If you met someone who's never listened to U2....

[one4u2]

What one song would you play for them off of each album??

Here's my picks as of today; it's always subject to change

Boy- Out of control
October- Gloria
War- Two Hearts
Under A Blood Red Sky- I will Follow
Unforgettable Fire- Bad/ Indian Summer Sky; (I can't do just one from this album)
Wide Awake- Love Comes Tumbling
JoshuaTree- Streets; Running To Stand Still
Rattle and Hum- Pride
Achtung Baby- Acrobat
Zooropa- Zooropa
Pop- Gone
ATYCLB- Beautiful Day/ In a Little While/ When I look at The World (I need more than 1)
HTDAAB- Vertigo/Miracle Drug/ COBL (Again more than 1 for me)

 

[Zoots]

Someone who hasn't listened to even one U2 song? I don't think such a person exists in this world.

Anyway, here goes...

Boy - I Will Follow
October - Gloria
War - Sunday Bloody Sunday
UF - Pride
JT - Streets/WOWY
RH - Desire/AIWIY
AB - One/EBTTRT
Zooropa - Numb/Stay
Pop - Staring
ATYCLB - Beautiful Day
HTDAAB - Miracle Drug

Pretty standard stuff for the most part... cos these are easier to take in compared to say Acrobat or Mofo. Of course, these are nowhere near my favorites from these albums.

 

[one4u2]

Someone who hasn't listened to even one U2 song? I don't think such a person exists in this world.

God I hope not- but Bono's not even known in Africa

 

[LMP]

Boy - I Will Follow, Out of Control, A Day Without Me
October - Gloria, Tomorrow, October
War - SBS, NYD, 40
UF - Pride, A Sort of Homecoming, Bad
JT - Streets, ISHFWILF, WOWY
RaH - Desire, Angel of Harlem, God Part II
AB - One, Mysterious Ways, UtEotW, The Fly
Zoo - Lemon, Stay, Numb
Passengers - Slug, Miss Sarajevo
Pop - Please, Gone, Mofo
ATYCLB - Beautiful Day, Walk On, Elevation
HTDAAB - Miracle Drug, Vertigo, Sometimes...
Misc - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, In a Lifetime (one of Bono's vocal peaks), Mysterious Ways live from Slane, Velvet Dress with Jools Holland

 

[Arcadion]

Boy - Out Of Control
October - Gloria
War- NYD
Under A Blood Red Sky - SBS
Unforgettable Fire - Pride
Joshua Tree - Streets
Rattle and Hum - Angel Of Harlem
Achtung Baby - One
Zooropa - Stay
Pop - Gone
ATYCLB - Beautiful Day
HTDAAB - Original Of The Species
Misc - Electrical Storm

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

I'll pick two just to brake the rules anyway.

Boy - The Electric Co. and I Will Follow
October - Gloria and I Threw A Brick Through A Window
War - Sunday Bloody Sunday and New Year's Day
The Unforgettable Fire - Pride and Bad
The Joshua Tree - Where The Streets Have No Name and I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Rattle And Hum - Angel Of Harlem and God Part II (and also Desire)
Achtung baby - The Fly and Zoo Station (and also One)
Zooropa - Stay and Numb
Pop - Gone and Please
ALTYCLB - Beautiful Day and Stuck In A Moment
HTDAAB - Vertigo and City Of Blinding Lights (and also Miracle Drug)
Misc - 11 O'Clock Tick Tock and Mercy

 

[U2DMfan]

rock-Wire
pop-Beautiful Day
metal-Mofo
punk-Out of Control
R&B-Angel of Harlem
dance-Lemon
piano-October
ballad-One
gospel-Drowning Man
blues-Love and Peace or Else
anthem-Where The Streets Have No Name

 

[ZeroDude]

Blues- God Part 2 live
Pop- Beautiful Day
Metal- Mofo/ Bullet
Punk- I Will Follow
Soul- In A Little While
Dance- Discotheque
Prog- Bad
Ballad- One
Gospel- I Still Haven't Found ( Live with choir)
Anthem- Streets
Rock- Vertigo

 

[VertigoGal]

Boy-I Will Follow
October- Gloria
War- New Years Day
UF- Bad
JT-Streets
R&H- All I Want is You
AB- One
Zooropa- Lemon
Pop- Gone
ATYCLB- In a Little While
HTDAAB- Crumbs

