The most Irish sounding U2 songs

[Ifeelnumb84]

I got to thinking and, well, U2 doesn't really have many songs that scream out "hey, we're Irish, can't ya tell." Here are the few that I think sorta do:
Tomorrow
Van Diemen's Land
Drowning Man (I don't know why, just does it for me)
Running To Stand Still
North And South of The River
Sunday Bloody Sunday

 

[jonnytakeawalk]

WILD IRISH ROSE!!!!!!!!!

 

[tpsreports2424]

I always thought Walk On...

 

[Liesje]

Wild Irish Rose!

Van Diemen's Land as well, since I know two other songs that use the exact same tune and cite it as "(Irish or English) traditional." My R&H CD case is too deep in the closet to dig out, anyone know how U2 credits their tune?

 

[europop2005]

The Hands That Built America

 

[u2head]

An Cat Dubh
A Sort of Homecoming
Bad
Shadows and Tall Trees (esp. the part "Mrs. Brown's washing is always the same")

I dunno... I've always thought most of the songs in Boy to UF sound pretty Irish sounding to me.

 

[u2trinity]

Walk To The Water

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

Tomorrow and Van Diemen's Land are the ones for me. Maybe Tha Hands That Built America too a bit. It would be a great idea if they did an Irish sounding song for the next album, maybe an Irish sounding rocker.

 

[BANZAI]

Scarlett and Tomorrow

 

[Axver]

Tomorrow and Wild Irish Rose win this one effortlessly.

 

[An Cat Gav]

Tomorrow and Wild Irish Rose win this one effortlessly.

Agreed, there aren't any others really.

 

[cobl04]

Van Diemen's Land. U2 at their folkiest.

 

[bono_man2002]

Tommrow
Flower Child - Reference to the "liffey (sp?) being dry, which I believe its in Dublin.

 

[surelypaul]

Tomorrow
A Sort Of Homecoming

Non-U2 tracks:
You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart
In The Name Of the Father

 

[Axver]

If we're talking non-U2 tracks too, then how can we overlook In A Lifetime? Some of Bono's best work there.

 

[Aardvark747]

If we're talking non-U2 tracks too, then how can we overlook In A Lifetime? Some of Bono's best work there.

Good call

 

[phillyfan26]

My first thought was Wild Irish Rose.

 

[Aygo]

Wild Irish Rose, Deep In The Heart and Tomorrow

 

[Jeannieco]

Summer Wine with The Corrs

 

[The Disciple]

Tomorrow.

 

[dietcokeofevil]

Wild Irish Rose

Tomorrow

Hands That Built America

 

[Layton]

I used to think along these lines, but nowadays I hear Ireland in alot of U2's music. Even without the so-called traditional Irish instrumentation. A couple of examples off the top of my head would be Pride and the intro to Miracle Drug.

To me the musical imagery of Pride is set in Ireland's gray and misty side. As for the Miracle Drug's intro, that one sounds very rooted in an Irish perspective to me. It's the sound and imagery of sitting on an Irish cliffside overlooking the ocean and/or the world and seeing great promise.

 

[LyricalDrug]

Sunday Bloody Sunday. Maybe it wasnt an Irish song at first, but now it just *sounds* Irish...

 

[Yahweh_OMG]

TOMORROW

 

[ArrogantU2Fan]

Hmmmmm I have to think on this one!! Love Susan

 

[annie_vox]

Wild Irish Rose. Such a beautiful irish song. In The Name Of The Father with Gavin Friday reminds me of Irish sound too

 

[pattip2000]

Tomorrow

 

[alanah]

North And South Of The River
Van Diemen's Land
Wild Irish Rose

 

[wannabe]

Please... not in sound, but knowing the lyric refer sharply to the conflicts in Ireland of the time.

This probably doesn't count so I'll say "Tomorrow".

 

[craigp]

tommorrow, 96 common grounds version