Best Track 3 Songs

[bobsaget77]

This is typically where U2 puts some of their album's best songs...but which one is the best?...

1 New Year's Day
2 Wire
3 WOWY
4 Desire
5 An Cat Dubh
6 Mofo
7 One
8 I Threw A Brick
9 Your Blue Room
10 Numb
11 Moment Of Surrender
12 Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
13 California
14 Elevation



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[Mrs. Garrison]

all are good, but clearly #3 #7 & #11 are alone on top of this mountain

 

[bobsaget77]

all are good, but clearly #3 #7 & #11 are alone on top of this mountain

Yeah, I probably ranked One too low. I just don't listen to it much.


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[Axver]

1. New Year's Day
2. With or Without You
3. An Cat Dubh
4. Mofo
5. Your Blue Room
6. Wire
7. Numb
8. I Threw a Brick
9. Desire
10. Moment of Surrender
11. Elevation
12. One
13. California
14. SYCMIOYO

#1 to #8 are all excellent songs. In the eighties and nineties, you could rely on track three to usually be an album highlight. Lately, however, it seems U2 have put some shockers there - especially SYCMIOYO.

 

[nbelcik]

1. With or Without You
2. One
3. New Year's Day
4. Your Blue Room
5. Moment of Surrender
6. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
7. Numb
8. California (There Is No End to Love)
9. Desire
10. Mofo
11. Wire
12. An Cat Dubh
13. Elevation
14. I Threw a Brick Through a Window

Holy shit this was tough. Numbers 1-6 are all in my top 15 U2 songs. And 1-10 are all probably in my top 50. They truly do put many of their best songs in the 3 spot.




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[An Cat Gav]

Other than Elevation, these are pretty much all all-time classics!

1.New Years Day
2.Your Blue Room
3.Mofo
4.An Cat Dubh
5.Desire
6. One
7. With or Without You
8.Numb
9. SYCMIOYO
10. I Threw a Brick
11.Wire
12. California
13.Moment of Surrender
14. Elevation

 

[LemonMelon]

Excellent:

1. An Cat Dubh
2. Your Blue Room
3. Moment Of Surrender
4. New Year's Day
5. Mofo
6. Wire
7. One
8. WOWY

Very good:

9. Desire
10. Numb

Decent:

11. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
12. I Threw A Brick
13. California

Sucks:

14. Elevation

 

[djerdap]

Excellent:

With or Without You
New Year's Day
One
MOOOOOOOOOOOFOOOOOOOOOO
Your Blue Room

Very good:

Wire
An Cat Dubh
I Threw a Brick Through a Window
Numb
Desire

Meh:

Moment of Surrender
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own

Embarrassing:

Elevation
California

 

[prbiker15]

With or Without You
New Year's Day
One
Wire
Mofo
Desire
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Your Blue Room
Moment of Surrender
An Cat Dubh
California
Elevation
Numb
I Threw a Brick Through a Window

 

[thefly418]

1. With Or Without You
2. One
3. Moment Of Surrender
4. New Year's Day
5. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
6. Desire
7. California
8. Numb
9. Mofo
10. Your Blue Room
11. Wire
12. An Cat Dubh
13. Elevation
14. I Threw A Brick Through A Window

 

[Arcadion]

1 One
2 WOWY
3 New Year's Day
4 Desire
5 Moment Of Surrender
6 Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
7 I Threw A Brick
8 Your Blue Room
9 An Cat Dubh
10 Wire
11 California
12 Elevation
13 Mofo
14 Numb

 

[Musikwala]

11. Elevation
12. One

Your hatred for One has blinded you into putting even Elevation above it! For shame.

 

[jeevey]

all are good, but clearly #3 #7 & #11 are alone on top of this mountain

Yes. One, WOWY are obviously tops. Even if you're sick of it, One is a monster. I rank MoS just a hair under them with Desire, just a bit over New Year's Day. To be honest I think Mos is as good a song as the first two but gets this placing because it came at the wrong time in their career. If it was written in 87 I think it would be widely placed in the top 3.

