Rate the Song Series: Van Diemen's Land

[Irishteen]

So we're moving on to Rattle and Hum now and I'm not sure if you guys want to rate the live covers or not so let me know about that

Interference's Top U2 Songs

3 Where the Streets Have No Name
4 With or Without You

6 Running to Stand Still

8 One Tree Hill
9 Exit
10 In God's Country

13 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
14 Red Hill Mining Town
15 Mothers of the Disappeared

25 Bullet the Blue Sky

29 Walk to the Water

33 Luminous Times

43 Spanish Eyes

48 Deep in the Heart
49 Silver and Gold

52 Trip Through Your Wires

62 Womanfish

75 The Sweetest Thing (Original)
76 Rise Up
77 Desert of Our Love

81 Race Against Time

84 Beautiful Ghost

98 Drunk Chicken/America

Out of 100 songs so far!

So guys you've got a day to rate this enjoy

 

[digitize]

I would love to give Helter Skelter a solid zero, personally.

 

[Axver]

8 for VDL. Good song, not quite great.

Fuck the live covers. I say stick to rating original U2 songs.

 

[digitize]

8 for VDL. Good song, not quite great.

Fuck the live covers. I say stick to rating original U2 songs.

But I want to give Helter Skelter a zero.

 

[cobl04]

yeah bugger the live renditions.

i give this a 5, nothing really interesting or special, though i do enjoy some of the vocals.

they could have at least properly mastered this or whatever on the album, instead of taking the version out of the movie, with the cheering at the start and the interview at the end.

 

[The Sad Punk]

7.

And for that matter, I'm going to Van Diemen's Land next month. Stole some bread, you see.

 

[nielsgov]

I like this song. 8.

 

[Saracene]

7. Pretty good song. Nah to covers.

 

[jacobus]

i like VDL very much: 9

 

[An Cat Gav]

8 for this, I don't think we should rate the live stuff either.

 

[God Part III]

7 for Van Diemen's Land.

@ Helter Skelter, it's a great song, and U2's live cover is the best cover there is. What's it doing on an album, you tell me, and no, I don't see why we should rate live covers, but it's an awesome song. As with All Along the Watchtower.

 

[CTU2fan]

10. Damn you all

Could ditch the live tracks, but it's worth noting that R&H Bullet >>> JT Bullet.

 

[alanah]

I gave it a 7.

 

[Zoots]

I rated it 10 because I love it very very much. The lyrics, the vocals.. everything! But in hindsight, maybe I could have given it a 9, because it does end too soon.

 

[powerhour24]

9, gorgeous, end of story.

YouTube - The Edge & Bono (U2) : Van Diemen's Land (Live Dublin Dec. '08)

 

[gvox]

Why does Bono have a guitar here?

:insertwhydoesheeverhaveaguitarjokehere:

Seriously tho, did they do another song or something? Why not just use a bongo Bono? Wait..Bongo Bono...that's ace

 

[gman]

scored her a 9....for the uniqueness of the song.

 

[U2girl]

Why does Bono have a guitar here?

:insertwhydoesheeverhaveaguitarjokehere:

Seriously tho, did they do another song or something? Why not just use a bongo Bono? Wait..Bongo Bono...that's ace

Yes, they also played Desire that night.

 

[cobl04]

7 for Van Diemen's Land.

@ Helter Skelter, it's a great song, and U2's live cover is the best cover there is. What's it doing on an album, you tell me, and no, I don't see why we should rate live covers, but it's an awesome song. As with All Along the Watchtower.

U2 aren't a bad covers band in my opinion, they've had some winners.

But those two in particular are pretty bad. The energy's there, but I don't ever want to hear them cover All Along the Watchtower again.

 

[intedomine]

Would have given this 7, but poll closed.