Grace one of U2 best songs?

[INSTCUWSUMVC]

I think it is the second best song on ATYCLB.
and one of their top 15 of all time

 

[Zoots]

Grace has really grown on me over the years... to the point where I really enjoyed it the other day when I was listening to ATYCLB. When it came out, I was put off by the rhyming but later I came to appreciate the music and some of the lines are pretty nice. "What left a mark no longer stings".

 

[BANZAI]

IMHO Grace is one of their 15 worst songs

 

[Axver]

It's one ATYCLB's four worthwhile songs.

 

[Irishteen]

Grace is a beautiful song, I wouldn't say one of the best on ATYCLB because I really love that album, but it is definitely a great song.

 

[dabiggestu2fan]

i think it is the WORST U2 song ever released! I think i only listened to the full song once or twice and attempted to listen to it countless times but it bore the hell out of me.

just my opinion though

 

[Galeongirl]

I really don't care for the song much... it bores me..

 

[JCOSTER]

If you really listen to the words....it is really a beautiful song and thought.

 

[dmaleads]

sometimes that song is just what I need, when i feel unworthy or undeserving, attempting to follow God and always falling short. Sometimes that song reminds me of just what I need, just when I need it most. Is it one of their best songs ever??? No, I dont think so. But some days its the best song I've heard in months.

 

[gman]

I have always liked Grace. Wouldnt say I would put it in the top 10-20 u2 songs ever tho.

 

[Utoo]

Grace is one that people who don't get ATYCLB won't get, and those who do will.

ATYCLB isn't a musician's album. It's not Radiohead tinkering with electronic drumbeats and chords. It (save for Elevation) is a poet's album.

Grace fits that to a T.

 

[last unicorn]

If you really listen to the words....it is really a beautiful song and thought.

Totally agree. I have always liked the song. It's simple, yet profound.

I simply love it when Bono sings: Grace makes beauty out of ugly things.

 

[WinnieThePoo]

it feels like brian eno played a big role on this one
easily my favourite track from the album , and a perfect closer .

 

[corianderstem]

Grace is one that people who don't get ATYCLB won't get, and those who do will.

I "get" ATYCLB, AND I "get" the song, but I still don't care for it.

 

[BonoIsMyMuse]

^ What she said

 

[xaviMF22]

I "get" ATYCLB, AND I "get" the song, but I still don't care for it.

yea wtF UTOO?

 

[SeattleVertigo]

It's a good song, but no, it's not one of U2's best songs. Haven't heard it for awhile. Will have to give it a spin soon.

 

[intedomine]

I reckon it's one of U2's low points. Very unremarkable

 

[corianderstem]

It's funny - I like its mood, and the very simple reading of it works really well for the song itself. But it does nothing for me.

It's like Peace On Earth for me - I appreciate what they were going for, and it's a nice thought, but it doesn't work for me in its execution.

 

[Axver]

Grace is one that people who don't get ATYCLB won't get, and those who do will.

ATYCLB isn't a musician's album. It's not Radiohead tinkering with electronic drumbeats and chords. It (save for Elevation) is a poet's album.

Grace fits that to a T.

I thoroughly disagree. You know I hate ATYCLB and rate it as U2's worst album. I don't know how anybody could listen to it in full. But Grace is fantastic. Its lyrics are nice, it has a subtly strong atmosphere, and Adam's most interesting post-Pop work. To me, it's a bit of a link to the past. Crap like Elevation would never have ended up on UF or JT, but Grace at least has a semblance of atmosphere and would've been a b-side or something.

 

[major_panic]

Love Grace. Underrated IMO, but I can understand why people don't like it...

Although I will admit that Ground Beneath Her Feet does kick it four ways to Sunday...

 

[LemonMelon]

IMHO Grace is one of their 15 worst songs

I think the message is good, but the song itself is awful.

 

[U2girl]

No. I wish Bono had sung it the way he does "what once was hurt..." verse the whole way instead of speaking it. It's nice musically but too slow, I think Levitate would be a better ATYCLB closer and Grace would fit on MDH soundtrack better.

 

[last unicorn]

^I don't agree with that. I think Grace fits perfectly into the theme of the whole album. I don't have Ground beneath her feet on my version and for me it doesn't fit on the album so well. Grace is the better closer.

I think ATYCLB is one of the albums I really listen to without skipping songs (well, sometimes I skip Elevation, because I only enjoy the live version of this song). The album takes me through so many different emotions. Peace on Earth is such a bitter song for me, but with Grace, the album ends on a hopeful, comforting note.

 

[cobl04]

I have a soft spot for it, and do like listening to it, it's part of why attyclub is my third favourite U2 album. Good song, not great, but good.

 

[Salome]

it's a great song
wouldn't end up in any of mine top U2 songs list but great nonetheless

I do think it might be too subtle in approach for the boom-cha generation

 

[intedomine]

Remarkable how the downright dreary Grace could appear on the same album as the eternally exhillarating Beautiful Day

 

[RademR]

Grace is a good song, I put it in the middle range of ATYCLB. There's plenty of great songs on that record, B. Day and Kite are incredible, and as I enjoy Elevation and Stuck a lot more as time has gone by.

 

[Utoo]

I thoroughly disagree. You know I hate ATYCLB and rate it as U2's worst album. I don't know how anybody could listen to it in full. But Grace is fantastic.

I suppose. But blanket statements are so much easier.

 

[Axver]

But blanket statements are so much easier.

Justifying blanket statements with another blanket statement?