what songs deserve more recognition?
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Salome
you are what you is
Surrender
I threw a brick ...
Rejoice
Lemon
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Salome
Shake it, shake it, shake it
I threw a brick ...
Rejoice
Lemon
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Salome
Shake it, shake it, shake it
Kieran McConville
ONE love, blood, life
Ooh, this is a juicy one. I'll second So Cruel. And the following also deserve a lot more recognition:
Elvis Presley and America - for its trippy, moment-of-discovery vibe. Making it up at the microphone should be no bar to recognition for this song, IMO.
Miami - Three words: 'Miami, my mammy'. And the nice take off When The Levee Breaks.
The Playboy Mansion - Again, for its vibe. And because of these lines: "I never bought a lotto ticket/I never parked in anyone's space/The banks they're like cathedrals/I guess casinos took their place".
Red Light - Because U2 with a trumpet and those urgent, rising backing vocals does not suck - it is, if anything, damn sexy.
Surrender - If only because nobody outside of hardcore U2 fandom has even heard of it.
Love Rescue Me - Bono's howl. And the swing of the horn section. And these lines: "No man is my enemy/my own hands imprison me/Love rescue me".
Dirty Day - Who said Zooropa had no rock guitar?
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"There's a wild thing in the woolshed
and it's keeping me awake at night
A devil in the closet
and a feeling I'd prefer to hide
He is religion
He won't hear me when I cry for help
He has a vision of me
but I am somebody else..."
brettig
New Yorker
Not me. I agree dirty day is awesome...
Autumn454
War Child
Just about everything on The Unforgettable Fire.
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~Burned by the fire of love~
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~Burned by the fire of love~
This is tough...
The first thing that came to my head was Pop in its entirety, but I'll just pick a couple...*thinks*
"Gone" & "Do You Feel Loved"
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"Baby...can we still be friends?"
The first thing that came to my head was Pop in its entirety, but I'll just pick a couple...*thinks*
"Gone" & "Do You Feel Loved"
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"Baby...can we still be friends?"
unforgettableFOXfire
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Hmmm Im not sure if these fit, but Shadows and Tall trees, and An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart... People never say anything about them, yet theyre great songs in my opinion.
Yes, yes, YES, I friggin' love "Shadows and Tall Trees"! I can't believe I forgot to say that one!
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"Baby...can we still be friends?"
sulawesigirl4
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
-Rejoice
-Is That All? (the lyrics may be lame, but Larry kicks ass!)
-Like a Song
-Promenade
-EP and America
-In God's Country
-Babyface
-Some Days are Better Than Others
-Daddy's Gonna Pay
-Discotheque
-WGRYWH
-TTTYAATW
-Grace
-WILATW
basically, all of october, zooropa, and pop
-Is That All? (the lyrics may be lame, but Larry kicks ass!)
-Like a Song
-Promenade
-EP and America
-In God's Country
-Babyface
-Some Days are Better Than Others
-Daddy's Gonna Pay
-Discotheque
-WGRYWH
-TTTYAATW
-Grace
-WILATW
basically, all of october, zooropa, and pop
bono-vox
Rock n' Roll Doggie
So cruel
Dirty Day
Discotheque
Last night on earth
Gone
Oh and wild irish rose, i really think that song should have been made a b side AT LEAST
Dirty Day
Discotheque
Last night on earth
Gone
Oh and wild irish rose, i really think that song should have been made a b side AT LEAST
Slapnutz
Refugee
Twilight
Twilight(live)
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'Closer than ever to everybody's wife'
Twilight(live)
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'Closer than ever to everybody's wife'
Zoo Station
The Fly
Surrender
Drowning Man
One Tree Hill
Heartland
Stay
Lemon
Do You Feel Loved?
Gone
Drowning Man
One Tree Hill
Heartland
Stay
Lemon
Do You Feel Loved?
Gone
Zoocifer
Acrobat
I think most people forget that "North and South of the River" is more of a Christy Moore song than a U2 song.
I think "Please" doesn't get as more recognition than it should.
Also songs such as "Surrender", "Mothers of the Disappeared", and "One Tree Hill".
