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Well, here's my list. I hope the inclusions of Wild Irish Rose and Alex Descends are OK, and I really don't see how ACD/ITH can be considered separately; in my mind (and on a few random editions of Boy, I believe), they're one seamless track. But if the original poster thinks this breaches any of his guidelines, I'd be happy to alter the list appropriately.

1. One Tree Hill
2. Bad
3. The Unforgettable Fire
4. Heartland
5. A Sort Of Homecoming
6. New Year’s Day
7. Acrobat
8. Gone
9. Wild Irish Rose
10. Bass Trap
11. Spanish Eyes
12. Treasure (Whatever Happened To Pete The Chop?)
13. Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
14. Gloria
15. The Fly
16. The Electric Co.
17. Rejoice
18. Where The Streets Have No Name
19. Red Hill Mining Town
20. Zooropa
21. Love Is Blindness
22. Slug
23. God Part II
24. Last Night On Earth
25. Tomorrow
26. Twilight
27. With Or Without You
28. Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk/Korova 1
29. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
30. Wire
31. Beach Sequence
32. The Three Sunrises
33. Your Blue Room
34. Promenade
35. Pride
36. All I Want Is You
37. Smile
38. Please
39. Until The End Of The World
40. Bullet The Blue Sky
41. North And South Of The River
42. Native Son
43. Wake Up Dead Man
44. Mothers Of The Disappeared
45. Dancing Barefoot
46. Like A Song …
47. Mofo
48. An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart
49. In God’s Country
50. Indian Summer Sky
 
1. Until the End of the World
2. One Tree Hill
3. Gone
4. In God's Country
5. With or Without You
6. The Fly
7. Zooropa
8. Bad
9. Kite
10. All I Want Is You
11. Beautiful Day
12. One
13. Miss Sarajevo
14. Even Better Than the Real Thing
15. Acrobat
16. Stay (Faraway, So Close)
17. Please
18. Dirty Day
19. Love Is Blindness
20. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
21. Tomorrow
22. The First Time
23. The Wanderer
24. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?
25. Vertigo
26. The Unforgettable Fire
27. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
28. MLK
29. Mofo
30. Zoo Station
31. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
32. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
33. The Unforgettable Fire
34. So Cruel
35. City of Blinding Lights
36. Mysterious Ways
37. Where the Streets Have No Name
38. Running to Stand Still
39. Lemon
40. Discotheque
41. New Year’s Day
42. Out of Control
43. Staring at the Sun
44. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
45. Wake Up Dead Man
46. Last Night on Earth
47. I Will Follow
48. Desire
49. Bullet the Blue Sky (live from Rattle and Hum)
50. Walk On
 
LemonMelon said:
I'm curious to know how all of you went about making your lists. For my list, I went through each album (along with collections featuring b-sides and demos, using u2wanderer as a reference point) and picked out the necessary songs, and then separated them out into 5 separate tiers based on my first impression. If one tier contained more songs than the others, I shifted them around as necessary. From there, I sorted them within the tiers, which was easier for the first and last ones than everything in the middle, where almost all of the songs were equal.
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That's a lot of effort to completely leave off the best song U2 has ever recorded.

Otherwise, I love that you have Zooropa #1

I've had a rough top 100 list for years, I made it back in the Popmart era and have revised every 2 years or so (back then I used it to make 'tapes') haha, but for some reason hadn't updated it since 2004. It was a great starting point. So I just went from there. I figure 3/4 of my top 50 has been the same (not in that particular order but songs) for the last 10 years.
 
U2DMfan said:
That's a lot of effort to completely leave off the best song U2 has ever recorded.

Otherwise, I love that you have Zooropa #1

I've had a rough top 100 list for years, I made it back in the Popmart era and have revised every 2 years or so (back then I used it to make 'tapes') haha, but for some reason hadn't updated it since 2004. It was a great starting point. So I just went from there. I figure 3/4 of my top 50 has been the same (not in that particular order but songs) for the last 10 years.
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To be fair, I was basing my list 100% on the studio versions of songs. Had I included live performances into my criteria, it would have made the cut.
 
