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  • Bono is H-O-T. Not too sure about the use of all those birds though. 

  • Bono is so sexy!!!

    And U2 are legends forever!

  • Just realized, the god of sunglasses is not wearing any in this video.

  • My brother was named after this album. Its really awkward whenever I tell someone my age that... They never know what I'm talking about. Sigh, my generation.

  • I just don't think most people really know how epic this song is. U2 has shown us the fragile sinews of the human condition crying out for rescue.

  • ma quanto sei bono...:)

    this song..is beautiful...<3 <3 <3

  • underated song. shut up u blood clots!

  • Bono is sooooo hot here!

  • its red hill mining town

  • Górnikiem nie jestem, ale to chyba ich najbardziej wzruszający kawałek...

  • the so called lost song, never played live because of the high registers that bono have to sing

  • I Love U2. Been a fan since 1981. But Seriously....Who the F**K came up with the concept for this video???? There must have been bird shit all over the place!!!!!

  • omg omg omg the comment about him looking like a pornstar

    omg

    omg

    i cant phahaha

  • This song, album is flawless. Anyone who hates this song is deaf.

  • u2 sounds like wet farts

  • @jjjjjjja098 How do you know that? You have your head up your ass.

  • U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER U2 FOREVER

  • How come only 1176 people like this song/video!!!!! This is such a GREAT song, really beautiful...

  • R.I.P the welsh miners forever in our hearts

  • oh bono u so serious...serious irish man!

  • 25 years later, this song & album still moves me with emotion. I read the book about Red Hill interviewing the miners & their challenges, it was eye-opening. There's a bit too much focus on smouldering looks in this vid... kinda embarrassing to watch, now Bono is more composed than posing... hehe

  • fuck the working class

  • @diekontrolleure The government is doing a fine job of that.

  • @glockguy7 holy crap i love you hahahaha

  • Yeah, Ok, but did Bono get any mining done in this vid? Geez, please be productive

  • @saranold the problem was with U2. They said the video was shite. It's like a bad (no pun intended) John woo film with the bloody birds. U2 did the right thing burying this for 20 years. Pity it wasn't longer. Where's big pit when you need it.

  • @Jixer56 It's absolutely FINE w/ me. More than fine! Oh my my!!

  • such a beautiful video. There was some issue with it at the time; I can't remember exactly what, but someone had an issue with it...I don't know if it was Anton Corbijn or U2 who had the issue, but in any event, I don't see the problem, it is just a lovely, timeless work. I cry every time. The grainy old coal-miner footage, the canaries in slow-motion flight, it's just heartbreaking. I don't find it too literal at all, just simple and poignant. Very intense and very desperate and sad.

  • I feel something of led zeppelin and A-ha in u2!

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  • Bono's voice at it's peak here...... awesome!!  U2 Rocks it!!

  • Without U2...the world would be fucked up

  • @octobillyplatypus The world will still be fucked up "With or Without U2" But, they make it an easier place to live in.

  • One of the few songs off the "Joshua Tree" album that didn't get the airplay it deserved. Great tune.

  • Thatcher V Scargill  Them were the days

  • This song is NOT "Live in Paris" but a great video and song none-the-less : )

  • i wish i could talk to Bono!

  • @JustSomeGuy741 me too!

  • i think red hill was supposed to be the the second single from joshua tree instead of i still havent found.....

    this is a soul song for me, it is always exciting with signers that push themselves, that are not afraid of reaching higher...that makes great singing...

  • Help! I cant stop watching this video.

    Bonos burning up the screen with his raw sexual power and I can't tear my eyes away.

    Wow - if they had released this video in the 80's, the teenage me would have imploded.

    Cor.

  • There is no such thing as clean COAL. You hugger of ancient trees !!!!! Something funny happened tonight ; I truly am no longer affraid. what are they gonna` do? Kill us?

  • Bono has the best pure voice I have heard.A gifted natural.

  • @unclechipper that's just because you haven't heard mine.

  • is someone talkin fuckin smack bout U2? Come fight me breh, send me a message, then ill tell u where i live, u can come at me.

  • @U22398 o cn i?

  • And to think! Larry Mullen Jr started this rock band and named it U2 because it would look cool on a poster! How right he was. What an amazing effect they've had on rock 'n roll, on world opinion and pop culture. Love those guys in U2!

  • should've stuck to the vintage footage. The mistake here is trying to make the band act. too much light in a mine...way too many artistic issues..but at the time that was par for the course for many bands. Rattle n' Hum cured them of this mistake. Great song. terrible video.

  • @johnnytwentythree I agree it is abit all topgun for me too lol, still nothing to fear eh you are what you are and you like what you line. Just needed a little sweat and standing a little further from white t shirt Mullen...lol right im off to watch the ball game whilst I spit in my spatoon.

