Rate the Song: Fast Cars

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Now let's move onto the second round of voting for Hutdab. As for The Ground Beneath Her Feet, I am not counting Fast Cars as part of HTDAAB for statistical purposes. However, I moved voting up to this round as to slightly mitigate the burden of the 29380402353 songs that will likely be in the 2000s, and fill make HTDAAB fill two nice, six-song rounds. I think I'll probably stick NLOTH2 at the end of NLOTH's second round as well. Also note that Xanax and Wine will have its own poll later.

Please rate Fast Cars 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.

 

[prbiker15]

Surprisingly good, though I find it bland and unmemorable compared to some of the tracks on HTDAAB. 6.

 

[Nick66]

Truly awful. Borderline unlistenable.

1.

 

[ryancoke71]

I love this song! 9.

 

[trevgreg]

Great rhythm, so-so on the rest. Would've probably been a neat way to close the album though had they left it on the regular track listing. 6.

 

[corianderstem]

It's fun, but it's never been a favorite.

 

[theedgeu2]

Ehhhh... kinda fun but not really album worthy. Thumbs up for the Jacknife Lee Remix of this tune. 7.

 

[popacrobat]

Ehhhh... kinda fun but not really album worthy. Thumbs up for the Jacknife Lee Remix of this tune. 7.

Disagree here. I think the Jacknife remix is awful.

The album and live versions though are excellent.

 

[flybabe]

I like the lyrics of this one. 'Xanax and Wine' is pretty decent as well, even if it is just a little different. I'd rate this one about a 7.

 

[lemonfly]

If there was any way of erasing this diabolical pig shit from my brain, I would. Zero

 

[lazarus]

Easily in the Top 10 U2 tracks from the last decade.

A shame that this and Mercy were both cut at the last minute.

Larry = idiot

 

[super fly guy]

Am i being dumb,but its on my version of the bomb! Anyway im giving it a 6,prefer xanax though.

 

[LadySpinHead]

All I've heard is the Jacknife Lee Mix, so I guess I'll vote on that- really like it, although I like Xanax and Wine a bit better- 8

 

[An Cat Gav]

Easily in the Top 10 U2 tracks from the last decade.

A shame that this and Mercy were both cut at the last minute.

Larry = idiot

Agreed, one of their best songs from this century. love it.
9

 

[cobl04]

A crying shame Mercy was cut, but this wouldn't have added a great deal to Bomb for me. 6

 

[Galeongirl]

10. Fuck the haters. LOVE this song. Such great fun. The Jacknife Lee remix is pretty brilliant too. I heard that before I heard the original, so that was pretty interesting.


Oh and it gets a 10 for this trainwreck alone. Pure gold.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz1P5oFpgo0

 

[Aardvark747]

meh. 5

 

[last unicorn]

It's displaced on the album. I originally had the album version without the song and bought the special box set later. Love the song, enjoy it more than Xanax and Wine, it has a great rhythm, fun song, very unusual. I really would love to hear more of that.

 

[gareth brown]

fun little tune - certainly not their best but a cool little bonus track on the album. doubt it would have fit anywhere in place of anything else...7