Okay, I know this has been done 1000s of times, but I wanted to see what you think of my alternate HTDAAB tracklisting/song selection.
How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Native Son
Smile
Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own
Love and Peace Or Else
City of Blinding Lights
All Because of You (Single Mix)
A man and A Woman
Crumbs from your table
Fast cars
Original of The Species (Single mix)
Mercy
Yahweh (Alternate Mix/complete u2)
12 tracks, 54 minutes
thoughts?
I agree with alot of this, especially SMILE! I cant understand why it didnt make the album, it would have been the best song on HTDAAB imo. the only reason that I can think of is that the guitar work is slightly like SYCMIOYO.
I also agree Native Son is better than Vertigo, it had a better melody and solo, and also an amazing vocal part from The Edge! much better than the cheesey "Hola's" we ended up with!
Im v disapointed by the album version of Love and Peace or Else, Because live it became a much better song, the solo was better, the guitar chords sounded v raw and more rocking imo, also the drum outro played live by Bono was not included, which sounded vvv good!
All Because of You, a tune with ALOT of promising posibilities turned out vvvv weak, over produced imo, which took the rawness out of it esp the guitar, if the version you are talking about is the one that starts with the line "next to it, i was so close to it, i had the universe decoded, and then the atom split" I agree with you, its better in every way compared to the album version!
Fast Cars is a song I hated on first listen and still v much do not like, with the exception of the solo part which is great! there is no elements of U2 to be heard on this track [other than the solo], and also I think Bono's voice sounds awfull on this track, I prefere Xanex & Wine but its still not a great song, I like the chorus part ALOT which didnt feature in Fast Cars
Mercy is another tune I can't believe didnt make the album! it would have been one of the better songs aswell, although I think it should have been shortend by a few mins, classic U2 sound is present here, great work from Edge, I think Larry & Adam could have contributed to this track alot more tho, Bono sounds great on this too with the exception of the v weak bridge " ripping the stiches" part, I think this song was not included because the guitar work is similar to Miracle Drug, but not enough to be left off the album imo,
I like both versions of Yahweh, I liked the simplicity of the alternate version, all the parts could be heard v easily with alotta space for the vocals, the "take these blue eyes" part is great also, the album version has an amazing solo part which should have been in the alternate version, I would defo choose the alternate over the album version, although I
would choose the live acoustic version above both.
just my opinion,
sorry all, v long message.