u2 Street Mission

[Scotlanz]

Close your eyes during the guitar solo and you could be listening to Neil Young! Probably the best Edge ever played!!

[EnglishChannel1]

Edge - 16

Adam - 18 (that month)

Bono - 17

Larry - 16

[EnglishChannel1]

Mr Evans had hair in those days. lol.

[angeldelanoche155]

wow exelente, me encanta

[ElvisChrist6]

Is it just me or were U2 actually Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1978?

[waywardsons12]

Wait, I never knew that the Edge had a full blown guitar solo like that!

[wolfennyc]

@waywardsons12 well you should check the other song they did in 1978 called "The Fool" not the video clip the audio one....you'll see that the Edge plays a full blown guitar solo in that song as well....althoug it's at a much faster tempo as the song is very punkish

[SoccerRockNY]

Larry appeared to be more prone to smiling in the earlier years; it seems like after, I guess, Achtung Baby, he's been Mr. Serious for the most part.

[CarMoves]

very Bowie

[SoccerRockNY]

This is a good vintage clip of U2 in its youth. Larry is definitely a young lad here, haha; he's, I estimate, to be 17, pretty much the age of your typical high school senior, while Bono is 18, the age of your typical college freshman. Thanks for posting this. It's great that these guys became the rock megastars they are today.

[BaronM]

@SoccerRockNY

Larry's not even 16 yet. Bono and Edge are 17.

[Rafal102able]

@BaronM Bono 18, Larry and Edge 17, Adam 18

[EnglishChannel1]

Edge has the most hair here out of the four, and the least hair today. lol.

[debgibsonfan]

Wow...1978...wtf....this is awesome.

[Jerrehh]

I would looooooooove to hear that solo snippet in one of their songs!!

[cookmoore]

I just love them for staying together for so long!  This is perfect!

[LandsEbb]

GOOD LORD, LARRY IS SO YOUNG. 1:17 ...aww.

[FloodWaterStL]

Bono, off to the restroom during the guitar solo.

[emerson24]

Wow....just for the shear and utter changes and evolution. They must watch this with a laugh, a smile, and one hand covering an eye!~

[MrsMullen97]

1:15 Ten moment powala na kolana. xDD

U2 ; *

[OgoDance]

@MrsMullen97 no nie? xD

[mmkaviator]

My God....they've really evolved



[petrusaloisius]

for their age its incredible good stuff!!!!

[EliteSonic]

Don't get me wrong, I love U2, they are my favorite band, but Bono's voice is HORRID in this, SO ANNOYING!!!!

[pennypyro42]

according to _U2 On U2_ this is the first song they actually *wrote*. i think.

[degree7]

Wow, very 70s.

[jola79]

The Edge has Jonas brothers hair!

[davechicolombia]

hahahahahaha

[filthandfury]

haha, except that hair actually has talent

[jtcconnolly]

LOL!!!!

[MrsGahanna]

@jola79 no!

JB have The Edge hair

The Edge was first ;).

[vertigogirl12]

I LOVE LARRY`S SMILE!!!!

[garyjohnstone]

The best blues solo The Egde has every Played .... It sucks balls but it's still the beat blues he has done.

[KenfromDublin]

Funny ;)

[bishopthumpertythump]

anyone got this clip from the very begining where the vaguely paedo looking presenter says "first, U2" whilst doing a twisty finger movement?

[arsenalfan98]

U2 as teenagers

[slapbass1982]

Questa si che è una rarità...

[Turbopower78]

Thanks for the song, here in Argentina never look this song

[amydawned]

Proof that Larry Mullen Jr. has smiled at least once.

[atruelover123]

The music is quite interesting, I love the 70's everyone has their jacket collars up like they're all tough lol, and Edge with actual hair!? I love U2!

[invisivale]

OMG - Larry at 1:15! haha Thanks for posting this!

[MissSunFlower94]

Bono's trying way way WAY too hard.

Edge is the cutest nerd in the world!!! really.

larry is just adorable!! mainly when he smiles.

and Adam looks cool, even with the afro...

[RidiculousVoices]

Edge is so cute.

[hanzipils]

classic! thanks for the post--i have never seen this footage...

u2 rulz!!! i love their early 'punk influence' dayz. lol

[pacsgg]

Wow, that's an excellent song of u2, with a real rock solo, yeah!!!

[PokemonMysteryDungeo]

larry was only 16 bono 18 edge 17 or 18 adam 18 or 19

[shinri1]

Actually, even younger than that. Edge and Larry would have both been 16, Bono 17, and this would have been right around Adam's 18th birthday.

[gkid60]

dam how old was larry here?

[davis027umn]

Yeah, he almost looks like that kid from Hanson on here.

[VivianeAzevedo]

Larry's smile is classic!Love this video.

[smurfymcsmurf]

Larry smile... thats a rareity!

its still cute though :)

[bvig]

I guess we all had to start somewhere. Larry's smile is classic. Edge n Adam trying to work around each other. Bono's Ian Curtis like moves. They've come so far.

[lassiebug1o1]

AHH THE LARRY SMILE AHH it makes me melt haha

[lassiebug1o1]

aww theyre sooo cute!

[tacosontheceiling]

Way back when I first saw this, I almost couldn't belive it was them. It's funny how Bono's onstage antics changed between then and just two years later!