U2 - Promenade

[mytony2005]

beautiful song, beautiful video

[Cavanmore69]

Maybe their best song.

[TrueColors311]

Hi I care about you. !!!Find faith in Jesus. I promise He is Real.Yes he is.. i promise. he saved me from many types of fallen angles.some were very evil demons. Please believe me.listen do \you not believe i Love You? i cant take any more tears this moment. I promise i Love anyone who loves Jesus. Yes I do,

[tahoevic]

Over produced nevermade it live Thanks ENO.

Georeg Martin killed the Beatles. Turned them into a Studio Band, U2 barely made it!

[EasytargetSchuey]

Sheer bliss

[BryanSlashed]

where do you get the U2's photo at 0:51 ?? help me please

[luieu2]

Brilliant !

[sunchase67]

mind blowing

[muckandfun]

Unique unreal proves UK ability to sound like no one . No one makes this sound they cant even it do it themselves any more or chose not to . A moment in time A moment of surrender . Owen Dublin

[thedudeobbides]

To all my Record World friends !!! Walt Whitman Mall forever !!!!!

[LADY197404]

ARE THE FIREWORKS FROM SLANE 2001 IN THIS VID DOES ANYONE KNOW ???? I WAS THERE AND I THINK THEY ARE....

[kellykinsellives]

One of U2's best songs and yet no one knows about it except hardcore fans

[TrueColors311]

watchmen be careful. with many tears pray. Love U

[simionTheOne]

the only thing i hate about this song is that it's over after 2 minutes

while my head'll start playing this song for at least 3-4 hours

[Scoob505]

I love how U2 made this music without ever having to take drugs....weird.

[Tommysgirl14]

I love this song, but like October it's frustratingly short.  I went to Dublin in January for the first time, and found Windmill Lane studios which was very special for me :-)

[sstyblo]

@Tommysgirl14 you're cool :)

[evanelpus]

I agree it's obscure, but like Elvis Presley and America I wish U2 had explored this more mysterious angle more deeply. I first saw U2 live in 81. I remember in an interview from way back Bono refused to discuss Promenade saying it was too personal. I don't know if he was simply dismissing the question, or if he meant it. My guess is that the song might reference his feelings in his mid 20's towards his mother, who died when he was 14. Football, coca cola, radio might be what he felt left with.

[tahoevic]

Melodonic!!!

[Jorgpabl32]

U2 en estado de gracia, oscura, con ese manto de cuerdas tan bonito, una pena que no durara 3 minutos más. Que gran canción y que gran disco.

Significó un gran paso adelante para el grupo.

In english only I can say, What a wonderful song, maybe a little short for my taste.

[flashavoc69]

This song, rainy day, lazy day, whatever...what a great song and album! I loved the mini "The Three Sunrises" sideshoot from this too... U2 does this kind of dreamy music best and it was nice to see them transition into this phase.

[osheal]

i wish this song went on for ever.... and often dream what words would be spoken then...

[madtnt]

@osheal - growing up I looped it until it filled theside ofa cassette - great music to fall asleep to

[osheal]

@madtnt wow.... i can dig that!

[oldbag010101]

@osheal

dream on beautiful

[IAmKrow]

As has already been suggested, I think this album is U2's most arty, trippy and otherwordly. I love how Bono comes up with those poetic, dreamy, surrealistic collages of imagery to match the band's music.

[T3rminat0r2020]

Incredible song, incredible era for U2. The Unforgettable Fire is still my top album & this song should've got radio play (if it already didn't).

[crashj71]

a perfect example of why U2 is in a league of their own

[mkcu2]

class

[luieu2]

This song and bad saved my life in 85 when i was 16 .

[milandodo77]

@luieu2 how ??

[guitardds]

A hidden gem in a one of their best albums.

[MTM9559]

:P U2 suck. these morons were influenced by the WHO? yeah right.

[ffff4837]

@MTM9559 Just because is band is influenced another band doesn't mean they sound like them.

[MTM9559]

@ffff4837 Dude, don't talk to me about music, okay? U2 is just about is bad as the grateful dead or bob Marley.

[ffff4837]

@MTM9559 Then don't watch U2 videos. There we go, problem solved.

[MTM9559]

@ffff4837 Yup. i guess that's all to it.

[MikleShnikle]

@MTM9559 dude dont put down u2 its just not our type of music

[TheChoice264]

@MTM9559 Bob Dylan said he was influenced by Elvis. What's your fuckn point pig?

