Favorite B-Sides

[RickFly]

What are your favorite 5 B sides?


1. Lady With a Spinning Head
2. Where Did it All Go Wrong
3. 2 Shots of Happy One Shot of Sad
4. Always
5. Summer Rain

 

[MrBrau1]

1-Luminous Times(Hold On To Love)
2-Lady W/ A Spinning Head
3-Big Girls Are Best
4-Slow Dancing
5-Treasure(What ever happened to Pete the Chop)

 

[Bunbury]

Deep in the Heart
Where Did It All Go Wrong
Summer Rain
Lady With a Spinning Head

 

[Catman]

Hmm...tough choice. I guess these are my 5 favorites (in no particular order)...

North and South of the River
Take You Down (honestly, I like this better than "...Spinning Head")
Happiness is a Warm Gun (me thinks it's one of their best covers...perhaps *the* best)
Luminous Times (Hold on to Love)
2 Shots of , 1 Shot of



EDIT: *slaps self* DOH! I forgot "Always!" Come to think of it, I can't believe I also left off "A Celebration" and "Hallelujah, Here She Comes!" Goodness gracious, U2 has some really awesome B-Sides! In my opinion, you can tell a band's greatness by what they *don't* put on their albums

 

[tiny dancer]

1. Summer Rain
2. Dancing Barefoot
3. Big Girls Are Best
4. Hallelujah Here She Comes
5. Lady With The Spinning Head

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Wow...only 5?

Um...let's see here...

In no particular order:

1. Love Comes Tumbling
2. Spanish Eyes
3. Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
4. Trash, Trampoline, and the Party Girl
5. Summer Rain

And that's not counting covers from the 80s B-sides.

Angela

 

[maro_chik]

Hmmm...

Lady With The Spinning Head
Always
Love Comes Tumbling
A Celebration
Endless Deep

 

[Jack In The Box]

Lady With The Spinning Head
Endless Deep
Dancing Barefoot
Deep In The Heart
Treasure (Whatever Happened To Pete The Chop?)
extra: Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad

 

[nick_u2]

1.North and South of the River
2.Summer Rain
3.Everlasting Love
4.Where Did it All Go Wrong?
5.Spanish Eyes

 

[Liesje]

1. Lady With a Spinning Head (it pains me to have to call this a B-side)
2. North and South of the River
3. Sattelite of Love
4. Paint It Black
5. Big Girls are Best

I would include these, they ARE b-sides, but remixes so maybe they don't count:

Elevation Biffco Remix
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses Temple Bar Remix

 

[Reggie Thee Dog]

1. The Sweetest Thing
2. Spanish Eyes
3. Treasure (Whatever Happened To Pete The Chop?)
4. North and South Of The River
5. Lady With The Spinning Head

Special consideration to:

1a. Boomerang II
2a. A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel
3a. Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl
4a. Deep In The Heart
5a. Touch

 

[Saracene]

Spanish Eyes
Big Girls are the Best
Love Comes Tumbling
Three Sunrises

 

[Dr_Macphisto]

1. The Sweetest Thing (origanal)
2. Everlasting Love
3. Hallelujah Here She Comes
4. Three Sunrises
5. La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-lady with a spinning head!


also, North and South of the River is pretty assome.

 

[theSoulfulMofo]

Lady with the Spinning Head
North and South of the River
Slow Dancing
A Room at Heartbreak Hotel
Hallelujah Here She Comes

 

[Bono's shades]

Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
Spanish Eyes
Big Girls Are Best
Walk to the Water
Unchained Melody

Honorable mention: Satellite of Love

Is A Celebration really considered a b-side? I thought it was an actual single, but released only in the UK.

 

[discothequeLP]

Summer Rain
Holy Joe
Take You Down
Spanish eyes
and was Salome a B-side?

 

[frenchie1970]

Luminous Times
Three Sunrises
North and South of the River
Big Girls are Best
Love Comes Tumbling

I think the 1980-1990 B-Sides are very strong as a whole and often wonder how some of them weren't included on the actual albums....

 

[FelipeVox]

Summer Rain
Walk to the Water
Three Sunrises
I?ve Got You Under My Skin (with Frank Sinatra)
here she comes lady lucky agaaaaaain... Lady with the Spinning Head

What does this song mean? Lady with the spinning head? I love it.

 

[SkeeK]

Walk To The Water
Lady With The Spinning Head
2 Shots of Happy 1 shot of sad
Night and Day
Love Comes Tumbling

 

[Zoocoustic]

1. North And South Of The River (Live Omagh version ONLY, not that crap on the Best Of or SATS Single)
2. Lady With The Spinning Head (Extended Dance Mix is a bit more fun)
3. Slow Dancing (just wonderful)
4. Where Did It All Go Wrong (sure, it's throwaway, but I like it)
5. Always (it's a working version of BD, but it's still good)

 

[Peter]

lady with the spinning head
dancing barefoot
big girls are best
summer rain
spanish eyes

 

[Blue Room]

To answer the prior question. A Celebration is technically not a B side, it was a single. But obviously was never included on an album.

