U2's first TV appearance....

RandallFlagg

I'm not sure what to say...

Switch625

I guess this is when Leo Sayer played bass for them... before Adam Clayton joined the band?

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

Switch625 said:

I guess this is when Leo Sayer played bass for them... before Adam Clayton joined the band?

More like Napoleon Dynamite!

 

russpm

Check out Larry’s outfit and hair 

EricTheWeary

Randomly brought to mind Flintlock, I’m just about old enough to remember them on kid’s tv show Pauline’s Quirkes.

https://youtu.be/Y9CNBDU0N9U

Fuengi

Vince Noir on vocals? 

merlin

EricTheWeary said:

Randomly brought to mind Flintlock, I’m just about old enough to remember them on kid’s tv show Pauline’s Quirkes.

Mike Holoway the drummer was in The Tomorrow People....

EricTheWeary

merlin said:

EricTheWeary said:

Randomly brought to mind Flintlock, I’m just about old enough to remember them on kid’s tv show Pauline’s Quirkes.

Mike Holoway the drummer was in The Tomorrow People....

Ahh yes he was. The line up that got in the charts also included Sarah Pascoe’s father, I’m not sure he was there in the Pauline’s Quirkes days. 

I bet U2 which they had a claim to fame like that. 

merlin

It's funny how Flintlock are still amazing and have actually improved beyond belief and that U2 are still shit. 

poopot

It’s a good clip but not their best...

this is the only U2 clip worth watching

https://youtu.be/rta9CHp7bEE

Reverend

Rory Gallagher vibes? At least until Bongo starts

ICBM

RandallFlagg said:

I'm not sure what to say...

Larry Mullen looks like he should be in Hanson .

On a purely geeky level, I'd like to know if Edge was using some sort of distortion box sitting on top of the amp - it doesn't really sound like an overdriven AC30, and even if it was he would have to have it cranked to very un-TV-studio levels to get that much gain.

Although I'm not completely sure if it's actually live, or mimed - some of what Adam Clayton is doing doesn't appear to correspond to what you hear. (Although that may just be him!)

Cirrus

It's mimed for sure, and there's every chance it's not an ac30 we're hearing (or, "the" AC30) - at that age and that stage of a career, you go into a studio to record a demo and probably use whatever the engineer tells you to plug into.

Cirrus

I do think it's cool that they go from that to this in 3 years;




And 3 years after that, they're doing something like "The Unforgettable Fire". They definitely divide opinions, but there's no doubt that they pushed themselves artistically. Easy to forget that now.

bloodandtears

Gloria still gives me goosebumps... ;-)

Philly_Q

Dontgiveupyourdayjob said:

Switch625 said:

I guess this is when Leo Sayer played bass for them... before Adam Clayton joined the band?

More like Napoleon Dynamite!

I think Clayton looks like he's trying to be Lou Reed.

I was quite enjoying the performance actually, until Bono comes on and gives it the full Madison Square Garden routine for the last 30 seconds.

theimageofall

What a transformation in that short space and time. I really enjoy U2 up to (and including) the Pop album.

The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby are personal favourites.

Philly_Q

I've never really been a U2 fan, but I do like those first few albums, when all their songs sounded kind of the same (but in a good way).  My brother had Under a Blood Red Sky and played it constantly, and although I'd tell him to turn it off it is actually really good.

russpm

They certainly put the graft in early on and toured relentlessly. To go from Boy - War - Unf Fire - Joshua Tree - Achtung Baby is just mind blowing. If they would have stopped there they would probably be held in much higher regard more widely. I've been a fan since the early eighties when they were seen as a bit of a cult band.

axisus

Just think, nobody knew back then how annoying Bono would be

Philly_Q

axisus said:

Just think, nobody knew back then how annoying Bono would be

Hmmm, I dunno... just fast forward to 0:58 in the original post then keep watching...