Rate The Song: Bullet the Blue Sky

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And today we move on to the first half of The Joshua Tree.

Please rate Bullet the Blue Sky 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.

Have fun! This poll will close in 96 hours.

 

[Galeongirl]

Good song too, though sometimes I feel it drags along. It had its days live where I would skip it immediately, say Popmart or Elevation or Vertigo tours. But ZooTv or Lovetown Bullet? That solo was pure porn!

I guess that evens each other out a bit. I'll keep it at 7.

 

[trojanchick99]

Love this song. The Zoo TV version for me will always be the best. Edge's solo on that was just blistering.

 

[The Panther]

It's pretty impressive that they came up with this song in 1986-ish because it sounds nothing like anything they'd done before... and yet, as usual, it was great.

 

[Nick66]

7

 

[theedgeu2]

U2 goes hardcore! Fuck yeah!

 

[prbiker15]

How much I love this song. One of U2's most insane and energetic songs, especially live (minus the Vertigo Tour). My favorite live versions are from ZooTV, Popmart and Elevation. So good.

Giving it a 10. What a rocker, for sure.

 

[Cactus Annie]

yeah, well I can think of better tunes

 

[flybabe]

Great song. The lyrics are strong and give the song a lot of impact. 9.

 

[Tyagu_Anaykus]

8 just because of ZooTV bullet

 

[An Cat Gav]

9.

Totally different for U2. The Zoo TV version would get a 10.

 

[cobl04]

I'm giving it a 9 because it just rocks so hard. It balls. It has balls. And live (save for the boring ass Vertigo versions, whoever thought four minutes of boring snippets would be a good idea should be shot) it was phenomenal.

Gets an extra point because after the final line I immediately get the guitar from the start of RTSS in my head.

 

[Galeongirl]

U2 goes hardcore! Fuck yeah!

Hardcore? Err not even close to it!

 

[GopherMacPhisto]

I like how the lads were able to adapt the song.

Album version, and live Joshua Tree, Rattle and Hum, and ZooTV versions were pure, unrefined ferocity. Rocking balls to the walls.

However, am I the only one who loves the Popmart version of this song? It's played in a completely different manner. It's much more of a rolling, groovy type of delivery, almost like a Muzak-y type of arrangement.

 

[LadySpinHead]

^ I'm with you- I like the Popmart version a lot- I like it with a little funky flavor once in a while. But I will take any version of Bullet live over the studio version. Probably one of my favorite live songs.

 

[gvox]

One of my absolute favorites when I first heard JT. 10