Rate the Song: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me

[digitize]

We're really moving along! Today, let's begin voting on 90s non-album tracks. The following tracks shall be included:

Alex Descends into Hell for a Bottle of Milk/Korova 1
Lady with the Spinning Head
Salomé
Where Did It All Go Wrong?
Slow Dancing
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
Viva Davidoff
Holy Joe
North and South of the River
I'm Not Your Baby
Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad
Sweetest Thing (new version)
Blow Your House Down
Heaven And Hell
Oh Berlin
Near The Island
Down All The Days
Everybody Loves A Winner

This round will have the first six songs, Alex Descends through Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me.

Please rate Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me 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.

 

[mikal]

great stuff. imagine if it had been finished in time for Zooropa. i always replace Babyface with this song. it fits perfectly as the #2 track on Zooropa.

 

[popacrobat]

I'd give this a 20 if possible.

 

[Galeongirl]

nananananananana BAT MANNNNNNN






Great, great soundtrack, love the guitar effects and holy fuck, seeing it live last year? Blew my brains out!!!

 

[corianderstem]

My favorite part of the video is all the little Batmen playing cellos at the end.

 

[theedgeu2]

I'm gonna be honest, I love the studio version so much more than live.

 

[corianderstem]

I do, too.

 

[waynetravis]

This song has badass written all over it

 

[An Cat Gav]

This song has badass written all over it

Yeah it does, heavy heavy riff, great lyrics. Fucking great.
10

 

[coolian2]

I'm gonna be honest, I love the studio version so much more than live.

the live version is great, but until they find a way to make the strings as fucking scary, this is dead right.

 

[Nick66]

As evidenced by the fact that it's one of the few "B-Sides" they will play on tour, it's one of the best, and certainly most notable of the 90's-era non-album tracks, especially considering the awful movie it's associated with.

 

[trojanchick99]

One of my very favorite U2 songs. I love the riff and how dirty it sounds. Hearing it live during 360 was amazing.

 

[The Panther]

Great riff, and an unusually ballsy, exciting track. On the other hand, very murky and bad production job limits the enjoyment of the recording. The lyrics are not my cup of tea, and in general this track begins a period of U2 that I personally find a bit off (still good, but something goes a bit awry). I dunno, I'd probably score this about a 7, but that might even be generous.

 

[LadySpinHead]

Fantastic. An easy 20 all around, all the way to the Bono orgasm at the end.

 

[Globo14]

9. Made a thunderous return under The Claw.

 

[DRay9911]

 

[ryancoke71]

Simply brilliant! 9

 

[lemonfly]

Bono's orgasmic howls were not really necessary, but excellent track nonetheless. The groove reminds me of Children Of The Revolution, which is definitely a plus point. I think the Batman connection has tainted this song. Had it been an album track on Zooropa (fuck off Babyface, fuck off Some Days) both the song and album would have mutually benefited. 9

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Phenomenal lyrics. One of the greatest songs about celebrity ever written.

I do think that for many the true meaning of the song gets lost because of it's connection to such a corny movie, which us a shame.

 

[digitize]

HMTMKMKM has always sounded like a more modern version of Suffragette City to me.

 

[GopherMacPhisto]

Great riff, and an unusually ballsy, exciting track. On the other hand, very murky and bad production job limits the enjoyment of the recording. The lyrics are not my cup of tea, and in general this track begins a period of U2 that I personally find a bit off (still good, but something goes a bit awry). I dunno, I'd probably score this about a 7, but that might even be generous.

Why so serious?

Sorry, someone had to say it.

I got hooked on this song from the Popmart DVD (hell, that DVD turned me on to most of the 90s U2 catalog), and was FLOORED when the lads launched into this in Chicago.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

My favorite part of the video is all the little Batmen playing cellos at the end.

yes!! it always amused me.

Phenomenal lyrics. One of the greatest songs about celebrity ever written.

i never thought you'd like this song, let alone the lyrics

 

[corianderstem]

HMTMKMKM has always sounded like a more modern version of Suffragette City to me.

Wham Bam Thank You Batman!

 

[lazarus]

Not sure why some people seem to think this should have been on Zooropa. This song is cocky glam rock, which has nothing in common with the the slippery, spacy, european sound of that album.

Perhaps some thing Zooropa could have used some more crunch but I think it would have stuck out like a sore thumb. It may be a better song than Babyface or Some Days, but it doesn't fit on the album more than those two.

Now one could make a case for it being on Pop; that would make more sense considering how schizophrenic that album is.

 

[arzcrack]

Ripping song. 10.
Great riff, great rhythm, great lyrics. Enough said.

 

[An Cat Gav]

Not sure why some people seem to think this should have been on Zooropa. This song is cocky glam rock, which has nothing in common with the the slippery, spacy, european sound of that album.

Perhaps some thing Zooropa could have used some more crunch but I think it would have stuck out like a sore thumb. It may be a better song than Babyface or Some Days, but it doesn't fit on the album more than those two.

Now one could make a case for it being on Pop; that would make more sense considering how schizophrenic that album is.

It would have fitted great on Pop, and maybe would have made the album a bigger hit. HMTMKMKM was produced bt Nellie Hooper I think, it's a shame he didn't produce Pop, he ws supposed too, would have been better than Howie B.

 

[mama cass]

you guys are going to kill me but this song gets my only ever ZERO

i think it's seriously CRAP!!! not to mention ASTONISHINGLY OVERRATED!!!

 

[mama cass]

i always replace Babyface with this song. it fits perfectly as the #2 track on Zooropa.

blasphemy!

 

[mama cass]

and holy fuck, seeing it live last year? Blew my brains out!!!

wish it had blown my brains out and put me out of my misery when i saw it

 

[Aardvark747]

10