10 best U2 songs since year 2000

[Wolfdogmandude]

It's interesting to compare new album with what U2've done during last 15 years. Maybe if I'll have a time, I'll calculate the results of this poll later. So let's go. This is my top ten list:

1) The Ground Beneath Her Feet
2) Moment Of Surrender
3) Cedars Of Lebanon
4) Wave Of Sorrow
5) Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
6) Vertigo
7) Kite
8) Magnificent
9) Every Breaking Wave
10) California (There Is No End to Love)

 

[bobsaget77]

1. Kite
2. Moment Of Surrender
3. Walk On
4. Every Breaking Wave
5. No Line On The Horizon
6. The Troubles
7. COBL
8. Cedarwood Road
9. WILATW
10. Unknown Caller

 

[rennowba]

The whole of SOI


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[2861U2]

1) Beautiful Day
2) Kite
3) Every Breaking Wave
4) Walk On
5) Magnificent
6) The Troubles
7) City Of Blinding Lights
8) When I Look At The World
9) Electrical Storm
10) Song For Someone

4- ATYCLB
1- HTDAAB
1- NLOTH
3- SOI
1- Other

 

[Flaming Friar Sr]

1 The Groung Beneath Her Feet
2 Beautiful Day
3 Iris
4 Moment Of Surrender
5 Cedarwood Road
6 Original Of The Species
7 Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
8 Stateless
9 Unknown Caller
10 Ordinary Love

I think...

 

[Axver]

1. Electrical Storm
2. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
3. Native Son
4. Cedarwood Road
5. Fez-Being Born
6. No Line on the Horizon II
7. City of Blinding Lights
8. Smile
9. When I Look At the World
10. Crumbs From Your Table

But after about #6 I really don't care. Even with four albums to choose from, you still can't make one whole compilation to rival the band's eighties glories.

 

[God Part III]

1./2. The Troubles/Moment of Surrender (I just can't decide)
3. Beautiful Day
4. Walk On
5. Invisible
6. Magnificent
7. Every Breaking Wave
8. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
9. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
10. No Line On The Horizon

 

[prbiker15]

Changes every now and then, but for now I'm feeling:

01 - When I Look At The World
02 - City of Blinding Lights
03 - Beautiful Day
04 - Invisible
05 - Walk On
06 - Moment of Surrender
07 - Electrical Storm
08 - The Ground Beneath Her Feet
09 - Every Breaking Wave
10 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own

 

[bobsaget77]

These songs are all new, so my opinions aren't too concrete yet, but The Troubles is absolutely incredible. It's one of those songs that has that legendary U2 potential. Right now I'd say its very very close with Mothers Of The disappeared for best album closer. I'm moving it up to #1 on my list.

 

[purpleoscar]

1. Moment of surrender
2. Beautiful day
3. Breathe
4. Kite
5. This is where you can reach me
6. Raised by wolves
7. Every breaking wave
8. The Troubles
9. Magnificent
10. City of blinding lights

I think it's too soon after a new record and we haven't heard the new songs live yet. Again it depends on what mood your in when you want to listen to something.

 

[LadySpinHead]

1- The Troubles
2- Stateless
3- Beautiful Day
4- Kite
5- Every Breaking Wave
6- The Ground Beneath Her Feet
7- City of Blinding Lights
8- North and South of the River (that was post 2000, right?)
9- Raised by Wolves
10- Fez/ Being Born

 

[snutes1]

1. This is where you can reach me now.
2. When I look at the world
3. Magnificent
4. In a little while
5. Sleeping like a baby
6. NLOTH II
7. Every breakimg wave
8. Ordinary love
9. OOTS
10. Wild honey

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[PopFly]

I agree that it's too soon to properly evaluate any of the SOI tracks, so I'll ignore those songs for now, though rest assured at least a few will make this list down the road.

1. Moment Of Surrender
2. Original Of The Species
3. In A Little While
4. City Of Blinding Lights
5. Electrical Storm
6. Beautiful Day
7. Walk On
8. Mercy
9. Magnificent
10. Fast Cars/Xanax & Wine

 

[An Cat Gav]

Hard to include the new songs as they haven't really had a time to sink in properly, but I have included some.

1. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
2. Magnificent
3. Stateless
4. Electrical Storm
5. City Of Blinding Lights
6. Cedars of Lebanon
7. The Troubles
8. Fast Cars
9. Beautiful Day
10. Every Breaking Wave

 

[doctorwho]

I've listened to the new album a LOT due to my current horrendously long commute to work. Even though I haven't heard the songs live, I have a good feeling for what I like/don't like about the new album. Hence, I rank:

1. Moment of Surrender (finally, Bono can say "Edge, play the blues" and mean it!)
2. Fast Cars (a treat that should have appeared on all copies of HTDAAB, not just the ones in the U.K.)
3. The Troubles (Wowzers! A fantastic new song - my favorite off of SoI - and arguably the best closer since JT and AB)
4. Beautiful Day (This song helped return U2 to "relevancy" - and it's because it's just a great song. It does not age.)
5. The Miracle (I REALLY like this track. I know some here feel it's a simple pop tune, but for some reason, this is the type of pop song U2 have wanted to create for ages (IMO) and it finally works.)
6. Magnificent (simple, but classic uplifting U2)
7. Vertigo (this one actually dropped because I feel U2 never quite capture in concert what the found in the studio, despite very strong attempts to do so).
8. The Ground Beneath Her Feet (I've always enjoyed this song - U2 took simple lyrics and created a powerful love song).
9. White As Snow (just a beautiful album track - helps me forget about some NLOTH misfires, like Crazy Tonight).
10. Electrical Storm (a great song a bit "wasted" on a Greatest Hits release)


Bonus: Crazy Tonight - CONCERT VERSION (while I abhor the album track, U2 took a so-so remix of a terrible song and created something brilliant in concert.)

