i like u2 music but i dislike them cause in this case (like always) they use Queen just to improve again their popolarity. They didn't give a fuck about freddie, in 85 bono seemed had disgusted to have mercury close in Live aid. Wtf if u want give a tribute u play a mercury song not just your song of your last album just to sell more copies. Sorry for my english
bonovox76, your mad. u2 cutting edge? Queen not relevant with freddie's tache? It's a kind of magic, I want to break free,radio gaga and who wants to live forever. Seemed relevant to me.
Queen were good but stopped being relevant when Freddie lost the catsuits and grew the tache. U2 have always been and continue to be at the forefront of cutting edge music. Also, it would have been the organisers who approached U2 to send over a recording plus it wasn't even live as this performance was a couple of days before the tribute. Finally, during this show you hear Bono make many references and tributes to Freddie Mercury and how much the band respected Queen.
Queen stopped being relevant? When freddie died yes. Not because he had a tache.
To say U2 have always been at the forefront of cutting edge music i dont understand that. U2 have been pretty much the same since they started in 1978ish. Queen changed...same band that did we are th champions did another one bites the dust...sounds like a band that can change
This was on 4-18-92, but it wasn't in Oakland, CA. It was at Arco Arena in Sacramento, CA. I know because I was there. The reason I searched this particular clip on youtube is because my best friend and I are in it. We're one of the loonies reaching out to Bono at 2:52 to 2:55. I'm going to email her this clip now. She's gonna flip! We're now both married moms. :) Thank you for posting this!
bono is a f***ing snob. Couldn't even bother to say, "this is for you Freddie". In this case his lack of words actually spoke higher. Case in point, he--to that day--felt upstaged by Freddie. By the way, relations between U2 and Queen have always been frosty. If I were the musical supervisor att FM-tribute, I wouldn't have bothered to even show the U2 satellite-feed. In fact I'd send a livefeed back to them with my kindest and most sincere "F*CK YOU!!!
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yeah bono is a nob, shouldnt of bothered if they cant be arsed to turn up, couldnt cancell his tour, dont want to loose out of all that money, eric clapton did for live aid, bono is a disgrace to ireland, he lives there and says he is all irish but pays all his income tax to the netherlands to save on money, he oviously doesnt respect his country enough, send him to the netherlands his home country!
Shut the fuck up dumbass,the band(U2) gives away millions ofdollars to various charities every year...they can do what they like with the rest of their money...and you can go take a long walk off a short pier,fucknuts.
Geez, you people need to look at it in context. He's in f**king character as The Fly. It's called "performing". Might have been appropriate to drop the act if it was being broadcast for the FM tribute show, but meh - U2 had their own crowd to play for too. Anyone who knows anything about Zoo TV knows about Bono's personas on that tour.
great to see if the other oakland concert shows up later on the outside broadcast in which "One" is dedicated to Bill gram 86 organizer of conspiracy of hope & long time u2 supporter!! lots of great songs from that oakland gig
U2 are criminally overrated. Freddie Mercury and Queen were geniuses. U2 shouldnt have bothered if they weren't going to turn up in person, its not as if the Freddie Tribute was lacking star quality. But no, it wouldn't be a big charity gig without bloody Bono pissing all over it as though he were king of the world. What a dick.
You dumb fuck,U2 was in California in the middle of their busy U.S tour when when the Mercury tribute concert was scheduled..so they sent this feed via satellite from Sacramento over to London As far as U2 being overrated they have managed to accomplish a unique thing among their many accomplishments the same 4 members have stayed together for 30 years now..not one lineup change Acthung Baby and The Joshua Tree beats any Queen album ...if anyone's overrated it's Queen
Queen are so overrated that Bono felt compelled to send that to London in tribute to a man far greater musically than he. Bono's fearsome ego ruins him. Plenty of artists would have been at Wembley that night but couldn't be. Only Bono thought himself so important that he'd send a clip halfway around the world lest the world be reminded for that there are countless better bands on the planet than U2. U2 the greatest band in the world? Any music fan knows such a claim to be utter garbage.
Let me give you a music lesson,Nostradamus..if Bono had such an ego,U2 would have broken up long ago..Axl Rose has an ego,that's why he still tours as Guns-n-Roses even though everyone has left.Bono has what's called a healthy ego..he's not a rapper showing off his posessions..his band contributes to world wide charities annually.
