U2 - Bullet The Blue Sky (Live On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2017)

U2 performing Bullet The Blue Sky as part of the 30th anniversary celebrations for their album The Joshua Tree, Live On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in 2017.
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Lyrics:
In the howlin' wind
Comes a stingin' rain
See it drivin' nails
Into the souls on the tree of pain.
From the firefly
A red orange glow
See the face of fear
Runnin' scared in the valley below.
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue.
In the locust wind
Comes a rattle and hum.
Jacob wrestled the angel
And the angel was overcome.
You plant a demon seed
You raise a flower of fire.
We see them burnin' crosses
See the flames, higher and higher.
Woh, woh, bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue.
Suit and tie comes up to me
His face red like a rose on a thorn bush
Like all the colours of a royal flush
And he's peelin' off those dollar bills
(Slappin' 'em down)
One hundred, two hundred.
And I can see those fighter planes
And I can see those fighter planes
Across the tin huts as children sleep
Through the alleys of a quiet city street.
Up the staircase to the first floor
We turn the key and slowly unlock the door
As a man breathes into his saxophone
And through the walls you hear the city groan.
Outside, is America
Outside, is America
America.
See across the field
See the sky ripped open
See the rain comin' through the gapin' wound
Howlin' the women and children
Who run into the arms
Of America.

[@richatlarge462]

I've never seen a band turn a talk show stage into an arena like that before.

[@theempire00]

Rich at Large Best way to put it my friend! :)

[@sherp2u1]

U2 is the only ONE!

[@adamdiaz8150]

@@sherp2u1 It don't get much better than dis

[@leahaustin7604]

That's because U2 doesn't half-ass anything. They are either all in or all out!

[@mar15115]

One of the first arena rock bands

[@babaroga73]

Genuinely possibly the best ever talk show music performance of all times.

[@RadioRadio101]

OMG you have never spoken more true words my friend

[@chrisattwood7814]

Absolutely 👍

[@mick2881]

yes, unlike some music,at least the talk has kick arse rock between all that talk ✌️

[@wyatt_haupt]

One of the most important bass riffs in rock history. Simple yet definitive. Hope Adam Clayton knows that. Also knocks my socks off how the Edge managed to make a guitar sound like a full on air raid. I think it’d be too cool to hear a RATM cover of this.

[@AMBear-fy3bf]

Wyatt Haupt yeeeeah that’d be awesome

[@raquelhewson9243]

Sepultura regravou essa música.

[@kristianduff7775]

Come on. That is ridic.

[@vincevanderwalt2916]

I think POD does a cover of BTBS

[@akshaydewan5608]

i was thinking the exact same thing!!!

[@shirleyyujest]

the sound guy for this should be given the lifetime achievement award

[@davidstockton5675]

As a sound guy myself, it's nice to know we are appreciated. He did do a great job.

[@MrKongatthegates]

Thats the edge

[@aledmb]

oh yeah! thank you very much, sir! this was awesome!

[@BeauTylerMakesMusic]

Bands at this level bring their own broadcast soundmen. This guy is amazing for sure.

[@kyle1m]

it sounded great

[@Yon_Youtuber]

That moment when the audience of a late night talk show expect one of U2's nice poppy numbers to politely clap after....then get a rocket

[@habibhussain825]

More like an almighty slap in the face...such is the power of this performance...

[@ronetteskiestante4064]

Agree! Powerful🤗

[@habibhussain825]

Exit acrobat btbs and until end of the world ...are u2s heaviest and darkest songs..playing those 4 in a row ...and I think one might need psychiatric help afterwards...

[@DaveWaltman]

@@habibhussain825 I'd add The Fly and maybe something deep off of War...Refugee or Seconds maybe.

[@giulioricci1119]

@@habibhussain825 ahahahah, the songs in the first three albums kick ass Exit, Acrobat, ecc. U2 in their prime are a post-punk band, not a wave-rock stadium band.

[@eugenegrewing2587]

The Edge just gets cooler with age.

[@marleyjunior3583]

Dear boy, you should watch this song in other live performances. In those performances The Edge was even more amazing

[@casaraku1]

love the Edge....

