Rate the Song: Beautiful Ghost/Introduction to Songs of Experience

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Finally, let's finish up the 1980s on this Rate The Song series! Today, we will address the final non-album songs from the late 80s included in this competition. They are:



She's a Mystery To Me

Deep in the Heart

Beautiful Ghost/Introduction to Songs of Experience

Desert of Our Love

Rise Up

Yoshino Blossom



Please rate Beautiful Ghost/Introduction to Songs of Experience on a scale from 0 to 10, using whatever criteria you feel allows you to best evaluate the song as a whole. I will not set criteria for people to based on, but if you feel like your best evaluation of the merits of a song comes from voting only based on, say, the studio version, go right ahead and vote that way. Full information on the Rate The Song series may be found in this thread.



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[An Cat Gav]

I really like this. Evocative lyrics and music, listening to it I feel like I could be in one of those Nevada(?) ghost towns at sunrise.
8

 

[Galeongirl]

7. It's interesting soundscaping, but it drags on horribly long to me.

 

[Nick66]

A gorgeous tapestry woven together with ethereal threads by Brian Eno, seamlessly joining U2's music with Wiliam Blake's words into a surreal landscape. U2 would call upon Blake again at Glastonbury to mixed results, but here it works with utter perfection…."The Starry Floor".

One of the best things U2 has ever done. 10.

 

[ElectricalStorm]

This is a strange one... Creepy, but not in a bad way. Certainly interesting. 8.

 

[prbiker15]

As others have said, strange, interesting, and a tiny bit too long. Pretty good. Giving it an 7.

 

[flybabe]

Atmospheric, and Bono's spoken word voice drifts throughout the song perfectly. 8.

 

[nielsgov]

Boring. It could work in the context of an album but not by itself. 4

 

[cobl04]

^ that. Music doesn't do much for me and the vocal's very pronounced in the mix. 5

 

[FitzChivalry]

This techno/electronic/ambient lover loves it! Fantastic, ethereal, haunting and not at all too long or boring for me.

Near The Joshua Tree era perfection.