Rate the Song: Walk to the Water

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It seems that Interference would like a rather extensive list of TUF-R&H non-album songs, and today we'll rank the first nine on the list. The full list is:

Disappearing Act
Love Comes Tumbling
The Three Sunrises
Bass Trap
Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come
Boomerang I
Boomerang II
Luminous Times (Hold on to Love)
Walk to the Water
Spanish Eyes
Silver and Gold
Drunk Chicken/America
Sweetest Thing (original version)
Wave of Sorrow (Birdland)
Hallelujah Here She Comes
A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel
She's a Mystery To Me

Please rate Walk to the Water on a scale from 0 to 10, using whatever criteria you feel allows you to best evaluate the song as a whole. I will not set criteria for people to based on, but if you feel like your best evaluation of the merits of a song comes from voting only based on, say, the studio version, go right ahead and vote that way. Full information on the Rate The Song series may be found in this thread.

Have fun! This poll will close in 96 hours.

 

[gvox]

Just a bit better than decent.

 

[Galeongirl]

Pretty damn boring. 5.

 

[Nick66]

Another translucent painting of a dream landscape.

9.

 

[nielsgov]

In my top 5 TJT era songs and my favourite of the ones that didn't make the album. Like Nick said, it's like a painting. 10

 

[flybabe]

Great song, it just drags on though. 7.

 

[Scorpionac]

The vocal's a bit too affected IMO. Still, 8.

 

[prbiker15]

This song has been growing on me, not the best but it's quite beautiful. Giving it a 6.

 

[The_acrobat]

Near perfect IMO, would've been an asset to JT album.

 

[chocky]

Definitely in my top 5 non-album tracks ever. This track & Luminous Times are both 10s for me.

 

[theedgeu2]

10. Perfect. I have lovely memories of listening to this a little over two years ago. Brings me back to that time every time I listen to it. Lovely song.

 

[An Cat Gav]

Would be one of the better songs on recent u2 albums but didn't even make it onto TJT.

8

 

[cobl04]

Of the top of my head, my favourite U2 b-side. Gorgeous guitar, great understated vocals from Bono and lyrics in a style not quite as earnest as other material from the era, more of a sketch. Soaring chorus. Definitely a 10.

Also Screwtape's favourite U2 song, for what it's worth.

 

[Aardvark747]

Love this. 9.

 

[LadySpinHead]

Wow, I had no idea there was so much love for this song. For me it doesn't work, although in retrospect, I was grumpy so my score is probably a little too low by a point or two.

 

[FitzChivalry]

Absolutely LOVE this song! A teenage favorite of mine.

10