U2 - Southern Man (live 1987)

[lisaveg1]

I can't hear.....O.o 

[jfeltz]

Wow, U2's worst cover is better than half the new bands I hear today.

[MrScottlouis]

no

[m812mark4u]

to an Irishman in Belfast, Southern Man means something different than in U.S. U2 is great, but even Neil needed Stephen Stills to "duel" with for this song. This ain't (southern word) even close.

[slasherguitarmaster]

ummmmm......how about no

[printedpaper]

shit

[ninja9578]

I like U2, this is terrible :/

[PizarrodeOlazabal]

desagradable.



[smurfu2]

I am a big U2 fan and i know U2 dont do great covers but hey who cares i like it.

[TheFleurieuLA]

They try.  And sometimes they fuck up real bad.

[killstreak416]

this is killing neil young at his own level lolz

[attdogg]

this is an ABOMINATION!!!!

[Acquiesce24]

Rocker53zero Playing there own instruments write there own music do bloody good covers yeah karaoke you stupid fool you do a better version then I can slate you with one word hating jumped up prat

[Hallucination]

so many haters in this world who thrive off nothing more than hating everything. they complain in real life and come online on the internet to do nothing but complain some more. As a big U2 fan as well as Neil Young fan there is nothing wrong with this. Is it all that good? No not really but is it U2 paying homage to Neil Young? Yes they are. Some of you idiots just can´t comprehend that. If you don´t like it fine but enough with your misreable, bitter comments. Nobody cares.

[rocker53zero]

What is this crap about ? It's like live Karaoke... Truly Ghastly, like all their music

[Acquiesce24]

U just came on here to bad mouth them and can't appreciate the fact that they are paying homage to Neil Young if anything Neil Young himself I think would find it humbling a band this size would try to cover this song you just want kind of belittle them ina few lines, descent people know that these views mean nothing as they come from hateful warped people who can dismiss something in an instant like you, one of the best bands of all time that will always always be a fact

[rustynail246]

First, I didn't know U2 did a version of this until today, Bono, you and your band suck.

This is the trademark of U2, they have no talent whatsoever to write their own stuff, so they copied some classic songs, altered the word, then added their own shallow word to it. I know, Bono (if you are reading this), you wish you were Neil young, or Bob Dylan, but you are not. You should be just be a potato farmer in Ireland. Edge, where's the solo? You can't do it, can you? U2, you all suck.

[anonycritic]

@rustynail246 see that :) U2 Rome 2010-10-08 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

[anonycritic]

@rustynail246 see that U2 Rome 2010-10-08 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

[clickswitchh]

Bono sucks so much it hurts

[enjoiorange]

Way to butcher the song Bono

[live863]

yeah essa banda é ótima. 

[corabainendean]

These guys never fail to BRING IT!!!! Look at Bono's face. He LOVES being up there and just sucking the life out of the room.

[DavidHdz8]

This is garbage.

[2cutthroatterrorist]

Is this a joke?! Neil young does not approve!

[HaliacetusLeuco]

Oh yeah, I forgot "I'd like to buy the world a Coke" and watch'em choke on the very mon$ter$ that they CReated and raised their children on.

[HaliacetusLeuco]

your good President Nixon was here ~+~+~*

[spentonmediocrity]

U2 are possibly the greatest live band but this is not good..at all.

U2 have their own sound and are best in that direction.

[hogitz]

I said to myself wow cool U-2 doing Southern Man. Then I heard this "Major Fail" So sad to hear it

[SaypheZonE]

nowhere near Neil's level

[jopio333]

mmmm Neil Young is the men.

sr this version sucks,,

[Acquiesce24]

Southern man is a good Neil Young song U2 have surpassed anything he has ever done thoe even he would admit it, you watching this cover cos you took an interest in it and U2 they paying homage to him, why u even watching this just to say oh it's sht this that and the other u clearly felt that stroingly to coomment on it, fcking turds U2 25 years

[rustynail246]

@Acquiesce24

How would we know this is shit if we don't watch it? We watched this because we wanted to know how they did, then we found out this is shit, and they suck.

[xsoundgarden]

Ma poi che razza di Jeans ha The Edge? Mamma mia che look. Orribile!

[xsoundgarden]

Questa versione è veramente brutta! Hanno rovinato una canzone, senza nemmeno dire che non è manco loro. Ma complimenti.

[RUPickman]

I'll give U2 this much credit...with what they've learned since this, I bet even they would say awful things about this performance if it were replayed for them.

[dictator54]

YU got that rite bono destroys this classic un fuckin believable

[adelpropertymedia]

shut up bono you wanker

[zpekpr]

que carajo es esto?????? esto es una puta herejia

[CarnalDiafragma]

Wtf, this is terrible, but I've always hated U2. Neil Young is great, but Bono... He just doesn't even seem to be trying here.

[LetArtsLive]

@CarnalDiafragma i disagree cause u2 gives back to charities does neil??

[CarnalDiafragma]

@LetArtsLive What does charity have to do with an artist being terrible. And also, charity is gay.

[corky11111222277]

BTW Isn't this an "Old Grey Whistle Test" recording?

[pureprotea1]

some1 please shoot this guy seriosly!!

[allisonmalloy]

I wonder how Bono would feel if Lady Gaga did Sunday Bloody Sunday in front of an American audience of head bobbing teenagers with no clue or care for his country's history.

[RideMyBMW]

C'mon Bono...WTF were you thinkin man :D I mean sure ya wanna be all punk rock n sh%$...but If yer gonna bring out the Neil, ya gotta fu%$in nail it!

[zemzamiimad]

fuuuuck U2 they ruined the song

[bandgemino]

I allways like it when great bands do covers! U2 did this version - I think - because they just wanted to - had a passion for it - but I have to say (even though I love U2) that this cover is BAD! They should have played their own song BAD instead - that would have been Magnificent - but anyway - they did it - it was a moment of time - and nothing more than that... love Neil Young, love U2

[rustynail246]

@bandgemino

When Bono singing this song, he's fantazising "I wrote this, I wrote this, I am Neil Young...please let me be Neil Young."

[Faracrossthemoonbeam]

I like it!

[dundeekeith]

Love U2

Love Neil Young

Love Southern Man

This sucks

[webuz2tv]

très bon ce live ,merci !

et vive U2.

[testerguy099]

I can see some people are a bit jealous of the success of others haha hillarious

[spicyMcHAGGIS9green]

Fuck Bono.

[andraz89]

lol 80s version of neil young song... it sucks... U2 sucks

[dshiznit52]

this is fuckin terrible he should be ashamed

[JBRTelecaster93]

he changed the lyrics! who the fuck he thinks he his?? this is the worst junk i've heard in a long time

[testerguy099]

lol he changed the lyrics cuz its a COVER not a fucking perfect copy...thats why its good...its different, idiots.

[xxMortanisxx]

@testerguy099 No no no. That's not how it works. When you play someone else's song, you have to keep in mind what they meant when they wrote it. Under NO circumstances do you change the lyrics. That's just disrespectful of the original artist. Changing the arrangement is optional (unless of course you're doing a studio recording, in which case the arrangement MUST be changed, otherwise you have no business recording it in the first place).

[rustynail246]

@testerguy099 being different doesn't always mean good, idiot.

[nightowl905]

Stick to your side of the pond Bono, your totally out of your element. This is the worst cover ever. Long live Neil Young. Cheers from Canada!!!

[Swazi4]

Bono is such a turd. Ruined a perfectly good Young song.

[callummcphail]

its fucking excellent,,,,,, u twats

[Goatboy44spl]

This is just wrong...

[anonycritic]

Luckily, U2, made Acthung Baby, Zoo TV tour, Zooropa, Pop, etc etc..

The truth does not matter to me who have done this song on a mediocre TV show. Only ignorant people can criticize the past, without seeing the place of this band in the world.

