Best Song Survivor: Achtung Baby Round III

[Axver]

Please vote for your LEAST FAVOURITE song.

Welcome to the third round for Achtung Baby in Best Song Survivor! The object of this game is to find Interference's favourite U2 song. To do so, songs will be eliminated album-by-album in 24 hour long rounds to leave the favourites to contest a final that will determine the very favourite. The top four songs from this album will proceed to the 1990s semi-finals. Only original U2 songs with official studio releases will compete. Due to dominating past tournaments and the inevitable likelihood that they will do the same this time, Where The Streets Have No Name and One are not in the tournament and can be assumed default equal #1 over and above the ultimate winner.

In the second round, So Cruel was eliminated.

ORDER OF ELIMINATION
11. Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World
10. So Cruel

EIGHTIES GRAND FINALISTS
1. New Year's Day
2. A Sort Of Homecoming
3. The Unforgettable Fire
4. Bad
5. With Or Without You
6. One Tree Hill
7. All I Want Is You

LAST ROUND'S RESULTS
35 votes: So Cruel
21: Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
8: Ultra Violet, Love Is Blindness
7: Even Better Than The Real Thing
5: Mysterious Ways, Acrobat
4: Zoo Station
1: Until The End Of The World
0: The Fly
(Total votes: 94)

 

[Axver]

Ultra Violet should not still be here.

 

[bono_212]

Again and again and again.

 

[MMP]

In the second round, So Cruel was eliminated.

Some people shouldn't be given the right to listen to music.

 

[bono_212]

Oh, yeah, and t(-_-t)

 

[phillyfan26]

Ultra Violet should not still be here.

I believe they spelled it Ultraviolet, as one word.

I also believe it's a fucking fantastic track, so, yeah.

 

[BonoIsMyMuse]

WGRYWH

(again)

 

[alanah]

Even Better than the Real Thing.

 

[Axver]

I believe they spelled it Ultraviolet, as one word.

I also believe it's a fucking fantastic track, so, yeah.

I believe they also tried to call a song even BETTER than the REAL thing.

 

[Bonogirl777]

I believe they spelled it Ultraviolet, as one word.

I also believe it's a fucking fantastic track, so, yeah.

This.

 

[Y2K]

Now it's getting really hard. I can't bear to pick songs now.

 

[2861U2]

Ultraviolet. Love it live, though.

 

[martha]

Horses

 

[bonocomet]

UV

So Cruel is one of the best songs on the album, but it is an album full of amazing songs so what are ya gonna do.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

I believe they spelled it Ultraviolet, as one word.

I also believe it's a fucking fantastic track, so, yeah.

this.

 

[coolian2]

this.

this

 

[Axver]

I believe they spelled it Ultraviolet, as one word.

I also believe it's a fucking fantastic track, so, yeah.

I believe they also tried to call a song even BETTER than the REAL thing.

As a point of fact, I just checked my copy of Achtung Baby. It's "ULTRA violet (light my WAY)".

Two words, not one.

 

[stagman]

what the hell?? 3 votes for Acrobat already???!!!

 

[phillyfan26]

U2 can't keep their own track titles straight, it seems. I usually see it listed as one word, which includes the Wikipedia entry and U2.com.

 

[coolian2]

U2.com > Lyrics : Ultraviolet (Light My Way)

one word here, but can we trust u2.com?




although, one word makes most sense, otherwise it suggest the song is very, very violet.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

although, one word makes most sense, otherwise it suggest the song is very, very violet.

i read this as violent, which made me think of a different song.




i just realized, i did the thing i hate

 

[Axver]

Remember, U2.com is the website that doesn't know the state of most American cities and thinks there is somewhere called Oaklans.

And need I bring up "Running To Standstill"?

 

[coolian2]

Remember, U2.com is the website that doesn't know the state of most American cities and thinks there is somewhere called Oaklans.

And need I bring up "Running To Standstill"?

yeah, grain of salt.

i wonder if they even have any passengers songs on there yet, outside of stuff on the best of.

 

[Axver]

I bet Miss Sarajevo is a U2 song and Slug isn't.

 

[phillyfan26]

Regardless of whether or not U2 has their shit together, it's still a fucking great track. To me, "baby" is as much of a lyric as Bono shouting, "oh oh oh oh" in every other song. It's not meant to be poetic, so I don't regard it as such. I have never had any problem with that chorus, and it's a relatively small portion of the song. Edge's vocals are fantastic, too.

 

[Axver]

Relatively small portion? It's repeated ad nauseum. The song goes on for about two minutes more than it rightfully should.

 

[dward1]

Ultraviolet is an overlooked epic, in my opinion. sure the lyrics seem a bit cheesy (boy-bandish according to one post) but the way they are sung is far from cheesy or boy-bandish. Very emotional and passionate singing from Bono. Edge with great backing and the expansive final chorus is just brilliant. Excellent guitar work, especially when the song first breaks out.

 

[The Sad Punk]

I thought it was Ultraviolent (Fight My Way)?

 

[Axver]

It's Knife My Way.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Horses has gotta go, unfortunately.