The mother of all rock songs

[U2girl]

Leaving the above FMJ/Native son Bono hype aside, which would you consider their best rock song?

For me it's a tie between Desire and Bullet the blue sky.

 

[Axver]

Oh, damn, I think I'm going to have to go with a four-way tie: God Part II, The Fly, Acrobat, and Gone.

The Electric Co. and Wire are both really close behind too.

If we're going by live versions, I may just give the title to 11 O'clock Tick Tock, and Exit and ZooTV Bullet and Dirty Day seriously come into contention.

U2's made some great rockers.

 

[U2girl]

Honourable mentions for me Exit, God part II and All because of you.

 

[2861U2]

Elevation, when used as the opener on its tour.




As far as studio goes, Gone

 

[LemonMelon]

Top 5:

Zoo Station
Elevation (live)
Electric Co
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Vertigo

 

[neutral]

Thy Fly!

 

[Smilla]

God Part II

ZooTV Bullet

 

[J_NP]

LAST NIGHT ON EARTH

 

[vaz02]

Silver and gold
Exit
Bullet the blue sky
Electric co
Desire

just to name a few

 

[YBORCITY]

UTEOTW
The Fly
BTBS
The Electric Co.

 

[LemonMelon]

This should have been released instead of U218:

"U2 F***ING OWNS YOUR SOUL!!! (Best of U2's face-melting rockers)"

1. I Will Follow
2. Electric Co.
3. Gloria (you must include this; it has a bass solo for goodness' sakes!)
4. Sunday Bloody Sunday
5. Wire
6. Bullet (live)
7. Desire
8. God Part II
9. Zoo Station
10. EBTTRT
11. The Fly
12. Dirty Day (live)
13. Discotheque
14. Last Night On Earth
15. Gone
16. Elevation (live)
17. Vertigo
18. All Because Of You

Any of these can be replaced with HMTMKMKM.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

hold me thrill me
gone
bullet
exit
all because of you
wire
out of control

 

[Chizip]

Thy Fly!

especially the Interference Remix

 

[Lancemc]

I'd say it's The Fly. The most balls-to-the-wall rock song they're ever recorded.

Bullet the Blue Sky is a close, CLOSE second though....easily.

 

[Zoots]

The Fly.

Probably Edge's best solo ever.

 

[BVS]

The Fly.

Probably Edge's best solo ever.

 

[Niceman]

Exit - Gone- The Fly

 

[craigp]

until the end of the world

 

[MrPryck2U]

I thought all of their songs were rock songs.

 

[LemonMelon]

I thought all of their songs were rock songs.

There's a difference between rock songs and RAWK songs. We're referring to the latter.

 

[Rafiennes]

The Fly
Discotheque (overlooked rock song)
God Part II

 

[Joey788]

The Fly

 

[Galeongirl]

The Fly, God Pt. 2 and UTEOTW for me...

 

[popacrobat]

hold me thrill me kiss me kill me
all because of you
last night on earth
desire
vertigo

 

[Judah]

What? Nobody here considers MOFO rawk?

That's the one for me (aside from the Fly, of course).

 

[MrPryck2U]

How bout In God's Country? I love this one!

 

[phillyfan26]

The Fly
Bullet - ZooTV
UTEOTW
Exit
Electric Co.
Gone - Live

 

[Salome]

Indian Summer Sky

 

[Bono's shades]

Bullet
Desire
God Part II
Exit
Like a Song
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Fly
Gone

 

[susanp6]

The Fly amazing Edgy solo

Bullet, Zoo Station and Exit also

Electric co. is another amazing Edge kick ass live one!!!!!