  • alcohol is puur lekker biertje jy wiet is ook natural maar teveel is als valium addicted mooie song hou jy van u2 ik zou listen ,ik,weet,soms,niet,of,jy,wel,l­euk,vind,met,my,zoveel,pc,can,­t,breathe,zit erby mooie list dus waiting for me ja ik ben ook onzeker

  • i am a mining engineer i love this video

  • JUST TOO FUKIN BAD ASS MAN

  • For a video of the 80's this isn't that bad!

    It's just that the song is so damn good it deserves better.

    This is one of my top 3 favourite U2 songs.

    The other two?

    Desire, and Angel of Harlem.

    Anyone agree?

  • Love slowly drifts away...Love has  seen its better day! 06.21.94

  • Its amazing that only three or four years earlier, Bono looked like a teenage kid.

    He looks like a built porn star hunk there.

    Great Great song..... amazing voice, great words

  • One of my all time fave U2 songs! :D

  • this was a great tour from Joshua tree

  • He looks like a rough pornstar with the long hair!!!! YUMMY!!!>>>

  • @MATRUDANA boo hiss dumb comment

  • @MATRUDANA bono = best pornstar ever!

  • Bono, Edge, and Adam are some lazy bastards... Larry is the only one working, Edge and Adam get rid of a few pesky birds but other than that they're slackers.... One of those videos they probably look back at and say "what were we thinking, but it could be worse, we could have hired the guy that scripted Culture Club's videos"

  • @irishjohn831 no ur wrong

    bono-hooks up with women

    edge- joker

    adam-active

    larry-lazy

  • This video sufferers for having come out too late.  In the 80's it would be seen as normal. lol

  • U2, Makes me proud to be part Irish! I need to see Galway! I need to jus simply be in the land where my mom's people come from! Galway! <3

    Joshau Tree Classic Album!

    Socalgirl

  • the other guys in the video are like what the fuck is that guy doing but really good song

  • just a class song

  • Great song - bad video

  • this is the first time I listen to this song since I was probably four years old. U2 was my first favourit band at that time and this was always one of my favourit songs. So beautiful, I just had to cry :')

  • WOW. 1st U2 album I ever bought. Never seen the clip before but its a gem . That guitar could cut a hole through a tornado!! Rock on . This is magic. " We Scorch the earth , set fire to the sky we wait all day for the night to come and it does. " Classic structure.

  • bono muito sexy com essa camiseta!!!

  • One of my fav songs - never saw the video before

  • Sounds Good!

  • This is obviously not live, in Paris or anywhere else. According to U2gigs.com this song has never been performed live, the closest being several sound checks in late '87.

    The band reportedly has never been happy with the song about the 1984 Nat'l Union of Mineworkers Strike, with drummer Larry Mullen calling it, "over-produced and under-written."

    I'm no musician, but both the lyrics and music sound great to me.

  • The most amazing song! Priceless and timeless!

  • Amazing Bono on this video

  • per fortuna queste braccia sono state tolte dalla miniera!

  • with out a doubt they have to perform this for the first time ever in Tennesse this summer for the concert!!!! they re hearsed it back in 87 at a soundcheck in Tennesse THE ULTIMATE JOSHUA GEM!!!!!!!

  • I love this song always have...... and as for bono being gay! yeah right.......can everyone stop demorolising U2 they r one of the best bands live ever and I have seen them 4 times.they are brilliant... and i love them.......by the way im irish but live in the uk. u2 rock

  • Golden age of U2,great song!

  • What's this "gay video" nonsense? Ever work a hard-physical-labor job in a hot place? You have to strip down to stay as cool as possible. And it's usually all men, since they tend to be stronger than women. What's not authentic in this video is Bono & the boys going into a coal mine, or a set, to shoot the video - they don't have to pantomime coal miners, that's self-regarding, they should just continue to show the real B&W film - shots of the band playing on a stage would be more respectful

  • homo fobic and you no he who shouts .......... listen boet im afrikaans and fock jou naaigat

  • I never saw this song or video as gay. I thought it was the opposite, actually. Like, it's just raw emotion with a grunge appeal and it's him pining for someone he misses because he's stuck in a mine with a bunch of guys

  • This was never played live, only soundchecked in 1987, as the notes are too high for Bono's registry.

    Any videos you find are U2 imitations or tribute bands

  • @lamps08cfc I bed to differ . .They OPENED with this song on the Love Town tour in Australia in the early 90's.. Was not a tribute band that played the Sydney Entertainment Center that night. Mind you, they also said they would not play One Tree Hill live when the Joshua Tree was released because it was too personal etc. They played it as well at that gig.

  • @wonsworld Love Town Tour (see Rattle & Hum) concluded in Dublin on New Years Eve 1989 to "dream it all up again" in the 90's. Ready for what's next? etc.

