Ranking the songs after >10 days

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BANZAI

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I know there was already a thread about it, but I couldn't find it.

This is my ranking for this moment. It has changed a little bit after 10 days. Maybe it's still gonna change.

Great songs (*****)
1. Moment of Surrender
2. Magnificent
3. Unknown Caller
4. Breathe
5. NLOTH

Very good songs (****)

6. Cedars of Lebanon
7. FEZ - Being Born
8. White As Snow

Good songs (***)

9. Stand Up Comedy
10. I'll go Crazy...
11. Get On Your Boots

I've got a few problems with the last two songs. Get on Your Boots is a good song, but I noticed I skip it a lot. I just don't love this kind of songs: short, fast rock songs (GOYB, Vertigo, Elevation,but also Desire). My problem with I'll Go Crazy is that it's a too easy pop song that I like but that's not just IT. Stand Up Comedy is also good but could be better: the last 1,5 minute is great but the rest is just ok.
 
1. Breathe - A+
2. NLOTH - A
3. Magnificent - A
4. Moment Of Surrender - A-
5. Cedars Of Lebanon - A-
6. White As Snow - B+
7. Fez - Being Born - B+
8. Stand Up Comedy - B
9. Unknown Caller - B
10. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight - B
11. Get On Your Boots - B-

Overall: A-
 
1) Breathe
2) Stand Up Comedy
3) Magnificent
4) Unknown Caller
5) Get On Your Boots
6) White As Snow
7) No Line On The Horizon
8) I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
9) Cedars Of Lebanon
10) Fez-Being Born
11) Moment Of Surrender

Adding the two other songs, NLOTH2 would be number 4, and Winter would rank last.
 
1. Moment of surrender
2. Breathe
3. Magnificent
4. Unknown Caller
5. Stand up comedy
6. Fez - Being Born
7. No line on the horizon
8. White as snow
9. Cedars of Lebanon
10. I'll go crazy if I don't go crazy tonight
11. Get on your boots
 
Awesome songs:

MOS
Breathe
Magnificent
Cedars of Lebanon
Unknown Caller

Good songs:

Stand up Comedy
GOYB
White as Snow
I'll Go Crazy
No Line

OK songs:

Fez Being Born
 
I snuck winter in there just for fun

Brilliant....
1. NLOTH
2. Breathe
3. Winter

Great....
4. Unknown caller
5. Fez
6. Cedars of lebanon
7. White as snow
8. Magnificent
9. Moment of surrender

Shithouse....
10. IGCIIDGCT
11. Boots
12. Stand up comedy
 
1. Cedars of Lebanon
2. Fez-Being Born
3. White as Snow
4. Winter (even though an unfinished non-album track)
5. Unknown Caller

T6. Moment of Surrender; No Line on the Horizon; Magnificent

9. Breathe
10. I'll Go Crazy...
11. Standup Comedy
12. Get on Your Boots
 
No Line on the Horizon :hyper: right where it is- is proper
:heart:Moment of Surrender :drool: Addicted to this song.
Magnificent :heart:
Breathe:up:
Fez-Being Born :love::drool:
Cedars of Lebanon :drool:
Unknown Caller.
White as Snow.. :hyper:
I'll Go Crazy...:hyper:
Standup Comedy :up:
Get on Your Boots:up:
 
Great Songs

No line on the horizon 2
Fez-Being born
Magnificent
Get on your boots
White as Snow
No line on the horizon

Very good Songs

Moment of Surrender
Stand up Comedy
I'll go crazy if I don't go crazy tonight
Breathe
Cedars of Lebanon

Okay Song

Unknown Caller - Just don't really care for it.. I guess it's this album's wild honey for me.
 
Unknown Caller
Breathe
No Line (moved up after hearing it live)
Boots
Fez-Being Born
Moment of Surrender
Crazy Tonight
Magnificent
Cedars
Stand Up
White as Snow

I am not sure why I am the only one not head over heels in love with Magnificent yet. It's just sort of plain to me. Need to hear it live, I guess. I sort of felt that way about No Line, but I am cranking that one up a lot since I heard them do it live.
 
I think they all get either A or A+ from me. All i know is, this is the only U2 album that i don't skip a song, even their supposed top albums (AB: i skip Mysterious Ways and Trying to Throw; JS: i skip Trip Through Your Wires; and UF, my previous fav album, i skip Indian Summer Sky and Elvis in America...though i don't mind them). Though, i suppose, it's not a fair comparison (i may get sick of these in a few days/weeks/months).

A+ = MOS, Breathe, UC, NLOTH, SUC, Cedars, Magnificent
A = WAS, F-BB, Crazy, GOYB (and i'm glad they kept Winter off the album; it's not bad, but would've been the only B grade)


After 10+ days of listening, it's also nice to now start getting into the little favorite parts of the songs. The "hey" right before "will not be drowned out" in Breathe; the emphatic back-up singing on the line "like a little old lady" in SUC; Cedars' "al-gajibra, al-gajibra, al-gajibra" sample/intonation; the amazing opening to Magnificent...
 
