U2 MOFO AWARD SHOW 1997

[astroman2012]

the edge is the UNcoolest man in pop music history!!

[artfreak79]

Great! and great shout out to Jacques Brel by Bono (with tweaked lyrics of course!).

[likimt]

mom, was i concieved here?

[arcticmonkey3]

kinda looks like the claw from u2360 in the background...things to come??

[Poppert73]

This clip is soo BAD ASS1!

[Ladymcfly1980]

Bono is too sexy!!!!!!!!!

[omersexy]

U2 say hi to Dennis Hopper Mother Fuckers

[U2MatheusQueirozU2]

The Edge é muuuuito fodão !! PQP !!!!!!

[gillyrosh]

Amazing performance!

[BlueberrySwede]

Best show opening ever!!!

Too bad the first comment after the song by show host Ronan Keating wasn't included in this clip. Distinctly remember him saying "How could we possibly follow that.!!.." and he was absolutely right!

[MrNutsack101]

Denis Hopper looks young in this...can't believe he is gone...

[drvertigo]

2 douche bags watched this video

[richievegas01]

Remember watching this at the time. Totally blown away by it, better than the version on Pop. Wonder if they'll ever play it live again?

[merlinchanelle]

2:40 Edge fucking cool

Thumbs up if you agree.

[UnderABloodRedSkyU2]

@merlinchanelle Fucking amazing!

[ElAullidoDeLaNada]

RIP Dennis Hopper, great actor.

[TheFly212]

Like em' or not they sure can put on a fuckin' show when the want to.

[Hubbleknarf]

is that dennis hopper?

[spindrssd]

@Hubbleknarf yes it is

[mazza6595]

the lighting is spectacular

[izquemia]

this is the most spectacular entrance of all history on MTV!!!

[vertigo2112]

the loser mtv crowd doesnt get it...they have nver heard real music before..only rap crap

[EnjoyTheSurface]

wam bam bam wam bam bow, mother bubble poppin sugar droppin´ rock n´ roll ,

[danielsentana]

BRING IT BACK TO THE 360 TOUR, NOW!

[AzurCloud]

Does anyone else think Bono looks a bit like a member of the KKK in that blue shiny boxing outfit? Not to be taken the wrong way, though - Bono's my hero :-)!

[Vlaco84]

Soberek, have you ever seen them live? I've seen them plenty times....Adam was never muted.

[Schaker1000]

Those people on 3.34; very sad......

[soberek]

Why am I not surprised Adam went mute as usual?

[mrsamrocks2]

@soberek he's not muted

[smurfu2]

RIP Dennis Hopper! Still have this on an old VHS lol.

[TimStatic]

awww I remember this! RIP Dennis Hopper! 

[FreakwaveNL]

best mtf version!

[juliusreea]

i want badass u2 side back plzzz?

[ralphcraddock]

mass hysteria award ugh.

jaques brel was in a higher league than this lot...

[VilleValo66666]

this song is "Dans le port d'amsterdam" from Jacques Brel, french singer. voila^^

[vox1661]

@VilleValo66666 Belgian singer...

[Vlaco84]

@ espinozafn: he smoked too much, had an allergy and vocal surgery.

[Bonorisz]

What is the poem Bono is saying after they accepted the award?

[terrasidius]

KICK ASS. I want this U2 back! They earned their cool points in the 1990s baby. :)

[Mattkc9684]

One of the best performances of "Mofo" ever. This song would kill if they played it on the 360 tour!

[ToulacAxeHand]

4.40, Edgegasm

[espinozafn]

iv noticed that Bonos Voice is Better Now than it was during the Popmart Tour. Bono kicked ass at Zoo Tv but then when Pop came out his voice sounded droned out. Maybe he was depressed or Taking Pain Killers or Something im not sure but all I know is Now He Kicks Major Ass. Maybe he had Vocal Surgery

[PaulMcCartneyFan]

@espinozafn

Around this time they had already did a record and didn't have a lot of time to rehearse for the PopMart tour, which is why the first leg of the tour suffered.

[Bonorisz]

@espinozafn No, he was just smoking too much Camel cigarettes, as he stated in their book U2 by U2. And the strangest thing is, that he liked it, how his voice changed: raspy and different than before

[AtomicPeace]

Only U2 can pull this off. NOWADAYS MTV sucks....

[KrishManning]

The emperor's new clothes...

[KrishManning]

A gay burlesque show? Not that there's anything wrong with being gay.

[anacrobat89]

Wow! RIP Dennis Hopper.

