the tourist said:
01. City Of Blinding Lights; the epic buildup of this song would have been a marvelous companion of such epic buildups as Streets and Zooropa.
02. Vertigo; after the huge sweeping buildup comes the radio friendly hit single to grab the attention of the casual listener and make them want more.
03. Crumbs From Your Table; after the fast paced radio friendly hit single must come a song only U2 could have made, and a midtempo song fits nicely after a rocker.
04. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own; keeping in progressively slowing down, this song bring the album to the slowest point it's been and then picks it back up again by the end of the song.
05. A Man And A Woman; keep the beautiful vocals ringing on with the Adult Top 40 hit (if it ever became a single).
06. One Step Closer; side A ends with a peaceful ballad in the vein of The Passengers, The First Time, and Running To Stand Still.
07. Love And Peace Or Else; side B opens with the huge bass drone of Brian Eno and then kicks things into gear.
08. Fast Cars; following the stomping blues of Love And Peace comes the fast paced acoustic guitar little rocker.
09. All Because Of You; after the acoustic rocker with the riff comes the electric rocker with the riff.
10. Miracle Drug; Beautiful Day part two is the perfect bridge between U2 rocking and U2 being classic U2.
11. Original Of The Species; this song doesn't make any sense when it's not near the end -- putting this song anywhere else takes away from the urgency of impending end in Bono's vocals.
12. Yahweh; song leaves listener happy with a bright outlook on life, a perfect end.
I like that a lot, I may have to try that. I especially love the idea of One Step Closer--->Love and Peace or Else, and having Miracle Drug toward the end.
The playlist I've been using:
1//Love and Peace or Else
2//Vertigo
3//City of Blinding Lights
4//Miracle Drug
5//A Man and a Woman
6//Xanax and Wine
7//Crumbs From Your Table
8//Smile
9//Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own (alternate version)
10//One Step Closer
11/All Because of You (alternate version)
12//Original of the Species
13//Yahweh (alternate version)
14//Mercy
part of the idea was that I didn't want any of the tracks to be in the order they usually were...unfortunatley I couldn't avoid this with Original/Yahweh, but I don't think it sounds bad, and like someone else said it doesn't make sense for Original to be anywhere except toward the end.
I took some of the ideas from the live shows, like opening with LAPOE and then Vertigo, and putting Miracle Drug and COBL next to each other.
I like this tracklisting a lot myself, and as you can tell I am of the belief that the alternate versions were for the most part better (I'm on the fence about Sometimes though, I just put the alternate because I haven't heard it as much and I think it goes better with Smile)...except for Native Son. It's interesting but it just doesn't have the energy of Vertigo.
But this tracklisting would work fine with the album versions, too.
why there can't be a MOVEd smiley like the lock one?
