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Don't know if I put it accurately in the thread title. Mainly I'm just wondering what your favorite songs are off each album that never really received mainstream fame.

Mine:

Boy - A Day Without Me, Shadows And Tall Trees
October - Scarlet, I Threw A Brick Through A Window
War - Surrender
The Unforgettable Fire - Elvis Presley and America, Indian Summer Sky
The Joshua Tree - Mothers of the Disappeared
Rattle And Hum - Heartland, Love Rescue Me
Achtung Baby - Love Is Blindness, Tryin' To Throw Your Arms, Acrobat
Zooropa - Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car
POP - The Playboy Mansion, Wake Up Dead Man
ATYCLB - When I Look At The World
Atomic Bomb - Crumbs From Your Table
NLOTH - Cedars Of Lebanon, Breathe
 
Boy: Another time Another Place (I love Edge's mini-solo)
October: Tomorrow
War: Drowning Man
TUF: Promenade
TJT: Exit
R&H: Heartland
AB: So Cruel
Zooropa: Dirty Day
Pop: Do You Feel Loved
ATYCLB: When I Look at the World
HTDAAB: Crumbs from Your Table
NLOTH: Fez-Being Born

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I'm going to take this a different route and go with my favorites from each album that might not be so popular within the fanbase:

Boy: Stories for Boys
October: Scarlet
War: Two Hearts Beat As One
The Unforgettable Fire: Elvis Presley And America
The Joshua Tree: Trip Through Your Wires
R&H: Don't have an unpopular favorite here, Heartland
Achtung Baby: TTTYAATW
Zooropa: The First Time
Pop: If God Will Send His Angels
ATYCLB: When I Look at the World
HTDAAB: One Step Closer
NLOTH: Unknown Caller
 
Boy: Another time, another place
October: I threw a brick
War: Drowning man
UF: Wire
JT: One tree hill
RH: Heartland
AB: Acrobat
Zoo: The Wanderer
POP: DO YOU FEEL LOVED DO YOU FEEL LOVED DO YOU FEEL LOVED DO YOU FEEL LOVED DO YOU FEEL LOVED DO YOU FEEL LOVED DO YOU FEEL LOVED DO YOU FEEL LOVED

ATYCLB: When I look at the world
BOMB: A man and a woman
NLOTH: No line on the horizon
 
^ I'm wondering if for Pop you chose Do You Feel Loved. :wink:

Boy- Shadows and Tall Trees, An Cat Dubh
October- Rejoice, October, Tomorrow, With A Shout (Jerusalem)
War- "40", Drowning Man, Like A Song...
The Unforgettable Fire- Wire, A Sort of Homecoming (ASOHC generally isn't that well known is it?)
The Joshua Tree- Red Hill Mining Town, Exit, Mothers of the Disappeared,
Achtung Baby- Acrobat, Tryin To Throw Your Arms Around the World, Love Is Blindness, So Cruel
Zooropa- Whole album. Zooropa is hardly known of outside of Interference so I think everything, if that's allowed.
Pop- Do You Feel Loved, If You Wear That Velvet Dress, Mofo
All That You Can't Leave Behind- When I Look At The World, and even though everyone seems to hate it Peace On Earth
How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb- A Man and a Woman, Crumbs From Your Table, Miracle Drug
No Line On the Horizon- Cedars of Lebanon, Moment of Surrender
 
Boy - Another Time, Another Place (has anyone actually sat down and closely read those lyrics? My God, it's an awesome narrative)
October - I Fall Down
War - Surrender (should have been a single)
TUF - Promenade
Joshua Tree - Trip Through Your Wires
R&H - Hawkmoon 269 (I'm not sure you can overrate this one)
Achtung Baby - WGRYWH (by default; there aren't any underrated songs here at this point)
Zooropa - Some Days Are Better Than Others
Pop - Do You Feel Loved
ATYCLB - When I Look At The World (proof that, single-heavy though the first half may be, the album is not really front-loaded)
HDTAAB - A Man And A Woman
NLOTH - No Line On The Horizon (see: Surrender)
 
Struggling to determine if "public" means songs that weren't singles or songs never on a DVD, but here's my best effort.

