Top 10 U2 b-sides!

[salim117]

After listening to my Complete U2 "boxset", I think I am ready to proclaim my Top 10 U2 b-sides! What's your top 10?

I would put Mercy 1st but since we don't know what it is, and I hope its part of a 2006 release; I won't count it.

1.A Celebration (never on any official album so it's a b-side to me)
2.Fortunate Son
3.Lady with a Spinning head
4.Halleluja here she comes
5.Always
6.Where did it all go wrong
7.Alex descends into hell...
8.Salome
9.Room at the Heartbreak Hotel
10.Street Mission (OK, also not exactly a b-side but close enough!Second half of this song is awesome with edges great guitar work!)

Honorable Mention: Holy Joe(Garage Mix)

 

[The OOTS]

1. Mercy
2. Xanax and Wine (if we are doing released songs not on albums)
3. Always
4. Are you Gonna Wait Forever?
5. Lady With Spinning Head
6. Salome
7. Holy Joe
8. Deep In The Heart
9. Summer Rain
10. Slow Dancing

 

[xaviMF22]

well I dont have a top ten, but dancing barefoot is my favorite b-side.

 

[chocky]

1. Spanish Eyes
2. Dancing Barefoot
3. Luminous Times (Hold on to Love)
4. Walk to the Water
5. Treasure (Whatever Happend to Pete the Chop)
6. Slow Dancing
7. J. Swallow
8. Paint it Black
9. Are You Gonna Wait Forever?
10. Big Girls Are Best

Mercy will be my number one if it ever gets released as a b-side

 

[isabelle_guns]

everylasting love for sure on my list, as for the rest of the 9...I need to think about that one for a sec.

 

[IrishDawg]

I don't even know ten B-sides yet, but I think Always is one of their best songs ever, B-side or not.

 

[Shade]

1. The Three Sunrises
2. Walk To The Water
3. Love Comes Tumbling
4. Boomerang II
5. The Lady With The Spinning Head (Extended Dance Mix)
6. A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel
7. Treasure (Whatever Happened To Pete The Chop?)
8. Deep In The Heart
9. Hallelujah Here She Comes
10. 60 Seconds In Kingdom Come

Mercy will be high on the list if it gets released as a B-side.

 

[Cutters10C]

I love a lot of the B-sides, but Luminous Times is my favorite by far.

 

[Aygo]

1. Salome
2. Always
3. Are you gonna wait forever?
4. Mercy
5. Deep in the heart
6. A room at the heartbreak hotel
7. Silver linning
8. Alex descends into hell for a bottle of milk / Korova 1
9. Summer rain
10. Spanish eyes

 

[Axver]

HA, I was talking about this earlier today with my friend and then this thread appears! I was trying to make a list, but it was just too hard. I'll give it a try here, though! The only fixed position is #1, and #2 is fairly solid too.

1. Spanish Eyes
2. Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
3. Bass Trap
4. Dancing Barefoot
5. The Three Sunrises
6. Where Did It All Go Wrong?
7. Boomerang II
8. Boomerang I
9. Lady With The Spinning Head
10. Slow Dancing

 

[miss becky]

1. Spanish Eyes
2. Deep in the Heart (why oh why wasn't this included on the Best Of CD??)
3. Mercy
4. Dancing Barefoot
5. Walk to the Water
6. Lady With the Spinning Head
7. Where Did It All Go Wrong
8. Party Girl
9. Everlasting Love
10. Always

 

[ravenette]

I tried and tried and tried, but I seriously cannot do it! I end up with at least 15 tracks....


But my fave U2 song of ALL TIME is Spanish Eyes, so that can take the 10 spots!

 

[2861U2]

1) Always!!!!!!!
2) Lady With The Spinning Head
3) Are You Gonna Wait Forever
4) Big Girls Are Best
5) Dont Take Your Guns To Town
6) Summer Rain
7) Salome
8) Spanish Eyes
9) Mercy
10) Walk To The Water

 

[senrab]

1) Walk To The Water
2) Summer Rain
3) Spanish Eyes
4) Luminous Times
5) Lady With the Spinning Head
6) North and South of the River
7) Love Comes Tumbling
8) Party Girl
9) Are You Gonna Wait Forever
10) Three Sunrises

 

[UVMan]

I don't care about the other eight, just so long as Mercy (how did it not make an album?) and Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle of Milk/Korova 1 is in that list. I just recently, (last week actually) heard ADIHFABOM/Korova 1 and I thought it was awesome.

