...its very rare that he does!💖✨️
@LuisVidrioTipsyConsejos 4 ай бұрын
I think it was the first time and the last time that he did it
@ConnorWilson2891 3 ай бұрын
Larry has got hair like Jon bon jovi
@Krawat2007 2 жыл бұрын
I love this moment in 0:27 when Larry is smiling - I see there pure happiness of dreams of young guy coming true. So brilliant and brings memories of my own times of drumming - unfortunately on much less scale.
@sexobscura Жыл бұрын
O yes They made it ALL the way to the RTE
@DaveRucci Жыл бұрын
Yea I saw that too. Then he missed the drum roll. Lol
@fostexfan160 Жыл бұрын
At least you're still with us, Bonham, Moon, Peart have sadly departed
@NiueanHoney Жыл бұрын
What I was thinking…
@jim2lane Жыл бұрын
I had never seen any footage of him playing with a traditional grip in the past - something only drummers notice of other drummers. But he must have switched to the standard grip shortly after this, because every other shot I've ever seen of him from '80 onwards no longer shows this
@eraserheadbaby7471 10 ай бұрын
If I was on the tech team of their Sphere shows, I would totally prank them by putting this up on the dome. Yes, I would lose my job but it would be awesome
@kojam1 9 ай бұрын
My regret is that I only found out about them when they released Me Years Day. Even then, I was a hard rocker and didn't want to give them the time of day. I couldn't get that song and their fresh original sound out of my head. Been a huge fan ever since. Still, it would have been extra special to witness history in the making. So much great music over the years!!!
@seksualusis 9 ай бұрын
It was little until Achtung Baby, good bang with that and following Live DVD. Further, I was one to regret getting it on Apple device as a pushed gift-promo.
@kojam1 9 ай бұрын
@@seksualusis Let's not talk about that. LOL
@gcoller Жыл бұрын
I know this is a little rough but I'm noticing the absolute confidence on stage. They got so much better so quickly.
@ralphlazio505 Жыл бұрын
@George Coller - They did grow sooo quickly. I think it’s because of the way the band communicated after each set.
@giannagarcia4937 Жыл бұрын
❤esto es Oro hssta nuestros tiempos 2023
@chevy4x466 Жыл бұрын
Wow, that was really terrible. They must have worked really tirelessly to get so good in a short amount of time
@GarthWatkins-th3jt 11 ай бұрын
Some things are meant to be. If you think not, try going back in time to change what is. Or what is not. Good luck with that. And if there was ever proof of what they say, the Irish create their own luck, U2 is way high on the "proof sheet." I would love to knock back some pints of ale with these fellas. Maybe some other time if it's meant to be. Much love to one and all who I'll see on the other side.
@MissPresley69 11 ай бұрын
Sold their souls... 😏
@MrCrrispy 11 ай бұрын
Wow, only 5 years before the live at Red Rocks, the evolution is amazing!
@dragonflyflutterby2952 7 ай бұрын
Well, you’re wrong aren’t you. This is great. I love to see The Edge play with such determination 😁and Adam (with that hair! 😂) playing a bit more easy in their early years but certainly not bad at all. Larry’s one of my favorite drummers and smiling shyly for the cameras. 😁 All the sudden with Bono jumping on the stage in his tight white pants, all energy, sounds amazing. I love Bono’s voice and this was just the beginning. They end being one of The Greatest Bands Of All Time (in all the world) and they deserve it. I saw video of them playing last Christmas eve outside in a small square in Ireland (where my mom’s from) and hanging out with their fans. They are dedicated to their fans like no others. “Happy Christmas Everyone!” 😁🎄🕯️🙏🏼🕊️🤍
@beckiebuist803 7 ай бұрын
They were just babies here...and LMJ is the Irish Charlie Watts.
@vossenspringer 4 ай бұрын
It's quite remarkable that they've been playing together for such a long time, almost 50(!) years. 🤟
@marciomagalhaes286 11 ай бұрын
It's really amazing that these four still together as a band to this day. This is priceless.
@mikeblaz 10 ай бұрын
They've been irrelevant for decades....
@YewrMan 10 ай бұрын
Sure they've nothing else for doing.....
@hectorortegaplancarte5356 10 ай бұрын
I was just thinking about that. I just realized that these four have been the same band members since then! No changes in drummer, bassist, guitarist and/or vocalist. Amazing 👌
@michaelehrmann-falkenau7645 10 ай бұрын
@@mikeblaz I don't agree. And the point is that they are still together, not whether they matter to you or anyone else.
@BigBri550 10 ай бұрын
It is so rare for a band to not change any members after the band has formed. I know of no other famous group that can make the same claim: even The Beatles changed drummers at the last minute.
