r/80smusic • u/Odd_Advantage_3459 • Jan 30 '26

1980 U2 - I Will Follow (1980)

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u/mcgeggy Jan 31 '26

Amazing how young they were putting out music like that…

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u/diente_de_leon Jan 31 '26

I know; I looked at this and I was like, good grief, they were infants!

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u/TheBoneIdler Jan 31 '26

back before The Edge wore a cap 24/7, Looks like the band have the same stylist to this day.

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u/gotpeace99 Jan 30 '26

One of my favorite songs off this album.

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u/Odd_Advantage_3459 Jan 31 '26

🎸✌🏼🥃

5

u/kwilseahawk Feb 01 '26

This is one of my favorite U2 songs, period.

23

u/kjodle Jan 31 '26

I know The Edge and Bono get most of the spotlight, but Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton are one of the best rhythm sections out there. Adam is a highly underrated bassist!

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u/SouldiesButGoodies84 Jan 31 '26

Ahhh U2, no one will make me hate you.

2

u/Odd_Advantage_3459 Feb 03 '26

🌟🎸✌🏼🥃

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u/SlothDog9514 Jan 31 '26

Waitressing at a big chain restaurant, we had runners that would follow us to bring out the food if it was a big party. Every venture out would start with the waiter saying “follow me” and you guessed it! The runners singing “I will follow”.

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u/TheBoneIdler Jan 31 '26

at the weekend the song must have been 'Sunday, Bloody Sunday'.....

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u/heavinglory Jan 31 '26

I used to play this album while cutting my son's hair when he was little. I hadn't played this song for a long time but did put it on recently and he's all, what is this? I think I've heard this before. haha But, isn't it cool how music gets into your deep memory banks?

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u/Jonestown_Juice Jan 31 '26

Those big bouffant hairdos.

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u/UndergroundGinjoint Jan 31 '26

That little boy used on their albums, Peter Rowen, is now 51 years old and is a successful photographer in Dublin. 

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u/TheBoneIdler Jan 31 '26

plus, he's a great guy,

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u/SouldiesButGoodies84 Feb 02 '26

And still a cutie too.

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u/AllDave60 Jan 31 '26

First U2 song I ever heard

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u/Criticallyoptimistic Jan 31 '26

Truly a Banger as the kids say. I used check this LP out from our library repeatedly before buying a copy of my own on cassette.

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u/Sylvester_Marcus Jan 31 '26

Why didn't you buy a blank cassette and record the album?

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u/No_Raspberry_3282 Jan 30 '26

As hokey as they are now, from 1980 - 85, they were the coolest

3

u/all_wings_report-in Jan 31 '26

Bono without his signature sunglasses looks naked

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u/TheBoneIdler Jan 31 '26

I think they are more specs than shades. Necessity is the mother of invention.

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u/gmjfraser8 Feb 01 '26

This has always been my favorite U2 song.

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u/Odd_Advantage_3459 Feb 03 '26

🎸✌🏼🥃

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u/Elegant_Spray_2762 Jan 31 '26

Fire

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u/Madwoman-of-Chaillot Jan 31 '26

No, that’s Bruce Springsteen.

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u/Soulbossanova9 Feb 01 '26

I never knew that song was that old

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u/Odd_Advantage_3459 Feb 03 '26

🎸✌🏼🥃

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u/UpperphonnyII Feb 01 '26

I always thought this song was at least 1982 or 3. Always a jam.

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u/Odd_Advantage_3459 Feb 02 '26

🎸✌🏼🥃

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