Rare U2 Wire live 1985

[pakitovillanueva]

u2 the best band of the world

[astpsouth]

Cruising around with my friends, going to the clubs while Wire is blasting out of the radio. The good 'ol days.

[headwork2008]

yep I was also at the MK Bowl :) Great gig!

[headwork2008]

best band in the world only second to The Beatles!

[chrissyman77]

Anyone remember Milton Keynes bowl , June 21 1985 , i was there , got drenched lol but great gig .

[markbray72]

so much power, energy, and drama in their playing back then -- they were the best band in the world. Thanks for posting this!

[csmpeoil]

they were hungry during this period.

[Novacoma]

This was the last of the old U2, after that they would move on to becoming the biggest band in the world a position they haven't vacated since and while they have done good stuff beyond 1985 this is the tour i'd have loved to see (i was 7). The end of en era for U2.

As for Mullen, i actually also feel that past Unforgettable fire his drumming became more restrained and as such im afraid to say a litle less interesting. But he has PLENTY of good drum parts on those first four records.

[7franny7]

@Novacoma Tottally agree with the drumming side, and prettty much everything you said, i wernt born then, born 1995 and would LOVE to time travle to see U2 un these tours. :') poor larry.

[NoblyRotten]

Unforgettable Fire & Achtung Baby get my vote for best albums.

Thanks for posting this.

[ADAPPJ28]

People should just say that Larry is their favorite drummer,not that he's the best,that will always be a debate.I'm a big U2 fan,but you can't say he's the best.He's good ,but not flashy or technical like Peart etc.He just fits with the band,doesnt do anything extraordinary really.

[umbertorock96]

RRRRRRRRRCCCUU !!!

[JPAskids]

the beginning proves that Bono is Mexican!

[EnjoyTheSurface]

i like the band when it´s loud... thundering down, great stuff

[cisco9x]

Larry Mullen Jr and Neil Peart are both fucking brilliant - but this track goes the The Edge

[Myxzlpyxzl]

@cisco9x

Definitely this track goes to Adam man, in fact, one of the most participative song for him ( if not the most) just look at him like dancing trowing that poppin-slapping secuence O.o

[mlukas]

One of my favorite songs from this record. Amazing.

[breachmania]

I've heard alot of rock bands in my time and Bono by far is the greatest rock and roll voice of our time, back then at least. I still think his voice is fantastic but back then it was supernatural!

[skyllmur]

extraordinary!

[fyesaotome]

u2 rules!! is the best

[actungbaby01]

Hey glasson65 what are the chances of getting a copy that DVD?

[csmpeoil]

This is the U2 I love. Great era.

[AltRockAddict]

I wish he did that evil little laugh like on the record I love so much!

[PeterShishlin]

I just discovered this song and totally loved it! Wanna hear it on 260 tour as well as Bad. Unforgettable Fire is a really good album :) Thanks for sharing this rarity with us!

[Tonytime20]

@PeterShishlin I'm in that same boat. I just heard this one a little bit ago and a can't stop listening to it. The bass or something about the song has me hooked.

[Achilles5Cenci]

love this song

[WatchingViking]

i would love to hear them play twilight again...on 360 tour...kiss me, thrill me, kill me would be great too.

[gunnerglory]

@WatchingViking I wanted Twilight also, but from Boy I really wanted A Day Without Me live!

[Duckcedes]

@WatchingViking  well u got one of em huh? ;)

[thegools]

I remember them playing this song at the Capital Center, near D.C. April 8 , 1985.

Best arena show I have ever seen.

[galveon]

@thegools I was there, too, and this clip looks like I shot it myself (same angle where I was). Remember when Bono said "we don't need crowd control, our crown can control itself"? Come on down!

[thegools]

Where was his recorded?

[bozodingbat]

I'm thinking Australia.

[rottenlydon]

@thegools, this was recorded from the Toronto 85 gig

[debthemango]

thanks for posting this! i love this song. i have some bizarre rehearsal bootleg of it that is amazing.

