I really wish U2 would make an album like this again :( A true return to their roots even just one album! Boy, October, War, Joshua Tree!! Love the old stuff.. The new recent stuff isnt bad but it's not real U2.. Money isnt an issue here cause we all know they can make a Album that tanks commercially and they will all still be filthy rich!! Duran Duran recently did this with ALL you need is now... That album is fantastic a time trip to the early 80's Duran Duran sound.. Like to see U2 do this...
Just putting together the 'bones' of a novel where a suicide is discovered in he first few pages. I've just moved from the trailer of 'Control' where we see the 'Atmosphere' track played as Curtis's his wife comes running out of the house; very well done and it's influenced me in some of the writing. This LP (their first still stand up there with all what they've done. Witness a track done from this LP or was it their first single? 'Out of Control'? done at Glastonbury. As good as ever.
Bono is a raving right wing loopy hypocrit avoiding paying his tax`s does he think he can take it all with him when he dies. He talks about eradicating poverty, helping the poor etc what an evil IRISH ARSE HOLE. wayne roony and many buisness men many pop stars should hold there heads in shame
@evilofisalm You do know that eradicating poverty and helping the poor are LEFT not RIGHT wing fundamentlas right? I see what you mean about right wing people not wanting to pay taxes though.
@lordisode "You do know that eradicating poverty and helping the poor are LEFT not RIGHT wing fundamentlas right?"
Not true. Just different approaches to the problem. Lefties believe the government should take on poverty by taxing the rich, social welfare programs, etc. Righties don't think the government should be involved in that; charity should be in the private sphere and done freely.
This is the "Old U2" 1980 TO 1984 when they were raw... You can talk about Achtung Baby, Zooropa, Vertigo etc.. all you want. But nothing they have done is the last 21 years comes close to this and the stuff on October and War.. Nothing... Fantastic old fashioned back beat rythem..
@rickyisgould I have understanding that it was about a closer band's friend suicide (who unfourtunately did it). This actually inspired this song. Bono leved so sad about this that wrote this lirycs telling that friend (of unknow name) what would happend if he kills himself.
@rickyisgould the song, the original demo version, with the same lyrics and structure, was already recorded before Ian offed himself, - you can hear it here on youtube; it's not about Ian. However, they chose to make this the first song recorded during the Boy album sessions partly in honor of Ian, since the lyrics indirectly referred to suicide, and, they wanted to see how well Steve Lillywhite could capture their sonic vision of this superb composition.
I'm not a U2 expert and only own "Boy", but I gotta say this song is one of my favorite songs by anyone ever. Great lyrics, great melody and a general sense of melancholy perfectly expressed. In my opinion, this record is one of the best and most unique debut albums in recorded history. 31 years later, there still isn't a band that sounds like these guys. Good on ya, U2.
@HopeVJustice The recording of this song was in part respect to Ian, but U2 had already been playing this song live with the same lyrics and meaning since late 1979/early 1980, prior to Ian's death.
I love the lyrics of How to dismantle an atomic bomb, and the music of J.T. or War, but everytime I listen to Boy, I completely rediscover it. It's, with no doubt, one of their best albums.
man, of all the U2 albums I've listened to, this is the one which has grown on me the most. Doesn't have the immediacy of War, J.T., or Achtung baby, but its almost dream-like in terms of melodies. Great debut and a great song.
this f'in song rules... remember bono fuckin ruled when i was a boy and stayed f'in rock always.... u2 the whole band has been cool since i was 8 years old..ps f all raider haters
Wow! Came out in 1980. I was my second year in college. Here in Chicago at that time there was only one alternative radio station and that was WXRT. They played all the goth, rockabilly, punk and new wave at the time. Now I am a 50 yr old man, at the time of this writing, yet it still brings me back to my younger days, doing the underground niteclubs (anyone remember Smart Bar on N Clark St?) and this blue polo shirt I had. Wow. Amazing. Feel young again. Thanks!
@jrfuent LOL...I know the feeling. Heard this and "I Will Follow" on WHFS in Washington, DC...the only station at the time playing "progressive." It was so new and different.
How to dismantle an atomic bomb is their worst album, in my opinion. I like "War" their 3rd album, It is Dark, Mysterious, Heart Felt & Passionate! Very Dreamy, quite Surreal..
not sure if it stretches it too much.. AB has who's gonna ride your.. I can't even finish writing the name of it :-( this has An Cat Dubh, Electrico and Out of Control.. If they'd only let 11 o'clock on, it would still be up there with Achtung baby as their overall best in my opinion.