[MTM9559]

@TheChoice264 what the fuck did i say to you? get the sand out of your vagina. I just happen to be one of those people who doesn't like U2, get over it.

[0000peaches]

love this x

[keithh04]

there is a dream for me, a girl, a house, in the dark by the waves a spiral staircase to upstairs. listening to u2 and knowing my life is complete. steve starr

[roncesvalless]

i love the bass of adam in 80

[82558061]

in a spiral staircase to the higher ground

What were they smoking when writing this song

roll up boys.

[82558061]

magical

[tahoevic]

In their top ten, Cracked streets trample under foot, Remeber a GUY mamed Joushua.

[RideMyBMW]

min 2:00 "Slide show seaside town...Coca Cola, footbawl radio, radio,radio"

Never forgotten those lyrics. Haunting, in a "Boys of Summer" sort of way.

[sstyblo]

i am a sneaker whore.

[Tommysgirl14]

@sstyblo The lyric is actually misheard. He sings "Men of straw, snooker hall..."

[simionTheOne]

@Tommysgirl14

no it's sneak a whore

[CupcakeExplosion]

fine job on the vid. this is close to how i always envisioned doing a vid for this beautiful song. like minded, i guess. i can see you hold this song very dear too. thank you for sharing this gentle work of art.

[lshingler1]

great song from my favourite u2 album and one of the greatest of all time !!!!!!!

[josestation]

Along with "Your Blue Room"...the purest songs ever from U2.

I pray for this song to be brought live one day...or at least a snippet of it.

[Breedoe]

Amazing song,reminds me of the time of my fathers death(1985).Although a very sad time this song brings back great memmories.RIP dad,hope to see you again someday.

[ErnestoPanadero]

Amazing song.

[littlejimmy12]

special song for me, gr8 track

[MrCherryGhost]

Makes me think of cold, fall friday nights watching a high school football game...but i like the dream interpretation. Well put!

[dick836]

So beautiful i cant comprehend it

[Apoptosis12]

One of the very purest. Always been a huge fan of this masterpiece. Very dreamy.. I always interpreted it like it was about a beautiful dream and then he wakes up and he hears the "radio radio, radio, radio.." And that's how this song sounds.. Dreamy. Love it! Edge's sound is just awesome in here.

[aquamon68]

I was 16 when I discoverd U2 in 1984 and I listened to the Unforgettable fire songs each night and I am sure that they have blended into my soul to form an integral part of what I am 25 years later.

[TheChoice264]

okay

[milandodo77]

@aquamon68 I'm 15 and I starded listining to U2 when i was 13 and i think im going to be like you because i feel part of U2

[aquamon68]

@milandodo77 You could do much worse, I also liked Big Country, Llyod Cole, Ultravox and Cocteau Twins in the 80's. If you don't know about them already then take some time discover those groups.

[TheMarsd11]

@aquamon68 That's awesome - I feel that they affected who I am today also. I was about 10 when I heard Pride on the radio and I didn't know who U2 was then, but it touched me and I remember feeling emotional and so strongly about the message - so much stronger than the junk playing on American radio at the time. Still love it today.

[bartuschster]

Certainly first-rate music for romance; on par with Frank Sinatra. Promenade by U2 is a beautiful work!

[DialovesBono]

the song i want played at my funeral.

[TheChoice264]

okay

[premjit31]

ya, it's the most beautiful and peaceful song. **

the song of the earth

couldn't be

the song of heaven

but if earth were heaven

this is the eternal song.

[mejiacry]

esta cancion con bad son lo mejor de u2 porque dios mio se hicieron comerciales por que cambiaron escuchen cry ambato o lamento de ecuador

[kcirdrab]

One of their most obscure songs, but amongst their best. A dream-like drift along a shore.

A.B. Surrey, England.

[ybyainc]

what shore?

[kcirdrab]

The mid-Eastern shore of Ireland where Paul Hewson had his home in the

1980`s.

[ybyainc]

i have Herpes.

[kcirdrab]

Sorry to hear it, get yourself to a good physician quickly & he`ll sort you out.

Now, ahmm., where were we, ah yes! ... back to U2. : )

[elyurita]

spot on.

[oldbag010101]

@kcirdrab

maybe a line of coke or something

grow up and smell the weeds

[kcirdrab]

@oldbag010101 - what a cynic! - lol

[JamesSCameron]

@kcirdrab Well said.. it's songs like this one, perhaps the "obscurity" you spoke of.. like "A Sort of Homecoming" and like "Mothers of the Disappeared" on the Joshua Tree album as well... that gave the U2 albums of this era a personal "specialness" to me. This song touches an inner part of me that words can't even describe.

