The Five Best (1997 to today)

[The Panther]

What do you rate as the best five studio tracks of U2's starting with Pop and going up to today?

(NOTE: list only studio tracks... list only five... think of it literally as "best", not as most popular, most important to their career, etc... just "best" in your subjective opinion. Thanks.)

Did I mention to list only

?

 

[LemonMelon]

It's a U2 breakup theme!

Because this is a Numbers thread and bad puns are inevitable:

(Don't) Wake Up Dead Band
Eternity of Surrender(ing to hip new bands)
No Reunion On The Horizon
When I Look At The Music Scene Today (I get depressed and want to break up the band)
Breathe (your last, U2)

 

[Yahweh_OMG]

In no particular order.....

1. Mofo
2. Please
3. Kite
4. Moment of Surrender
5. Fez - Being born

 

[God Part III]

Moment of Surrender
Beautiful Day
Magnificent
Walk On
Electrical Storm

 

[lemonfly]

1. Mofo 2. Wake Up Dead Man 3. Please 4. Gone 5. If God Will Send His Angels

 

[Scorpionac]

I love U2 and I love James Bond. So...

To wit:

No Mr Bond, I Expect You to Disco(theque)
Dr. Please
The Spy Beneath Her Feet Who Loved Me
Die Another Beautiful Day
Quantum of Surrender

 

[LemonMelon]

Oh, fuck, I forgot about the MDH stuff. Dateless (Because Nobody Comes To Our Shows Anymore) is a smoooooooooooth track.

 

[An Cat Gav]

Mofo
Wake Up Dead Man
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Stateless
Magnificent or Cedars of Lebanon

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

discotheque
mofo
nloth
unknown caller
breathe

 

[Earnie Shavers]

Stateless
Please
Mofo
Ground Beneath Her Feet
Moment of Surrender

 

[djerdap]

Do You Feel Loved
Wake Up Dead Man
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Please
Mofo

 

[cobl04]

Because this is a Numbers thread and bad puns are inevitable:

(Don't) Wake Up Dead Band
Eternity of Surrender(ing to hip new bands)
No Reunion On The Horizon
When I Look At The Music Scene Today (I get depressed and want to break up the band)
Breathe (your last, U2)

No order

Please
Gone
Ground Beneath Her Feet
Kite
When I Look at the World
City of Blinding Lights

 

[LemonMelon]

!!!

 

[Tyagu_Anaykus]

No specific order:

Mofo,
Do you Feel Loved
Vertigo
No Line on The Horizon,
Moment of Surrender,
Cedars of Lebanon

 

[cobl04]

!!!

I just want to see some nipples

 

[DevilsShoes]

When I think of the genuinely great tracks produced over the last 4 albums, this was much easier than I expected.

1. Gone
2. Please
3. Kite
4. Magnificent
5. Cedars

The hit ratio's not quite what it was in the 80's/early 90's, unfortunately.

 

[Registered Dude]

Please
Kite
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
No Line on the Horizon
Moment of Surrender

 

[mikal]

Discotheque
Mofo
Gone
When I Look At The World
No Line On The Horizon

 

[LadySpinHead]

Gone
Stateless
Beautiful Day
City of Blinding Lights
No Line on the Horizon

Hmm, one from each album. Nice and fair.

 

[Galeongirl]

in no particular order
Mofo
Gone
Moment of Surrender
NLOTH2
Electrical Storm

 

[digitize]

Something like this:

Please
Mofo
Beautiful Day
City of Blinding Lights
Moment of Surrender

In no order.

 

[PookaMacP]

In this order:

Please
Moment of Surrender
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Window In The Skies
Unknown Caller

Top four are very easy to pick, it's the fifth that's the tricky one. It's a pity we can't count it, but 'Never Let Me Go' from the MDH soundtrack is amazing. It's one of my regrets for U2 that the promised left-field sound of that soundtrack didn't materialise more on ATYCLB. After the experience of listening to MDH in spring 2000, ATYCLB was a real let down - for me, at least.

 

[nielsgov]

Please
Gone
Wake Up Dead Man
Kite
Fez-Being Born

Damn, this is difficult.

 

[JoRu]

Moment of Surrender
Please (single version more than the album version)
Cedars of Lebanon
Wake Up Dead Man
Gone

Wow, never thought I'd get 3 Pop-songs on here but look at that. I still think it's a really uneven album, but it has some really good stuff on there.

 

[U2girl]

Moment of surrender (and nothing else truly great)

Stuck in a moment
City of blinding lights
Magnificent
Breathe

 

[Rafiennes]

1. No Line On The Horizon
2. Gone
3. Love And Peace Or Else
4. In A Little While
5. Discothèque

Honourable mentions:
1. Breathe
2. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
3. (every track on POP)

 

[canedge]

Vertigo
Electrical Storm
City of Blinding Lights
Unknown Caller
Mofo

 

[the tourist]

In no order:

Wake Up Dead Man
If You Wear That Velvet Dress
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Electrical Storm (original, not the Orbit mix)
No Line On The Horizon II

 

[theedgeu2]

In no particular order...

Do You Feel Loved
City of Blinding Lights
Magnificent
White As Snow
Beautiful Day

 

[paultjr]

Moment of Surrender
Please
Beautiful Day
City of Blinding Lights
Walk On