thelemonbono
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Almost all of these choices above have something in common,they break the momentum of the message that the average U2 album aspires too. Take New York off of ATYCLB for example , a really great U2 song musically but completely off the mark as to what this album is trying to convey lyrically,just at the moment when the album is ready to deliver up somereal answers,blam a little location song, and yes I know its intended to be a metaphore for temptation and how no matter how pious we desire to be we always eventually give in to "NNEEWW YYOORRKK" Sorry just doesn't work, throws me right off the mark. Another one off that Album is Wild Honey which someone else mentioned earlier , which again has fine music set to toss off lyrics. remove both songs and the album actually becomes stronger.
so with this in mind here are the "Album killers that keep our beloved U2 albums from being perfect:
Joshua tree: Bullet the blue sky, Exit, really great U2 songs that belong on another album.
Rattle and Hum: God part II, really nice moment when egde makes the guitar/uzi but probably the worst moment on the album and probably the main reason for the critical backlash(as if to say I am the second coming of the spirit of John Lennon, even if it has beared out to some degree over time)
Actung Baby: Acrobat just take it out and the album flows seemlessly from "baby baby baby light my way-to-Love is blindness I don't want to see"again just remove the song and the album is better.
Zooropa: A great "accidental" U2 album and wish they'd do more like this I can't really pinpoint it like the others because like U2's first four albums they really are just off in search of a mood and a sound and a sort of hard to grasp vision so the lack of conservative structure we find on their "highly produced albums"allows them and the listener more freedom so no real album breakers here. I have just never understood why Bono has not sung the Wanderer, or that edge hasn't put it to guitar, would be a great satillite stage duet !
Pop: What can I say , I believe we all agree here that this Album would have been so much better by just leaving Miami and Playboy mansion off this album. Would have been a great album for Bullet the blue sky and exit though.
and I did ATYCLB above.
so there you have it the list of U2 songs that don't work in the context of their albums,at least for me.
.som nackt barac.