After their career is finally over, U2 will not only leave behind one of the biggest footprints in the history of rock, they’ll leave behind one of the biggest footprints in the history of music. Their 'competition' isn't just rock legends like The Beatles, Elvis, Led Zeppelin, and The Rolling Stones-- it's people like Mozart, Beethoven, George Gershwin, and Duke Ellington. They are truly one of the ALL-TIME greats. Anyone who doesn't understand this needs to listen to their ENTIRE catalog.
First heard this song back in 84 it blew me away. Full of harmony & balance this song is composed well with metaphors of defiance, separation, triumph, & loyalty how people can strive and reach out together and live again to see light in the distance knowing a new day will begin again. There are strength in words all you gotta do is listen it will come together.
Bono improvised this song. It was originally over 9 mins long. The Edge cut and shaped it down to five minutes. Blows my mind that Bono could just create harmony and lyrics in real time. The producer of this album, Brian Eno, really gave the band room to do whatever they wanted and it paid off for them and us.
I used to work with an old hippy when I was a Taxi driver 20 years ago and he told me about the concept of the '360 degree Man'. They are incredibly rare and have a born ability to give. They are leaders, magicians, truly great people with a terrifying capacity to love. They see everything around them all at once all the time.He was pretty stoned during the conversation.
It's pretty trendy to slag off Bono at the moment but whatever his faults he will always be to me a 360 degree Man.
I bought this in 1984, watched them at live aid then the best album ever.. came out - The Joshua Tree. Saw them at Cardiff 1988 - amazing but even better at Glasto last year. U dont notice rain when you watch U2.
As a huge U2 fan that shook my dorm in 1983 with "War", there is no old v. new. Sure, some of their 90's stuff I don't care for but I know bands have to evolve or they die. When you have been together 30 years not all of it will be good but look at their last few albums. Drew me back in. The 80's are not the end all--The Smiths were a 90's band. :-) There is always good music you just have to go look for it.
I bought this tape (yes I am that old) the Summer I turned 17. I had gotten dragged on vacation, and away from my first girlfriend. The first song on the tape is about coming home (to my GF in my case). You can imagine why and how much I liked this and the sentimental value it had
I remember the first time I listened to this album. I knew U2 had just joined the ranks of supergoup club with the likes of the Who and the Stones. I had seen US perform at the '83 US Festival the year before. When I saw Bono climb the scaffolding I knew my generation had arrived. The Unforgettable Fire is a masterpiece.
People who say this is crap, Bono is crap, only old U2 is any good are only washed up musicians who couldn't get a gig outside of a local bar. If their here listening to a song that is 27 years, its envy.
I don't really like this, it does sound like U2 to me at all, it sounds lifeless. However I do like this version v=PpdbkaiKAXI. Just listening to them this version seems to have some pretty crap drumming on it, it sounds unclear and muffled, the other version sounds much more U2 to me.
Seem the other version is life, it's much better than this version which seems uncharacteristically lifeless, Bono's voice sounds muffled and buried here. Clearly different records I know which I prefer!!!
Why do people wish that they were born in the 70:s or 80:s just because their favoute bands were popular then? You can appreciate good music even if it's 20, 30 years old.
What i think makes U2 the best band ever is the fact that i can't find one song out of the many that they have done that i do not like. Every song in my eyes is a masterpiece from 'Van Diemens Land' to 'One' and beyond.
Completely forgot about this song till I heard it yesterday in my rental car's Sirius sat radio. Will always remind me sort of my British flame, that love of my life Susan. Will always remind me that around that time I went to Mexico and it reminds me of that time of my life. will cherish forever
Not a golden age. I'm afraid that this song takes me back to a grim time. Music had lost it's direction and identity, rioting, racism was at it's height, political leaders preached greed, brutality and incompassion, this song and also 'Bad' portrayed something that was lacking in society...HUMILITY. A truly wonderfful song and album but I'm afraid my enjoyment of this is tinged with nostalgic sadness which brings a lump to the throat. Only a small handful of 80's bands have this effect.
The Unforgettable Fire is one of the greatest albums ever and not enough people know about it. It's even overshadowed by their own The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby and while those two record are greats, no album has ever talked to the spirit and soul quite like The Unforgettable Fire.
@MrRascasseman I think this album and the Joshua Tree were the pinnacle of their creativity and expression...'It's a Beautiful Day' is similar to the tunes on these two albums, but there's not nearly enough emotion in the newer song. There's energy in TUF and JT that wasn't in their later albums, and the energy that was in War and their other earlier albums is brought to fruition and focused.
this album was the one that got me addicted to u2.joshua tree and rattle and hum were in my opinion similar,and can understand why many aren't as keen on their newer stuff.but,if they kept playing the same music,people would be moaning that they were sick hearing the same old crap.that's why i think they',ve tried harder than any band to keep it fresh,and have come up with some real gems since.
I wish U2 would write more songs like this. They need to stop trying to jump on every techno trend and just get back to writing songs from the heart again.