 

[LyricalDrug]

Mercy
Lady with the Spinning Head
Always
Sweetest Thing
Summer Rain
Spanish Eyes
Walk to the Water
Are you gonna wait forever?
Hallelujah here she Comes
A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel
Everlasting Love
Elevation (the Influx Remix)
Slow Dancing
She's a Mystery to Me

Oops, that makes 14 that are head and shoulders above the rest.

oh and as for "Summer Rain"

 

[phanan]

Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
Salome
Lady With The Spinning Head
Spanish Eyes
Summer Rain
Silver And Gold
Dancing Barefoot
Everlasting Love
Can't Help Falling In Love (Triple Peaks Remix)
A Celebration (non-album A-side is like a B-side)

 

[ZeroDude]

Lady with The Spinning Head is one of my Favorite U2 songs, great, great stuff

 

[Zoovation]

For me, "Spanish Eyes" is the best B-Side.

 

[U2girl]

1. North and south of the river
2. Sweetest thing - 98 version
3. Mercy
4. Always
5. Summer rain
6. Walk to the water
7. Everlasting love
8. Party girl
9. Are you gonna wait forever
10. Unchained melody

 

[Roland of Gilead]

1. Mercy
2. Walk to the Water
3. Lady with the Spinning Head (extended remix)
4. Levitate
5. Spanish Eyes
6. Always
7. Are You Gonna Wait Forever?
8. North and South of the River
9. Elevation (Influx)
10. Sweetest Thing (original B-side)

 

[gareth brown]

1. The Three Sunrises
Love Comes Tumbling
3. Lady with the Spinning Head
4. Salomé
5. Spanish Eyes
6. Bass Trap
7. Boomerang I
8. A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel
9. Things to Make and Do
10. Treasure (Whatever Happened to Pete the Chop?)

11. Last Night on Earth (Live in Mexico City) [I am yet to hear a better performance of this song...beats the studio version to a bloody pulp.]

 

[Pero]

I don't know which is b-side and which isn't so
1.Always
2.Summer rain
3.Big girls are best
4.Sweetest thing
5.Party girl

Those are which i possess.

 

[Yahweh_OMG]

1. Walk to the water
2. Mercy
3. Luminous Times
4. Lady with the spinning head
5. Holy Joe
6. Everlasting love
7. Are you gonna wait forever?
8. Treasure
9. Salome
10. Spanish eyes

 

[Lancemc]

hard..but i'll give it a shot.

1. Holy Joe
2. Hallelujah (Here she comes)
3. Love Comes Tumbling
4. Lady with the Spinning Head
5. Where did it all go wrong
6. Spanish Eyes
7. Party Girl
8. North and South of the River
9. Silver and Gold
10. Always

 

[U2Soar]

How about also including non-album and band side project tracks? They have enough of this great material that it could stand up to their albums. What do you think – would this “b-side album” top any of U2 albums?

1. Hold Me Thrill Me
2. Holy Joe
3. Salome
4. Lady With A Spinning Head (Extended version)
5. Night And Day
6. Love Comes Tumbling
7. I’m Not Your Baby
8. North And South Of The River (Omagh Tribute version)
9. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
10. Mercy
11. Luminous Times
12. Always

 

[Sleep Over Jack]

I'd say Three Sunrises would have to be in there, its up with their best songs IMO.

 

[Achtung Joshua!]

Deep in the Heart
Spanish Eyes
Walk to the Water
Luminous Times (Hold on to Love)
Love Comes Tumbling
Lady with the Spinning Head
Alex Descends into Hell...
Sweetest Thing (original version from WTSHNN single)
Silver and Gold
Race Against Time

 

[deltau922]

in no order

Spanish Eyes
Dancing Barefoot
Lady With the Spinning Head
Room at the Heartbreak Hotel
Slow Dancing
Your Blue Room
North and South of the River
Holy Joe
Salome
Where Did It All Go Wrong

 

[Sleep Over Jack]

B-sides and non-album tracks:


Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
Three Sunrises
Ground Beneath Her Feet
Lady With The Spinning Head
Love Comes Tumbling
Fast Cars
Where Did It All Go Wrong
Sweetest Thing (Single mix)
Electrical Storm (Orbit mix)
Mercy



Maybe Levitate could be in there as well..