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  • AWESOME!!!!

  • Favourite U2 track of all time and this, together with Mysterious Ways from the Zoo TV Tour are the finest performances ever . . . - Barbara Kerr xx

  • lovely voice' Bono' you're sick man.......

  • Listen i love u2 but to you sad misguided sheep saying there better than the beatles ????? Wipe your mouths and say 4 hail marys

  • Very cool Song! I am à fan from U2 ! All your songs are very cool!!!

  • Well said TheChrien, but I still have to agree to disagree. As much as I love U2, Soundgarden, Zep & tons of other bands & genre's the Beatles revolutionized music like no other group has since the Fab Four. The closest comparison is what the likes of Charlie Parker, Coltrane, Miles, Dizzy & Dave Brubeck did for Jazz creating Be-Bop.Great jam but they sold out as soon as they recorded that ZooPoopa garbage just like Peppers did after Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magick, they didn't have to, except for $.

  • Arguing over who is better is so unimportant, this sounds great, Edge's solo in particular has an amazing sound. Maybe it doesn't require incredible technical prowess to pull it off, but it sounds great. I love all sorts of music, ranging from Zeppelin, to the Beatles to the grunge sounds of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, their is no right or wrong answer over what you enjoy listening to.

  • One of the greatest songs ever produced by U2.. Is the Sledge better than Jimmy Page? NO.. But the overall song will continue to rock in the veins of all people.

  • this chick he is dancing with moves pretty well

  • i like this version better :)

  • This song was 20 years ago no.7 in the world charts #u #2

  • "If you want to kiss the skies, better learn how to kneel." <3

  • This song was 20 years ago no.10 in the world charts #u #2

  • I didn't expect Adam to get any more handsome, then I saw him on the Rose Bowl DVD, then live on the 260 tour! What a smiley, handsome gentleman!

  • i love this video....and....she danses very sexy....i love that women...you know her?;)

  • adoro essa musica principalmente a humildade de bono vox por dar atenção aos seus fãs de td seu coração te amo!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • U2 at their very best! Those first few guitar riffs don't belong to any other song I've ever heard, it's that unique! It's got drama, emotion and its sexy as hell!

  • Gee. I get it, or I get what others get. Irish dudes, lots of soul, anti-80's and Reagan, etc. Sort of a Springsteen thing, pretending to champion the cause of the common man, ecology, revolution, rake in the $-millions doing it, look good buying a humanitarian reward or two as was done by the robber barons of old (although the Rockefellers and Carnegies were sincere, unlike these phonies), and all that. Nothing new here. Spend your money according to your wit.,

  • is tired of the moronic "professionals" giving us their take on the individual performances here. Yes, there are more proficient singers and better guitarists. Obviously that's not the point. Ever hear of the phrase "sum is greater than the parts". If you can do better, please form a band and do so. But shut the F up here until then.

  • The singer lacks charisma or great talent, as does the guitarist, but the guitarist stays carefully within his realm and play beautifully there. The drummer and basist are normal and OK. The song writing is good and original, the production necessarily simple and clean. A pretty good job all around.

  • @vcx9dfne The singer lacks charisma - THAT is funny. Really? Do you have a pulse? Eyes? Ears?

  • @vcx9dfne if you watch more of Bono (the singer) you'll see just how respected and renowned he is across the globe. he has his own unique charisma that few people can reproduce, but everyone can recognize as his. he's one of the best voices in music. and you're right, the maintain their style of music perfectly. As for the edge (guitarist), the simplicity and sparing of the notes he plays is his style, as is the ringing tone that U2 is known for

  • @vcx9dfne I gotta say, that is one of the dumbest, nonsensical things to do..Rating a musicians technical prowess, when you consider if you like an artist, or not...Let me ask you a question...Do you only listen to Luciano Pavarotti?...Because, going by the way you rate musicians, you would only have to be listening to the most capable..It's not an olympic event!...Listen. Does it move you? Yes?...That's the art of music!..That's all you need to know.