Bless your brother@bean5ful & yourself. much love and peace to you and your family! I was writing my final wishes .. just if anything were to happen to me. its something i guess everyone needs to do @ somepoint. U2 .. they didn't 'change' my life.. they formed my life. im a civil and human right activist since i was probably about 3.. even before my knowledge of U2. Im choosing this song as a homage to my efforts thus far in my life. peace & love.
OMG this takes me back to when this album came out. Friend gave me it as a birthday present - - - a cassette, actually. I played it constantly. Constantly. Got me through the first truly rough patch in my 20 years of life. Love these guys! Thanks for putting up this vid!
"Bad" and "A Sort Of Homecoming" are my two all time favorite U2 songs. It drags you into an indescribable mood. Like you're in another world. Unfortunately we don't have songs like this anymore. Would do anything to get back to the 80' :(
This is the extact way in which I feel about this song. It's about going to your final home,and it captrues that feeling and sound so well, doesn't it?
Amazingly I still own this CD. Although I love all of U2's material, this album remains my favorite(right next to Wide Awake in America :) ). Thanks for uploading!
I've always heard this as a song about a nation emerging from war and poverty. Which for them was no doubt a dedication to 80's Ireland.
Right now this should be the song for all the Arab nations struggling to rise up against their lots and rulers. I hope for all of them they can arrive home soon.
if you listen very well bono say on borderland we run..thr lyrics say on bordeline we run..it is a great song, this album was really good with 4 good song and 2 top one...
The lyrics of this song are probably the best words this group has written. If this song doesn't send a deep chill down your spine something is missing from your heart. This paean to freedom is my favorite U2 song.
This is just an amazing song. It is life, it is hope, it is sadness, it is celebration, it is death, it is everything. Joy and tears. Thank you for uploading it in such a great quality. One Love.
The best U2's song. An indescribable feeling I get. I've already asked my closest friends to play this song on my funeral. (Not that I want to die now). I loved this song from the very first moment I heard it.
It actually pains me that people these days despise U2's later material (or just Bono's personality in general) to the point that they ignore how absolutely brilliant they were on their day. This song is the perfect example, on a pair of headphones that intro sends shockwaves to the system. Amazing.
This is a wonderful song. Thank you so much for posting. I truly do not understand why anyone would want to say anything negative about this song, this band, or its personnel. They really do their work from the heart, and their goals are fairly lofty: heal the hearts and promote world peace. What could be bad about that?
I'd argue War was that point, actaully. if you look at the effect Sunday Bloody Sunday had, along with New Year's Day...it's there. at most U2 concerts, you'll still here, "How long to sing this song," a line from '40' the last track on the album.
@bean5ful This is painful to read. It's one thing to hear of someone who gives his life for our great Republic. It's quite another to hear something about this person that makes one understand that our souls, in some meaningful way, were linked. Sorry for your loss.
This song is truly epic - it depicts a surreal personal experience of the Irish diaspora -- I love to sing along with it, but my voice always catches in my throat and I can't go on - "no spoken words, just a SCREEEEAAAAAAAAOOOOHH!" or "See the sky, the burning rain - she will DIE! - and live again - tonight!" ah shit, my nose is already prickling -
This song is truly epic - it depicts a surreal personal experience of the Irish diaspora -- I love to sing along with it, but my voice always catches in my throat and I can't go on - "no spoken words, just a SCREEEEAAAAAAAAOOOOHH!" or "She will DIE! - and LIVE AGAIN!" ah shit, my nose is already prickling -
great song.. but i do believe that U2 in the 80's was so much better live than on their studio.. this song was performed so epically on Wide Awake in America live
@GeorgeFromTTown I'd probably agree with you? This is the album version yes? I have just listened to a live version and it is far superior. To be honest this sounds pretty crap, lifeless, a blasphemous comment I know but I say what I think, especially on youtube where nobody can 'get me'!!
This is the album I used to listen to while doing homework and artwork in High School - such hope - such dreams - this is what we need to get back to.
ah, memories....I remember working a night shift when a co-worker pulled out this album and said you have to hear these guys. Well, I'm a bit of an old school guy who likes his hard rock and this was at a time when there was nothing new being released that I felt was any good. Rock as I knew it was getting soft. Well, when I heard this song, it BLEW ME AWAY !!! I asked my buddy to play the album all night long and played it LOUD !!!. Never experienced a night shift go by so fast.
26 yearsgone by God is that odd. Like a lost 60's band but yet modern. when i hear this i'm still 16 and dreaming of my life and future wife and the world would be all new and perfect. Nothing like it was in my head but ok . A yearning song and so quintesential U2.
It's hard to believe the Cd's that old already. I'm only 16 now, but this makes me wonder what life was like in the 80's...was music more meaningful then? did people actaully find time to care about the words of songs, not this all about sex shit we hear today? Man, I wish I lived in the 80's. U2 was just starting, and it was a golden age.