Learn to live the present, old people

[rustynail246]

@anonycritic "Acthung Baby, Zoo TV tour, Zooropa, Pop, etc etc.." what the hell are these? Bono must have liked the old people, otherwise he wouldn't have stolen the song, then ruined it.

[kevymay1969]

yes bono you and neil young can kiss my ass!!!...

[rmk266]

I wonder if Bono could sit through that entire piece of shit video, he should be ashamed of himself..

[Praying4tidalWaves]

there are just some things you can't un-hear.

[pallet3473]

I hope that Bono will remember that a Southern Man don't need him around anyhow....

[Bushwacked487]

WHAT THE FUCK? This song is supposed to be a beautiful cry for racial equality. U2 censored the entire SOUL out of this song.. and yet they have the nerve to talk about soul?

[orlandogalan]

U2 way overrated, this Southern Man version: No good! Forget this cover ASAP.

[ROBLOXIANgordonrox24]

Bono = good activist, bad artist.

[ploukusa]

so wrong on so many levels... :-O

[proflonghair07]

I would just like to reiderate what others have said by saying this this is absolute shittt

[antosplit]

i am not agree this is real shit

[fletchman20]

wow.. just wow. should have been hung for this, no pun intended. just so very worng ruining this master piece.

[lokdi]

listen to Neil Young and forget this vid as soon as possible...

[Tomymacaroni]

@lokdi you don't know shit about music!

where is Neil now????

U2 made it all

[Joemoran10]

@Tomymacaroni sorry bro your askin where neil is now still playin away. u2 made it neil made it before them and still is thats why u2 is using neils songs then!! Neil young is probily one of the best. get a grip with u2 bro!!!

[fearofclowns1989]

@Tomymacaroni Headlining Glastonbury last year no?

[Elruso777]

@lokdi you absolutely right !!!!!

[Elruso777]

@lokdi 

[77sigmundfreud]

this is shit

[ugmodude]

uuugggghhhhhh... U2... I just threw up in my mouth a little bit...

Bono's attitude has always written big checks that his talent can't cover.. exeptions include "One' and...uhhh, OK "One" is OK...

[flyfishinchef]

you know, i was reading all of your negative comments and you know what YOU"RE ALL RIGHT> This sucks!!

[tubehoundd]

neil young should sue those U2 idiots for that trainwreck, ill never understand to this day why those assholes are famous

[arequipa1]

i agree, i think U2 are very overrated.

[rustynail246]

@tubehoundd those assholes are famous because there are so many shallow people out there who have no knowledge what music really is.

[The59LesPaulGuy]

Yeah Bono! You denounce all those ad-men and pop commercials! Thank God we finally have someone who isn't a hypocrite!

[flyersfan10]

well back then he was a little different. it wasn't until pop, maybe zooropa he became the bit of a hypocrite you declare

[LasPlagas54]

Hahahaha nice.

[johgreen]

Sounds like The Cure covering this song. U2 can shampoo my balls

[WitchesBrew]

That is pure crap isn't it

[metalman4839]

wow what a peace of shit

[cuco977]

U2?  man they suck

[iqopi]

geez, horrible in all respects. what credits these guys anyway. screw um 2

[TaladagaCockknocker]

Neil Diamond could do a better cover of Southern Man.

[skinautique2001]

NEIL YOUNG

[TaladagaCockknocker]

I meant to say Neil Diamond.

If Neil Young were singing Southern Man, then it wouldn't be a cover.

[Expozane]

Bono doesn't play it as good as Neil.

He changes the Lyrics and they just sound super shitty when they sing this song.

[bigdogporttampa]

That is pretty bold for u2 to play...southern man...but, i am irish, and the irish have always pushed the envelope!

[cotehelene]

jeesh.......like they totally missed the point of this song......

Congrats to Neil for the Grammy btw.

[jadedlau420]

They changed the words.......not cool...........

[garrrethwalsh1]

And blackberry does??