@superdave7241 Жыл бұрын
💥💥💥Reminds me of a battle of the bands in our school cafeteria
@gustaaf1892 Жыл бұрын
Except some of those bands were probably better than U2 was here.
@paulteller8383 Жыл бұрын
HA you're right!
@chonwilson 9 ай бұрын
Te amo U2, Gracias por este vídeo que no tiene precio para nosotros los Fanáticos de esta banda tan emblemática del Rock mundial
@lifeandtext 9 ай бұрын
I love that early sound that they built on over the years! 👏👏👏
@yesthatbruce Жыл бұрын
Holy crap, this is amazing. So young! I have to admit that if they weren't identified, I would not have a clue who these guys were.
@richarddunne9802 Жыл бұрын
I love the way a busy drum fill starts while the camera is on Larry at 0.32 and they cut away quickly because he obviously isn't playing it 😅
@jasonwarren3999 Жыл бұрын
Ya! I rewinded to see if I really saw what I saw.
@MarkW1210 6 ай бұрын
Yeah what was that lol. Was it just a bad camera angle and optical illusion?
@pennetierphilippe8529 6 ай бұрын
@@MarkW1210 I noticed it too... hilarious
@pascalmouille1062 9 ай бұрын
Many thanks, I just have seen the Tears for fears first TV appearance in 1980 , their style was different than in 1983 with their first album. Here, we recognize immediatly the U2's style
@arminius301 8 ай бұрын
There was an unbelievable amount of confidence in that much suckage. But that's what it takes to make it big some day. They certainly stayed the course and came up with some groundbreaking stuff no doubt.
@tootrue6529 Жыл бұрын
Based on this, I don't see much of a future...
@poppycock6572 Жыл бұрын
Right?
@NederAbdalla Жыл бұрын
😂
@tjh780 Жыл бұрын
🤣 I agree.
@gregscott2005 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, they sucked.
@michaelehrmann-falkenau7645 Жыл бұрын
Ooh, quite like The Edge's solo in the beginning, though. You gotta remember that they were only just beginning.
@theoriginalchefboyoboy6025 10 ай бұрын
The drummer's smile has "hi mom" written all over it...
@jellomonkey3265 3 ай бұрын
THEN HE MISSES DRUM FILL CLEARLY ON RECORDING
@Adeyamusic 6 ай бұрын
Haha! This video is priceless!! They've come a long way! Thank you to KEYMUSIC for sharing!
@bonovoxpartygirl 8 ай бұрын
The quality is so good ❤️
@rra1762 Жыл бұрын
Wow, so young. My favorite band, ever. I can put on any old album and love it all over again. They are fantastic in concert and the vibe of the fans at the concerts is really great.
@louise_rose 8 ай бұрын
Larry is completely adorable here - they all look like they're 14 or 15 and playing the local youth club rather than their actual age of 17-18. 😂 But they developed fast - only three years later they were one of the hottest bands in Ireland and ready to take on American audiences.
@mike4179 10 ай бұрын
Incredible that U2 went from this to hits like Gloria in just 3 years. To succeed you have to know when your stuff sucks and that you need to get better. U2 knew when to pivot.
@louise_rose 9 ай бұрын
It's hard to believe that they're actually 17-18 years old here: they look more like fourteen, like a middle-school hobby band....Very fun clip and they look like they're enjoying themselves too! The earliest live footage I've seen with them before is from 1981 and by then they're clearly a far more cohesive band.
@RobSmith-rn3ie 6 ай бұрын
This didn't suck. It wasn't spectacular but it didn't suck either. Edge's backing vocal was a little off, it needed another verse, and Bono needed some work. Larry starts to speed up a couple times but catches himself quickly... But the band still sound good anyway.
@cl5619 4 ай бұрын
@@RobSmith-rn3ieit was a pretty bad song at this point. It could have been good. But it needed a lot of work
@gregorythompson6521 4 ай бұрын
Good comment, what was that CD ? WAR was it,, i love all those songs .
@faber.t.5004 4 ай бұрын
They hadn't met Brian Eno yet.
@paulluongo2756 8 ай бұрын
Wow these guys definitely grew into a power house of a rock band .... Amazing...
@geregarcia 11 ай бұрын
If someone told me I would queue 8 hours to buy tickets to attend to concerts at Camp Nou stadium with a capacity of 100.000 people to see these bunch of nerds I wouldn't have believed it. That said, I can see a sparkle of potential with the Edge's solo. 🙏🙏🙏 Thank U2 for giving us a great live. See you at the sphere! God bless u
@henriqueerenner5741 10 ай бұрын
see you there!