[@joseluisespinosa3997]

Desde guadalajara jal. MÉXICO U2 SALUDOS.

[@andysmith6218]

Could Larry look any more disinterested😂

[@Roostermania2010]

@@marleyjunior3583 I Have No Doubts

[@lukej7758]

Wow, these guys can still blow the fucking roof off

[@kenyastevens7308]

Saw them at Soldier field, ah may zing!

[@deirdrekiely6187]

I've seen them live 3 times. You never waste your money seeing them in concert. They make it a whole production and Bono puts his full energy into it.

[@petergreen2552]

1986____Bono "Edge,can you put El Salvador through your amp"? Edge___"hold my Guinness".

[@SK2KEdge]

Peter Green FACTS😂

[@zingleraster9124]

Bang on point!!

[@sistahcool3533]

Best comment ever.

[@TimStatic]

*finger guns*

[@IAmWhyWeCantHaveNiceThings]

I love how Jimmy is totally fanboying. This version of Bullets is SO powerful 25 years after the original blew the world away. This is why we need U2.

[@paulvoveris]

30 Years. This was on The Joshua Tree album first (1987)

[@Tocaraca]

The drums in this song are awesome

[@xavierparisse2809]

+1

[@franjimenez2000]

I’m agree. Larry and his drums are amazing in this version.

[@Itelkner]

Awesome for sure. He reminds me of Bonham on this one.

[@gugy68]

Not just the drums but all instruments and Bono’s lyrics and voice. Top 5 U2 song for sure. What a classic R&R.

[@Didi78180x]

Drums is awesome...reminds me Bonham….Guitar...Great reminds me Jimmy Page...The bass is heavy...the lyrics.....Perfect song.

[@hctiwt]

U2 proving all the time that they are one of the best live bands that will ever exist..

[@guitarzan2626]

Saw them in 92, they sucked big time, the Pixies opened and blew them away. Don't mean to insult, I am a u2 fan from the early eighties. But they really sucked live.

[@captainfeedback1]

Huh?

[@guitarzan2626]

@@captainfeedback1 wha?

[@jg1007]

@@guitarzan2626 Were you high? Saw them in the Orange Bowl for Joshua Tree. One of best concerted I have ever seen.

[@guitarzan2626]

@@jg1007 not high, they sucked. Bubble gum music.

[@actung74]

When ya go on a U S chat show and play a song from an album which is thirty years old, a song that wasn't even released as a single track then ya know that the album it's from is one heck of a CLASSIC.

[@danielconnors2077]

Karl O'Connor Here here cuz

[@zingleraster9124]

Dead f’in right my friend.

[@deirdrekiely6187]

This song is SO under-rated. Packs a good punch.

[@MedalionDS9]

Love the angry U2 songs

[@leeryramirez]

Medalion And many of us really miss the angry, critical and questioning Bono.

[@HowardARoark]

Doesn't seem angry at all to me. Seems more like dramatising war.

[@claytonmars7355]

@@HowardARoark vocalising and emotionally interpreting

[@HowardARoark]

A song straight from the a55 of Satan. You are being put in a trance by this execrable 'music'.

[@claytonmars7355]

@@HowardARoark The same for all music

[@leoferwer1813]

Bono's improvisation every f**king time he sings this awesome song is one of the greatest things to ever happen to rock and roll. Hands down.

[@poppybarry7904]

Real

[@MrCrack-vk9ob]

Everything in this song is TIGHT AF: Guitar-wise, you have The Edge proving he's a tone monster, AND that he CAN pull off a solo if he wants to. The bass and the drums are simple, yet effective. Adam Clayton is one hell of a bass player, he sticks to simple stuff so that Edge can rip it on guitar and still have a solid base. Larry's drums are tight all the way, and the breakdowns are solid AF. Then there's Bono, think what you want of him, but he's a great singer and that's just the way it is. Of course, he has a little trouble hitting those high notes but he manages to come through, proving he's still got it... U2 at their finest lml

[@jaschul]

The drum riff at the beginning is perfect

[@janetmccoy5607]

U2 may not be seen as big as the Beatles, but they are on the same level, you may not agree with me, but they are the greatest band to come around since & are still relevant today.