[missesnordstern]

mein gott ist bono da noch jung, unglaublich, wo ist die zeit geblieben, an das original jedoch reicht er lange nicht ran, lange nicht, da fehlt noch die größe, soll er lieber "gloria" singen oder "sunday bloody sunday"

[lightgun105]

Bono is a twat!

[windingboy]

Total twat, the biggest arsehole in the world! Had to watch just to see how bad their version of a Neil Young classic was, the answer...........real bad!!!

[usermrk5179]

hehe aint that the truth

[stevevandien]

Bono and company (whom I love, by the way) seem to assume that the southern United States in 1987 were (1) still dominated by the Ku Klux Klan, which (2)still burned crosses on front lawns and still dragged people from their homes to be whipped, lynched or both. By '87, however, the Southern Poverty Law Center's lawsuits had virtually killed the KKK.. We must still deal with some racist ding-dongs/nutcases. But US racial prejudice has declined drastically from the 1960s and 70s.

[foodeater398]

it was supposedly writen from a historical perspective

[mah38900]

Bono is a very good singer, but he sound amatuer singing this. Not sure why.

[KentuckyLane1984]

screw bono ... what kinda name is bono n e way .... sheesh

[jtcconnolly]

its a nickname.....lol

[KentuckyLane1984]

that was kinda a given

[jtcconnolly]

then why did u ask?

[KentuckyLane1984]

4 real? it was a rhetorical question buddy... i.e. i was basically saying bono is a stupid name nick name or otherwise

[jtcconnolly]

i dont understand why you'd watch a u2 video if u dont like paul?

[marianahewson1995]

A nickname ? His real name is Paul David Hewson, helloo. Seems like people are judging Bono and the band for one bad cover. They started writing their own songs because they sucked playing covers, you should learn some things about U2 and especially about Bono before writing this ridiculous things here. And sorry for my bad english :x

[deeppurple123456]

Pffff, this is shit!

[godlessKnowledge]

Belfast! I'm from wee Norn Iron myself.

This cover sucks cock!

Neil Young FTW!

[Arthurb06]

Fuck this cover sucks.

[dstonerbiz]

unless you grew up in the 'southeasten US, you can not really have the soul that this song speaks to... It was 102 year after a Civil War ended, and things did not seem too different to some.... Young observed,, and the people reacted.. including Lenyard Skynard..... don't need no southern man..... Can someone from overseas really understand.?  ??

[PappaJohns1971]

Nope, they can't. Go back to Ireland....

[neverpremeditate]

Well on that point, someone from Canada understood it enough to write the song. Why couldn't someone from overseas understand what's being said?

[wallacecd]

Wow - I'm shocked that U2 could sound this crappy. Just awful. They should be embararssed.

[Scarecrow901]

Awful

[joesparx666]

he fucked up at the best part..u2 sucks

[Morten9K]

@equifilibricum: Bullocks.. Charity is all about image, and he is amazing at that. But moving all of the bands interests to Amsterdam to avoid tax, how the hell is that beneficial? Surely they would give some of those money to certain organisations, but they would get A LOT more publicity from doing so. That's just shameful.

Besides that, this cover is rubbish.

[coreycondren]

ruined a great song

[mickeyb1000]

Fuck, trying to find a neil young song end up finding this no talent tool.

[livock420]

In my opinion, completely butchered

[LeoLindenbaum]

Sorry but this is not even an impression of the song. Worst U2 I have ever seen or heard!!

And of couse it's my opinion.

Sorry U2 fans... even you have to admit this its crap. search on youtube for the real thing..... Neil Young

[marcmotte]

Pure massacre !

How to change a jewel into crap in 3 minutes.

Some covers are good, but this one...

[biminitwst]

"New" lyrics.

I'll bet Neil young would approve.

I like this version a lot!

[equifilibricum]

Bono is so easy to hate. So pretentious and full of himself. But then I look at what he's doing for the world. Taking on the world bank. Stand up for the oppressed. He's totally redeemed himself by putting his money where his mouth is. I have to salute him for that. Sorry to say that I can't put him in with the immortals of rock and roll but I admire his commitment to justice and fairness. Lord, I can't believe I'm saying it: Long live Bono.