Boy is still the greatest of U2's albums,no thanks to Steve Lillywhite.I first saw them on The Tube in 1982 and was amazed.Then I heard their records and thought,this isn't as good as the live version.This was quite a change from groups of that era who's albums were good but they were rotten live.
I love Boy because it risks itself in all sorts of creative and unique ways. The result is something provocative, timeless, meaty, moving, thrilling... You never get a sense that the songs are just meandering around with nothing happening in them. My favorite U2 album, a notch above Joshua and Achtung. Every one of these songs just gets me every single time.
Very underrated in my opinion! I think they should play this live again.. why not on the 360° tour? If they can play Out of control, electric co, an cat dubh/into the heart and i will follow again, they can play this again too! I'd love to hear it again!!
Problem with it live is they depart greatly from the studio version, into substantially lower quality, unlike other of their songs, such as Electric Co. Check out the live guitar tribute video of this song on HarmonicsExplorer channel.
Hey RedBlood1994!!!! Yep...U2 is amazing!!!! I've been a fan since 1983...and I guess I prefer their pre-1990's/2000's stuff...but...Everything You Can't Leave Behind is FANTASTIC, as is No Line on the Horizon!!! My favourite album is War! Welcome to the wotld of U2!!!...ENJOY!! :)
Well, depends on what you like. In my opinion, yes! Of course, they have bad songs too, but that's a matter of personal taste as well. Personally, I love all their albums. If I were you, I'd start with their best albums. Almost every U2 fan will tell you The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby are their best. Other than that, you should check All that you can't leave behind, The unforgettable fire (album), Boy and How to dismantle an atomic bomb. Or just start with Boy and work your way up :-)
Naw, U2 had already been playing this song and had an original demo of it months before Ian offed himself, but it was the first single they recorded with Steve Lillywhite after Ian offed himself, perhaps in tribute to him. The suicide relation of the song was 'inspired' by someone U2 knew of that attempted to off their self, prior to 1980. So says the U2 book 'Into the Heart'.
For detailed clarity: The song wasn't written in tribute to Ian, but rather, the act of recording this song for Island Records was supposedly in tribute to Ian(the demo version was in late '79 or very early '80, before Ian's death) since the song had a suicide influence in the lyrics, from an episode with someone else Bono knew. U2 chose to do their next recording following Ian's death with this song, apparently in tribute to Ian. Kapeesh?
Thanks U2rock55 for posting this classic amazing U2 song. This ENTIRE album was a gift to all of us from U2. A window into their soul(s). Not like today where they just melt into the crowd. This stood out in a BIG way.
Think about it. Go back to Boy War & October and listen. I mean REALLY listen. Don't listen to anything after Pride. Do it for a week or 2. Then listen to Pride and post Pride stuff. Then tell me if you still feel the same way. If you REALLY listen you will know exactly why I posted what I did about "Melting into the crowd."
What a nice memory! I haven't heard this song in about 20 years. I just had the most tremendous flashback to my Sophmore year in High School...my old beat up Volkswagen bug, a red-headed girl I was chasing...teenaged angst...worried about the future....wanting to be a grownup...that brash, teenaged bravado that I had....damn how I wish I could be that guy again! Made me want to trash my office and walk out of the building and time travel back to my youth. Thanks for posting this.
This album is amazing from start to finish. I'm no big fan of u2. I pretty much think anything after this is mediocre. But Boy is a masterpiece. A brilliant piece of the golden age of post-punk, Tony Wilson's Factory children (I know, U2 were with Island, but they, at least initially, embodied that spirit). Great song, great album, and a good tribute to the brilliant man that was Ian Curtis.
i think this is the best album ever and i am happy you put it on youtube
i still got that elpee, its when i met them at parkpop 88 , one of the first times of parkpop, he was not really very famous then, but a very cool person, and i followed him ever since, in his music, im no stalker, he grew with my taste, im a fan, cant u see, again thanks for giving us this
As a point of interest, Bono purportedly wrote this is a tribute to Ian Curtis, of Joy Division, following his suicide.
An oft-repeated anecdote by Tony Wilson is that when U2 visited Factory Records, U2 frontman Bono said when Curtis was alive he was the best frontman in rock and he himself was only number two; Bono pledged to take Curtis' place.
The song and lyrics were already written and had been performed live months before Ian offed himself. The lyrics referred to some other dude in Ireland.
The Wikipedia definition was apparently misinformed.
