Songs You Meet In U2 Heaven - Round Fifteen: How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

[BigMacPhisto]

Welcome once again to our U2 Hall of Fame where we induct the cornerstones of U2's sprawling, awe-inspiring catalog.

In our last round, we elected the track that perhaps best defines U2, Beautiful Day. We also elected our second holdover, Acrobat.

Meanwhile, a record twenty-nine tracks (Bullet The Blue Sky/Desire/Discotheque/Do You Feel Loved/Elevation/Even Better Than The Real Thing/Exit/Heartland/In God's Country/Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me/Kite/Lady With The Spinning Head/Lemon/In A Little While/Love Is Blindness/Miss Sarajevo/Mofo/Mysterious Ways/Out Of Control/Red Hill Mining Town/Staring At The Sun/Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of/Tomorrow/Ultra Violet/Wake Up Dead Man/Walk On/Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses/When I Look At The World/Zoo Station) managed to stay above the 25% hurdle.

Remember, you can vote any way you please, hopefully keeping your standards consistent from one album to the next.

This Round's Ballot:

All Because Of You
Bullet The Blue Sky
City Of Blinding Lights
Crumbs From Your Table
Desire
Discotheque
Do You Feel Loved
Elevation
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Exit
Fast Cars
In God's Country
Heartland
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
Kite
Lady With The Spinning Head
Lemon
In A Little While
Love And Peace Or Else
Love Is Blindness
A Man And A Woman
Miracle Drug
Miss Sarajevo
Mofo
Mysterious Ways
One Step Closer
Original Of The Species
Out Of Control
Red Hill Mining Town
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Staring At The Sun
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Tomorrow
Ultra Violet
Vertigo
Wake Up Dead Man
Walk On
When I Look At The World
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Yahweh
Zoo Station


Inductees:

1. The Electric Co.
2. I Will Follow
3. Gloria
4. New Year's Day
5. Sunday Bloody Sunday
6. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
7. The Unforgettable Fire
8. Bad
9. Pride
10. A Sort Of Homecoming
11. Where The Streets Have No Name
12. With Or Without You
13. Running To Stand Still
14. One Tree Hill
15. All I Want Is You
16. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
17. The Fly
18. Until The End Of The World
19. One
20. Zooropa
21. Stay (Faraway, So Close)
22. Your Blue Room
23. Gone
24. Please
25. Beautiful Day
26. Acrobat


Songs That Were Not Inducted But Managed To Stay On For More Than One Round:

40
Angel Of Harlem
Bullet The Blue Sky
An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart
A Celebration
Desire
Dirty Day
Discotheque
Do You Feel Loved
Drowning Man
Elevation
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Exit
Fire
In God's Country
Hawkmoon 269
Heartland
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
Kite
Lady With The Spinning Head
Lemon
In A Little While
Love Comes Tumbling
Love Is Blindness
Miss Sarajevo
Mofo
Mysterious Ways
October
Out Of Control
Red Hill Mining Town
Rejoice
Slug
Spanish Eyes
Staring At The Sun
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Sweetest Thing
Tomorrow
Ultra Violet
Wake Up Dead Man
Walk On
When I Look At The World
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Wire
Zoo Station

 

[BigMacPhisto]

My Ballot:

All Because Of You
Bullet The Blue Sky
City Of Blinding Lights
Desire
Discotheque
Elevation
Even Better Than The Real Thing
In God's Country
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
Kite
Lemon
In A Little While
Miracle Drug
Miss Sarajevo
Mysterious Ways
Out Of Control
Red Hill Mining Town
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Staring At The Sun
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Tomorrow
Vertigo
Walk On
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses

 

[2861U2]

Bullet The Blue Sky
City Of Blinding Lights
Desire
Discotheque
Elevation
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
Lemon
In A Little While
Love Is Blindness
Mysterious Ways
Out Of Control
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Staring At The Sun
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Vertigo
Walk On

 

[SamuelSmeloc]

Heartland;
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me;
Kite;
Lady With The Spinning Head;
Mofo;
One Step Closer;
Red Hill Mining Town;
Ultra Violet;
When I Look At The World;
Exit;
Walk On;
In God's Country.

 

[believer75]

Bullet The Blue Sky
City Of Blinding Lights
Desire
Elevation
Even Better Than The Real Thing
In God's Country
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
Kite
Lady With The Spinning Head
Love Is Blindness
Miss Sarajevo
Mofo
Mysterious Ways
Out Of Control
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Staring At The Sun
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Tomorrow
Ultra Violet
Vertigo
Walk On
When I Look At The World
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Zoo Station

Did we skip Million Dollar Hotel era or is that coming up soon?

 

[Axver]

Come on people, let's get some of these holdovers elected.

City Of Blinding Lights
Crumbs From Your Table
Do You Feel Loved
Exit
Fast Cars
In God's Country
Heartland
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
Kite
Lady With The Spinning Head
Lemon
Love And Peace Or Else
Love Is Blindness
A Man And A Woman
Mofo
One Step Closer
Red Hill Mining Town
Tomorrow
Wake Up Dead Man
Walk On
When I Look At The World

 

[ultraviolet7]

Bullet The Blue Sky
Do You Feel Loved
Elevation
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Exit
Heartland
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
Kite
Lady With The Spinning Head
Love Is Blindness
A Man And A Woman
Miss Sarajevo
Mofo
One Step Closer
Ultra Violet
Wake Up Dead Man
Zoo Station

 

[AtomicBono]

Bullet The Blue Sky
City Of Blinding Lights
Discotheque
Do You Feel Loved
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Exit
In God's Country
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
Kite
In A Little While
Love And Peace Or Else
Love Is Blindness
Mofo
Original Of The Species
Staring At The Sun
Ultraviolet
Vertigo
Walk On

 

[snutes1]

Do You Feel Loved
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Exit
In God's Country
Heartland
Lemon
In A Little While
Miss Sarajevo

 

[thefly418]

City Of Blinding Lights
In God's Country
Mysterious Ways
Out Of Control
Red Hill Mining Town
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Walk On
Zoo Station

 

[BigMacPhisto]

Did we skip Million Dollar Hotel era or is that coming up soon?

