Slug - Passengers (U2/ENO)

'Slug' by Passengers (U2 & Brian Eno) set to Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey
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1995 (C) Island Records / UMG

[@TheU2kitteh]

I remember buying this album when it first came out and listening to it so many times in the wee hours of the morning, laying in my room in complete darkness. It was like a head trip without drugs. - It's just brilliant and spooky and completely, beautifully, timeless.

[@Fercoppelia]

it too reminds me of wee hrs of the morning... specially always forever now...

[@jungo5387]

THANK BRIAN ENO - NOT U2!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gordonkent5371]

@@jungo5387 Thank both Eno & U2

[@delretadonaldson]

I've just found this and it's the most amazing album. Where the hell have I been all this time without hearing this.....its brilliant....whilst I'm listening to this im thinking this voice sounds familiar, it sounds like Bono as im a massive U2 fan then find out its Bono and Brian Eno...MIND BLOWN

[@delretadonaldson]

@@jungo5387 does it matter 🙄....don't sweat the small stuff, there's so much big shit to be worrying about

[@brentdey2244]

I wish U2 did more stuff like this.

[@tobyfunk6858]

Absolutely. I grabbed this album in 1997 at an Uncle Sam's music store. Had to have the guy order it. Still one of my favorite albums ever.

[@eiredawn6325]

Me too...

[@rodrigoernestofalchetti4167]

They couldn't. The public opinion and the TV and all the stuff that they used to laugh about, could more and U2 take wrong direction.

[@waterox73]

If you haven't already, definitely check out Brian Eno's older solo stuff. His influence is heavy on this album. The song "Under" springs to mind as something you'd also like if you dig this!

[@jungo5387]

THANK BRIAN ENO - NOT U2!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Matkin222]

This song is a lost gem... It's sad that the only songs remembered from Original Soundtracks 1 are Miss Sarajevo and, to a lesser extent, Your Blue Room. There are some truly amazing pieces on there, and this is by far my favourite of them all.

[@stephpenkstephpenk]

Possibly my favourite Alo g with Always forever now

[@arnoldogallegos7297]

Voy a decirles una cosa se lo que estas pensando pero aló contrario te digo que yego hasta donde tu serebro no imagina. Y no me refiero alas cosas malas. Por que en tu mente no sabe quien soy. Doy mucho pero mucho más aya de lo que crea la comprensión se pierde en tu pensamiento. Por que haría cualquier cosa por alguien que nesecito apoyo ayuda qué sea lo que sea no mido consecuencias con el semñntir qué Dios ha puesto en mi aunque pienses que soy un diablo. Pero lo demuestro en dado caso. Por que daría mi vida peleando por la tuya si así lo mirara.

[@bonoman7628]

bono at his brilliant best, lyrics + voice, amazing!!!

[@deplorableaussie6749]

Yep , agree 110% Dan

[@bonoman7628]

i still remember buying this album in 95, as i have said in many comments about this song, 20yrs ahead of thier time, only a true die hard u2 fan would understand, ..unfortunetly the 'mainstream' dont. amazing song.

[@morand-gw7xn]

Dan, I can remember too ...

[@deplorableaussie6749]

@@morand-gw7xn yep , you nailed it Dan

[@alisonmcsecret4225]

It's U2 sounding like Eno in the 70s. What's so ahead of time? Lol

[@deplorableaussie6749]

@@alisonmcsecret4225 that’s a fair point you make there - smart Arse 😂👍

[@DM-vg8fc]

Exactly ​@@alisonmcsecret4225

[@user-tq2fe2rh7x]

" don't want to stay the same." ♥️.

[@adamcollins915]

This & 'You're Blue Room' are great.

[@danielgrimes8312]

And Sarajevo

[@Neurodisco77]

*Your Blue Room

[@jungo5387]

THANK BRIAN ENO - NOT U2!!!!!!!!!!!

[@delretadonaldson]

Your Blue Room sounds very similar 'Come together' by Primal Scream.....Screamadelica was made back in 1991...the producer Weatherall from that album has the same type feel as Eno...

[@nectarinedreams7208]

90% of the album is great and better than anything U2 did

[@ka5269]

Don't know if Larry Mullen is still dismissive of this album, but U2 should feel proud of this work. More deserving than just being a footnote in the band's history

[@KeldariStation]

One of the most beautiful things they ever recorded

[@thief257]

cannot believe this album is 22 years old this album is ! years ahead of its time...

[@deanperez3549]

Time its time

[@delretadonaldson]

Absolutely, Slug came up on my Spotify and I couldn't believe how old this album is...

