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Monday, July 03, 2006

U2: A YouTube Video History (including rare footage) 

1978:


1978:


1979 (pretty funny actually):


1980 (love Edge's hair in this one):


1981 (Electric Company from Belfast):


1981: Gloria

1981 (first US TV appearance):


1982?: A Celebration - never appears on any U2 album:

1982: Rejoice

1983: Out of Control - cut from VHS Red Rocks release:

1984: A Sort of Homecoming

1985: Bad - Live Aid, the performance that pushed U2 into "supergroup" status:


1986: Help:


1987: very rare performance of "Exit" from Belfast, Northern Ireland:


1987 ("fuck the revolution"):


1987: Edge Grammy Speech

1987: Stand By Me w/Springsteen - I was in the front row on the left side of the stage for this very performance - awesome show with just over 100,000 in attendance:


1988: Christmas (War Is Over) Acoustic

1989: Hawkmoon 269 Live from Sydney

1989: One Tree Hill


1992: One

1993: Stay (Faraway So Close)

1995: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me

1997 (MOFO live - one of the overlooked tunes on Pop):

1999 ("Don't Take Your Guns To Town"):


1997 (Please - another great one from Pop):


2000: Making of Beautiful Day


Sept 21, 2001: Tribute To Heroes


2002: Electrical Storm

2003: Falling At Your Feet w/Daniel Lanois - tribute to Irish film director Jim Sheridan

2005: Mysterious Ways from this Croke Park Dublin show):

2005: Live 8 Edinburgh, Scotland (ok, not all of U2, but those Corrs girls are gorgeous!):

2005: Live compliation from Portland

2005: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Induction Speech

2006: Live Compilation

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Comments:
that's quite a compilation there. nice job. i always love seeing those early tv appearances. the evolution you put together from '78 to now is pretty awesome. thanks for that!
 
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