1. With Or Without You
2. Where The Streets Have No Name
3. Bad
4. The Unforgettable Fire
5. New Year's Day
6. All I Want Is You
7. Heartland
8. Spanish Eyes
9. Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
10. Acrobat
11. Pride
12. God Part II
13. Like A Song
14. A Sort Of Homecoming
15. I Will Follow
16. Angel Of Harlem
17. Desire
18. Zooropa
19. Gloria
20. Running To Stand Still
21. October
22. Promenade
23. One Tree Hill
24. Your Blue Room
25. Ultraviolet
26. Dancing Barefoot
27. Exit
28. Wake Up Dead Man
29. The First Time
30. Until The End Of The World
31. The Fly
32. The Electric Co.
33. In God's Country
34. Two Hearts Beat As One
35. Sunday Bloody Sunday
36. Drowning Man
37. Love Comes Tumbling
38. Tomorrow
39. 11 O Clock Tick Tock
40. The Three Sunrises
41. Rejoice
42. If You Wear That Velvet Dress
43. Staring At The Sun
44. Last Night On Earth
45. Stay
46. Beautiful Day
47. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
48. One Step Closer
49. Window In The Skies
50. Electrical Storm
 
believer75 said:
1. Until the End of the World
2. One Tree Hill
3. Gone
4. In God's Country
5. With or Without You
6. The Fly
7. Zooropa
8. Bad
9. Kite
10. All I Want Is You
11. Beautiful Day
12. One
13. Miss Sarajevo
14. Even Better Than the Real Thing
15. Acrobat
16. Stay (Faraway, So Close)
17. Please
18. Dirty Day
19. Love Is Blindness
20. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
21. Tomorrow
22. The First Time
23. The Wanderer
24. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?
25. Vertigo
26. The Unforgettable Fire
27. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
28. MLK
29. Mofo
30. Zoo Station
31. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
32. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
33. The Unforgettable Fire
34. So Cruel
35. City of Blinding Lights
36. Mysterious Ways
37. Where the Streets Have No Name
38. Running to Stand Still
39. Lemon
40. Discotheque
41. New Year’s Day
42. Out of Control
43. Staring at the Sun
44. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
45. Wake Up Dead Man
46. Last Night on Earth
47. I Will Follow
48. Desire
49. Bullet the Blue Sky (live from Rattle and Hum)
50. Walk On
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I just noticed that I included The Unforgettable Fire twice! :doh: Sorry! I meant to include Silver and Gold (live from Rattle and Hum) in it's place at the 33 slot. I cannot edit my post so thank you for correcting this for me.
 
LemonMelon said:
6. Do You Feel Loved
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:love:

as for how I made my list - I put Pop on there (a couple tracks didn't make the cut in the end though). Then I just tried to think of my other favourite tracks off the bat, then went through and looked at every album and tried to think of standout tracks for each. Then i just tried to arrange them in order starting with #1. There was no real system, just me thinkin'.
 
1. With or Without You
2. Mysterious Ways
3. Beautiful Day
4. Gone
5. Vertigo
6. The Fly
7. Do You Feel Loved
8. One
9. If You Wear That Velvet Dress
10. Night and Day

11. Bad
12. Where The Streets Have No Name
13. Until The End of The World
14. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
15. Mercy
16. City of Blinding Lights
17. Even Better Than The Real Thing
18. Wake Up Dead Man
19. Pride (In The Name of Love)
20. Love is Blindness

21. Mofo
22. New York
23. Elevation
24. Salome [Zooromancer Remix]
25. Some Days Are Better Than Others
26. Fast Cars
27. New Year's Day
28. Love Comes Tumbling
29. Walk On
30. The Ground Beneath Her Feet

31. Dancing Barefoot
32. Drowning Man
33. Tomorrow
34. Sunday Bloody Sunday
35. All I Want is You
36. Lemon
37. Desire
38. Electrical Storm
39. Discotheque
40. Please

41. Dirty Day
42. I Will Follow
43. Seconds
44. The First Time
45. In God's Country
46. Gloria
47. God Part II
48. Stranger in A Strange Land
49. Fire
50. Red Light
 
I like how LIKE A SONG has appeared on lots of lists :D


Axver said:
Well, here's my list. I hope the inclusions of Wild Irish Rose and Alex Descends are OK, and I really don't see how ACD/ITH can be considered separately; in my mind (and on a few random editions of Boy, I believe), they're one seamless track. But if the original poster thinks this breaches any of his guidelines, I'd be happy to alter the list appropriately.

