Best U2 track of the 2000's ?

[Galeongirl]

No Line on the Horizon 2.

 

[vaz02]

Electrical storm

 

[MMP]

Levitate

 

[Rosebud]

Gosh, that's a hard one. I'd have to say MOS. There have been so many great songs that were great for different reasons -- different times and moods. ATYCLB captured and uplifted the time perfectly, but I think NLOTH is a better record objectvely.

Anyway, MOS for me.

 

[Bono's shades]

I completely forgot TGBHF and Stateless are from this decade. It's seems like a thousand years ago since they were released.

I seriously can't decide between TGBHR, Stateless, or Moment of Surrender. In A Little While is definitely one of my favorites from this decade as well.

 

[PookaMacP]

Moment of Surrender - by a mile. It's in my top 5 songs they've ever done. Simply incredible.

 

[macphisto54]

City of Blinding Lights, followed by Walk On, Stuck in a Moment and No Line on the Horizon.

 

[achtungbaby92]

Mercy, if you're counting recorded, but not released.
Otherwise Moment Of Surrender or most of NLOTH actually.

 

[Galeongirl]

Electrical storm

Crud damn. Uhm. Yeah. I can't choose between NLOTH2 and ES. Oddly enough they're quite similar to me(I'm NOT saying the songs sound the same here!).

Both for shared no. 1!

 

[financeguy]

Moment of Surrender, Fez, White as Snow, Cedars of Lebanon, Stuck in a Moment, When I Look at the World, Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own and Mercy are the stand out U2 tracks of the 00's for me.

Wouldn't want to listen to them all in a row though. Bit intense.

 

[digitize]

Well, actually the records themselves are set in stone (or set in mp3), so they're not subjective, objectively speaking. People's opinions of them are subjective, though, I will admit.

That would depend on your perception and reality of the definitions of perception and reality.

 

[financeguy]

When I Look at the World

Good choice. The only song from the 00s that I would consider vastly underrated.

 

[digitize]

Moment of Surrender, Stuck in a Moment, When I Look at the World, Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own and Mercy are the stand out U2 tracks of the 00's for me.

Wouldn't want to listen to them all in a row though. Bit intense.

Mercy. You just *had* to mention that song in this thread... prepare for a bloodbath.

For the record, I love Mercy, but I often forget about it and wish there was a better recording of it.

 

[digitize]

Good choice. The only song from the 00s that I would consider vastly underrated.

WILATW kind of 'hit me' a few weeks ago. It's a really good song.

 

[financeguy]

MoS is essentially a Bad rewrite of course (in much the same way that Please was a rewrite of SBS), but with better lyrics, better harmonising and melody. It's a more complete, finished song than Bad. I honestly think it's a better song.

 

[Tommy WM]

New York - love me that drum loop!

 

[theFly51]

Big Girls Are Best

 

[mikal]

Fez-Being Born

 

[mikal]

Good choice. The only song from the 00s that I would consider vastly underrated.

that guitar solo

 

[No spoken words]

Good choice. The only song from the 00s that I would consider vastly underrated.

Thanks. I think it's a gem of a song and to call it my favorite of the decade is not doing it justice.

I think that I could put together one really kickass album from their 2000's output.

 

[liz9640]

Stuck in a moment

 

[kassandra]

Moment of Surrender, Kite.

 

[Michael Griffiths]

'Magnificent'

'Kite'

 

[cobl04]

When I Look at the World

 

[kennerado]

Mercy.

I thought Big Girls Are Best was a POP left over?

 

[Earnie Shavers]

Not my overall favourite, but as far as totally hitting the mark goes, it’s got to be Beautiful Day. Ticked every required and desired box. They needed a monster song - got it. Needed it to be an effortless sounding basic pop-rock song - got it. Needed it to sound very U2-ey, but not re-hashed – got it. Needed it to be catchy and commercial without checking its creativity and soul at the door – got it. Plus, it always makes you smile. IMO, it’s in the top echelon of pop songs ever written.

Personal favourites aside from BD are In a Little While, Stateless, Ground Beneath, Kite and about 2/3 of NLOTH. Bottom of the list are Elevation, Stand Up Comedy and all but about 4 minutes of HTDAAB.

 

[Galeongirl]

Mercy.

I thought Big Girls Are Best was a POP left over?

It was written in 98/99 when Bono's wife was pregnant with their first son, born in 99.



WILATW is a great song. I loved it since the first listen. Forget IALW, U2 should start playing that song fully live!

 

[An Cat Gav]

Electrical Storm is up there too.

 

[cobl04]

It was written in 98/99 when Bono's wife was pregnant with their first son, born in 99.



WILATW is a great song. I loved it since the first listen. Forget IALW, U2 should start playing that song fully live!

i count the snippet in bad in kansas in 01 as a performance, it was like two minutes long...

 

[Galeongirl]

i count the snippet in bad in kansas in 01 as a performance, it was like two minutes long...

Still not the whole song! I want the song separated from Bad!