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This song might sound different to you if you imagine Edge’s guitar as fighter jets coming in fast & low over the little villages of El Salvador
That's why the Live version from Rattle and Hum is the best.
U2 seems to take a lot of heat in recent years… an aging band trying to hold on… but their first 7 albums.. nobody could touch them. Completely in their own lane. A great catalogue of music.
I would argue first 11 (including Passengers). HTDAAB is damn good but a clear sign of trying to seek the radio. CIty of Blinding Lights, Sometimes You can't Make it and Original of the Species are increadible tho
@@lucasphillips2177 agreed. The above poster is Bono’s age
Their last 2 albums have actually been fantastic. Just no radio hits so nobody knows
Timeless indeed
As a lyricist, Bono's stuff is as strong as anyone's.
Bono , lead singer of U2 , composed this song after having visited El Salvador during the civil war there.and witnessed an actual battle between the Salvadorian army and the rebels.
A war fueled by none other than those supposed lovers of peace , the U.S.A
Drums, Larry Mullen Jr. Bass, Adam Clayton. This Song is all about the groove those two are laying down, despite the crying guitar licks and the soaring vocals. This is a song you crank up the volume in the car as you're heading down the highway with windows down and sunroof open.
Heard this live a few years back when they did The Joshua Tree album all the way through. Absolutely memorizing.
Possibly the best concert of my life (saw it twice). Not likely to be topped for me.
This is simply art. From the lyrics to the ominous guitar, the steady bass, and Larry ground shaking drum beat
If you only knew how big this album actually was,they did a live album Rattle and Hum after this that really shows them finding there sound and amazing fan base.
My favorite U2 song! I’m so glad you reacted to it 😊
It's a BANGER!!!👍🏻
same
same
I concur, saw them do this in Jacksonville, FL after they revamped the Zooropa Tour. They had the stadium at earthquake level.
Mine too! 😸 Such because I used it in one of my nostalgia shows in 1 edit.
Bono asked the Edge to create the sound of fighter planes flying overhead. Of course he delivered.
Wanna hear the best of U2, Jump 4 years from this album and listen to the beautiful, dark, industrial laced masterpiece that is Achtung Baby.
This! Achtung is their masterpiece.
This!
Their early stuff is so so good. This was always my favorite of theirs.
Saw U2 on The Joshua Tree Tour at the now demolished JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, and when they started this song, an airliner came RIGHT OVER the stadium, about a mile from the normal flight path for the airport. Don't know how U2 pulled THAT one off.
Watch them perform this live and you will be blown away by its ferocity as it takes you to a new level, live is where its at with U2.
I really like the version on the Rattle and Hum album. I like the album a lot. It gets heat for being pretentious. I do not care. It is still great.
No doubt! Been to every tour from Zoo to I&E.
The version of “October,” leading into “Bullet the Blue Sky” live in Paris from just a few years ago is the best by far. It’s incredible, and proves they’ve still got it, no matter their age. (Speaking of aging rock stars who’ve still truly got it: if you haven’t already gotten a ticket to see Depeche Mode on their current tour, do it! NOW! Saw them April 2 in San Antonio and the whole show blew me away; the whole crowd was definitely into it! 💜)
Sure, Joshua Tree brought them mainstream attention, but U2 always had something to say. Prior, their "War" album reflected a gravitas on the Irish "troubles" and experience; personally, I feel "War" captured something no one else did, especially in a song like Refugee... "Like A Song" stands out for me, all that energy pounding in drums.
They had lots of mainstream attention before Joshua Tree.
The live version off of rattle and hum is amazing
This song is just so powerful. Absolutely riveting.
Larry Mullen, just killin' it with that groove!!!
Total beast, man!👍🏻
Layin that shit down
The drum groove and production reminds me of When The Levee Breaks.
@@dickcnormis1444 Yes!!!👍🏻
@@dickcnormis1444 love the snare drum!
The Joshua Tree album from 1987, from which this song comes, was in part about the band's discovery of, and relationship with, America. This song is a stinging criticism of American foreign policy. You must watch the various live versions available online. It is astonishing live.
U2 was definitely a innovative band that influenced the path of music similar to the way The Beatles had done a couple decades earlier. Many sources including Time magazine during the 80’s and 90’s considered U2 as one of the greatest bands of all time.