[@SaulGallegos-hj7dv]

Es mágico el entendimiento

[@SaulGallegos-hj7dv]

Mi suenos

[@concretemode]

Agree 100 %. U2 were really progressive with Zooropa and Pop, exciting timeless classics and were still banging out quality lyrics and melody and amazing electronic music, and boring dick fans stopped them in their tracks. They should really make music for themselves. I'm sure it would be amazing, they're working with Eno for goodness sake. Take Depeche mode for instance. Dave Gahan commented that they have to experiment or why bother making new music?

[@ImperialAerosolKid]

My favourite U2 song. They really showed courage in the 90s, Bowie-esk innovative courage. But there you go, that's Eno for you.

[@m-bronte]

excellent combo of film 2001 and music, Passengers was an underrated album.

[@WesCivilz]

Call me crazy, but I think this is their best song.

[@WesCivilz]

And it's not even available on iTunes...

[@cyrusbudatfletchergateart3569]

+WesCivilz You're not crazy but very perceptive , this is their best...

[@LoLzZ85]

Best tune by Passengers? Maybe. Best tune by U2? No.

[@MsHarrietjackson]

reinier van Herk I know what you mean. i have been there. Believe me.

[@MsHarrietjackson]

reinier van Herk I have been there. I've lived and loved this song. I won't get started. It's a secret I'm pledged to keep. let's just say it's a major part of my life story and almost was the death of me. This doesn't detract from its beauty. I still love it very much.

[@bonoman7628]

and to think this was bono and the the brothers circa 95?? 20yrs ahead of their time,..absolutely fucking brilliant!!! haunting lyrics.....,..

[@shkeni]

What a great, great era for U2. I love their 80s stuff but Pop just caps a decade of pure awesome.

[@815Lucas]

This is 18 years old. God, this velvet Bono's voice was just about to take off. I miss it. Great fucking album.

[@davidcarreno9696]

I love SLUG. One of the very best of U2, in non U2 official album.

[@thankyou2532]

i read u2s record pressured them to change band name for this record to not alienate the traditional U2 fan from buying future U2 records.

[@pedwalk]

Well it really isnt U2, Brian Eno is what makes this unique and it is a perfect combo. They couldnt call this U2 since Eno did the instrumentals. I wish they did more together.

[@stephendarcy9803]

@@pedwalk That’s not true. Yes, Eno played a crucial part in the making of the album, but so did Bono & The Edge, The Edge in particularly. They were just as crucial as Eno.

[@nectarinedreams7208]

@@stephendarcy9803 I disagree. You only have to look at U2's work to see how crucial Eno was in shaping this album. It's not nearly as special without his input.

[@stephendarcy9803]

@@nectarinedreams7208 But that’s what U2 intended going into making the album. They wanted to make something far removed from their known format & sound when making this album. They intended it be as un U2 as possible.

[@JamesVibe]

Yes, you are right....they need to explore this mood again. Hypnotic and ethereal.

[@bonoman7628]

how fucking good is bono s voice not to mention the lyrics.. awesome!

[@codeguy1]

This is the best song on the passengers album

[@MsHarrietjackson]

Laurence Dunne It is. No debates on that 👍

[@LoLzZ85]

+Harriet Jackson I think it's debatable. Miss Sarajevo and Your Blue Room are contenders and some may argue for a couple of others too.

[@dunneincrewgear]

Beach sequence is cool...

[@Neurodisco77]

@@LoLzZ85 Yes, One minute warning

[@stephendarcy9803]

@@dunneincrewgear That track gets me every time!! Beautiful piece of music.

[@anomalees]

no car alarm, no cellular phone. bono wants to go home.

[@mangrove]

This song played near the end of the Aung San Suu Kyi movie The Lady. Hearing this play on the Surround sound put a lump in my throat. Gorgeous song.

[@bonoman7628]

the most amazing voice on the planet, ever, ask any NON u2 fan ,which i have they all agree.absolutely fucking brilliant.more than happy to add my to my many comments about this song.

[@ChrissonMusic]

DAN HOLLINGWORTH dude, it's all taste.... there is no 'most amazing' this or that

[@deplorableaussie6749]

@@ChrissonMusic thanks for clearing that up Simon Cowell

[@MsHarrietjackson]

#Makes my #heart #bleed due to the #memories I have #associated with it. a #beautiful #song which I still #love even though it #hurts so much.

[@MsHarrietjackson]

I know my #last #journey in #life is #embodied in this #song. It #saddens me so few #people, even my #nearest and #dearest ever really #knew me. Noone does.

