Rare U2 October and Tomorrow Live 1982

[bobbyperu1000]

super

[dsdontsurf]

Wow beautiful live version. It's a wonder how he could sing something so personal to a live audience. Probably why they didn't do it that often.

[redwhitch17]

Perfect;:

[luieu2]

Brilliant !



[maireaddwyer]

I was 16 years old when I first heard this. And it still means a lot after all these years and will more relate as as scared child than will with the Brits ever coming back.

Maireaddwyer

[djmom2]

The clarity is unbelievable. I am impressed by all. Who played woodwind?

[EdgeCrush10]

@djmom2

I read somewhere (old comments maybe) that it was the Edge playing some kind of flute.

[djmom2]

@EdgeCrush10 Just checked my cd and my old album (yes, album!), and no answer. Edge plays guitar and keyboard, so it makes sense that he plays other instruments. I'll have to google it.

[SoccerRockNY]

I wish a live video concert footage of U2 playing "Tomorrow" could be discovered and posted here on Youtube.. it's such a powerful song, and I totally connect to it, as I, like Bono, lost my mother when I was a young fellow.

[AltRockAddict]

Who else, in the post-punk era, would write a rock song about his mother's funeral and be so damn hot doing it...but Bono?

[gg41r]

U2 sure dont write them like this anymore...this is back when they were fresh, exciting and original

[viperdude281]

@gg41r Hey man check out their song called Mercy that they recorded in 2005 but never released for some reason.

[gg41r]

@viperdude281 Hey Viper.....i have checked it out....and i do not like it at all, and sadly....i think u2 are on a downward spiral as far as the newer things go (songs like North Star, Every Breaking wAVE, Glastonbury). For the record....I loved the last album tho :)

[viperdude281]

@gg41r You are right, but that is also one of the many beauties of U2. They are always trying new styles of music. Its what keeps them fresh, but yeah their recent music doesn't even compare with their music from the 80s and 90s.

[gg41r]

@viperdude281 Well......I can honestly say....i like everything they hve done, certainly album wise from Boy until NLOTH. BUt....i really cant get into the songs that i mentioned before. HOWEVER, North Star and Every Breaking wave might have potentioal if done as full band songs. I really dont like this whole Bono and Edge acoustic thing at gigs. It was fine on Zoo Tv, it worked....now....every u2 acoustic song to me sounds bland.....and nowhere near as great as full band :)

[gg41r]

@viperdude281 Haha....how things change....as suspected, having hear the full band do the songs like North Star and Everybreaking wave, i think they have a lot of potential :) Hell....im even digging Glastonbury

[GGFFu2]

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[longshotz40]

love love

[kurst45]

i am still in awe after all these years ty so much for this vid it is truly wonderful

[gazzatopdude1]

These songs are immense and I am a Simple Minds fan

Respect

[nowurtalkin]

(cont'd)

they played these songs. i recorded show. til now no one's ever heard this show as i'm thge only taper. i never traded, digitized or shared b4. recently i got it upped 2 u2torrents & dimeadozen, 4 hi Q dwnld. if problem i'm @ [nowurtalkin222(at)yahoo(dotco­m) ]

[nowurtalkin]

for 2 days utube & google refusd 2 let me sign in/re-register. hours of work. finally it allows. i did it for u. i only recently discovrd october>tomorrow & felt them as special & beautiful as u all do. that was b4 learning some of the discussion about the meanings. just the music & emotion & haunting sounds. very "taken" with. 27 yrs ago i went down the st. to see u2. (4-27-83. auburn, ny).

[towar85]

Good,old stuff..two great songs:=)

[Customized555]

Love the bass playing, both in the album, and this fantastic live version.

[mmkaviator]

October has a beautiful sound.

[gedgey]

The greatest U2 song.

[chefeking]

fantástico, quem me dera viajar no tempo...

Eles estiveram em Vilar de Mouros em 1981.

from portuguese FAN :)

[maurice825]

You again? I like "Miami."  :)

[gm310370]

this is from tiffanys in glasgow 1982. i had a copy years ago i can tell because of the stutter from bono during tomorrow

[spilled666]

that´s awsome

[U2Mz]

Early, raw, unadorned, inspired, straight on rock! I've loved this band since day one and it's been a helluva ride to see how they've evolved. Those were the days indeed. I'll be seeing them tomorrow night in Chicago. People who bash Bono should get their head of their arse! What have any of you done to make this world a better place?