Also probably the last true Rock Stars.
Please don't compare to the Beatles. Love U2 but they're not close to the Beatles.
@@soontobexpat Dude the Beatles were grossly overarated. The Stones destroy the Beatles! The Beatles were the 60's Backstreet boys. They do have 2 excellent albums however. Hell the Kinks were better than the Beatles!
U2 had a good run for 8 years. Should have quit in 92. It's been preachy bullshit since.
@@soontobexpat "Please don't compare to the Beatles. Love U2 but they're not close to the Beatles."
I could not agree with you more. Although music is subjective to different people, we cannot deny that Beatles ushered in modern day rock and was a huge influence worldwide.
this song was released less than a decade after the death of John Bonham, but his influence on Larry's drumming and indeed the whole Led Zeppelin vibe on this track make it stand out on the Joshua Tree album as one U2's hardest rocking tracks to that time, and has made it a concert favorite to this day.
Live Versions are Amazing of this one!
Most of their stuff is better live. They take everything to another level
It’s Funny you say it sounded like Rage Against the Machine they Actually chose them to open up for U2 for The Pop Mart tour back in 97 because both bands had Messages in they’re songs even though they were different bands Rage was a lot more Heavier but they had similar beliefs
This was one of their best songs.
And Acrobat
My favorite U2 song : "Angels of Harlem" so rhythmic!
Even my doom-metal obsessed friends think this is a great song lol. Definitely one of U2's best
It's definitely not metal but I think it has something of a doom-industrial vibe. By the way, have your friends heard the Sepultura version?
likely my fav U2 song. So unique and amazing.
Great song and a step towards the epic industrial tInged album Achtung Baby which was coming down the line. You really need to see this song live, ever since it was been released it has been a centerpiece of their concerts and a huge production. Search for it on the Zoo TV Tour or in Paris 2015, any major tour they have done in the past 3+ decades would have a great version of this song. I saw them several times and it always blew me away, Edge really lets rip and you understand why he was in It Might Get Loud with Jimmy Page & Jack White. Enjoy. 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
My favorite u2 song! The drums r everything.
It's the drums for me and it's not that there's anything super amazing happening but that they're so prominent. This was the type of song I'd listen to before I played sports to get me amped!
What a trippy song! Haven't heard it for decades. Thanx for the wake up!
Check out their song "Bad". Definitely my favorite...although, there are just so many. Always appreciate when you react to a U2 song.
The version from the _Rattle and Hum_ movie is the best version of _Bad._
@@pauligrossinoz I've only really been satisfied with the album version of the song. "The Unforgettable Fire" is 100% a "studio album". I'm actually OK with that. Not every piece of music that I enjoy has to be played with great fidelity live. With all of that said, though, "Bad" is a hard song to play live, and Edge never really nails it live. The timing of those delays is a lot easier to manage in-studio where you can splice and line things up. Not so much live. The album version is probably my favorite U2 song though. It's just mesmerizing in its beauty and sadness.
Bono at the time was doing a lot of charity work in South America where he saw the impacts of American's military industrial complex on the people of Nicaragua and El Salvado. This was an account he saw of how they bomb the shit out of a village. U2 where also inspired by Led Zeppelin.
I never noticed how much Bono’s performance on this song reminds me of Jim Morrison. Haven’t heard it in a long time but it still hits hard.
Man this song...killer guitar!
ABSOLUTELY MATE!!!!!
Edge is known for innovative sounds and textures more than leads, but on this song he delivered both. Hell, every band member killed it on this track. Definitely one of the top songs in their catalog.
The Edge...Rocks...Excellent Reaction...
Crap guitarist. Without those effect pedals he wanks, he is nothing.
@@adriantrusca1245 Ouch...Shots fired...
@@Coopiedoo0 Dang...
you should see this one live in paris, its amaing
A song about Imperialism. The instruments the weapons of War, Bono's voice speaking against War. A song in the context of the album (Joshua Tree) or live makes more sense, but it's pure U2!
