why would you people start writing such hateful things on a video that is as beautiful as this? im seriously disappointed in u all that have acted so immaturely, and who have resorted to hate to settle a dispute of different tastes in music. "Don't become a Monster in order to defeat The Monster."
it's sad they changed the line for this performance. The new york line is probably the most beautiful, inspiring and poignant piece of work bono has ever written.
They changed the line with reason, due the war in Iraq.
"Late in the spring, yellow cloud on a desert skyline. Some fathers son, Is it his or is it mine..?"
I think its brilliant.. no one is allowed to speak about subjects like war in Iraq on Oscar night.....if you mention it in the song, no one will notice in time to cut off.. :)
america's soul is imigrants.....if u did not know every white,black,asian,and some brown ppl arnt from here at all, we came across the big sea and kicked the natives off there land.....sad but true
this is why people should be more appreciative of the immigrants that come into here. They're partly responsible as to why America is what it is today. They are a major part of the American history.
What can i say! those who heard U2 sing this live will remember for the rest of their lives...absolutely mesmering song. Great composition. I never knew about this song until watched Gangs of Newyork.
u2 my not live forever...but their music will move from generations to generations...couse that music has something special....i love U2...they are the best
@firelord5000 U2 is a great band, but Eminem has achieved a lot as well. In fact, he's been around for more than a decade and is still popular. It's just different music. I could compare u2 to the beatles and call u2 complete shit, same thing you're doing.
@Stizou777@Stizou777 Damn took someone a year to reply. Eminem is only popular when he releases a new album, and a year later is back to being non-existent. None of his music has re-playability or even relevance past the album its done on. U2's music on the other hand has survived decades, for example songs like, "New Year's Day, "With or Without You" and on and on were relevant 20 years ago, and are just as popular now as they were back then.
@Stizou777 Btw feel free to compare U2 to Beatles, they are just as good of a band as Beatles, and have given just as much wonderful music as The Beatles, and you are just showing how stupid you are saying U2 music is complete shit in comparison to The Beatles.
@figaz555 Sez the guy with IQ lower than Trigg Palin. I'll take dick brain over dickless anydays bitch, now bend over so I can go U2 all over your vagina. Funny how you say this song is a joke yet you spend all day and night sucking on its balls, stupid whore or fag, whatever you are.
@Stizou777 You're not getting my point. It has become a stereotype with people saying and thinking that most of modern music can't compare to the old 'legends'. Some can. U2 has nothing on the beatles, beatles has way more hits and created a larger impact on music. I'm not a big fan of Eminem, I know a handful of songs that I like, he's been around for more than a decade but I still remember the names of these songs.
Why bring rap in to it? I generally disregard rap as garbage but Eminem clearly had the better song. Hell, any song that was half good is better than this tripe.
@Caladolen That comment was made 2 years, at which point Eminem had been MIA for about 3 years. As for music lasting, it was in regards to an old song still being played the way say One, or New Year's Day are, and I can't think of Eminem's songs lasting that way as hip hop usually has a far shorter lifecycle. The comment wasn't made to say that Eminem isn't good, but rather that he isn't in U2's league, and I still stand by that.
Me too. That's one more proof of their greatness, the best possible band shouldn't be full only of deep or mostly unseen arguments, even more if it is a "rock/pop" band.
U2 don't need an Oscar to be remembered as legends.
And it's not a secret that every type of AWARDS - no matter are they Oscars, Grammy and everything else, are NOT CRYTERIA which are the best ones around.
Eminem sucks...where is he now??? I heard he got fat and retired...meanwhile U2 has a new record coming out in November 2008..they were around long before that wigger and they will be around after he's long gone
This is like one of the best patriotism songs around, how could they not win?! I saw the performance when it aired on television, and I was almost sure they would win! How ridiculous that Eminem won.
nervous?? for a fuc%&Ng oscar?? u2 has won three times what eminem has won..they rock and they should know (as most of us know) that there are "steals" in the oscars ex: leo di caprio (about 3 times, not ocunting that he wasn't nominated for titanic) johnny depp, russel crowe (beautiful mind) and many more
I also can't believe, that they didn't win the oscar. I remember i woke up in the morning, and i was totally shocked when Eminem was announced as the winner. Paul Simon would have been ok for me, but Eminem??? I almost cried after that beautiful performance for this song. It was just a shame, but hopefully, the will win the oscar one day!
It was a very good performance, seeing this song is not a rocker song, but a song that was sung just the way it should have been, with heart felt feelings. And I can't believe they didn't win, seeing that it was Irish immagrants that came over to build our U.S.A., so that we can have an award show like the Oscars. Eminmen never should have won. Never!