 

[chenny]

God I hope not- but Bono's not even known in Africa

i met an old old old friend in hong kong that i lost contact with for yonks
and she's never heard a u2 song in her life...but she always heard me talking about them so i sent her a comp cd of (not necessarity the best, but my favourites at that moment) u2 songs
here it is

1 Zooropa
2 With Or Without You
3 Bad
4 Beautiful Day
5 Until the End of the World
6 One
7 Electrical Storm
8 sweetest thing
9 gone
10 stay
11 staring at the sun
12 the fly
13 tryin to throw your arms round the world
14 ultraviolet
15 love is blindness
16 if god will send his angels

she told me she liked 'with or without you' and trying to throw ur arms
she told me beautiful day was too 'loud'

 

[one4u2]

i met an old old old friend in hong kong that i lost contact with for yonks
and she's never heard a u2 song in her life...but she always heard me talking about them so i sent her a comp cd of (not necessarity the best, but my favourites at that moment) u2 songs

she told me she liked 'with or without you' and trying to throw ur arms
she told me beautiful day was too 'loud'

 

[Earnie Shavers]

Far out. If I met someone who had never heard a U2 song, I'd show them a few other things first, like the microwave oven, the internet etc etc. Clearly they've been stranded on a desert island for the past 25 years or so....

 

[U2DMfan]

Blues- God Part 2 live
Pop- Beautiful Day
Metal- Mofo/ Bullet
Punk- I Will Follow
Soul- In A Little While
Dance- Discotheque
Prog- Bad
Ballad- One
Gospel- I Still Haven't Found ( Live with choir)
Anthem- Streets
Rock- Vertigo

Joshua Tree twice, ATYCLB twice, POP twice, no October at all?

One from each album, dude, that was sort of the whole idea, right?

Makes it a lot harder to choose, and it would have drastically effected my list for sure.

 

[starsgoblue]

I'd have to beat the living hell out of them first for never hearing U2....When they got out of ICU I'd play them some stuff. I need to think about it first.

 

[Zoots]

When they got out of ICU I'd play them some stuff

 

[chenny]

ICU? sorrry a bit slow

 

[MsMofoGone]

IMO ... all it would take is to hear "New Year's Day" from War ...
but actually a list from each album ... then here's my overall
choices ...

Another Time, Another Place / Stories For Boys ... (Boy)
Rejoice / Gloria / Tomorrow ... (October)
New Year's Day / Drowning Man / Surrender ... (War)
11 O'Clock Tick Tock ... (Under A Blood Red Sky)
The Unforgettable Fire / A Sort Of Homecoming / Pride ... (TUF)
The Three Sunrises / Bad (Live) ... (Wide Awake In America)
With Or Without You / Streets ... (The Joshua Tree)
Hawkmoon 269 / Heartland ... (Rattle-n-Hum)
Acrobat / Until The End Of The World ... (Achtung Baby)
Lemon / Stay (Faraway So Close) ... (Zooropa)
Your Blue Room / Slug ... (Passengers)
Mofo / Gone / Please / Do You Feel Loved ... (Pop)
Walk On / New York ... (All That You Can't Leave Behind)
A Man And A Woman / Sometimes ... (How To Dismantle ... Bomb)

Miscellaneous Songs ::

Wild Irish Rose
Walk To The Water
Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
Hold Me,Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
Night And Day
The Ground Beneath Her Feet

 

[ZeroDude]

Joshua Tree twice, ATYCLB twice, POP twice, no October at all?

One from each album, dude, that was sort of the whole idea, right?

Makes it a lot harder to choose, and it would have drastically effected my list for sure.

Hey, I'm trying to touch all peoples musical tastes, hopefully like me they exhibit great joy on discovering October for themselves

 

[innocent_eyes]

Boy - IWF, OC

October - Gloria, October

War - SBS, NYD

UF - Pride, Bad, ASOH

JT - Streets, WOWY, OTH

R&H - Desire, Heartland, God p II

Achtung - One, Fly, MW

Zooropa - Lemon, Stay

POP - DYFL, Gone, LNOE

ATYCLB - BD, ELE, Kite

HTDAAB - Vertigo, LAPOE, MD

Misc...
-Ground Beneath her feet
-North and South of the River
-Sweetest thing

 

