The Most "Typical" U2 song?

[discothequeLP]

What would be the most "typical" U2 song?

My friend asked me one day "send me the most typical U2 song"

I couldn't decide!


After some thought, Ultraviolet is probably the most typical IMO. I don't think that you could say that one of their true hits are typical, because they are so representative of that album/era.

What do you guys think?

 

[AcrobatMan]

"with or without you" is a typical U2 song, according to me.

"pride", "walk on", "new years day" ...are also typical U2 songs

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

hate to be cliche, but i don't think there's one. there's so many different styles when it comes to u2 (ie. compare boy and pop) so there is no typicality, really. however, if you whacked me in teh head with a baseball bat and threatened to do more, i'd say 'One'. anthemic chorus, decent lyrics, and Edge being, well, Edge. but that doesn't really cover half of it.

 

[popacrobat]

beautiful day is typical to me, if there is typical, which i dont think there is...

 

[jick]

Ringing repetitive economical guitar sounds.

No "guitar hero" kinda solos.

Drummer boy band inspired kinda drumming.

Simple bass lines.

Few chords.

Anthemic stadium filling shouting choruses.

That's what you get in Pride.

Cheers,

J

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

lemon

 

[U2Kitten]

I would say NYD.

 

[Flaming Friar Sr]

pride

it has edge's sig guitar, its uptempo and optimistic, it has a great sing-a-long chorus and it is a classic track.

 

[RickFly]

"typical" doesnt necessarily mean a bad song! so id say i will follow, or pride, which are amazing songs.

 

[U2girl]

Hold me thrill me kiss me kill me, Elevation and Electrical storm.

 

[bayernfc]

I'll Say Pride or Beautiful Day!

 

[Jack In The Box]

Slug


ok, no







WOWY

 

[Catman]

At first I was thinking "Pride," but since most everyone already knows that song, I guess I'd go with "Staring at the Sun"

...or "Last Night on Earth."

 

[Saracene]

Pride, I'd say.

 

[Axver]

Pride, I Will Follow, New Year's Day, Beautiful Day, maybe Gone.

 

[Squishy Peanut]

I reckon Walk On

 

[Jack In The Box]

Pride, I Will Follow, New Year's Day, Beautiful Day, maybe Gone.

Gone

 

[Bono's shades]

The more I think about it, the more Pride seems like the obvious answer.

 

[Rastat]

Hmmmm... just being named in another thread, to me HEARTLAND is a typical U2 song, with a recognizable "U2 sound" to it without being a hit.

So you could send it to your friend... showing him that U2 is much more than the hits...

 

[jick]

Pride has the following signature U2 elements:

-boys school band inspired drumming from Larry

-ringing repetitive staying-on-one chord guitar from Edge

-simple bass line for Adam

-non "guitar hero" like guitar solo, but something simple

-anthemic stadium filling chorus from Bono

-sang at a key Bono needs a 100% effort to reach (which makes every performance a challenge for Bono)

-political slant (talks about Martin Luther King)

-religious slant (one man betrayed with a kiss also makes reference to Jesus being kissed by Judas)

I don't see why some people answered NYD. It has a piano to it, U2 has very few songs with the piano, and the drumming is just the typical 8-beat with nothing special. Pride makes use of a floor tom beside the snare, just like WOWY and One, which also makes Larry's drumming quite signature.

Cheers,

J

 

[Peter]

The more I think about it, the more Pride seems like the obvious answer.

Exactly, that was the first song that I thought of.

 

[typhoon]

"Pride"

 

[Rastat]

Then THE most typical song is PRIDE. Yep.

 

[stagman]

All I Want Is You or Where The Streets Have No Name

 

[SkeeK]

Pounding by Doves

 

[marik]

more recently, i would say "stuck in a moment", and "electrical storm" are typical u2 songs, in that they are not really going into new areas or trying anything new for u2. they sound like songs u2 could have done years ago. i like them, but i just don't think they show any real growth.

 

[intedomine]

In god's country for me

 

[phommel]

WALK ON

BEAUTIFUL DAY

UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD

 

[Flaming Friar Sr]

we already cleared this one a long time ago. its pride so lets keep it to that ok