@shanghaiffgg 10 ай бұрын
OMG I have been a life long U2 fan and never seen this.The song is called street mission. incredible and thanks for posting.
@latinolawdog5067 3 ай бұрын
Based on what I heard, the song is actually called "Djreet Mid-shun"
@shanghaiffgg 3 ай бұрын
@@latinolawdog5067 de stree mishun
@gausselim1474 9 ай бұрын
I don't know if I ever realized how old these guys are..!?!? Love U2!!!
@Darbobski 2 ай бұрын
The 77s were also on Island Records label at the time. They have an extensive library worth looking into as well.
@Mojokiss Жыл бұрын
its amazing to see the transformation these bands went through, such as depeche mode etc
@caskstrength7629 11 ай бұрын
Duran Duran/Tears for Fears.
@user-kz8dq1gk1u 10 ай бұрын
Depeche mode .. uh .. what a great band ! ❤
@user-kz8dq1gk1u 10 ай бұрын
@@caskstrength7629Ordinary world ❤
@jeremyc9593 8 ай бұрын
I just came from "Tears for Fears" first TV appearance, when they were in a band called Graduate, and it really is crazy to see the origins of these huge bands. That damn Graduate song is catchy as hell.
@avanti6058 Жыл бұрын
Remember kids, there is always hope.
@theavyguy5599 9 ай бұрын
Bravo and ty.❤❤❤
@Tocimah 16 күн бұрын
my first song in the US was I believe 1979. I Will Follow. Loved that song.
@nancydemoss2945 10 ай бұрын
I love it when Larry smiles into the camera. Just a baby. He'll, they all were!
@alexandercalder2143 9 ай бұрын
Based on this I never would have guessed they had potential.
@saturnative 9 ай бұрын
They sound so much better than today with all the milion dollar production.
@isaachernandez7619 11 ай бұрын
If I would have seen this in 1978 I would have said “don’t quit your day job” boy would I have been wrong.
@Lamster66 6 ай бұрын
I'm seeing it in 2024 and still thinking don't quite your day jobs boys.
@CocoOPNY 3 ай бұрын
@@Lamster66 😂
@joelobuchowski4571 Жыл бұрын
They obviously went a lot further since this 1978 appearance. Bono’s run to the stage almost seemed late, but was good to see the other band members highlighted.
@Buster_Piles Жыл бұрын
Little known fact: boner is only 3 foot 6 inches tall but wears big shoes. He's basically a leprechaun.
@michaelehrmann-falkenau7645 10 ай бұрын
@@Buster_Piles His name is "Bono".
@blackypolster9361 9 ай бұрын
Wow! I didn't know that Atze Schröder was playing the bass with U2 back in the day. Multi-talent!:))
@Greenballoffire 9 ай бұрын
I don't understand why people are saying it was horrible.. I enjoyed it!
@nonprogrediestregredi1711 Жыл бұрын
I was six years old in '78 and I'm quite glad that I was blissfully unaware of U2 at that point. That "performance" was painful!
@rjfivethousand Жыл бұрын
Painful? OK, I can see that. I was thinking more hilarious.
@jandevries57 Жыл бұрын
I think both hilarious and painful 😮
@Greenballoffire 9 ай бұрын
Am I the only one who enjoyed it??
@tedfreeman2709 9 ай бұрын
Pre-new wave! ...what a difference a little worldly experience and new influences will make. I have always said my favorite "80s band" was actually Steve Lillywhite; wherever he went, greatness followed.
@seanswader7425 10 ай бұрын
Well, that was a thousand times better than their newest albums
@jonhart-dj7fn 9 ай бұрын
lol did they have a recent album?.. lol
@GuadalupeGomez-ms6uo 7 ай бұрын
Lol haters will hate . Look where they are at and all they have done. Cry elsewhere .
@kunjiklub 10 ай бұрын
Little did they know 45 years later they would be performing regularly in Las Vegas in a sphere
@fastica 4 ай бұрын
Not Larry.
@LuvsAutumn8467 Жыл бұрын
So cool to see such an early performance of theirs. They definitely don't have the intensity they would have later on but they look like they are having alot of fun.
@noscrubbubblez6515 9 ай бұрын
Love this. Playing almost affordable instruments and oh get that pentatonic scale down, right Edge? Undeniable talent. Then they took themselves too seriously. OCTOBER- combined the best of them with really good recording engineer.
@primovid 3 ай бұрын
Amazing...I saw them 4 times in the 80's (including their free filmed show in SF) and never knew they had been around that long. Honestly, If I saw them at the time of this video in a bar or club, I would have probably walked out, lol
@HopeYourHavingFun 10 ай бұрын
Absolutely hilarious 🤣😂😅😭. Why did no one stop them.