Bono has said that this song was written about a trip he and his wife made to Nicaragua and El Salvador during which they saw the effects of the American government's (Reagan administration) support of the military governments on the poor peasants, which pissed him off (the military governments were supported supposedly to prevent the institution of a communist government, apparently not realizing that a totalitarian military regime could be worse for the citizens). When they started to record, Bono told The Edge to "put El Salvador through an amplifier".
The Nicaraguan Sandanistas were backed by the USSR and Reagan was trying to keep Nicaragua from turning into another Cuba. So, the US supported the Nicaraguan "freedom fighters" the Contras. When the Democrat controlled House of Representatives would not approve funding the Contras, Reagan took money from Iran and used it to fund the Contras' war effort to defeat the Communist Sandanistas. This was brilliant but not "authorized" by the House. So they pulled in Col. Oliver North and others to testify because Reagan had pulled an end run around the Democrats and they didn't take kindly to being shown up by the Executive Branch, especially a Republican. Hence Reagan's "illegal" war to try to keep Communism out of the Western Hemisphere (or at least keep it contained to Cuba).
3:48 The Edge’s Slide Guitar Work Here..Is So Hauntingly Great 4 This War Torn Song!!
This is pure Rock Theatre. The opening bars explode upon the ears. Mesmerising and utterly beguiling ❤❤
U2 has a big catalog, this is from 1987, ...you have only barely scratch the surface of their work, they are great, lots of styles, almost like the Beatles.
Love the guitar work on this song. And great drums too. And vocals. LOL! It's all good!
Great reaction! The Edge absolutely abused his guitar on this heater! One of my all time favs from the Irish quartet. The "locust wind" line in the lyrics, inspired the title for their follow-up live album and film, Rattle and Hum. Encourage everyone to check that out, including, "When Love Comes to Town", featuring "Lucille" and the King of the Blues himself, B. B. King.
I listened to U2's New Years Day from their 1983 album Under a Blood Red Sky today. 40 years old this year.
Oh shit, you just made me realize it'll be 40 years this year since HS graduation.
Bono says to the Edge; “ Edge.. I want to you to put El Salvador through your amplifier” ✈️ 💣 💣 💣 💥 🔥
This song is about a war machine called USA. Bono was in el salvador when American fighter planes flew over to bomb somewhere near by. He was inside.. and outside it was AMERICA.
Look for the Live in Paris version of this song, now that will blow your mind.
I am from El Salvador and he wrote this song on a trip he made on a trip there while the civil war was going on.great humanitarian.on boarding my flight back to the USA the flight attendant told me me he flew on this aircraft that I was on.he flew economy on a El Salvador 🇸🇻 TACA airlines amongst everyone which I thought was cool.
The talking part of this reminds me ofRATM lyrics❤
Not really industrial. More like alt rock. Post-punk, new wave. U2 started back in the late '70s. Huge band and influence during the '80s, '90s and '00s. This is older U2.
This is why we need another '80s/'90s alt/indie rock stream or '80s alt and newer stream. As they tend to overlap from the '80s and '90s. You will get stuff like this. GenX music. lol
Bands like The Smithereens, Pixies, Sonic Youth , Janes Addcition, The Replacements, My Bloody Valentine, Dinosaur JR, The Breeders, Flaming Lips, The Cure, Sisters of Mercy, The Stone Roses, B hole Surfers, Meat Puppets, Nada Surf, Love and Rockets, Adam and the Ants, REM, Echo and the Bunnymen, Joy Division/New Order, Depeche Mode, Gang of Four, Sioxsee and the Banshees, Plimsouls, Radiohead, Gin Blossoms, The Chamaleons, Afghan Whigs, Pavement, The Sound, Husker Du, and a whole bunch more!
And modern bands like Interpol, Bloc Party, Muse, Arcade Fire, Wet Leg, Metric, TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Santigold, Dry Cleaning, The Sounds, Deftones, The Strokes, and a whole bunch more
It's like U2 wrote this about America so fitting!
Lyrically, the song was inspired by a trip that lead vocalist Bono made to Nicaragua and El Salvador, where he saw firsthand how local peasants were affected by United States military intervention in the region. Angered by what he witnessed, Bono asked guitarist the Edge to "put El Salvador through an amplifier." "Bullet the Blue Sky" is one of the band's most overtly political songs, with live performances often being heavily critical of political conflicts and violence.