  • I saw the Beatles? I saw U2? I saw the Allman Brothers? I saw Herman's Hermits? What kind of idiotic comparison is this? I like U2. I like the Beatles. I like Allman Brothers, I like Herman's Hermits. They aren't competing. Grow up.

  • that lucky bitch, haha. there's always one

  • Love how this chick gets pulled up on stage, approaches Bono like the restraining order just expired, and blows him off the stage with her dance moves. She highlights his Irish whiteness all the more.

  • Adam Clayton's bass <3

  • amazing

    

  • that young lady is the luckiest woman in the world....sigh....

  • This was pretty sloppy in professional music standards... only thing that sounded tight was drums.

  • Happy birthday Edge :)

  • god Bono's hair is so aweful during this show....so thin and whispy. He had a hair transplant and wore a partial hairpiece during Elevation since he was going bald by the end of PopMart. He didn't wear a hairpiece during Vertigo....he had additional transplants though....but his hair is so thin and nasty during this show

  • @dhide14 Seriously?? How do you know?

  • @lisamarie656 do a little online research, his hairloss, and hair transplants have been documented. He wore a partial hairpiece during Elevation.....

  • the best band in this world!

  • Edge's riff s r really good here

  • That's the same girl on their front page! She's in the picture for U AT U2360. She's even wearing the same clothes and hairstyle.

  • Film more times Adam Playing Bass...

  • i swear the same girl always gets on stage with the Irish boss she was on the "Fast Cars" video. Go watch it and on that one she kissed him...the thumbnail is the one with the girl with the white shirt

  • @3:55 the girl thought...."I have died and gone to heaven"

  • who ever mixed this one back-stage also did a great job. Best performance ever by U2 regarding sound. Guitar, base, drums and vocal fullfill eachother in a perfect sound. Come to Tromsø in Norway soon....

  • Try this one its perfect : /watch?v=xYWYDSrXqLA live in dublin 1993 the solo is perfect

  • 14 people have very very bad taste in music. This is fantastic song and The Edge's guitar is truly art.

  • Looks like Bono gave himself a nice birthday present on stage ...

  • Edge's solo is just so amazing

  • lol at 2:00 larrys like: damn i hate sittin back here looks like those 3 are having fun...

  • i think that fan got her ticket's worth!

  • Sorry, i got a bit carried away with my epic speech. The Beatles are British. I thought you ment U2.

  • They are not british! They are irish! I am welsh, not british! And the scotish are scotish not british! I don't believe in Britain!

  • They played it in Brussels, Sep. 22 2010... magic!

  • don't you just want to have sex with that bass line? DAMN

  • its amazing when people who don't know who the BEATLES are?!! Ain't that crazy! lol! Look up their music and become familiar with it. Hopefully (thebarnold32) will love them too as much as all the Beatle fans out there.

  • WOW!

  • I love The Beatles and i think everyone must respect them, but... damn, U2 is my band, it's the best band i had the pleasure to see inside and outside of the stages

  • @mathbrmath fuck the beatles

  • Who are the Beatles?

  • @TheBarnold32 

    =O

  • I WATCHED'EM LIVE IN BRAZIL

  • simplemente u2

  • Absolute best version of this song. That dancer has soul! Love it.

  • u2<3

    

  • Rickenbacker Technologies!

  • Your right ! Greatest Band since the Beatles... All this music moves me. Every song they have. This is my favorite Band. And as far as the crap music of today, this is the only music to listen to long live U2 ! ! ! ! ! !

  • @philwalker: Korg A3, patch 76, Funk Wah (from the SPC-01 card)

  • I listen to this song everyday..and especially this video is incredible.The band's energy on stage is awesome.very few bands could do that..i like almost all u2 songs they have got meaning....

  • Great song! TY for sharin' my Amazin' Freind..Zzm..luv this \\m//

  • you wanna see the best version of mysterious ways? Watch zoo tv live from sidney

  • been a U2 fan since the War album...but I admit, when ZooTv and Pop came out, I lost interest...but, I came back to them when they did All That You Can't Leave Behind...

  • The greatest band in the greatest city!!! Love you Chitown!!

