I'm an acoustic player, mostly, so it always pisses me off that U2 doesn't do "Unplugged" or the Bridge School Concert.
That said, a lot of U2 songs sound great acoustic. Some, they have done in concert, like SBS, which I almost think is better than the original if the drums weren't so damn cool. SBS was the first song I ever performed live (a coffee house, open mic, twenty people, glorious!). "ISHFWILF" I play with G and C/G to give it a Dylan-esque/folksy feel.
Others, I've had to figure out on my own. I got "Please" down after I heard the Elvis Costello version, and it actually sounded pretty close to what the Edge ended up doing live in Baltimore later. Believe it or not, I think UTEOTW sounds darker and punctuates more when stripped down. "In God's Country" is another one I love, and "Mysterious Ways" is great for that "I can't believe he's playing MW acoustic" shock value
I try not to make it sound like George Michael's "Faith," but hey, it's fun no matter what. I also arranged HMTMKMKM, which surprised me more than others by how well it worked.
The two I really want to learn are "Drowning Man" and "Pride." I tried DM with just chords and no harmonics, and it sounds banal (and is too high for me anyway). I need to change harmonics more quickly before I can pull that one off. Damnit, I can HEAR in my mind what a good acoustic Pride would sound like but I CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT! Electric fingerings are usually a good starting point for acoustic arrangements, but not in this case. AUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!!!!
On a side note, I think guitar-wise my tastes have regressed. When I first started two years ago, I dove right into all the hard stuff, like Clapton, Nick Drake, and George Harrison. Now, you know who I love to play the most? DYLAN. The easiest guitar player EVER. Once you learn G, C, and D, that's 80% of his songs. And yet, he's still a frickin' genius. DAMNIT DYLAN, WHY DO YOUR SIMPLE ASS SONGS HAVE TO BE SO DAMN GOOD??!! Pretty soon, I won't be able to bend or slide, I'm sure
[This message has been edited by Auxtung Beibi (edited 03-25-2002).]