[@donlandstl]

I have loved this beautiful, dreamy, deep space song for decades, and found this video a few weeks ago and I was floored that the song Slug is the background music to clips from my favorite movie of all time, "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick. It reminds me of what I might experience one day when I pass from this physical known world to the mysterious and unknown "afterlife", if there is such a thing. I hope it's a cool experience such as this, only much longer. And I want to be with You.... We still don't have a space station nearly as cool or effective as what was created in the 50-year old movie.

[@delretadonaldson]

Awesome....I feel the same about your feeling moving towards the afterlife...

[@kylemas2005]

Totally agree alexo000, Bono nails it with his vulnerable lyrics and style on the Passengers album but its actually Brain Eno that wrote and produced the entire album. Not a big U2 fan but can see the beauty in this little side project they did, amazing it took 12 years for people to notice this!

[@dr.noir27]

i used to listen to it using my ipod classic! what days!

[@calvezphilippe874]

Magnifique à l’huître brinquebalée. Je découvre ce soir cette perle rare, aux vents des sables. Une pépite délicate d'harmonies conjuguées. Boire du délice sans fin, nos brillants Enos.

[@pthaeloblue]

This is probably my favorite song on the album!

[@gaiafrog]

So glad U2 and Eno created this album along their journey! Thanks for posting.

[@thief257]

gaiafrog 22 years old !!!!! unbelievable... and sounds well well ahead of its time !!!

[@TONYFAGAN11]

one thing I love to do is listen to this and then Your Blue Room immediately afterwards.... awesome

[@skatemetrix]

This song should be twenty minutes longer... U2 were seriously onto something with Passengers. This sounds almost like progressive rock!

[@Substance242]

I listened to Hands That Built America recently, also In The Name of the Father (amazing song too), and that reminded me to look for other non-album U2 tracks, then I remembered Miss Sarajevo so I decided to check out the whole Passengers album finally... and when this track played and then Bono started singing, I was so touched that maybe I even dropped a tear, because I know I heard this before once million years ago and now it's like here are you my love, we're young and together again. Update: Actually it's also Christmas so the imagery "lights turning on in a city at night" (wiki) is double as effective.

[@mrpaolo1978]

Such a beautiful song.

[@rtcharge]

Still here nov 2021 I’m in the future

[@delretadonaldson]

I've just found this song and can't believe I'm just hearing it now....

[@alliwantisu2]

One of the best tracks ever never get tired of listening to this song :)

[@kylemas2005]

Speaking as someone who isn't a U2 fan I absolutely love the work Bono and the boys do with Brian Eno. Only wish they would work together more. From what I've read U2 never does these songs live. Sad, I find this album some of their best work.

[@Laserium]

Unique song featured in Laserium Laser Visions. Thanks for the great video!

[@tahoevic]

They are the Beatles Reborn, They missed the squabble and ego that Destroyed The Beatles. They kept their Marraige, So I guess there is another Mighty Island out there not just England, But Ireland, She does bread mighty creatures too!

[@ChrissonMusic]

tahoevic ehm... no

[@zooropa200]

U2 SHOULD MAKE SOME MUSIC LIKE THIS...I LOVE THIS ALBUM

[@olgamaslova5030]

I love Passengers too. What a pity U2 do not seem to even own up to it.

[@thankyou2532]

only Larry Mullen jr. said he thought it was over indulgent, personaly i only liked 3 songs;ms.sarejevo;elvis ate america and slug www.equip.org

[@Neurodisco77]

@@thankyou2532 Add One minute warning

[@STEVEFRIARS]

This song works so well with these images. Genius.

[@jonzilkow7272]

Eno has a way of topping it off with a button.

[@joaomanuelvelosobarbara]

Álbum Histórico!

[@unohoo29]

The Passengers were an awesome collectioof everything missing in music at that time and even now. How can it get any better than U2 and Brian Eno? This was a great idea for the video. Fantastic job!!

[@kylemas2005]

Couldn't agree with you more homey! Love the fact that a juggernault like U2 could actually take the time to make a "college rock" album that they knew would make no money. Guess I was wrong about them all along. :)

[@mareedillin360]

Why do people argue over music??? You think you was trying to cure cancer. Just enjoy

[@gradietimmer6730]

This is my favorite from this album, mistic, misterious..

[@cw9817]

OS1, its Passengers monikor to the contrary, is very much a U2 album. If you ever wanted a sequel to TUF, with the former album's music updated to '90s techno, this is it. Both albums are ethereal and meditative, and very much show the influence of Brian Eno. If you add in NLOTH, you have U2's (primarily Eno-helmed) meditative trilogy.

[@huhu24u]

This is the song I chose for my burial.

[@JulesSC]

Oh God....I forgot how much I love this song! Thank you!!! Thank you X

[@luieu2]

This song has a spirit about it !!