@K3nziTh0mas well bac in the 80's[ha] u still had a left over 60's vibe [peace/love] so true masters like these folks were few and far btween then. funny when i was yer age i liked mostly 60's/70's music but these guys tore it up,huge sound and heart. easily 1 of their greatest songs. ur right most of todays stuff is poor but dif tastes create dif sounds. now bac to yer studies younge 1! and crank out that old stuff.
@K3nziTh0mas i couldnt agree with you more!! im 28 and remember a bit of the 80s and think the music had meaning and wasnt all about bangin chicks and chics shaking their asses in the club.
@K3nziTh0mas Yes it was a golden age to live in, I feel blessed because I'm part of a last breed and I'm happy that you recognize the way songs and music was verses how they are now. I had my son listening to 70's, 80's and so on and that's why his musical tastes is wide ranged.
@K3nziTh0mas U2 wrote some truly poetic stuff in those raw days. I saw them in Germany when I was 18. It was the Joshua tree tour. Lou Reed, Big Audio Dynamite (with Joe Strummer...a sort of Clash reunion), and the Pretenders. U2 opened up with a cover of Anarchy in the UK, as Bono, and Chrissie Hynde did a very faced paced Irish jig, whilst sipping wine and rocking us to the core. Check out LCD Soundsystems. Guided by voices, Trampled by Turtles, King Crimson (start with Discipline).
@K3nziTh0mas And 16 year olds in the 80's used to ask the same question about music in the 60's... I'm not in any way glossing over your post mate, I wish more people your age took the time to consider things the way you have, but labeling the 80's a 'golden age' is to gloss over the tons of shite that was produced around that time too. That's why we love U2 so much... ;) A breath of fresh air in a time when mushy synth driven Stock Aitken Waterman style pop was rife.
Don't worry, I lived in the 80's and we thought our music sucked (i.e. Kenny Loggins "Danger Zone"). That is why albums like this were so important then.
Hello, U2FAN1992! Haven't talked to you on YouTube for a while. Just thought I'd say "hi." I'm listening to this song again today for the first time in a long time. Hope you are well, my friend. :)
I always love going home Ireland that is and always will be for the people Ar far A more friendly than you Aussie men , take a lesson or two you young impisiles
Yeah man, so do I. My dad was a big fan of U2 and bought some cd's from them a long time ago. Still don't know how I have to thank him for everything ..
Another example of U2 at its best. They are trying for total takeover and rebirth. They certainly do not set their goals low on this album. If they could have shipped the disc with a drug that would wipe your brain and heart to allow them to convince you that, truly, anything is possible in your life, and that you should immediately set forth to change the world, that drug would have been in the vinyl.
My favourite U2 song, so perfect and brilliant--got to see them play it live in 1985 and count it as one of my best moments in seeing a band live--"I am coming home"
@MIssStrutter Please take the time to read my channel, especially the bit where it says "Do not slag off U2". That includes nasty comments about Bono. Thanks.
@U2FAN1992 Hey there, don't mind them. If they don't like U2, they shouldn't comment. To me this will always be the best U2 Album. I just love it. ;-)
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After their career is finally over, U2 will not only leave behind one of the biggest footprints in the history of rock, they’ll leave behind one of the biggest footprints in the history of music. Their 'competition' isn't just rock legends like The Beatles, Elvis, Led Zeppelin, and The Rolling Stones-- it's people like Mozart, Beethoven, George Gershwin, and Duke Ellington. They are truly one of the ALL-TIME greats. Anyone who doesn't understand this needs to listen to their ENTIRE catalog.
AbbeyRoadkill1 1 day ago
First heard this song back in 84 it blew me away. Full of harmony & balance this song is composed well with metaphors of defiance, separation, triumph, & loyalty how people can strive and reach out together and live again to see light in the distance knowing a new day will begin again. There are strength in words all you gotta do is listen it will come together.
MegaLuigiman12 2 days ago
I was just 13 when I heard this and it blew my mind then as it still does this day. Forever, not too long now.
Dalleyne11216 3 days ago
Bono improvised this song. It was originally over 9 mins long. The Edge cut and shaped it down to five minutes. Blows my mind that Bono could just create harmony and lyrics in real time. The producer of this album, Brian Eno, really gave the band room to do whatever they wanted and it paid off for them and us.
grobby2 1 week ago
I used to work with an old hippy when I was a Taxi driver 20 years ago and he told me about the concept of the '360 degree Man'. They are incredibly rare and have a born ability to give. They are leaders, magicians, truly great people with a terrifying capacity to love. They see everything around them all at once all the time.He was pretty stoned during the conversation.
It's pretty trendy to slag off Bono at the moment but whatever his faults he will always be to me a 360 degree Man.
arooh 1 week ago
This is the song that paints a picture in my mind.
DogbiteOW 1 week ago
I bought this in 1984, watched them at live aid then the best album ever.. came out - The Joshua Tree. Saw them at Cardiff 1988 - amazing but even better at Glasto last year. U dont notice rain when you watch U2.
