Best Non-Album Track Survivor - Final Pool - Round 21

[namkcuR]

The results of Round 20:

Advancing:

11 O'Clock Tick Tock - 0
Standalone Single A-Side
1979


Love Comes Tumbling - 0
The Unforgettable Fire B-Side / Also featured on Wide Awake In America EP
1985

The Three Sunrises - 4
The Unforgettable Fire B-Side / Also featured on Wide Awake In America EP
1985

Luminous Times(Hold On To Love) - 4
With Or Without You B-Side
1987


Spanish Eyes - 7
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For B-Side
1987


Lady With The Spinning Head - 1
Even Better Than The Real Thing B-Side / One B-Side
1992

Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me - 1
Single A-Side from Batman Forever Soundtrack
1995


The Ground Beneath Her Feet - 0
Promotional/Radio Single from Million Dollar Hotel Soundtrack
2000


Eliminated:

#9 - Mercy - 8
#10 - Electrical Storm - 10
#11 - Stateless - 7
#12 - The Crystal Ballroom - 9
#13 - Silver And Gold - 10
#14 - Walk To The Water - 8
#15 - Holy Joe - 9
#16 - A Celebration - 7
#17 - Sweetest Thing - 5
#18 - Salome - 7
#19 - Invisible - 6
#21 - Summer Rain - 4
#21 - She's A Mystery To Me - 4
#22 - Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad - 13
#23 - North And South Of The River - 7
#24 - Hallelujah(Here She Comes) - 5
#25 - Fast Cars - 4
#27 - Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk/Korova I - 4
#27 - Party Girl - 4
#28 - A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel - 5
#29 - Disappearing Act - 4
#30 - Bass Trap - 5

Levitate - 8 / 9(tiebreaker)
Are You Gonna Wait Forever - 7
Window In The Skies - 7
Where Did It All Go Wrong - 6
Down All The Days - 6
Slow Dancing - 6
Always - 6
Smile - 6
Native Son - 6
Soon - 6
Oh Berlin - 5
I'm Not Your Baby - 4
Blow Your House Down - 3
Heaven And Hell - 1
Near The Island - 0

Endless Deep - 9 / 2(tiebreaker)
Treasure(Whatever Happened To Pete The Chop) - 9 / 6(tiebreaker)
Boomerang II - 9 / 2(tiebreaker)

Boomerang I - 8
Deep In The Heart - 8
Another Day - 5
Touch - 4
The Fool - 4
The Dream Is Over - 3
Lost On A Silent Planet - 3
Boy-Girl - 3
Things To Make And Do - 3
Street Mission - 3
Pete The Chop - 2
Cartoon World - 2

Winter - 11 / 9(tiebreaker)

The Hands That Built America - 9
Xanax And Wine - 9
Ordinary Love - 9
Lucifer's Hands - 9
Big Girls Are Best - 7
Love You Like Mad - 7
Flower Child - 6
Return Of The Stingray Guitar - 6
North Star - 3
We Love You - 2
Glastonbury - 1

Viva Davidoff - 8

Wild Irish Rose - 10
Sixty Seconds - 9
Yoshino Blossom - 9
Wave Of Sorrow - 8
Race Against Time - 6
Desert Of Our Love - 5
Womanfish - 5
Rise Up - 4
Drunk Chicken - 2
Beautiful Ghost - 1

Angels Too Tied To The Ground - 7 / 4(tiebreaker)

Saturday Night - 5
J.Swallo - 5
Be There - 5
False Prophet - 4
Speed Of Life - 3
Alone In The Light - 2
Father Is An Elephant - 2
Inside Out - 1
Carry Me Home - 1
Jack In The Box - 0

Mercy has been eliminated.

Instructions: Simple. This is a traditional survivor. You will vote for your LEAST FAVORITE track!

The poll will be open for 24 hours.

Here is a list of tracks in this poll, all linked to YT for your reference.

11 O'Clock Tick Tock
Love Comes Tumbling
The Three Sunrises
Luminous Times
Spanish Eyes
Lady With The Spinning Head / UV1
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
The Ground Beneath Her Feet

 

[namkcuR]

I just wanted to say that it's kind of amazing that a track that was never officially released, that we only have a leaked, un-mastered version of, finished as the 9th best non-album track of their career. I know we're only a couple dozen people here, but still. Should tell the band something.

 

[lazarus]

Should tell Larry to eat a bag of dicks for vetoing it and Fast Cars off the album.

 

[Oregoropa]

Spanish Eyes

 

[prbiker15]

Spanish Eyes. Wey hey hey...baby get out.

 

[Oregoropa]

Should tell Larry to eat a bag of dicks for vetoing it and Fast Cars off the album.

 

[LemonMelon]

Spanish Eyes, Luminous Times and The Three Sunrises are the weak links here. What remains would be a perfectly respectable top 5.