[@ronetteskiestante4064]

Hands down, agreeing 😎

[@deanevans1328]

@Rebeca Linares U2 are mind blowing live, they give so much to each performance

[@therepublicofcynica]

What are you smoking. What does 'big' in this context mean? U2 are not, and never will be on a par with the Beatles, certainly not in terms of song quality and never in terms of ability. U2 have written maybe three good songs, the rest are album fillers: the Beatles wrote so many good songs it's impossible to name many bad ones.

[@deanevans1328]

Andy Webster can we stop with this my band is greater than your band nonsense. U2 have definitely got more than 3 good songs. The Beatles are amazing but they also have their own critics about the quality of their music. U2 have their own identity away from the Beatles. They are both a band of that particular time.

[@nolan8336]

Absolutely Spot On...

[@fedebjalways]

Top 5 bands of all time. Easily. Total pros, game changers, innovative and creative. Hope they come back soon. Saw them 3 times and they were an unforgettable experience everytime.

[@hanstonk]

Even the great late B.B. King stated 30 years ago, that U2 write such heavy lyrics.. the Edge is a whole band himself.

[@HowardARoark]

U2 would give anybody the "Blues".

[@Mark-gd5vr]

@@HowardARoark I can tell your obsessed with them 😂

[@HowardARoark]

@@Mark-gd5vr They have been mouthpieces for globalist Marxist fascism the world over, they have pumped every single policy, every single soundbite, and every single lie. Horriblest band of all time. Most narcissistic frontman ever.

[@bigtexmacgonigle444]

No one is gonna mistake The Edge for Hendrix or Page, but dude is rock solid for U2.

[@mikeinindy2856]

Bono. One of the greatest front men in all of Rock.

[@uv77mc85]

Shame he killed his voice in the 80s.

[@ikomusic1]

Bono sounds great when he's not blowing the democrats 24/7.

[@elizabethmcleod246]

I love Larry’s drumming skills. I read he needs surgery. I pray he heals well.❤

[@adamdiaz8150]

Wow- props to their sound engineer. What production!

[@cl8804]

Actually, it sounds flat as fuck; way too much compression. You just aren't capable of hearing it.

[@videolad3057]

@@cl8804 You're so cringey.

[@radio7353]

@@cl8804 haha, no.

[@Joeyd123abc2]

@@cl8804 it is a pretty bad mix, bad mix but good performance

[@SXI96]

Wtf? The mix is horrible, grating vocals and tiny bass

[@michellsmith4693]

Same guys, 40 years. Any song they recorded is as relevant now as when created. No major scandals. Working for the good. Never an unkind word towards women. I think they are the perfect rock and roll band.

[@BorisHurme1]

U2 has to be one of the best live bands ever. Amazing. This song is so powerful.

[@habibhussain825]

They have been the last 30 plus years....this is nothing new....

[@marctessier5798]

They are one of the best, but not quite as good as REM.

[@elliottshaw488]

Easy to forget that this performance was done on a talk show! No other band could ever pull off a live performance like that on a talk show! #BulletTheBlueSky #U2 🤘🏻

[@tdsims1963]

There are musicians who play beautifully and well. And then you get musicians who are...artists. U2 has been like this since their first album. I'm glad to see that they still have enough compassion to get pissed off at man's inhumanity to man. And Bono has every right to express his opinion about "the orange one". Just as I have to understand that there is half a country that likes Trump, Trump supporters have to understand that it's okay to not like their guy.

[@kotavu6004]

Not on the same level but check out Interpol on Jimmy Kimmel doing Obstacle 1. Also need to watch A Perfect Circle on Leno from early 2000’s doing 3 Libras and The Outsider.

[@elizabethmcleod246]

Prince did on Ellen.

[@alanjones5786]

Anyone can with the right production

[@jahelmorga]

@@alanjones5786 HAHA. No.