From the info I've seen, Bono's lyrics were influenced by the attempted suicide of an acquaintance of a friend of Bono's, in Ireland, nothing to do with Ian Curtis, except that U2 may have been inspired to have there next recording at the time, spring/summer 1980, be ADayW/OMe, in tribute to Ian Curtis, but not written in tribute to Ian Curtis. Like Gvert stated, the song and lyrics had already been recorded and performed live months before Ian offed himself.
just such a unique album. a lot of their albums are totally diff than others which is good, but hard to jusdge and compare-which i guess you don't have to. boy always has a great place in my heart though...
I mean the song had been already recorded in a primitive studio-demo form before the Boy album studio rendition was recorded. The primitive earlier recorded demo is available here on youtube.
I just Wiki'd the Boy album, and the kid's name was Peter Rowen.
He was paid in candy for the photo shoot, a box of Mars bars.
He is now a successful Photographer in his own right, and photographed U2 playing live at Slane Castle, Dublin, in 2001.
He was the younger brother of Bono's friend Guggi. I bet he wishes he had asked for a percentage of the album's sales now, rather than settling for payment in chocolate bars!
Also U2 have joked in the past of doing a follow-up to Boy called Man
I wonder what the Boy from the album cover looks like now ?
I think he was the Edge's nephew - he will be a couple of years older than me, I was born in '75, but I was into U2's music from an early age.
I will never forget the day a friend of my Parents' came round and her daughter had a tape of The Joshua Tree and my Brother and I asked her to play it on our wee Stereo.
I thought it was like Gospel music - it was certainly very powerful. I had never heard an Album like that before.
This song is about Ian Curtis of Joy division. It's funny how Joy division influenced Mega bands like U2 and yet the common folk have never heard of them.
Right on dude, I'm a mega early u2 fan ( pre - joshua tree ) and I thought it was strange how similiar they sounded to Joy Division. If it wasn't for Joy Division I don't if there would be that U2 sound.
I agree totally, anything joshua tree on is a let down. I don't think Joy Division will ever get the credit they are due. In 3 years they managed to influenced present "day so-called great bands."
They had already been performing this song live in concert months before Ian offed himself. The lyrics were referring to some dude in Ireland. The Wikipedia definition is apparently misinformed.
Gli U2 che conosco.....
puccio68 5 hours ago
I count three guitars - at once! The Edge is amazing!
SupernalOne 2 weeks ago
riposa in pace Ian <3
marcobowroad 2 months ago 3
Timeless and amazing this song is
Tcc80s 2 months ago
ciao ian r.i.p
pierpullo1980 3 months ago
a song from they´re first album
theferrariwrecker 3 months ago
This song oozes pure energy. Fantastic!
clagot 4 months ago
the Edge was 19 years old when he made this...what a smart fella
bozo47p 4 months ago
I really wish U2 would make an album like this again :( A true return to their roots even just one album! Boy, October, War, Joshua Tree!! Love the old stuff.. The new recent stuff isnt bad but it's not real U2.. Money isnt an issue here cause we all know they can make a Album that tanks commercially and they will all still be filthy rich!! Duran Duran recently did this with ALL you need is now... That album is fantastic a time trip to the early 80's Duran Duran sound.. Like to see U2 do this...
TheJasoncombee 5 months ago
reminds me of flock of seagulls ...
Cygnus2112YYZ 5 months ago
Just putting together the 'bones' of a novel where a suicide is discovered in he first few pages. I've just moved from the trailer of 'Control' where we see the 'Atmosphere' track played as Curtis's his wife comes running out of the house; very well done and it's influenced me in some of the writing. This LP (their first still stand up there with all what they've done. Witness a track done from this LP or was it their first single? 'Out of Control'? done at Glastonbury. As good as ever.
CastletoKarma 5 months ago
Bono is a raving right wing loopy hypocrit avoiding paying his tax`s does he think he can take it all with him when he dies. He talks about eradicating poverty, helping the poor etc what an evil IRISH ARSE HOLE. wayne roony and many buisness men many pop stars should hold there heads in shame
evilofisalm 5 months ago
@evilofisalm You do know that eradicating poverty and helping the poor are LEFT not RIGHT wing fundamentlas right? I see what you mean about right wing people not wanting to pay taxes though.
lordisode 5 months ago
@lordisode And that includes the cast of u2 they are bigots
evilofisalm 5 months ago
@evilofisalm Anyone who buys or downloads U2 music are being fooled. they are liars and thieves
evilofisalm 5 months ago
@lordisode "You do know that eradicating poverty and helping the poor are LEFT not RIGHT wing fundamentlas right?"