God bless America and all the sons and daughters of Irish immigrants who were driven from their sacred land through oppression but helped build the best country in the world on their HANDS AND KNEES.
"The Hands That Built America". It says it all. This video and music(V3) reached deep in my soul. It is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. The movie, "Gangs of New York", honored the Irish Americans. I am of jewish ansestry and I am American, and we are all one. Thankyou, U2. MC
The Irish immigrants were the largest ethnicity to build the railroads starting out on the east coast(Chinese the west coast). They definitely made a huge impact on the history and destiny of the USA.
They only get so much time to sng a song. If you noticed other performers also had to cut out some of their song. Maybe not at this ceremony, but I've noticed it before.
I agree totally Frankdatankpart2. Civilservant thinks it was a bad performance. Shows you that he/she doesn't know much about opera, and emotion in singing.
America would not be the America we love without the Irish that came here (my ancestor included). I am most proud to claim this distinction of being Irish. We are proud, we are strong, we are just, kind possessing of high morals.
P.S. And to the British who once considered "us" savages...HAHA!
It was the Irish who taught the British who to write and before that they were building NewGrange and Schools while the Brits were chasing their dinner through a forrest with a sharp stick
U2 are a great band.Eminem is a great artist who deserved the oscar.Quit hating on him
5mn5 5 days ago
Eminem is a legend in the music industry. Fuck off haters.
Magickennyd 3 months ago
what is the singer in the 3:10?
noe71000 9 months ago
@noe71000 Bono?
supercooldude2121 7 months ago
Without words.....and ther'no wors for this
Aileenk8 11 months ago
what an amazing song! <3
evelynnjoo 1 year ago
Very powerful and heartfelt song. Always liked it.
Powerful lyrics too . "Digging in our pockets, for a reason not to say goodbye" etc
oki9Sedo 1 year ago
why would you people start writing such hateful things on a video that is as beautiful as this? im seriously disappointed in u all that have acted so immaturely, and who have resorted to hate to settle a dispute of different tastes in music. "Don't become a Monster in order to defeat The Monster."
TheGavio93 1 year ago 2
This song is amazing
Yet his voice sounds so shit and out of tune
Come on Bono, step it up
robertomartinoVIIIII 1 year ago
great song
nonskinful 2 years ago
it's sad they changed the line for this performance. The new york line is probably the most beautiful, inspiring and poignant piece of work bono has ever written.
peengwen12 2 years ago
They changed the line with reason, due the war in Iraq.
"Late in the spring, yellow cloud on a desert skyline. Some fathers son, Is it his or is it mine..?"
I think its brilliant.. no one is allowed to speak about subjects like war in Iraq on Oscar night.....if you mention it in the song, no one will notice in time to cut off.. :)
justme788 2 years ago
i thought bono played guitar on this one?
blackhawx4life 2 years ago
Native Americans arn't completely gone
r33c3100 2 years ago
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imigrants give america soul ?
thorpeville 2 years ago
america's soul is imigrants.....if u did not know every white,black,asian,and some brown ppl arnt from here at all, we came across the big sea and kicked the natives off there land.....sad but true
Bosnian519 2 years ago 5
this is why people should be more appreciative of the immigrants that come into here. They're partly responsible as to why America is what it is today. They are a major part of the American history.
FamousStarnStrapper 2 years ago 2
the irish like many other nations helped build america
kilwinninglad08 3 years ago 6
amazing voice !
Great song !
MikaYoman 3 years ago 4
What can i say! those who heard U2 sing this live will remember for the rest of their lives...absolutely mesmering song. Great composition. I never knew about this song until watched Gangs of Newyork.
dilhare 3 years ago 7
u2 my not live forever...but their music will move from generations to generations...couse that music has something special....i love U2...they are the best
dadadaddodododo 3 years ago 7
amazing voice
bachyutt 3 years ago 7
Seriously, who compares eminem to u2. Get a brain and realize, U2's music is forever, eminems didnt even survive a decade.
firelord5000 3 years ago 24
he said it because eminem beat u2 for this oscar!
comac11 3 years ago
Eminem and U2 are both great in their own way.
LoserkidMacbeth 3 years ago 2
@firelord5000 U2 is a great band, but Eminem has achieved a lot as well. In fact, he's been around for more than a decade and is still popular. It's just different music. I could compare u2 to the beatles and call u2 complete shit, same thing you're doing.
