U2 - Tomorrow (live) - Bourges, France 1983

[grobby2]

Bono said that this song is about the death of his mother

[NYSkinsFan82]

@Pilaman82: Unfortunately they'd never play this today. Bono recently said "he'd forgotten the lyrics to the older songs". Sad really, because songs like these are ten times better than the current, gorilla excrement "Put On Your Boots" will ever be...

[theirishinc]

JESUS IS COMING!

[pilaman82]

how crazy would it be if they played this today ?

[Starkillerjane]

I think this is my favourite U2 song.

[monsterinyourpocket]

Hands down my favourite U2 song. If only they would play it live.

[SoccerRockNY]

Great audio clip; thank you for posting. This is one song that definitely gets to me, as I can relate; I lost my mother when I was a young fellow, and that day was the worst of my existence. I can definitely sense the genuine pain in Bono's voice as he sings these lyrics. It's a heavy sentimental song, and one of their all-time best.

[cbcblades]

its def about jesus's second coming... he says "who heals the wounds who heals the scars" in studio version he screams at the end "jesus come back" and "i believe" bono and the edge's devout christianity almost split the band up in its very early days

[cbono69]

Today my Mother has given up and i feel so alone,.,This song was the first U2 song i heard back when and it made my life change forever..Who ever thought Big Mullet hair would change my life and help me throught a death that has not happened...Please offer your words to help me.,,,Cbono..I need you NOW!!!

[dundeedell1960]

@cbono69 I know that you posted this a year ago, but I understand somewhat of what you were going through. Mom did the same 4 years ago. It's hard, but for me, I knew it was her time.

[cm1179]

does anyone have the live version from probably the same year but the crowd are singing along to it - remember it floating around napster about 10 yrs ago

[minouche411]

Fucking excellent!!!

[BrandiU2]

his mother died of a brain aneurism after going to her father's funeral/

[magsieboy]

And Bono actually wrote this song about the death of his mother who died when he 14 , she had a heart attack at her own fathers funeral ,makes the song so powerful and i guess that why its only been played live a few times maybe too personal a song for him to sing . However what fucking superb performance,with the crowd singing in on all the words,these guys were already a huge band.

[EVERTONIC]

pick this song how you like, makes the hairs on my neck go nuts,bono and larys mothers died when they were young, thats what powers this song...an the band x

[smurfu2]

Amazing tune. An old classic.

[9scratches2slashes]

very piercing

[cookmoore]

Who's whistlin?

This one is a very good version

[Artemis458]

This says The Edge was playing Tin Whistle, (from Last FM website):

"For the War Tour, the band rehearsed a new live version [of Tomorrow]: October segued into it and the Uilleann pipes were replaced by The Edge playing a tin whistle."

[cookmoore]

Sorry, guess I didn't read!

The Edge is a very good tin whistler

[Artemis458]

@cookmoore heheh, no I only added those comments to my description after your question, although one guy reckons it was not Edge playing whistle but vincent kilduff (he played the uleian pipe in the studio version of tomorrow). Im trying to find that out as itd be nice to know. Either way I agree it was fine playing!

[rit213]

I think I can clear this one up. Having got to the see 5 dates on the war tour! 3 times I heard this version with the whislte and the Edge played it. On two dates (both London) They had Uilleann pipes which were played by someone not in the band which I would guess would of been Vincent Kilduff. I actually prefer the version with the whislte.

[Artemis458]

its nice to clear that up, thanks for the insight!

[mickmcg68]

I think this is from Glasgow 24th March 1983? If not its almost identical. A classic whereever its from.

[smurfu2]

Yeah it does sound the same.

[fortitude78]

Another lost U2 gem.

[XxXLazzersXxX]

love dis song tin whistle makes it very irish

[EVERTONIC]

would love to hear the bunnymen do this, and the boys to do killing moon

[xshiningstarx]

aahh very irish sound like :D :D

[Erabot]

I used to love this song, but as most of October, it cannot age really well. :-) Boys are boys, they grow up.

[dragmio]

True men never grow up, let alone boys.

[Haujansen]

This song is one of my ultimate favourites ever... Love the kind of Irish sound!

U2 <3

[ColmEFC]

That's Kiltimagh's finest, Vinnie Kilduff playing the whistle there. Went on to join In Tua Nua, alongside Steve Wickham - both played with u2 in December '82: Vinnie on "Tomorrow" (where he also played uilleann pipes), and Steve played violin on "Sunday Bloody Sunday".

[foppa123]

I long for early-mid 80's u2.

[ColmEFC]

Echo your comments wholeheartedly - ain't U2's fault these days that the vast majority of "U2 fans" are a world away from those who followed the band all over the place back in those great days, in the early 80s. U2 live back then......WOW! Think I've done well to get this far without labelling a fair percentage of "nu-U2" fans as knobheads! ;-)

[spatchka100]

U2 as a musical outfit should really forget about pop songs and concentrate on more experimental work. They would be such a great prog rock band if they put their minds to it. They need to diversify and explore totally new territory, this is how they can age gracefully. I love this early stuff though and have only recently had the pleasure of hearing some 1984 concerts, that energy hasnt been present since zoo tv, my first u2 gig. All the same and for what its worth - Long live u2

[obelixtyndefulano]

A real rarity. I think this song has been much overlooked. It is also one of the only songs by U2 that shows inspiration by Irish folk music.

[walsh46217]

This song tears at me everytime I hear it. The power in Bono's lyrics are so dark.

[KevinJonasIsWayCool]

The only song written for Bono's mother. This is my favorite U2 song ever

[Satur9girl]

Actually there are several songs about her. The other one is "Lemon". She's the woman in the lemon dress...

[Cedea341]

The only? A lot of Bono's songs is about his mother.. As Satur9girl says there is Lemon.. but also I Will Follow, MOFO and Out of Control

[CarnageVisors]

this one was always one of my u2 favourites.

[pizzapazza89]

God was speaking during this song......

Thanks U2.....