Boy: An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart
October: October
War: Like a Song
The Unforgettable Fire: A Sort of Homecoming
The Joshua Tree: Red Hill Mining Town
Achtung Baby: Ultra Violet (love the attention it's gotten since 2009 though)
Zooropa: title track
Pop: Do You Feel Loved
All That You Can't Leave Behind: When I Look at the World
How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb: Miracle Drug
No Line On the Horizon: title track
 
Boy: Twilight
October: With A Shout
War: Drwoning Man
The Unforgettable Fire: Wire
The Joshua Tree: Exit
Rattle And Hum: Heartland
Achtung Baby: Acrobat
Zooropa: Lemon
Pop: Do You Feel Loved
ATYCLB: In A Little While or When I look At The World
HTDAAB: Miracle Drug
NLOTH: FEZ-Being Born
 
Boy: An Cat Dubh
October: Tomorrow/October
War: "40"
The Unforgettable Fire: Elvis Presley And America
The Joshua Tree: EXIT!
Rattle And Hum: Van Diemen's Land/Hawkmoon 269
Achtung Baby: Acrobat
Zooropa: The First Time
Pop: Wake Up Dead Man/If You Wear That Velvet Dress/Do You Feel Loved/If God Will Send His Angels
ATYCLB: When I Look At The World
HTDAAB: Crumb From Your Table/A Man And A Woman/Miracle Drug
NLOTH: White As Snow
 
Boy - An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart (why are these tracks split?)
October - Rejoice
War - Drowning Man
Unforgettable Fire - Promenade
Joshua Tree - One Tree Hill
Rattle & Hum - Hawkmoon 269
Achtung Baby - Acrobat
Zooropa - Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car
Passengers - the whole fucking thing!!! :drool:
Pop - Do You Feel Loved
ATYCLB - When I Look At The World
HTDAAB - One Step Closer
NLOTH - Fez - Being Born
 
To the vast majority of the people I have known in my life (about 99.9%), U2 is either "boring" or "overrated", or else they barely know who Bono is ("Oh yeah, he was on Oprah!") Maybe a couple could identify U2 on the radio before I met them. So I would play for my friends and coworkers various songs - deep album tracks that I figured they'd never even heard of and see what they thought of them. I told them, "If you never listen to U2 again, these are some songs I want you to listen to and this is what's so fucking cool about them." So, cutting out the singles, this is a condensed list of some of those songs.

BOY: Another Time, Another Place
OCTOBER: I Threw a Brick Through a Window
WAR: Like a Song...
THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE: Indian Summer Sky
WIDE AWAKE IN AMERICA: (kinda cheating, but it's the only way to get Love Comes Tumbling on this list, dagummit!) }:)~
THE JOSHUA TREE: Exit, definitely, at loud volume, preferably in the dark
RATTLE AND HUM: Love Rescue Me
ACHTUNG BABY: Love Is Blindness, same way as Exit
ZOOROPA: Zooropa
POP: This is tough... hard to pick just one. Last Night On Earth, I guess, because I mostly just played the video of it for my friends..
B-SIDES 1980-1990: The only reason this is here is for the surprising number of 'converts' for the original Sweetest Thing.
ATYCLB: In a Little While, again for the surprising popularity. I think this song was liked by the most people.
BEST OF 1990-2000: Electrical Storm
HTDAAB: A Man and a Woman because ... it's awesome
NLOTH: Another very tough one, so I'll go with Stand Up Comedy. One day, I was listening to this song and a video for it popped into my head. It involved Muppets.
NEXT U2 ALBUM: Every Breaking Wave.... if that's not on their next album, I'll eat my tail.

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I'm too lazy to go through each album, but my all-time favorite U2 obscure tracks are: 1) Drowning Man, 2) So Cruel, 3) Numb (I know this doesn't really count because it was a single, but it's still obscure as far as the general public are concerned), 4) Heartland, 5) Red Hill Mining Town (again, maybe it doesn't really count).
Honorable mentions go to Van Diemen's Land (really fantastic obscure song) and Grace.
 
Boy - Shadows and tall tress I LOVE
October - I fall down
War - seconds
TUF - Wire
TJT - Exit is my second fave song off the album
R&H - love hawkmoon but i think thats pretty popular
AB - So cruel
Zooropa - DGPFYCC is awesome i think its my fave
Pop - Miami definitely
ATYCLB - Wild honey and in a little while
HTDAAB - Love and Peace
NLOTH - IGCIIDGCC is possibly my fave song off the album
 
Acrobat51829 said:
Boy: Another time Another Place (I love Edge's mini-solo)
October: Tomorrow
War: Drowning Man
TUF: Promenade
TJT: Exit
R&H: Heartland
AB: So Cruel
Zooropa: Dirty Day
Pop: Do You Feel Loved
ATYCLB: When I Look at the World
HTDAAB: Crumbs from Your Table
NLOTH: Fez-Being Born

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This list has so much win...

I would only replace F-BB with COL. COL has grown on me immensley over the last few months. And possibly So Cruel with Acrobat
 
Boy- An Cat Dubh
October- Scarlet
War- Drowning Man <3333
The Unforgettable Fire- Promenade
The Joshua Tree- One Tree Hill (the best song EVER)
Rattle And Hum- Heartland <3333
Achtung Baby- Love Is Blindness, I suppose
Zooropa- Zooropa, The First Time
POP- Last Night On Earth
All That You Can't...- When I Look At The World
How To Dismantle...- Miracle Drug
No Line- No Line On The Horizon
 
BlueSilkenSky said:
Boy- An Cat Dubh
October- Scarlet
War- Drowning Man <3333
The Unforgettable Fire- Promenade
The Joshua Tree- One Tree Hill (the best song EVER)
Rattle And Hum- Heartland <3333
Achtung Baby- Love Is Blindness, I suppose
Zooropa- Zooropa, The First Time
POP- Last Night On Earth
All That You Can't...- When I Look At The World
How To Dismantle...- Miracle Drug
No Line- No Line On The Horizon
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Great list here. Drowning Man is very excellent.

