Rare U2 Springhill Mining Disaster Live From Dublin

[LedRush93]

I am from Springhill and I have known this song almost all my life. The REAL version by Peggy Seger and Ewan McColl. Not this butchered version. Thanks for the thought Bono but you cut the song to shreds. Over half the lyrics are missing and you got the year of the Bump wrong. It was '58, not '88. This rendition of the song is an insult to me as a Springhiller. It does not do the original song nor my home justice.

PS. Thanks for the visit when you were 45 min away. Shoulda known

[tayama17]

I love to here U2 doing a song that accauly sounds like where there from. Bono sounds good singing Irish music.

[12sabado2]

very beauty. thanks for the video, thanks u2 :-))

[majorMcpharter]

Bone and blood is the price of coal.

[Thebeeflies]

They played this song in Moncton last Saturday, for their second time in their career.

[HyperU2]

@Thebeeflies 17th time actually.

[mveinotte900]

Proud to be from Springhill myself. Lived about 5 houses away from the mine. Everything is still there. even the escape tunnels they used back then. They made this song pretty proud

[crishewson]

linda musica.....

[russfromdodge]

I'm from NS.My father was a coal miner for 42 years,38 underground,his last 4 years on the surface.He died at 64.Which was old age for those that mined coal........Still can't stand Bono and U2 in general....They are frauds who make a very rich living by pretending to give a shit about those that suffer to feed their families......Bono and Edge can fly off in their private jets and feel good about the money they make singing about the misery of others.....Holland no doubt.....arseholes.....

[imedi]

@russfromdodge lol jealous me thinks

[russfromdodge]

@imedi Well I wish I had 1/100th of  their money,lol.......But I wouldn't go the length of myself to see the sanctimonious buggers in concert.

[mikealt79]

@russfromdodge

You obviously don't know much about Bono or the rest of the band! the causes they endorse and support. You're just ignorant and jealous.

[russfromdodge]

@mikealt79 Yes,they go around demanding governments use taxpayer money for all of their pet causes.Yet they pull out of Ireland and move to Holland to avoid Irish taxes.Hypocrites is what they are.This tour they just finished made $763,000,000.00.....They should all be able to buy a few more mansions each and a new 727 each for flying to various countries to demand tax money for the poor in what ever country they are crying about at the time.

[360U2]

@russfromdodge your a douche!

[russfromdodge]

@360U2 Your lovely mother never thought that way.....

[360U2]

@russfromdodge How did you manage to do that when she died when i was 3. Thanks.

[russfromdodge]

@360U2 Your 2 Dad's are lying to ya......She's just fine son...

[Terrakinetic]

@russfromdodge Wow. You deserve to be shot.

[russfromdodge]

@Terrakinetic Why,for seeing U2 for what they really are or responding to the imbecile that called me a douche??

[Terrakinetic]

@russfromdodge No. For insulting family and profaning the dead. But mostly for profaning the dead. I don't really give a crap about the douches, imbeciles and U2.

[russfromdodge]

@Terrakinetic I think the foul mouthed bugger is full of shit....

[Zwolly67]

Sloppy rendition, by all means. However: wonderful early years material!

[Smokeyg1972]

Look at Larry at :051 he's like Ricky Bobby giving an interview, "I don't know what to do with my hands"

[circussal1]

A beautiful tribute to those who have died down any mine and also to the great Luke Kelly, whose version of this is also phenomenal. Thanks for posting

[Vickirules1]

My grandfather Sterling Porter died on my father's birthday in the 58 bump. I never knew him, I was 1 year old when he died. I will always be proud of him. He gave his life for everyone!!! Love you grandpa Ster xoxo

[Roguestreamnet]

What is the show? the date? I assume the master is in PAL?

[poleske]

Artistic- It is great to see U2 as a startup. Any starting musician can see how fucking nervous he was and how he pulled through regardless.

On the song... this is a re-occurring tragedy.

1 There is no such thing as clean coal. Blood is dirty.

2 These Tragedies can easily be avoided. ALL MINING DISASTERS OF THIS CENTURY HAVE OCCURRED on NON-UNION MINES.

Mine owners responsible should be tried for manslaughter chargers.

They risk human. Not out of necessity, but out of greed.

[crazyhorseg]

@poleske Hardly a start-up, this was 1987. They appeared on the cover of Time magazine that year! They were showing due respect to The Dubliners and all the other great other Irish acts that appeared on this show (Dubliners 25th anniversary). Course, they blew them all away, cos this was U2 at their live peak.

[paultaylor47]

my father actually reported from the mine entrance for the new glasgow evening newspaper.

He would later report from the site of the Westray mine disaster for the Halifax Herald.

[MCDP09]

I am from Springhill NS, and the date is 1958 not 1988, and my grandfather was one of the bare faced miners to rescue some of the others. I am so proud Of my Grandfather, Love you

[NevadaChozo]

@MCDP09 The video took place in 1987, so he should have known better :P

[jkiparsk]

@MCDP09 It's an old part of the folk tradition to bring a song into the present. Here we are in 2010 and miners are still dying in the ground. This song isn't just Springhill, and it isn't just 1958.