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" You love this town - even if that doesn't ring true. You've been all over, and it's been all over you " - Bono
" Don't you know there ain't no Devil, that's just God when he's drunk " - Tom Waits
I think "Please" doesn't get as more recognition than it should.
Also songs such as "Surrender", "Mothers of the Disappeared", and "One Tree Hill".
~z~
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" You love this town - even if that doesn't ring true. You've been all over, and it's been all over you " - Bono
" Don't you know there ain't no Devil, that's just God when he's drunk " - Tom Waits
She Is Raging
Refugee
If God Would Send His Angels...
Man I love this song!
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Love don't need to find a way
You find your own way
I forget that I can't stay
And so I say that
All roads lead to where you are
All roads lead to where you are
Man I love this song!
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Love don't need to find a way
You find your own way
I forget that I can't stay
And so I say that
All roads lead to where you are
All roads lead to where you are
Dorian Gray
Refugee
Red Hill Mining Town
Mothers of the Disappeared
Van Diemen's Land
Heartland
and Love Rescue Me
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And I felt like a star...
Mothers of the Disappeared
Van Diemen's Land
Heartland
and Love Rescue Me
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And I felt like a star...
scatteroflight
Refugee
Another Time, Another Place
I Fall Down
I Threw a Brick
Rejoice
Stranger in a Strange Land
Seconds
Like a Song
Red Light
A Sort of Homecoming
Wire
Indian Summer Sky
Heartland
So Cruel
Gone
When I Look at the World
New York
Stateless
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Your seven worlds collide
Whenever I am by your side
Dust from a distant sun
Will shower over everyone
-Crowded House
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I Fall Down
I Threw a Brick
Rejoice
Stranger in a Strange Land
Seconds
Like a Song
Red Light
A Sort of Homecoming
Wire
Indian Summer Sky
Heartland
So Cruel
Gone
When I Look at the World
New York
Stateless
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Your seven worlds collide
Whenever I am by your side
Dust from a distant sun
Will shower over everyone
-Crowded House
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bullet the blue sky
Refugee
i only just saw this thread. sorry for repeating it in my other one
Salome
you are what you is
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Salome
Shake it, shake it, shake it
All of October--I never listened to it really until a week or so ago...now I can't stop!
Love Rescue Me--whether or not you like the music, this one has an incredible lyric
I would add So Cruel to this list, as it is one of my favorites of all time (of any artist)...but I think this one is highly regarded enough by those who really count....US!
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"Love is a verb..."
enterangell@cs.com
Love Rescue Me--whether or not you like the music, this one has an incredible lyric
I would add So Cruel to this list, as it is one of my favorites of all time (of any artist)...but I think this one is highly regarded enough by those who really count....US!
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"Love is a verb..."
enterangell@cs.com
Johnny Swallow
Bad Daddy Johnny
Blue in Green
So What
Take Five
Hummer
Preaching the end of the world
I'm So Glad
So What
Take Five
Hummer
Preaching the end of the world
I'm So Glad
bullet the blue sky
Refugee
Discotheque
Do You Feel Loved
Mofo
If God Will Send His Angels
Staring At The Sun
Last Night On Earth
Gone
Miami
Playboy Mansion
If You Wear That Velvet Dress
Please
Wake Up Dead Man
Do You Feel Loved
Mofo
If God Will Send His Angels
Staring At The Sun
Last Night On Earth
Gone
Miami
Playboy Mansion
If You Wear That Velvet Dress
Please
Wake Up Dead Man
spinninghead77
Refugee
Out of Control
Seconds
One Tree Hill
Running to Stand Still
In Gods Country
Acrobat
Ultraviolet
Babyface
If God Will Send his Angels
Gone
Miami
Playboy Mansion
In A Little While
tons of b-sides, Etc.
Party Girl
Big Girls Are Best
Lady with the Spinninghead
Summer Rain
I love making lists like this. It reminds me of how awesome OUR Boys are, and what dynamite music they have given us over the years!!