[@asupertramp948]

Pure and utter class. The bass, guitar, drums, Bono, even the lighting is unreal. What a band!

[@tomscott4438]

These guys have no business being this good or this relevant so late in their career. Just a fucking phenomenon.

[@MrObiwan1]

Take note bands of today ! THIS is how you do it !!!!!

[@johnscarloshow5315]

MrObiwan1 don't worry we are.

[@mysticedge4]

Oh we are

[@philwright8653]

No bands of today come anywhere near. U2 are still as good as they ever were and in a league of their own.

[@paulharrisonadventuregearm5457]

Red hot chili peppers are better

[@paulharrisonadventuregearm5457]

@@philwright8653 red hot chili peppers blow away U2

[@bigtexmacgonigle444]

To me, one of the most iconic and blood curdling slide solos by Edge in rock history. I've loved it since I first heard it in Spring, 1987.

[@elizabethmcleod246]

Agreed

[@Rafael-xt1nm]

It's hardly a solo when the effects are pretty much doing 99% of the work haha. He is easily the most overrated guitarist of all time.

[@scottcorkery7863]

​@@Rafael-xt1nmeffects?...What effects?

[@tdsims1963]

Yes...They are still PISSED OFF. Love it! I think they rocked this harder than when they first recorded it! This went beyond mere performance and right into art--WOW!!!

[@christheghostwriter]

One of the best live bands in rock history

[@switchbackimage5966]

"Orange head running for fear of the body beneath" brilliant!

[@rockyflame3659]

THAT SOLO!!!!!

[@ChequeRoller909]

Rocky flame it's not that great a solo. It's just one of the average ones. No one even remembers it nor has it made to any compilation of 80s or all time

[@flamingpie6492]

Cheque roller its a great solo. Not everything has to be mentioned in compilations and stuff and what do you mean who remembers it?it's on the fricking Joshua tree one of the most famous albums of all time! anyways peace out

[@haroldlipschitz9301]

Cheque Roller Any guitar player who has seen the ZooTV or Popmart version of the solo knows Edge is legit. This is the watered down version he plays close to what’s on the JT record.

[@curadhanpowell5007]

When they were writing that song Bono told him to put the screams of El Salvador through the amplifier.

[@nianfiedler5291]

Great solo for sure. But if you want to see the best Bullet solo ever, check out the ZooTV concert from Sidney. He doesn't use a slide for it and it's like 2 minutes of greatness.

[@davidwebb091370]

one of the few albums i own where i like every single one of the songs! and Bullet The Blue Sky is my favorite song in this album! thanks, U2!

[@OVI-Wan-Kenobi-8]

What about Achtung Baby and Zooropa? Or Boy or October?

[@j.goodman9548]

@@OVI-Wan-Kenobi-8 funny feel that way about Actung Baby. There's parts on side B during Exit and can't remember which other song after one tree hill where I'm like, " Brian and Danial lost control of the band there." Mothers of the disappeared is amazing. Oddly War was the first record i bought. or vinyl, what have you.

[@jojolecruchotdugeeklille2681]

Me too !!!!

[@oliviercalmel2]

This song is an anthem ! All songs on Joshua Tree are great songs. Especially first three !!!!!

[@HowardARoark]

Your favorite piece of cr4p.

[@2GUISSOS]

Who are these boys? They have a bright future in music.

[@garethmillard7005]

Incredible performance on a TV show they absolutely tore this song up !! Edge rules 👌 nnever tire of watching this

[@AnnieHersam]

we forget that Bono improvises his lyrics and timing with every performance, so how much the band has to do the same with it, that is a historical amount of talent

[@r3d5ive87]

This sounds amazing for a tv show. Edge has a damn good voice.

[@LonniDelane]

Love what Bono did with the spoken word. Just 🤔 think. There were no tweets when Joshua Tree came out.😯 😃

[@stevieamis2257]

On a different level live Best band of all time

[@scottmacduff9613]

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

[@nostromo7928]

I SO agree with you!

[@AussieTVMusic]

Saw them in 89. This was the best song they played live.Sounded exactly like this. Still got it.

