Yahweh vs. Grace

[Zoots]

The better closer? The better song overall? Use any such criteria to vote for the song you prefer.

I used to find Grace boring and bland. But some of the lyrics and especially the music has grown on me over the years. Yahweh I still find boring.

 

[Salome]

hmmm, very difficult
think both are great

today I shall vote for Yahweh

 

[vaz02]

i find Yahweh rather spirtual

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Both have their low moments, both have their highs, but I think 'Grace' shades it.

 

[Aygo]

Yahweh, naturally. It's my all favourite song from the entire catalogue and it has a big mening for me.
But I like Grace too, is a tranquilizer and I like the ambiance that the song creates.

 

[PookaMacP]

Yahweh. Grace is awful.

 

[Zoots]

Yahweh, naturally. It's my all favourite song from the entire catalogue and it has a big mening for me.
But I like Grace too, is a tranquilizer and I like the ambiance that the song creates.

Yahweh is your #1 favorite U2 song?

 

[WalkOn21]

Yahweh, naturally. It's my all favourite song from the entire catalogue and it has a big mening for me.

Wow, slow down. Yahweh is not a bad song, but your favourite from the entire catalogue?

 

[LMP]

Grace.

the bassline is prime for some babymaking music, Burgundy-style.

the only bad line = "Grace...it's the name of a girl".

Come on Bono, you wrote Mofo, Mofo! You can think of something better than that.

I used to really like "Yahweh", but now I just like the middle 8 + outro of the song, now that is gorgeous.

 

[Bonochick]

"Grace" is one of my least favorite U2 songs...although it has grown on me quite a bit. "Yahweh" by a mile.

 

[Canadiens1131]

Although I actually like both of these songs, recently I listened to Grace and must give it the edge due to lovely Eno/Lanois-style reserbed production values. Perfect texture.

 

[nightninja56]

Yahweh is the bomb

His Love is like a drop in the ocean

 

[U2girl]

Yahweh.

Grace is, up until the "what once was hurt" part when Bono stops muttering and actually sings, fairly dull and a horrible closer. (Why didn't Falling at your feet get to be ATYCLB's closer?)

 

[gherman]

Good poll

I found it interesting that Bono thinks that Grace is a great song.

 

[GibsonGirl]

I don't really like either of them. Yahweh contains some of Bono's whiniest vocals and I think Grace is a little uninteresting.

I give a slight upper hand to Grace, though, because I like the general sound of it.

 

[RademR]

Yahweh has it's moments, so does Grace. So I enjoy both, but can't decide.

They are both pretty solid, but nothing spectacular. If they released the "original" version of Yahweh, I would have probably picked that.

 

[The Disciple]

Yahweh

 

[Zoots]

Although I actually like both of these songs, recently I listened to Grace and must give it the edge due to lovely Eno/Lanois-style reserbed production values. Perfect texture.

I give a slight upper hand to Grace, though, because I like the general sound of it.

Bring back Eno and Lanois.

 

[Reggie Thee Dog]

I like GibsonGirl's evaluation!!!

I don't really care for either, but I'll give Yahweh the edge, because you can hear the Edge in that one!!

 

[xaviMF22]

grace

 

[neutral]

Yahweh for me, I like it a lot. I do like Grace, kinda have to be in the mood for it though.

 

[roy]

Yahweh

 

[annie_vox]

Yahweh is one of my favourites from the Bomb and it has a special meaning for me. I also like Grace, it has a beautiful atmosphere, but I preffer the other...

 

[XHendrix24]

Yahweh.

Especially when the acoustic version's taken into consideration.

 

[U2Man]

I like both....

but....

Grace finds beauty in everything

Grace finds goodness in everything

 

[LemonMelon]

Grace (the song) is awful.

Yahweh is good on the album, but gorgeous live.

 

[schnumi]

I think both are great.

I can't really understand why so many people dislike Grace.

At first i als found it a little bit odd but it's a really good song, with some good lines.

 

[ozeeko]

Grace. No contest. If I had to pick one reason (out of a possible million) , it would be because of Bono's vocals. I'll take his soothing crooning in Grace anyday over the puberty-afflicted Peter Brady performance he subjects us to in Yahweh. Yah-WAYYY! It's like Peter Brady meets Wyld Stallions. It's also reminds me of seeing my grandmother throw her back out many Christmases ago. She made a sound hauntingly similar to the one Bono makes in that chorus. Yah-WAYYYY! Although it was probably something closer to "Goddammit!" Funny enough, "goddammit" was my very first reaction to this song!

 

[GibsonGirl]

yahWHAAAAAAAAAAAY!

 

[corianderstem]

HA! This is true. It's a horrid chorus hidden inside a lovely song. But Grace does absolutely nothing for me, so I have to vote yahWHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

(Bono seemed to tone it down a bit live, bless his heart.)