[Music] U2 @ The BBC

[darkwolf666]

I know Bono can be an opinionated tw@t, but I had almost forgotten how good a band U2 are, great show!

Anyone else watching this?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Yes, always liked their music.

 

[kevo]

I know Bono can be an opinionated tw@t, but I had almost forgotten how good a band U2 are, great show!

Anyone else watching this?

Early stuff was great. Just a shame about Bono being such a complete knob.

 

[Icy Gull]

Cat Deeley claps like a seal

 

[Is it PotG?]

Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building - Bono

 

[nicko31]

With or Without you was awesome

 

[Mr Banana]

The band important enough to intrude on your personal devices

 

[darkwolf666]

Early stuff was great. Just a shame about Bono being such a complete knob.

The track they closed the show with, which I am assuming is off the new album sounded good. Reminded me of The Killers...

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

Chuckles

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Cat Deeley claps like a seal

Thought Cat Deeley's pitiful fawning over the band - and trying to get Larry to speak - AND the obligatory plug for the sub-standard new material - rendered the show unwatchable. In fact switched to Rick Stein's Mexican claptrap one Freeview channel up earlydoors. Shame. Superb band with a superb back catalogue. Something billed as 'U2 At The BBC' deserved far far better.

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Albion promoted and U2 Joshua tree at Twickenham highlights of the year for me.

 

[darkwolf666]

Thought Cat Deeley's pitiful fawning over the band - and trying to get Larry to speak - AND the obligatory plug for the sub-standard new material - rendered the show unwatchable. In fact switched to Rick Stein's Mexican claptrap one Freeview channel up earlydoors. Shame. Superb band with a superb back catalogue. Something billed as 'U2 At The BBC' deserved far far better.

Agree with some of what you say, in particular Ms Deeleys interview style - however, how do you know the show was rubbish if you turned over "early doors".

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Who saw them at Jenkinson's in 1981? Support was the Comsat Angels as I recall. Saw the reunion gig in Sheffield a few years back (Comsats I mean). As Mark Kermode has said on several occasions, the Comsats were the better band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRmEfYQuNl0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6CPvcvxzmc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiTC56ZVPXk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y2aZsxO5zg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhWEL5Wm-78

 

[DJ NOBO]

Albion promoted and U2 Joshua tree at Twickenham highlights of the year for me.

This.

And seeing my child being born made for a solid bronze.

 

[studio150]

Who saw them at Jenkinson's in 1981? Support was the Comsat Angels as I recall. Saw the reunion gig in Sheffield a few years back (Comsats I mean). As Mark Kermode has said on several occasions, the Comsats were the better band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRmEfYQuNl0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6CPvcvxzmc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiTC56ZVPXk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y2aZsxO5zg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhWEL5Wm-78

I saw U2 at the Top Rank in 81. Superb gig

 

[The Sock of Poskett]

Definitely saw them at the Top Rank - can't remember if it was 81 or 82.
Also saw them at Hammersmith Palais supported by The Alarm - pretty sure that was 82.
Great live band.
Also saw 'em at Sheffield Arena on the Zooropa tour (maybe 95?) - excellent, and more recently at Wembley at the 360 tour (up in the gods, not so great).

 

[Lower West Stander]

Great band live.

Surprised Bono was performing given how far he is up his own backside.

Was it Family Guy who depicted him as giant turd?


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[Trufflehound]

Also saw them at Hammersmith Palais supported by The Alarm - pretty sure that was 82.

December 1982. http://www.u2gigs.com/show997.html

The Alarm also supported them 2 nights running at the Lyceum Ballroom a year earlier in December 1981 (coincidentally, the first night was 36 years ago today...). I was at both of those.


First time I saw U2 was also at the Hammersmith Palais, in December 1980. That time they weren't supported by anyone - they were supporting Talking Heads.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Agree with some of what you say, in particular Ms Deeleys interview style - however, how do you know the show was rubbish if you turned over "early doors".

Well, I gave it a pretty go, watched up to and including the second sit down bit of interview, the bit about borrowing each other's clothes on tour or somesuch. Then just couldn't take it any more. My bad.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

First time I saw U2 was also at the Hammersmith Palais, in December 1980. That time they weren't supported by anyone - they were supporting Talking Heads.

First time I saw U2 was at the old Marquee Club in Wardour Street. They can't have been long off the boat, maybe 'Boy' hadn't even been released, but they were massive NME darlings already. Went with me bruv, who taped the whole show on a mini cassette recorder, as was our practice at the time. No sooner had we left the building than he promptly got mugged for aforementioned mini cassette recorder. Sake!