Top (insert number here) most awesomely overrated U2 songs

[MrBrau1]

Copy cat.

 

[Lancemc]

Sorry, but your wrong. Pretty much everything you have posted in this thread is wrong.

Mmmm, noooo, I'd have to say he's not.

 

[Axver]

Hey, Brau, I used to think I was more of a stuck-up wanker about music taste than you. But you've proven me wrong with the way you've spammed this thread.

 

[liamcool]

One
Pride

 

[Blue Room]

Mmmm, noooo, I'd have to say he's not.

You get a gold star for replying. But you are wrong, sorry.

 

[MrBrau1]

Mmmm, noooo, I'd have to say he's not.

There's my A+ student.

You hit the trifecta baby!

 

[MrBrau1]

Hey, Brau, I used to think I was more of a stuck-up wanker about music taste than you. But you've proven me wrong with the way you've spammed this thread.

I didn't spam.

I engaged the entire group. So nobody feels left out.

 

[Axver]

I didn't spam.

I engaged the entire group. So nobody feels left out.

You made far too many posts when you could have put multiple quotes into one.

And you didn't respond to me slagging off One.

 

[Utoo]

Wow. You've got 2/5, but the other 3, no.

Technically, I got 6/9.

 

[MrBrau1]

You made far too many posts when you could have put multiple quotes into one.

And you didn't respond to me slagging off One.

You didn't list five tunes.

You listed one, One.

 

[Axver]

You didn't list five tunes.

You listed one, One.

It's so over-rated that I should have listed it 20 times.

 

[phillyfan26]

Dirty Day is such a stinker, you get points for simply listing it.

Live I think it's great though, so if you disagree with me, remove my points. You didn't even address the rest of my post!

 

[U2isthebest]

I think I'll do one from each album.

1. Shadows and Tall Trees
2. With A Shout (Jerusalem)
3. Like A Song
4. A Sort of Homecoming
5. Red Hill Mining Town
6. Love Rescue Me
7. Love Is Blindness
8. The Wanderer
9. Wake Up Dead Man
10. Grace
12. Yahweh

 

[Axver]

Just for MrBrau:

1. One: everyone knows what I think about this already.
2. Mercy: see above.
3. In A Little While: I can't believe some people on this forum actually like this.
4. Ultra Violet: see above. I'm surprised the Backstreet Boys never covered this.
5. Xanax And Wine: the true great HTDAAB out-take is Smile. Fast Cars is more musically interesting than XAW anyway.

 

[MrBrau1]

Just for MrBrau:

1. One: everyone knows what I think about this already.
2. Mercy: see above.
3. In A Little While: I can't believe some people on this forum actually like this.
4. Ultra Violet: see above. I'm surprised the Backstreet Boys never covered this.
5. Xanax And Wine: the true great HTDAAB out-take is Smile. Fast Cars is more musically interesting than XAW anyway.

You get an F-.

 

[Axver]

You get an F-.

What I've always wanted!

 

[MrBrau1]

Hey, it's the holiday season.

 

[Axver]

You're so generous.

 

[djerdap]

On this board: Mercy

Besides that, Pride, Beautiful Day and I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For take the cake.

 

[SleepyDeadMan]

New Year's Day
Pride
Streets (live only, studio is solid)
ISHFWILF
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Mysterious Ways

 

[LMP]

Just for MrBrau:

1. One: everyone knows what I think about this already.
2. Mercy: see above.
3. In A Little While: I can't believe some people on this forum actually like this.
4. Ultra Violet: see above. I'm surprised the Backstreet Boys never covered this.
5. Xanax And Wine: the true great HTDAAB out-take is Smile. Fast Cars is more musically interesting than XAW anyway.

I know you don't like the "baby, baby, baby"s but:

I remember
When we could sleep on stones
Now we lie together
In whispers and moans
When I was all messed up
And I had opera in my head
Your love was a light bulb
Hanging over my bed

probably one of my favorite verses in a U2 song.

Mercy, I can see that.

In a Little While, it's a nice little song, nothing more.

Xanax is a fun song too, but yes, Fast Cars is better.

I'm not even going to talk about One.

 

[Sicy]

You get an F-.

Give it a rest already. Nobody is 'wrong'.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
Stop being so rude.

 

[Bono's shades]

1. Beautiful Day
2. City of Blinding Lights
3. Vertigo
4. Elevation
5. Mercy (on Interference at least)

(Waits for inevitable snit fit from Brau).

 

[Salome]

1. Mercy (no explanation needed)
2. Acrobat (good song, but musically it does so little that it doesn't deserve the status it has among fans)
3. Please (really good song, but it's status here must be based on the live version alone because the album version is just good not great)
4. Gone (only explanation for the way people here talk about this song must be the live version, but then it's still overblown)
5. Ultraviolet (with a chorus like that you don't deserve much praise)

 

[U2Man]

hmm. ill try again.

discotheque
mofo
dirty day
bullet
new york

 

[Total U2 Nut]

Bad (studio version)
Mysterious Ways
Gone (live)
Bullet The Blue Sky

 

[Harry Vest]

I'm not sure Bullet is overated really, its the band who are in love with it rather than the fans

Ya, none of the fans really like it that much.

Hogwash!!!

It's only been a highlight of the live show since 1987!!!

 

[Axver]

I know you don't like the "baby, baby, baby"s but:



probably one of my favorite verses in a U2 song.

That song does have some good lines, but I'm not much of a fan of the ones you quoted, especially not "your love was a lightbulb hanging over my bed". That's nearly as bad as the infamous "freedom has a scent" line.

Xanax is a fun song too, but yes, Fast Cars is better.

Yeah, I don't actually have a problem with Xanax And Wine, it's not a bad song, but I don't understand why people harp on about it so much and rate it higher than Fast Cars. It may have a few better lyrics, but overall, Fast Cars is a whole lot more interesting.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

10. xanax and wine
9. mercy
8. bullet the blue sky (studio version)
7. bad (studio version)
6. mercy
5. one
4. one
3. one
2. one
1. one

 

[Axver]

10. xanax and wine
9. mercy
8. bullet the blue sky (studio version)
7. bad (studio version)
6. mercy
5. one
4. one
3. one
2. one
1. one

You get an A.

You'd get an A+ if you hadn't included Bad.