MegaFingers88 1 week ago
As a huge U2 fan that shook my dorm in 1983 with "War", there is no old v. new. Sure, some of their 90's stuff I don't care for but I know bands have to evolve or they die. When you have been together 30 years not all of it will be good but look at their last few albums. Drew me back in. The 80's are not the end all--The Smiths were a 90's band. :-) There is always good music you just have to go look for it.
apexm5 2 weeks ago
Bono is here in his best years,his voice so lovely and had 80's style and touch,many greetings to all U2-fans from Macedonia!
ssdivizion 2 weeks ago
I bought this tape (yes I am that old) the Summer I turned 17. I had gotten dragged on vacation, and away from my first girlfriend. The first song on the tape is about coming home (to my GF in my case). You can imagine why and how much I liked this and the sentimental value it had
ChristianEastern 3 weeks ago
Bono's ideas here are best represented
ColdOasisU2 3 weeks ago
one my favorite all time. I was in the 10th grade when I saw them at the Capital Center in DC
hosscube 3 weeks ago
I remember the first time I listened to this album. I knew U2 had just joined the ranks of supergoup club with the likes of the Who and the Stones. I had seen US perform at the '83 US Festival the year before. When I saw Bono climb the scaffolding I knew my generation had arrived. The Unforgettable Fire is a masterpiece.
sunfighter456 3 weeks ago
I'm 40 and saw these guys in concert back in the early 80's. The Police were the opening act !
What a show, damn I miss those days...
coloredbubbles 3 weeks ago
"Faces plowed like fields that once gave no resistance...." "And still we run... we run and don't look back...."
beelzabubba 1 month ago
My spelling, the word "musicians" oops, sorry, wow you got me. Ha ha that was a good one. Really, if you want a come back, just wipe your chin.
SuperTigressa 1 month ago
People who say this is crap, Bono is crap, only old U2 is any good are only washed up musicians who couldn't get a gig outside of a local bar. If their here listening to a song that is 27 years, its envy.
SuperTigressa 1 month ago
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dataslul 1 month ago
@SuperTigressa Learn how to properly spell before deciding to publicly display your glib and ill-conceived opinions in a public forum.
dataslul 1 month ago
haha chris martin brought me here too!!
ngt13 1 month ago
I don't really like this, it does sound like U2 to me at all, it sounds lifeless. However I do like this version v=PpdbkaiKAXI. Just listening to them this version seems to have some pretty crap drumming on it, it sounds unclear and muffled, the other version sounds much more U2 to me.
Seem the other version is life, it's much better than this version which seems uncharacteristically lifeless, Bono's voice sounds muffled and buried here. Clearly different records I know which I prefer!!!
ufewl 1 month ago
Chris Martin brought me here
JackCAFC 1 month ago
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For me celtic passion runs through this song and this band's early work. This is beautiful. No band has made music like this and no band ever will.
MrRascasseman 1 month ago
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MrRascasseman 1 month ago
simpy u2 condenced life into music +song and then make it our own !!
kiaganga 1 month ago
Why do people wish that they were born in the 70:s or 80:s just because their favoute bands were popular then? You can appreciate good music even if it's 20, 30 years old.
21thCenturyFrog 1 month ago
What i think makes U2 the best band ever is the fact that i can't find one song out of the many that they have done that i do not like. Every song in my eyes is a masterpiece from 'Van Diemens Land' to 'One' and beyond.
TheLastDecade 2 months ago
this is one of the song why i think u2 is the greatest band ever. thank you u2
rodrigoms2000 2 months ago
I love this song, and love to sing it, but cannot get through it without tearing up - every time
SupernalOne 2 months ago
Completely forgot about this song till I heard it yesterday in my rental car's Sirius sat radio. Will always remind me sort of my British flame, that love of my life Susan. Will always remind me that around that time I went to Mexico and it reminds me of that time of my life. will cherish forever
jrfuent 2 months ago
Not a golden age. I'm afraid that this song takes me back to a grim time. Music had lost it's direction and identity, rioting, racism was at it's height, political leaders preached greed, brutality and incompassion, this song and also 'Bad' portrayed something that was lacking in society...HUMILITY. A truly wonderfful song and album but I'm afraid my enjoyment of this is tinged with nostalgic sadness which brings a lump to the throat. Only a small handful of 80's bands have this effect.
shellovski 2 months ago
The Unforgettable Fire is one of the greatest albums ever and not enough people know about it. It's even overshadowed by their own The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby and while those two record are greats, no album has ever talked to the spirit and soul quite like The Unforgettable Fire.