  • what kind of pedal produces that? phaser? flanger?

  • @philwalker Sounds like a wah pedal in reverse with a flanger on top.

    Love this song! My favorite cover is the winedarksea version.

  • 14 people dont have the mental capacity to understand U2's mysterious ways.

  • Can't wait to see them again in Nashville!

  • the best ever

  • Now a day it is hard to find music that fully fill your emotions, i would say that U2 is the most influencial band for today's generation, there lyrics and the sound of there melody is overwhelm

  • Now a day it is hard to find some music that fully fill our emotions, i would say that U2 is the most influencial band for todays generation

  • Adam: great smile at 1:40. You're enjoying the moment for sure!

  • The edge's solo it's from another galaxy, magical performance

  • The Edge is sublime in the performance...

  • Who are the dumb fucks coming on here and voting dislike to this,if you dont like u2 just stay away and listen to your pop crap

  • Vraiment magnifique ! Excellente interprétation. Le son est great, great. Et Adam a vraiment l'air de se dire que Bono est trop chanceux !

  • 13 people like music in MYSTERIOUS WAYS!

  • Bela performance, porem, em Sidney (ZooTv) foi Magistral!

  • @pcpolo1 acompanhando seu raciocinio, a versão Zoo Tv é SEM DÚVIDAS a melhor. A voz de Bono Vox estava no seu auge, e isso dignifica qualquer música.

  • bass carries the whole thing

  • wow!

  • Best intro ever..

  • edge rocks..!

  • One of the best guitar solos ive ever heard in my life

  • Another AMAZING show!!!!

  • bono makes my dick go wild!

  • I saw them in san sebastian and it was awesome!!!!!!!!! they bring up a female in every show (i think) when i went to saw them they also did it

    MINDBLOWING EDGE, KEEP DOING IT

  • either this concert was during the summer or that girl hit the tanning both before the show! does bono usually bring up a female fan on stage during a song? he does it during a live vid for with or without you in boston also. an asian girl lyes on stage with him. cool that he does this!

  • RICKENBACKER ROCKS!

  • That riff played by The Edge made me have an eargasm

  • This is such an awesome performance!!!!!! I am crazy trying to find this version in audio for mi iphone, can't get tired of listening to it.

  • i think this song belongs to adam its very bassy.

  • I was at this gig. This was my second time to see U2 in the United Centre, 2001 being the first. This is one of my top 3 favourite songs performed Live, especially when it's extended (due to the stage guest). Listening to The Edge at this part is just pure magic. As for the chick.. She is absolutly HOT..!! I was about 20ft away from here in the crowd. Love watching this vid over and over again. Can't wait for July 5th 2011 in Soldier Field, and hopefully the chick will be there too..!!!

  • Best bands I know,The Cure for example...

  • Hands down the best performance of Mysterious Ways i have evr seen! Love the chick with Bono on stage!

  • Must have been an incredible Dionysian experience for the entire audience! Just goes to show what can happen when the Holy Spirit moves in a place where more than one are gathered. Didn't know how many people knew that this song is about John the Baptist and the Holy Spirit.

  • Excellente este video,yo soy de El Paso pero vivo en Houston,Texas.Saludos a todos en Juarez.

  • Kudos to Bono for picking the right chick out of the audience!

  • @fsaitta +1

  • @fsaitta I read an article that said it was planned for her to come on stage. Great plan, for sure!

  • @ThePrimeDirective Do you know where you found the article? Would be interesting to see it.

  • Amazing performance!!

    It's an awsome Song written by an awsome band!!

  • Well the only reason why the edge had that solo is because of Bono who picked the girl out so he needed to improvise still amazing and it's got that good feeling to it

  • 10 people aren't alright

  • Bono looks Hot in this video...I miss his long hair..U2 Rocks!!!

  • U2 IS EFFING HECTIC.

  • Great song!!!Bono is the best !!!what a lucky lady and she can really dance!!!

  • It's a pity The Edge doesn't do the solo at the end on the 360 Tour :(

  • Adam's playful bass is so good!

