Five Most Underrated Songs
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Tomorrow
Elvis Presley and America
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Dirty Day
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reading all these reminds of all the ones i forgot! 
partygirlvox said:
In A Little While is the kind of song that makes me want to dislike U2. Along with Elvis Ate America and TTTYAATW. Thank goodness they're anomalies in the band's catalogue!
The performances of Twilight on the War Tour were awesome, really energetic and rocking. It would've sounded fantastic if it had come back this tour. I actually would like to hear Twilight/Wire one day.
Now Wire, there's a song overlooked too often.
Axver said:
I do love wire. I think people are wrong in saying these boy/war songs would sound wrong on these later tours..i actually think u2 are doing their music an injustice by not playing their earlier(/sometimes better) stuff. It would make a big difference from the more pop rock, htdaab/atyclb sound.
LMBLover
The Fly
1) In a Little While
Soul, soul, soul. It should be a classic played on radios daily. I heard it in a department store about a year ago and almost wet my pants with excitement. It also nursed my heart over an 11th grade crush.
2) Original of the Species
Gorgeous. Again, should have gotten way more airplay. The lyrics and music are perfectly in sync. And most of all, it gets to you. Dreamily romantic, yet multi-faceted.
3) I Fall Down
I love the strength and power and gutsiness of it all. And the beginning piano chords make me want to cut the rug (dance). They represent hope to me.
4) I Will Follow
What can I say? It simply makes you want to get up and change the world.
5) Electrical Storm
Haunting, beautiful and very different from the previous ATYCLB yet never played on radio!
Soul, soul, soul. It should be a classic played on radios daily. I heard it in a department store about a year ago and almost wet my pants with excitement. It also nursed my heart over an 11th grade crush.
2) Original of the Species
Gorgeous. Again, should have gotten way more airplay. The lyrics and music are perfectly in sync. And most of all, it gets to you. Dreamily romantic, yet multi-faceted.
3) I Fall Down
I love the strength and power and gutsiness of it all. And the beginning piano chords make me want to cut the rug (dance). They represent hope to me.
4) I Will Follow
What can I say? It simply makes you want to get up and change the world.
5) Electrical Storm
Haunting, beautiful and very different from the previous ATYCLB yet never played on radio!
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I agree with Axver about B-sides , there are lots of great , Lady with the Spinning is just bloody amazing , sometimes its sounds fresher and better than the actual AB tunes , Spanish Eyes as well , dont forget Summer Rain .
But I completely disagree about In a little While
But I completely disagree about In a little While
IanIinTheSky
Acrobat
LMBLover said:
Are you kidding me?
I Will Follow has been played on every single tour and over 700 times!
I think Holy Joe would fall into the underrated category.
vaz02
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
I and I in the said:
it hardly gets mass media play does it ? like pride would etc
LMBLover
The Fly
Yes, but I'm not talking about just on tour, but also in general.
dazzledbylight
Blue Crack Supplier
The 3 sunrises - the MOST under-rated for me......
beautiful melody w fantastic soaring harmonies, , some rockin' rythym AND several styles of Edge's Gutair Magic....
.....Amospheric at the beginning.....some buzzing into rip-stopping 'stuttering', and then belltones, too! then variations on those
Heartland
Acrobat-- Bono has been quoted to te effect that Edge would have to mediate for 3 days in order to plaY IT LIVE....so i think it's considered a more favorite among the really serious fans....and "elusive" b/c it's never been {or maybe played 1 or 2 times...but AXver would know that , not me}
[it > Acrobat< reminds of The Who's song in terms of " Live Elusiveness" Pure & Easy...you had to have seen them on their {and not sure they always played it} Who's Next tour 71/72
] otherwise you never heard it again....
Exit
esp having finally seen/heard R&H DVD
w EXIT Live version in past several weeks for the first time......
Deep In The Heart
spare but beautiful melody, low-toned then achingly and higher vocals and just a atmospheric tone to it
beautiful melody w fantastic soaring harmonies, , some rockin' rythym AND several styles of Edge's Gutair Magic....
.....Amospheric at the beginning.....some buzzing into rip-stopping 'stuttering', and then belltones, too! then variations on those
Heartland
Acrobat-- Bono has been quoted to te effect that Edge would have to mediate for 3 days in order to plaY IT LIVE....so i think it's considered a more favorite among the really serious fans....and "elusive" b/c it's never been {or maybe played 1 or 2 times...but AXver would know that , not me}
[it > Acrobat< reminds of The Who's song in terms of " Live Elusiveness" Pure & Easy...you had to have seen them on their {and not sure they always played it} Who's Next tour 71/72
] otherwise you never heard it again....Exit
esp having finally seen/heard R&H DVD
w EXIT Live version in past several weeks for the first time......
Deep In The Heart
spare but beautiful melody, low-toned then achingly and higher vocals and just a atmospheric tone to it
*browneyedgirl*
Rock n' Roll Doggie
There are so many underrated songs and I agree with alot listed here and I couldn't just pick 5 and they are: So Cruel, Dirty Day, Please, Ultraviolet, God Part II, One Tree Hill, Wild Irish Rose, Wild Honey, Zooropa, Miss Sarajevo, Stay, Electric Co, Out Of Control, Mystery Girl, In A Little While, and on HTDAAB: A Man And A Woman, One Step Closer and Crumbs From Your Table.
There are so many underated songs that deserves liveplaying and appreciation. A Few things about my list:
1. A Sort Of Homecoming. This is one of U2's best songs and on the level of Streets imo. It's forgotten because of the experimental and ambient production on the album, but the live version is magical. It should have been on the best of 80's in some form.
