80s vs. 90s

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Try doing your top 20 of the 80s and top 20 of the 90s - then compare the two and see which decade will prevail! Based on studio versions:

1. With or Without You vs. The Fly
2. Running To Stand Still vs. Acrobat
3. New Year's Day vs. Lemon
4. The Unforgettable Fire vs. Love is Blindness
5. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock vs. Ultra Violet (Light My Way) (sorry Ax)
6. Tomorrow vs. One (I actually had to listen these two one after the other to make a decision :wink:)
7. Exit vs. Do You Feel Loved
8. Heartland vs. Your Blue Room (very, very close though)
9. Where the Streets Have No Name vs. Mysterious Ways (if we were talking live versions, I'd vote MW)
10.Bad vs. Wake Up Dead Man
11.Bullet the Blue Sky vs. Please
12.One Tree Hill vs. Until the End of the World (this would be much more difficult if we'd be talking live versions)
13.The Electric Co. vs. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
14.Silver and Gold vs. Gone
15.A Sort of Homecoming vs. Mofo
16.Like a Song... vs. Even Better Than the Real Thing
17.All I Want Is You vs. Dirty Day
18.Sunday Bloody Sunday vs. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
19.Rejoice vs. Zooropa
20.Drowning Man vs. Slug

P.S. You can add the 00s as well of course. I personally didn't bother, since none of those would be bolded.
 
I'm only gonna do the top 10 from each decade.

1. Where the Streets Have No Name vs. The Fly (I can't choose just one)
2. One Tree Hill vs. One
3. New Year's Day vs. Lady With the Spinning Head
4. The Unforgettable Fire vs. Until the End of the World5. Sunday Bloody Sunday vs. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
6. The Unforgettable Fire vs. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
7. Angel of Harlem vs. Even Better Than the Real Thing (another tie)
8. Desire vs. Wake Up Dead Man
9. The Electric Co. vs. Zooropa
10. With or Without You vs. Discotheque (very tough one)
 
4. The Unforgettable Fire
6. The Unforgettable Fire
:hmm: :wink:

here's mine. this was interesting! and really hard.
1. seconds vs. even better than the real thing
2. a day without me vs. your blue room
3. 11 o'clock tick tock vs. zooropa
4. heartland vs. discotheque
5. the unforgettable fire vs. zoo station
6. fire vs. mysterious ways
7. running to stand still vs. hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me
8. elvis presley and america vs. mofo
9. drowning man vs. lemon
10. hawkmoon 269 vs. united colours
11. boomerang 1 vs. miami
12. i fall down vs. beach sequence
13. red hill mining town vs. ultraviolet
14. surrender vs. dirty day
15. indian summer sky vs. a different kind of blue
16. god part 2 vs. gone
17. i threw a brick through a window vs. daddy's gonna pay for your crashed car
18. shadows and tall trees vs. salomé
19. twilight vs. slow dancing
20. where the streets have no name vs. alex descends into hell for a bottle of milk/korova 1

total:
80s: 8
90s: 12
 
How about Top 10 from 80's, 90's and 00's?

1. Pride vs. Until the End of the World vs. Beautiful Day

2. One Tree Hill vs. Mysterious Ways vs. Moment of Surrender

3. Where the Streets Have No Name vs. Zooropa vs. Vertigo

4. New Year's Day vs. Gone vs. Magnificent

5. I Will Follow vs. The Fly vs. Breathe

6. A Sort of a Homecoming vs. One vs. No Line on the Horizon

7. All I Want Is You vs. Miss Sarajevo vs. Elevation

8. Gloria vs. Staring at the Sun vs. Fast Cars

9. Angel of Harlem vs. Acrobat vs. Mercy

10. With or Without You vs. Lemon vs. Electrical Storm

That was WAY too tough!

Tally:
80's - 5
90's - 2
00's - 3

This suggests I'm an 80's U2 fan and that I like the 90's the least. But the results are skewed because of these comparisons (i.e., favorite #2 from each decade - 2 great songs lose, but those 2 great songs would readily beat out the rest from other decades). Still, it's an interesting exercise.
 
1. New Year's Day vs. The Fly vs. Beautiful Day
2. Streets vs. Stay vs. Breathe
3. With or Without You vs. UTEOTW vs. Kite
4. Angel of Harlem vs. Ultraviolet vs. Vertigo
5. The Unforgettable Fire vs. Zooropa vs. Walk On
6. An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart vs. Gone vs. City of Blinding Lights
7. Sunday Bloody Sunday vs. Staring at the Sun vs. Electrical Storm
8. All I Want Is You vs. EBTTRT vs. NLOTH
9. Tomorrow vs. Discotheque vs. Crumbs From Your Table
10. One Tree Hill vs. One vs. Moment of Surrender
11. Gloria vs. Your Blue Room vs. Miracle Drug
12. Two Hearts Beat As One vs. Miss Sarajevo vs. Elevation
13. Still Haven't Found vs. Please vs. When I Look at the World
14. Bad vs. Last Night on Earth vs. White as Snow
15. Red Hill Mining Town vs. Numb vs. Stuck in a Moment
16. Desire vs. HMTMKMKM vs. Window in the Skies
17. Pride vs. Lady with the Spinning Head vs. Sometimes you Can't..
18. Exit vs. Mysterious Ways vs. Magnificent
19. Out of Control vs. Acrobat vs. Wild Honey
20. Heartland vs. Zoo Station vs. Love & Peace or Else
 
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