Rest of U2 Survivor: The Joshua Tree - Round 2

[corianderstem]

Wow, that last poll was quite the spectacle, wasn't it? Let's see if we can keep that up.

Trip Through Your Wires tripped out the door with 35 votes.

VOTE FOR YOUR LEAST FAVORITE SONG

Polls will remain open for 48 hours, unless one song has taken enough of a beating after a day or so, in which case we'll call it an act of mercy and move on to the next round.

Songs in this round:

- Bullet The Blue Sky
- Running To Stand Still
- Red Hill Mining Town
- In God's Country
- One Tree Hill
- Exit
- Mothers Of The Disappeared


Criteria for song selection (at least for the albums): anything on the regular pressings of the Best Of 1980-1990, Best Of 1990-2000, and U2:18 is excluded.

 

[xaviMF22]

One tree hill must go

after mother's of course

 

[waynetravis]

2 for Bullet? what the dealio?


Exit

 

[U2democrat]

Bullet live

Bullet album version

 

[waynetravis]

^ Good point. Carry on.

 

[LemonMelon]

Mothers of the Disappeared

 

[pat132]

Mothers

 

[Rob33]

I'm responding to comments made in first round but figured it was best to start here...

I think RHMT is one of the best songs on this album, one of their most powerful songs ever actually, it's brilliant, especially vocals..I won't be voting it for awhile

and yes I honestly believe Bono could sing it these days...it would sound fucking incredible and would leave the audience speechless, it's overwhelming just imagining it...

 

[xaviMF22]

Bono singing RHMT

 

[LemonMelon]

Bono singing RHMT

Pfft...it's not that hard. Anyone that can nail Bad can get through RHMT without embarrassing themselves.

Lemon on the other hand would be

 

[xaviMF22]

Pfft...it's not that hard. Anyone that can nail Bad can get through RHMT without embarrassing themselves.

Lemon on the other hand would be

Bono attempting to sing Lemon now

 

[LemonMelon]

Bono attempting to sing Lemon now

His falsetto is no more. Much like Edge's hairline.

 

[Lila64]

 

[Axver]

Bullet. It's amazing live (well, depending on the tour in question), but the studio version honestly lacks something. I think that while Edge got the guitar sound spot-on, what he does with it, i.e. the soloing, is not complete.

Whatever idiot voted for One Tree Hill should be shot.

I am also disgusted with the votes for MOTD, and I feel I more than clearly made the case for that haunting, beautiful song last round.

 

[Lila64]

Bullet

I'm just tired of it. Live is a whole other story, though a bit tired of it live too

 

[liamcool]

Bullet deserves to end up like John Lennon.

 

[corianderstem]

I am also disgusted with the votes for MOTD, and I feel I more than clearly made the case for that haunting, beautiful song last round.

Oh, were we supposed to listen to you?



Honestly, Bullet was just not on my radar. I skip the album version so often, I forgot it was even on this list.

And I TYPED the damn list!

 

[FitzChivalry]

too hard. too hard!

 

[LemonMelon]

too hard. too hard!

Hint: MOTD

 

[Axver]

Honestly, Bullet was just not on my radar. I skip the album version so often, I forgot it was even on this list.

And I TYPED the damn list!

 

[martha]

Red Hill etc.

 

[Rob33]

Bono singing RHMT

yes, yikes, as in holy shit this is the greatest performance ever...

IT WOULD ROCK YOUR SOCKS OFF!

and his falsetto isn't even close to being gone...where is peteerr!!!! and where are you!?!??! WAKE UP! hold your mistake up!

As hard as it was, I voted for MOTD...

 

[corianderstem]

Please don't take this the wrong way, but can we not turn this thread into another one of the threads where Bono's vocals get dissected note by note? There are plenty of other threads for that.

This thread is for knock-down, drag-out fights over which song sucks more. And random bizarro antics.

 

[Axver]

This thread is for knock-down, drag-out fights over which song sucks more. And random bizarro antics.

I'll kidnap your avatar - and possibly the kitten in it too - unless you acknowledge MOTD's goodness.

 

[corianderstem]

Leave my kitty out of this!

I was going to admit to voting for the wrong song again, since I'd completely forgotten about Bullet, but I made an ill-informed choice last time, too.

I'd hate for anyone to think I was goofy or something.

 

[No spoken words]

Bullet's played out, but there's never been a day where Mothers is actually a better song. At least not to me. So, once again, I vote Mothers.

 

[Axver]

I swear, if you vote for OTH thinking that you're voting for "Red Tree Hill", I will kidnap the kitten.

Then take it to One Tree Hill.

Then send it back to you, angry as all hell.

 

[corianderstem]

Hee!

Don't worry. I won't be voting for any Red Hee Trills.

 

[Axver]

Good, because I don't want to take the kitten to One Tree Hill. I mean, the hill itself is good, but it's in Auckland. Auckland.

I've only been to one worse city in my life. Sydney. I think I'd almost be tempted to go to Baghdad instead of having to spend a day with sour, rude, semi-incoherent Aucklanders.

 

[liamcool]

Har, har, funnay.

By the way, if you'd like some of the tree on that hill, come up to Sydney, I have a few logs from it in my attic.