1. Lady With The Spinning Head
2. Luminous Times
3. Silver and Gold
4. Spanish Eyes
5. Sweetest Thing (the original, which was a B side)

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

I forgot about "Slow Dancing"...maybe I'll replace "Summer Rain" with that one, and put "The Sweetest Thing" in place of "Love Comes Tumbling", and make that song as an honorary one or something.

Angela

 

[U2Soar]

Very tough!

Lady With A Spinning Head (extended version)
Night And Day
Love Comes Tumbling
Slug
Always

The U2 B-Sides Collection Box Set

?B-Sides? = I?ve taken a broader meaning to include Band side projects and even projects where 2 members of the band were involved.

Disc 1: The Best Of U2 B-Sides ? Part 1

1. Hold Me Thrill Me?.
2. Lady With A Spinning Head (extended version)
3. Holy Joe
4. Salome
5. I?m Not Your Baby (U2 with Sinead O?Connor)
6. Night And Day
7. Love Comes Tumbling
8. Slug
9. North And South Of The River (Omagh Tribute version)
10. Electrical Storm (band version)
11. Walk To The Water
12. Unchained Melody
13. Luminous Times
14. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
15. Falling At Your Feet (Bono / Larry / Lanois)
16. Always

Disc 2: The Best Of U2 B-Sides ? Part 2

1. Pop Muzik (radio edit ? 4:04) ? only Bono vocal?
2. Beat On The Brat
3. Silver And Gold
4. Jesus Christ
5. Stateless
6. Your Blue Room
7. Miss Sarajevo
8. Summer Rain
9. Don?t Take Your Guns To Town
10. Dancing Barefoot
11. A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel
12. Hallelujah Here She Comes
13. Sweetest Thing (1998 version)
14. Spanish Eyes
15. Everlasting Love
16. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
17. Satellite Of Love

Disc 3: The Early 80s & Others

1. Out Of Control (U2 Three 7? single - 1979 - 4:00)
2. Stories For Boys (U2 Three 7? single ? 1979 - 2:49)
3. Boy / Girl (U2 Three 7? single ? 1979 - 3:30)
4. Another Day (Another Day single - 1980 - 3:24)
5. Twilight (different version than on Boy - Another Day single - 1980 - 4:44)
6. 11 O?clock Tick Tock (11 O?clock Tick Tock single - 1980 - 3:44)
7. J. Swallow (Fire single - 1981 - 2:18)
8. A Celebration (A Celebration single - 1982 - 2:57)
9. Trash, Trampoline And Party Girl (A Celebration single - 1982 - 2:32)
10. Treasure (Whatever Happened To Pete The Chop) (New Year?s Day single - 1983 - 3:24)
11. The Three Sunrises (The Unforgettable Fire single - 1985 - 3:52)
12. Deep In The Heart
13. Where Did It All Go Wrong
14. Paint It Black
8.Fortunate Son
9. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
17. Big Girls Are Best
18. The Hands That Built America (soundtrack version)

Disc 4: Songs With 2 Or More Band Members

1. My Wild Irish Rose (Bono & The Edge)
2. Still Water (Adam / Larry / Daniel Lanois / Brian Eno)
3. Jolie Louise (Adam / Larry / Daniel Lanois)
4. These Days In An Open Book (Nanci Griffith / Adam / Larry)
5. Don?t Forget About Me (Nanci Griffith / Adam / Larry)
6. On Grafton Street (Nanci Griffith / Adam / Larry)
7. Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes (Bono & Larry)
8. Tomorrow (Common Ground version ? Bono & Adam)
9. She?s A Mystery To Me (Bono & The Edge)
10. Heroine (The Edge & Larry)
11. Never Let Me Go (Bono / Larry / Daniel Lanois / Brian Eno)
12. Satellite Of Love (Danny Saber version) (Bono & Larry)
13. Two Shots Of Happy?..(Bono & The Edge)
14. What?s Going On (Bono / The Edge / Brian Eno)
15. Sweet Fire Of Love (U2 & Robbie Robertson)
16. Testimony (U2 & Robbie Robertson)
17. Anarchy In The U.S.A. (Adam / Larry / Daniel Lanois)

Disc 5: Unreleased Songs 1978 ? 1990

Disc 6: Unreleased Songs 1991 ? 2003

 

[celia]

1 Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
2 Walk To The Water
3. Lady With The Spinning Head
4. Summer Rain
5. Sweetest Thing (Original)