[bugmusk6]

how can I get a copy of it lol

[michael54r]

there is no one out there at the moment that comes close to this - raw,edgy power - superb.

[seamus2204]

awesome track _ always has been Mike

[ScottM28]

awesome

[thehappyclub]

Saw the Chicago show at the Aragon on Dec 11, 1984 - the only time I've seen Wire performed. It's always been my favorite U2 track!

[Twoggy95]

love the fuckin bass

[leewelshy]

Why do people always argue the toss on here lol Bono has lost his voice for good and by the time the Cardiff show came he already started to lose it! He does NOT sound anywhere near as good or bothered about his music as what he used too!!

[bugmusk6]

listen to moment of surrender on the new album and you will hear that voice again!!!

[Keruaran]

WIRE.

LIVE.

FIVE STARS.

[spentonmediocrity]

Somebody else is hooked on "Wire" AND has a libertarian streak?

I think we constitute like %.04 of the population:)

As a guitar player I wore out my Unforgettable Fire tape on this track.

[amozartii]

YES YES YES...they have to play the old stuff on the new tour..this is AMAZING !!

[douchechilled]

i'd shit my pants if they dipped into the retro U2 during the NLOTH tour - please play some of this, man , like u guys did on the last tour..... thanks

[DesertEagle97531]

Oh my God, thank you for posting this. One of the highlights of the UF album. God, I would love to see them play this again.

[leewelshy]

He ruined his voice . . shame! Only reason I won't go and see them when they come to Cardiff in August :-(

[nlothvictor]

his voice is pretty good now! it just gets tired but it is better than popmart, elevation and vertigo in my opinion! is style of singing also changed....

[Keruaran]

I've been watching clips of U2 on their 360 tour this year playing The Unforgettable Fire and I must say, Bono is in fine voice.

[blahblahblaful]

This PRIME U2 right here people. The best song off The Unforgettable Fire in my opinion too!

I wish Bono still sang like this but who the hell does 24 years later? Great song!

[KCVROCKS2008]

THE ONLY FAULT i have w/ U2 these days is they take too damn long to make lp's is all. they still make great records. everyone expects a band to do the same thing over and over....

[HarmonicsExplorer]

24 years ago, dammnnnn, and they're still going strong to the present day.

[merzimerl]

they are dead now. sorry, it's true.

[ToolsnFire]

What's your choice for 'band of the '00's', - this decade.

[jppjc]

u2 is my pick

[MagicHetero]

@ToolsnFire red hot chili peppers and u2

[dascruicloseout]

I would kill to se this song live. One of my top 10 fav songs of all time. One of Edge's great guitar songs.

[alauda23]

yes it is my pick too, love this song

[lennomenno]

I saw U2 at the Philadelphia Spectrum during this tour..It was April 1985..and it was unforgettable ! Thanks for this vid. It brought back all the passion and intensity of that time for me.

[clmsntigr113]

I just bought the Unforgettable Fire last summer and when I heard this song the first time I fell in love with it. Iv been really hooked on Achtung Baby and the newer stuff recently but its songs like this that draw me into the early stuff again. Edge is REALLY picking his guitar on this song!

[puacino]

Great song!

[metalmickey07]

Is this Milton Keynes Bowl by any chance?

We saw em there on The Longest Day Tour 1985, two weeks before they played Live Aid

[John4526]

metalmickey07... Nice one, I was there, too. Great line up including Spear Of Destiny, The Ramones, Billy Bragg and REM if I remember rightly! I'm pretty sure this is an indoor gig, don't know where, but it's definitely not The Longest Day. As you say, it was great to see them immediately before Live Aid!

Great track, thanks for putting this up, axblack.

[ImSuperHaute]

Yes...put it in the live set! I love the delay on the guitar...such a cool sound.

[Babarundi]

U2 need to put this song back in their live set - it really deserves it. Listen to that guitar!

[cisco9x]

There aint many trax that make ur hairs stand up like this !

