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Your u2 top 20

I know this is done alot, but I really do love reading over peoples favourites. All the lists are always so diverse and different, it's kind of like what's trash to one U2 fan is treasure to another. Anyway, here's my top 20...

1. All I want is you
2. Streets
3. One
4. Still haven't found
5. A sort of homecoming
6. Stay
7. Running to stand still
8. Lemon
9. Heartland
10. Zooropa

11. With or without you
12. Bad
13. In a little while
14. North and south of the river
15. Mysterious ways
16. Whose gonna ride your wild horses
17. Numb
18. Unforgettable fire
19. Hawkmoon 269
20. Bass trap
 
My top eleven is set in stone. The remaining nine is just what I've thought of now.

Based on studio versions, which is why 11 O'clock Tick Tock is notably absent:

1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. Bad
3. The Unforgettable Fire
4. One Tree Hill
5. City Of Blinding Lights
6. Heartland
7. New Year's Day
8. Acrobat
9. Gone
10. Wild Irish Rose
11. Spanish Eyes
12. God Part II
13. Gloria
14. The Electric Co.
15. The Fly
16. A Sort Of Homecoming
17. Promenade
18. Crumbs From Your Table
19. Bass Trap
20. Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
 
very VERY difficult... but it would be something like this:

1.One
2.Streets
3.Please
4.Miss Sarajevo
5.Kite
6.The Fly
7.Bad
8.Original Of The Species
9.The Unforgetable Fire
10.Drowning Man
11.Ultaviolet
12.Gone
13.Love Is Blindness
14.Running To Stand Still
15.40
16.The Ground Beneath Her Feet
17.WOWY
18.Mercy
19.Miracle Drug
20City...
 
this is just of the moment....never set in stone
1. With Or Without You
2. One
3. Bad
4. Where The Streets Have No Name
5. New Year's Day
6. Until The End Of The World
7. Walk On
8. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
9. Sunday Bloody Sunday
10. City Of Blinding Lights
11. The Fly
12. Stay
13. Out Of Control
14. The Electric Co.
15. Mysterious Ways
16. Gloria
17. Running To Stand Still
18. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
19. Beautiful Day
20. Pride
 
These are always fun to compile... So, here goes:

1. Ultraviolet
2. Streets
3. Walk On
4. Until the End of the World
5. Unforgettable Fire
6. Kite
7. Electrical Storm
8. Original of the Species
9. Heartland
10. Red Hill Mining Town
11. Stay
12. Bad
13. In a Little While
14. Dirty Day
15. Spanish Eyes
16. The Fly
17. New Years Day
18. One
19. Exit
20. One Tree Hill
 
I already disagree with 5/6th of my list :wink:

1. With or Without You
2. One
3. Streets
4. All I Want Is You
5. God Part II
6. Bad
7. Love is Blindness
8. Sunday Bloody Sunday
9. When Love Comes to Town
10. Red Hill Mining Town
11. A Sort of Homecoming
12. Stay
13. Who is going to ride your wild horses
14. Pride
15. Running to Stand Still
16. Bullet the Blue Sky
17. Sometimes You Can’t Make it On Your Own.
18. Acrobat
19. Please
20. Kite
 
1. Bad
2. Tomorrow
3. Gone
4. An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart
5. Out Of Control
6. The Unforgettable Fire
7. Elvis Presley And America
8. Love Is Blindness
9. Acrobat
10. Running To Stand Still

11.Drowning Man
12.11 O'Clock Tick Tock
13. Exit
14. Heartland
15. Miss Sarajevo
16. 40
17. Gloria
18. Bullet The Blue Sky
19. Wake Up Dead Man
20. Your Blue Room

Bubbling Under...All I Want Is You, I Threw a Brick Through A Window, One, Until The End Of The World, Walk To The Water,
October, Walk On, Crumbs From Your Table, Original Of The Species, etc. etc. etc.
 
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I prefer U2's new stuff (2000-2005), but still love their old stuff. Bono has always sounded great, but I think today he sounds as good as ever with his new "mature voice":

1. Vertigo
2. Beautiful Day
3. City of Blinding Lights
4. Pride
5. All Because of You
6. Where The Streets Have No Name
7. Desire
8. Mysterious Ways
9. Crumbs From Your Table
10. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
11. Elevation
12. I Will Follow
13. Walk On
14. Ney Year's Day
15. Miracle Drug
16. One Tree Hill
17. I Still Haven't Found...
18. One
19. Electrical Storm
20. In A Little While

HTDAAB is my favorite album of all time, it is an A+++++. I love it and still can't get enough of it after a year. I am worried about the future though, Mercy is very overrated and I can't say it is in my U2 top 30...I hope it is not the 1st single as I can't see it being a hit.
 
