Criteria is what was on the REGULAR PRESSINGS of Best Ofs. Not what was on special pressings. If you go by special editions, One Tree Hill and Smile are also out too.
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Criteria is what was on the REGULAR PRESSINGS of Best Ofs. Not what was on special pressings. If you go by special editions, One Tree Hill and Smile are also out too.
Alisaura
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Yeah, I know the rules/criteria... I guess I'm still boggled at the choices the band made about what they included and left off those best-ofs.
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Yar. I know that. Technically, we'll end up with a completely non-compilation track in third place ("ASOH" or "Zooropa") so everyone's satisfied.
Hmm. Just got to thinking. We should probably have had all of the second place finishers from each album in this poll just to get a rank. I'm sure another AB track would've made Top 5, same for a JT track. Since it's too late for that, perhaps it would be fun to have a runoff set of polls for the runner-ups for each album?
The Sad Punk
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The Fly is not going to win.
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"A Sort Of Homecoming" is in the same league as "One Tree Hill". Nearly half the voters in this poll voted against ASOH. If that doesn't tell me they want "The Fly" to win, I don't know what does.
intedomine
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One Tree Hill is just so much weaker than the other three classics.....
coolian2
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The Fly is not going to win.
The ASOH voters are going to move onto either Zooropa or The Fly next. And simply put, The Fly studio is nothing compared to Zooropa in the studio.
The ASOH voters are going to move onto either Zooropa or The Fly next. And simply put, The Fly studio is nothing compared to Zooropa in the studio.
mysterious_jen
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One tree hill.
just to piss off axver.
just to piss off axver.
Alisaura
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I dunno if anti-ASOH voters would prefer OTH to the Fly... but I suppose time will tell. 
Varitek
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I definitely agree with this, but that would have been lengthy and it's too late.
Maybe we should have done something like the way the democrats in some states distribute weighted delegates, districts with more dem voters get more delegates regardless of overall population. so albums that people like better get more songs in the final regardless of the fact that each is one album. we'd have had to have somehow guaged this, though.
discothequeLP
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fuck, thank god heartland is finally out
mysterious_jen
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QFT!
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zooropa to win. It's u2's best song.
xtrmx
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The Fly has to Die.
Varitek
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Looks like ASOH's gone. Definitely an anti-80s bias, especially with OTH in 2nd!
Zooopa. Nothing's gonna save ASOH but I've never liked it as much as it seems the rest of the fandom does.
Zooopa. Nothing's gonna save ASOH but I've never liked it as much as it seems the rest of the fandom does.
The Sad Punk
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Guys, you're making the wrong choice. The Fly live, sure, is nice. But The Fly studio? Atrocious! Also OTH is just a better song all round.
Zoots
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What? No way can I agree with that!
Sure, the Elevation tour Fly was awesome but nothing can re-create the magic of the album version for me... fake intro and all.
Anyway, I'm sure we all love all the songs left anyway. I don't care which one wins.
Mauwer
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ASOH has alot of votes
I voted Zooropa.
Cheers ,
Mauwer
I voted Zooropa.
Cheers ,
Mauwer
Salome
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I'm sure of that too
but would you like to restate you claim of the last round that there's no 90s bias here?
intedomine
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There's no 90's Bias. The Fly and Zooropa are just generally better tunes.
The Sad Punk
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That is a 90s bias.
bonocomet
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well..... would you still call it 90's bias if I were to say that I love more of U2's 80's tunes than 90's tunes, but of the one 80's tune that is left, I like it less than those two 90's songs??
(I think that might be what intedomine is trying to say? That's how it is for me.)
(I think that might be what intedomine is trying to say? That's how it is for me.)
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No. But there's plenty on this forum that would be rooting for the AB or Zooropa track to win this whether it be Wild Horses, Acrobat or Dirty Day, etc...maybe they wouldn't have won over "One Tree Hill" but those sort of voters still would've voted out "A Sort Of Homecoming" right now. Part of the annoyance is Zoo friggin' tv. Yes, it was a fantastic tour but that doesn't suddenly elevate those albums. Achtung Baby's cd doesn't come with the fantastic future is now visuals and attitude.
bonocomet
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well yeah. we can't control what others are thinking or being influenced by, but we were supposed to base our votes on the studio songs alone, so hopefully most of us are doing that. Unfortunately ASOH is one of the FEW 80's songs I don't love the studio version of! (the reason I voted it off here) And I do love OTH... but I don't think I like it as much as the other 2 songs here 
I wish another song would have made it I guess.
Ok now I'm grumpy
I wish another song would have made it I guess. Ok now I'm grumpy
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