If Bono has a healthy ego then Pete Doherty has a healthy drug addiction. Bono is a highly intelligent, good man but to pretend his ego isn't running rampant is ridiculous. He came to Australia and demanded a meeting with our PM with a list of 'pre-conditions' for the PM to peruse. Quite rightly, our elected leader told this "Irish entertainer" to fuck off. Axl Rose is an egomaniac but a head case. Bono's ego is no healthier but his mind is.
There is some sense in that. Im a U2-fan, but i'm fan of their music, not Bono's scene and screen-acting. And I think most U2-fans turns their eyes away and covers their ears when his more selfish behavior is being pointed out. If one was to meet him in his home or on the street, I think he would be the kindest man and have the least ego in the world, but when all cameras and eyes are turned upon him, he just changes behavior.
So funny that even in 1992, everyone else was busy paying tribute to a band that hasn't had a new song in decades. While U2 was out there performing in one of the most innovative live tours in history. Go worship defunct and has beens, we'll stick with current, fresh and innovative bands that are here now.
i think it was more about aids awareness really, using a tragedy of someone to make it into something good, oviously U2 was more concerned about money than peoples lives, how can you say back in 1992 they have not had a new song in decades?
I'm referring to those here that critized U2 and praise Queen or some other has been band. Queen was great but that was then, this is now. U2 continue to be relevant to this very day and will continue to do so for years to come.
For you're knowledge even the new singer of rock considerer Queen one of the best band or rock in the world, and also they think Freddy Mercury is the best singer of rock.
That's the words of many of you're new bands or rock.
dude, you are an idiot. Freddie Mercury was amazing showmen, and probably the best vocalist who ever walked this planet. He's death was a tragedy for music and thats why almost all great bands payed tribute to him in one of most amazing concerts in history.
Freddie Mercury was an amazing showman, and I woudn't dispute that. He was also a fantastic vocalist which I'm sure even Bono himself would acknowledge. All I'm saying is, those that attempt to diss U2 and say they suck and "Queen rules" are stuck in the past. Let's face it, Queen is no longer relevant but I still would put them up there with great bands from the last 20 years.
yeah redWinter i was just thinking that....during the Pop Mart Tour he dedicated a lot of songs to michael hutchence and i thought he would do the same here (since Bono is a big talker) anyway, as always U2 the best.
I'm surprised Bono didn't make a introduction saying "This is for you Freddie" or one of those speeches he usually makes during his concerts. If you know what I'm talking about.
Probably the most intense version of this song they have ever done and they have done some intense versions..if Bono was "sick" for that performance he did a remarkable job.
this video is from the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert, called at that time "A Concert For Life"
However this video was not recorded in Oakland, it was Sacramento Arco Arena 4/17/1992.
Bono was sick for the performance.
I know because I was at both the Arco show and the Oakland show the next night. This was only done at Arco. I also have the complete tribute concert from MTV, and they even say "Live from Sacramento" though it wasn't live at all.
@MARCOGALLICO
What a bullshit.
ODEblocek 3 months ago
i like u2 music but i dislike them cause in this case (like always) they use Queen just to improve again their popolarity. They didn't give a fuck about freddie, in 85 bono seemed had disgusted to have mercury close in Live aid. Wtf if u want give a tribute u play a mercury song not just your song of your last album just to sell more copies. Sorry for my english
MARCOGALLICO 1 year ago
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Kennyd100 2 years ago
Thats bull and you know it!
andrewja2003 2 years ago
bonovox76, your mad. u2 cutting edge? Queen not relevant with freddie's tache? It's a kind of magic, I want to break free,radio gaga and who wants to live forever. Seemed relevant to me.
owencatterall2002 2 years ago
U2 and Queen are the best. Do you agree!?
Romchikthelemon 2 years ago 9
Queen were good but stopped being relevant when Freddie lost the catsuits and grew the tache. U2 have always been and continue to be at the forefront of cutting edge music. Also, it would have been the organisers who approached U2 to send over a recording plus it wasn't even live as this performance was a couple of days before the tribute. Finally, during this show you hear Bono make many references and tributes to Freddie Mercury and how much the band respected Queen.
bonovox76 2 years ago
Queen stopped being relevant? When freddie died yes. Not because he had a tache.