[anacrobat89]

The new album is closely connected to "The unforgettable" fire album and listening to this song is evident. Both albums are very Brian Enoish and ambient. Hence why "The Unforgettable Fire" song is on the current tour's set list.

[detfest13]

interesting point....hearing them do 'unforgettable fire' @ the meadowlands sure brought me back

[redrob25]

This song, perhaps more than any other, reminds me of the current version of U2. I think this song fits in with the All You Can't Leave Behind album.

[Manikkonduct]

Tune

[atiberiade]

U2 at Paris live 2009....super, magnifique,

grandiose, génial, que du bonheur !!!!!

encore et encore.....à écouter sans modération.....MERCI++++++++++­+

[MegaLouve]

Tout a fait d'accord VIVE U2 :)

[elithium11]

the lyrics are "Cherry dance with me," like a cherry bomb firecracker...I keep seeing this mistake online...

[heartman27]

Beautiful, beautiful, song.

It would be awsome to play that song at the marina in aylmer for the st- jean baptise fireworks.

Anyway as always U2 are fabulous in the world.

The best band ever.

Thank you.

[KenfromDublin]

There was something almost otherworldly about 'The Unforgettable Fire', such a seductive and hynotically atmospheric album, it just takes you out there.

It's almost as if another band made it - almost nothing by U2 has sounded even remotely like it before or since.

[tjmuk]

Parts of their new album remind me of it.

[oldbag010101]

@KenfromDublin

toughen up Princess

[dunning1977]

@KenfromDublin Yep know what you mean mate. Maybe because they'd originally used Steve Lillywhite as producer, but now opted for the avant-garde with the amazing Brian Eno who'd originally worked with Talking Heads.

[Breedoe]

When they were the coolest looking band as well as the best.Adam and Larry with flatops,Edge going bald and Bono,the only person ever to make a mullet look cool,happy days indeed!

[EVERTONIC]

i like larry usin brushes ,very de frietas lol

[enzzthefink]

I liked it better when I thought he said"men of straw , sneak a whore"

[tsigana23]

one of their prettyist songs

[giub81]

Cherry dance with me...not charity

[CORRIGEEN71]

such atmosphere in this sound and vivid colours it takes you somewhere

[ExodusPessoa]

Well put CORRIGEEN71

[Ehkh98]

Cool video!

I think No Line on the Horizon has some of The Unforgettable Fire in it lyrically and musically. Love it.

[Ehkh98]

The Unforgettable Fire was the album that showed me music can change the world.

[LinkBulletBill]

Oh! This isn't a cover of Emerson Lake & Palmer, they're just two different songs, same title...

[osheal]

ultimate song....

[colster4life]

One of the greatest songs ever put to paper!

[slapbass1982]

"Salire su una scala a chiocciola per poi esplodere come fuochi d'artificio." Niente di più magico...

[ubiqua]

I've always loved it

[tommywm24]

I have it as my alarm in the morning...it's such a beautiful song!

[BrandonLee722]

Its amazing that a band can make all their albums very good. You look at them all and they just have great songs on them. And even the songs you don't think of when you think about the album are good.

U2 is just one of those bands that don't come around often in rock and roll.

Amazing.

[stephenmcgovern30]

Incredible song...this was U2 in their Astral Weeks phase...so poetical, so timeless, beautiful stuff.

[Hatjo176]

To me, this song is so awesome.

[gaguy1967]

Unforgettable fire in probably one of the most under-rated albums of all time. U2 didnt really hit big commercial success with the masses until Joshua Tree in 1987

[247boogyman]

Beatiful.Simply.....beautiful.­

[mrmchpisto]

you mean here on youtue ? cause Ive looked everywhere and didnt find any

[ajhleix]

Search under No Line on the horizon and you will see 4 beach clips

[bonosfriend]

I can remember laying in my bed at age 14-15 and listening to this Record over and over. One of their greatest pieces of work by far.

Promenade and Elvis Presley and America. Two hidden Gems indeed!!

[thepathablaze]

agreed.

[evanelpus]

Maybe their best song ever. I first saw U2 live in 82, so i'm not a newcomer. This song has an abstract gentleness.I find much of the later work derivative. I read an interview years ago where Bono refused to talk about Promenade, saying it was too personal. Im not sure what he was referring to, but I liked this angle U2 pursued for a while. It was inventive and original. They were in their twenties and the ideas were flowing.