MrRascasseman 3 months ago
@MrRascasseman I think this album and the Joshua Tree were the pinnacle of their creativity and expression...'It's a Beautiful Day' is similar to the tunes on these two albums, but there's not nearly enough emotion in the newer song. There's energy in TUF and JT that wasn't in their later albums, and the energy that was in War and their other earlier albums is brought to fruition and focused.
jcross1kirk 3 months ago
This song makes me feel like on rainy sunday mornings, when you get up alone and you go take a warm shower, while the weather is grey outside...
thomasdeliot95 3 months ago
I'm not a huge U2 fan. I like them and a lot of their songs but this song is actually my favorite song from U2.
dwryt12 3 months ago
the best (and maybe only) song to play at 6 in the morning, right before the sun comes up.
macaronilettuce 3 months ago 2
this album was the one that got me addicted to u2.joshua tree and rattle and hum were in my opinion similar,and can understand why many aren't as keen on their newer stuff.but,if they kept playing the same music,people would be moaning that they were sick hearing the same old crap.that's why i think they',ve tried harder than any band to keep it fresh,and have come up with some real gems since.
murray19701 3 months ago
From 1984 to 2011. I'm Coming Home, G!!!!! Love U!
klite61 4 months ago
I wish U2 would write more songs like this. They need to stop trying to jump on every techno trend and just get back to writing songs from the heart again.
cardman880 4 months ago
Bless your brother@bean5ful & yourself. much love and peace to you and your family! I was writing my final wishes .. just if anything were to happen to me. its something i guess everyone needs to do @ somepoint. U2 .. they didn't 'change' my life.. they formed my life. im a civil and human right activist since i was probably about 3.. even before my knowledge of U2. Im choosing this song as a homage to my efforts thus far in my life. peace & love.
stefanicher 4 months ago
This is one of my favourite U2 songs ever. I never get sick of it. I wish they'd do it live again :)
Tommysgirl14 5 months ago
I remember this song so well. I loved it. I love it still.
iamterber 5 months ago
I was bought this album for Christmas 1987-I'd just started my final year at secondary school-what a bloody fantastic song!!!!!!!!!!!
mrclumsy100 5 months ago 2
Great, great song.Sublime.
andywalker1964 5 months ago
i love this song so much! too bad i never heard it live, not in germany and not in norway.
halvisx2 5 months ago
I wish they would 've played this song on the 360 tour
Mrberding 5 months ago
And props to bassist Adam Clayton for his part in this stellar landscape - great great brilliant bassline.
hockeyokkie 6 months ago
just beautiful - this gives me chills. How epic. Listen to this with your eyes closed and it will take you somewhere peaceful.
hockeyokkie 6 months ago 3
What a beautiful song. Bono really sings the shit out of it too. Just attacks it vocally, really kills it. One of their best, no doubt.
AlphaScouser 6 months ago
OMG this takes me back to when this album came out. Friend gave me it as a birthday present - - - a cassette, actually. I played it constantly. Constantly. Got me through the first truly rough patch in my 20 years of life. Love these guys! Thanks for putting up this vid!
KrisGarwood 6 months ago
And your heart beats so slow
Through the rain and fallen snow
Across the fields of mourning
Lights in the distance
Oh don't sorrow, no don't weep
For tonight at last I am coming home
I am coming home...
What an amazing song
hester1897 6 months ago 3
i love this song,its so peaceful
iamcominghome 6 months ago
Fucking tears in my eyes...haven't heard this in years!!
halation777 6 months ago 3
This song never stops being awesome!
gillyrosh 6 months ago 3
"Bad" and "A Sort Of Homecoming" are my two all time favorite U2 songs. It drags you into an indescribable mood. Like you're in another world. Unfortunately we don't have songs like this anymore. Would do anything to get back to the 80' :(
Jegerib 6 months ago 32
@Jegerib agreed
69tomasito 6 months ago
@Jegerib I guess I'm not the only one who feels that "undescribable mood" when I listen to this song.
737FSPilot 4 months ago 2
@Jegerib
This is the extact way in which I feel about this song. It's about going to your final home,and it captrues that feeling and sound so well, doesn't it?
leftstriker 1 month ago
If ever a song painted a beautiful picture, it's this one.
citylife80 7 months ago 2
This song got me through one of the darkest times in my life, and decades later I still get chills listening to it.
cuchelo1 7 months ago 3
Amazingly I still own this CD. Although I love all of U2's material, this album remains my favorite(right next to Wide Awake in America :) ). Thanks for uploading!
Papatauenga 7 months ago
Always remember running home from school to play this. A Great Dream of an album.
skywardism 7 months ago
i'm going to draw this song one day... "and we live by the side of the road, on the side of the hill as the valley explodes...."
TonreyUnited 7 months ago
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TonreyUnited 7 months ago
Chris Martins favourite U2 song
HelterSkelterSOR 7 months ago
This is too beautiful for words....
Do any musicians here know how I would be able to acquire the Edges sound in this song?
xxrockon83 7 months ago
@xxrockon83 a delay pedal, a herdim guitar pick held backwards, a vox ac30 amp, and some reverb haha hope that would help lol
HelterSkelterSOR 7 months ago
I've always heard this as a song about a nation emerging from war and poverty. Which for them was no doubt a dedication to 80's Ireland.