[@randytouchet4207]

Was that the love town tour?

[@stevemoz5617]

Just saw them live in korea! Bono still has it.

[@andysmith6218]

Me too. Sydney Ent Cent Sep 27. Great show. Opened with Hawkmoon. Still get chills thinking about it. Still have my ticket stub too.

[@HowardARoark]

Wouldn't like to hear the worst.

[@TheSlandis]

This song stands the test of time. U2 reforms it every year to reflect the global crises of the time. That's some special mojo, when a song, and it's theme, transcend time and can be reapplied over and over again.

[@graemeknowles1431]

Man this song played live is a friggin phenomenal experience. Edge in the solo just sounds amazing and Adam and Larry thrashing it hard is total brilliant rhythm section. Man U2 have the best sound crew. Gotta turn this up Loud. I just love it👍

[@deirdrekiely6187]

This sounds GREAT here. It sounded even better when I saw them in Boston a few years ago. Blew my mind.

[@pjpredhomme7699]

You should have heard it when Bono still had his full vocal range- this song rocked

[@RONOMIRANDA]

Lalalalalalalala America! I love this part

[@jimmym6976]

Ricardo Miranda reference to West Side Story.

[@sheagoff6009]

I laugh every time I hear that part. Reminds me of West Side Story. I liked how he did that.

[@rubenadrianpereyra1988]

Genial!!

[@davidbennett5981]

"Suit and tie... face ORANGE like the rose of a thorn bush". Shame on you USA

[@travisfitzwater8093]

No doubt.

[@All41None4All]

that performance was incredible. what a powerful song.

[@andyberridge6455]

The Joshua tree album is well worth listening to. Every track is bloodly marvelous. 😎

[@Renee_ok_-_-]

From Joshua Tree to 2017, this song still reaches into my soul and grips really, damned hard. Driving nails, indeed....the relevancy of these lyrics keep going.

[@Renee_ok_-_-]

And....you four still.kick.butt. "Skin as thin as an orange crush....". Slappin' 'em down....

[@dadewd7061]

So poetic there, Karen. ;-)

[@vlredreign]

Since the year this came out, there have been places and people and dictators that this song could have been written for. For me, what ties it to today is that image of the mom and kid running from the rear gas at the border. I swear, all I could hear was Bono singing 'Drowning the women and children who run into the arms of America'.

[@zingleraster9124]

Ditto. Same same with Midnight Oil

[@Dwightpower88]

@@vlredreign I think of all the people that have been killed by illegal aliens who had records of being murderers in their coubtries. Happens a lot. A whole lot.

[@BBRemixes]

This is possibly the best live version, Adam and Larry are so tight

[@restlessmind5770]

Mexico City by far the best.

[@WhoseIAm7]

That snare. MAN.

[@BBRemixes]

@@WhoseIAm7 That double snare really makes this great + Adam's pounding against it. Bono and Edge do stuff too but this is really a Larry/Adam song

[@eamonnw]

@@WhoseIAm7 i got a theory that Lars Ulrich was inspired by Larrys snares, but over cooked that idea

[@TheFirstGroover]

Everytime i heard this song literally blow my mind. So powerful and deep. "He runs into the arms of America". The victim that runs into the arms of the killer.

[@HowardARoark]

Of course - the orphaned children via the "aid" agencies get funnelled straight into the hands of the globalist pedophiles. Biggest business on Earth.

[@SaintPhilis37]

@@HowardARoark Missing! legally entered, missing children from the southern border. Trafficking, their gone.

[@markmcmullan3351]

Globalist pedo's ? . Seeen many of them around lately ? . Back to your bunker and stop believing everything you read on the Internet . If anyone was a pedo it was Trump with all his party's with underage girls and his pedo billionaire pals .

[@HowardARoark]

America wasn't the killer - it was the Globalists you numpty.

[@CuriosidadesTVap]

there is a fact U2 visited my country El Salvador in 80s while the civil war and heard about the paramilitary Death squadrons from that experience marked really deep in Bono and from that had born this song

[@MarktheAhole]

That bass line is badass.