[gibsonvox]

back when u2 kicked ass!

[anacrobat89]

@gibsonvox Nah, Bono's voice is stronger today than durin Popmart. They kick more ass today. That's a fact!

[DrSequoia]

Soothe me, mother

Rule me, father

Fool me, brother

Woo me sister

Damn, I've almost forgotten how rocking they used to be.

POPtastic!

[Paint4U2]

I love this enter of U2

They did so well on this satyic and ironic tour

It isn't ZOO TV but it is Pop Mart

[PISCORUSH]

DE PM!!!!

[eltonheffernan]

savage!

[MegaTrainspotter]

What an awesome performance.........pop musik

[fantaisy100]

Dennis Hopper est mort :'( easy rider forever ;)

[MultiBert87]

mofo kicks ass, pop was so fun

[Janeu2]

Kick ass!!!!!!!

[gibsonvox]

hell ya this is my shit.. mofo

[NEFTAVOX]

I Love this Bono!!!!!

[montyvox0510]

To anyone who think's The Edge is not playing must be high as a kite.

Uber delay is going on.

[Keruaran]

Much underrated.

[sweetassugar69]

2.48 of this recording where the fuck is the bending of the notes on edges guitar to create that sound sorry boys to ruin the party but edge is not playing !!!!!!!!!

[patriciorobayo]

@sweetassugar69 Its called a whammy pedal and yes its him playing that note...look it up...

[ijengel]

@sweetassugar69 it's called delay bro, a guitar effect

[esorciccio]

@sweetassugar69 you're so ignorant...

[sweetassugar69]

@esorciccio i tell you what is ignorant you latin prick ! is bono shouting about poverty and trying to be mother tereza and a list by a chariities magazine of the top 50 celebrities who have given most to charities and he never even made the list !! fucking hypcrite as for the edge the most overrated guitarist of the last 30 years and he had 3 guitar technicians under the stage helping him when he plays live ! the most over hyped band ever !!

[supafly100]

@sweetassugar69 you need to learn what Bono does to help other people before you start say shit about him like the rest of you Bono haters you don't even know what the fuck you are on about. If you don't like U2 why did you comment anyway

[supafly100]

@sweetassugar69 Also The Edge only has one gutar tech called Dallas Schoo who helps with his effect board when The Edge isn't near his when live and helps him swap guitars when playing live and also helps him when recording but of course you'd know this since you seem to know everything! Get your facts right before saying shit and yes i don't know why I'm telling you this but at the end of the day YOU got it wrong!

[volkderfreiheitzwei]

@sweetassugar69

The Edge did that with the whammy pedal, so he WAS ACTUALLY PLAYING IT ! ! !

And that note came from a played harmonic

[ElTuco84]

5:25 F...... awesome!!!!!

[dtpc191991]

Adam's best bass line by far!!!!!!!!!

[augustusdes]

U2 were still cool as fuck around this time..

[evilmm80]

Now they're too focused on being serious.

[roptaboys]

I was there that night, at the end of the catwalk on the right and had a blast !!!! WOW....great to see this again!:-)

[pacovailoes]

Great times for MTV, today MTV awards is full of shit.

[lonewolf2379]

jesus ive never seen this

cracking performance

[psikofunkster]

the guys boxing......ha ha look so stupid.

[doginthemirror]

Mother, am i still your son?

[THE350CRANKKING]

what does the song mean???

[LadyJadeLight]

Paul (bono) lost his mother suddenly at 14. A Brain annurism (means a vein broke in her brain) & she later died at home. No way to stop it. Totally sudden. After that he was different. MoFo=a way to talk about how (mother suckin rock and roll) becomes comforting like a mother when you dont have one. Edge also lost his mom at around that age. Mofo= the danger of fame lots of Sarcasm lots of pain lots of Need in this song. Admitting how weak a person can get inside after losing someone they NEED.

[lonewolf2379]

where did you find that out from.

if you read the lyrics of mofo..its like gibberish

[U2met86]

@lonewolf2379

The lyrics sound like gibberish but they're actually quite serious.

It's about Bono's Mom dying when he was 14 and everything he's done since then "to fill that God-shaped hole" (ie the existential void that only a mother's love, or God's love, can fill)

Then there's the other part:

Mother, am I still your son?

You know I've waited for so long to hear you say so

Mother, you left and made me someone

Now I'm stlll a child, but no one tells me no

Deeper than it sounds at first ;)

[jameshunt33]

the best ema performance ever!!

[fixalot666]

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFOOOOOO