U2 - The Fly (Official Music Video)

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Lyrics:
It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky
It's no secret that our world is in darkness tonight.
They say the sun is sometimes eclipsed by the moon
Y' know I don't see you when she walks in the room.
It's no secret that a friend is someone who lets you help.
It's no secret that a liar won't believe anyone else.
They say a secret is something you tell one other person
So I'm telling you, child.
Voice 1 Voice 2
A man will beg Love, we shine like a
A man will crawl Burning star
On the sheer face of love We're falling from
Like a fly on a wall The sky... tonight
It's no secret at all
It's no secret that a conscience can sometimes be a pest.
It's no secret ambition bites the nails of success.
Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief;
All kill their inspiration and sing about the grief.
Voice 1 Voice 2
A man will rise Love, we shine like a
A man will fall Burning star
From the sheer face of love We're falling from
like a fly from a wall. The sky... tonight
It's no secret at all.
Love, we shine like a burning star
We're falling from the sky tonight
Voice 1 Voice 2
A man will rise Love, we shine like a
A man will fall Burning star
From the sheer face of love We're falling from
like a fly from a wall. The sky... tonight
It's no secret at all.
It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky
The universe exploding 'cos-a one man's lie.
Look I gotta go, yeah, I'm running outta change;
There's a lot of things if I could I'd rearrange.

[@artlover4668]

I don't think anyone can fully understand how radical and revolutionary this album was in 1991. When I first heard the opening riffs of "The Fly" on the radio, I was like thinking......is this "f"ing U2????? You can dislike Bono all you want, but admit, his Fly persona was pure genius

[@ipiap]

It feels much more radical and revolutionary now. But nobody is listening.

[@Io-Io-Io]

Bono is one of the greats. That's just a fact. To say otherwise is just the expression of envy and resentment

[@ericn1450]

I think the album is really good but revolutionary it is not. I mean the dance elements are straight Up Happy Mondays rips per the Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches album.

[@tommyz9910]

It was pure fun!

[@iliasmess]

Exactly. The opening riff from this is so satisfying and shows a group so much more mature than Rattle and Hum, willing to explore new paths but always influenced by the giants before them... Bowie, Zeppelin ( Edge's pants pay homage to Page's dragon suit here) are stronger influences than ever on this one. Colossal album, cannot be topped

[@gmr7494]

U2 in its absolute creative prime. Achtung Baby was their greatest album ever.

[@OberynTheRedViper]

Uh, what? It's great, but it doesn't top Joshua Tree.

[@kellethomas7808]

Best Album Hands Down!!!!

[@CIMAmotor]

@@OberynTheRedViper Rattle and Hum

[@kevinkeenan6078]

​@@OberynTheRedViperYour opinion...not mine.

[@Zontar82]

it does, in fact the anniversary edition with all the material and stuff was done for this album and not the joshua tree.@@OberynTheRedViper

[@miguelh4750]

The Edge's solo here is one of the most legendary ones at least from this time period

[@incredifall]

agree!

[@user-bt5xn2bo6p]

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[@11geosno]

there are so many better solos on achtung baby this is literally just playing a scale up and down lmao

[@victorgodoy7724]

We used to listen at the school breaks, in a brand new cdplayer, looking at the sky, in our small country, pretending to be The Edge. What a memory...

[@yellowjackboots2624]

​@@11geosnoit's not so much the notes that make it great, it's the bits in-between the notes. As he goes up the scale, the muted notes go down. The flange effect goes in the opposite direction of the riff melody. The judder of the delay... all of it. It's effortlessly brilliant

[@HMcQ7891]

How is _Achtung Baby_ 30 years old? Still feels like a new album.

[@hiwayman981]

Because it's F-ING AWESOME!!!

[@Pianoman999]

This was the time when Red Chili Peppers came out with Blood Sex Magick and Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty

[@AgfI50]

30 years?!?!? Holy bananas!

[@bensonhedges5471]

Cause they're ultra cool Rockstars!!

[@Idol2Idol]

I agree. I was born in 87 and I still think a lot of 90s stuff hasn't date.

[@johnharpur3010]

To jump from Joshua Tree/Rattle and Hum to this????One of Musics Greatest Reinventions.....Stunning!!!

[@kodanlikesmusic]

And then they got very experimental with Zooropa and Pop!

[@johnharpur3010]

@@kodanlikesmusic Yep...agree totally....i always stick Pop into the trio of Albums......would love to see them take chances like that again!!!

[@beccylikesmonkeys3270]

Must have been a pretty grand 'culture shock'

[@jonathandcallan]

But the timeframe .. within 18months going from cowboy hats to this 👏🏻

[@rodtaylor5476]

Then they completed the trilogy with Zooropa and Pop. I love how experimental they got in the 90's. It's my fave period of them.

[@aledmb]

this album is timeless... future generations will always listen to it like contemporary music.

[@SofaSleuthing]

My Dad worked at Bri-Line cars (in the beginning) and got to hang out with U2 while filming this video! He has a photo of him and Bono together!

[@laurakendalltarot9693]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@humzaahmed1759]

This is fucking genius. Most people don't, but I just connect with U2 on a whole different level and thank the gods for that.

[@coreyjasonprice5011]

Ain't that the truth,,, Ruth,,,,😅

[@pastamasta69]

Amen brother. Something in their sound has always hooked into my brain in a way that no other music quite manages. This whole album blew my fucking socks off and 30 years later it still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up

[@gengisdiaz]

The solo is PURE GOLD.

[@dukecleve4008]

Has Hendrix.... undertones

[@declanoneill1192]

Edge deserves a medal for it. It is single-handedly responsible for me learning to play guitar. 28 years after I first heard it, it still gives me shiver in those little transitions underneath "...falling from the..." when Bono's falsetto comes back in.

[@EmmaginationMiss]

The Edge one of the best guitar players

[@regponciano]

This has to be the most underrated guitar solo in rock history.

[@ellukitaa__6571]

T H I S

[@zeitesixx]

There are tons of better guitar solos than this one ,

[@regponciano]

@@zeitesixx I never said that this is the best guitar solo, pal, just the most underrated. Those are different concepts.

[@zeitesixx]

@@regponciano being that way, there are tons of much better underrated guitar solos than this one lol

[@regponciano]

@@zeitesixx great, go comment on the videos of those solos, then.

[@masswellwiley6688]

“You’ve made the best album of the 80s, what now?” (Makes the best album of the 90s).

[@ellukitaa__6571]

this

[@zackzallie8735]

Sometimes you gotta erase everything in order to remain consistent.

[@masswellwiley6688]

@@zackzallie8735 sometime four men need to tear down the Joshua Tree.

[@captpicard6894]

Achtung Baby was, is, and still remains U2’s best work, and their subsequent Zoo TV tour is arguably the best tour any band ever embarked on.

[@Zontar82]

agreed, pop mart tour come as close second, but the zoo tv tour with his personas, reference to 90's pop culture and the cold calls to the power that be (of the times)was the cherry on top that will never be replicated

[@coreyjasonprice5011]

Not arrfff ❤

[@SuperMikedoom]

Achtung Baby is a revolution of sound in music history. Best album ever

[@mikesweeney651]

Absolutely!!!!! Great album of all time!!!

[@opheliajade1986]

GREAT DESCRIPTION

[@jswjanjan]

Yep

[@marialuisamierespinosa8727]

Ok 👍🏼

[@dragmio]

Zooropa is better. Song for song.

[@kodanlikesmusic]

Zoo TV is probably one of the greatest tours U2 has ever done, if not THE greatest.

[@christopheranderson1968]

Definitely. Possibly the greatest tour ever.

[@kalterkakaozumfruhstuck1515]

Probably???

[@christopheranderson1968]

@@kalterkakaozumfruhstuck1515 🤣🤣 I think it is the greatest ever, irrespective of U2's tours. Nothing and no one else has ever staged something like that.

[@pault6599]

They were pioneers in technology and use of things like the b stage and video - those screens on the outdoor zoo shows were groundbreaking for the time - no led etc. Took massive numbers of trucks, power etc also. Just a great time to be a fan of theirs 😊

[@christopheranderson1968]

@@pault6599 I got the Zoo TV video release. I think it came out spring/summer 1994. I watched it everyday. It absolutely blew me away. It's never lost it's power on me.

[@JamesGore1547]

Happy 63rd to Bono, today on May 10th 2023! 🎉🎊🍾

[@AndyMogen]

My god this is still so incredible. Absolute chills

[@carloavagliano5724]

I’m back to this today omg powerful!!!

[@patriciaduharttz3405]

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[@vladrileynavilys]

:PPPP

[@user-bt5xn2bo6p]

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[@JasonBentleyJones]

It's a rehash of Sympathy for the devil. Listen to that beat.

[@rodtaylor5476]

One of the best reinventions in music history. These guys killed it in the 90's.

[@Nathan-gd7xq]

I reckon Achtung Baby saved their career. If they had put out another Rattle and Hum or The Joshua Tree, they would have been seen as a band stuck in the 80s and the fans would have dropped off. This album proved they were still relevant.

[@dean-marr]

I agree. Greatest reinvention

[@marcoantoniocardoso4728]

Until Nirvana comes....😅

[@chadredding2652]

@@Nathan-gd7xqAwesome take. I am not sure any group has been able to stay relevant with the changes as long as U2 has. The persistence of their work is amazing as is the continual evolution of their music.

[@mikeglazier5993]

​​@@marcoantoniocardoso4728Nirvana was a whole different beast and vibe. Nirvana didn't kill anything U2 was doing, they just pushed everyone to try harder and do better for a little bit during the early 90s. The good bands did their own thing and innovated their own way. This album sold 18 million copies dude, Nirvana didn't impact U2

[@lLostGems]

Achtung Baby will forever be one of my favourite albums

[@rodtaylor5476]

It's easily my fave U2 album. The songs and production are just out of this world.

[@tobiasw.3212]

Best U2 Album!

[@vanillacaffelatte]

It's my fav

[@kennymocivnik6408]

It is my favorite album.

[@vordman]

It's their Sgt Pepper

[@user-do5sh3zv3v]

U2 + Brian Eno = Genius

[@bernicerogers2383]

Dave Evans aka The Edge really stands out in this band IMO.

[@hasinurrahman4119]

Edge's solo is electrifying !!

[@josevela7868]

Beyond!!!!! No Words

[@Thenosferatu1900]

best guitar solo ever. goosebumps.

[@Boric78]

Always thought that - glad I am not alone.

[@avalonjustin]

Good-looking guy too. I'm jealous.

[@luismateus5280]

2 minutes of bliss!

[@Libertin101]

...30 years ago . It sounds ahead of its time in 2021. Masterpiece.

[@nathairysjaimez733]

Yes. 1973 also

[@deshunsmith2580]

Yes sir , very much agree.

[@sharronfoxx69]

💯💯

[@southerncross86]

Ahead of its time in 2022

[@giancarlocerza9159]

agree; sounds like today;

[@stephenmorris9382]

The solo in this just soars. Beautiful.

[@Lawnboyspost1975TheHomeOfDave]

That opening riff and Bono's whisper still sends shivers down my spine 30 odd years later. Best song, best album, best band!

[@IHateThisHandleSystem]

It's not secret... that this album is one of the best.

[@SpiritualGangs]

para mi es La mejor Creativa y ruda!!! zoo

[@CoboProdz]

It’s when I stopped listening to them. Terrible

[@vaderfett3229]

The 90s was THE time to be a teenager.... and I was there!

[@Countravendark]

Me too and i am fucking happy about that🤘😬

[@15081972able]

Being a teenager in both 80’s and 90’s I can say 80’s way better

[@kingpolo8690]

It may happen again.never give up hope.i was a teen throughout the 90's.yes agreed,best fockiN times of mY life,so was the 80'sand early 2000's.lifes what we make of it.Always remember that we can always bring back those days,even we can make even more magical Kuz we fockiN lived it.LONG LIVE THE 90'S WOOHOO!!!!! ROCK N ROLL BABY!

[@hazor777]

Nope , 80’s was far better in every way

[@lactosalldaindustriadoleit8240]

Meeeeeee tooooooo💣

[@edsonnavarrus7379]

These were my nights in Vienna, walking through all its centers, enjoying the ultra-gothic pop life, the peak towards the apocalypse, preparing to put on the master fly and endure until the end. The dark black of the 90s has one of its anthems here.

[@jjwankenobi]

One year prior to this single, U2 hinted at their new direction when their cover of Cole Poter's "Night + Day" was released (from the AIDS benefit compilation album "Red, Hot and Blue"). Watch the video and listen to the song: it's a fascinating collision of post-Rattle And Hum era U2 set to a pre-Achtung Baby sonic landscape. When welding-goggle wearing Bono appeared I was personally blindsided by how much fun they seemed to be finally having. Gone were the poe-faced, waist coat and Stetson-wearing Irish dudes homaging American music. Replaced by a slick, Euro-clad, version of the band that embraced exotic sounds of the alternative industrial scene while heralding the electronic soundscape to come.

[@Crisis.Knight]

I was waiting that too, but it seems that they skip it.

[@marvinm.messier1120]

Very insightful - I 100% agree

[@AnthonyBethell]

God Part II on Rattle & Hum was the precursor to Night & Day/Achtung Baby reinvention imho

[@greg.murphy]

Bono said Achtung Baby went in God Part II's direction just before the album was released.

[@Mujcanal]

Agree, great song

[@KellyEddingtonWatercolors]

Eternal favorite. I remember exactly where I was the first time I saw and heard this: grad school dorm room, watching on a tiny TV set with a 2-inch speaker that somehow managed to relay this song's greatness.

[@u2Pritch]

Yes, me too. My parents' lounge TV on Top of the Pops. They weren't overly impressed and I was gobsnacked, wondering what had just happened to my 80s band!

[@beltran954]

I was a junior in high school...that whole album was my anthem

[@huskypoop4917]

i wos just about to go out on my motorbike when this came on MTV blew me away

[@tappetisonori]

Me too...

[@andysearle4457]

I remember Simon Mayo had the first play in the UK on his Radio 1 breakfast show. I think he played it twice!! As a long time U2 fan by then I just thought "Wow", they are back - even if they never really went away! Edge's guitar solo in this is one of the best of all time as well.

[@Rachael121]

So ahead of it's time it's unreal

[@Light__Bringer]

I just like the part when he hits the high notes.

[@isragrande]

This is the quintessential cyberpunk song.

[@okosbokos1491]

Every great band has a great guitarist and every great guitarist has a recognizable sound This is it

[@CM-zj5ys]

One of the best guitar solos of all time

[@sfonylx]

Their best song.

[@wexfordfour6790]

This is the best looking remastered video yet. I've been waiting for the Achtung era...

[@TheFireline]

I liked the extreme change from Rattle & hum to Achtung Baby!

[@mkl62]

This hit from U2 was the 442nd #1 song of the Rock Era in the United Kingdom. We prepare to say goodbye to 1991 and prepare to welcome in 1992. What will the music scene be like in the UK in the upcoming year? Stay tuned.

[@korkyrougewhite864]

Might have said it before but…. The harmonies, guitar, bass n drums - it’s no secret 1991 what a year x

[@mahendrakarunaratne4788]

The guitar solo in the middle is The Edge's finest. Brilliant.

[@peterhayabusa]

Echoes trough my heart troughout the universe

[@joncoish]

Agree!

[@joncoish]

One of the best solos of anyone!

[@BrendanMacWade]

It's either this or Acrobat, right?

[@biff0101]

The Bass Line is just hammering away in this classic!

[@robertwuster5102]

This is U2's all time best song

[@STREET_ARTISTS]

Can we talk about THAT guitar solo?

[@markkehoe1556]

Probably the most underrated guitar solo of all time..IRISH MARK.🍻🍻

[@williammelville729]

The opening guitar riff 23 seconds in still gives me chills everytime!

[@darrenbarone3200]

It was a shock to see this back in 1991. U2 came out of their cowboy style from the late 80s to this. It was like a caterpillar turning into a beautiful butterfly or should i say A FLY!

[@TheMuzfly]

I was already a U2 fan. Heard this half way in someone's car with good speakers. Others were speaking in the car; I wasn't listening to them; just thinking "Who the fuck is this? This is amazing..."

[@user-ez2qd3gu5v]

This album is a ripoff pretty hate machine album

[@ed4253]

@@user-ez2qd3gu5v Yes, One sounds alot like NIN lol

[@Zontar82]

best album ever, best u2 period ever

[@rockdoublard]

Ah, that guitar solo... 💚💙💜

[@wreckim]

The most underrated U2 song of them all. Hypnotic as hell.

[@deplorableaussie6749]

110% undisputed fact

[@BigGirlsReallyDoCry]

You win

[@clintaustin2817]

For me, this album stands head and shoulders above all others. Never gets old no matter how many times I have listened to it.

[@jasonturpin5899]

Like a fly on the wall ..its no secret at all

[@johncohle8331]

Timeless

[@rockdoublard]

Along with TJT, I'd say. I hv both. 🙂

[@user-rr2pv8sq5g]

Album of my life. Every single track.

[@mikeglazier5993]

​@@user-rr2pv8sq5gevery track is it's own animal, and something we had never really heard before. I remember the first time I heard the fly it blew my mind. I was never a U2 fan before that and I remember feeling so conflicted because they seemed annoying to a young teen me until that moment. Brilliant album and no mystery why it sold 18 million copies

[@deplorableaussie6749]

Unworldly music. Fucking futuristic. 33 yrs later , still ahead of its time.

[@sharpthingsinspace9721]

THE SPHERE!!!! Las Vegas be there !!!!!!!

[@ninajoao1504]

14.10.23 aus München, viva U2.

[@wayneoconnor7552]

Still one of their most amazing albums and still a regular player for me..

[@sniper161718]

Closest they came to touching the Joshua Tree

[@mikeglazier5993]

​@@sniper161718way different vibe, but they reached hard and we're definitely pushing the envelope on originality. A true work of art in an era when so many bands were pushing the envelope. I really miss that time, music was really so good, exciting and everyone was doing their own thing in the early 90s. Then the industry pushed copy cats on us and killed the whole thing. A once in a lifetime level of art

[@spinflux]

One of THE most amazing albums, ever.

[@Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu28]

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[@ka5269]

The song that got me into U2

[@OVI-Wan-Kenobi-8]

Bono described this song as "the sound of four men chopping down the Joshua Tree". Indeed it was.

[@crazymoose9875]

"The edge" chords and Bonos voice in this song are just diabolic, outstanding.....!!!

[@giuseppedevita1241]

Zootv is the greatest tour of every time.... U2 the best band of the planet

[@daironmartinezprada1185]

Agree, I said it all the time.

[@Muhdah1972]

This has got to be the sexiest U2 song ever 🎶🔥💥

[@davidalexandregalioto7526]

Achtung baby oh my godness maybe the Best album

[@235goldfinger9]

Still listening to this song at the gym 😊

[@LuisSaravia-uh1ld]

U2 Is the Best!

[@danfarrell6572]

For me this era of the band is them at their creative peak. The reinvention of their sound and image at the time was inspired. The Zoo TV tour was mind blowing; a multi media, sensory assault. Yes there have been bigger tours since but this was the benchmark for all tours that followed. And it was 30 years ago.

[@chema95011]

it was the first single from 'achtung baby', a brave choice.

[@paulwright7194]

The moment at about 3:30 and following, where the Edge's guitar and Bono's voice merge so as to become almost indistinguishable, has always given me goosebumps. I have never heard anything else like it and for me it is a highlight not only of their entire body of work, but of anything I've ever heard.

[@NoahBodze]

Like siouxsie with the banshees during “kiss them for me.”

[@dextermcgrubbin]

Paul Wright- good call

[@LeeMaitland]

100% agree.

[@mellu3533]

Omg yes. That moment is perfect. The music and the part of the video.

[@Ali-hd6dn]

Me too - and it gets me choked up too

[@gianpaololufrano9014]

The Edge's guitar should become World Heritage Site, let's sanctify it

[@krypto_9872]

And his amazing echo pedal board

[@Unplugged70]

Sounds LETHAL on this audio mix. Holy fuck.

[@marvinm.messier1120]

That solo rival's Jimi's All Along the Watchtower, maybe betters it. A+

[@gray6071]

He was called the man with thousand guitars when they toured the US in the 80s

[@ryukan250]

@@marvinm.messier1120 Good lord. I've heard some claims but that's up there with the best.

[@aaronbrungardt2917]

The Edge's solo and the bridge in this one still gives me chills. I could just listen to tracks of his all day long. So many layers to his sound and very uniquely his sound. Nothing else like it.

[@kennylee1823]

The funky dancey U2!

[@ducatil-twin3379]

Their best song, IMO

[@thecinematicmind]

and best of all ended Bryan Adam’s monstrosity of a song after 16 undeserved weeks.

[@emt.ypunto.381]

1991 fantastic year for the music.

[@Pas_Ratunkowy]

Shine like....

[@kellymulderino7156]

best album ever

[@rickg8015]

Larry’s Ramones shirt brings me back..

[@frankmclean9971]

The first time I heard 'The Fly" was while listening (tapeing) to the Radio 1 Top 40! Mark Goodier (DJ) had counted down the Chart from 40 to 2 & announced that the No:1 song was new entry from U2! I was intrigued - this was unheard of in those days! A WTF moment happened soon after & I've been hooked on U2 ever since! "The Fly" blew me away, it was sonically brilliant & so f*cking different to anything I had listened to before! I went out in my Dad's car that night with the "The Fly" on tape and turned that f*cker up loud. It was just what an 18 year old boy needed to hear at the time in his life! "Achtung Baby" followed, it was inspiring & turned me on to the Greatest Rock n Roll Band from the "North" side of Dublin. I've now seen U2 over 30 times live from New York, Berlin, Dublin to my hometown of Glasgow! They have never let me down - Thank you Boy's! #thefly #achtungbaby #everythingyouknowiswrong #watchmoretv #deathisacareermove

[@zurichsee706]

BRIAN ENO. What genius producer! The evolution was iconic because of him.

[@lauremalleval5816]

And live version is most powerful! Like plenty U2 songs! I play bass guitar 35 years ago, i always like U2 bacause they are a live band! A réal live band!

[@michaels3436]

The Fly is the best U2 song… (Close seconds are Mysterious Ways and Lemon.)

[@johnnyespinoza8]

Massive hit and massive album! Perhaps one of the most defining albums of the 90’s! And more relevant than ever! Keep this in your mind: Everything You Know Is Wrong!!!!

[@patriciaroberts100]

He watched me like a fly on the wall.

[@alpasopor..passagetrough7032]

Thanks to brian eno , daniel lanois and u2 for this album

[@Lenyxx3]

This is what started it all for me!!! 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@keithtaylor3940]

The shock of u2 fans when this came out must have been unreal...being so used to Ernest and serious songs..this must have been like a shot in the dark.and I am forever grateful u2 managed to record this masterpiece.

[@tinfoilhatter]

that band, heck, any band worth-a-damn, is firstly, and lastly about the bass-and-the-drums, man~!

[@nianfiedler9691]

it was, but for the fans that took the ride like me, it was life changing. was lucky enough to see zootv indoors in chicago and then slept on the sidewalk for three nights to get tickets for the outdoor show. Seen them 12 times now, and always amazing, but nothing touches Zootv

[@lyliakar]

It was shocking indeed. I listened to it once, put it in a drawer and left it there for at least 10 years when one day out of the blue, I listened to it again and started loving it. Now I consider it one of their best.

[@Mario_N64]

A lot of older fans hated it. They wanted another Joshua Tree. The only song they liked was "One".

[@15081972able]

I was an absolute mega fan and I loved this just as much as anything they ever did, I’ve never heard like this before or after and this was my thoughts back in 91, I can still remember the Saturday night I played this album.

[@lifeson90]

easily the most exotic band that ever existed

[@edge224]

My favorite U2 song. The Zoo TV start here😎. The fly with Streets best songs ever.

[@JamesGore1547]

" Love, we shine like a burning star, we're falling from the sky tonight." This line got stuck in my head. It keeps appearing all the time.

[@actung74]

I've been a U2 fan since 1984 and I've only ever been shocked by the band twice, and both shocks came via the same thing ... this song. I knew they were 'going away to dream it all up again' so we'd be getting something a little bit different when we would see the band for a first time in the nineties. Dave Fanning gave the song its first air play on RTE's 2 FM radio in Ireland and it blew me away. They wanted something different and this was and is different. I love a heavy kind of music so I loved this song right away, I just was not prepared for how different it would be from anything which came before. Of course in 1991 we had no KZbin, no iphones, laptops or anything of the kind so to see the video we would have to wait for MTV to play it. Back then MTV were indeed still playing music and shock number two came when I did see the video for a first time. Not only did they sound very different to what they previously were, they looked oh so different too. Again I liked it. U2 are a band who have changed so, so much over the years but at no other point in their career had they altered themselves as much as they did in such a short time as they did between 1988 and 1991 or rather since New Years Eve coming into 1990 and October/November of 1991.

[@yvonnemulder9038]

Wat voor autootje

[@yvonnemulder9038]

Fan sinterklaas 82

[@deshunsmith2580]

Great point, on that one.

[@hermmdawgg3584]

I remember it too so well. They took a chainsaw to The Joshua Tree

[@rodsling]

When re-invention is a matter of survival... you get rock music like this song.

[@redskies4530]

Hi I Recommend a Song called 'Looking Into The Mirror by Robert Nix

[@lauremalleval5816]

Best rock album of history... very simple...

[@OzyMandias13]

They were the internet before the internet

[@raymundolopez2103]

Magical!!!

[@Matty21stead]

For me, my favourite U2 album.

[@enricorigon1925]

02:50 Great guitar solo!

[@GavinWoods]

When U2 did a Bowie!

[@llednop]

To think that the making of this album almost broke U2 up.

[@dalelerette206]

2:50 That guitar solo brings me right back to November 18, 1991!

[@dalelerette206]

I awoke from a strange dream today - Tuesday, November 29th, 2022. I was set as an external standard to a beauty contest. And I was looking as beautiful women were walking past me. At first they seemed to grow in beauty, some of them even glowing in the spender of God's creation. But then things changed. Some did not appeal to my eye. In some cases, I thought they were homely, even ugly. And as I looked harder I even saw a few men & boys. That's when I heard the voice of the Almighty visually through my eyes, saying, "You don't define their beauty. They are innately beautiful to Me regardless of your external standards. So don't think too highly of yourself. And see My beauty in everyone." I awoke so humbled, like the Apostle Paul on the road to Damascus, all starting with a strange synesthesia of henotheism along the Original Holy Landscape.

[@jstohler]

This has to be the best I'M BACK MFERS performance ever, right?

[@grim3712]

I really wish they had explored more of this darker aesthetic and music, U2's artistic peak for sure

[@kevinkeenan6078]

They did on Zooropa,Passengers and Pop.

[@krypto_9872]

@@kevinkeenan6078 pop is very dark if you listen to it. It's one of my favorite albums ever

[@yvonnemulder9038]

Irisch

[@nianfiedler9691]

Dark U2 is the best U2. Don’t let POP fool you. That is dark beautiful masterpiece in its own rite.

[@bridgettorres1982]

Love y'all this song is still awesome in 2023❤

[@nandeweg]

When I first heard the song and saw this video I thought it was preposterous. Being used to and expecting the ‘80’s U2 sound I was in shock. After the album came out the cassette (!) was on continuous repeat from the moment I bought it. Now, more than 30 years later, it still feels as if I’ve been listening to it for a week only.

[@dolemite10005]

I was already a huge U2 fan at 16 years old when this came out. I was counting the days until this video premiered in MTV. I remember getting to the tv 30 min early just so I wouldn’t miss it. I remember saying to myself once it ended “I’m not sure what I just saw/heard, but I LOVED IT! Hands down the greatest evolution of a band in rock history. When Bono said “we need to go away and dream it all up again”, he wasn’t kidding. My favorite album of all time.

[@alanmoote9323]

EXACTLY HOW I FELT

[@allspark2370]

I can’t believe it... finally... an official music video of The Fly!

[@christopheranderson1968]

This is the official video from 1991, when the single was first released.

[@redshift8302]

I've seen this before.

[@HarveyHirdHarmonics]

It's actually the first U2 video I ever saw back in the 90s on MTV.

[@allspark2370]

@@HarveyHirdHarmonics That’s awesome!

[@rodtaylor5476]

I grew up with this film clip