[Moonraker1974]

@U2Mz Hear Hear !! I couldn't have put it better myself xx

[MommaMiah1]

pinrocky..I'm glad he tried to "save" the world..lives have been changed...

[RichardJBroderick]

Glory Days

[boomsmaatje]

i played this song over and over again when my holidaylove was leaving and you know what... he did stay a week longer lol

[R010tterdam]

Worldclass!

[tommywm24]

This song is perfect for U2 these days...shame they probably don't even remember it!

[Wisewinston7]

Pure Genius. Beautiful recording

[cjromero1965]

One of my all times favorites, roar, rare, and emotionally exposed. I agree; love to see/hear it live, though I believe Bono has left that place(tomorrow)

[KevinJonasIsWayCool]

This is badass, I love the flute so much!

Tomorrow is my favorite U2 song from my favorite U2 album.

[vader1970]

just magic !!Those were the days!

[pinrocky]

This is the raw power that these guys guys had before Bono tried to "save" the world.

[HAPPINESSINTHEMIDDLE]

I'm agree. The best U2, in my opinion, are those of "Under a blood red sky", as the perfect synthesis on stage of the young angry from the first three album, and "Achtung baby" for his sense of decadence. After the '91 just few songs are savable.

[JIMBOTHEREF]

I think this was played at the Edinburgh Playhouse in '83, am i right?

[goofygoat2009]

I always wished U2 would play Tomorrow in thier concerts nowadays with a bagpipe player...really..it would be to-tally right.

[someblokecalledchris]

i wish too this is one off my fav tracks by u2..my daughter started singing this when she was 4 ...not only is this great it is fantastic one off there best..''off there early stuff and speaking off bagpipes....yes it would be because i'm scottish...it would go down go down well.

[paolopasq]

tks for the posting....amazing!!!!

[Ebrius0]

Can you send me a file!!!?? This is part of my childoowd!!! Part of me!!!RuiPortugal

U2 for ever....74

[co3xist1]

I don't understand. Why did they stop playing this song live? It is beautiful.

Now Bono's voice sounds very old and tired. Poor chap. Love you U2!

[magsieboy2501]

Amazing,Adams bass line is fucking mental and Edge on the tin whistle almost as good as the pipes on the studio version.

[MattClay]

How raw is this?

So brilliantly Irish sounding, and that voice of Bono's...epic. I love that U2 became so huge - they definately desrve all the success, but it's almost a shame this rawness was (inevitably) lost.

[ColmEFC]

Timeless. U2 at their finest, and most honest. Happy days indeed. October running into Tomorrow was about as natural as An Cat Dubh running into Into The Heart or the show ending 11 O'Clock Tick Tock / The Ocean.

What I'd give to see those songs returned to the set these days. Almost threw up sick, at their last Dublin shows, hearing the opening bars of Out Of Control, going ape to it, but hearing fcukwits around wondering was it a cover. The price of global success I suppose! ;-(

[oldmanjez]

Couldn't agree more - track reminds me of the early 80's. Mike Sweeney plugging I Will Follow (as b-side to Gloria) on Piccadilly 261. Saw U2 with the Alarm at Manchester Apollo on Pre-War and War Tours in 82-83, looking back best gigs ever.

Understand why Joshua Tree became landmark album, but Boy & October remain favourites

[bobbijonker]

@MattClay im dutch but i think im realy irish

[wtnworld]

@MattClay Well said!

But, without the change, some of us do not like, kids in 1990s would not know who they are, let along today. For the rest of us we have very early 1980s and four guys who got on stage fresh from high school and with some of the greatest lyrics ever and everlasting melodies...

[FriedEggsandChips]

I love this, and it's good quality too, thank you!

[99jangles]

I saw them play this on the war tour in march'83', edge played the tin whistle. they had stopped playing it live by the time they playe phoenix park august of the same year

[CastletoKarma]

Mighty stuff this! Axe Black where diya find them??! Vinnny Kilduff plays the Uileann pipes on 2moro.