[LoveYourDNA]

My fave album because of the daring change in their sound

[meatbeatca]

Always one of my favorite songs, by U2 ...anyone.

[menonpd]

Love the intro on the guitar!

[RLove99]

I wish U2 would bring this song back live. It's one of my faves...I'll take "wire" over anything U2 did in the 90's and I'll match it up against any one of their big hits any day of the week.

[bonoman7628]

ditto!! i was about to wite the exact same thing. awesome song.

[stwla888]

It is a crime how good this song is.

[022171]

nice. this must've been the last tour that edge took the stage without headwear!

[Anglovox]

Capitol Center; Landover MD; April, 1985

Absolultely Amazing!!!!!

Unspeakably, Unbelievably AWESOME!!!!

Genuinely Life-Altering!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!

[c0mv3rg3]

I was there too. I was 14. Yes to everything you write. I've seen a handful of similar comments on this very show. Did you know their tour manager was jailed for the evening for the semi-riot. The charge was creating a fire-hazzard -- telling everyone to come to the floor.

[Anglovox]

Wire----> Best Anti-Drug Song Ever!!!

[amozartii]

Was this ins SF 85 tour?

[rocksuena]

YEAHHH FOCK

U2 IS THE BEST BAND OF THE WORLD THE TOUR ZOO TV 92 and 93

is the best tour

[Paint4U2]

What A Song...

[telemecus1]

Great song, allthough on "Wide Awake In America", it is a lot better. Bono gets right in to it and sounds like he is going into a shaman like trance,especially near the end.

I saw the 3D movie that they put out recently and they seem to have lost a lot of their youthfull power.

But that happens to us all.

Still great muso's

[kregconrad]

Wow, thank you

[chroniccandy69]

Still such a kickass song. U2 in their prime.

[jotube333]

i saw u2 on this tour, it was their first stadium tour right before they exploded with the joshua tree. never been able to get tickets since then.

[puacino]

Wow! What a song!

[MyGr8DaneGuinness]

Edge is the man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111

[JJYpsilon]

I believe this this admission from Spain or Italy is. However, am not sure danz. In any case, is the song very rare......

[themooshiness]

what happened to U2 sounding like this?? This is def one of their most underrated songs

[Teetee33]

Bono's got that Edward Scissorhands/Michael Myers thing going on in this one. Still great, though! I remember this live Wire well from 6th grade. Of course, I only had the audio copy I pinched off the radio broadcast of this, circa 1985. Total love for the coolest band! Ah, those were the days...

[hockeyplayerx]

Exept for the mullet. Right?

[veroniquitatrujillo]

baby,great voice,cool sound effects for that time,right?ppprrrr

[retisonic]

best song ever.

[Snotra]

Boy and Crocodiles same year, and Edge didnt sound like the Edge your talking about till around the 80's.

[skrason]

Edge sounded like Edge with the release of 11 Oclock Tick Tock, which was either '78 or '79. I love the Bunnymen, but Edge is one of a kind.

[accolad]

top song , bike to work to this

[pmendoza]

Awesome. One of my favorite songs off one of my favorite albums live! U2 4 life!

[pmendoza]

Awesome. One of my favorite songs off one of my favorite albums live! U2 4 life!

[Snotra]

Edge ripped of Will Seargent...and Bono ripped of Mac.

[tinrooflighthouse]

"Edge ripped of Will Seargent"

How so?U2 Predates Echo by 2 years.Edge's trademark sound was there on Boy and probably before that.

The Edge sounds like nobody to my ears.

Maybe I missed something?

[TheFabFoo]

your not missing anything, the other guy is, the Edge is completely innovative and sounds like no one else

[nusrathussein]

larry mullen jr is the greatest rock drummer of all time.

[babyblueloveangel]

you are so right!

[natojacobs5]

no, many are better, but no doubt

he is the greatest drummer still playing right now.

remember Keith Moon and John Bonham?

[nusrathussein]

I agree with your statement that Larry Mullen Jr is the greatest drummr playing right now. But he is also the greatest rock drummer of all time.