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Seconds
One Tree Hill
Running to Stand Still
In Gods Country
Acrobat
Ultraviolet
Babyface
If God Will Send his Angels
Gone
Miami
Playboy Mansion
In A Little While
tons of b-sides, Etc.
Party Girl
Big Girls Are Best
Lady with the Spinninghead
Summer Rain
I love making lists like this. It reminds me of how awesome OUR Boys are, and what dynamite music they have given us over the years!!
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CannibalisticArtist
War Child
the ocean
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pub crawler
New Yorker
I've always thought it a bit odd that Rejoice is so rarely mentioned as a great, uplifting, kickass rocker of a song. Because that's exactly what it is.
tiny dancer
Blue Crack Distributor
Tomorrow
Rejoice
Acrobat
So Cruel
Gone
When I Look at The World
Rejoice
Acrobat
So Cruel
Gone
When I Look at The World
U2fan42
The Fly
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- Another Time, Another Place
- Twilight
- Tomorrow
- Like A Song...
- The Unforgettable Fire
- Wire
- A Sort of Homecoming
- Red Hill Mining Town
- Ultraviolet
- Acrobat
- Zooropa (possibly the most underrated U2 song)
- Mofo
- Discotheque
- Staring At the Sun
- When I Look At the World
- Kite
Throw in "WOWY", "One", "SBS", "Until the End of the World", "Mysterious Ways", and "I Will Follow", and you have one great setlist.
- Another Time, Another Place
- Twilight
- Tomorrow
- Like A Song...
- The Unforgettable Fire
- Wire
- A Sort of Homecoming
- Red Hill Mining Town
- Ultraviolet
- Acrobat
- Zooropa (possibly the most underrated U2 song)
- Mofo
- Discotheque
- Staring At the Sun
- When I Look At the World
- Kite
Throw in "WOWY", "One", "SBS", "Until the End of the World", "Mysterious Ways", and "I Will Follow", and you have one great setlist.
RufusYoungblood
Mr. MacPhisto's Whiney Wench
Electric Co (live).
Gloria.
Fire.
Exit.
Acrobat.
Someone. (from Achtung Beibi - CD3 Track 2, I think - it's 1:30 long - I totally love it)
Dirty Day.
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I don't know you, and you don't know the half of it.
Gloria.
Fire.
Exit.
Acrobat.
Someone. (from Achtung Beibi - CD3 Track 2, I think - it's 1:30 long - I totally love it)
Dirty Day.
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I don't know you, and you don't know the half of it.
numbededge
The Fly
Hmmmm if I limit the choices to the albums I would have to say
Everything before JT (except the singles, of course)
Zooropa (the entire album)
Wow! That's a really big list if you actually write out all of the songs!
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I had the loudest mouth. When we formed the group, I was the lead guitar player, singer and songwriter. Nobody talked back at first. But then they talked me out of being lead guitar player and into being the rythm guitar player and into just being the singer. And then they tried to talk me out of being the singer and into being the manager. But I held on to that. Arrogance may have been the reason. - Bono
As a vehicle it has its limitations: it probably wouldn't get you to work and back. But it could make someone a fantastic cocktail bar. - Edge on the lemon
Everything before JT (except the singles, of course)
Zooropa (the entire album)
Wow! That's a really big list if you actually write out all of the songs!
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I had the loudest mouth. When we formed the group, I was the lead guitar player, singer and songwriter. Nobody talked back at first. But then they talked me out of being lead guitar player and into being the rythm guitar player and into just being the singer. And then they tried to talk me out of being the singer and into being the manager. But I held on to that. Arrogance may have been the reason. - Bono
As a vehicle it has its limitations: it probably wouldn't get you to work and back. But it could make someone a fantastic cocktail bar. - Edge on the lemon
MikeSt
War Child
Elvis Presley & America
Playboy Mansion
So Cruel
Wild Honey
Surrender
I Fall Down
Heartland
If God Will Send His Angels
Mothers of the Disappeared
Seconds
Playboy Mansion
So Cruel
Wild Honey
Surrender
I Fall Down
Heartland
If God Will Send His Angels
Mothers of the Disappeared
Seconds
MikeSt
War Child
...oh and definitely Dirty Day
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