@Lamster66 6 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@RS54321 5 ай бұрын
The hair!!
@pedrosousa5969 4 ай бұрын
😂
@CocoOPNY 3 ай бұрын
🤭🤣🤣
@smithnjefferson 10 ай бұрын
There is a passion in Bono that instills confidence and commitment to the music, without it this song would have been horrible, he is a true frontman.
@marcorobecchi4398 8 ай бұрын
L'inizio di una storia è la fine di un tempo vuoto ... grazie U 2
@PeterMisovicProfile 10 ай бұрын
Longest solo by Edge ever :)
@menotyou9406 11 ай бұрын
And to think from here they grew to one of the greatest band producing one of my all time favorite albums Joshua Tree! That album still holds up today.
@jamestomkin8784 Жыл бұрын
I first saw them during the 1983 War tour , in Rochester, NY for $6.00. There were about 2000 people at the old RIT hockey rink. I still have the ticket stub!
@darrylmaxwell1819 9 ай бұрын
I wish I could go back in time...to 5 minutes ago when I had never seen this 😮 some things you can't UNSEE !!!
@MrRw59 11 сағат бұрын
Looking at this never judge a book by its cover springs to mind
@barryledgister4496 Жыл бұрын
I couldn't listen all the way through. We need a reaction vid of present day U2 watching this.
@davidmenasco5743 Жыл бұрын
It would be like watching video of how you dressed or acted in middle school. But, you know, everybody's gotta start somewhere.
@tomorr2009 Жыл бұрын
I read somewhere that just after this Bono took singing lessons and improved dramatically 😀😀😀😀
@shawn2380 6 ай бұрын
Thank God he did that. All he had here was the attitude - which did serve him well.
@robertkolinski2365 9 ай бұрын
That is precious. I'll bet their mums were in the audience.
@jonathansteadman7935 3 ай бұрын
I saw them a few years later, when they had the Fire double 45 in gatefold sleeve, the Edge had discovered the echo pedal by then.
@jj9749 Жыл бұрын
The Edge guitar skills never reached this level again
@raymyhill2 7 ай бұрын
Only down down down
@tromboneJTS Жыл бұрын
Incredible guitar solo. Played the hell out if the Blues scale. Song was a hybrid of Rock Lobster and a random Dire Straights lick.
@evangelicalsnever-lie9792 Жыл бұрын
Not 'incredible,' very, very basic. And he started getting stale with it about 3/4 of the way through. Now if Joe Satriani played it - it would be "incredible."
@jeromesurffoil7033 Жыл бұрын
@@evangelicalsnever-lie9792 I think it was very good, especially for a 16 year old lad in 1978. Let's hear a 16 year old Joe Satriani so we can compare. Also this song is not the type that needs a "shred" type solo.
@veltonmeade1057 6 ай бұрын
It is important to understand that the most important person in the studio is the producer, not the band. They give guidance, direction, and correction to the musicians and if it were not for them, many would have failed. The Cars is a perfect example. Their producer Roy Thomas Baker introduced the multi-layered back-up vocals sound that they became well known for in their early years. Example, their song, "Since Your Gone". Baker was a genius in the recording studio.
@davidr4523 3 ай бұрын
I needed to look like that drummer did when I was in high school. Man the girls I would have gotten. Too bad.
@davidjdevan Жыл бұрын
The Edge... of puberty
@RS54321 5 ай бұрын
🤣🤣
@DSelwyn21 Жыл бұрын
Larry Mullen Jr. using traditional grip on the drumsticks. I've never seen him use that before.
@groovymoon 6 ай бұрын
I saw them at a KEG party at SUNY Albany in like early 80's... It was a HUGE keg party. Any student at any SUNY campus could go. I remember thinking. "These guys are going to make it big".
@calixa 9 ай бұрын
wow. insane ive never seen this before. awesome!
@GarethThomasTunes Жыл бұрын
That song sounded like a Dire Straits cover morphing into a Clash cover….
@markchristopher420 Жыл бұрын
🤔 *Dire Clash!* 😂
@GarethThomasTunes Жыл бұрын
@@markchristopher420 my high school band did DireClash covers, but that’s about as far as my high school band went…
@markchristopher420 Жыл бұрын
@@GarethThomasTunes London For Nothing + Sultans Calling + The Walk Of Go Now?
@unready1961 2 жыл бұрын
If these guys practiced a bit more, and the guitarist got some effects pedals they might go somewhere.
@kennydobbins1345 2 жыл бұрын
And they did. It is now 44 years later.
