U2 On American vs. Irish Mentality | Late Night with Conan O’Brien

[@rosyvision]

I don't think U2 get enough credit for representing Ireland. Like, they are literally one of the biggest rock bands in the world. That should make us proud.

[@davidevans3175]

"Like" and "literally" are no longer allowed.

[@OrangeTabbyCat]

@@davidevans3175🤣🤣🤣🤣😂 Thanks!

[@dannyarcher6370]

Yeah, but to be fair, Bono is their frontman, and he's a colossal douchebag.

[@buzztrucker]

They are fantastic and one of the greatest things to come out of Ireland next to Jameson, Guinness, and St. Patrick.

[@acm1350]

@@buzztrucker - and James Joyce. And Colin Farrell.

[@ianbeck6270]

U2 the greatest BAND in my eyes..4 genuine men...thank you so much for the decades of brilliant music

[@Danimal77]

I can't believe this is 16 years old.

[@MeneerHerculePoirot]

If you want to know who the true leader of U2 is revisit the movie Rattle And Hum. There is a scene backstage when planning the encore set and Larry sets the agenda very assertively. It's his band in spite of Bono's visibility. Bono's the frontman in Larry's band. Make no mistake.

[@mikethebloodthirsty]

I think bands with those types of drummers do really well. Rush, Metallica etc. Drummers are often less tied up in the ego stuff, so can see things a little clearer.

[@MeneerHerculePoirot]

@@mikethebloodthirsty Yeah, I agree. The best of musical projects in which I've been involved drummers/percussionists make the best leaders. Thumb to the four fingers as it were.

[@Gudebrothers]

@@mikethebloodthirsty says every drummer with utmost humility. LOL

[@ricklocke1187]

U2 💙💙💙

[@CarSVernon]

This is insane lol. Bono derangement syndrome. Imagine taking away the amount of work Bono did for this band just because you desperately want a drummer to be an imaginary lead. Also the way you said it is soooo obnoxious, Bono really brings out the hate in the worst people. Only band where chief songwriter doesn't mean dick because derangement syndrome. Funny how everything musical is not Bono but everything you hate is. Reminder that Larry had a say in where the taxes were moved too, lmao.

[@davidmsirois]

If I found out right now The Edge has actually been Gary Oldman this whole time preparing for a role as a rock legend... I'd believe it.

[@ashleydixon4613]

Yep! For decades it’s really been Gary Oldman! 😂

[@anthonysclafani3963]

this is the most I've ever heard Larry talk lol

[@e.r.schuster4319]

Cripes! That summary description covers the Welsh side of my lineage. It also goes a long way to explaining my abiding fascination with Ireland. My rugby club made a tour of Limerick, Galway, and Dublin many years ago. I recall getting quite choked up as I sensed the landing gear lift off at the Dublin airport and retract into the fuselage as the many, many shades of green below receded beneath us. It was a supremely sublime moment of sadness mixed with joy.

[@dublingirl1470]

The Edge has Welsh parents. I went to the primary school in Dublin that he went to (about 15 years after). There was a photo of him on the wall near an old desk with the school bell on it 😅

[@richm298]

U2 is sooo lucky to get to meet Conan!

[@oghash4912]

🤣🙏🏼

[@tutia3260]

I thought just the same

[@freebee8221]

In my country we call him a Golden God

[@facekidnoise]

You got that backwards, Conan got lucky to meet U2.

[@richm298]

@@facekidnoise Nope I believe I nailed that one. 😃

[@animaljustice7774]

My favorite band since 1983. Still never met them. I look forward to that day

[@pryan9892]

Same….Was lucky to meet Adam in London buying a Sandwich…gave me a good 10 mins of chat and joked that I’d bought his sandwich for him after telling him all the shows/countries I’d travelled to see him…top man

[@hookipaboy3412]

I became a huge fan of U2 when my best friend played War and the opening to Sunday Bloody Sunday came on and the rest is history! Aloha from Hawaii🤙🏽

[@blowinshtup6553]

29 years together in 2005......45 years in 2021. Kinda crazy.

[@cameronrobinsonart]

I can't believe they had 4 albums and most of a decade of experience before they became super famous. Definitely not overnight success but is probably why they are still relevant!

[@eweb4949]

Looking forward to the 50th in 2026!!!

[@ClassicLitCat]

Years ago we were walking through Vancouver’s Natobi Garden and we could hear U2 warming up and the experience was magical! ❤️

[@flemingcourt]

I would have puked having this trash spoil the serenity of this lovely garden.

[@leoray1234]

@@flemingcourt lol

[@bustabloodvessel5327]

@@flemingcourt 🤮🤮🤮

[@willisverynice]

Yeah because you were lucky enough to get out before they started playing lol!

[@aidanvanschaick886]

Awesome 👌 👏 👍 classiclitcat .

[@judydoyle1124]

Lovely how Conan addresses the non-solo performers

[@Losrandir]

He's not a jerk after all. :)

[@homeslice3964]

Tall poppy syndrome: The tall poppy syndrome is a cultural phenomenon in which people hold back, criticise, or sabotage those who have or are believed to have excessively high opinion of oneself or their importance - "cutting down the tall poppy". It describes a draw towards humility.

[@BrianNIL]

The irony of a guy as egotistical as "Bono" saying this about a guy as self-deprecating as Conan

[@caliden]

@@BrianNIL There can only be one tall poppy - Bono

[@LittleJohnaton]

Calls himself Irish, doesnt know tall poppy syndrome. love Conan though!!

[@nickrich56]

@@LittleJohnaton according to Finding Your Roots on PBS he's 100% Irish!

[@MarkTarmannPianoCheck_it_out]

@@nickrich56 except for the 99% part that shaped his personality, growing up in America I'm 100% Austrian, and don't act a fokkin thing like my cousins in the hills of Oberösterreich. Don't sound like em, don't dress like em, don't THINK like them Even after having moved to Germany 2o years ago and learnt german pretty well, i haven't a bloody clue what they mean when they say " einen Stein aus dem Herzen sagen" Maybe you can tell me? "saying a stone from heart". if you wasnt born AND raised up there YOU AINT IRISh or Austrian or American. I'm not Austrian, and Conan is not Irish.

[@waywardmind]

Differences between Americans and Irish at 5:47

[@thegravellesstraveled2320]

Thanks

[@Slenderirl]

Well Irish from Dublin to be exact

[@gerrywhelan5761]

6:17 on!😎.

[@lilalila213]

From 🇧🇷 here! U2 being one of my dearest bands ever! Thank you U2!

[@bobot1981]

No one puts the awkwaed unease into an interview like Conan! Go Conan!

[@sheteg1]

Graham Norton is really the best chat show. No one is awkward on that show, including U2.

[@andyigwe7119]

@@sheteg1 lol! I actually came here to make exactly this same statement. This was so awkward, I don't know who is to blame U2 or Conan. But on Graham Norton everyone has a good time

[@mikegray8776]

@@andyigwe7119 Trust me - it’s all Conan. He still thinks (1) he’s Irish, and (2) he’s really sharp. 0 from 2 is not a great average. Norton really IS Irish …. And it shows.

[@ld2588]

It was cringe. Not to mention he just talks too much, biggest mistake of interviewer.

[@ld2588]

Oprah is a legend of an interviewer. She gets to the shit, doesn't talk too much or say awkward things, ,doesn't ask dumb questions.

[@kellyb1420]

God I love these boys! Loved U2 ever since my 1st time I ever heard them. My babysitter played a record for me when I was about 11 or 12 years old, in her bedroom. I’m Not sure if it’s because I’m Irish ☘️ or not? 🤔 But NO OTHER BAND has ever done that to me before? I’ve heard many songs from all kinds of different styles of music and different genres of music. Like I can remember The Rolling Stones? But hell if I’d remember where the heck I was when I heard there music play for the 1st time. But U2 reached down inside of my SOUL and forever changed me. U2 is the only band where I can remember the exact time and place I was at and how old I was when something changed in me forever. Becoming a loyal fan from that day foreword. For a life time. ❤️☘️❤️

[@majatadic549]

I was in the living room of my grandmother's house. "With or without you" was playing on MTV and I was 10 🥰😊😊

[@andrewferguson8032]

I grew up in California and had the same experience as you in the mid 80s. I don’t think it has as much to do with you being Irish as them somehow being able to speak to us through their music

[@yvonnemulder9038]

Fan sinterklaas 1980

[@yvonnemulder9038]

Since

[@azynkron]

@@yvonnemulder9038 You know you can edit, right? Jesus

[@DJ-bj8ku]

Love U2. Love Ireland.

[@litgamer6205]

Bono is such a captivating story teller, I could sit idle on a upturned rock and listen to his laments and teachings for hours through the expression in song, similar to a sermon at the mount of olives. Probably the most charismatic speaker since the Lord himself

[@S5Dic09]

NO is not, it seems sort of fake, watch Fred durst or Marilyn Manson and you get real

[@TheLastWordWithBob]

You should read his new memoir, “Surrender: 40 songs, one story”… or better yet, get the audiobook, he reads it to you.

[@a.w.6288]

@@TheLastWordWithBob it’s an amazing book. Really feels like you’re sitting with Bono having a chat.

[@beachboys3326]

​@@S5Dic09 Nonsense

[@Kristian-vb5dk]

Each to his own I guess. May be it is just this interview (I don't know them well), but Bono seems more like boring and not really charismatic. Granted that I'm not in a target audience, since I'm not a U2 fan.

[@WrecklessNick]

“Well you’re not coming back” 😅

[@PCG1970]

No kidding. That was a dreadfully painful interview. Thinking Bono doesn’t like Conan much.

[@johnmacleod2487]

@@PCG1970 I'm guessing it wasn't personal dislike of Conan, more a general dislike of these 'interviews'. Record company probably insisted that they do it

[@dangermouse6687]

​@@johnmacleod2487what? Bono has a dislike of talking? Surely not 😂😂

[@johnmacleod2487]

@@dangermouse6687 Reading a prepared script is different from having a conversation with a stranger

[@dangermouse6687]

@johnmacleod2487 answering questions shouldn't be a chore. Having a conversation shouldn't be a chore. Especially as that's how most artistes promote albums etc. Bono's problem is lack of personality and it's easier to read from a sheet of paper words that have probably been written by somebody else anyway.

[@DanielBoonelight]

wow. i had no idea that the only thing good about this interview was gonna be conan furiously trying to keep the whole thing on life support. good gracious.

[@theindiediary5950]

Yeah bono seemed to not want to participate at all. Which is weird cos he usually never shuts up.

[@foamrob6577]

Agreed. I wanted to yell LIGHTEN UP!! My God what a stick in the mud they are

[@Miamiborne1969]

Nah it was crappy interview

[@PiratesAndCowboys]

hes so unfunny

[@InTheOuter]

Perfectly said. He thinks he's wittier than he actually is. He's a whiny jerk and clealry irritating the guests with a terrible attempt at humor. How did he last that long.

[@U2FanSanFran]

HTDAAB is an underrated album. Not my favorite but I love Vertigo, City of Blinding Lights, All because of You and Sometimes You can’t make it on your own. U2 had to keep reinventing themselves thru the years to keep with the times, I seen them 109 times all over the world, including 7 shows in the 2019 Joshua Tree tour in Australia and Singapore. Greatest band on earth today!

[@animaljustice7774]

Yahweh is a great song

[@darrello9478]

Good band but to name an album "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb" is kinda lame.

[@JamesKovacic]

@@darrello9478 I believe the title was a reference to the Iraq war and the band’s stance against it

[@darrello9478]

@@JamesKovacic It turned out Iraq didnt have nukes and that the US government knew that before the invasion in 2003. All about the money.

[@tominrochester]

The album won 9 grammies, sold 10 million copies and was number one in 30 countries. Yes- "underrated" 😂😂😂

[@leonboyd1973]

It is quite amazing that the 'other three guys' of U2 are better at these interviews than Bono, although he is like their unofficial spokesman

[@jimbarrofficial]

I've always like Adam's interviews. He seems like a funny bloke.

[@LittleLulubee]

I’ve seen Bono be well-spoken and charming many times. Here he just seems kinda cranky, bored or tired. It surprised me.

