newbie to U2

[wild honey 7]

What songs would you put on a 80mins dvd for an absolute newbie to U2 music (with and without HTDAAB songs)?

 

[Irishteen]

Depends on the persons interest in music, is he./she mor einto rock, soft rock etc.

 

[Axver]

Depends on the persons interest in music, is he./she mor einto rock, soft rock etc.

Yep.

Though if I were trying to show all the varieties of U2, it might be something like this ...

(Probably not eighty minutes, but I'm too lazy to check it, heh.)

1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. One Tree Hill
3. City Of Blinding Lights
4. The Unforgettable Fire
5. Running To Stand Still
6. New Year's Day
7. Acrobat
8. Gone
9. Until The End Of The World
10. The Electric Co.
11. Mofo
12. Mysterious Ways
13. Lemon
14. A Sort Of Homecoming
15. Bad
16. Heartland
17. Gloria
18. Walk On

 

[wild honey 7]

Depends on the persons interest in music, is he./she mor einto rock, soft rock etc.

They totally loved the recent Vienna gig.

So I'm just trying to give them an overall idea of U2's music you know - and I don't think the two Best Of albums really represent that - and I'm not sure if my personal faves would.

 

[wild honey 7]

Yep.

Though if I were trying to show all the varieties of U2, it might be something like this ...

(Probably not eighty minutes, but I'm too lazy to check it, heh.)

1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. One Tree Hill
3. City Of Blinding Lights
4. The Unforgettable Fire
5. Running To Stand Still
6. New Year's Day
7. Acrobat
8. Gone
9. Until The End Of The World
10. The Electric Co.
11. Mofo
12. Mysterious Ways
13. Lemon
14. A Sort Of Homecoming
15. Bad
16. Heartland
17. Gloria
18. Walk On

Thanks for that, Ax...looks like a good compilation to me, though I'll probably skip Mofo and Lemon...I love those songs but they might be shocked

 

[Irishteen]

Yep.

Though if I were trying to show all the varieties of U2, it might be something like this ...

(Probably not eighty minutes, but I'm too lazy to check it, heh.)

1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. One Tree Hill
3. City Of Blinding Lights
4. The Unforgettable Fire
5. Running To Stand Still
6. New Year's Day
7. Acrobat
8. Gone
9. Until The End Of The World
10. The Electric Co.
11. Mofo
12. Mysterious Ways
13. Lemon
14. A Sort Of Homecoming
15. Bad
16. Heartland
17. Gloria
18. Walk On

Add One, make Mysterious Ways live, and the Walk on live, and it is brillant

 

[wild honey 7]

Add One, make Mysterious Ways live, and the Walk on live, and it is brillant

Yeah, will do that.

Btw, just saw your location....wow, you're in Dublin too?! Where have you been hiding ! I'm desperate for meeting U2 fans that actually live here like me.

 

[uwwedoogie]

Of Lesser Known Songs:

1: The Electric Co
2: In A Little While
3: Ground Beneath Her Feet
4: Love & Peace Or Else
5: Seconds
6: Wire
7: Heartland
8: The Hands That Built America
9: Red Hill Mining Town
10: Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
11: Dirty Day
12: When I Look At The World
13: Do You Feel Loved
14: So Cruel
15: Crumbs From Your Table
16: Surrender
17: Please
18: Love Is Blindness

 

[wild honey 7]

Of Lesser Known Songs:

1: The Electric Co
2: In A Little While
3: Ground Beneath Her Feet
4: Love & Peace Or Else
5: Seconds
6: Wire
7: Heartland
8: The Hands That Built America
9: Red Hill Mining Town
10: Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
11: Dirty Day
12: When I Look At The World
13: Do You Feel Loved
14: So Cruel
15: Crumbs From Your Table
16: Surrender
17: Please
18: Love Is Blindness

I think your selection of songs might actually suit one of my friends better!!

 

[Canadiens1131]

The Awed Concert-Goer's Introduction to U2

01. City Of Blinding Lights
02. Out Of Control
03. New Year's Day
04. Sunday Bloody Sunday
05. Kite
06. Zoo Station
07. Mysterious Ways
08. Please [Hasta La Vista Baby!]
09. Where The Streets Have No Name [Hasta La Vista Baby!]
10. Pride [Rattle & Hum]
11. One Tree Hill
12. Acrobat
13. Love is Blindness

Short and sweet, leave Zooropa and October as those delicious little unknown berries that your friend can try after thinking that they truly know U2. It'll knock em for a loop

 

[RedRocksU2]

.....good choices.
After that, make him/her watch "U2 Live at Red Rocks".........

 

[uwwedoogie]

red rocks

surrender

 

[RedRocksU2]

...great taste, uwwedoogie!

(Explain your name...)

 

[2Hearts]

U2 newbies

I am so excited for them. Assuming they like what they hear, they're in for an amazing ride.

 

[RedRocksU2]

imagine yourself not ever listened to a U2 song....and then suddenly, you get "The Joshua Tree" or the "War" album.......

 

[2Hearts]

imagine yourself not ever listened to a U2 song....and then suddenly, you get "The Joshua Tree" or the "War" album.......

I know what you mean. I'm currently discovering Van Morrison's music (borrowed a bunch of his CDs from a friend) and it's pretty exciting. But it doesn't compare to when I was buying R&H, War, JT, AB, Zooropa, etc. every few weeks.

 

[U2phan]

ahh i remember buying All That You Can't Leave Behind. It was my first "rock" album, my earlier purchases included the Lord of the Rings Soundtrack, Backstreet Boys, and cough...the Pokemon soundtrack. Hey i was kinda young, scuse me...but thank goodness for "Beautiful Day" at the Super Bowl...

 

[wild honey 7]

Thanks for all your compilation suggestions...will try them out and let you know the 'results'.

2Hearts, yeah, I'm very excited for them too. I mean none of them ever owned any U2 albums but they still went with me to the gig (they had good seats, whereas I had GA though)....I couldn't believe it when I met them again after the gig...one of them (my brother) said that no other band's gig would ever top what he just experiened and my best friend said that she could finally understand why I'm that crazy for one single band.