2. Do You Feel Loved? Perhaps the best song on Pop, but forgotten because of lame casual fan popmart crowds.
3. Father Is An Elephant. While I can't speak of the lyrics, the music is the best of any demo or unreleased song. This should have been on October damnit.
4. Red Light, The Coconut backups and saxophone aside, this is a very strong song especially from Bono and Edge.
5. Staring At The Sun; actually scratch that and replace with Red Hill Mining Town.
1. A Sort Of Homecoming. This is one of U2's best songs and on the level of Streets imo. It's forgotten because of the experimental and ambient production on the album, but the live version is magical. It should have been on the best of 80's in some form.
2. Do You Feel Loved? Perhaps the best song on Pop, but forgotten because of lame casual fan popmart crowds.
3. Father Is An Elephant. While I can't speak of the lyrics, the music is the best of any demo or unreleased song. This should have been on October damnit.
4. Red Light, The Coconut backups and saxophone aside, this is a very strong song especially from Bono and Edge.
5. Staring At The Sun; actually scratch that and replace with Red Hill Mining Town.
Peterrrrr
New Yorker
Wild Irish Rose
Night & Day
Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes
Smile
Two Shots OF Happy One Shot Of Sad
well I know some of these are covers, but......
Night & Day
Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes
Smile
Two Shots OF Happy One Shot Of Sad
well I know some of these are covers, but......
My top 5 underrated b-sides are..
1. your blue room
2. happinness is a warm gun
3. trash, trampoline and the party girl (not the party girl version)
4. north and south of the river
5. walk to the water
although i cant see them playing happinness is a warm gun live.
1. your blue room
2. happinness is a warm gun
3. trash, trampoline and the party girl (not the party girl version)
4. north and south of the river
5. walk to the water
although i cant see them playing happinness is a warm gun live.
Joey788
Refugee
Lady with the Spinning Head
Holy Joe
MOFO
God Part 2
Exit
Holy Joe
MOFO
God Part 2
Exit
WhiteWolf
Babyface
Hello from NewbieLand. Thought I would wiegh in here real quick.
1. Gone
2. Bass Trap
3. Acrobat
4. So Cruel
5. A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel
1. Gone
2. Bass Trap
3. Acrobat
4. So Cruel
5. A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel
Staring at the Sun
A Man and A Woman
Do You Feel Loved
Acrobat
Electrical Storm
Particularly "A Man and A Woman". I find that a lot of people think of it as predictable drivel, but I think it's sort of dark and beautiful. And the bass in it is fantastic.
A Man and A Woman
Do You Feel Loved
Acrobat
Electrical Storm
Particularly "A Man and A Woman". I find that a lot of people think of it as predictable drivel, but I think it's sort of dark and beautiful. And the bass in it is fantastic.
An Cat Gav
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Wild Irish Rose
Lady With The Spinning Head
Tomorrow
Elvis Presley and America
Red Hill Mining Town
Although it's a cover version I think Night and Day deserves a mention.
Lady With The Spinning Head
Tomorrow
Elvis Presley and America
Red Hill Mining Town
Although it's a cover version I think Night and Day deserves a mention.
Babydoll
Blue Crack Addict
When You Look At The World... I absolutely love this song!
Summer Rain
Walk On.
Wild Honey
Night and Day
Tryin' to Throw your Arms Around the World
So Cruel
Numb
Lemon.
Summer Rain
Walk On.
Wild Honey
Night and Day
Tryin' to Throw your Arms Around the World
So Cruel
Numb
Lemon.
Axver said:
TTTYAATW wasn't an anomaly at all. They stuck with the droning melody over muted trip hop loops well into the "All that You can't Leave Behind". You hear alot of that technique on Zooropa and Pop. Heck, you still remnants of this style on "Grace" -- which includes, most notably in comparison to TTYAATW, a repeating ambient guitar element. I'm sorry, but TTYAATW was NOT an anomaly in terms of production techniques for U2.
Elvis Ate America is meant to give you that "bile in the back your throat feeling". It was testimony to what Elvis had become, vile. I applaud Bono's courage to undertake making that record. Howie B, at the time, was one of the trip hop's most formidable underground producers and helped to realize a fractured and purposely flawed vision of a fractured and flawed American icon.
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annie_vox
Refugee
Just a question... A few months ago someone was making a pool to chose the most underrated song (or overrrated... I don't remember too well...) Where did that pool go? I think we only voted for HTDAAB...
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(Turns out I never put my list on my own thread!)
One Tree Hill
Exit
A Sort of Homecoming
Seconds
Red Hill Mining Town
And imagine any of these songs being played live on this tour ... oh yeah.
One Tree Hill
Exit
A Sort of Homecoming
Seconds
Red Hill Mining Town
And imagine any of these songs being played live on this tour ... oh yeah.
LMBLover
The Fly
I applaud the Sort of Homecoming mentions...the song is euphoric genius. The Wide Awake in America version is ecstatic.
Harry Vest
Refugee
Elvis Presley And America
Tomorrow
Wild Irish Rose
Spanish Eyes
Heartland
Like A Song
Tomorrow
Wild Irish Rose
Spanish Eyes
Heartland
Like A Song
bonsai
The Fly
I love A Sort Of Homecoming
If God Will Send His Angles
Miracle Drug
Mothers Of The Dissapeared
Who's gonna ride your wild horses
also: Staring At The Sun
Angel Of Harlem
Stuck In A Moment
Trying to throw your arms around the world
so cruel
gone
october
ultraviolet light
zooropa
If God Will Send His Angles
Miracle Drug
Mothers Of The Dissapeared
Who's gonna ride your wild horses
also: Staring At The Sun
Angel Of Harlem
Stuck In A Moment
Trying to throw your arms around the world
so cruel
gone
october
ultraviolet light
zooropa