[HyperU2]

1983-02-26: Caird Hall, Dundee - Scotland

Close enough? ;)

[Muziekproffesor]

Can anyone tell me from which timeperiod this is ?Is this from,let's say end '82 when they play this but also Two hearts beat as on wich,off course, by then was completely as it is of course from the"War"-album?

[Muziekproffesor]

'Completely new'i meant of course.Sorry, my mistake.

[cm1179]

any1 have an mp3 version? i had this version ages ago off napster but it wasn't this clear

[Muziekproffesor]

I have a question:doe anybody knows who's playing the flute in Tomorrow?

[soberek]

Vincent Kilfuff, in fact playing uilleann pipes. Wikipadia 4life.

[Muziekproffesor]

Thanks man,Off course,Uillean Pipes! Why didn't i think of that.Thanks for the name of the player.

[soberek]

To be even more specific live versions like this featured tin whistle played by -believe or not- Edge. This guy ij just a genius. Supermultiinstrumentalist.

[Muziekproffesor]

No question about it,man!!A real great musician.

[pacovailoes]

great tim whistle "solo", and even great guitar solo.

[fredblair88]

Tomorrow is a classic, and its sad U2 seemed to perform it live so rarely, Im not sure why. Anyway this is a good performance although a bit slow in tempo.

[Hancox17]

I believe the song Tomorrow is aboot the death of Bonos mother. Thats why it does not get played live.

Class record October. One of U2's most under rated.

[ladyu2bradbury]

This is such a classic, favourite songs

October and Achtung = my fave albums

[Richard978]

Love that Bass sound of Adam in Tomorrow!

[MrMonteiths]

Raw & Powerful, outstanding quality post!

[oscargodinez]

wow this version is great october and tomorrow wow congratulation men you have 10.

[Hogwash555]

I've never heard Tomorrow live before in all the years i've followed this group. Very underated in many quarters but awsome, raw and so powerful live

[U2rock08]

october and unforgettable fire. my 2 favourite U2 albums by far. and even better than the joshua tree!!!!!

[craigmartin]

well said,....unforgettable fire is my fave and POP

[davidnc76]

one of my favorite songs.

[animallover88]

Awesome, thanks so much for posting this!

[redjaguar2]

It's so good to revist this beautiful music. October got overshadowed by the later material, but this is exceptional stuff by anyone's standards. I'm looking forward to the remastered release of this album.

[biffpicks]

Great post!

Egde almost goes into solo from "even better than the real thing"

Hmmm... An old idea reused?

Very cool thank Fan since 83

[SAMODRI]

Waouh! I love Tomorrow! What passion in this song. Thanks to share with us

[marco83p]

thank you so much!!

[bonovoxes]

Thank you so much, this one of my favourite songs..Jesus is coming..believe him!!!

[ray1bradbury]

These are a couple of my favourite U2 songs off of my favourite album 'October', which is totally underrated. Most reviews I've read don't give it near enough credit, it's at least as good as 'War' or Boy'. Very beautiful songs, I'll be watching this a lot, thanks!

[AkakiuszAkakiewicz]

I fully agree. 'October' shows that you can put religious songs in the form of excellent rock music - all that without making it dull and full of christian bigotry. That's why i like 'october', 'fire' and 'with a shout'so much... unfortunately underestimated masterpieces. And a bit of regret that recent U2 has lost much of its early enthusiasm and that new songs do not convey that powerful religious meaning

[ray1bradbury]

True, I'm not a Christian zealot but you don't have to be to like their work. October and Pop are both very deep in their religious themes AND their humanity, which alas may have contributed somewhat to the lack of popularity with those 2 albums. 'Gloria' was wonderful and 'October' was deeply poetic. I didn't rate their last two albums as highly as those, although I half-liked them. Hopefully their next album will be more substantial!

[dreamgrl455]

Definately not a bootleg. Great to hear this live version after being a fan since 1981

[davidnc76]

Check out my playlists. I have a version that is a bootleg that sounds better than this version. Plus I have a lot of boots posted on my page. So if you are interested drop by.