  • so raw back then

  • This one of my all time favorites by U2. Adam's bass on this particular song is absolutely mesmerizing! Play this loud with the subwoofer on high and you can feel the bass just thump your chest! Brilliant!!!

  • U2 360º Chile!!

  • 2 chords, amazing

  • It really sucks that they never played this live. Probably one of their best songs ever and certainly the best one on the album. Bono, just wear tighter underwear! You can hit the high notes..

  • @BacchusFA they played it live a few times :P I found a video of it live

  • @xxleandraxx1 well post ffs!

  • I still think its their best song. Loveeeeeeeeeeeeee it .

  • Brilliant song. IMO the best song on the Joshua Tree

  • magical song.

    great lyrics.

  • What year did this come out?

  • @bitterclinger100

    1987, from the Joshua Tree album. A big hug from Alassio.

  • I can remember this song when it first came out. I had left home, quit high school and was sitting depressed in my dinky rathole apartment bedroom. I was blown away and immediately felt alive again. Thank God for U2! I don't care how many albums and super rock starred out they get I will love them 'til the day I die.

  • @beachplum98 could not agree with you more.

  • @beachplum98 Yeah rocknroll will redeem your ass every time!

  • @beachplum98: amen

  • @beachplum98 you are so right with what you said. U2's music has always lived within me and has supported my will through so much in life. I am so thankful for their talent and everything they have given the rest of us.

  • This was when u2 where brilliant

  • I kept waiting for Tom of Finland to show up in this.

  • so beautiful......

  • Beautiful. U2 everyday! <3 legends, come play L.A

  • omfg! bono sounds AND looks sooooo good is this vid! 

  • Wet hair. Shampoo. Rinse. Repeat.

  • sexy Bono!great song!<3

  • LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SONG!!!! <3

  • Oh i love Bono so much, lol he was my first crush at 13.

  • U2 MASTERPIECE!!!

  • their best album, only 378,757 views why? this rocks

  • From father to son

    Bono he´s the man

  • I never understood why this didnt become a bigger song

  • @crichard8 This song was actually supposed to be released as a single (hence why they made a video for it), but they decided not to because Bono was literally killing his voice singing the higher notes for it. If they had released it as a single, they would have had to perform it every night at every live show when they were touring, and they didn't want to risk Bono ruining his voice.

  • @ArielHewitt that also explains why i cant find live versions

  • @crichard8 Exactly... sadly, they have actually never performed this song live. You can even hear Bono straining in the studio recording. He's still amazing, though, and I think the straining emphasizes even more emotion in the song.

  • Another example of the U2´ s greatness, lyrics, melody, passional voice.

    lights go down on red hill.........town

  • For me their best song and their worst video

  • Bono's fashion inspired by Chris Whitley!

    

  • youtube.com/watch?v=oIDRlj76mb­4&feature=player_embedded#!

    Killer sweet cover of this song ; ) I think U2 would totally approve.

  • I love the video... can someone please explain why they are with those birds... anyway if the video didnt see "the light" was because just the HUGE fans will appreciate it The other people that were not fans were going to make silly comments,hey just like some of you.And for the people that HATE the video,just back off .Seriously if you hate U2 ,DONT WATCH IT over and over again,cuz you dont want to mess with us U2 fans:D Dont waste your time seeing something you know you are going to dislike..

  • @kukukatua "can someone please explain why they are with those birds"

    You mean the Canaries? In the past, Miners would take them down because the canaries could detect lethal gas and if the canary died that would be a sign for the miners to get out quickly.

  • @Itzpower Thanks!!

  • love the song, hate the video. Never saw this video ever surface...I can see why. Big Fan, just hate the vid. Sorry.

  • an example why they piss all over aslan.

  • Umm... I'm trying valiantly to remain deep and profound here (this being my one of my faves) but what is it about... sweaty men?? HAHA. :P I love U2. :))

  • Awesome. Too bad Bonos voice pretty much means they will never do this live again. My favorite track on the Joshua Tree

  • I think I'm going to be sick (regarding the homo comments). I don't know any of them personally, and I'm not seeking to, but I am certainly willing to bet 100 of (choose someones currency) that Bono is not a homosexual. For crying out loud people. I don't want to puke when I search for good 80's music. Now that I got that off my plate - AWESOME tune!

  • One of U2s best songs. I think i love this song so much because i don't hear it as often as the rest. And when i do... its like a thunderbolt. Outstanding song writing!

  • Nifty. All these years and I had no idea the band put out a vid for this tune. One of the finer tracks after #'s 1 to 4, which are predictable and overplayed. Far as I'm concerned, the album doesn't really start to get interesting until after Bullet The Blue Sky. Even today, I skip right to track#5.