1) Until The End Of The World
2) Your Blue Room
3) Gone
4) I Will Follow
5) Elevation
6) New Years Day
7) Mercy
8) Holy Joe
9) Beautiful Day
10) One
11) Mofo
12) Where Did It All Go Wrong
13) Miracle Drug
14) With Or Without You
15) Its Christmas, Baby Please Come Home
16) Night And Day
17) The Wanderer
18) Bad
19) Heaven And Hell
20) Crumbs From Your Table

man, that was tough:huh:
 
1.Gone
2.The Fly
3.Where the Streets Have no Name
4.Walk On
5.The Unforgettable Fire
6.Bad
7.New Years Day
8.11 O'Clock Tick Tock
9.Even Better Than the Real Thing
10.Stay(faraway, so close)
11.Mofo
12.Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
13.Sunday Bloody Sunday
14.Acrobat
15.Do You Feel Loved
16.In God's Country
17.Until the End of the World
18.With or Without You
19.October
20.Another Time Another Place
 
1. With or Without You
2. The Fly
3. Stay (Faraway so Close)
4. All I Want Is You
5. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
6. Running to Stand Still
7. Bad
8. Sunday Bloody Sunday
9. If God Will Send His Angels
10. Last Night on Earth

11. One Tree Hill
12. Beautiful Day
13. Mercy
14. Spanish Eyes
15. Stories for Boys
16. Exit
17. Even Better Than The Real Thing
18. A Sort of Homecoming
19. Heartland
20. Lemon
 
This changes often, but at the moment...

1. Until The End Of The World
2. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
3. The Unforgettable Fire
4. Surrender
5. New Year's Day
6. Love And Peace Or Else
7. Kite
8. Lemon
9. Numb
10. Last Night On Earth
11. Running To Stand Still
12. Bad
13. One
14. Where The Streets Have No Name
15. Vertigo
16. Original Of The Species
17. Discotheque
18. Staring At The Sun
19. The Fly
20. Wake Up Dead Man
 
1. The fly
2. Discotheque
3. Hold me thrill me kiss me kill me
4. Love and peace or else
5. Kite
6. Original of the species
7. Elevation
8. Zooropa
9. Staring at the sun
10. Even better than the real thing

11. Vertigo
12. Where the streets have no name
13. The unforgettable fire
14. Zoo station
15. Bad
16. Until the end of the world
17. One
18. Sunday bloody sunday
19. Lemon
20. Mofo
 
In no particular order...

All I Want Is You
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Where The Streets Have No Name
With Or Without You
So Cruel
In God's Country
I Will Follow
Gone
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Lady With The Spinning Head
Angel of Harlem
Spanish Eyes
Hawkmoon 269
October
Pride
Bad
Do You Feel Loved
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
Stateless
11 O'Clock Tick Tock

Not sure if I want to consider Your Blue Room a U2 song, but it would also be in my list.
 
01. Acrobat
02. The Fly
03. Until The End Of The World
04. God Part 2
05. MOFO
06. New Year's Day
07. Pride
08. Bullet The Blue Sky
09. Stay
10. Ultravialet
11. Love Is Blindness
12. Daddys Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car
13. One Tree Hill
14. Mysterious Ways
15. Running To Stand Still
16. Wire
17. Running To Stand Still
18. Miami
19. Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
20. Love And Peace Or Else
 
1. Gone
2. One
3. Last Night On Earth
4. Please
5. Mofo
6. Miracle Drug
7. Sunday Bloody Sunday
8. Bad
9. Where The Streets Have No Name
10. Please
11. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
12. Acrobat
13. Until The End Of The World
14. Kite
15. Levitate
16. Mercy
17. The Wanderer
18. Beautiful Day
19. I Will Follow
20. New Years Day


lol that'll all change tomorrow though
 
1. One
2. Streets
3. New Year's Day
4. With or without you
5. All I want is You
6. Acrobat
7. Untill the end of the world
8. COBL
9. Original
10. Bad
11. Desire
12. Silver and gold
13. Gloria
14. Like a song
15. Pride
16. Stay
17. Walk on
18. Staring at the sun
19. Unforgettable fire
20. Angel of Harlem

Four songs from Rattle and Hum. And my 21. favorite is Heartland.HTDAAB is the first U2 album that I heard. I am proud to say that now I have every album from Boy to HTDAAB.
 
1. I Will Follow
2. A Sort Of Homecoming
3. New Year's Day
4. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
5. The Unforgettable fire
6. Out Of Control
7. Where The Streets Have No Name
8. The Electric Co
9. Sunday Bloody Sunday
10. Pride
11. An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart
12. Bullet The Blue Sky
13. Electrical Storm
14. Gloria
15. Surrender
16. 4th Of July
17. Promenade
18. Gone
19. Bad
20. Original of the species
 
based upon studio version, I guess:

1. Running To Stand Still
2. Bad
3. A Sort Of Homecoming
4. Where The Streets Have No Name
5. Walk On
6. One
7. With Or Without You
8. New Year's Day
9. Sunday Bloody Sunday
10. Angel Of Harlem
11. God PtII
12. Miracle Drug
13. One Tree Hill
14. Stay
15. The Fly
16. Hawkmoon 269
17. Electrical Storm
18. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
19. An Cat Dubh (Into The Heart)
20. The Unforgettable Fire
 
order is somewhat correct, this is based on my current mood.