To say U2 have always been at the forefront of cutting edge music i dont understand that. U2 have been pretty much the same since they started in 1978ish. Queen changed...same band that did we are th champions did another one bites the dust...sounds like a band that can change
ryanalan111 2 years ago
This was on 4-18-92, but it wasn't in Oakland, CA. It was at Arco Arena in Sacramento, CA. I know because I was there. The reason I searched this particular clip on youtube is because my best friend and I are in it. We're one of the loonies reaching out to Bono at 2:52 to 2:55. I'm going to email her this clip now. She's gonna flip! We're now both married moms. :) Thank you for posting this!
wvcwdmoo 3 years ago 3
im from sacramneto, thsi was at arco arena right?
narutoabridgedfan18 2 years ago
Yep. Arco Arena on 4/18/92. Don't know why everyone thinks it's Oakland.
wvcwdmoo 2 years ago
Uforgettable! Now i love this song!
Ketsalkoatel 3 years ago
I was there and it was amazing My 1st U2 concert and a last hurrah for Freddie....Peace Out!
JrRulz8 3 years ago
bono is a f***ing snob. Couldn't even bother to say, "this is for you Freddie". In this case his lack of words actually spoke higher. Case in point, he--to that day--felt upstaged by Freddie. By the way, relations between U2 and Queen have always been frosty. If I were the musical supervisor att FM-tribute, I wouldn't have bothered to even show the U2 satellite-feed. In fact I'd send a livefeed back to them with my kindest and most sincere "F*CK YOU!!!
waaktarsavoy 3 years ago
I totally agree with you.
Bono talks always too much, except in this case..
He is a fucking snob. He knows that Freddie is the best, but he doesn't want to admit that!
TrespassInnuendo 2 years ago
Great performace, but the sound is not good.
pacovailoes 4 years ago
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhahahah
disonancio 4 years ago
Wot the fuk's all this stuff about.
trapper2 4 years ago
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yeah bono is a nob, shouldnt of bothered if they cant be arsed to turn up, couldnt cancell his tour, dont want to loose out of all that money, eric clapton did for live aid, bono is a disgrace to ireland, he lives there and says he is all irish but pays all his income tax to the netherlands to save on money, he oviously doesnt respect his country enough, send him to the netherlands his home country!
wigperson 4 years ago
Shut the fuck up dumbass,the band(U2) gives away millions ofdollars to various charities every year...they can do what they like with the rest of their money...and you can go take a long walk off a short pier,fucknuts.
buzzkill27 4 years ago 3
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This is complete bullshit.
fatherbarty 4 years ago
damn this is retro. achtung baby is their 90's trademark album. and this is the best track
ezekiorage41 5 years ago
Geez, you people need to look at it in context. He's in f**king character as The Fly. It's called "performing". Might have been appropriate to drop the act if it was being broadcast for the FM tribute show, but meh - U2 had their own crowd to play for too. Anyone who knows anything about Zoo TV knows about Bono's personas on that tour.
kylehudson00 5 years ago 3
great to see if the other oakland concert shows up later on the outside broadcast in which "One" is dedicated to Bill gram 86 organizer of conspiracy of hope & long time u2 supporter!! lots of great songs from that oakland gig
u2retrobuff 5 years ago
U2 are criminally overrated. Freddie Mercury and Queen were geniuses. U2 shouldnt have bothered if they weren't going to turn up in person, its not as if the Freddie Tribute was lacking star quality. But no, it wouldn't be a big charity gig without bloody Bono pissing all over it as though he were king of the world. What a dick.
IsoVideo 5 years ago
You dumb fuck,U2 was in California in the middle of their busy U.S tour when when the Mercury tribute concert was scheduled..so they sent this feed via satellite from Sacramento over to London As far as U2 being overrated they have managed to accomplish a unique thing among their many accomplishments the same 4 members have stayed together for 30 years now..not one lineup change Acthung Baby and The Joshua Tree beats any Queen album ...if anyone's overrated it's Queen
buzzkill27 5 years ago 2
Queen are so overrated that Bono felt compelled to send that to London in tribute to a man far greater musically than he. Bono's fearsome ego ruins him. Plenty of artists would have been at Wembley that night but couldn't be. Only Bono thought himself so important that he'd send a clip halfway around the world lest the world be reminded for that there are countless better bands on the planet than U2. U2 the greatest band in the world? Any music fan knows such a claim to be utter garbage.