[@danielmarquis5258]

Still COOL 30 years later........that performance was on 🔥🔥🔥

[@northernlights808]

They’ve still got it don’t they!

[@nickkabbabe1953]

You could say that!

[@aj8__8]

Bono's voice is heavenly

[@HowardARoark]

Sounds absolutely hideous to me.

[@scottcrosby-art5490]

Reongaro Your taste sucks

[@RatelHBadger]

It isn't as strong or clear as it was 30 years ago, sure. But for his lack of vocal range or colour or power he adds other intonations to keep the song fresh. He will never sound like 1987 again, and if he did, people would complain about how boring U2 are only ever singing the same stuff over and over.

[@funnylookingfoetus]

Your voice changes over time. It's as simple as that. He still sings really, really well, but obviously can't do all he used to with his vocal chords. I really enjoyed this live performance they did together here.

[@elizabethmcleod246]

Gil B It happens.

[@isaacribeiro5859]

Jimmy doesn't hide how passionate he is about U2!

[@steffanpiper]

Absolutely savage in every way. Fantastic.

[@steffanpiper]

Bumped into this again 4 years later. Incendiary. Even still.

[@PaulusTarsus3574]

This performance, is the inherent feeling, not of Nicaragua, not of America, but of every fighting Gael, dead or alive.

[@robertot.m.8747]

The importante thing is that they still have balls to play this kind of angry, anti-pop songs in TV !! 👏👏👏👏

[@user-cl6uj5bn2f]

Damn they've still got it🙌 Rare a band sounds better live than recorded 🔥

[@She_Wore_Lemon]

I got obsessed with U2 live recordings and don’t bother much with the albums versions anymore. Live is where they live!

[@user-po2qb6cm9q]

Bono described standing in front of Larry's drum kit when this was getting played was like getting a good kicking every night

[@louisb5563]

These guys were about 55-57 yrs old here! CLASSIC ACT MAN!!!

[@leahaustin7604]

I don't do drugs but damn I feel like I need a joint with a glass of wine after watching this awesome performance! Takes me 5 mins after watching just to process what I just witnessed! Love me some U2!!! This was freaking intense as hell and the song is about 33 years old.

[@RobynShorrock]

This mans voice never seems to fail...

[@siler7]

mans

[@alexandriaocasio-smollett5078]

Holy crap. This was incredible. How have I never seen this before?? This track highlights one of my biggest pet peeves with how this band is viewed.. Adam and Larry almost seem to be an afterthought in terms of public perception. To an extent I get why that is. Bono and Edge are overwhelmingly considered the face of the band bc of how polarizing they both are in different ways, their names, and because they have such an instantly recognizable iconic appearance. But to me Adam and Larry played just as much of a roll, not only in what they’ve been able to accomplish as a band commercially, but also with their pioneering sound. Especially in the early 80s up until this album was created. For whatever reason over the years they going going to take sort of a backseat. But in early days songs like Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bad, and Bullet the Blue Sky are all drum/bass dominated tracks. Which was hella rare for that era of music.

[@anthonysclafani3963]

*Please make the next album like this- raw, unapologetic, genuine. No desperate pop songs with trendy producers, just pure rock music.*

[@angelacunningham]

This is their best version of this song I love it!!!!!!

[@89grandizer]

This is awesome. but check out Boston 2001 version or Paris 2015

[@brucedickinson12]

Zoo tv

[@deirdrekiely6187]

@@89grandizer Saw them in 2015 (??) in Boston. First time I saw this song live. It was epic. This performance was fantastic, esp Bono's passion, but imagine even louder in in arena. Left me speechless.

[@amaze2n]

Slane Castle is the best, hands down.

[@MrFoo-xf9gf]

A song that fits in every decade since...I don't know.

[@brianpeterson9751]

my favorite song by them,amazing lead guitar,bass,drums,vocals.so talented this group.jimmys audience got an awesome performance.talk about the right night to have tickets to the show.

[@younzao-pw7mm]

U2 is really one of the 5 greatest rock band of all time

[@jsbass5635]

A D A M C L A Y T O N !!