Stizou777 1 year ago
@Stizou777 @Stizou777 Damn took someone a year to reply. Eminem is only popular when he releases a new album, and a year later is back to being non-existent. None of his music has re-playability or even relevance past the album its done on. U2's music on the other hand has survived decades, for example songs like, "New Year's Day, "With or Without You" and on and on were relevant 20 years ago, and are just as popular now as they were back then.
firelord5000 1 year ago
@Stizou777 Btw feel free to compare U2 to Beatles, they are just as good of a band as Beatles, and have given just as much wonderful music as The Beatles, and you are just showing how stupid you are saying U2 music is complete shit in comparison to The Beatles.
firelord5000 1 year ago
@firelord5000
Wow you are indeed one incredibly stupid person. Your name will probably become synonymous with "dick brain".
figaz555 1 year ago
@figaz555
I got a question for you. Why THE FUCK are you still here?
mariyuso 1 year ago
@mariyuso
Why are you still here? This song is a joke.
figaz555 1 year ago
@figaz555 Sez the guy with IQ lower than Trigg Palin. I'll take dick brain over dickless anydays bitch, now bend over so I can go U2 all over your vagina. Funny how you say this song is a joke yet you spend all day and night sucking on its balls, stupid whore or fag, whatever you are.
firelord5000 1 year ago
@firelord5000
What the hell are you talking about?
figaz555 1 year ago
@Stizou777 You're not getting my point. It has become a stereotype with people saying and thinking that most of modern music can't compare to the old 'legends'. Some can. U2 has nothing on the beatles, beatles has way more hits and created a larger impact on music. I'm not a big fan of Eminem, I know a handful of songs that I like, he's been around for more than a decade but I still remember the names of these songs.
Stizou777 1 year ago
@firelord5000
Unfortunately for those pretentious tossers of U2 they have built a legacy of fake and unrealistic change and average music.
figaz555 1 year ago
@figaz555 lol, ya average music that manages to be played more often than all of rap combined, get outa here you fool.
firelord5000 1 year ago
@firelord5000
Why bring rap in to it? I generally disregard rap as garbage but Eminem clearly had the better song. Hell, any song that was half good is better than this tripe.
figaz555 1 year ago
@firelord5000 Eminem is still going pretty strong....
Caladolen 6 months ago
@Caladolen That comment was made 2 years, at which point Eminem had been MIA for about 3 years. As for music lasting, it was in regards to an old song still being played the way say One, or New Year's Day are, and I can't think of Eminem's songs lasting that way as hip hop usually has a far shorter lifecycle. The comment wasn't made to say that Eminem isn't good, but rather that he isn't in U2's league, and I still stand by that.
firelord5000 6 months ago 2
@firelord5000 it survived two so far...just sayin
TheScarfaceNinja 5 months ago
I love Eminem but this should have won the Oscar. Hands, down.
HyperU2 3 years ago 10
Is this a rock singer? This must be the greatest band in the world, then.
xcualquiera 3 years ago 2
I think there is no disputing that but I regularly have arguments with people who don't get just how great they are.
twochordcool 3 years ago
Me too. That's one more proof of their greatness, the best possible band shouldn't be full only of deep or mostly unseen arguments, even more if it is a "rock/pop" band.
xcualquiera 3 years ago
Lose Yourself is the Better Song, but Gangs is a better movie
MCEProd22 3 years ago
U2 don't need an Oscar to be remembered as legends.
And it's not a secret that every type of AWARDS - no matter are they Oscars, Grammy and everything else, are NOT CRYTERIA which are the best ones around.
thamessiahbg 3 years ago
Why didn't they win? The last verse.
PyroGhost913 3 years ago
Should have won but that is ridiculous reasoning on your part.
twochordcool 3 years ago
Eminem sucks...where is he now??? I heard he got fat and retired...meanwhile U2 has a new record coming out in November 2008..they were around long before that wigger and they will be around after he's long gone
buzzkill27 3 years ago 6
actually he's going to be coming out with a new album. i love this song but i also listen to eminem and like them both
egmi0802 3 years ago
This is like one of the best patriotism songs around, how could they not win?! I saw the performance when it aired on television, and I was almost sure they would win! How ridiculous that Eminem won.
arenaskies 3 years ago 3
nervous?? for a fuc%&Ng oscar?? u2 has won three times what eminem has won..they rock and they should know (as most of us know) that there are "steals" in the oscars ex: leo di caprio (about 3 times, not ocunting that he wasn't nominated for titanic) johnny depp, russel crowe (beautiful mind) and many more
marquinogaucho 4 years ago 5
I also can't believe, that they didn't win the oscar. I remember i woke up in the morning, and i was totally shocked when Eminem was announced as the winner. Paul Simon would have been ok for me, but Eminem??? I almost cried after that beautiful performance for this song. It was just a shame, but hopefully, the will win the oscar one day!