Not true. Just different approaches to the problem. Lefties believe the government should take on poverty by taxing the rich, social welfare programs, etc. Righties don't think the government should be involved in that; charity should be in the private sphere and done freely.
cadmus98 3 months ago
"I started a landslide in my ego............"
jtminutisme1 6 months ago
mais um classico da melhor banda dos ultimos tempos!!!!!!! isso é u2!!!!
edineitacla 6 months ago
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ToolsnFire 6 months ago in playlist FirstGig
how 80's does this song sound?? :P
Niesha18C 7 months ago
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somehow managed to get this on 45" in the early 80s. Go figure.
OccidentalAlice 7 months ago
the best part is 0:00 to 3:14
123456789sebass 7 months ago 2
this is one of their best songs!! XD
theedge2009 7 months ago
U2 never equaled the greatness of their first album "Boy". After "The Joshua Tree" in 1987, they sucked.
TIMOTHYSAARINEN 7 months ago 2
This is the "Old U2" 1980 TO 1984 when they were raw... You can talk about Achtung Baby, Zooropa, Vertigo etc.. all you want. But nothing they have done is the last 21 years comes close to this and the stuff on October and War.. Nothing... Fantastic old fashioned back beat rythem..
TheJasoncombee 8 months ago 17
@TheJasoncombee No way, joshua tree achtung baby are as good or better than the first albums... for me the best u2 is with achtung baby ..
johanesjuanes 7 months ago
@TheJasoncombee
Thank you... EXACTLY!
BalboaBunny 6 months ago
@TheJasoncombee Two words... Miracle Drug. Boom, roasted.
Fire4Pyroe 3 months ago
@TheJasoncombee watch teh documentary "from the sky down" and you'll see why they changed the music. ;)
mistermayonaise 2 months ago
Unforgettable Ian.
simcam 8 months ago 2
i never really like u2 too much but i downloaded this album, goood stuff
rickyisgould 8 months ago
I really liked this song too but... Im not too sure I like it much anymore....
makeupbytaradotcom 9 months ago
OMG, AND I THOUGHT BEAUTIFUL DAY WAS BEAST!!! HOLY SHIT, THIS SONG IS THE SHIT!!!!!
Tallerus72hippie 9 months ago
niesamowite!!!!!! : )
szaniawy 9 months ago
is this song really about ian curtis's death?
rickyisgould 9 months ago
@rickyisgould yes it is
MrAdamShockley 9 months ago
@rickyisgould I have understanding that it was about a closer band's friend suicide (who unfourtunately did it). This actually inspired this song. Bono leved so sad about this that wrote this lirycs telling that friend (of unknow name) what would happend if he kills himself.
chompypunk890 9 months ago
@rickyisgould the song, the original demo version, with the same lyrics and structure, was already recorded before Ian offed himself, - you can hear it here on youtube; it's not about Ian. However, they chose to make this the first song recorded during the Boy album sessions partly in honor of Ian, since the lyrics indirectly referred to suicide, and, they wanted to see how well Steve Lillywhite could capture their sonic vision of this superb composition.
ToolsnFire 3 months ago
23 years old dead...r.i.p.
headbanger985 10 months ago
I'm not a U2 expert and only own "Boy", but I gotta say this song is one of my favorite songs by anyone ever. Great lyrics, great melody and a general sense of melancholy perfectly expressed. In my opinion, this record is one of the best and most unique debut albums in recorded history. 31 years later, there still isn't a band that sounds like these guys. Good on ya, U2.
TheMcSomething 11 months ago 2
R.I.P. Ian Curtis
ChrisssThomas 11 months ago 48
@ChrisssThomas
Was this song dedicated to him? I'm missing something.. lol. I love Ian and Joy Division (: RIP Ian (: xxxx
HopeVJustice 1 month ago
@HopeVJustice The recording of this song was in part respect to Ian, but U2 had already been playing this song live with the same lyrics and meaning since late 1979/early 1980, prior to Ian's death.
ToolsnFire 1 month ago
great song still after all these years - for me 29 years U2 Fan
HerLabyrinth 11 months ago
I'm gonna start a landslide in my ego to and see what happens
thelargge 1 year ago 2
A starting a landslide in my ego.......... this song has won with the time, Now it follows beeing fantastic. Classic tune of boy!
Jorgpabl32 1 year ago
One of the best songs ever!
maryjay78 1 year ago
What magical song. remember the happiness of childhood.
emersontotalyconfuse 1 year ago
@emersontotalyconfuse Isn't this song about suicide...
swissbird101 1 year ago
@swissbird101 the song was made BEFORE that...
thelargge 1 year ago
@swissbird101 I believe it's about Ian Curtis' suicide.
selldeidre 1 year ago 3
@selldeidre r.i.p. ian
skeletor1993 11 months ago
@selldeidre Do you think so??? I have been the biggest Joy Division fan since the 1970's and never thought about what this song is about.
theonlytruepunk 11 months ago
I love the lyrics of How to dismantle an atomic bomb, and the music of J.T. or War, but everytime I listen to Boy, I completely rediscover it. It's, with no doubt, one of their best albums.