[clmsntigr113]

Larry Mullen Jr. is a really good drummer. He is always perfect on timing and is always keepong the rhythm going.

[eselsdistel]

@clmsntigr113 If a professional drummer can't keep his timing steady he can't deserve to be called a drummer. In all respect. Mullen can be regarded because being far from proficient he managed to create a very recognizable and effective style of playing, but at least for me it ends there.

[pikobellolollo]

@nusrathussein - hahaha, do you know even anybody else?

[SPRPhilly]

@nusrathussein no he isn't.  not even close.

[nusrathussein]

@SPRPhilly That is correct. The second place member...Mr Neil Peart is not even close.

Mullen Jr is the greatest rock drummer of all time. Neil Peart is the second greatest rock drummer of all time.

[astroman2012]

@nusrathussein John Bonham is the best rock drummer of all time! this is not open for discussion!! thank you.

[Wesley108]

@nusrathussein This was the first U2 tour I attended... changed my life seeing this show.

[steph16mtl]

@Wesley108 me too



[EccentricRichard]

@nusrathussein - really? He's good, but he's got a lot of competition in Stephen Morris in the post-punk corner, let alone in wider rock. Keith Moon, Bill Ward, Cozy Powell, the Appice brothers, Mitch Mitchell, John Bonham, Nick Mason, Matt Cameron, Dave Grohl, Dave Abbruzzese, Neil Peart, Danny Carey... hell of a lot of drummers to dismiss. Larry's sense of timing is tighter than a gnat's ass, but he's not that exciting to watch or listen to.

[captaincomputa]

@EccentricRichard Surely Phil Collins deserves a mention

[Quinnpie]

Hahahahahahahahaaaaa! Snotra you douche. I love Echo, but you're way off mate.

[351WindsorStang]

Did Larry use a China cymbal on this tour?It looks like he has one,he should it it more,those are so loud,lol.

[olbigdik]

The range goes as one ages, human nature, lay off my man, nerds.

[Sherm911]

U2 has always worked within limitation. They don't WANT to sound like they're trying to be 16 or 25 years old again. They'll settle on what sounds just right. That's their biggest strength. They're humans not rockstars. That will always be what is endearing about them.

[useritoo]

Wise words.

[moracc]

Well, i do agree about Bono´s voice, it´s perfectly known that he will never have again such range. Such a shame....Probably "love comes tumbling" is another great "unknown" song, it stayed only as a B-Side. It must had been part of the album, even its style does not fit into the Unforggetable Fire....

What do you think about that?¿

[axblack]

I have the full show on dvd

[glasson65]

How did you get it?

[axblack]

I converted it from vhs to dvd, Was sold to me a while back :-)

[rankingjohnmajor]

No way could he sing that properly these days. His voice had incredible power around this time

[tinrooflighthouse]

What's weird is that U2 are playing in standard E tuning now whereas in the older days(when Bono had more range)they played half a step down to E flat.

Wire their single greatest unknown song...LOVE this song.Thanks for posting this.

[rattleU2]

Welcome to the unforgettable fireeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[John4526]

Reliable, as ever, for quality and a discerning taste in music...

Thanks, once again, axblack.

[uggla03]

As posted no way bono could sing this now he wouldnt have been able to pull it off during the joshua tree tour as his voice started to lose its vocal range

[RattleAndHum1988]

Bono probably can't sing it anymore.

[dummblonde9]

yeah... this is such a great song...thanks for putting this here.....

[frankdefoot]

I wish they would rediscover this song and play it again on next tour. Thanks for posting, where is this from ?

[axblack]

I too wish they would bring this song back! The video is from Toronto 1985

[RetroCanuckJunkie]

This is from Toronto?? Do you know what venue???

[axblack]

Yeah its from Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto 03.28.1985

Leg 5 - North America tour :-)

[u2retrobuff]

excellent song by far great rocking tempo to it! outstnding footage...............now if only Indian summer Sky would possibly appear being filmed

[zooropa1967]

Thanks Ax, I love this song! :)