Potential Classics (*****):

1. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
2. FEZ - Being Born
3. No Line On The Horizon
4. Moment Of Surrender

Great (****):

5. Magnificent
6. White As Snow
7. Cedars Of Lebanon

Good (***):

8. Breathe
9. Get On Your Boots

Meh (**):

10. Unknown Caller

Worst Album Track Ever (*):

11. Stand Up Comedy
 
I love:

NLOTH
Magnificent
MOS
IGCIIDGCT

really like:
Cedars
Fez
UC

Don't really like:

WAS
SUC
Breathe (I just don't get it)


Hate:

(Everyone groan by now...........)

Boots!:wink:
 
4/5
MoS
Breathe
3/5
Cedars
Fez
NLOTH
Magnificent
2/5
Unknown Caller
Crazy Tonight
Boots
SUC
White As Snow

Magnificent really could have been higher but the first 2/3rds of the lyrics are a lump of sugar to me, lyrically. Give me something bitter to cleanse the palate. NLOTH feels like it's missing a little je ne sais quoi, maybe I'll realize it when they play it live.
 
Grade A: :drool:

Moment of Surrender
No line on the horizon
Unknown Caller
Breathe
Magnificent
Fez - Being Born
I'll go crazy


Grade A-: :hyper:

White as snow
Cedars of Lebanon
Stand Up Comedy
Get on your boots
 
1. I'll Go Crazy...
2. Magnificent
3. Breathe
4. NLOTH
5. Moment Of Surrender
6. Stand Up Comedy
7. Unknown Caller
8. Get On Your Boots
9. FEZ
10. Cedars Of Lebanon
11. White As Snow
 
MOS
Magnificent
FEZ
UC
all awesome

WAS
Cedars
very good

Crazy tonight, SUC, NLOTH
good

Boots
meh

Breathe
not sure what to make of this one yet.
 
unknown caller
fez
moment of surrender
cedars
no line on the horizon
magnificent
stand up comedy
white as snow
boots
breathe
igciidgct

fab album
 
Fez-Born
No Line on the Horizon
Magnificent
Breathe
Boots
Unknown Caller
White as snow
Moment of Surrender
Crazy Tonight
Stand Up Comedy
Cedars

:doh: Yet the order changes as all are solid efforts....
 
*****

Moment of surrender
Fez - Being born
Unknown caller

****

NLOTH
Magnificent
Breathe
Stand up comedy
Get on your boots
White as snow

***

Cedars of Lebanon


*

Crazy tonight



Album **** very solid but no chance to be in my top 3 album. Still best since Pop
 
1. Breathe
2. Moment of Surrender
3. Crazy Tonight
4. No Line on the Horizon
5. Magnificent
6. Fez - Being Born
7. Get On Your Boots
8. White As Snow
9. Stand Up Comedy
10. Cedars of Lebanon
11. Unknown Caller
 
Very Fine U2 Listening
1. Fez-Being Born
2. White As Snow
3. Magnificent

Fine U2 Listening
4. Cedars Of Lebanon
5. Unknown Caller
6. Moment Of Surrender
7. No Line On The Horizon
8. Crazy Tonight
9. Breathe

Sort Of Fine U2 Listening
10. Stand Up Comedy

Only The Last Third Is Fine U2 Listening
11. Get On Your Boots
 
I love:

1. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
2. Magnificent
----(3. Winter. Eno was right, they are mad)----
3. Moment of Surrender
4. Fez - Being Born
5. Unknown Caller

From here I get to songs that I probably won't listen to that much again

6. Breathe
7. No Line on the Horizon ( Version 2 would be 5th on this list)
8. Stand up Comedy
9. Get on Your boots
10. Cedars of Lebanon.

And Finally the worst song I've heard in the past 10 years from U2, except for Love and Piece or Else.

11. White as Snow
 
No Line On The Horizon...A
Magnificent...B+
Moment Of Surrender...A+
Unknown Caller...A
I'll Go Crazy...B
Sexy Boots...B-
Stand Up Comedy...B
Fez - Being Born...A
White As Snow...A-
Breathe...A-
Cedars Of Lebanon...A+
 
1 - Breathe
2 - Crazy Tonight
3 - Magnificent
4 - Moment Of Surrender
5 - Unknown Caller
6 - White as Snow
7 - Stand Up Comedy
8 - Boots
9 - No line On the Horizon
10 - Fez
11 - Cedars of Lebanon
 
Love
1. Magnificent
2. Unknown Caller
3. Breathe
4. Fez-Being Born

Like
5. Moment of Surrender
6. Crazy Tonight
7. No Line On The Horizon

More Like Than Dislike
8. Get On Your Boots
9. Cedars of Lebanon

Dislike
10. Stand Up Comedy
11. White As Snow
 
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