Sjero99 1 year ago
man, of all the U2 albums I've listened to, this is the one which has grown on me the most. Doesn't have the immediacy of War, J.T., or Achtung baby, but its almost dream-like in terms of melodies. Great debut and a great song.
canadiangalzo 1 year ago 3
they sold out mostly at Joshua Tree
jelert6 1 year ago
I hated it originally, still can't figure out why.
mulcajbm 1 year ago
this f'in song rules... remember bono fuckin ruled when i was a boy and stayed f'in rock always.... u2 the whole band has been cool since i was 8 years old..ps f all raider haters
jimhenry71 1 year ago
This is the U2 I knew and loved!!!! After Unforgettable Fire it was sell out city!!
generationx1966 1 year ago
@generationx1966 No it wasn't.
HolaDeco 1 year ago
Now this is better... new-wave-esque music. Because their latter songs plain sucks.
War is probably their best album and Joshua Tree comes by a mile behind. The rest? Worst band ever.
Johnnypt13 1 year ago
the edge's guitar on the first 5 albums is like the sound of being a teenager
jacobbeahm 1 year ago
bpm+? ^^
Kullis 1 year ago
Great song and voice! =)
atens 1 year ago
I love this song! Even though I'm 16, I think the 80's were so awesome! U2 are GREAT!
RedMist85 1 year ago 2
@RedMist85 I'm too !
Killerhackpas 1 year ago
These guys were all just teenager kids when they were writing and playing these amazing songs, incredible when you think about it.
KenfromDublin 1 year ago
Edge and Larry were still 18 when they did this recording, Bono and Adam were 20, and the other crucial person, Steve Lillywhite, was 24/25.
ToolsnFire 1 year ago
'As it goes , this song , 2nd to my all time favourite... Electric Co.... Being a teenager with this album... Great Days.'
jjbncaa 1 year ago
The way The Edge uses the memory man analog delay here is just phenomenal *__* (......he's using those Korg digital ones too ....)
This dude is an effin' guitar wizard *__*
93Ronn 1 year ago
Wow! Came out in 1980. I was my second year in college. Here in Chicago at that time there was only one alternative radio station and that was WXRT. They played all the goth, rockabilly, punk and new wave at the time. Now I am a 50 yr old man, at the time of this writing, yet it still brings me back to my younger days, doing the underground niteclubs (anyone remember Smart Bar on N Clark St?) and this blue polo shirt I had. Wow. Amazing. Feel young again. Thanks!
jrfuent 1 year ago 2
@jrfuent LOL...I know the feeling. Heard this and "I Will Follow" on WHFS in Washington, DC...the only station at the time playing "progressive." It was so new and different.
LoyalRaiderFan 1 year ago
This song is about suicide ... not yet my favourite track. Very nice though.
IrnBruWorld 1 year ago
i started a landslide ............. amazing havent heard this in years !!!
0000peaches 1 year ago
sounds like some 80s car chase song lol
helpdonate1 1 year ago
I rubbed my clit to this boy
Jackthemeat 1 year ago 4
@Jackthemeat i still do ;)
QuasaraOfficial 1 year ago
@Jackthemeat You are bad to the bone!
blacknganga 1 year ago
How to dismantle an atomic bomb is their worst album, in my opinion. I like "War" their 3rd album, It is Dark, Mysterious, Heart Felt & Passionate! Very Dreamy, quite Surreal..
DvD21mIL 1 year ago
@DvD21mIL Totally disagree, 'Bomb is up there with their best albums.
Pop And Zooropa sucked.
KenfromDublin 1 year ago
@KenfromDublin
Pop and Zooropa in my opinion are their best albums
TheFly587 1 year ago
this song is a tribute to joy division's ian curtis, fitting tribute really
danathor99 1 year ago 3
This album is 30 years old yet it's still fresh in my eyes. I love the early era of U2.
MrNotbadyou 1 year ago
Damn gotta love that intro
ledzeprulz1234 1 year ago
Today's a day without me.....
theedge2009 1 year ago
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MichaelD8393 1 year ago
..and i'll "rediscover" them too. ;)
truedude30 1 year ago
I really must go back and "re-discovver" U-2. I'm falling in love with this band all over again. Great track!
truedude30 1 year ago 4
the intro is fantastic!
74rael 2 years ago 30
Ian Curtis will live forever.
