Rate the Song: Smile

[digitize]

It is the very last stretch of this competition. Today, we begin voting on the first of three (planned) rounds of 2000s non-album songs. The list I am looking at right now is:

Stateless
Summer Rain
Always
Levitate
Love You Like Mad
Smile
Flower Child
Big Girls are Best
Electrical Storm
The Hands That Built America
Native Son
Xanax and Wine
Are You Gonna Wait Forever?
Window in the Skies
Soon
Winter
Mercy

That is seventeen songs. If I missed anything, please let me know. Also, remember that The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fast Cars, and No Line On The Horizon 2 are all considered 2000s non-album songs, but have had their rounds earlier. Today we will vote on the first six songs, Stateless through Smile.

Please rate Smile 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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgkhEb1zIIw

 

[trevgreg]

Always liked this one. A decent lyric from Bono makes this easy listening song one to come back to. 7.

 

[Nick66]

 

[corianderstem]

ehhhhhhhhhhh.

 

[gvox]

Better than that piece of crap....nevermind

 

[LadySpinHead]

Love this one, I think the lyrics are fantastic. 9

 

[Super Yo]

Perfect little song. Beautiful.

 

[U2DMfan]

One of the rare moments over the last 10 to 12 years where they managed to dip back into the special sauce. Fantastic.

And ultimately left off and 'unfinished' and so it retains some of that subtle magic. As opposed to be thrown through the super-contrivance machine.

I can just see Iovine visiting U2 in the studio in the summer of 2003...
I don't hear it...I'm not feeling it. As if he were listening to American Idol fucks.
What a god damn toolbag.

 

[theedgeu2]

I really love Smile. I bought the deluxe edition of U218 back in '06 when I was still getting into the band and this was on repeat for me for a while. An instant favorite. Great delivery from Bono on his vocals. 8.

 

[Niceman]

Can't stand it. Crappity crap crap.

 

[mama cass]

depressing

 

[LemonMelon]

The lyrics are pretty meaningless as they stand, but it seems to be hitting on something profound in spots. Definitely unfinished. The music is nice, nothing spectacular, but hypnotic in a way. I probably overrated this one, but it's definitely heading towards greatness. 7.

 

[flybabe]

Pretty decent, seems unfinished and could have been improved I'm sure, and is sorely stuck in the HTDAAB theme. 6.

 

[Galeongirl]

Meh, nothing special. 6.

 

[prbiker15]

Not bad, though I like it. Beautiful song. 7.

 

[FitzChivalry]

I really like this one. A lot.