Originally posted by MBH:
Bullet the Blue Sky, a dud?!? You've got to be kidding me, right? BTBS arguably is U2's best pure ROCK song. IT has great guitars, meaningful lyrics, thumping drums, powerful base....and, as you mentioned, is one of if not their best live song....
Bullet The Blue Sky became a good song during ZooTV, but the version on JT lacks everything that makes it so great (production being the key factor here).
Just compare the version on R&H to the ZooTV-version, and you'll notice how different Edge's guitar sounds ("exploding" being the right word for the latter).
The rest of your post - I'd have to agree