  • Really wish The Edge would do the sliding solo on the 360 Tour

  • This is so hot!! I've watched this video many times but never commented.  This is one of Bono's Hottest videos and one of my Favorite U2 songs/videos! This makes me dance everytime!

    I like the lyrics, I think they're perfect!

  • that aint his daughter, how can you think that :s

  • The edge kicks it on the solo - wicked !!

  • They are ROCKIN' at 3:50+... and yeah, that is his daughter. 

  • @ghosted760

    it was his daughter in the Slane DVD.

    that is someone from the audience.

  • 3:50 to 6:08 just pure soul/dacing/chilling music

  • Quel kif !!! imaginez-vous être a la place de celle qui a réussi à monter sur le podium !!! quel bonheur pour elle et surtout inoubliable .....

    Bravo Madame ..

  • You know, even tho the song was released in 91, it felt like it was way far ahead for its time. Like 10 years ahead!

  • Greatest band since The Beatles.

  • @crimsondynamo752 Pink Floyd was founded earlier than U2 :0

  • @surfhomie Yes, they were. I love Pink Floyd as well. One of the greatest!!!

  • @crimsondynamo752 To be honest I think these guys are better!

  • @lm035 No way. Beatles and Stones. Achtung Baby is one of the

    best albums ever. Top 10.

  • @jblcva Indeed Achtung Baby is a masterpiece! 

  • She is amazing...would love to know her reaction to the whole thing.

  • Who is that gorgeous woman dancing with Bono.......Adam is grooving away with his funky bass beat....

  • Those last couple of minutes are pure heaven.

  • Foda!

  • Los putos amos!!!!!!!

  • This is the song that made me want to play guitar...

  • @ roncesvalless  Hell yeah!

  • This Intro Is Genius.

  • can someone explain to me why in the U2 mix it says disco?

  • siete grandi!!! edge the best!!!!

  • is that the girl from the video?

  • @originaldeadman1190

    It's Bono's daughter

  • @Bladesman943 No she's not his daughter, she's just a fan from the audience. The only person who would dance with his daughter like that would be Joe Simpson.

  • @Bladesman943

    Uh... its not his daughter...

    His wife and he are both white... how the hell would they have a black daughter?

    his daughters are alot younger.

  • damn good guitar Edge!!

  • @jacobekelundarbast Yea just listen to that solo!!!!! 3:51!!!

  • looove how they jam out the end, got fucking chills

  • me too haha

  • I love this song soooo much,but... I don't understand its message at all...

    Moon,sister, eating from a can, love...

    Complicated.

  • @MsZorita88

    She moves in Mysterious ways = God moves in Mysterious ways

  • my god isnt a she

  • The song is about God, what ever God is, he, she or it (because who are we to say who is wrong and right. We all have our own beliefs) Bono uses She in the song as symbolism for God.

  • i was just trollin man haha

  • hahaha lolz no

  • what does u2 mean

  • U2 is the name of a USA CIA operated secret high altitude spy plane shot down over Russia in the 60's

  • I grew up on U2's October, War, and Unforgettable Fire back when I was a "social justice" activist. I've since learned of the unintended consequences these kinds of policies so you'd think I'd have left behind U2's music. But wow, regardless of their ethics/politics, U2 flat out rocks. Saw The Edge's self deprecating style on It Might Get Loud and wondered is he really that good to represent a generation of guitarists..got the Vertigo DVD. Yeah he is that good. That band is that good, too!

  • this is the best version out there

  • Just one question... Did he just randomly pick that chick outta the crowd? Or was she actually a dancer for the band?

  • Best version of the song by far. The Vertigo Tour!!!

  • Would anyone agree that this is the best performance of this song, EVER? As my favourite song, I've listened to just about every performance of it which has been recorded, but none has ever come close to this one!

  • And I include even the album version in that when I say this performance is the best!

  • @hatrickp i haven't all the versions but it's a great one. my fave post-80s U2 song

  • @hatrickp : I think the performance at mexico city at popmart, as well as that of zoo tv at sydney are better!.. This is 9.9/10 though!! :D

  • @hatrickp absolutely!!!