[the tourist]

I Will Follow
October
New Year's Day
Pride
With Or Without You
Heartland
Acrobat
Stay
If You Wear That Velvet Dress
New York
City Of Blinding Lights

 

[the tourist]

second string:

Out Of Control
Rejoice
Two Hearts Beat As One
Bad
Where The Streets Have No Name
All I Want Is You
Mysterious Ways
Zooropa
Staring At The Sun
Beautiful Day
Vertigo

 

[the tourist]

third string:

Stories For Boys
Gloria
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Unforgettable Fire
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Desire
Until The End Of The World
Babyface
Last Night On Earth
In A Little While
Miracle Drug

 

[Irishteen]

Boy - I Will Follow(Not my favourite but is easy to get into)
October- Gloria
War - Sunday bloody Sunday
UF - Pride(Again not my fav but easy to get into)
JT - With Or Without(Streets would just be too much)
R&H - Desire(everyone i know who doesn't like u2 but heard this song loves it, and so do I)
AB - One(You just can't hate this song)
Zooropa - Stay
Pop - Discotheque(easy to get into)
ATYCLB - Beautiful day (if you haven't heard this song it proves Aliens exist, becuase you must be from another planet)
HTDAAB - Vertigo

 

[daygloeyes2]

Does such a person exist? I had heard alot of their songs before I became a fan of them. Anyways, here's my list.

Boy: Electric Co.
War: Sunday Bloody Sunday, Two Hearts
October: Gloria
Unforgettable Fire: Pride
Joshua Tree-I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Rattle and Hum-Angel of Harlem, Helter Skelter (I love that version of it)
Achtung Baby-Until The End Of The World
Zooropa-Lemon
Pop-Please
All That You Can't Leave Behind-Beautiful Day, Elevation
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb-City Of Blinding Lights

 

[one4u2]

Does such a person exist?

Lets's hope not!

Interesting answers from everyone

 

[ScottsJen]

Im not going to put this in order but I'd play these songs:

1. Numb
2. Love and peace (or else..)
3. Stay
4. An cat dubh
5. The fly
6. Exit and Gloria (live)
7. New Year's Day and Sunday Bloody Sunday ( given)
8. One Tree Hill and Running to Stand Still
9. Elevation and Discoteque
10. Desire and Streets
11. Pride and With or Without u
12. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
13. Hold me, Thrill me, Kiss me, Kill me

Critique all you want

 

[Ethlyn]

Boy - I Will Follow
October - Gloria
War - New Years Day/Sunday Bloody Sunday
UF - Pride
Joshua Tree - I Still Haven`t Found What I´m Looking For
Rattle and Hum - All I Want Is You
Achtung Baby - One
Zooropa - Lemon
Pop - Staring at the Sun
ATYCLB - Kite
HTDAAB - Vertigo

Thought I`ll share this with you.
I met an old friend last month, and I told her that Im going to a U2 concert this summer if I get the tickets.
She asked :” U2? Is it a Swedish band?”
Me: „ NO! It`s an Irish band? Haven`t you ever heard of them???? (You cant imagine the look on my face)
She: „Oh, do they play folk music?
Me: NO!!! They are a rock band. Their song Vertigo is played everywhere. You really dont know?
She: Hmm? Vertigo??......Vertigo?? I think Ive heard it somewhere.....

Well at least she had heard it

 

[Irishteen]

U2 Swedish and a Folk band that is class, give the Edge a Thin Wishle, Larry a Bohran, and Adam some a fiddle, I wonder. Farmhouse with a light, In the name of cows, Plough On, that would be cool. Covers of Raglan Road

 

[one4u2]

Thought I`ll share this with you.
I met an old friend last month, and I told her that Im going to a U2 concert this summer if I get the tickets.
She asked :” U2? Is it a Swedish band?”
Me: „ NO! It`s an Irish band? Haven`t you ever heard of them???? (You cant imagine the look on my face)
She: „Oh, do they play folk music?
Me: NO!!! They are a rock band. Their song Vertigo is played everywhere. You really dont know?
She: Hmm? Vertigo??......Vertigo?? I think Ive heard it somewhere.....

Well at least she had heard it

Where does she live in a cave?

 

[Irishteen]

Where does she live in a cave?

I talk to someone from Austrialia over the net that has never heard a U2 song.