[@mikegray8776]

Prolonged exposure to Bob Geldof can do that to you. When a pretty average singer decides he is now the moral voice of a generation - the vacuous b*llocks is not long in coming.

[@MeneerHerculePoirot]

@@mikegray8776 Underrated comment. After a while I started to hate Geldof.

[@imedi]

Rest of them prefer the laid back life style read an account a few years ago of I guy who gave a ride to this man who's car had broken down in the west of Ireland Not knowing who he was they got talking and he asked him what he did for a living he told him he played in a band . They wished each other good luck on reaching the nearest town .. Thought nothing of it until a few months later he saw the guy on tv turned out it was the edge ..

[@benadams1661]

I Love Bono, even after reaching stratospheric heights and being called the biggest rock group of all time he remains very humble, U2 Rock ✌

[@andyroghi]

absolutelry right

[@rodroller6634]

I still remember listening to my cassette copy of Boy back in 81. I loved this album, A Day Without Me was the first song Of theirs I fell in love with. But, I never, ever, thought there was any way they would be mainstream. Slightly off.

[@scottlucidi6476]

starting a landslide in my ego ....

[@Okcyclist]

@@scottlucidi6476 To the world I left behind

[@willisverynice]

You were more off for thinking they were good 🙃

[@mariekenny4193]

Tall Poppy syndrome so common in Australian culture too. We actually call it that as well

[@IDMD8]

Loved the “Fat U2” period in the band’s history

[@miguelrivera9599]

Best period ever

[@wernermoritz882]

I especially liked the album „Eating a blood red pie“.

[@IDMD8]

Don’t forget The Joshua Brie, (Soda) Pop, No Lime on the Horizon

[@wernermoritz882]

@@IDMD8 If you think about it the fat period lastet pretty long from their debut „Soy“ to „Songs of eggs, peas & onions“.

[@IDMD8]

@@wernermoritz882 Yeah, I agree - actually it’s been one long fat period. I think the album “Apple and Yum” is very under appreciated and still love to listen to “The Undigestible Fry(er)” and “ How to Digest a Gastronomic Gum”

[@josiecameron3395]

All of my favorite Irish Men together! 💚

[@newstreetbridge834]

Let’s remember how hard it must be to be at the top for so long. 🇨🇮

[@jaqian]

Dude wrong flag lol 🇮🇪

[@1irishshark]

@@jaqian thank you

[@kevina2052]

Original air date of 10/06/05... Wow. Thanks for making me feel old😆

[@kristn6513]

Me, as well! Boy I still haven't found what I'm looking for✌️💙

[@KOB923]

I had to look up "tall puppy syndrome," only to find out it's actually "tall poppy syndrome".

[@conandoobrien8605]

does that mean he is tall and kinda goofy? lol

[@tylarjackson7928]

Can you save me a google search and tell me what it is?

[@maddyg3208]

@@tylarjackson7928It's the targetting/cutting down of anyone who is more famous, important, prestigious, richer etc than everyone else. If a poppy is taller than the other poppies it will be the first to be cut. Even though U2 are Irish, it's either an English English expression or a Commonwealth English one (definitely used in Australia a lot)

[@veronicadredd22]

@@maddyg3208 Ireland is not in the Commonwealth kind of kicked us out when we became a republic

[@BC99]

The Irish don't care for tall puppies either. Puppies shouldn't put on airs.

[@col.231]

You guys rule, allowing Conan O'Brien to interview you was very generous. Keep producing great work and please no need to enter these shows.

[@carlostejada1479]

Conan brought U2 and then he made a monologue.

[@rodneykingston6420]

2005 doesn't seem that long ago, but then, he holds up a CD and says "Now in stores."

[@JamesKovacic]

Stores and CDs are still around, they’re just not required anymore

[@JaQuicker]

No one can knock you down a peg quite like the Irish

[@alonzomosley7]

The Irish are well balanced ,they have a chip on both shoulders.God help you if you are English.

[@jamesfitzgerald6636]

Don’t a have a chip on the shoulder MATE!

[@charlotte4959]

I did have two chips but then I got hungry

[@mrmrspettersson8205]

Sadly.

[@percyqshun3928]

Sell out their countrymens next rebellion for a hooker and a bottle....and live elsewhere to avoid tax bills.

[@mikesblack55]

Bono and U2 inspire me to do great things. Ireland is pure magic. A place to escape, a place to forget.”

[@ktkee7161]

Ireland never forgets anything.

[@willisverynice]

Yeah they inspire me to do great things the way true crime shows inspire me to be safe.

[@blackporscheroadster6415]

Ireland is a miserable crap hole, with self-absorbed people who think they are far better than what they are.

[@beatereich5466]

Still.....I love U2 so so much!! 😃😃😃💜 Hello from Austria.

[@midmichiganguy6536]

I'm a 34 year old half Irish American, and these guys are great! I would love to visit Ireland someday, it's on the bucket list.

[@michealbrennan3767]

Visit your Ancestors Land And You Will Realise Why It's Magical Like No Other Place Inn The World. Tour All Ireland

[@leonardmcdermott7703]

Come visit...The Irish are are very warm race, you will be warmly welcomed.

[@praisethelordpig1212]

@@michealbrennan3767 I’ve visited Scotland and Ireland and would say both are equal both beautiful places with friendly people

[@fatimabarrocas5442]

I'm not Irish, but I like U2... There are things that never die.

[@casteretpollux]

A very clever set up of Bono by the band and interviewer- nice one.

[@kristn6513]

Team Coco every day in every way ✌️💙Conan

[@effdonahue6595]

Koo koo for Coco Puffs!!! 🤪🤡

[@ricklocke1187]

Yes Irish people are pretty hard on them in Australia we call the tall poppy syndrome Don’t get above your station 💙💙

[@omegajrz1269]

I imagine you guys in Australia don't have that problem with ACDC or Nick Cave?

[@raulreyna3470]

I always loved there song's now that is real music God bless you U2 keep on going

[@sbuttonblossom9286]

Thank goodness some appreciation. So much hate and misunderstood.

[@chad7081]

@@sbuttonblossom9286a lot of undeserved hate

[@frankcastle5294]

Someday I'm going to get that guy. If you've ever been to Ireland, you'll know that comment sums up their mentality and logic, to a T. Love it.

[@WhizMitchell]

Bono with the mullet look on that pic lol.

[@LithembaMagadhi-vu6ks]

Conan O'Brien is lucky to have got to meet U2

[@joewhelan5018]

Bono's silence on Gaza is deafening

[@peateargriffin7593]

They seem like they dont want to be there. Especially Bon

[@RazorMouth]

If they didn't they wouldn't, they're U2. You're imagining it, maybe the lighting in the studio was a bit much.

[@songasa9913]

The Lemon/mirror ball he's referring to was on the POP tour. They apologized after the tour for the gimmicks. Personally I thought the show was great though.

[@MrAndyCarrol]

The band are still proud of Popmart. It was a great show.

[@m2aa130]

I hear the Lemon and think about the Spinal Tap moment Bono was trapped inside.

[@KOSMICKEN09]

Incredible show best concert I ever saw

[@sagatuppercut2960]

I've never heard Larry speak during a band interview until today.

[@jwizzle15678]

Bono and the edge tried to keep it that way too lol

[@SyedAhmed-rq7yj]

Try seeing their interview with Kimmel

[@marks.3303]

He's definitely got the body language of a shy person. He's probably happy that the others take the pressure off him to talk in interviews.

[@jasonwood3377]

He is shy but at the same time he can be very cutting, he doesn’t suffer fools gladly does Larry

[@c.tes9009]

He’s the best one

[@enriquemoon]

Larry's a vampire. Has not aged at all

[@marthmfn9707]

They're absolutely fabulous all four of them. I'd Mary all four given the opportunity 👍

[@juli-annb.anderson8816]

Yeah!! We have 'the tall poppy syndrome' in Australia as well. It's an attitude of .... "ok! You've done well ... just don't grand stand with us, or we will ground you."😂

[@mrmrspettersson8205]

As an American living in Dublin I can say that this "tall poppy syndrome" is really bad here. It's sad when they won't appreciate some of the most talented people to come from there, or the great moderate weather or the great Healthcare and government. No talking about the beauty of Ireland's great myths or touristed places. They put everything they own down. No fireworks or applause when they get a new leader and no idea what to say when complimented. It's sad because it comes from hundreds of years of being told they were less than by England. Its like they really believe they are less and hate being told they're actually fantastic. They don't see it though. Buy maybe one day they'll fight it off better.

[@oddunb6190]

We are a nation of belittling our own successful people It’s like a religion No harm meant, it’s just how we are

[@tomgallagher7870]

Its not we dont appreciate our famous people we do.but lets be honest people like bono bring it on themselves.a spokesman for world peace?a spokesman for the poor in africa?if u seen the corruption on our govrnments over the last 30 years the only fireworks would be to the building itself.believe me the view from the outside u see when u see saoirse ronan and bono chatting away on tv about ireland and how great it is and the tayto and tea they miss is miles from real life.we get on with our lives here same as everyone else we just dont do jigs and kiss the blarney stone every day.👍

[@ciaranosullivan9352]

True,, having lived over there, it's completely different to USA.where the opposite is (usually),the norm.

[@mrmrspettersson8205]

@@oddunb6190 but it does cause harm on eachother, maybe we should stop.. why keep it going once we know it's detrimental to the culture or individuals?

[@gerrywhelan5761]

Yes, I would imagine hundreds of years of been put down takes a few generations to recover from, like even in England not too long back there were signs on guest houses that read "No dogs or Irish allowed" I guess seen that, or known that that existed, wouldn't do much for one's self worth.

[@boodge.]

I want saw U2 when PJ Harvey open for them in Phoenix. I traded a big ass cookie that I was selling as a vendor for ticket stubs to the floor and gave them to all my friends I got like seven of them.

[@Msln-ju3xo]

These guys are quite amazing. Have a positive influence on people ...😇

[@bionikball75]

This is great. Miss old COCO

[@michaelgerhardt7130]

Yes while traveling through Ireland 🇮🇪 especially In Dublin, there was a lot more negativity about the Band than positive comments. Every tine I got into to a cab I asked about the band and they didn’t have anything positive to say.

[@quaggamac74]

thats mostly because they are sick of people frickin asking about them.

[@LittleLulubee]

What did they say?

[@muhammadhasanmasud6157]

Lol

[@jaqian]

Irish people can be very negative to those who make it big. Prophet is never recognised in their own home and all that

[@michaelgerhardt7130]

@@LittleLulubee They kept on Saying that Bono is a wanker and they though he was too big for his britches.

[@zainabnasir5571]

U2 Rock our world.

[@Guitaroverkill]

I remember watching Tom Snyder. He said U2 were going to be the next big thing. And they were.

[@martinclail9290]

Never heard the term tall poppy syndrome growing up in Ireland, in Cavan we always used the term 'Up his own hole'.

[@mrmrspettersson8205]

No one is up his own hole more than the one who hates every successful person

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

Notions!

[@dianesaienni5466]

I saw that Tom Synder show with them on it!! It was very cool.

[@beowulf5106]

That was insane that Bono was gonna be a guitarist then a manager. I can't help but wondering who was the singer originally, maybe Edge?

[@jamesizjazzplace6160]

It was the Edge actually. :)

[@fergtobin9258]

@@jamesizjazzplace6160 Aye. Edge is a wrestler :-)

[@squamish4244]

The Irish mentality is sadness mixed with sadness, topped off with sadness and given to a sad person :/

[@forrestwright5981]

Love it!

[@saraswatisky3119]

Lol

[@seamslatasha3598]

Sounds like a Korean mentality.

[@m.forrestal5893]

Rubbish!

[@paulflynn9527]

Are you Irish?

[@Sue906]

The best band ever ❤

[@bono9235]

Hello Sue S, How're you doing, it's been a long journey, and I'm nothing without amazing fans like you who appreciate my musical craftiness, All love to you and yours ❤️

[@BrentWigginsWords]

Me: Have a great day, Conan! Conan: U2!

[@stefanreiman3527]

U2 always great

[@gaylesallee9635]

love this Band!!

[@kathleenhandron3092]

Irish have internalized the denigration by the English and identified with the aggressor by being so hard on each other. I grew up with this as a child of Irish immigrants.

[@thomsboys77]

Lmao, this mentality exists everywhere including England. Shut up, yank

[@omegajrz1269]

The English denigrate everyone.

[@themichael3105]

Bono's young pic looks just like his son. (singer of the band Inhaler)

[@blackporscheroadster6415]

Who would have thought that. His son looking like him at his age? It's an incredible coincidence, so it is.

[@Ruah236]

You do really have to create humour and Bono shows us in style that hes very good at doing it, they all are. Keeping the sense of humour going in the band is so great, its the lifeline

[@vjr5261]

Now I want to watch the rest.

[@MrAdrianloera]

I wish they would make an album with Danger Mouse

[@cegr76]

Or Penfold.

[@gmar7836]

Seriously? They won’t

[@hwcanotabot]

Songs of Innocence was recorded with Danger Mouse.

[@BarbaraAntoinetteVeronica]

Jethro Tull on now. I'm part Scottish, too. I love all different band of Great Britain including The Darkness. Musical artistry not politics is my passion.

[@gurudru1977]

how to dismantle an atomic bomb - their last album that was actually good

[@blackporscheroadster6415]

NLOH was an underrated album. Some great songs in there.

[@KOSMICKEN09]

I like every album - some more than others but they've been such a huge influence on me

[@stereotypea123]

Love that Bono is repping Patti Smith

[@McGrogansSchool]

Conan rocks!!

[@Miketheneck]

Awesome talented band ,great bunch of guys . 👍

[@ThisWeekInThe80s]

U2 is my favorite band of all time. I've seen them live 17 times, Joshua Tree to Joshua Tree. Nothing makes me happier. I'm dedicating my life to meeting Bono and shaking his hand to say thanks. No luck yet though.

[@Raulacho]

Im a airline employee in Santiago airport, Chile. And I did your dream my friend. I received U2 aircraft at the gate. Bono showed up at the door. I said "welcome to Chile " and he replied "thank you my friend " ...we've shaken hands for a few seconds and it was awesome.

[@ThisWeekInThe80s]

@@Raulacho That would basically change my life. I'm almost 49. I've been listening to U2 since I was 10. The sun rising in the East and me singing a U2 song are the only two constants in my existence! To just shake his hand and say thank you would be the great thing that has ever happened to me. Awesome story, amigo!

[@baronfyrewhine]

@@ThisWeekInThe80s That is just, SAD.

[@ThisWeekInThe80s]

@@baronfyrewhine What is sad?

[@andyhamilton8940]

And he would proably wipe his shake hand on his pants after you walked away.

[@Bananas7575]

The best Conan's photo: Joshua Tree and four U2 fat guys in front of it.😂😂😂👍🏻

[@joseapsantos3633]

Boa noite, uma das melhores bandas de rock do mundo. Adorei o vídeo.

[@stormin300]

Love the way the rest of the band have to pretend that they've never heard Bono's House on the hill story!

[@jakuburban6289]

Not an easy band to interview

[@goldenhourkodak]

That's because there artists and not comedians or actors

[@artlover1477]

Well, Bono loves the sound of his voice. The other guys I think would prefer to let their music do the talking.

[@blackporscheroadster6415]

@@goldenhourkodak They're artists, not there.

[@blackporscheroadster6415]

@@artlover1477 They wouldn't be there without Bono and his voice.

[@KOSMICKEN09]

Bono is funny and he looks 😎 cool here I think - I Love the fly shades

[@knowerzark]

So that’s we’re we Australians got it from. A lot of us are of Irish descent, and we have a very healthy disregard for ‘those of the highfalutin variety’.

[@javix2013]

Full HD in 2005 ?

[@angelbyshaggy]

Bonobos, Thedge, Adam Clay Two-Thousand Pounds, and Larry Mullen Sr.'s son looking good

[@EpicBeard815]

Wait is this an episode of blue turtling?