Right now this should be the song for all the Arab nations struggling to rise up against their lots and rulers. I hope for all of them they can arrive home soon.
Darkiver 7 months ago
Best album best song ever.... still makes me cry.....
Sojacvndrmeer 7 months ago
if you listen very well bono say on borderland we run..thr lyrics say on bordeline we run..it is a great song, this album was really good with 4 good song and 2 top one...
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JonahVera 7 months ago
The lyrics of this song are probably the best words this group has written. If this song doesn't send a deep chill down your spine something is missing from your heart. This paean to freedom is my favorite U2 song.
lebarosky 7 months ago 2
i had this in vynil and got stolen, a long time ago. I want it back
pedromiguelreis1 8 months ago
@pedromiguelreis1 sorry pal finders keepers ;O)
ufewl 1 month ago
this song has soul!!!
ArturodeArcor 8 months ago
Gorgeously ethereal guitar. A truly majestic song, and maybe their very best.
AnnihilatingAngel 8 months ago 2
one of the best albums ever!
1998disco72 8 months ago
volvere a casa!!!
ricardo2010adidas7 8 months ago
This song is unique...
tostarello 8 months ago
This is just an amazing song. It is life, it is hope, it is sadness, it is celebration, it is death, it is everything. Joy and tears. Thank you for uploading it in such a great quality. One Love.
MindBodyAndHeart 8 months ago
fantastic song!!! been over 25 years since i heard this...not a fan of u 2 just love that trac..dont u just love the internet......
stansbigbro 8 months ago
Sucks Bono can't sing this live anymore. This is U2's best song.
thebouncer12345 8 months ago
@thebouncer12345 why cant he sing this live anymore?
Expateach 8 months ago
@Expateach He forgot the words so he chooses not to practice the song and remember them.
thebouncer12345 8 months ago
@harrybythesea Are you sure Elvis??? What?
streetyable 8 months ago
Wonderful...
TheSaraEric 9 months ago
the unforgettable fire is no doubt the best U2 album they have done simply brilliant
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malisha70 9 months ago
The best U2's song. An indescribable feeling I get. I've already asked my closest friends to play this song on my funeral. (Not that I want to die now). I loved this song from the very first moment I heard it.
denis5555 9 months ago
This song brings out a lot of memories!
Marcoshary 9 months ago
Absolutely classic 1984.
One of U2's all time best.
fascination5222 9 months ago
It actually pains me that people these days despise U2's later material (or just Bono's personality in general) to the point that they ignore how absolutely brilliant they were on their day. This song is the perfect example, on a pair of headphones that intro sends shockwaves to the system. Amazing.
TioLorenza 9 months ago 4
Larry's drum work here is incredible. Incredible song
wyleehokie 9 months ago
@wyleehokie i think it ruins the song - just my opinion obviously.
ufewl 1 month ago
Wow... I haven't heard this for such a long time.. Am gonna dust off my UFR Cd and blast it out with my car windows down
streetyable 9 months ago
This is a wonderful song. Thank you so much for posting. I truly do not understand why anyone would want to say anything negative about this song, this band, or its personnel. They really do their work from the heart, and their goals are fairly lofty: heal the hearts and promote world peace. What could be bad about that?
lebarosky 10 months ago
As Unforgettable as the fire it's titled for, this album is the birth of what we come to know as true U2.
vader142 10 months ago
As Unforgettable as the fire the album it titled for. With this album, U2 was truly born.
vader142 10 months ago
@vader142
I'd argue War was that point, actaully. if you look at the effect Sunday Bloody Sunday had, along with New Year's Day...it's there. at most U2 concerts, you'll still here, "How long to sing this song," a line from '40' the last track on the album.
K3nziTh0mas 7 months ago
Solo una parola:stupenda, la canzone che mi fece scoprire gli U2.
Grazie
DINOBENVENUTO61 10 months ago
my brother was killed in the "War against Terror" this was His favorite.
bean5ful 10 months ago 45
@bean5ful love to you and your brave brother
maurice825 10 months ago
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Expateach 8 months ago
@bean5ful very sorry to hear about your brother's death. Peace.
Expateach 8 months ago
@bean5ful
God Bless you and your brother. This is one of my favorite three songs by U2, the others being 'Bad' and 'Where the Streets Have No Name'.
theaterdreamer 7 months ago 3
@theaterdreamer Three best songs ever Dreamer... above and beyond the realm...