Round Sixteen: No Line On The Horizon

Round Seventeen: 00's Misc.

Round Eighteen-?: Game continues if something is elected in Round 17 and ceases when we stop inducting songs. This is basically the mop-up stage.

 

[believer75]

cool, thanks for answering my question

 

[SeattleVertigo]

Bullet The Blue Sky
City Of Blinding Lights
Crumbs From Your Table
Desire
Discotheque
Elevation
Even Better Than The Real Thing
In God's Country
Heartland
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
Kite
Lemon
Love Is Blindness
Miss Sarajevo
Mysterious Ways
One Step Closer
Out Of Control
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Staring At The Sun
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Vertigo
Wake Up Dead Man
When I Look At The World

 

[U2DMfan]

Bullet The Blue Sky
Discotheque
Do You Feel Loved
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Exit
In God's Country
Heartland
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
Kite
Lemon
Love Is Blindness
Mofo
Red Hill Mining Town
Ultra Violet
Zoo Station

Fuck it, I'm going with 15 this time.

 

[juanacate]

City Of Blinding Lights
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Vertigo

 

[astepcloser24]

Ones I felt should stay... no particular order, though the top six have a special place in my heart.

Stuck in a Moment
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?
Walk On
Ultra Violet
Original of the Species
Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own
Mysterious Ways
Lemon
Crumbs
Bullet the Blue Sky
Desire
Even Better Than the Real Thing
City of Blinding Lights
In God's Country
All Because Of You
Kite
In A Little While
Love Is Blindness
Miracle Drug
One Step Closer
Red Hill Mining Town
Staring At The Sun

 

[Flaming Friar Sr]

Desire
Discotheque
Do You Feel Loved
Heartland
Love Is Blindness
Miss Sarajevo
Mofo
Original Of The Species
Red Hill Mining Town
Staring At The Sun
Tomorrow
Wake Up Dead Man
Walk On
When I Look At The World
Yahweh

 

[Screwtape2]

City Of Blinding Lights
*Do You Feel Loved
*Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
*Lemon
*Mysterious Ways
*Red Hill Mining Town
*Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses

 

[BigMacPhisto]

Interim Results

City Of Blinding Lights/In God's Country/Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me - 10
Even Better Than The Real Thing/Kite/Love Is Blindness/Walk On - 9
Bullet The Blue Sky/Lemon/Red Hill Mining Town - 8
Do You Feel Loved/Heartland/Mofo/Mysterious Ways/Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own/Staring At The Sun - 7
Desire/Discotheque/Exit/Miss Sarajevo/Ultra Violet/Vertigo - 6
Elevation/In A Little While/One Step Closer/Out Of Control/Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of/When I Look At The World - 5
Lady With The Spinning Head/Tomorrow/Wake Up Dead Man/Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses/Zoo Station - 4
Crumbs From Your Table/Original Of The Species - 3
All Because Of You/Love And Peace Or Else/A Man And A Woman/Miracle Drug - 2
Fast Cars/Yahweh - 1


City/God/Hold will need to be on the next two ballots to end up 12 for 17, just over the line.

The second tier would need to go five-for-five just to be right at the mark, 14 of 20. In other worlds, chances are nil.

 

[dward1]

City of Blinding Lights
Desire
Exit
Kite
Heartland
Lady With the Spinning Head
Love is Blindness
One Step Closer
Ultra Violet
When I Look at the World
Red Hill Mining Town
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Elevation
Vertigo
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Walk On
Even Better Than the Real Thing

 

[BigMacPhisto]

Out of the house for four hours to no avail! Come on guys, just need one more ballot to get a verdict on COBL and then we can move on to the next round!

 

[Acrobat51829]

All Because Of You
City Of Blinding Lights
Desire
Discotheque
Elevation
Exit
Fast Cars
In God's Country
Heartland
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
Lemon
Love And Peace Or Else
Love Is Blindness
Mysterious Ways
Staring At The Sun
Tomorrow
Vertigo

 

[BigMacPhisto]

Final Results

City Of Blinding Lights - 12
In God's Country/Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me/Love Is Blindness - 11
Even Better Than The Real Thing/Kite/Walk On - 10
Heartland/Lemon/Red Hill Mining Town - 9
Bullet The Blue Sky/Desire/Exit/Mysterious Ways/Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own/Staring At The Sun/Vertigo - 8
Discotheque/Do You Feel Loved/Mofo/Ultra Violet - 7
Elevation/Miss Sarajevo/One Step Closer/When I Look At The World - 6
Lady With The Spinning Head/In A Little While/Out Of Control/Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of/Tomorrow/Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses - 5
Wake Up Dead Man/Zoo Station - 4
All Because of You/Crumbs From Your Table/Love And Peace Or Else/Original Of The Species - 3
A Man And A Woman/Miracle Drug - 2
Fast Cars/Yahweh - 1