1. God Part II
2. - 11. All of the JT except mothers
12. Electrical Storm
13. EBTTRT
14. UTEOTW
15. The Fly
16. OOTS
17. Please
18. Like a Song
19. Rejoice
20. Twilight

Top 20 to Play Guitar to: (somewhat correct order)

1. The Fly (Live)
2. OOTS
3. ABOY
4. God Part II
5. Hawkmoon 269 (live)
6. Electrical Storm
7. All I want is you
8. EBTTRT
9. UTEOTW
10. Last Night on Earth (Live)
11. Gone (Live)
12. Please (Live)
13. SBS (album or live)
14. Desire (various live)
15. Dirty Day (Live)
16. 11 o'clock tick tock
17. Like a song
18. In god's country
19 One Tree Hill (live 12/26/89)
20. Exit (live)
 
This has changed so much in the past year.. And I owe all the interfence.com members for me re-discovering new songs.. like Heartland etc.. Notible mentions go to The Electric Co. and COBL's.

1) One
2) Mofo
3) Gone(Album Version)
4) Original Of The Species(Album version)
5) Bad
6) Where The Streets Have No Name
7) Running To Stand Still
8) Gloria
9) Kite
10) The Fly
11) Zoo Station
12) Zooropa
13) Heartland
14) Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses(Album Version)
15) Ultra Violet
16) A Sort Of Home Coming
17) Until The End Of The World
18) A Man And A Woman
19) Staring At The Sun(Album Version)
20) Promenade
 
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Except the first 6 it changes all the time.

1) Streets
2) Bad
3) The Fly
4) Until the end of the world
5) The Unforgettable Fire
6) Stay
7) Even Better Than the Real Thing
8) Walk on
9) Kite
10) One Tree Hill
11) Out of Control
12) Heartland
13) Gloria
14) Angel of Harlem
15) Love and Peace or Else
16) God Part II
17) A sort of homecoming
18) City of Blinding Lights
19) Hawkmoon 269
20) All I want is you
 
1. Gloria
2. Where the Streets...
3. Zooropa
4. Beautiful Day
5. Discotheque
6. Zoo Station
7. The Fly
8. Red Hill Mining Town
9. Please
10. The Unforgettable Fire
11. Is That All?
12. An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart
13. Your Blue Room
14. Heartland
15. New Years Day
16. Yahweh
17. Luminous Times
18. Ultraviolet
19. Promenade
20. Pride
 
Favourite songs

In no particular order;
If You Wear That velvet Dress
Beautiful Day
Exit
Running To Stand Still
Zoo Station
The Ground Beneath Her feet
Vertigo
City Of Blinding Lights
I Will Follow
So Cruel
Stay (Faraway So Close)
In God's Country
Out Of Control
Gone (live version)
Staring At The Sun
One
Where The Streets Have No Name
The Fly
Mysterious Ways
Acrobat
 
ouch this is going to be hard but ill give it a try:

1)one
2)Pride
3)the fly
4)walk on
5)Bad
6)acrobat
7)where the streets have no name
8)out of control
9)red hill mining town
10)one tree hill
11)stay
12)city of blinding lights
13)ultra violet light my way
14)running to stand still
15)mysterious ways
16)original of the species
17)sunday bloody sunday
18)i still havent found what im looking for
19) another time another place
20) with or without you
 
Once I get past 6 or 7 the "rankings" don't mean much...

1. With Or Without You
2. Until The End Of The World
3. Running To Stand Still
4. Pride
5. City Of Blinding Lights
6. Where The Streets Have no Name
7. The Fly
8. Bad
9. Do You Feel Love
10. Stay
11. I Will Follow
12. Gone
13. Vertigo
14. Elevation
15. One Tree Hill
16. Please
17. A Sort Of Homecoming
18. Mysterious Ways
19. Beautiful Day
20. Ultraviolet
 
1 until the end of the world
2 one
3 with or without you
4 please
5 bad
6 new year's day
7 acrobat
8 like a song
9 love is blindness
10 wake up dead man
11 the unforgettable fire
12 in a little while
13 sometimes you can't make it on your own
14 stateless
15 beautiful day
16 the electric co
17 miss sarajevo
18 miracle drug
19 promenade
20 mothers of the disappeared
 
These rankings will probably change every day for me but I'll give it a shot.

1. The Fly
2. I Will Follow
3. Bad
4. Streets
5. All I Want Is You
6. Sunday Bloody Sunday
7. Mofo
8. Gone
9. One
10. Vertigo
11. Mysterious Ways
12. Ultraviolet
13. Acrobat
14. Electric Co.
15. With or Without You
16. Discotheque
17. Please
18. Desire
19. City of Blinding Lights
20. Lemon
 
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