TonreyUnited 7 months ago
@bean5ful I'm so sorry 2 hear that! I wish u all the peace in the world!
funkymattman 7 months ago
It always the first song in my head when I return 2 ireland!
funkymattman 7 months ago
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737FSPilot 6 months ago
@bean5ful This is painful to read. It's one thing to hear of someone who gives his life for our great Republic. It's quite another to hear something about this person that makes one understand that our souls, in some meaningful way, were linked. Sorry for your loss.
lebarosky 7 months ago
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tobicruz 6 months ago
@bean5ful
May his noble soul rest in peace
Beautiful track
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TheAthletics15 10 months ago
This song is truly epic - it depicts a surreal personal experience of the Irish diaspora -- I love to sing along with it, but my voice always catches in my throat and I can't go on - "no spoken words, just a SCREEEEAAAAAAAAOOOOHH!" or "See the sky, the burning rain - she will DIE! - and live again - tonight!" ah shit, my nose is already prickling -
SupernalOne 11 months ago
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This song is truly epic - it depicts a surreal personal experience of the Irish diaspora -- I love to sing along with it, but my voice always catches in my throat and I can't go on - "no spoken words, just a SCREEEEAAAAAAAAOOOOHH!" or "She will DIE! - and LIVE AGAIN!" ah shit, my nose is already prickling -
SupernalOne 11 months ago
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SupernalOne 11 months ago
Gotta love U2, had this album years ago, still a great song
charlesneyando33 11 months ago
great song.. but i do believe that U2 in the 80's was so much better live than on their studio.. this song was performed so epically on Wide Awake in America live
GeorgeFromTTown 11 months ago
@GeorgeFromTTown I'd probably agree with you? This is the album version yes? I have just listened to a live version and it is far superior. To be honest this sounds pretty crap, lifeless, a blasphemous comment I know but I say what I think, especially on youtube where nobody can 'get me'!!
ufewl 1 month ago
Remember a little,the cool old songs of The Cure.
emersontotalyconfuse 11 months ago
it,s,our,homecoming,my,homecoming,on,semytri,i,found,the,answer,to,the,future
mollysangelique 11 months ago
it,s,our,homecoming
mollysangelique 11 months ago
This is the album I used to listen to while doing homework and artwork in High School - such hope - such dreams - this is what we need to get back to.
Tricia1974able 11 months ago
Fantastic
ivogarces 1 year ago
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TonreyUnited 1 year ago
ah, memories....I remember working a night shift when a co-worker pulled out this album and said you have to hear these guys. Well, I'm a bit of an old school guy who likes his hard rock and this was at a time when there was nothing new being released that I felt was any good. Rock as I knew it was getting soft. Well, when I heard this song, it BLEW ME AWAY !!! I asked my buddy to play the album all night long and played it LOUD !!!. Never experienced a night shift go by so fast.
Inspectionpipe 1 year ago
26 yearsgone by God is that odd. Like a lost 60's band but yet modern. when i hear this i'm still 16 and dreaming of my life and future wife and the world would be all new and perfect. Nothing like it was in my head but ok . A yearning song and so quintesential U2.
kristoscan 1 year ago
@kristoscan
It's hard to believe the Cd's that old already. I'm only 16 now, but this makes me wonder what life was like in the 80's...was music more meaningful then? did people actaully find time to care about the words of songs, not this all about sex shit we hear today? Man, I wish I lived in the 80's. U2 was just starting, and it was a golden age.
K3nziTh0mas 7 months ago 24
@K3nziTh0mas well bac in the 80's[ha] u still had a left over 60's vibe [peace/love] so true masters like these folks were few and far btween then. funny when i was yer age i liked mostly 60's/70's music but these guys tore it up,huge sound and heart. easily 1 of their greatest songs. ur right most of todays stuff is poor but dif tastes create dif sounds. now bac to yer studies younge 1! and crank out that old stuff.
kristoscan 7 months ago
@kristoscan
will do. Wouldn't listen to anything else, it helps me focus.
K3nziTh0mas 7 months ago
@K3nziTh0mas i couldnt agree with you more!! im 28 and remember a bit of the 80s and think the music had meaning and wasnt all about bangin chicks and chics shaking their asses in the club.
kgrsx 3 months ago 7
@kgrsx I'm 40 and saw these guys in concert. The Police were the opening act, talk about doubling ur pleasure Damn, I miss those days.....
coloredbubbles 3 weeks ago
@K3nziTh0mas i am also 16 and i agree with you.
AceSimGaming 2 months ago
@K3nziTh0mas Yeah, you missed out.
TheBsk5150 2 months ago
@K3nziTh0mas Yes it was a golden age to live in, I feel blessed because I'm part of a last breed and I'm happy that you recognize the way songs and music was verses how they are now. I had my son listening to 70's, 80's and so on and that's why his musical tastes is wide ranged.
yoshluv7 1 month ago
@K3nziTh0mas U2 wrote some truly poetic stuff in those raw days. I saw them in Germany when I was 18. It was the Joshua tree tour. Lou Reed, Big Audio Dynamite (with Joe Strummer...a sort of Clash reunion), and the Pretenders. U2 opened up with a cover of Anarchy in the UK, as Bono, and Chrissie Hynde did a very faced paced Irish jig, whilst sipping wine and rocking us to the core. Check out LCD Soundsystems. Guided by voices, Trampled by Turtles, King Crimson (start with Discipline).
revog99 1 month ago
@K3nziTh0mas And 16 year olds in the 80's used to ask the same question about music in the 60's... I'm not in any way glossing over your post mate, I wish more people your age took the time to consider things the way you have, but labeling the 80's a 'golden age' is to gloss over the tons of shite that was produced around that time too. That's why we love U2 so much... ;) A breath of fresh air in a time when mushy synth driven Stock Aitken Waterman style pop was rife.