[@angelbyshaggy]

@@EpicBeard815 ACHTUNG bebe

[@maalbe987]

Is this an episode of Great Comments?

[@TomTom-kv5nf]

Bono has always taken himself a bit too seriously, but maybe you need that to be a frontman. Nice to see the hierarchy in the lineup, including Bono on his own chair and the rest on a sofa.

[@imedi]

Actually if you listen enough to him you find he's completely the opposite to someone who takes himself seriously

[@goldenhourkodak]

@@imedi Yeah, U2 have entire albums about not taking yourself seriously and being self aware/ironic about it all

[@willmcconnell7233]

So many people don't get the Irish sense of humour, most of the time Bono is actually being sarcastic but people take him literally

[@goldenhourkodak]

@@willmcconnell7233 Americans need a very standard easy to understand humour or else they get confused

[@blackporscheroadster6415]

@@goldenhourkodak They don't understand or 'get' irony.

[@natevm7888]

I've watched all the late night talk show hosts from Carson To today with the JimmysAnd nobody can touch Conan as far as his quick wit And best interviews With his guests

[@BarbaraAntoinetteVeronica]

This band is so good & generous, too to charities I heard. What's the issue? And now I hear from this interview, they are funny. I'm part Irish & we like to make people laugh & have fun.

[@calanthiarose]

The thing is I love Conan. He's a nice guy. Truly. He just is mean in a clueless uncomfortable way at times. U2 is well....Bon Jovi is my favorite band. But! U2 is more than a mere band to me. They are a religious experience. It's taken GOD and U2 to get me though my mothers death. It's been almost 16 months and I'm still pretty wrecked. Barely listened to BJ at all no offense but if I don't listen to U2 for a couple hours a day minimum I cannot deal.

[@sweetcaroline2060]

When I first heard of them, I thought "Bono"? Sonny Bono? 😂🤣😅I loved him too. 😢 rip, Sonny.

[@davecostello560]

When I first heard of them, I thought 'Larry's band?' as in Fat Larry? I thought Zoom was a pretty good tune, the whole wide world went zoom. Very good prediction for 2020.

[@derekmatzek9551]

I don’t care what anyone says, I still freakin’ love this band! I love the story Dan Castellaneta told about them when they guest started on The Simpsons

[@derekmatzek9551]

Link to the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6CTeZmYf9uDe7c

[@freebee8221]

U2 is underrated for sure. They are a great band with a lot of very good songs. "These are the hands that build america"from the scorcese movie gangs of new York is an awesome song.

[@derekmatzek9551]

@@freebee8221 hell yeah my dude!

[@alukuhito]

Music should be about what you like not what others say. For me, I think they were great up until the Joshua Tree, then sucked. I just can't listen to them anymore other than some of the 80s stuff once in a while.

[@derekmatzek9551]

@@alukuhito yeah, in a weird way they are kinda like Metallica in that they peaked with their 80’s material, also both of their third albums are my favorites by them, War and Master of Puppets

[@owenedwards5778]

It seems clear to me that both Bono and Conan were a bit "put off" by each other.

[@LittleLulubee]

Yeah, Bono seems annoyed. Maybe something happened backstage before the interview.

[@christinec7892]

I think Conan was trying hard to include the other members in the interview 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@NuclearDeathWalk]

Conan just sucks at interviewing people, always has. He over talks them, he talks way too much, and he always manages to take what his guests say and turn it back to himself.

[@NytronX]

Those sunglasses are from the year 2467

[@debblanch5977]

We have the tall poppy syndrome in Australia too.

[@sadhbh4652]

Do people think it's cool that Margot Robbie and the Hemsworths are successful, or do they go "ahhh those pricks"?

[@ianbrewer4843]

Good clip

[@mundokool9215]

Not Conan's best interview..U2 is such an amazing band.

[@ctb3078]

What is the point of inviting them if you do not let them speak or have crap conversations ?

[@NuclearDeathWalk]

Welcome to the world of Conan. He thought that a talk-show host was supposed to always talk.

[@f.murphy8340]

If you strung together all of the "Ahh's" in Conan's career...

[@gregdahlen4375]

ah-choo