How many U2 songs do you like?

[purpleoscar]

No covers, EPs or b-sides.

Boy:10
October:8
War:8
The Unforgettable Fire:8
The Joshua Tree:11
Rattle and Hum:8
Achtung Baby:12
Zooropa:10
POP:12
All that you can't leave behind:10
How to dismantle an atomic bomb:11
No line on the horizon:11

Total 119.
That's not even including Passengers or b-sides, etc.

 

[BVS]

Probably 2 or 3...

 

[purpleoscar]

Probably 2 or 3...

 

[Swan269]

off hand, I would guess I would listen to about 90% of the catalogue.

 

[God Part III]

That's a weird question, as I like almost every U2 song in some way or another by default (with exceptions). It also changes from time to time. But like Swan269, I would say I enjoy 90% of it.

 

[corianderstem]

How many do I like?

That's an awful lot of songs. It would be a lot quicker to count/name the ones I don't like.

 

[BluRmGrl]

Most of them.

 

[BVS]

Honestly I mistakenly thought this was a forum full of spy plane enthusiasts...

 

[Pearl]

Too many to count.

 

[digitize]

Two or more

 

[purpleoscar]

That's a weird question,

I'm an accountant.

 

[alanah]

Most of them.

This..

 

[angel_28]

Most of them.

Ditto for me

 

[zooropop40]

Pretty much all of them except for a few (see "Worst U2 song thread")

I dont think there is any other band where I consistently like almost all their music other than U2

 

[sony]

Almost them all!!!

 

[An Cat Gav]

There aren't many that I really don't like, not even B-sides or even Red Light. The first U2 song that I actually hated was If God Will Send his Angels, but the hatred has eased and now i don't even skip it whilst listening to Pop, I can see it's good points.
After 2000 things changes, on ATYCLB I still really can't stand Walk On. Peace On Earth and Elevation are songs that I find quite annoying but I don't hate them.
HTDAAB is a different story, Miracle Drug is an abomination to my ears, Yahweh is extremely dull and Love and Peace Or Else and ABOY are just plain naff.
NLOTH is a great improvement but it does have their all time worst clunker, SUC.
So that's about 6 album tracks that I really dislike.

 

[bazza]

all.

 

[purpleoscar]

There aren't many that I really don't like, not even B-sides or even Red Light. The first U2 song that I actually hated was If God Will Send his Angels, but the hatred has eased and now i don't even skip it whilst listening to Pop, I can see it's good points.
After 2000 things changes, on ATYCLB I still really can't stand Walk On. Peace On Earth and Elevation are songs that I find quite annoying but I don't hate them.
HTDAAB is a different story, Miracle Drug is an abomination to my ears, Yahweh is extremely dull and Love and Peace Or Else and ABOY are just plain naff.
NLOTH is a great improvement but it does have their all time worst clunker, SUC.
So that's about 6 album tracks that I really dislike.

That's what I like about U2 songs because they can grow on you. There was a time when I was a kid that I didn't like With or without you. Of course that's changed.

all.

Wow! That's like ~ 150 songs.

 

[nielsgov]

Like most people here. Almost all of them.

 

[powerhour24]

Almost them all!!!

 

[Katiesheb]

^ Ditto! I like most of them!

 

[Axver]

Time for me to be controversial, I guess? I'm being a bit strict on this. Songs where I'd say "it's alright" or "I like the music but hate the lyrics" don't count. Studio versions only; e.g. I'd only say Dirty Day studio is "it's alright" despite how much the live version rules, so it doesn't count.

Boy: 11 out of 11
October: 9 out of 11
War: 7 out of 10
UF: 10 out of 10
JT: 9 out of 11
RAH: 6 out of 9
Achtung: 7 out of 12
Zooropa: 6 out of 10
Passengers: 11 out of 14
Pop: 7 out of 12
ATYCLB: 3 out of 12 (I'm counting TGBHF, goddamnit)
HTDAAB: 5 out of 12 (I'm counting Fast Cars, goddamnit)
NLOTH: 7 out of 11

So that's 98 out of 145. More than I expected. I guess there are some borderline cases; NLOTH could be a couple higher or lower, for example.

 

[purpleoscar]

So that's 98 out of 145.

It'll be a sad day when U2 hang it up but at least there will be approx 80 - 150 songs people can be nostagic about. I seriously wonder if another group will be able to do this again.