 

[thefly418]

1. The Troubles
2. Moment of Surrender
3. Walk On
4. Every Breaking Wave
5. Beautiful Day
6. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
7. Raised By Wolves
8. Breathe
9. Magnificent
10. City Of Blinding Lights

 

[PennyLanePHINS]

1. Beautiful Day
2. Kite
3. Vertigo
4. Breathe
5. Every Breaking Wave
6. Raised by Wolves
7. City of Blinding Lights
8. Moment of Surrender
9. Walk On
10. Cedarwood Road

Troubles, Song for Someone could possibly move up.

 

[RobertWiscy]

It's too soon! But anyway...3 tracks from SoI make my list. It's the sequence of this top 10 list that I struggle with right now.

1. Beautiful Day
2. City of Blinding Lights
3. Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
4. Native Son (what Vertigo should have remained as)
5. Elevation
6. Unknown Caller
7. Iris (Hold Me Close)
8. Miracle Drug
9. Raised By Wolves
10. Ordinary Love

 

[BoyOnTheHorizon]

1 - Beautiful Day
2 - City Of Blinding Lights
3 - Stuck in a Moment
4 - A Man and A Woman
5 - Elevation
6 - Moment of Surrender
7 - In a Little While
8 - Vertigo
9 - I'll Go crazy tonight
10 - Breathe/Walk On (tie)

Will not yet include songs from Songs, since its way to early to place them between the best of the last 14 years...

 

[Axver]

8- North and South of the River (that was post 2000, right?)

Nope, it was released in 1997 as the b-side to Staring at the Sun.

 

[bobsaget77]

Nope, it was released in 1997 as the b-side to Staring at the Sun.

I won't ever get over the fact that song got cut from Pop. It's a shame.

 

[Axver]

I won't ever get over the fact that song got cut from Pop. It's a shame.

God I know. I can't believe it was excluded and IGWSHA, Playboy Mansion, and Miami were all included.

Same goes for I'm Not Your Baby.

 

[dreamletter]

1. New York
2. Miracle Drug
3. Magnificent
4. Unknown Caller
5. Iris
6. Every Breaking Wave
7. Yahweh
8. Beautiful Day
9. Fez-Being Born
10. When I Look At The World

 

[RoKKeR]

1. Kite
2. Moment of Surrender
3. Walk On
4. City of Blinding Lights
5. Beautiful Day
6. Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
7. One Step Closer
8. Fez - Being Born
9. Iris
10. When I Look at the World

Also this thread spurred me to listen to North and South... holy shit how on earth did they cut that song? Huge fail on their part.

 

[lisag71]

My order....

Kite
The Troubles
Stuck In A Moment
Walk On
Every Breaking Wave
Fast Cars
City Of Blinding Lights
Electrical Storm
Vertigo
Original Of The Species

 

[Airseven]

In no order:

The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Electrical Storm
Beautiful Day
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
In A Little While
No Line On The Horizon
Moment Of Surrender
Every Breaking Wave
Volcano
Raised By Wolves

HM:
Walk On
Vertigo
Crumbs From Your Table
Cedars Of Lebanon
The Troubles

 

[powerhour24]

Unranked and off the top of my head:

Moment of Surrender
White as Snow
No Line on the Horizon
Stateless
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Kite
When I Look at the World
A Man and a Woman
Mercy (circa 2004)
Every Breaking Wave (2010)

Not touching the new stuff yet, not sure any of it would be on here, A Man and a Woman would likely be dislodged, if anything This is Where You Can Reach Me Now would take its place.

 

[hillers]

Oldest to newest:

1) Beautiful Day
2) Walk On
3) Kite
4) The Ground Beneath Her Feet
5) City of Blinding Lights
6) Original of the Species
7) Magnificent
8) Moment of Surrender
9) California (There Is No End to Love)
10) Sleep Like A Baby Tonight

 

[Serena Vox]

1. Mercy (leak)
2. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
3. Fez - Being Born
4. City Of Blinding Lights
5. Moment Of Surrender
6. When I Look At The World
7. Electrical Storm
8. Iris (Hold Me Close)
9. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
10. One Step Closer

Also this thread spurred me to listen to North and South... holy shit how on earth did they cut that song? Huge fail on their part.

AGREED!

 

[JUSTinPUSHPLAY]

1. Kite
2. Moment Of Surrender
3. Sometimes
4. City Of Blinding Lights
5. Raised By Wolves
6. Vertigo
7. Beautiful Day
8. Window In The Skies
9. Every Breaking Wave
10. Magnificent