IsoVideo 5 years ago
Let me give you a music lesson,Nostradamus..if Bono had such an ego,U2 would have broken up long ago..Axl Rose has an ego,that's why he still tours as Guns-n-Roses even though everyone has left.Bono has what's called a healthy ego..he's not a rapper showing off his posessions..his band contributes to world wide charities annually.
buzzkill27 5 years ago 2
If Bono has a healthy ego then Pete Doherty has a healthy drug addiction. Bono is a highly intelligent, good man but to pretend his ego isn't running rampant is ridiculous. He came to Australia and demanded a meeting with our PM with a list of 'pre-conditions' for the PM to peruse. Quite rightly, our elected leader told this "Irish entertainer" to fuck off. Axl Rose is an egomaniac but a head case. Bono's ego is no healthier but his mind is.
IsoVideo 5 years ago
There is some sense in that. Im a U2-fan, but i'm fan of their music, not Bono's scene and screen-acting. And I think most U2-fans turns their eyes away and covers their ears when his more selfish behavior is being pointed out. If one was to meet him in his home or on the street, I think he would be the kindest man and have the least ego in the world, but when all cameras and eyes are turned upon him, he just changes behavior.
Kragens 5 years ago
So funny that even in 1992, everyone else was busy paying tribute to a band that hasn't had a new song in decades. While U2 was out there performing in one of the most innovative live tours in history. Go worship defunct and has beens, we'll stick with current, fresh and innovative bands that are here now.
anacrobat89 4 years ago
i think it was more about aids awareness really, using a tragedy of someone to make it into something good, oviously U2 was more concerned about money than peoples lives, how can you say back in 1992 they have not had a new song in decades?
wigperson 4 years ago
I'm referring to those here that critized U2 and praise Queen or some other has been band. Queen was great but that was then, this is now. U2 continue to be relevant to this very day and will continue to do so for years to come.
anacrobat89 4 years ago
For you're knowledge even the new singer of rock considerer Queen one of the best band or rock in the world, and also they think Freddy Mercury is the best singer of rock.
That's the words of many of you're new bands or rock.
In other words "Fuck Offfff"
DayNightEclipse 4 years ago
dude, you are an idiot. Freddie Mercury was amazing showmen, and probably the best vocalist who ever walked this planet. He's death was a tragedy for music and thats why almost all great bands payed tribute to him in one of most amazing concerts in history.
AndreDarkAngel 3 years ago
Freddie Mercury was an amazing showman, and I woudn't dispute that. He was also a fantastic vocalist which I'm sure even Bono himself would acknowledge. All I'm saying is, those that attempt to diss U2 and say they suck and "Queen rules" are stuck in the past. Let's face it, Queen is no longer relevant but I still would put them up there with great bands from the last 20 years.
anacrobat89 3 years ago 5
yeah redWinter i was just thinking that....during the Pop Mart Tour he dedicated a lot of songs to michael hutchence and i thought he would do the same here (since Bono is a big talker) anyway, as always U2 the best.
stephyjoshua 5 years ago
I'm surprised Bono didn't make a introduction saying "This is for you Freddie" or one of those speeches he usually makes during his concerts. If you know what I'm talking about.
redWinter 5 years ago 2
I would have killed to see this tour!
gabers32 5 years ago
Probably the most intense version of this song they have ever done and they have done some intense versions..if Bono was "sick" for that performance he did a remarkable job.
buzzkill27 5 years ago
this video is from the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert, called at that time "A Concert For Life"
However this video was not recorded in Oakland, it was Sacramento Arco Arena 4/17/1992.
Bono was sick for the performance.
I know because I was at both the Arco show and the Oakland show the next night. This was only done at Arco. I also have the complete tribute concert from MTV, and they even say "Live from Sacramento" though it wasn't live at all.
ProfPimp 5 years ago
they performed but not live!!!
softlips11 5 years ago
Nice performance, but The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert was in London, not Oakland, and U2 did not perform.
mynameisPMS 5 years ago 2