[cowboysbj]

Anyone know which show this is from? I know the title references 1982 but I sense it might be from European Leg 1 of the "War" tour 1983. At the end of the audio clip, Bono references "Two Hearts..." which wasn't played prior to 1983.

[AssistantTOtheRM]

It had to have been in March of '83 or a couple of their late April shows of that same year, according to the Vertigo Tour website. Later on, New Year's Day always followed October. This is much better, though; I wish they had kept Tomorow in their set during the War Tour. It really would've sounded nice alongside Surrender and Sunday Bloody Sunday.

[doppers1]

heard this live only once in the RDS Dublin January 1982. It's about Larry's mother (RIP) killed in a motorbike accident

[novaberbe]

great,never heard this live

thank you

[Vinc90]

were was this the audience all join him on Tomorow!!! There were real U2 fans at that gig!

[doppers1]

They only played this a few times and the live version was quite different to the album version. As well, there were only hundreds of us then!

[theflyingvi]

Yes I read alot about the early days, I mean this was probably war tour or maybe pre-war tour ´cause he talks about two hearts beat as one in the end.

Well heard that often , especially in the USA, U2 played in Clubs were they didn´t know who would come and probably often not in front of Fans, but people who just go to a Rock concert in their town´s pub

[downloader29]

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[Paint4U2]

What is about?

[axblack]

Bono's mother.

[coreylahey1985]

bono's mothers funeral. yes, a great song

[jet1tej]

Yes, this has been one of my favorite u2 songs for as long as I can remember. I remember reading a book in the mid 80's explaining the song was about not wanting to go see his mother buried. She had also just lost her father a week or 2 before she died. The bag pipes on the studio version always puts my spirit in that eternal place... definitely one of U2's greatest songs.

[vorbos1]

her mother's death when he was 14

[chrisoj1990]

this song is so sad when you know what its about

[originaljoj]

Thanks so much for posting this...I thought I was the only one who appreciated these songs. They are brilliant...mystical...and I predict that U2 will one day do an album revisiting their Irish roots....jp

[txiquitera]

Hey, I've heard this before! Edge it's good even playing the flaute. October, the whole album, is sadly underrated.

[terrythekittie]

Agreed...far better than their last couple of albums. In their best of '3' along with ACHTUNG BABY and JOSHUA TREE.

[ancientbricks]

To me, it sounds like Edge is playing a pennywhistle, not a flute, to imitate the uillean pipes from the album track. He squeaks it a few times, but still not bad for a guitar player. :) His approach to the whistle part is a bit more choppy than I expected. The UPipes on the album are very legato, like an Irish Aire, as pipes almost always tend to be.

[blueasblueis]

THANK YOU AX! Never heard "tommorow" live. Easily the most underrated u2 song

[retaliatorek]

Jezzzz, his singing is just awful. The man can't sing his own song live :/

[jamesbt20]

This sounds very much like a red bootleg of Hammersmith Odeon 82 I used to have.....

[Belalove]

I've never heard a live version of either of these. Thanks so much for posting them!!

[noahezra]

jammer dat er geen filmopname van is

[noahezra]

geweldige nummers, moesten ze nog maar een keer live spelen

[Poptician]

The best!!!

Poptician out...

[cbono69]

Tommarow was the song i had when times where tuff..Death,,no heat,,no food,,fighting,,,and waiting for something more..Today is much better..no pain and no tears..cbono69

[ePhilosopher]

October is not an old song, it's a recurring theme.

[strangeone176]

They really need to bring the old songs back.

[strangeone176]

Wow...I thought I would never hear Tomorrow live...another one of those absolutely awesome but completely underappreciated songs.

[u2ZOOTV]

I love October but i love Tomorrow even more!

[xauxana]

great historical document! thanks axblack.

images in live of this impossible song ?

I do not speak well English. Perdón

[spudmourph73]

amazing, thanks a mill, u forget how could these songs are, cheers!!!!!!

[Petro67]

Loved it! 5*****

[ZOOTV20]

Chilling live as on the album. They should seriously play these songs more.

[Esberard]

Beautiful song...U2!