1. One Tree Hill
2. Bad
3. The Unforgettable Fire
4. Heartland
5. A Sort Of Homecoming
6. New Year’s Day
7. Acrobat
8. Gone
9. Wild Irish Rose
10. Bass Trap
11. Spanish Eyes
12. Treasure (Whatever Happened To Pete The Chop?)
13. Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
14. Gloria
15. The Fly
16. The Electric Co.
17. Rejoice
18. Where The Streets Have No Name
19. Red Hill Mining Town
20. Zooropa
21. Love Is Blindness
22. Slug
23. God Part II
24. Last Night On Earth
25. Tomorrow
26. Twilight
27. With Or Without You
28. Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk/Korova 1
29. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
30. Wire
31. Beach Sequence
32. The Three Sunrises
33. Your Blue Room
34. Promenade
35. Pride
36. All I Want Is You
37. Smile
38. Please
39. Until The End Of The World
40. Bullet The Blue Sky
41. North And South Of The River
42. Native Son
43. Wake Up Dead Man
44. Mothers Of The Disappeared
45. Dancing Barefoot
46. Like A Song …
47. Mofo
48. An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart
49. In God’s Country
50. Indian Summer Sky
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no Ultraviolet?.. no One? :sad::sad::sad:
 
Axver...you must have spent a good two years telling everyone in here that COBL was one of the greatest songs ever written. :wink: How has it fallen so far as to not make your top 50?
 
namkcuR said:
Axver...you must have spent a good two years telling everyone in here that COBL was one of the greatest songs ever written. :wink: How has it fallen so far as to not make your top 50?
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He found out what production was in the meanwhile and decided to dock the song a few gold stars.
 
namkcuR said:
Axver...you must have spent a good two years telling everyone in here that COBL was one of the greatest songs ever written. :wink: How has it fallen so far as to not make your top 50?
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Once he found out it was about an American city... Shitsville from there.
 
1. With Or Without You
2. Zooropa
3. Where The Streets Have No Name
4. Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
5. The Unforgettable Fire
6. New Year's Day
7. Sunday Bloody Sunday
8. Until The End Of The World
9. The Fly
10. All I Want Is You
11. One
12. Bullet The Blue Sky
13. Drowning Man
14. Lemon
15. Stay(Faraway, So Close)
16. Love Is Blindness
17. Numb
18. Acrobat
19. Miss Sarajevo
20. Bad
21. Ultraviolet(Light My Way)
22. Running To Stand Still
23. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
24. Your Blue Room
25. Please
26. Stateless
27. Dirty Day
28. Discotheque
29. Indian Summer Sky
30. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
31. Always Forever Now
32. So Cruel
33. Pride(In The Name Of Love)
34. Exit
35. Wire
36. Mysterious Ways
37. Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad
38. Falling At Your Feet
39. Angel Of Harlem
40. Staring At The Sun
41. Mofo
42. Gone
43. One Tree Hill
44. Do You Feel Loved
45. October
46. Gloria
47. When I Look At The World
48. Fire
49. Beautiful Day
50. I Will Follow
51. Surrender
 
namkcuR said:
Axver...you must have spent a good two years telling everyone in here that COBL was one of the greatest songs ever written. :wink: How has it fallen so far as to not make your top 50?
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Honestly, no overwhelming reason in particular; I just gradually lost interest in it. The production of the studio version really is pretty unsatisfying, especially compared to the live version, and the insubstantial lyrics have increasingly come to bother me. The near-total absence of songs from the current decade in my top 50 is due in no small part to the lyrics.