[@Phasecast]

Sometimes I forget how punk U2 actually is.

[@jaschul]

On good days

[@HowardARoark]

They're are globalist c4nts, never punks.

[@HowardARoark]

Punk is rebel spirit - but these c4nts ARE the system ! P3do protectors !

Oct 6, 2017

[@altonquinn6440]

@@HowardARoark ur so mad 😂😂😂 u will never be anybody

[@ashleighAshlee]

Damn!! That's a mini concert right there!

[@chrisa3961]

seen U2 in Budapest in the 90ties. Swastikas and crosses, burning flames. Bullet the Blue Sky. Goosepumps. Best concert ever

[@reecord2]

"the lights are on, the president's home. Oh my God, I never felt so alone." damn

[@sensitivity7207]

I am happy that U2 has such a great songs and they are really successful.

[@evelynmayton470]

Saw them several times, Joshua Tree Tour, playing this!!! Nothing better, ever, the BEST Band

[@pascaldesmarais4465]

Best show U2 fan incredible

[@nostromo7928]

Wow. Amazing. I love the changed-up lyrics and guitar. I don't know how these guys manage to make a song sound fresh that they've been doing for 30 years but they sure do! I love you, Bono, Edge, Larry and Adam. Your music has blessed my life.

[@1slippy]

My God what a polished band absolutely perfection.

[@HowdyDo2]

One of the 4 good songs they did in their entire career.

[@merel2221]

saw them live for the first time this year it was bloody amazing a dream coming true.

[@HughRogers609]

That was good, but if you can believe, I saw them in Perth Aus the other night, and this - in a deluge of all their very best songs - was even more massive. Louder, darker, even more angry. Bono changes the lyrics all the time, but Edge absolutely crushed it the other night. I've loved this tune every since it grabbed me by the throat on Rattle and Hum - which was a definitive performance. I'm not keen on their new music, but with the Joshua tre tour, they showed they can still weave all the magic of their classic material.A mate of mine met them backstage. I now officially hate him.

[@HowardARoark]

They've never written a song since about 1995. They've done nothing but posture with globalist criminals ever since. Shows where their true interests lie.

[@deirdrekiely6187]

@@HowardARoark Who wrote their songs after 1995?

[@deirdrekiely6187]

Agree. This song played in an arena is off the charts.

[@HowardARoark]

@@deirdrekiely6187 There were no songs after that, only bland tripe. In fact put it at 1991. Pre-1992 we had Boy, October, War, Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby. That was the end of U2's catalogue. I omitted Rattle & Hum which was horrible. I include though Zooropa the title track, an accidental piece from a sound check. Everything else a global embarrassment. The pre-1992 work was good, but after that they became politicians working for the global eugenics agenda, getting paid $$$megabucks for mass manipulation. That's why you seen them photoshooting with the top criminals on the planet like the Pope, Bill Gates, and the Clintons.

[@Mr1967flyingv]

Bloody hell....Amazing!

[@PastorinoOlivier]

U2 is my oldest love in music. Bono's voice, Edge's great sound and guitar playing and the solid and original spine of the band with Larry and Adam who are always forgotten... Juts one of the best bands still active that never changed a band member and that was never afraid to take chances. I would love your input on our last video. If you have just 3 minutes to listen and a bit more to comment, that would mean the world to me kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5epZZqLdsRpqLM

[@fluffy1973]

Joshua Tree was my musical awakening

[@bootsmacafe2938]

BULLIT the blue sky one of the badest rock songs ever U2 ya baby!!

[@sinnerboy6009]

Hate or love bono he’s still one of the greatest singers of the 80s

[@kristianduff7775]

Of all time. And THE greatest lyricist.

[@Palestina.non.grata86]

30 years after this song was released and its just as good as it was in 1987.

[@torinoscaletunes]

They know what they're doing. Very affecting. Excellent.

[@chrisfairbarn9908]

I'm pretty sure the band used their own people to film, it's just too good to be from a late night talk show. Its a mindblowing performance.