[Expozane]

This Song his shit compared to Neil Young's Version.

They forgot that part where they say, "How Long, How Long."

[ChrisTheShred]

why does bono think that he has to be a part of everything... maybe cause he's a douche

[lesassassins]

bono sucks

[wrongsideoftime]

There was no terrorism going on "between the North and South". It was between two communities in the North. That's one painful version of a great song though!

[Poseidon500]

U2..... even THEY admit that they are not good.

[66revolver]

This is just awful!!! Never have liked U2- bunch of phony pricks...but this is bad, even for them!!!!! Who the hell does BONO think he is?

[Ruiner10000000001]

This is awful. I take the reason for playing it is a comment on the terrorism going on between the North and South of Ireland back then. Bono been Bono makes everything embarassing and hamfisted. Stick to the Neil young original!

[siddhaam]

definitely not their best moment...but they have improved a bit since then...what's with all the venom about folks?

[srvjimiandkurt]

U2 was at their best at this time, they wrote their best songs and played their best shows during these years. This is just a bad performance, though.

[nuclearG1]

Pretty much sucks. Here's a guy talking about commercialism - and he IS commercialism.

LOSER. Neil is the man - BONO is NO NO.

[madbetta3]

Ok this Jerk is butchering a classic!

[acepple95]

no matter what Bono tries to acomplish he still seems like a bad person

[bebop90]

i hate you so much bono for raping this great song

[HawkwindMaster]

What the fuck is this shit?

[Dilber77]

He wasn't gonna do it exactly like neil young U2 came out of the punk era and i kinda like the song let a lone the fact that they perfromed it though nothing beats neils

[pippin375]

Absolute Shite

[donottawaguitar]

see my riffs search nice riffs 041

[splouche1234]

you'r take it or you'r leave it !

it's aint so bad !

i prefere Neil Young from very far but this one O.K. for the surprise !

[sspanzer]

What a bloody racket, this cunt should stick to preaching Bullshit not covering Neil Young tunes.

terrible

[srhs420]

"Bad men"  instead of "black man"? If you are going to cover a song, don't change the lyrics. Weak ass.

[wisesatyr72]

this is cool

[tjdragon11]

this is a horrible veersion of the song i like it from Neil Young

[humanfly02]

Im a Southernman, 100% , this is a bunch of bull shit i dont crack any bullwhips or burn crosses in yards, I have nor problem with the Bible, if someone else dose thats there problem.

[oriza2]

good for you. but still, today, many southern man prefers WHITE ONLY clubs, hates colored people and proud of the slavery system, therefore hanging confedaration flags on their truck. I have lived in the south for 2 years, and observed it countless times. very-very sad thing.

[humanfly02]

but what you dont understand is you are being just as racist as the people you call racist. you are judging all southern people by the actions of some southern people

[oriza2]

not at all!

racism and generalization are very-very-very different things.

(And I was not generalizing either, just saying MANY southern man. and you are using the word ALL - which I never did. please consider these facts.

(certainly I have met MANY southern man with really liberal thinking and very similar view on racism to mine.)

and when you say, that it is a 100% bullshit, you are generalizing, because I know that it has very serious truth in this lyrics. and you know it too.

[willsting88888]

this is a whole bunch of bullfuck

[weoiuwe]

One cover they did was wicked which was 'all along the watchtower' which is off the rattle and hum album!

[leroypimpdaddy]

f*cking terrible version, they don't even know the chords!! It ain't rocket science! U2 always said they were terrible at cover versions. They weren't joking!

[nyjefferson68]

Original version is much much better.

[thankGodforDavidG]

1:40 yeah GIRLS, yu lookin 4 a SOUTHERN MAAAAAN, well I'm NOT 1, but I WILL be JUST4 U !!! and BONO ROOOCKS !!!

[dogbutterfly]

This is definitely U2s style but they needed to bring the key up a knotch, imo

[bensmith3200]

Terrible cover.

[riccardino82]

Neil is God.