The local peasants were already being slaughtered in brutally violent domestic political struggles, and it's always been my understanding that the song addresses both that and the subsequent U.S. intervention. If it's just addressing the U.S. intervention I'd be disappointed, although not surprised.
Agree 100%. Side note: It was quite fashionable and easy to bash Reagan and Thatcher during the 80's by Hollywood and the Music Industry. Sting did it with "Russians". Phil Collins and Genesis did it with "Land of Confusion" and there were countless others. But most of us alive at the time will never forget what it felt like to be an American during the Carter administration's recession, high unemployment, high inflation, high interest rates, gas prices, etc., while night after night the National News reminded us that 52 of our fellow Americans were being held hostage in Iran and the Carter administration's only real military attempt to rescue them had failed horribly and tragically in the desert. And to put a cherry on top, there was the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to which Carter responded by declaring a US grain embargo against the USSR and US boycott of the 1980 summer Olympics. Before the 1980 winter Olympics and the US Hockey Team's miracle gold medal and before Reagan's campaign of optimism, things were awful here. So, while I've not always been a fan of U2's politics, this was a big part of their identity as a band to call out what they perceived as injustice and Reagan was an easy target for them. However, Bono and others who shared his views completely ignored the brutality of Daniel Ortega's Communist Sandinista regime in Nicaragua and the misery they dumped on their own people. Don't know how many caught this fairly recent news blurb; but Bono recently backed away from some of his previous zeal for socialism and acknowledged that the free market economy is largely responsible for the improvement in the standard of living over the past several decades in many developing countries.
@@Critical_Thinker858very well stated!
One of the most iconic guitar solos ever. Such a killer tune.
This and New Years Day are among my faves.
U2 was the best Back then......The Edge guitar playing with all he´s Effects was epic
More from this album, please
The live version of "Bullet the Blue Sky" from their from "Rattle and Hum" album stays true to the original while surpassing it, but this version has it's appeal. It's great to see mature artists engage in self-reflection rather than self-indulgence.
Also, U2 is one of the greatest bands to ever grace our collective ears. Amazing and in my humble opinion, Bono never gets the credit for being a great lyricist. He is an incredible songwriter. Not to mention one of the best voices of any generation. We are not worthy, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.
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If you ever get to watch their Rattle and Hum movie, there is a clip of B.B. King talking reading Bono's Lyrics and being impressed with what he reads. Rattle and Hum a great album as well. they always progress.
For my taste one of the best U2 songs. I love it.
One of their MANY songs that sound and hit even better when performed live.
Not a big U2 fan, this track is bad ass though. Definite fav
Happy New Year Brad, Lex and everyone!
I've heard that one. Never had any idea what it's about.
That song is incredible one of my favorite albums the Joshua tree.
Bono didn't get televangelists either... "And I can't tell the difference between ABC News, Hill Street Blues, and a preacher on the Old Time Gospel Hour \ Stealing money from the sick and the old \ Well, the God I believe in isn't short of cash, mister" --U2, "Bullet the Blue Sky - Live", 1988
The few survivors of the A-10 this is what they said. These guys were taking fire on their position. Holy Shit is that right?!
This is Peak U2, this was for me off their best album.
YEESSS!!! So glad you reacted to this song. Been waiting and waiting for it to be done. Kudos on probably being the first to do so. Always look forward to seeing what songs you'll discover next.
about the last period I really loved from U2. Brilliant guitar solo.
one of my favourite U2 songs
I'm not a big fan of U2 but but I prefer their heavier songs, like this one and "Sunday bloody Sunday". If you want to hear a different side to U2, I'd recommend "The fly".
IF you do like this and The Fly, have you heard Exit, Acrobat, Until The End of the World, Raised By Wolves, Cedarwood Road, Please, Last Night on Earth, Dirty Day, Love and Peace or Else?
"See the face of fear, runnin' scared in the valley below" U2's decline probably had something to do with forcing hundreds of millions of people to download one of their albums, but like others have said, the U2 prior to 2000 is pretty damned inviolate if you ask me.
They were already in decline at that point. No one can stay relevant forever.
