If You Could Only Listen To Five U2 Songs....

[SiW87]

If I was stranded on a desert island with only 5 U2 songs on my iPod, they would be:

Where the Streets Have No Name
Miracle Drug
Walk On
The Fly
With or Without You / Strangers in the Night / Shine Like Stars

The Sixth Song if possible: Bad

 

[gareth brown]

*cough* five songs only *cough*

erm...my list changes weekly, but on Sept 16th 2005 at 22:18 GMT, it is currently as follows.

Zooropa
Lemon
Acrobat
Mofo (Live from MTV Europe Awards)
The Fly (Live from Boston 2001)

hmm...hasn't changed much

edit - I think I should be allowed two seperate 80's and 00's lists I can never make my mind up...

 

[Irishteen]

One, The Fly, Bad, Stay and Unforgettable Fire

 

[smurf_sista]

1. Walk On
2. God part II
3. A Day Without Me
4. Sunday Bloody Sunday
5. Gloria

close 6th Electric co (live)

 

[u2granny]

Hawkmoon 269
One Tree Hill
Bad
Running to Stand Still
11 O'Clock Tick Tock

 

[bw in dc]

This list is so fluid depending on mood. But right now...

Walk On - "America: Tribute to Heroes" video version - the best version I've ever heard of that song...very spiritual...

Sort of Homecoming - "Wide Awake if America" version...I travel a lot and always think about that song when I land home...

One Tree Hill - I think this may be U2's greatest song.

Crumbs... - Since this song has gone from one of my least favorites on HTDAAB to one of my favorites, I'd want to take something fresh...

Out of Control - may as well stay in close touch with the beginning.

 

[jonnytakeawalk]

Sorry, I can't just put 5

1. Red light
2. Miami
3. Grace
4. Wild honey
5. the playboy mansion
6. elvis presley and america
7. trip through your wires
8. electrical storm
9. elevation
10. one step closer

By the way this list is serious!

 

[xana dew]

So funny! People'll slip that extra no. 6 in there, or just flat-out refuse to do five at all!

Can't say I blame ya.

OK, I'll try and stick with 5 (this'll probably take me half an hour)

1. Walk On (It's U2 at their best. Why won't you play it on this tour? Hmmm? I've got all night gentlemen.)

2. A Sort of Homecoming (live from Wide Awake. This is transcendant, and the writing is so incredible. I still marvel over these lyrics)

3. Acrobat (love the hard rocking U2. Edge is outrageous here)

4. One Tree Hill ( the heart melter. a timeless tune)

5. Bad (live from Wide Awake)

Damn, I had to travel back in time a bit, back when I was 17. Funny how the music you hear when you're a teenager is the stuff that always has a permanent place in your heart. The Unforgettable Fire had just such an impact on me.)

 

[yimou]

Acrobat
Mofo
The Fly
Ultraviolet
Who´s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses

 

[Neenie]

Where the streets have no name
Bad
All i want is you
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
The fly

 

[jinn77]

Ultraviolet
Stay
With Or without You
When I Look At the World
The Unforgettable Fire

 

[gareth brown]

Acrobat
Mofo
The Fly
Ultraviolet
Who´s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses

probably the best i've seen so far...

 

[tuwie]

hahah tough one

miracle drug
with or without you/strangers in the night
where the streets have no name
one
beautiful day

 

[Nisse]

I Will Follow
Where The Streets Have No Name
A Sort Of Homecoming (live)
The Unforgettable Fire
Into The Heart

6th: One (Live in Modena)

 

[ewings]

1. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
2. Stuck in a Moment
3. Zoo Station
4. All I Want is You
5. Where the Streets Have No Name

 

[neutral]

Miracle Drug
Mercy
Walk On from the Slane DVD
Until the End of the World
Dirty Day (Bitter Kiss mix)

 

[youtooellen]

oh goodness, this is difficult.



1. Bad (from Live Aid '85)
2. With or Without You
3. I Will Follow
4. Mercy
5. Where The Streets Have No Name

 

[XHendrix24]

1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. Bad (Live)
3. Lemon
4. Mercy
5. Uh...ermm...umm....With or Without You with the "shine like stars" verse maybe? Or City of Blinding Lights. Or maybe One with the "hear me coming, Lord" at the end. IT'S TOO HARD TO DECIDE.

Nah, I'll go with WOWY with the extra verse for 5. It's close, though.

Edit: AH, I forgot about the Craig Armstrong version of Stay. That one'd be a pretty close runner-up, too. Best version of Stay ever? I think so.

 

[Aardvark747]

Lemon
Mofo
Kite
One
& Heartland

 

[neutral]

Or maybe One with the "hear me coming, Lord" at the end. IT'S TOO HARD TO DECIDE.

Ah how could I forget about that one.

Well I have a Slane rip that's just one big mp3, can I count that as a single track?

 

[Nube Gris]

zooropa
drowning man
yahweh
when i look at the world
i still haven't found what im looking for

 

[LemonMelon]

Zooropa
Mysterious Ways
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Trip Through Your Wires
City of Blinding Lights

 

[U2bpbear24]

1. Running to Stand Still
2. Streets
3. Stay
4. Bad
5. Original of the Species

i want more than 5!

 

[MumblingBono]

Bullet The Blue Sky Live ZooTV (Stay B-side)
Running To Stand Still
Bad
Until The End Of The World
All I Want Is You

 

[BEVERLY56]

1. The Fly
2. Kite
3. Gone
4. Mysterious Ways
5. So Cruel

 

[Bluer White]

Last Night On Earth (Popmart Mexico City)
Gone (Elevation tour)
Running To Stand Still
Mercy
Acrobat

encore: Tryin To Throw Your Arms Around The World (ZooTV tour)

 

[BigMacPhisto]

1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. The Fly
3. Walk On
4. Beautiful Day
5. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

 

[Peter]

1. Streets
2. The fly
3. Until the end of the world
4. Pride (in the name of love)
5. Please

 

[underscore]

1 Bad, that's all i need
hmzz, 5 you say ? ....

i guess...
2 One
3 WOWY
4 Walk On
5 A Sort Of Homecoming

but i keep changing my mind almost every second, but Bad is always #1

 

[beau2ifulday]

The First Time
Running To Stand Still
Bad
Stay
Mercy