[@mediatrainning3629]

Soñé con mi padre difunto.. escuché está canción en mi sueño y al fin la encontre

[@muckandfun]

the bright side of any moon ONE lOve

[@johnkrauklis9927]

I Love this video. It is so mystical. The space station in the beginning is one of my favorites. And the end scene with the unborn baby has different meanings. Just the lov to or having a child. Could be as strong as blowing up a black hole. Wich i imagine does very well. It is just the Love for having a baby.

[@bonoman7628]

amazing lyrics, sung by an amazing man! fucking brilliant!

[@deplorableaussie6749]

110% facts

[@luieu2]

awsome song loved since 95 still love it im a huge U2 fan

[@rodsling]

excellent composition, miracleK7

[@danielgrimes8312]

is the best song of this album and Sarajevo

[@EddyArguetaXCX]

Sonidos orgánicos y estelares, un ambiente místico y con miras a lo espiritual

[@LucretiusEldritch]

Magic.

[@tatianaromonov1416]

stunning

[@TheNeileo72]

one of thier best songs ever. I jusr reorded this CD on amazon for 5 bucks!

[@JustSean413]

Passengers the Album where U2/Eno went all out Pink Floyd.Wish they would do some more of this now.

[@jacquesbon4880]

Absolument magnifique

[@Keefgrinder]

@dtpc191991 I totally agree , in the 90's with their albums they music seems like it was pioneering a whole new area of music. I think just now we are really appreciating what they did back then.

[@Marcelube]

What can I say? Fuckin´ A!

[@WesCivilz]

this is a great combination of video and audio. they really suit each other! good work.

[@jkljkl1945]

Oh this is good. Eno and U2. Lanois should be in on it to. He is on the CD as far as i recall. A gem!

[@hairycub69]

Beautiful song! Passengers - original soundtracks volume one - highly recommended for any u2 fAN who wants to discovee what they were up to in the 90s. U2 reached an aristic peak with this. Actung Baby, Zoopora and then this...it was only one way after this - down. like this - check - my life in the bush of ghosts by B Eno/B Bryne from 1981 - you will not be disappointed - give both records some time to grow on you - listen to late at night - or on a long drive

[@stingray333999]

this works great. thanks for posting

[@michaelburland5175]

" Don't want to crawl the curb." When our love ( Julie's and mine ) grows cold , and our relationship doesn't happen , l will turn to you ladies of the night. Will you know who l am.? Would you love an old man.? I'm sure she loves her children and with her experiences she will be a ever present help for them in any troubles they may have. St Michael.

[@laultimavida777]

hipnotica

[@_Stromberg]

Nicely done. This track works very well with the 2001 clips.

[@yallowrosa]

proper soundtrack for 2001 space odissey film

[@davidellis295]

💜

[@michaelharris4651]

Wow it's the first time hearing this !

[@SilverDragon1994]

That shows how genius is that video and U2 ;)

[@jcmegabyte]

Hard to beat those visuals - and that's a cool track too. Nice work!

[@Michael-zj7lg]

" don't want to crawl the curb." Just don't abuse me ladies. And maybe one day l will be able to show you a place in heaven, , your home forever.

[@AngelVomit]

@WhoDoYouWant Well Played ... .Adaptability is the Key to longevity.... They have mastered its lock..

[@merlin262005]

Amazing.

[@mammeriaaichabeya7019]

One of the best.... U2

[@TheNeileo72]

Bono's voice was so good in the 90's

[@hanstonk]

space....the final frontier.....too boldly go where no man has gone before......U2!

[@dtpc191991]

I think the problem for U2 in the 90s is that they're miles ahead of the game. No one understood what they were tryin to do. Its taken nearly a decade for everyone to catch up.

[@u2fan3000]

the song is great, original and daring

[@AbecedariusRex]

very nicely done.

[@TheKenney81]

i love it

[@marceric71]

GREAT!

[@SOPADELICIOSA]

Nice. Bono once commented that he was inspired to this song while walking through big shopping malls in Japan (presumably Tokyo?). Would be interesting to see images of that kind set to this song. And perhaps the albums opener set to the Japanese bullet train which inspired that one. :-)

[@giuseppeianovale2849]

Stupenda

[@gordonkent5371]

Awesome still

[@sinnombre-dn5rg]

más que hermosa .!!

[@MsHarrietjackson]

So #Deep.

[@agvictorion1]

' Magnifica '

[@alejandroramossaavedra]

I have always thought this is U2's best song, even though it is not a U2 song...you know...

[@pepemolina]

me molo estén tema

[@marcwittmann6960]

GREAT