[katoness]

Beautiful, has made me cry so many times.

[fedepinnaattosecondo]

what a great song

the most underrated of u2

[mrmchpisto]

I couldnt agree more with you

[u2mike90]

u2 el mejor por siempre

[ernestorafaelguevara]

Thanks GOD, thanks U2, finally the new 2008 U2 sounds exactly as they were in unforgettable fire. promenade is the best forgotten and underrated song of theirs.

[mrmchpisto]

how do you know ?

[elyurita]

exactly, to the point, at last

[RattleAndHum1988]

One of my faves from U2's underrated catologue.

[koppakente]

Well done U2. Unforgettable Fire proves your brilliance, and the genius of Eno and Lanois.

[elyurita]

nobody views this video or what?!?

[elyurita]

best song ever! 1993 i was 14 first band

[resonance2012]

Great job! Thanks :)

[Meilakepa]

Unforgettable Fire, my favorite U2 album.  My most formative years of my youth during this period. The melodies in this album reflected every one of my emotions. Sublime.

[zatomic2]

so great song. great music. one of their best. i miss these years of unforgetable fire. great era

[fedepinnaattosecondo]

this song is very apt for the sensitive people...

this is a u2 song in the true sense of the word.

promenade...a sequence of images...

verrrry gooood song

love u2...

Fede (italia)

[silkensky]

well said.

[Imkittie]

I 2nd that, very well said

[subcin]

Nicely done!

[BeardMadam]

Great song

[tallkoolone]

Excellent work.

tko

(diamond

[ann19oct]

Thank you...i don't have much of a computer, but it was fun (at least while Windows wasn't crashing). Thanks for the Video Response :)

[rattleU2]

Fucking great song!

[kimtheedje]

amo u2

amo u2

u2 me faz sentir bem

maior banda de sempre

[ann19oct]

Amo U2 too !!!

[L4rry99]

Great tune. U2 are simply the best band out there, no band will ever come close to these guys.

[deeoosee]

there a love or hate band, i personally love them..a lot of people like to hate on them because they are so popular

[poopies474]

ill give them best band of the 80's..... and 90's.... and 00's.....alright maybe they are the best band

[VivianSmythe]

yep, best ever.

[RNStitt]

and I, like a firework, explode.

[jimrockhro]

men of straw, snooker hall

[subcin]

A beautiful song from a very underrated album. Nicely done!

[piqui37]

eccellente non mi aspettavo che ci fosse!!!!

forza u2

[piqui37]

eccellente non mi aspettavo che ci fosse!!!!

forza u2

[t2much]

wow, what a pleasant surprise to find this great song on youtube....good stuff!

[beelzibubbles]

Finally1 someone's put this on! thank you! thank you!

[hydrophonik]

Yea i agree the unforgettible fire, is an etherial, atmospheric almost spiritual album

[airolg23]

Men of straw, snooker hall

[kev66slamnet]

The correct lyric is:

'Men of straw, sneak a whore.'

I like the way you've done this, ann19oct.

[jzurovchak]

I think the correct lyric is:

men of straw snooker hall

- a reference to something like a pool hall in Ireland. Snooker is a popular billiards game in Ireland.

Zedman

[ann19oct]

i think you're right. Consider it corrected. My apologies for the error.

[jzurovchak]

I am with Dutch McPhisto...out of all of U2s incredible albums, Unforgettable Fire can simply wisk you away to a completely different time and space. All of these songs were so unique and creative and still hold up today...simply awesome.

[JBraden]

this is really great- the idea of superimposing all of the stills over those fireworks- it works beautifully, and fits the mood of the song (and most of the album) so well. awesome work; thanks for sharing it(!) ;-)

[frankdefoot]

wow, thank you for this song. It's the only video with this song on youtube. I love this song, true gem

[MAJORSMAJORS]

One of U2 most beautiful songs. rare to find it on youtube.

thanks

[SaintSylvia]

DutchMacPhisto said it all. I agree with him wholeheartedly. It is a beauty. Thank you Ann.

[spogs1]

most of my life i spent listening to u2 but thisis their pinnacle . unforgettable fire is timeless

[DutchMacPhisto]

All U2 albums have something in them, what make me escape from here and to get lost in their songs for a while.

But the Unforgettable fire did something else with me i dunno what, but it take me to another place.

It's hard to explain..like a blanket over you it's great!.

Thank you for posting this beauty Ann, this song is rare on Youtube.