MrBavahorror 2 years ago 2
Ian curtis for a life.........he was the best
kerasole 2 years ago 2
Nobody like him...
MrBavahorror 2 years ago
That's great stuff, but better than Achtung?
Stretches it a bit :)
acrobat741 2 years ago
This album and the second, October, are the best of U2.
emersontotalyconfuse 2 years ago 2
Acrobat74, just to mention, people are talking about the character/soul/sound combination aspect of Boy/October as being more/most attractive.
ToolsnFire 2 years ago
I see your point but it's down to personal preference, isn't it.
Peronally I prefer the darker soundscapes of Achtung to this youthful energy.
acrobat741 2 years ago
not sure if it stretches it too much.. AB has who's gonna ride your.. I can't even finish writing the name of it :-( this has An Cat Dubh, Electrico and Out of Control.. If they'd only let 11 o'clock on, it would still be up there with Achtung baby as their overall best in my opinion.
anxieanxie 1 year ago
I'm starting a landslide in my ego
Look from the outside to the world I left behind
great song, great lyrics U2 is the greatest..
madintoit 2 years ago 5
Boy is still the greatest of U2's albums,no thanks to Steve Lillywhite.I first saw them on The Tube in 1982 and was amazed.Then I heard their records and thought,this isn't as good as the live version.This was quite a change from groups of that era who's albums were good but they were rotten live.
Breedoe 2 years ago
look from th outside, to the world I left behind
ballymunbono 2 years ago
This song is epic! Though all of Boy is :P One of my favourite U2 songs :)
TheParodyrose 2 years ago
I love Boy because it risks itself in all sorts of creative and unique ways. The result is something provocative, timeless, meaty, moving, thrilling... You never get a sense that the songs are just meandering around with nothing happening in them. My favorite U2 album, a notch above Joshua and Achtung. Every one of these songs just gets me every single time.
AwesomeCoasters 2 years ago 4
Wow, U2 actually sounded pretty (post) punk in their young years.
HawK047 2 years ago 2
Very underrated in my opinion! I think they should play this live again.. why not on the 360° tour? If they can play Out of control, electric co, an cat dubh/into the heart and i will follow again, they can play this again too! I'd love to hear it again!!
Apoptosis12 2 years ago
Problem with it live is they depart greatly from the studio version, into substantially lower quality, unlike other of their songs, such as Electric Co. Check out the live guitar tribute video of this song on HarmonicsExplorer channel.
ToolsnFire 2 years ago
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extreme67 2 years ago
Still one of my favourite U2 songs of all time!!!
zoat77 2 years ago 10
what ive heard of this band is amazing!
r all of there cds/songs this good? please reply
RedBlood1994 2 years ago 4
yes they are take my word 4 it
hallo775 2 years ago 2
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Everything up to 1993 is EXCELLENT! Most of the stuff after 1994 or so is average to crap....
Dalgren969 2 years ago
Hey RedBlood1994!!!! Yep...U2 is amazing!!!! I've been a fan since 1983...and I guess I prefer their pre-1990's/2000's stuff...but...Everything You Can't Leave Behind is FANTASTIC, as is No Line on the Horizon!!! My favourite album is War! Welcome to the wotld of U2!!!...ENJOY!! :)
zoat77 2 years ago 4
Well, depends on what you like. In my opinion, yes! Of course, they have bad songs too, but that's a matter of personal taste as well. Personally, I love all their albums. If I were you, I'd start with their best albums. Almost every U2 fan will tell you The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby are their best. Other than that, you should check All that you can't leave behind, The unforgettable fire (album), Boy and How to dismantle an atomic bomb. Or just start with Boy and work your way up :-)
Apoptosis12 2 years ago
i saw them in Philly with my dad..
amazing
Sublimenate94 2 years ago
saw them in zagreb with my friends and family... this moment will live in my head FOREVER!
mulicnik 2 years ago
If the band asked what song I'd like them to play, this would probably be it. :)
malachai37 2 years ago
(l)
bicketteama 2 years ago
I think U2 composed this about Joy Division's frontman, Ian Curtis, suicide. Not sure how accurate this statement is, but I think it may be true.
CARNLOU 2 years ago 3
Naw, U2 had already been playing this song and had an original demo of it months before Ian offed himself, but it was the first single they recorded with Steve Lillywhite after Ian offed himself, perhaps in tribute to him. The suicide relation of the song was 'inspired' by someone U2 knew of that attempted to off their self, prior to 1980. So says the U2 book 'Into the Heart'.