@boke75 2 жыл бұрын
Same ol' humouristic hindsight 20/20 meme, eh ? But I guess it'll always work.
@adrianb2066 Жыл бұрын
Na… it will never work, unless, the guitarist starts religiously wearing cowboy hats and beanies.
@stephenroldan5107 Жыл бұрын
Maybe a shimmer verb
@zwastiunburzy3688 Жыл бұрын
Well, he got the effects pedals....one, really. The practice, however....
@bigeyejim 9 ай бұрын
This is Awesome!
@latinolawdog5067 3 ай бұрын
I'm not even a U2 fan at all (never have been), but even in this video you could tell Bono had that certain "something" in terms of stage presence that separated him from most front men.
@yancowles Жыл бұрын
These guys are criminally underrated and way ahead of their time, they should have been huge.
@mortenjrgensen9138 Жыл бұрын
maybe at some point,people will see the talent,we just have to wait,maybe some day the band will make a song for a batman movie or something idk but i think those dudes will do great at some point 😅😆😁
@123jlb Жыл бұрын
ha ha ha\...😆😆😆
@giannagarcia4937 Жыл бұрын
❤jaja....yo si les veía futuro, tal vez para csntar en la eurocopa o como para inaugurar el monumento más grande de las Vegas como es l Esfera❤
@michaelehrmann-falkenau7645 11 ай бұрын
@@mortenjrgensen9138 A Batman movie? I don't think so. They'll never be that huge.
@DuncYo 9 ай бұрын
NEXT!!! BORING!!!
@francescoielmoni3702 Жыл бұрын
Never judge yourself to hard , things can be better in the future
@hometeaminspectionserviceo8293 9 ай бұрын
I saw them at a bar in Oklahoma city circa 1980. We did not pay much attention to them as we had no idea of course. I just remember thinking it was weird to have a band from so far away playing there as it was usually just local bands. They did not really impress me at the time. Wish I would have paid closer attention now. Too bad we did not have cell phones back then.
@pinguininterchannel9390 9 ай бұрын
the evolution is amazing
@karensylvia9423 Жыл бұрын
Wow The Edge is a better guitar player than I thought he'd be without all the delay and effects he has since used.
@nelsonx5326 Жыл бұрын
That was cool guitar work.
@polo7155 Жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly
@MrSparklespring Жыл бұрын
Indeed, he even can play a decent solo!
@marcop1587 Жыл бұрын
Delay, reverb, effetcs in general is what shaped U2s sound
@colinmcdonough4034 Жыл бұрын
His use of effects was always an artistic choice. He's a very good player on a technical level he just doesn't feel the need to shred. It's not how he rolls, much better to create his own definitive sound than to copy someone else's.
@johnbuell8035 Жыл бұрын
Difficult to imagine that Bono could be even more of a prat than he is now. But there it is…
@starduck8014 Жыл бұрын
LOL
@marciomoura9556 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@f.w.2054 Жыл бұрын
Bozo from the very beginning!
@petezereeeah Жыл бұрын
😅😂Good one
@MJ-pb4eu Жыл бұрын
A midget prat, at that 😆
@alaimomarco 3 ай бұрын
Stunning 😀
@76-UVB Жыл бұрын
This extremely rare and valuable footage disproves the commonly held notion that Bongo became the massive bell end that he is immediately after U2 found fame.
@seanphillips6565 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@sevenstarsofthedipper1047 Жыл бұрын
They look so young. I had never heard of them until 1985, Live Aid.
@BrokeDickBoys 6 ай бұрын
1st U2 song I have ever liked!
@piktormusic2538 Жыл бұрын
In the next few years, Bono developed quite a bit as a singer/frontman. This video kind of gives one hope that even dorks can eventually learn to become cool.
@Cal1gula666 6 ай бұрын
That big entrance from Bono was worth the wait. What a showman.
@D4all66 9 ай бұрын
WOW i`m really glad i never heard that back then cause i would never exposed my ears to that again after,
@ernietedeschi 11 ай бұрын
It's really interesting how much like a conventional 70s rock guitarist The Edge sounds at this stage in his life. He's doing a perfectly-passable-for-an-18-year-old guitar solo! Edge occasionally gets criticized today for being incapable of fast, technical playing, but in 1978 he was very much down the road of that style. And yet the style he did develop in the 1980s is so much more interesting and unique.
@loris9744 10 ай бұрын
He was only 16. 2 months from 17
@moekirby2613 9 ай бұрын
We sure Edge really played that on the recording?
@tonypasma1707 9 ай бұрын
mmmm
@Kohntarkosz Жыл бұрын
Wow, who knew The Edge could play guitar like THAT?!
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