Bonos most emotional moments

[Mirror Ball Man]

Please post videos of Bonos most emotional moments. When he chokes up, or even cries.

 

[bono_212]

YouTube - ‪U2 PopMart One Live Mexico City 1997‬‏

 

[Streets613]

There's the one from the Vertigo Tour in Hawaii during WOWY. It kind of just looks like his eyes are watering.

 

[bono_212]

Oh I remember that, I thought that was so sweet. I really wish I could go to a last show some time.

 

[TheEdge25]

What about the Elevation show that was on the day his father passed away?

 

[Mirror Ball Man]

What about the Elevation show that was on the day his father passed away?

That was Earl's Court in London.

YouTube - ‪19 With Or Without You - Love Will... [U2] - 2001-08-21 - London, England - Earl's Court Arena‬‏

 

[purpleoscar]

The above Mexico City show had Bono emotional after Pride.

I always liked the Walk On moment at the end (not necessarily crying):

YouTube - ‪U2 - One / Walk On‬‏

With or without you (of course)

YouTube - ‪Bono Crying (looking a wee bit like Robin Wiilliams) - U2 in Hawaii Dec 9 '06‬‏

Great emotional performance of Please:

YouTube - ‪U2 Please 1997 MTV Video Music Awards‬‏

 

[corianderstem]

Wasn't there a very emotional One on Popmart after Michael Hutchence died? Was it Australia? And Never Tear Us Apart played on the PA after the band left the stage?

Oh, for the opposite end of the spectrum, how about pissed off Bono? The Bullets from the Wembley Zoo TV shows, in the part of the show after the Sarajevo link-ups? Holy shit.

 

[silkensky]

Bad from the Popmart show in Perth, Australia is extremely emotional. Bono was close friends with Michael Hutchence who had just died a few days before, IIRC. Heavy grief in him throughout the entire song, he almost breaks down at one point.

 

[Utoo]

Oh, for the opposite end of the spectrum, how about pissed off Bono? The Bullets from the Wembley Zoo TV shows, in the part of the show after the Sarajevo link-ups? Holy shit.

The PopMart Leeds show features a rather pissed-off, fired-up Bono. It really comes through in the bootlegs, but not so much on the videos (I've only found youtube links for a few songs and they're not great quality). This was the show after George Harrison lumped them together with the Spice Girls and said that no one would remember U2 in 20 years.

 

[purpleoscar]

Oh, for the opposite end of the spectrum, how about pissed off Bono?

YouTube - ‪Sunday Bloody Sunday‬‏

Or happy:

YouTube - ‪Bono kisses his wife‬‏

Or angry again:

YouTube - ‪1987-11-18 LOS ANGELES 1 PRO SHOT MASTER‬‏

 

[Utoo]

Great emotional performance of Please:

YouTube - ‪U2 Please 1997 MTV Video Music Awards‬‏

Goddamn, they were so heavy.

I'd love to see a hint of heaviness again----it makes the emotional release of their music (i.e., Streets) so much more cathartic.

 

[purpleoscar]

The reality is they are probably happier now than then so I don't know how heavy they can go now.

 

[Irvine511]

angry Bono!

 

[corianderstem]

BONO SMASH!!!!!!

grrrrrr

 

[Utoo]

The reality is they are probably happier now than then so I don't know how heavy they can go now.

Oh, I agree. In one way, I think that might be a reason why there's a little less punch to the music and lyrics now, but that's fodder for a different thread.

 

[cobl04]

BONO used SMASH!!!!!!

It's SUPER Effective!

 

[Rachel D.]

Go to 1:25.

YouTube - ‪U2 ELECTRIC CO. BROKEN MIC LIVE MADRID VERTIGO TOUR 2005‬‏

Bono's microphone stops working and…

 

[Utoo]

BONO SMASH!!!!!!

grrrrrr

 

[bono_212]

It's SUPER Effective!

I like this joke EVERY time.

 

[corianderstem]

I don't get the reference.

 

[bono_212]

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/its-super-effective

 

[Utoo]

Not sure if that helps. And now my 31-year-old used-to-be-videogame-playing self feels old.

 

[corianderstem]

Yeah, videogame memes are just way beyond my ken.

 

[cobl04]

Spoiler

You're both too old for the Pokemon-games-were-the-best-things-ever era

 

[corianderstem]

Hey, at least I recognized the Pikachu flag at Glastonbury!

 

[Mirror Ball Man]

Go to 1:25.

YouTube - ‪U2 ELECTRIC CO. BROKEN MIC LIVE MADRID VERTIGO TOUR 2005‬‏

Bono's microphone stops working and…

That is one pissed off Bono! haha probably the funniest U2 video I've seen.

 

[Utoo]

^^

 

[corianderstem]

When all else fails, beat the shit out of it!

OMG, what about the Tacoma Zoo show where Larry fucked up the beginning of Pride and Bono hurled his mic at him?

I can't find video, but the on the bootleg, you can totally hear this *whump!* Ha ha haaaaa.

 

[BlueSilkenSky]

That was Earl's Court in London.

YouTube - ‪19 With Or Without You - Love Will... [U2] - 2001-08-21 - London, England - Earl's Court Arena‬‏

WOW, I've never seen tha video before... that was amazing!