PrinceFillip 1 month ago 2
@K3nziTh0mas You ever hear of the Hair Metal?
Every generation has its shit, its anthems, its heros, its spokesmen; the 80's weren't any different than today.
TGO5V 1 month ago
Don't worry, I lived in the 80's and we thought our music sucked (i.e. Kenny Loggins "Danger Zone"). That is why albums like this were so important then.
drummer78 1 month ago
@drummer78 Amen!! I hated 80's pop music. U2 was the anti-pop. I remember when only the cool kids listened to U2.
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TonreyUnited 1 year ago
this is a perfect compliment to there previous record war. Soliders going home after war to there signficant other Great song
thyczko2 1 year ago
first heard this in college 1983, these songs take me back, LOVE them!
lorimcevoy1nom 1 year ago
It's a U2 night for me...The 2nd best band I saw live...1991
todd291022 1 year ago
i really dig the bass and drums in this song.
mangouldbarrington1 1 year ago
Hello, U2FAN1992! Haven't talked to you on YouTube for a while. Just thought I'd say "hi." I'm listening to this song again today for the first time in a long time. Hope you are well, my friend. :)
TheFreedomGypsy 1 year ago
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consuelahuttonc 1 year ago
I always love going home Ireland that is and always will be for the people Ar far A more friendly than you Aussie men , take a lesson or two you young impisiles
oldbag010101 1 year ago
I associate this album with my father. Man, I need to go and buy a new copy...it's been far too long :)
Votebeatles06 1 year ago 12
@Votebeatles06
Yeah man, so do I. My dad was a big fan of U2 and bought some cd's from them a long time ago. Still don't know how I have to thank him for everything ..
DhaenensG 1 year ago
@DhaenensG
you better tell loud and tell him proud if he's worth it .
oldbag010101 1 year ago
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oldbag010101 1 year ago
Some would argue nostalgia lifestyles , maybe maybe not !
she will die and live again , great lyrics .
and we hunger for the time , going home..........
oldbag010101 1 year ago
Still there is truth in MissStrutter's statement
yamejanakaratoprak 1 year ago
the first u2 song i mugged up !
katochnr 1 year ago
a great album a superb tune , this plus wire never age , same they dont do it in there live sets
machanalan 1 year ago
this is my fav u2 song ever!!! this song reminds me my old yt friend who is a huge u2 lover like me..hope he is doing well wherever he is:)
graciu2007 1 year ago
this is real music. i love u2!!!
sita978 1 year ago 2
maybe my favourite U2 song.
ubergossen 1 year ago
My favorite track from this incredible CD -- sad, apocalyptic, beautiful.
Punktowner 1 year ago
This may be stupid, but where's the high quality button?
kbbarzso 1 year ago
Waking up on Christmas Morning and blasting this song.. good memories..
dandog77 1 year ago
@dandog77 Do it this Christmas, Dan!
TonreyUnited 1 year ago
I hear this song and have nothing but GREAT memories Hell the whole Album brings back wonderfull memories
U2Stratton 1 year ago
I hear this song and have nothing but GREAT memories
U2Stratton 1 year ago
GREAT memories of when I first heard this song/ album. :)
U2Stratton 1 year ago
Another example of U2 at its best. They are trying for total takeover and rebirth. They certainly do not set their goals low on this album. If they could have shipped the disc with a drug that would wipe your brain and heart to allow them to convince you that, truly, anything is possible in your life, and that you should immediately set forth to change the world, that drug would have been in the vinyl.
lebarosky 1 year ago
Unforgettable Fire is U2's masterwork.
bockybalboa 1 year ago
Ya know... i totally agree..... i'm almost 43 years old and this was the last U2 album i loved!
DaveShmadeCalabria 1 year ago
This is my favourite U2 song...it is inexplicably magic to me, like beautiful poetry.
Odiseo2 1 year ago
Love this tune! Timeless!
Tomhrair 1 year ago
My favourite U2 song, so perfect and brilliant--got to see them play it live in 1985 and count it as one of my best moments in seeing a band live--"I am coming home"
agramsci 1 year ago
o come away a come away ,same melody as i will follow,brilliant
EVERTONIC 1 year ago
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Their LAST great album. Still waiving the white flag for peace with Bush by your side Bono?? Fucking fraud.
MIssStrutter 1 year ago
@MIssStrutter Please take the time to read my channel, especially the bit where it says "Do not slag off U2". That includes nasty comments about Bono. Thanks.
U2FAN1992 1 year ago 9
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limesoda28 1 year ago
@U2FAN1992 Hey there, don't mind them. If they don't like U2, they shouldn't comment. To me this will always be the best U2 Album. I just love it. ;-)
63Starlight 10 months ago