Two months in the making, countless trial and errors, countless hours of listening and re-listening, having it all worked out and then being thrown for a loop by the iTunes release of U2- Unreleased and Rare...jeesh, can't a guy get a break? I have come up with playlists to chronicle U2 from start to finish using the Trilogy Album Theory (set # 4 being the toughest since only two albums have been released so far).
Yes, yes, some songs that 'should' be on there aren't and some that are may have no place. Some of this was completely personal, but I think, all in all, it's a good representation of the band and how they've come along as artists (without focusing too much on the 'hits' and the 'singles') The only thing that I stuck to was that each set had to open wit the first song from the first album and close with the last song of the last album, other than that, it was a lot of fun. I hope you enjoy...and if not...then months of time, effort and absolutely no money have gone down the drain...
Set 1 – Boy to War
1. I Will Follow
2. Rejoice
3. New year’s Day
4. Drowning Man
5. I Fall Down
6. Stories For Boys
7. Seconds
8. Out Of Control
9. Two Hearts Beat As One
10. The Electric Co.
11. With A Shout
12. Gloria
13. October
14. Sunday Bloody Sunday
15. A Day Without Me
16. Like A Song…
17. Scarlet
18. “40”
Set 2 – The Unforgettable Fire to Rattle & Hum
1. A Sort Of Homecoming
2. In God’s Country
3. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
4. Desire
5. Bad
6. The Unforgettable Fire
7. Where The Streets Have No Name
8. Angel of Harlem
9. With or Without You
10. Wire
11. Red Hill Mining Town
12. Bullet The Blue Sky
13. One Tree Hill
14. Heartland
15. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
16. God Part II
17. All I Want Is You
Set 3 – Achtung to Pop
1. Zoo Station
2. Until The End Of the World
3. Do You Feel Loved
4. One
5. Lemon
6. Staring At The Sun
7. The Fly
8. Numb
9. Discotheque
10. Gone
11. If God Will Send His Angels
12. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
13. Please
14. Dirty Day
15. Acrobat
16. Stay (Faraway, So Close)
17. Wake Up Dead Man
Set 4 – ATYCLB to HTDAAB
1. Beautiful Day
2. Elevation
3. All Because Of You
4. Love And Peace Or Else
5. Original Of The Species
6. Electrical Storm (Orbit mix)
7. Crumbs From Your Table
8. Peace On Earth
9. Miracle Drug
10. Stuck In A Moment
11. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
12. Kite
13. In A Little While
14. New York
15. Vertigo
16. Walk On (single version)
17. Yahweh
I then went ahead and did some b-sides and extra stuff...
Set 5 – B-Sides & Rare Tracks
1. Spanish Eyes
2. Dancing Barefoot
3. Lady With The Spinning Head (extended mix)
4. Everlasting Love
5. Summer Rain
6. Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
7. Satellite Of Love
8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Gun Mix)
9. Holy Joe (guilty mix)
10. North & South Of The River
11. Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad
12. Sweetest Thing (original version)
13. I’ve Got You Under My Skin
14. Unchained Melody
15. Walk To The Water
16. Don’t Take Your Guns To Town
17. Fortunate Son
18. Big Girls Are Best
19. Hallelujah, Here She Comes
Set 6 - B-Sides & Rare Tracks
1. Levitate
2. Ground Beneath Her Feet
3. Always
4. Flower Child
5. Love You Like Mad
6. Slug
7. I’m Not Your Baby (w/ Sinead O’Connor)
8. Mercy
9. Salome
10. Paint It Black
11. Miss Sarajevo
12. Your Blue Room
13. Smile
14. Stateless
15. The Hands That Built America
16. Xanax & Wine
17. Fast Cars
18. Are You Gonna Wait Forever?
19. A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel
Yes, yes, some songs that 'should' be on there aren't and some that are may have no place. Some of this was completely personal, but I think, all in all, it's a good representation of the band and how they've come along as artists (without focusing too much on the 'hits' and the 'singles') The only thing that I stuck to was that each set had to open wit the first song from the first album and close with the last song of the last album, other than that, it was a lot of fun. I hope you enjoy...and if not...then months of time, effort and absolutely no money have gone down the drain...
Set 1 – Boy to War
1. I Will Follow
2. Rejoice
3. New year’s Day
4. Drowning Man
5. I Fall Down
6. Stories For Boys
7. Seconds
8. Out Of Control
9. Two Hearts Beat As One
10. The Electric Co.
11. With A Shout
12. Gloria
13. October
14. Sunday Bloody Sunday
15. A Day Without Me
16. Like A Song…
17. Scarlet
18. “40”
Set 2 – The Unforgettable Fire to Rattle & Hum
1. A Sort Of Homecoming
2. In God’s Country
3. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
4. Desire
5. Bad
6. The Unforgettable Fire
7. Where The Streets Have No Name
8. Angel of Harlem
9. With or Without You
10. Wire
11. Red Hill Mining Town
12. Bullet The Blue Sky
13. One Tree Hill
14. Heartland
15. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
16. God Part II
17. All I Want Is You
Set 3 – Achtung to Pop
1. Zoo Station
2. Until The End Of the World
3. Do You Feel Loved
4. One
5. Lemon
6. Staring At The Sun
7. The Fly
8. Numb
9. Discotheque
10. Gone
11. If God Will Send His Angels
12. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
13. Please
14. Dirty Day
15. Acrobat
16. Stay (Faraway, So Close)
17. Wake Up Dead Man
Set 4 – ATYCLB to HTDAAB
1. Beautiful Day
2. Elevation
3. All Because Of You
4. Love And Peace Or Else
5. Original Of The Species
6. Electrical Storm (Orbit mix)
7. Crumbs From Your Table
8. Peace On Earth
9. Miracle Drug
10. Stuck In A Moment
11. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
12. Kite
13. In A Little While
14. New York
15. Vertigo
16. Walk On (single version)
17. Yahweh
I then went ahead and did some b-sides and extra stuff...
Set 5 – B-Sides & Rare Tracks
1. Spanish Eyes
2. Dancing Barefoot
3. Lady With The Spinning Head (extended mix)
4. Everlasting Love
5. Summer Rain
6. Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
7. Satellite Of Love
8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Gun Mix)
9. Holy Joe (guilty mix)
10. North & South Of The River
11. Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad
12. Sweetest Thing (original version)
13. I’ve Got You Under My Skin
14. Unchained Melody
15. Walk To The Water
16. Don’t Take Your Guns To Town
17. Fortunate Son
18. Big Girls Are Best
19. Hallelujah, Here She Comes
Set 6 - B-Sides & Rare Tracks
1. Levitate
2. Ground Beneath Her Feet
3. Always
4. Flower Child
5. Love You Like Mad
6. Slug
7. I’m Not Your Baby (w/ Sinead O’Connor)
8. Mercy
9. Salome
10. Paint It Black
11. Miss Sarajevo
12. Your Blue Room
13. Smile
14. Stateless
15. The Hands That Built America
16. Xanax & Wine
17. Fast Cars
18. Are You Gonna Wait Forever?
19. A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel
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