I still rank COBL as one of the top two HTDAAB songs, with One Step Closer.
 
The Fly revolutionised the U2 sound.

It is the singularly most important epic in the U2 catelogue.

It is U2's Bohemiam Rhapsody.

it is U2's Stairway to Heaven.

It is the song that links the first half of the U2 story to the second half of the U2 story.

The Fly is U2.

Yeah I gotta go, I'm running out of change. There's a lot of things, if I could I'd re-arange......
 
Axver said:
The near-total absence of songs from the current decade in my top 50 is due in no small part to the lyrics.
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Here you mention something very important. Bono, PLEASE write us some great lyrics this time!!!

It's remarkable to see how weak the lyrics of the last two albums (and in between songs like 'Electrical Storm') are. Especially if you compare them to Joshua Tree / Achtung Baby / Pop.
 
Lies, all lies. COBL is introspective greatness left and right, a personal experience of Bono's eloquently jotted down on paper and later told through song. You people suck.
 
BigMacPhisto said:
Lies, all lies. COBL is introspective greatness left and right, a personal experience of Bono's eloquently jotted down on paper and later told through song. You people suck.
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The opening lyrics of COBL are so bad:

"The more you see the less you know
The less you find out as you go
I knew much more then than I do now"

Bono's rhymes are so terribly forced. :lol:
 
Screwtape2 said:
The opening lyrics of COBL are so bad:

"The more you see the less you know
The less you find out as you go
I knew much more then than I do now"

Bono's rhymes are so terribly forced. :lol:
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He's talking about himself obviously. The song has elements of his wife and what she means to him. In the album Boy he thought that if people could listen to him the world would be better. Now that he's in the thick of world issues he feels like he knows less today. It's just a play on words. Bono is doing more songs about his family so they may seem weird to others but when you are a die hard U2 fan you can see the inside references.

Bono is also obsessed with the past and misses his childhood. That's certainly a theme below the main theme of healing. Most bands are childish to a certain extent and it doesn't surprise me that Bono is a little childish too. When you get older and half you life has gone by you tend to look back at what you did in the past and have nostagic moments now and then. His father died and when someone like that passes away you WILL look at the past and want to recover some of it.

If U2 continues on in old age you are going to get more songs like that. Sorry to say.
 
i finally made a list:

1. zooropa
2. seconds
3. a sort of homecoming
4. discotheque
5. a day without me
6. your blue room
7. the fly
8. heartland
9. where the streets have no name
10. mofo
11. zoo station
12. 11 o’clock tick tock
13. city of blinding lights
14. the unforgettable fire
15. miss sarajevo
16. fire
17. one tree hill
18. boomerang 1
19. tomorrow
20. drowning man
21. lemon
22. united colours
23. the electric co.
24. even better than the real thing
25. the first time
26. promenade
27. an cat dubh
28. last night on earth
29. mysterious ways
30. if you wear that velvet dress
31. walk to the water
32. slug
33. wire
34. exit
35. alex descends into hell for a bottle of milk / korova 1
36. the ground beneath her feet
37. running to stand still
38. into the heart
39. all i want is you
40. salome
41. gone
42. always forever now
43. new year’s day
44. daddy’s gonna pay for your crashed car
45. twilight
46. miami
47. another day
48. the sweetest thing
49. desire
50. i threw a brick through a window
 
Screwtape2 said:
The opening lyrics of COBL are so bad:

"The more you see the less you know
The less you find out as you go
I knew much more then than I do now"

Bono's rhymes are so terribly forced. :lol:
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What on earth are you talking about? The third line doesn't even rhyme with the other two, nor does he try to make it rhyme.

Plus, the first two lines are quite poignant, and very much in character for him, based on his usual writing style.
 
LemonMelon said:
What on earth are you talking about? The third line doesn't even rhyme with the other two, nor does he try to make it rhyme.

Plus, the first two lines are quite poignant, and very much in character for him, based on his usual writing style.
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The first two lines are a forced rhyme. The first and third line are a half rhyme that also seems forced.

I understand what he is saying but it is so clunky and completely forced.
 
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