Best Song Survivor: No Line On The Horizon Round VII

[digitize]

I'm voting for NLOTH to add to the pro-FBB effort.

 

[LemonMelon]

For the record, I rank them:

1. Breathe
2. NLOTH
3. Magnificent
4. MOS
5. Cedars
6. White As Snow
7. Fez-Being Born
8. SUC
9. Ka-rayzee Tonite
10. UC
11. Boots

Adore the top 5, really dig 6 and 7, and I'm pretty meh on the last 4. SUC is underrated though.

 

[martha]

MOS

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[Irishteen]

I think the albums ranks something like that for me, still absolutely love Unknown Caller

MOS
UC
White As Snow

Magnificent
Breathe

Cedars of Lebanon
Fez
No Line

Crazy
Stand Up
Boots

 

[popacrobat]

i'll throw my hat into the ring here too. I'd go something like:

Breathe
Magnificent
Moment of Surrender
No Line on the Horizon
Get On Your Boots
Fez - Being Born
Unknown Caller
I'll Go Crazy if I Don't go Crazy Tonight
Stand Up Comedy
Cedars of Lebanon
White as Snow

And that's not to say I don't like Cedars or White as snow. I like them. A lot. I just like the rest better. As I've said before, I truly love this album. Maybe that will wear off, but I doubt it. I hope not at least. Also, #'s 1-3 could be interchangeable with each other.

 

[the tourist]

For me it goes:

No Line On The Horizon II
Fez-Being Born
Magnificent
No Line On The Horizon
Cedars Of Lebanon
Breathe
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Moment Of Surrender
Unknown Caller
White As Snow
Get On Your Boots
Stand Up Comedy

Though I like all of them, the top 2 are light years ahead of the rest.

 

[rwolins1]

Here's mine. Sorry if I offend anyone.

Unknown Caller
No Line on the Horizon
Moment of Surrender
Magnificient
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Breathe
FEZ - Being Born
White As Snow
Get On Your Boots
Cedars of Lebanon
Stand Up Comedy

 

[coolian2]

damn, i'd have to think on mine...this feels like it changes constantly, but nloth is definitely #1.

1. no line on the horizon
2. magnificent
3. unknown caller
4. breathe
5. fez - being born
6. moment of surrender
7. white as snow
8. cedars of lebanon
9. crazy tonight
10. stand up comedy
11. sexy boots


and for reference, i really, really enjoy stand up comedy.

 

[Axver]

New round will be three or so hours away, sorry folks.

 

[phillyfan26]

the unknown caller criticisms are baffling to me. the lyrics are probably among his best ever. the chorus is a bit startling, but in a chilling way that benefits the song. i think if it were radiohead or somebody else that put it out people would be clamoring for U2 and Bono to think outside the songwriting box and do something like that.

exactly. i've always considered the "Bono's lyrics suck" argument to be a lazy reason to not like a song. it's like people randomly become english majors.

The Radiohead comparison doesn't work because Radiohead's much more about the sound of the vocals, not what he's saying. Half the time you can't even understand what he's saying. It doesn't matter, because their songs aren't built around the lyrics.

U2, conversely, is a band heavily reliant on the lyrics. Bono's at the forefront most of the time (exceptions are songs like Fez-Being Born, which is Radiohead-like in its use of the vocalist as another instrument), and his lyrics really have to be good or else the song fails. I mean, With or Without You needed to have those lyrics, otherwise it wouldn't work. But Paranoid Android could say fucking anything and it wouldn't matter, because the lyrics aren't in focus.

The chanting would be so much cooler without the mind-numbingly awful lyrics. Rarely do lyrics hurt a song for me (I like Crumbs, after all). In that particular instance they really do, though.

 

[phillyfan26]

1. No Line on the Horizon
2. Breathe
3. Fez-Being Born
4. Moment of Surrender
5. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
6. White as Snow
7. Cedars of Lebanon
8. Magnificent
9. Unknown Caller
10. Get on Your Boots
11. Stand Up Comedy