It's important to point out that U2 gave away their album FOR FREE to all Apple Music customers. It wasn't supposed to be seen as "forcing" their album on people. It was a free gift funded in part by Apple to promote the launch of Apple Music. But the gesture of giving away music for free was perceived by some (not me) as a bad thing because it wasn't an opt-in thing. If you didn't want the gift, you had to opt out and manually remove the album from your Apple Music library. (Such a horrible thing to ask people to do - OMG the feigned outrage over a big nothing burger.)
The live version on Rattle and Hum of this song is very powerful. The end of the song in that version is below. Just powerful. I only listen to that version now.
So I'm back in my hotel room
With John Coltrane and a love supreme
And in the next room I hear a woman scream out
Her lover's turning off, turning on the television
And I can't tell the difference between ABC News, Hill Street Blues, and a preacher on the Old Time Gospel Hour
Stealing money from the sick and the old
Well, the God I believe in isn't short of cash, mister
I feel a long way from the hills of San Salvador
Where the sky is ripped open and the rain pours
Through a gaping wound, pelting the women and children
Pelting the women and children
Run, run
Into the arms of America
Brad & Lex, you'll love their "Two Hearts Beat as One" and "I Will Follow"!!! Early U2!!
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YES, YES, YES!!!!!🔥🔥🔥
Bono sounds like he is channelling Jim Morrison here in this one.. One of my Fav!!!
Should've listened to the live version. This is one of those songs that is so much better live.
Frankly I think people should react to studio versions if it's their first time listening.
@@ausis6214 I'd certainly agree with that for most songs, but when the definitive version of a song is a live version, it's better to go with that.
Early U2 was the shiz, this one being possibly my favorite..
Excellent choice
I won't claim to be a huge U2 fan, but man I always loved this song. That drum beat just kicks and pops. This was on my mix tape in my Sony Walkman
Great recent performance (2017) of Bullet on Jimmy Fallon worth a search.
these lyrics are so metal
I swear every time I check in Lex looks more beautiful than before.
This song is from the same album that contained 3 other songs that you have reviewed - Where the Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, and With or Without You. It's one of the few albums that I can listen to from front to back and never get tired of the songs. The US got involved in Central American civil wars between right-wingers and communists during the 1980s, and it just wasn't a good look. This song is based on a visit that the lead singer made to Nicaragua, but I would take some of it with a grain of salt. The communists were brutal too. And while people won't want to admit it, U2 had a pretty strong influence on bands like Rage Against the Machine and Pearl Jam.
Wholeheartedly agree
Best band for the past forty years. Fairly sure be headlining festival's in the next place.................. 4:15
you HAVE to see/hear the live version from Rattle and Hum. this is absolutely in the same mind as protest songs by Rage Against the Machine, Buffalo Springfield, Edwin Star and many many others. It's a fucked up world, fam.
Check out some of their live performances... You will get a real taste to their genuious..... Example being the live version this from Paris
It's lacerating and incendiary aggressive and menacing.
One of those over your head songs 🎵 for most people
In their defense, it's nearly impossible to unravel a song like this on first hearing.
This was always one of my favorites. This one and Silver and Gold.
Edge solo reminiscent of David Gilmour early Pink Floyd. 💯
This is my favorite U2 song.
Watch the live version for Boston 2001. Or Rattle and Hum. Or Paris. Or even on Fallon from a couple of years ago.
Not gonna lie.......this is U2's most badass song.
Love this one
You have to react to U2 Until the End of the World its got the same kind of feel and it has an epic guitar solo
Does anyone realize that is the America that some want? Or have we all just gone Bat Sh*t Crazy?? So many older songs apply more to what's going on today than in the 60's 70's 80's, etc. when they were written. I was there🤣🤣
Some want a black nationalist America. Some want a counter-racist America. But songs like this actually don't really apply to modern America. We've managed to agitprop our own population into frenzies over everything that doesn't actually matter, and ignore the things that actually do.
This song is about the conflict in Central America in the 80s, specifically US military intervention.
this was definately u2's best song in my opinion
Red hill town.... my fav song of Bono ❤
This song is a political statement about Us foreign policy in regards to South America in the 80's. just in case you think its about some dude in love with a kid again
Good two chord groove.
Good song choice! Now react to U2's "Ordinary Love," "Desire," "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me," and "Vertigo."
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"One Tree Hill"
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