 

[the tourist]

It's been awhile since I had to think about what to vote for. I think I'll have to go with Luminous Times even though I really love it. Sometimes I wonder what it could have been if they'd saved it, let it marinate and then put it next to Heartland on Rattle & Hum.

 

[gareth brown]

Either that or at least given it a go on Lovetown!

Was "stuck" with only The Best Of 80-90/B-Sides to listen to while housesitting the other week and loved it, definitely appreciate Luminous Times a lot more these days, wouldn't have been rooting for it to stay in a few years ago.

Agreed with what namckuR said about Spanish Eyes in the last thread

The only thing I don't love about it is Bono's execution of the word 'love' in 'I love the way talk to me' etc in the studio version. It's a bit rough.

That definitely grates on me these days and was very aware of it when it came on in the car with my girlfriend the other day

 

[namkcuR]

I've voted early for Spanish Eyes, as it seems Luminous Times might be in danger and I felt I had to help protect it.

 

[Axver]

I fucking adore Luminous Times, but we've reached that point in the tournament. In a pure ranking I would put The Three Sunrises and TGBHF below it, but you lunatics are going after Spanish Eyes, the second-best song here, and I'll do what I can to oppose that.

 

[gareth brown]

Couldn't pick between the two so starting my 11 O'Clock Tick Tock voting early

 

[Axver]

Couldn't pick between the two so starting my 11 O'Clock Tick Tock voting early

Why do you not like good things.

 

[namkcuR]

Luminous Times is far more soulful than Spanish Eyes. Spanish Eyes is a great fun, but Luminous Times is art.

 

[LadySpinHead]

Luminous Times is far more soulful than Spanish Eyes. Spanish Eyes is a great fun, but Luminous Times is art.

Yes. Luminous Times is gorgeous.

 

[gareth brown]

Why do you not like good things.

Haha come on at this late stage it's hardly not liking it, difficult to even rank these remaining tracks now.

 

[LemonMelon]

Challenge accepted

1. Love Comes Tumbling
2. TGBHF
3. HMTMKMKM
4. LWTSH
5. 11OCTT
6. The Three Sunrises
7. Luminous Times
8. Spanish Eyes

I wouldn't be surprised if that was the elimination order tbh

 

[namkcuR]

1. Luminous Times
2. Love Comes Tumbling
3. Lady With The Spinning Head
4. Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
5. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
6. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
7. Spanish Eyes
8. The Three Sunrises

Or something like that. Top six could change from day to day, just really hard to rank them.

7 and 8 are interchangeable.

 

[prbiker15]

Luminous Times is far more soulful than Spanish Eyes. Spanish Eyes is great fun, but Luminous Times is art.

Agreed.

 

[Axver]

1. 11 O'clock Tick Tock
2. Spanish Eyes
3. Lady With the Spinning Head
4. Love Comes Tumbling
5. HMTMKMKM
6. Luminous Times
7. The Three Sunrises
8. The Ground Beneath Her Feet

Maybe swap 3 and 4.

Luminous Times is far more soulful than Spanish Eyes.

This is a criticism from me.

Spanish Eyes is one of the most perfectly catchy songs they've written, and the closest Edge ever got to a pure jangle.

 

[Oregoropa]

1. Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
2. Luminous Times
3. The Three Sunrises
4. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
5. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
6. Love Comes Tumbling
7. Lady With the Spinning Head
8. Spanish Eyes

HMTMKMKM is their best non-album track for me hands down. AB - Zooropa era is my favorite. This song is a perfect kickass coda to the early 90s U2.

 

[the tourist]

1. Spanish Eyes
2. Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
3. Love Comes Tumbling
4. Lady With The Spinning Head
5. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
6. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
7. The Three Sunrises
8. Luminous Times

 

[namkcuR]

HMTMKMKM is their best non-album track for me hands down. AB - Zooropa era is my favorite. This song is a perfect kickass coda to the early 90s U2.

I know its initial genesis was in the Zooropa sessions, but I've always associated it more with the late 90s era, especially since it was played every night on Popmart as if it were one of the tour's new songs.

 

[intedomine]

Spanish Eyes to save Luminous Times.

The Three Sunrises might be the biggest surprise packet. I adore the song, and am happy it has come this far. but I thought that it might have been eliminated by now.

Lady With The Spinning Head is sitting pretty, not attracting much attention. I'm more keeping it around for the brilliant Extended Dance Mix version though.

 

[LemonMelon]

I'll be voting for The Three Sunrises soon, yeah. I don't know why it's still here when so many great TUF b-sides were ousted almost immediately.

 

[2861U2]

Luminous Times again

Also, I just listened to A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel for the first time in a while. Nothing outstanding, but a fun song. Looking at the results, it shouldn't have left so soon.

 

[Yahweh_OMG]

Spanish to save Luminous. ... it s getting strategical.
Pitty Mercy got kicked, it is a Masterpiece even if some people rant about thé quality. Imagine with a good mixing what it could have been....

 

[mediaman44]

I'm still voting lady with the spinning head.


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