What is U2's best 'rock' song ?

[BoyOnTheHorizon]

Silver and Gold
God Part ll
Discotheque (Best of version)
Spanish Eyes
Volcano

 

[jphelmet]

1. The Fly
2. Gone

 

[Salome]

Desire

 

[Kieran McConville]

As two other people noted, the Fly, of course.

I can't believe the Edge nominated 'Wonderwall' as his song of the nineties and thought The Fly hadn't aged well or some such nonsense. The Fly is pure, oozing sexy rock and roll. It's industrial, but at the same time it's Elvis. Fucking lightning in a bottle. And - here's the good part - it was the first single off Achtung Baby.

 

[cobl04]

The Fly, definitely. That was I immediately thought of and I'm sticking by it. Rocks the fuck out from go to woah and not just that but carries emotional weight too.

 

[FazeCraze]

Wire.

Good pick!

 

[Jarvio]

My top 4 U2 songs of all time are:
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
The Unforgettable Fire
New Year's Day
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me

So,
Out of those, HMTMKMKM fits the criteria of "rock song" the most I guess. But they're all technically rock really, depends how you look at it.

 

[MrPryck2U]

The Fly

 

[Desert Dog]

Bullet hands down.....

 

[Kieran McConville]

U2 should have made Mofo the first single off of POP. If they were fucked anyway, why not go down swinging.

 

[DaveC]

How has this thread gotten to 3 pages and nobody's mentioned Gloria?

EDIT: Or 11 O'Clock Tick Tock. EYKIW, you're slipping.

 

[Oregoropa]

How has this thread gotten to 3 pages and nobody's mentioned Gloria?

EDIT: Or 11 O'Clock Tick Tock. EYKIW, you're slipping.

Gloria was mentioned earlier. This thread may be poll worthy based upon the nominees so far


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[Mack_Again]

are most of classic U2 songs from albums prior to Achtung mostly considered as "classic rock"?

 

[Oregoropa]

are most of classic U2 songs from albums prior to Achtung mostly considered as "classic rock"?

They have become classic rock, but some have that unique U2 recipe of edge delay, atmospheric grandiosity that doesn't exist outside of a U2 song. Like Pride.

If you go back to my OP I posed the question if you were in an American Biker Bar and had to pick a U2 song from the jukebox that wouldn't get cut off or result in getting your ass kicked. I picked God Part II

I guess my reasoning is that it falls in line with the traditional harder rock heritage pre-U2. Stones, Zeppelin, Springsteen (Murder Incorporated), White Album Beatles. God Part II seems to draw from that musical DNA sprinkled with its own flavor and a little INXS mixed in. I'm not saying it's the best because I'm trying to disguise it but I find it to be more pure rock than anthem.

Until the End of the World makes a strong case especially live. It is more in U2s wheelhouse with Edges helicopter riff and lyrics. That's why it's still played to this day.


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[YBORCITY]

UTEOTW
HMTMKMKM
The Fly

 

[DaveC]

(Murder Incorporated)

I've never heard a U2 song that sounds like Ja Rule or Ashanti.

 

[FazeCraze]

 

[Yahweh_OMG]

Like a song...

Surprised nobody called it.




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[U2girl]

American bar, you say ?

Bullet the blue sky. Bonus points if it's a live version with the longer solo.

 

[Oregoropa]

American bar, you say ?

Bullet the blue sky. Bonus points if it's a live version with the longer solo.

That was my second choice for a biker bar. Because it was used in a Sons of Anarchy promo and is on the season 7 soundtrack.

 

[TinKnight]

Even Better Than the Real Thing

 

[jules]

Acrobat