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Roland99

(53,342 posts) Sat Jun 16, 2018, 08:29 PM Jun 2018

35 years ago this month. (Red) Rock concert history was made.

U2 - HD FULL CONCERT (Live At Red Rocks) 1983 WAR TOUR

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC4nJr66Up76gWXJiebwdU9eGUdgkmKH_

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35 years ago this month. (Red) Rock concert history was made. (Original Post) Roland99 Jun 2018 OP

Had a band with some friends from work... Miles Archer Jun 2018 #1

whats so historical about it? nt msongs Jun 2018 #2

One of the greatest live performances ever. And one of the greatest and best selling concert videos Roland99 Jun 2018 #3

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)

1. Had a band with some friends from work...

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 08:48 PM

Jun 2018

...the singer really, really enjoyed doing "I Will Follow." As a guitarist, yeah...it's sort of a Neil Young "Cinnamon Girl" riff, but when you're playing it in a band and you have the bass and drums and another guitarist and you're slamming away at it, it becomes a transcendent and cathartic experience.

It was funny, too, because we never played together before. I started playing the riff and the other guys new it and somehow we made it through without hitting a single bad note.

msongs

(67,413 posts)

2. whats so historical about it? nt

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 10:02 PM

Jun 2018

Roland99

(53,342 posts)

3. One of the greatest live performances ever. And one of the greatest and best selling concert videos

Reply to msongs (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 11:25 PM

Jun 2018

Such a unique experience that barely was able to be pulled off. Solidified U2 as a global band

https://www.denverpost.com/2008/05/21/u2-show-still-echoes-at-red-rocks/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2_Live_at_Red_Rocks:_Under_a_Blood_Red_Sky

Rolling Stone called the band's performance of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" from the film one of the "50 Moments that Changed the History of Rock and Roll

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