Best U2 Songs Of All Time
August 27, 2008
So yesterday Soja and I were talking about U2 (if you know either of us you'll know that it's probably the first time in the past 15 years that either of us has had a conversation about the band that didn't revolve around Bono's ego) and reminiscing about all the great songs (and videos) the band has had,
For no reason or occasion at all, here's My Personal List Of Favourite U2 Songs, Ever. You can tell by the list that my period of liking U2 was kinda limited to pre-Zooropa days, with the exception of Rattle And Hum, an album that I can't bear to listen to.
What's your list??
Can't Help Falling In Love (watch)
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (watch)
Lady With The Spinning Head (watch)
40 (watch)
With Or Without You (watch)
The Fly (watch)
All I Want Is You (watch)
The Sweetest Thing (watch)
Zoo Station (watch)
Salome (watch)
And for funsies, Songs That I'd Gladly Never Hear Again
Lemon
Angel Of Harlem
Desire
Stuck In A Moment
Sunday Bloody Sunday
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Comments
Amazing list. A lot of rarities from before Achtung was finalized!
My List
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Electric Co.
Angel of Harlem
Out Of Control
Zoo Station
Staring At The Sun (finished version from hits CD)
Gone (finished version from Hits CD)
Original of the Species
Crumbs from Your Table
Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World
Posted by: MarkSwi ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://blog.muchmusic.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at August 27, 2008 12:35 PM
You're mental if you have a problem with Sunday Bloody Sunday...
Have you ever even listened to music?
Posted by: Justin at August 27, 2008 01:09 PM
@Justin: Uh, yeah I've listened to music. Have you ever heard of this concept called "getting sick of a song because it's overplayed on radio stations, at weddings and basically every dance night ever in the past twenty years"? There you go. I didn't say I hated the song, I just said I was sick of hearing it.
@Mark: Yes! I should check out those versions from the hits CD. And what's Crumbs From Your Table? I'm also a fan of Tryin' To Throw Your Arms...but I wanted to keep the list at 10 so I didn't include it.
Posted by: kat at August 27, 2008 02:20 PM
Crumbs is from Atomic Bomb.
U2 were forced to finish Pop because they had already sold out the Popmart tour. Big mistake. The album sounded tinny and unfinished. They went back and redid a few songs for the 90's hits record. Much better and fuller sounding versions of these tracks.
@Justin - I think there needs to be a new post about political songs that have lost their meaning through constantly being overplayed. U2 has a few.
Posted by: MarkSwi at August 27, 2008 02:30 PM
pretty much dislike this band, but the one song that if i hear it i won't turn off is bullet the blue sky, so i'm kind of surprised it's not on the list but maybe fans hate it and non fans like it?
Posted by: de at August 28, 2008 12:01 AM