 

[LemonMelon]

To be honest I think Mos is as good a song as the first two but gets this placing because it came at the wrong time in their career. If it was written in 87 I think it would be widely placed in the top 3.

 

[TinKnight]

1. One
2. With Or Without You
3. California
4. Moment Of Surrender
5. Numb
6. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
7. Mofo
8. Elevation
9. New Year's Day
10. Wire
11. I Threw A Brick Through A Window
12. Desire
13. An Cat Dubh

New Years Day has never clicked with me and I hate Desire.

 

[DaveC]

Wire (by FAR the most underrated U2 song)
One
WOWY

everything else


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[bobsaget77]

1. One
2. With Or Without You
3. California
4. Moment Of Surrender
5. Numb
6. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
7. Mofo
8. Elevation
9. New Year's Day
10. Wire
11. I Threw A Brick Through A Window
12. Desire
13. An Cat Dubh

New Years Day has never clicked with me and I hate Desire.

Worst list I've ever seen. I know opinions, opinions, opinions.......:but your opinion is awful. California at #3? Wtf. NYD at 9? Wire at 10?
This makes me wanna give up on life.


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[LemonMelon]

An Cat Dubh DEAD LAST?

 

[bobsaget77]

He didn't even rank Your Blue Room!!!! One of the most interesting songs they've ever made imo.


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[TinKnight]

Worst list I've ever seen. I know opinions, opinions, opinions.......:but your opinion is awful. California at #3? Wtf. NYD at 9? Wire at 10?
This makes me wanna give up on life.


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It's just going to have to come down to opinions, opinions, opinions. I really like California, although I'm sure some days it'll fluctuate between 4 and 5 because I love Numb and Moment of Surrender almost equally as much.

I've never understood the love for NYD. I just don't get it. It's barely better than the rest of the boringness of Boy through War. It's way too long, and just kinda boring. I don't hate the song (I hate few U2 songs), but it's just not my cup of tea.

10 - 13 are a toss up, as I have no real opinions on them because they're incredibly meh songs. Except Desire, I probably should have placed Desire at dead last.

I chose not to rank Your Blue Room as I generally don't like to put Passengers songs in U2 rankings. I do really like it though, and I'd probably slot it before California.

 

[DaveC]

Worst list I've ever seen. I know opinions, opinions, opinions.......:but your opinion is awful. California at #3? Wtf. NYD at 9? Wire at 10?
This makes me wanna give up on life.


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I would have put California at 6 or 7 at worst. Other than that stupid intro it's better than anything on HTDAAB or NLOTH easily, to me.

 

[bobsaget77]

I would have put California at 6 or 7 at worst. Other than that stupid intro it's better than anything on HTDAAB or NLOTH easily, to me.

But that far ahead of NYD and Wire? That's crazy. NYD is legendary.
I think California is a pretty solid song, but not close to those 2.


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[DaveC]

But that far ahead of NYD and Wire? That's crazy. NYD is legendary.
I think California is a pretty solid song, but not close to those 2.


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I didn't say I would put it ahead of either of those songs. I only said that there are 6 or 7 other songs on that list I would put it ahead of.

I adore Wire. I think I remember reading a quote from Bono that said if you want to hear a perfect example of Edge's guitar style in one song, listen to Wire. Bono was right, I think Edge does some of his best "80s U2" guitar work here, and makes it sound so effortless and natural.

 

[bobsaget77]

I didn't say I would put it ahead of either of those songs. I only said that there are 7 or 8 other songs on that list I would put it ahead of.

I was just referring to that guy's crazy list. I personally would not rank California as high as 7-8, but I don't have a problem at all if someone does. We all have opinions.
But what does bother me is when I see a list where all of the 80's songs (except WOWY) last on the list.


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[DaveC]

It's true, that guy's list was insane.