And I agree with you on One Tree Hill. That song is slowly becoming my favorite U2 song of all time
 
Boy- An Cat Dubh, Stories For Boys
October- A Celebration (if it counts), With A Shout, Fire
War- "40", Seconds
The Unforgettable Fire- Indian Summer Sky, Disappearing Act
The Joshua Tree- Exit
Rattle & Hum- Van Diemen's Land, Heartland
Achtung Baby- Love Is Blindness
Zooropa- Zooropa, Babyface
Pop- Please
All That You Can't Leave Behind- New York
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb- Yahweh
No Line On The Horizon- No Line On The Horizon
 
TheEdge25 said:
And I agree with you on One Tree Hill. That song is slowly becoming my favorite U2 song of all time
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I was debating if that was a "known" song or not, as that probably would've been my choice otherwise. But great song either way, definitely.
 
Boy: An Cat Dubh, Into the Heart
October: Tomorrow, Fire
War: Red Light (ducksflyingshoes), Surrender
The Unforgettable Fire: 4th of July, Wire
The Joshua Tree: Silver and Gold, Exit
Rattle & Hum: God Pt. II, Hawkmoon 269, Heartland
Achtung Baby: Love is Blindness, Acrobat
Zooropa: Numb, Dirty Day,
Pop: Do You Feel Loved, Wake Up Dead Man (All of 'Pop' is obscure, so no sweat there.)
All That You Can't Leave Behind: New York, Summer Rain
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb: Fast Cars, One Step Closer
No Line on the Horizon: FEZ - Being Born, White as Snow
 
flybabe said:
Boy: An Cat Dubh, Into the Heart
October: Tomorrow, Fire
War: Red Light (ducksflyingshoes), Surrender
The Unforgettable Fire: 4th of July, Wire
The Joshua Tree: Silver and Gold, Exit
Rattle & Hum: God Pt. II, Hawkmoon 269, Heartland
Achtung Baby: Love is Blindness, Acrobat
Zooropa: Numb, Dirty Day,
Pop: Do You Feel Loved, Wake Up Dead Man (All of 'Pop' is obscure, so no sweat there.)
All That You Can't Leave Behind: New York, Summer Rain
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb: Fast Cars, One Step Closer
No Line on the Horizon: FEZ - Being Born, White as Snow
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:up:
 
Boy: Another time, another place
October: Fire
War: Drowning Man
The Unforgettable Fire: Indian Summer Sky
The Joshua Tree: Trip through your wires
Rattle and Hum: Hawkmoon 269
Achtung Baby: So Cruel
Zooropa: The Wanderer
Pop: Wake Up Dead Man
All that you can't leave behind: Grace
How to dismantle an atomic bomb: A man and a woman
No line on the horizon: FEZ Being Born
 
I'm just going to take the prompt to mean non-singles:

Boy: Shadows & Tall Trees
October: Tomorrow
War: Drowning Man
UF: Fourth of July (as gorgeous a mood piece as they have ever created)
JT: Red Hill Mining Town
R&H: Heartland
AB: Ultraviolet
Zooropa: Daddy's Gonna Pay
Passengers: Ito Okashi
Pop: Do You Feel Loved
ATYCLB: In a Little While (even though the obscurity of this track has been alleviated by the 360 Tour)
Atomic Bomb: Crumbs from Your Table
No Line: Breathe
 
BOY. An Cat Dubh, Shadows and Tall Trees

OCTOBER Scarlet

WAR : The Refugee

THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE Elvis Presley and America, Promenade

THE JOSHUA TREE : One Tree Hill, Red Hill Mining Town

RATTLE AND HUM God Part 2

Achtung Baby So Cruel

ZOOROPA The Wanderer

PASSENGERS Theme From The Swan

POP Wake Up Dead Man

ATYCLB : Grace

HTDAAB AMAAW

NLOTH Cedars of Lebanon
 
Boy - A Day Without Me
October - I Fall Down
War - Like A Song...
The Unforgettable Fire - Indian Summer Sky
The Joshua Tree - Not much obscure stuff to pick out of here...
Rattle And Hum - Van Diemen's Land
Achtung Baby - So Cruel
Zooropa - Numb (isn't all of Zooropa obscure?)
POP - Wake Up Dead Man
ATYCLB - Grace
Atomic Bomb - Original of the Species? does that count as obscure?
NLOTH - NLOTH I guess..
 
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