HarmonicsExplorer 2 years ago
Yes, this song was in tribute to Ian Curtis
JIF882 2 years ago
For detailed clarity: The song wasn't written in tribute to Ian, but rather, the act of recording this song for Island Records was supposedly in tribute to Ian(the demo version was in late '79 or very early '80, before Ian's death) since the song had a suicide influence in the lyrics, from an episode with someone else Bono knew. U2 chose to do their next recording following Ian's death with this song, apparently in tribute to Ian. Kapeesh?
HarmonicsExplorer 2 years ago
I cant believe there was a time when U2 wasnt shit and Bono didnt reek of pretentious twat
I have to listen to this album again!
birdiejoehoaks 2 years ago 2
his friend killed himself?
stoleninfo 2 years ago
2:19 Bono's closing vocals remind me alot of Siouxsie Sioux.
Jose1382 2 years ago
uuuf!! when U2 was a good band LOL
laforet 2 years ago
my favorite song off the Boy album.
bonezzzz 2 years ago 4
Mine too, bonezzzz!!
zoat77 2 years ago
I used to be a fervent detractor of U2.
This song has made me regret that stance.
joeydivision92 2 years ago 3
U2 siempre es y siempre sera la mejor banda del mundo0, aunke digan lo0 ke digan.... I LOVE U2!!!¨¨
Sh4rO 2 years ago 3
this song is great what are edges delay settings for this plz can any one tell me
joydivisionrule 2 years ago
about 385ms.
scorpguitar79 2 years ago
Thanks U2rock55 for posting this classic amazing U2 song. This ENTIRE album was a gift to all of us from U2. A window into their soul(s). Not like today where they just melt into the crowd. This stood out in a BIG way.
r1skate 2 years ago 5
Melt into the crowd?? They are still the most original band today , how can you say that?
Thejollyguitarist 2 years ago
Think about it. Go back to Boy War & October and listen. I mean REALLY listen. Don't listen to anything after Pride. Do it for a week or 2. Then listen to Pride and post Pride stuff. Then tell me if you still feel the same way. If you REALLY listen you will know exactly why I posted what I did about "Melting into the crowd."
r1skate 2 years ago 4
un des 3 meilleurs albums de u2 avec WAR et OCTOBER.
Un grand merci à u2rock55
roquet74 2 years ago
What a nice memory! I haven't heard this song in about 20 years. I just had the most tremendous flashback to my Sophmore year in High School...my old beat up Volkswagen bug, a red-headed girl I was chasing...teenaged angst...worried about the future....wanting to be a grownup...that brash, teenaged bravado that I had....damn how I wish I could be that guy again! Made me want to trash my office and walk out of the building and time travel back to my youth. Thanks for posting this.
Texagator 3 years ago 57
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do it you pussy!
badmusicianspage 2 years ago
Cool story, bro.
Willy666C 1 year ago
@Texagator - Feelin that brother!
fagan7 1 year ago
@Texagator Wow,dude...I could not have out it better.Saw them on the WAR tour in '82 while a soph in HS in TX.... Peace..
generationx1966 1 year ago
@generationx1966 Please, I know it's a stupid question, but i really need to know: was Edge already bald?
jkjkjk :D
FriedChickenofDeath6 1 year ago
@Texagator That's bittersweet. Sigh.
cadetstarnoodle 1 year ago
U2 used to be a fantastic group.
MaxdeGek 3 years ago
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I agree they're shit now
robcatfish12 2 years ago
This album is amazing from start to finish. I'm no big fan of u2. I pretty much think anything after this is mediocre. But Boy is a masterpiece. A brilliant piece of the golden age of post-punk, Tony Wilson's Factory children (I know, U2 were with Island, but they, at least initially, embodied that spirit). Great song, great album, and a good tribute to the brilliant man that was Ian Curtis.
crocodilewerewolf 3 years ago 4
i think ur wrong...u2's best work was the joshua tree
1superaton1 3 years ago
followed by achtung baby
AdyPole 3 years ago
Personally, I think Boy has got some good songs on it, but U2's first great album was War. It's hard to look past Joshua Tree as their best album.
maxfrasier 2 years ago
whats the title of the song that likes on vertig
btw cool song, U2 ownes
19AD93 3 years ago
i think this is the best album ever and i am happy you put it on youtube
i still got that elpee, its when i met them at parkpop 88 , one of the first times of parkpop, he was not really very famous then, but a very cool person, and i followed him ever since, in his music, im no stalker, he grew with my taste, im a fan, cant u see, again thanks for giving us this
didi
didiforyou2003171 3 years ago
i was a boy when this song came out still sounds fu**ing great
wefting 3 years ago 20
Oh my god flock of seaguls suck, all those years I thought they wrote this! It's a U-2 song!
cannaryinacoalmine 3 years ago
love the ending to this track >>>>>> OHHH OHH UTTOOOO OHHHH
joolstv 3 years ago 3
As a point of interest, Bono purportedly wrote this is a tribute to Ian Curtis, of Joy Division, following his suicide.