[@mysticedge4]

They used their own sound engineer

[@mrlardster]

Wow what a performance by U2! And for anyone who says that the bassist isn't important in a rock band check out how much Adam Clayton and his bass carries this song along perfectly!!

[@jsbass5635]

Amen brother. This song doesn’t fly without Clayton. One of the most malevolent, sinister bass lines in rock history.

[@jamezkpal2361]

Who says that?

[@mrlardster]

@@jamezkpal2361usually people who know nothing about the bass and how important it is in a rock band, take the bass out of a song and that song will sound hollow, soul less, disjointed and all over the place basically with no direction! When a song changes pitch and tempo you need the bass to take the pitch and tempo of the song with it otherwise it will it'd sound so random if you know what I mean. 🙂🙂

[@mrlardster]

Damn right brother, it's an epic bassline played by an epic bassist!!! 🙂🙂🙂​@@jsbass5635

[@jonao8808]

Absolutely Epic!!! The guitar solo gives me chills.

[@SuperAvisena]

This was my favourite track in Joshua Tree. Listened every night

[@jsbass5635]

Clayton, Mullen and Edge are brilliant in this rendition of a JT masterpiece.

[@AWIELEGAZPI]

great to see anthony bourdain playing bass again

[@ThexBorg]

I'll pay that bruv... Bourdain the immortal chef...

[@michellecottrell3553]

Glad I wasn't the only one that tonight that

[@Nash1965H]

Get some new and better material. That joke is lame!

[@softlightsymphonyband]

And it’s great to see Ken Jeong back on KZbin. Welcome Back!

[@ripelivejam]

@@softlightsymphonyband The more things chang, the more they stay the same.

[@syafiqaszamin6411]

In the howlin' wind Comes a stingin' rain See it drivin' nails Into the souls on the tree of pain. From the firefly A red orange glow See the face of fear Runnin' scared in the valley below. Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue Bullet the blue. In the locust wind Comes a rattle and hum. Jacob wrestled the angel And the angel was overcome. You plant a demon seed You raise a flower of fire. We see them burnin' crosses See the flames, higher and higher. Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue Bullet the blue Suit and tie comes up to me Face orange as a rose on a thorn bush Skin as thin as orange crush And he's peeling off those dollar bills Slapping them down One hundred Two hundred I can see those fighter planes I can see those fighter planes WMD in their veins Ground shakes but the children can’t weep Vaporized in a single tweet The emperor rises from his golden throne Never knowing, never BEING known The lights are on the presidents home Oh my god I’ve never felt so alone Outside its America Outside its America In a far off palace in a far-fetched land Another baby plays a baby grand Fingers on the keys of a siren song Finger on the button of oblivion And all I can think of is my son All I can think of is my son He misses his ma, misses his da And he runs And he runs And he runs Into the arms of america

[@jtirello3_111]

The world would be all the better if not to keep creating opportunities for this song to continuously evolve and serve as a bookmark to history. But until mankind can get out of its own way, come together and achieve peace, I hope U2 is there to continuously evolve this masterpiece so that it will serve as yet another reminder of the times mankind has turned on each other and forgotten the simple and indisputable truth that all we have is one world and one chance to create one love that will transcend all the boundaries and tear down the walls we have created that keep us from being united as a species.

[@crazyjay1998]

that was fuckin brilliant! luv the new lyrics, adapted to our times!

[@petecernan1416]

Now that’s music

[@AdolfoSierra1381]

One of the best live moments of "The Joshua Tree Tour 2017". Great song to hear live. Legendary band

[@paolachorro3972]

Reast in peace for those who died in the civil war in El Salvador

[@michellecottrell3553]

Thank you I almost forgot what this song was about

[@bpcawley12345]

You mean those who were killed in the illegal US Intervention of El Salvador?

[@Reprodestruxion]

And the death squads

[@alonsovalencia3362]

Well now the leftists control Salvador and it went all down to hell, good job

[@HowardARoark]

How about not kill them in the first place?

[@user-vv7og1gt7t]

U2 is still making my life better with old or new songs. Great way to start 2021✌️Bringing music back in any form is what we need 👍