Raysalesman 4 years ago 10
It aint thatf, they´re just nervous. Bono is shakin
silvercivil 4 years ago
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Very bad performance, very nice song.
Unfortunately they sound very amateur
silvercivil 4 years ago
It was a very good performance, seeing this song is not a rocker song, but a song that was sung just the way it should have been, with heart felt feelings. And I can't believe they didn't win, seeing that it was Irish immagrants that came over to build our U.S.A., so that we can have an award show like the Oscars. Eminmen never should have won. Never!
THEGREATROBYNIE 4 years ago 3
The Irish emigrants arrived in Boston and new York. These towns had been built 200 years before.
eliasscreech 3 years ago
fuk u
kingskippy424 2 years ago
Totally agree...How in the FUCK this song didn't win?! They should have won
jdapeepolesgirl12003 4 years ago 28
How the fuck did this song lose to Eminem's Lose Yourself?
waqman 4 years ago 9
Goosebumps
Hasjfield 4 years ago
God bless America and all the sons and daughters of Irish immigrants who were driven from their sacred land through oppression but helped build the best country in the world on their HANDS AND KNEES.
LOGOS422 4 years ago 4
"The Hands That Built America". It says it all. This video and music(V3) reached deep in my soul. It is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. The movie, "Gangs of New York", honored the Irish Americans. I am of jewish ansestry and I am American, and we are all one. Thankyou, U2. MC
mamasgroove 4 years ago 3
In the coal fields of Kentucky,much of the workers were of Irish decent.
tenfed1861 4 years ago
God bless the Irish,Germans,Chinese,and blacks for making this country what it is.Without them,who knows where we'd be.
tenfed1861 4 years ago 3
America had already been long established by time the Irish arrived in significant numbers.
eliasscreech 3 years ago
fuk u again
kingskippy424 2 years ago
i think it also relates to black people, they did make america even though it was forced.
robertobiero 4 years ago 2
The Irish immigrants were the largest ethnicity to build the railroads starting out on the east coast(Chinese the west coast). They definitely made a huge impact on the history and destiny of the USA.
abfirefighterchick 4 years ago 2
WOOOOOOOOOOOO the irish well built america... bono and de gang 100% IRISH its great haha!
irishgirl90 4 years ago 2
MArtin Scorsese is always get ripped off...most of the academy is Jewish and thay hate when an ITalian-American like Scorsese wins...
marty129 4 years ago
Can you believe that this lost??? Worse...can you believe that this lost to Eminem????
florgamary 4 years ago 8
This is one of Emotional U2 songs for me.
So i'm very Sad to see this.
They skipped 2nd Beautiful verse and missed line of 3rd verse like it's early 4 there's a Cloud of NY sky line that's best part of this song.
Bono got too much tension for Opera roaring part so he missed after.
Anyway i got know that Oscar stage got even U2 on nervous.
YUMAKEN 4 years ago
They only get so much time to sng a song. If you noticed other performers also had to cut out some of their song. Maybe not at this ceremony, but I've noticed it before.
THEGREATROBYNIE 4 years ago
Bono with the Opera, awesome!
Franckdatankpart2 4 years ago 4
I agree totally Frankdatankpart2. Civilservant thinks it was a bad performance. Shows you that he/she doesn't know much about opera, and emotion in singing.
THEGREATROBYNIE 4 years ago
America would not be the America we love without the Irish that came here (my ancestor included). I am most proud to claim this distinction of being Irish. We are proud, we are strong, we are just, kind possessing of high morals.
P.S. And to the British who once considered "us" savages...HAHA!
vertigobabe70 4 years ago 4
It was the Irish who taught the British who to write and before that they were building NewGrange and Schools while the Brits were chasing their dinner through a forrest with a sharp stick
ebeneezzer 3 years ago
One of the most beautiful songs by U2 -- I have fond memories of this song. Very lovely. There's always a place 4 this song in my heart.
P.S. These are the hands that wrote this comment :- )
rafaelguitarist 4 years ago 9
nice,when was this
z77z77 5 years ago
it was the 2005 Oscar ceremony
imarco75 5 years ago 2
2003 actually
MikieBBB2007 5 years ago 2