Favorite Non-U2 Side Project?

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Hey there ladies & gents. I've been thinking (and listening) about the various U2 side-projects that the members have been involved in, and have wondered what your favorites are. Here's a list of some of the songs they've been attributed to...

In the Name of the Father (Bono and Gavin Friday)
YouTube - Bono - In The Name Of The Father

Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad (Bono and Edge)
YouTube - Two shots of happy one shot of sad

American Prayer (Bono and Dave Stewart)
YouTube - American Prayer - Dave Stewart (Barack Obama Music Video)

Mission: Impossible (Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton)
YouTube - Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr - Mission Impossible

One (Automatic Baby - Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton)
YouTube - One

Boy, Boy, Boy (Underworld w/ Larry Mullen)
YouTube - Underworld - Boy, Boy, Boy (2007)

Goldeneye (Bono and Edge)
YouTube - Goldeneye (Demo) - U2

Save the Children (Bono)
YouTube - Save The Children - Bono

Children of the Revolution (Bono, Gavin Friday, and Maurice Seezer)
Bono’s Music Videos – Listen free at Last.fm

Slide (Michael Hutchence w/ Bono)
Bono’s Music Videos – Listen free at Last.fm

Hallelujah (Bono)
Bono’s Music Videos – Listen free at Last.fm

I Am the Walrus (Bono)
Bono’s Music Videos – Listen free at Last.fm

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (Bono)
Bono’s Music Videos – Listen free at Last.fm

If You Wear That Velvet Dress (Bono and Jools Holland)
YouTube - If You Wear That Velvet Dress - U2 ft Jools Holland

A Dying Sailor to His Shipmates (Bono)
Bono’s Music Videos – Listen free at Last.fm

Heroine (Edge from "Captive" soundtrack with Sinead O'Connor)
YouTube - Sinead O'Connor and The Edge - Heroine

In a Lifetime (Clannad and Bono)
Clannad & Bono’s Music Videos – Listen free at Last.fm

When the Stars Go Blue (The Corrs w/ Bono)
Bono’s Music Videos – Listen free at Last.fm

What's Going On (Bono and a bunch of other people)
YouTube - What's Going On-Alicia Keys,Bono,P.Diddy,Destiny's Child,Eve

What's Going On (Bono and Chris Martin)
YouTube - What's Going On - Bono, Chris Martin (Save Africa)

I've Got You Under My Skin (Sinatra and Bono)
Bono’s Music Videos – Listen free at Last.fm

Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid - Bono, Adam Clayton)
YouTube - Do they know it's christmas

Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid 20 - Bono)
YouTube - Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas Time?


Personally, my favorites are "In the Name of the Father" (fantastic film, too) and "I've Got You Under My Skin" ...though "Do They Know It's Christmas" is probably my favorite Christmas song (the original, of course...). What about the Interference crew - your favorites? I'm sure I've forgotten quite a few, so by all means, have at it.
 
It's probably not the best but I have always liked that version of When the Stars Go Blue that you mentioned.
 
How is Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad Non-U2? It was a b-side on the If God Will Send His Angels single.
 
I love the When The Stars Go Blue collaboration. Awesome performance by Bono. :drool:
 
My favorites (in order of when the performances took place) are:

"Do They Know It's Christmas?"
"New Gold Dream" (Live) [Bono w/Simple Minds]
"Heroine"
"Purple Heart" [Bono w/T. Bone Burnett]
"In the Name of the Father"
"Billy Boola" [Bono w/Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer]
"Theme From Mission: Impossible"
"Dreaming With Tears in My Eyes" [Bono & Larry]
"New Day" [Bono & Wyclef Jean]
"A Dying Sailor to His Shipmates"
"Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds"
 
The Captive soundtrack is nothing short of fantastic. Definitely my favourite non-U2 release, unless you're one of those types who doesn't consider Passengers a U2 album.

In A Lifetime's also pretty damn good.
 
I like the two songs w/ the Corrs, Bono & Chris Martin's version of What's Going On, Bono & Michael Hutchense's Slide Away, and Larry & Adam's Mission Impossible.
 
I like a few on that list a lot. I really like Bono's Dying Sailor To His Shipmates, and I don't see it listed there but also Bono's Dreaming With Tears in My Eyes.
 
I definitely love the two songs he did with the Corrs.

Also, the Tony Bennet duet "I wanna be around" and the song he did with Alicia Keys "Don't give up"

Bono also recorded a song with Mick Jagger for his solo album: "Joy"
 
In A Lifetime and In the Name of the father, easy.
The original band aid is of course fantastic, band aid 20 is one of the biggest sacks of crap ever released. What's going On isn't much better and that thing with Wyclef was just awful.
Axver is 100% correct regarding Captive.
 
Yeah I knew it was Mike Mills but damn he's like a splitting image of Gatesy.

Also there's a kid in yr7 at our school who is a splitting image of Dewey, from Malcolm in the Middle. I wanted to take a photo but he wouldn't let me
 
I was always a fan of Slide Away, I had the mp3 of it but it went missing :( I've tried looking for the CD but it appears to have gone out of print and I'm not crazy about paying ebay prices...

Other favs would be In The Name Of The Father and Billy Boola :love:, Rowena's Theme from the Captive Soundtrack and When The Stars Go Blue.
 
In no particular order because it's hard to choose:

In the Name of the Father (Bono and Gavin Friday)
Mission: Impossible (Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton)
One (Automatic Baby - Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton)
In a Lifetime (Clannad and Bono)

Btw the original version of Silver and Gold is also a side project: Bono + Keith Richards and Ron Wood.
Which reminds me of Sun City: Bono + a bunch of others :)
 
No love for MDH soundtrack ? GBHF, Stateless, Never let me go, Falling at your feet.
 
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