  • It's a win situation - the video wasn't released cause it's not that good to work for those who are not the U2 fans but nowadays it feels like a great present for the true fans. I personally love both the video and the song. It's the most out-of place Joshua tree track in my opinion, it makes me think of heaven rather than deserts and the coal-mines!

  • i love this song but the video just doesn't work on so many levels... not surprised it never saw the light of day for 20 years.

    seriously what were they thinking?!

  • "our love runs cold, in the caverns of the night.."

    "I can't lose my self, you I can't live without.."

    Lovely, I've never seen this clip before but I've been admiring this song since long a go, they're much younger here but they're just like wine, the older the better :)

  • this is when bono became a rock GOD

  • the best albumn in the WORLD.

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  • u2 will play this song in aukland tomorrow night,4 the 1st tine ever

  • @theshev1 yeah right

  • joru94 you know why the canaries are there right?

  • joru94 you know why the canaries are there right?

  • I AM OLDER THAN YOU!!!!LETS COME BACK TO MY FATHERS LYRICS!!!WHY7 YOOU SANG FOR ME???WHY6 YOU STILL IN ME????

  • WHO WROTE THIS SONG????UR NOT AN ANGEL UR JUST AN INSTRUMENT!!!!

  • Oh my god! I cant believe I have never seen this video before. I'd forgotten how HOT Bono was when he was younger! And he's still got it!

  • Esta música faz parte da minha vida, eu amo esta canção, eu amo esta banda... Fã do U2 até a morte... U2 forever in my heart!

  • Love this song, and love this video (although Adam releasing the birds at 4:15 is a bit cheesy). ;)

  • Oh, that really moves me that Chilean people listened to this when waiting for their miners. Thank God for their safe rescue. Such a moving song, in any context.

  • Dejen de mencionar a los 33 sujetos de manera tan continua, y menos si es para relacionarlos con este temazo. Ya están afuera, y no los veo combatir esas falencias al sistema que los llevaron a soportar tamaña situación.

  • Oooooh!! I think I just had an eargasm. OMG, I effin love U2.

  • Si, para lo mineros de Chlie, para los obreros, para los camaroneros , los agricultores, jornaleros y todas aquellas personas que de alguna manera su arduo trabajo no se ve conpensado con el pago recibido y encuentran en el amor una esperanza mas de vida.

  • Cuando escuche esta cancion por primera vez no entendia bien el ingles, sin embargo me transmitia un sentimiento dificil de explicar, Hoy en dia creo que la cancion es maravillosa, ahora entiendo el ingles y el sentimiento sigue siendo muy especial. Es una de mis canciones favorita de U2.

  • The fist time i listened this song i didn´t undesrtand english, but made feel many things that i could not explain. This song it´s wonderful, the feeling its so havy. It´s one of my favorite songs u2.

  • I hope U2 play this song during the next trip to Chile of the 360° Tour, in honour of te 33 miners...

    We will be so grateful...

  • Wow, it has been 23 years since Joshua Tree came out and this is the first time I saw a video for this song....lol. 

  • uuuff...i remember for the miners in my country ....Q BUENO Q YA SALIO TODO BN Y YA SALIERON...U2 do you need dedicate this song to them

  • Para los Mineros en Chile!!

  • @g16b They are free now!!! (14/10/2010)

  • Mining for gold, but found SOUL instead......

  • This one is a real soul song.

    Mining for gold, but found coal instead.....

  • Great . i love this song

  • Hey. Check out my tube, where I keep some of my songwriting. "Eternity" is very U2 inspired.

  • Love it!!!

  • I never got how U2 (and an a***ole like bono) can make some truly great songs and at the same time make truly awful songs and videos like this.

  • @kolstom You want to know why you never got it? It's cuz you are too stupid and you will never get it you fucking moron!!!

  • The Joshua Tree was truly EPIC

  • This song is so so underated. Why dont they sing this. Bono's voice is all time here.

  • I don't get why people diss this video. It has a very cinematic quality to it which makes sense since its done by Neil Jordan. People are just jealous because Bono is all man-candy and sweaty. Don't hate. Appreciate.

  • @tingmay you don't see any homo-erotic overtones in Bono's actions throughout the video...it is a great Joshua Tree track but this video is gay, unimaginative and pulled together with no creativity whatsoever...the vocals are strong, the video is queer.

  • @CathyJohn747 Come on we're adults here. You don't have to use 'gay' and 'queer' as pejoratives to describe the video. So what if you happen to see homo-erotic undertones? Maybe that's what makes it intriguing and wholly different from any of their other videos. Or maybe its because Bono is all sweaty and man-candy and its highly unexpected because they had that pious above the fray thing going on at the time (1987-ish) Enjoy it! It's a beautiful song and fun video.

  • @tingmay They would be dressed that way to impress females, not gays, queers and homos.