An oft-repeated anecdote by Tony Wilson is that when U2 visited Factory Records, U2 frontman Bono said when Curtis was alive he was the best frontman in rock and he himself was only number two; Bono pledged to take Curtis' place.
Oxostreener 3 years ago 4
The song and lyrics were already written and had been performed live months before Ian offed himself. The lyrics referred to some other dude in Ireland.
The Wikipedia definition was apparently misinformed.
Goingvert 3 years ago
Maybe Bono sang after Ian died as a tribute?
MoriKAshi 3 years ago
From the info I've seen, Bono's lyrics were influenced by the attempted suicide of an acquaintance of a friend of Bono's, in Ireland, nothing to do with Ian Curtis, except that U2 may have been inspired to have there next recording at the time, spring/summer 1980, be ADayW/OMe, in tribute to Ian Curtis, but not written in tribute to Ian Curtis. Like Gvert stated, the song and lyrics had already been recorded and performed live months before Ian offed himself.
HarmonicsExplorer 2 years ago 3
just such a unique album. a lot of their albums are totally diff than others which is good, but hard to jusdge and compare-which i guess you don't have to. boy always has a great place in my heart though...
baldy454 2 years ago 3
I mean the song had been already recorded in a primitive studio-demo form before the Boy album studio rendition was recorded. The primitive earlier recorded demo is available here on youtube.
HarmonicsExplorer 2 years ago
I just Wiki'd the Boy album, and the kid's name was Peter Rowen.
He was paid in candy for the photo shoot, a box of Mars bars.
He is now a successful Photographer in his own right, and photographed U2 playing live at Slane Castle, Dublin, in 2001.
He was the younger brother of Bono's friend Guggi. I bet he wishes he had asked for a percentage of the album's sales now, rather than settling for payment in chocolate bars!
Also U2 have joked in the past of doing a follow-up to Boy called Man
stover75 3 years ago 2
I wonder what the Boy from the album cover looks like now ?
I think he was the Edge's nephew - he will be a couple of years older than me, I was born in '75, but I was into U2's music from an early age.
I will never forget the day a friend of my Parents' came round and her daughter had a tape of The Joshua Tree and my Brother and I asked her to play it on our wee Stereo.
I thought it was like Gospel music - it was certainly very powerful. I had never heard an Album like that before.
stover75 3 years ago 2
stover75...
I suppose you had never heard an Album like that ever since...
ivanhelguera5 3 years ago
i love song very good thank's for U2
vi6ve3 3 years ago
A Day Without Me. the best band ever. from the 1980 till now. thanks to you u2.
jmhabich 3 years ago
The Bugaloos(bump,bump)The Bugaloos(bump,bump), there with you in every way, feelin' high, to the sky.....
explorerharmonics 3 years ago
it's always nice to see people stop talking shit about U2 and actually talk about the good things...:)
zoorefugee269 3 years ago 2
indeed it is :)
winementos 3 years ago
long live the old U2...
merlingoth 3 years ago
will they ever try to go back to this fuckin genius-ness? lets hope so.
stacyblue1980 3 years ago
Joy division is defintley one of my favorite groups along with U2. "Control" is a film that you should watch if your a Joy Division fan,
sicktight46 3 years ago
buen trabajo no puedes poner tambien el disco achtung baby?
mllkfulgore333 3 years ago
This song is about Ian Curtis of Joy division. It's funny how Joy division influenced Mega bands like U2 and yet the common folk have never heard of them.
shwn197708 3 years ago 2
Right on dude, I'm a mega early u2 fan ( pre - joshua tree ) and I thought it was strange how similiar they sounded to Joy Division. If it wasn't for Joy Division I don't if there would be that U2 sound.
filthandfury 3 years ago 4
I agree totally, anything joshua tree on is a let down. I don't think Joy Division will ever get the credit they are due. In 3 years they managed to influenced present "day so-called great bands."
shwn197708 3 years ago
i was thinkin the same thing in 1980 two of the greatest inspirations on pop music died ian curtis and john lennon
julz415 3 years ago
They had already been performing this song live in concert months before Ian offed himself. The lyrics were referring to some dude in Ireland. The Wikipedia definition is apparently misinformed.
Goingvert 3 years ago
a day with out love live and sorry . lol
skinnyirishman 3 years ago