[LedRush93]

@MCDP09 I'm a Springhiller as well. Me Gramp survived The Bump, my great grandfather and another family member did not. Your Grandfather was a brave man, thank you

[newjerseyfan101]

his voice is so beautiful

[Frisky29]

he forgot the words,, Bono pretending to be shy!!!

[Frisky29]

he forgot the words,

[happyhammer]

He obviously made a balls of the '88 reference seeing as this was recorded in '87.

[kamigawasan]

i have to say. maybe, this song is what larry underwood plays in the beach, in the book of stephen king "The Stand."

[taramaher]

I live in Springhill. And it was 58.

[thesisp]

Hey bono. Pretty sad that you won't let anyone play your songs on youtube besides this. Clearly coz you hadn't signed a legal agreement at that point in your career. I thought I loved you. But I go to youtube and everytime I do a search for songs of yours, can't get them--coz you need to get paid. Best of luck you greedy bastard. U all suck ass.

[bonosfriend]

@thesisp Where do you get your facts???

[mattressjedi]

@thesisp

eff off cunt



[chevycf15]

I'm from Nova Scotia, yeah.. the year 88 shouldn't have been said.

[WiiCODPro]

ROFL he said "he siad lait in the year of 88'' but in the song and the real thing it 58

[jarbono]

Happy ST Paddies one of my favorite U2 covers of the Ronnie Drew and Lou Kelly classic.

[BLUESLASH13]

i saw this when ronnie died they were playing back the years

[iancurtis1985]

can't touch Luke Kelly but he tried

[Roidsear42]

@iancurtis1985 Actually, you can't touch Luke Kelly.. but Bono does a great job.. every song he sings gets a certain spirit, to put it that way.

And there's an Irish saying: "Bíonn dhá insint ar scéal, agus dhá leagan deag ar amhrán" - "There are always two versions of a story, and a dozen of a song"... and that's what keeps folk music alive. ;)

[corku2]

if we only wrote about where we were from it would be a very boring music planet. fantastic part of early U2.

[theedge2009]

thats exactly why i cant stand the Saw Doctors! All they ever sing about is Tuam and Galway! And I'm from Tuam and I know all i need to know about it!

Now U2 are talented!!! Bono's lyrics are beyond everyone elses standard!!!

[WatchingViking]

that was the early days when only bono and the edge were the two known guys lololol. the host doesnt even greet larry and adam lulz... (no im sure they were all known at that point).

[Dave4202]

this kinda bugs me, great great song, but why's bono think he has the right to sing it? hes never even been here (springhill) before, now anne murray, she has a right to sing this but not U2.... as a springhiller and a bon hater, this bothers me

[BulletTheBlueSkyNS]

I don't see this as an injustice. No he is not from Springhill, nor Nova Scotia for that matter. Why can an artist not depict his own rendition of a piece of art if he feels attached to it?

[SH4MR0CK007]

great song been looking every where for this , i remember it from when i was a kid

[U2singmyheartout]

Beautiful

[PrimalPassword]

Good soft rock song! u2 is awesome!

[kidwitdahat]

i was born there, didnt think there was a song about this until my mom told me, its not a bad song either, this is a sad story too, if ur from springhill add me as a friend

[69tomasito]

listen to the luke kell version

[assssholeeee08]

i love dis song its me new favourite song and im onli 16 i soo have to get it on me fone and ipod ;)

[CindyMWood]

I'm a Springhill girl and I think this is so cool! :)

[poleske]

U2 at their best

[KyranGeraghty]

This was at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Dubliners on the longest running chat show in the world.. "The Late Late Show "

[puacino]

Awesome!

[meplayin]

It happen at Springhill, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada and was called the "Bump, in mine number 2" on October 23, 1958 at 8:06 PM 174 men were in the mine and 75 were killed. Many men and boys were trapped for days and they sang songs to make the time go by, some were saved others were not. A sad time in my own family and many of them died that day in 58.

This song was composed by Peggy Seeger and her husband Ewan MacColl.

[noonaspud]

Great stuff. Love the conviction of U2....it's not ego, it's passion.

[noonaspud]

Great stuff. Love the conviction...it's not ego..it's passion.

[mybrilobox]

This song is what mean? i don't know... i want know... but it's made me impression,

[dragmio]

Yeah, right. If he was overdosing, going to rehab and having sex scandals every other week he would be "normal", but he's trying to help people, so he has a "huge ego".

[garmambozja]

@dragmio well said

[lifeplay5]

hometown pride, i still like the original

[DravenErica]

i've been trying to get a copy of this song for years thanx for putting it up here

[danielbrann]

Naah.... he isn't a prat, really...

[moja65]

delighted to see bono fukcing up. Pity it didnt put a dent in his ego. You have to admit he is a prat.

[ocathain69]

if u dont like him why go to all the bother of watching him on u tube

[SmileyMT]

Fucking up are you for real, he sings this beutifully. With such convictoin and passion and i echo dragmiom, u said it man. Pity your ego didnt let you see past fame for a huge ego, no that is a fuck up.

