NNOOOO! Must keep Miami!
Pop wasn't a great album, but all the songs (except discotheque) came into their own when played live, and I would list almost half of the songs on the album as classics now, after hearing them live.
Mofo - Hot shit live - Adam is pumping all the way through
Staring at the Sun - sweet acoustic song, ever so slightly reminisant of Fake Plastic Trees
Miami - heard a live bootleg, played just before Bullet, it blew me away. Its a shame there isn't a CD quality recording of this song live.
Please - practically orgasmic, every time I've heard it live.
Wake up Dead Man - love the way they played it on Elevation
All of those I consider classics, even though the studio versions were pretty dire.
Gone, Last Night on Earth + If God Would send his Angels all deserve special mention too.
Yeah, Ditch Playboy Mansion, that was the most camp pile of shit I've ever heard from U2, almost on a par with "good old-fashioned lover boy" by queen. I can't listen to Playboy Mansion. They should have put Holy Joe on there, that could have been a great live song.
If they do remix them, I'd imagine they'd just make the songs sound more like they did when they were played live. One song which really needs finishing is Staring at the Sun. That could be a great song if it'd been given enough attention.
I would personally make love to every member of U2 if they could find a CD quality recording of Discotheque/Staring at the Sun like they did on Elevation 2001, and put it on a B-side, because I heard that live twice, and both times it was absolutely fucking lush, and Edge made some great sounds. Much cooler than New Year's Day. New Year's Day, hmm, they've only played that 20000 times. Too bad they didn't play it at Boston.