U2 - God Part II (Australia 1989)

[studionous]

Believe!

[TheRubyjo61]

fucking awesome

[paddy9i99]

Wway back when Bono could sing, and U2 had some soul, now they just collect cash

[Ziminho19]

You can hear the guitar part from 'The Fly' and 'Lady with the spinning Head'.This song sounds better live.Cool video,thanks!

[UrosGraba]

i have original CD from my mother,it's Rattle and Hum,it sounds better there... :V

[railwaysofthesun]

when they played this song, an achtung baby was born.

[aekoriginale21]

i believe in love..

[Rubyjo61]

absolutely awesome and i aint a u2 fan

[Rubyjo61]

absolutely awesome!

[truthserum2000]

I love this song, I created a video for it, hope you enjoy it ... youtube.com/watch?v=1_NctqNddk­k

[beatriz15272]

mamma mia,qué pedazo de canción...

[khawajaarslanahmed]

Our best work isn't behind us.(I mean) it's in front of us.

[colette73]

FYI the first 4 Sydney dates were canceled coz he was having probs with his voice. They rescheduled right in the middle of my HSC trials! I didn't do very well...

Anyway.... He had some voice coaching, to help hitting all those high 'yelling' notes. If you look closely you can see him 'bearing down'. :)

[HolaDeco]

@colette73 Bono never had any voice training until about 1999. He was in a choir in high school and during the Lovetown Tour BB King gave Bono a few tips on how to hit belted-out notes without feeling any pain in the throat.

and to other claiming he 'lost' his voice, that never happened. It just changed with time and 'smoke + style', but he can still do all the Lovetown stuff, and still does. Just not that often.

[WhoDoYouWant]

Bono lost his voice in the 90s? Well it's a good story the '80s purists' like to throw around but the evidence is it just matured. Maturity does that to a man, especially one that used his in such 'violent ways'.

And that's MrJonnyblade's point. U2 concerts from the very beginning were highly charged and Bono's vocal cords certainly took a battering. Also, anyone who suggests Frank Sinatra sounded the same in the 40s as he did in the 60s and 70s, just plainly and simply doesn't have ears.

[MrJonnyblade]

It wasn't meant to be taken literally.

Did he only sing whilst on stage then ?

Losing one's voice is all a part of the ageing process, but because he cant do what he did when he was 20 he gets slagged off for it. U2 will one day quit, when they do music will be the worst for it as we enter an "x" factor and America's got talent generation.

What is true is U2's albums always get slagged off until years later when they become accepted when the rest of music catches up.

[Rubyjo61]

awesome

[66willo66]

I love this tour, they were on fire!! The best they have ever sounded, Edge's guitar playing is raw and sounds amazing as does Bono's voice. They showed exactly what they can really do. Just wish i could av gone to 1 of the gigs!!

[MrJonnyblade]

People slagging Bono's voice should remember how he lost it. Putting on shows like this almost 200 nights a year for thirty years, you cant have it both ways.

[rianpop]

@MrJonnyblade not even close. Zootv only had 150 shows in 2 years thats 1 show every 4-5 days

Bono lost his voice in the mid 90's when u2 wqas only 25 years old

after the mid 80'su2 only turned to support their album's they did not constantly turn year in and year out. they took 1988 and 1990, and 1994 off

[U2met86]

@rianpop Only 25 years old? He was born in 1960. Mid-to-late 90s he was 35 and approaching 40. You're off by a critical 10 years so your point is moot.

When he was 25-28 he was doing Unforgettable Fire - Conspiracy of Hope - Joshua Tree Tour. That was his peak, when he could nail Bad in his sleep, right before the smokes caught up with him.

[rianpop]

@U2met86 seing how this comment was made over a year ago i can't remember why i wrote 25 instead of 20. because i ment that U2 as a band were 20 years old in 1995.

[Keelacat]

A song i never used to like but recently ive just got back to playing rattle and hum and this sure stands out. And sure was massive clue to where they were going next.

[Rambdo]

cant beleive bondouchbag did this, had to see it for myself, and about puked, why must terrible and lame artist try to remake, or go off other ideas of real artist!

[brainwavezzz]

They should sue Bono for messing up his voice! ;-)

[brainwavezzz]

Phew.. this blew me away.. God how I wish Bono could still sing as intense as this. The planet needs it, it's pure medicine ;-)

[neteru72]

Phenomenal

[UPASR]

Beast 2:24

[bacofishtaco]

I will never forgive U2 for their cover of "Helter Skelter". ugh.

[ElFrankus]

Everyone wants to be John lennon. Including Bono.

BTW, PoP was S&%$it

[danverslunatic]

except not dead and untalented...

pop wasn't great, but it wasn't the worst...

[ElFrankus]

Oh, so Lennon´s got no talent...

wow. No wonder you think "Pop" is good..

[danverslunatic]

to each their own - not to speak ill of the dead - but he was over rated...the beatles in general were...if you like them that's fine, just don't say everyone wants to be them.

[minops]

rock n'roll stop the ttraffic

[prototube001]

goosebumps!what a powerful song. i wish they would play this more often, such a great jam too.

[bruskon]

this was the first sign of the achtung baby. esta es la primera pista de en cuanto a sonido del AB

[Paint4U2]

That's ROCK 'N' ROLL PEOPLE!!!!

[helterskelterjohn]

lennon

[drvertigo]

Fucking love No LIne on the Horizon

[Rubyjo61]

bono likes to think he changed the world great song though

[jtcconnolly]

but the songs says dont believe rock and roll can really change the world =(

[AgustinU214]

Al pelotudo ese de Bobby quisiera aclararle que no entiende absolutamente nada y se ve que no se da cuenta que U2 jamás pateó tantos traseros en vivo como en la actualidad.