[pjsdoggy]

He is so nervous!!!Great song Bono is a legend!!

[ocathain69]

he's not nervous he's pissed

[Mac3622]

Never knew this song existed until the

50th anniversary last year. As a Nova Scotian who has studied Springhill, its a nice tribute, a little left wing, but nice.

[Terryodo2]

Edge: "The 23rd of this month we head away". Yeah, the tour that made them.

Thanks for the upload.

[yatsumoto]

in the town of springhill, nova scotia

[yatsumoto]

didn't find the dvd on amazon. where can i buy it from?

[Snotra]

What the hell is Bono crying about now??

[magsieboy2501]

You complete twat,do a bit of reading ,if you can,and find out about what happenend.Oh yeah this was recorded in 87 long before Bono did something with his stardom.

[KittyFaireys]

omg! That is fantastic!!...Is there any way of getting this song??

I'm actually packing at this moment to move to Springhill :)

[LURIG81]

This is a brilliant version by U2. It was from a tremendous Late Late Show tribute to The Dubliners in 1987, repeated on RTE this week. This is to be released on DVD from October 31st and I would urge music lovers everywhere to check it out. I have NO personal or financial interest in this just music.

[cheapy2006]

great song

bono's fairly pissed though

[kloppiej]

TERRIBLE GREAT!!!

i'm looking forward next year in the "Kuip" Rotterdam Holland

[WhoDoYouWant]

Crombienation17 utters the word "terrible". Let me use a few. As a lifelong U2 fan, THIS is the song, the performance I reference to explain the majesty of Bono's voice. It forces its way through an old song like a epic thunderstorm. This is Bono without the massive stage, without the amplifiers and video walls. This is what he does when he's serious. Young pretenders look and learn

[bonoffee83]

Seconded. Nice way to put it! :)

[Crombienation17]

@WhoDoYouWant

HEAR dumb cunt you dopes are trying to tell me that i dont know my music listen to the person that actually wrote the fucking tune .....

im irish just like the arsehole above but at least i know who written the fuckin song

[WhoDoYouWant]

@Crombienation17 You're a smart boy! So who wrote it? The Dubliners? Luke Kelly?

[Crombienation17]

@WhoDoYouWant

no his idel ewan macoll and peggy seeger but still listen to lukes version it hops off this shite

[WhoDoYouWant]

@Crombienation17 Look, just admit it. You screamed about listening 'to the person that actually wrote the fucking tune'... and the truth is that before I put it up to you, you thought 'the person that actually wrote the tune' was Luke Kelly.

You go listen to Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl's Original if you want. I'll listen to this. Bye.

[Crombienation17]

terrible

[magsieboy2501]

Lets hear your version,cunt

[yaquimike]

you don't know good music than.

[prush1307]

My Grandfather was actually trapped in the Bump of 1958 in the Springhill Mines, he passed away last Tuesday at the age of 85....RIP Grampie, I love you always and will miss you forever.

[asiabhoy]

rip for your grandfather. i worked in a mine in mongolia with a lot of guys from canada, i played this song for them one night, they had never heard it and you could have heard a pin drop after it...vey very moving song.

[Erikamargaret1]

@prush1307 omg thats so sad. im doing a project on that right now

[wedgem]

@prush1307 Sorry to hear about your Grandfather: Gave me chills reading this! With love!

[scas22]

if you think this version is good, check out Luke Kelly's version..... miles better..

[arnoldlazy]

i don t know they re talking about,but this is awesome

[NSSskater47]

I am from Nova Scotia and have never heard U2 do this song before. I am so proud & pleased. I hope bluenoser gets to see it.

[splorenzo]

This is soooooo irish =)

[simonj285]

one of the most simple yet most powerful performances from u2 in their prime.

[corpo99]

as an Irish man this is gods work.

gold.

magic.

[SmileyMT]

u said it, pure brilliance. I could be as bold as to say he did luke kelly proud, if i may

[foggydew27]

I did not see this video on RTE. Is there a DVD for The Dubliners 25th anniversary on "The Late Late Show", or is it on RTE's "Come West Along The Road" DVD series, or was this recorded off TV on a VHS recorder and then transfered to a DVD. I would love to have a copy of the entire show. Anyone with a copy let me know.

[Brendandowd]

This entire show has been released on DVD this week (In Ireland).

[jebbyblobby]

Nice, characteristic raspy voice.

[u2retrobuff]

now only if the "Red Hill mining town" promo video would auctually srface close theme to this song along the same lines!!!! know for a fact if they wanted to they could still perform Red Hill "first ever U2 history"

[uggla03]

i believe its on the dvd release in december

[axblack]

yep thanks to me hehe ;-)

[jratt2]

Wow. I remember when this was broadcast...

[AardsmaAA]

Do you know what show it was on? I want to find out if this exists to buy.

[jratt2]

Yes. It's from a chat show called "The Late Late Show", about April 1987. This was U2s contribution to a tribute show to The Dubliner's, an influential Irish folk band. Check the RTE website, they might have it in their archives. It was hugely popular tribute show...

[Brendandowd]

This DVD went on sale this week. Its called The Late Late Show tribute to the dubliners.