Rest of U2 Survivor: Achtung Baby - Round 2

[Axver]

No. I'm not a big fan of WGRYWH. I think it's a good idea that they never finished. The best version is the album version, but that's still just a demo, IMO.

I don't think it's that bad. It has some very good parts, and when they got it right live, it sounded fantastic. It rose in my opinion when I saw it in Boston - besides being a huge surprise, it was very enjoyable, especially Edge's little solo.

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

This poll really makes me sad.

 

[corianderstem]

So Cruel is just a little forgettable to me. It's got some good lyrics, a decent melody, but I tend to forget about it.

 

[coolian2]

That sums So Cruel up perfectly.

I'd have voted for it in the first round if i hadn't forgotten about it

 

[LemonMelon]

Pointless rankings...

1. Mysterious Ways
2. So Cruel
3. Zoo Station
4. Until The End Of The World
5. Even Better Than The Real Thing
6. The Fly
7. One
8. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
9. Acrobat
10. Ultraviolet
11. Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World
12. Love Is Blindness

 

[Axver]

LM, I was about to say your list is fairly decent, but Acrobat #9 and Love Is Blindness LAST?

:bansyou:

 

[LemonMelon]

LM, I was about to say your list is fairly decent, but Acrobat #9 and Love Is Blindness LAST?

:bansyou:

Sorry. I tried really hard to get into those two, but just can't. LIB is about 30x better live, and I like Acrobat much more than I used to, but I dunno...can't really wrap my mind around their greatness, I suppose.

 

[Axver]

Oh yeah, LIB dominates live. I wish Bono had used snippets in it more, because when he did, it was bloody amazing - September 1913, He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven, and All Along The Watchtower in LIB are three of the greatest examples of snippetry in U2 history.

 

[phillyfan26]

LIB dominates live. I wish Bono had used snippets in it more,

http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=4915698#post4915698



Your thoughts on my snippetry and such?

 

[Axver]

http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=4915698#post4915698



Your thoughts on my snippetry and such?

Nice.

Needs Not Fade Away in Desire though.

 

[phillyfan26]

Ah, good call.

I made some up that I thought would work. I'd be very interested in Rock n Roll Suicide at the end of LIB.

 

[LemonMelon]

http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=4915698#post4915698



Your thoughts on my snippetry and such?

Shoot, I need to make one of those lists. It would involve songs from Zooropa and Passengers, if you're curious.

 

[Axver]

Ah, good call.

I made some up that I thought would work. I'd be very interested in Rock n Roll Suicide at the end of LIB.

Shame I'm not familiar with the ones you made up.

I really want U2 to do The Fly / This Is No Rehearsal (snippet), but I very much doubt Bono has ever heard of Porcupine Tree.

 

[LemonMelon]

I think my choices for Bad snippets would cause Axver to foam at the mouth.

 

[Axver]

I think my choices for Bad snippets would cause Axver to foam at the mouth.

Ultra Violet (snippet) / Bad / One (snippet) / Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own (snippet) / A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel (snippet) / Babyface (snippet) / In A Little While (snippet)?

 

[LemonMelon]

Ultra Violet (snippet) / Bad / One (snippet) / Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own (snippet) / A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel (snippet) / Babyface (snippet) / In A Little While (snippet)?

It involves a song from The Bends.

I will say no more.

 

[Axver]

It involves a song from The Bends.

I will say no more.

Could be worse. Could be from OK Computer.

 

[LemonMelon]

Could be worse. Could be from OK Computer.

Electric Co./Electioneering (snippet)

You know you love it.

 

[Axver]

Electric Co./Electioneering (snippet)

You know you love it.

Alright, I wouldn't mind that. On a non-OKC note, I probably wouldn't mind something like Mofo / Idioteque (snippet) either.

 

[waynetravis]

oy vey

 

[u2luvr66macphis]

I vote So Cruel.
The lyrics arent even good. U think Wild Horses wuz bad - check tihs out, yech.

 

[the tourist]

So Cruel:

"so long, my love
it always hurts to see you
everytime I call
you're running out the door
goodbye, good luck
may the earth rise up to meet you
everytime I fall, I can't get off the floor
keep this heart from breaking even more...."

 

[the tourist]

Oh yeah, LIB dominates live.

Yes it does. It's my favourite live Achtung Baby song.

 

[martha]

Wild Horses

 

[phillyfan26]

Shame I'm not familiar with the ones you made up.

Re-phrase: Ones that I made up as snippets, as in, they're real songs, just had never been snippeted by U2 on those songs before.

 

[Axver]

Re-phrase: Ones that I made up as snippets, as in, they're real songs, just had never been snippeted by U2 on those songs before.

See, your MLK and October snippets just strike me as sneaking the two songs into the setlist without blowing out its length.

 

[phillyfan26]

Yeah, that was cheating.

 

[RavenBlue]

Whose Gonna Ride Yer Wild Oats.. err horses

 

[Lila64]

tough choice for me between So Cruel & Wild Horses. They are my next two picks...

 

[Diemen]

Though I love it and think it's got some of the best lyrics on the album, So Cruel is out for me.