[dragmio]

Now everyone is glorifying this (it's truly great) but when R&H came out it got weak reviews and sales. It wasn't JT2 so it flopped. Also POP wasn't AB2 so it "flopped" too (if 8 million sold is a flop).

I wish U2 started focusing on their core audience and make music they like and play clubs.

[vikingmog]

POP sold 7 million copies hardly a flop now is it

[dragmio]

Tell that to Bono and guys, especially Larry.

[vinniemurtagh]

Listen to Kylie Minogue's I Believe In You, and note the comparison... seems a little suss to me. What do you reckon?!

[Paint4U2]

Love!

[Paint4U2]

Glorious...

[bobbybin3011]

Why can't U2 make anything this good anymore, they've sucked for about 15 years now

[DestroyerofSouls666]

While I'm not crazy about Pop, All That You Can Leave or Atomic Bomb, I really loved the period between Joshua Tree and Zooropa. That's when they came into their own as musicians and song writers and Bono was nowhere near as obnoxious and messianic as he is now.

[LilJBau]

bobbybin3011- you've sucked for A LOT LONGER!!!!!!!

[bobbybin3011]

How very rude. If you honestly think that u2 are better now than they were 15 years ago good luck to you. But the general opinion of most true fans is that they suck now. Their new single is very weak.

[LilJBau]

I'm sorry for sounding rude- I was partially just having fun with you. I CAN say that nothin in the last 15 years has come close to how awesome ACHTUNG was, and I'm a DIEHARD fan. BUT - not being as awesome as ACHTUNG or JOSHUA doesnt mean SUCK!!!!

[luieu2]

i was there it was awsome my first u2 concert i was 21

[naaaaatiii]

"You glorify the past while the future dries up". Bono is a genious.

[minops]

rock n' roll

[Nintene777]

Amazing quality, thank you so much for posting. ^_^

[Carlibengarli]

I'm very interesting in knowing exactly which of the three Sydney shows this version is from, if anyone already does - please tell me.

[Carlibengarli]

Sorry for the mis-spelling :/

[uggla03]

u2 should release a full dvd of a lovetown show some where recorded so wtf are they ;)

[jelle2310]

damm so good

[Alejandro182416]

muy buena version de esta genial cancion!!!

[Pure7pazaak]

My god that's good singin

[juanjito20194]

i wish bono could have this voice now

[luvfieldTX]

@juanjito20194 hell he smoked cigarettes. Tony bennet , frank sinatra all the gtreat voices kept their voice well into their 60's because they did not smoke or did very very little

[srq172]

god part 2 should have been in rattle and hum part 1 - no doubt !!

[8UltraViolet8]

I believe in U2!

[Rockbandslidepostsch]

that is weird how at the very end they talk about momus, because i spent all day trying to remmeber the name of momus.

[DaniMoFo]

Good point Dave. I'm asking myself the same thing all the time. This rocks!

[goldimad]

u2 blow my mind ...

[lucisangels]

Bono has come to Japan. I love Bono!

[FamousDave2186]

How come they didn't put this song in the rattle and hum video? One of my favorite U2 songs.

[LangeSG]

UNBELIEVEBLE!!!

The first time I saw this, I shit my pants! XD

[fenumaca]

la batterie déchire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MiracleDrug1984]

I think it's cool he defended John Lennon, but his Instant Karma cover really s...s

[flyhalf2006]

I was there. Rattle and Hum tour.

[Lolicopp]

oh my fucking god, bono blow me away every time at the heights.

[Vlaco84]

They should play this again...crowd would go nuts....

[Beefgog]

I like Lennons better but this one is good to.

[dviesq]

It's nice but it's not in the same league as Lennon's.

[ivaniv666]

"....Instant karma is gonna get you"

[Rizspinty]

Where was it exactly? In Perth or Sydney or?

[Paul0X]

I think it was in Sydney, during the Lovetown Tour...

[marcelbonzo1971]

...i don't believe in rape, but everytime she passes by, wild thoughts escape...

I believe in LOVE

[jeromep01]

i dont believe an uzi just went off in my hand!

[KTness1982]

Son's a drummer and never paid attention to U2 until I had him listen to this song....he just sat there with his jaw hanging open. Yup, another U2 fan

[mortega40]

dont believe in riches but you should see were i live

[splorenzo]

woooooooow!!

[Hughezy]

What the fuck does Edge look like?

[soulstice99]

dont believe in goldman, his type like a curse!

[THENR1CRONOS]

Don`t ever think the war is over,we kicked the vikings out of our country and so will it be with you fucking protestants!UP THE FINNIAN FIALL

[THENR1CRONOS]

UP THE IRA

[olego21]

They Try to answer John...But they only won  a ridiculous song...please!

[dviesq]

I think John would like it.

[rosger62]

Che miscela di potenza,grande sound,grandissima voce,grandissimi U2

[BelgianBono]

Great performance, powerful song

[Vlaco84]

Great!

[Bluponi]

Great Video... One of Bono's best performances

[Intolight4]

God Part II is really excellent!! I like it live, really great and powerfull song!

[dasgre0g]

incredible song. Too bad they havent revisited it yet

[cookieman38111]

Albert Goldman is having his ass kicked in hell by Elvis and John Lennon now!!!! That is what this song is about.

[rhind1989]

Ahhhh God Part II....best song on the album Rattle & Hum..but this is the 1st time i have heard it live

Truely amazing

[BarkeeperLF]

Very good performance. I already have a part of this in high quality but it has the original God Pt. 2 over it ( From the "The Joshua Tree"-DVD )