Top 5 Edge Guitar Solos

[MumblingBono]

So it occurred to me, while posting my U2 top 5, that I rate U2 songs heavily on the quality/duration/power/originality of the guitar work of The Mr. Edge, particularly the solos.

Which ones are your favorites? Here are mine in Top 5 format:

1. Bullet The Blue Sky live ZooTV (Stay B-side)
2. All I Want Is You
3. New Year's Day
4. When I Look At The World
5. Crumbs From Your Table (2 solos!)


This is my first time starting a thread. If it sinks like a stone it'll be my last...

 

[God Part III]

1. Until The End Of The World
2. Acrobat
3. Love Is Blindness (ZOOTV New York, Stay B-Side)
4. Bullet The Blue Sky (Milan 2)
5. New Year's Day (Slane)

 

[MrPryck2U]

Good songs, but how 'bout The Fly. It's no secret, sha la!

 

[BEVERLY56]

Oh definitely The Fly must be on your list. Make it your top 6.

 

[God Part III]

The Fly?
Naah.

 

[buzzkill27]

The Fool
Street Missions
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Fly
Until The End Of The World

 

[2861U2]

1) Until The End Of The World
2) New Years Day
3) Crumbs From Your Table
4) Street Mission!
5) Please live

 

[FullonEdge2]

LIVE:

1. The Fly
2. Bullet the Blue Sky
3. Please
4. Mysterious Ways
5. Until the End of the World


STUDIO:

1. All I Want is You
2. All Because of You
3. Exit
4. The Fly
5. Acrobat

 

[Lancemc]

Ooooo, let's see. I agree with the first post on number 1..

1. Bullet the Blue Sky (Stay single)
2. The Fly
3. With or Without You
4. One Tree Hill (Lovetown versions)
5. Please (live)

 

[00Kevin]

1.The Fly
2.Until the End of the World
3.New Years Day
4.Mysterious Ways
5.Bullet the Blue Sky

 

[djerdap]

1. Love is Blindness (Birmingham, June 1st 1992)
2. Bullet the Blue Sky (ZooTV)
3. The Fly (especially Vertigo Tour)
4. Acrobat
5. Mysterious Ways (especially Popmart tour)

 

[chickadee]

The Fly is clearly the best. Well, to me. Best ever! Yum.

Special mention to Until the End of the World and LIB.

As you can tell I'm no good at making lists like this.

 

[Aygo]

1. Please (single v.)
2. All because of you
3. Love is blindness (live)
4. The fly
5. Even better than the real thing

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

1. Bullet The Blue Sky (Live)
2. The Fly
3. The Electric Co.
4. All I Want Is You
5. Until The End Of The World


Honorable mentions: Please, All Because Of You, Desire, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Even Better Than The Real Thing, In God's Country, Out Of Control, Gloria, Love Is Blindness, One Tree Hill (Live).

 

[chickadee]

Oh yeah, WOWY.

 

[gareth brown]

1. The Fly (Live in Boston - Elevation)
2. Acrobat
3. Mysterious Ways (Live in Dublin 28-8-93)
4. When I Look at the World
5. Bullet the Blue Sky

 

[Peter]

If you exclude the Streets intro - which is the best guitar part ever - then...
1. The Fly
2. Until the end of the world
3. All because of you
4. Bullet the blue sky
5. Please (Popmart version)

 

[discothequeLP]

1. The Fly
2. One Tree Hill (Lovetown tour)
3. New Year's Day
4. Please (Live)
5. Until the End of the World

honorable mention = Street Mission

 

[gherman]

The Fly
UTEOTW
Love and Peace or Else
In God's Country
Silver and Gold

 

[SiW87]

1. The Fly
2. In God's Country (Duh)
3. Where the Streets Have No Name
3. Until the End of the World
5. Acrobat?

The guitar solo towards the middle-end of In God's Country... Oh... dear... God..

 

[cobl04]

I love the first 8 seconds of IGC.

1. COBL
2. Streets
3. UTEOTW
4. Exit
5. Beautiful Day

That's a quick list, mind you.

 

[Pero]

1.The Fly
2.Until the end of the world
3.Bullet the blue sky
4.All because of you
5.Love and peace or else

 

[Joshua_Tree_Hugger]

1. Bullet
2. Mysterious Ways
3. UTEOTW
4. All I Want Is You (Live at Slane Castle)
5. The Fly

 

[ZeroDude]

1. The Fly Live From Boston
2.Bullet, multiple versions
3. Love is Blindness, again multiple versions
4.UTEOTW
5.Streetmission

 

[BonoFan78]

No mention of Ground Beneath Her Feet?

I love the build up to the solo (and the solo too)

 

[MumblingBono]

Where do I find Street Mission?

 

[Theedge070]

1-The Fly (the whole song is brilliant)
2-New Year's Day (the way Edge blasts the 19th fret nore to start it is always chilling)
3-Sunday Bloody Sunday ("lift yourself up!" and into the solo is always awesome)
4-Bullet the Blue Sky (live and upbeat is better...in other words, this tours' version suzzucks)
5-Until the End of the World (probably the best song played by Edge that only uses 1 pedal effect)

 

[cobl04]

No mention of Ground Beneath Her Feet?

I love the build up to the solo (and the solo too)

Oh yes! That song is in my top 10! How could I forget it?

 

[Azor]

-Miracle Drug
-The Fly
-Bullet the blue sky
-UTEOTW
-When i look at the world

 

[JMScoopy]

1. God Part II (Live Lovetown) - Played like 20 notes in 3 seconds!
2. The Fly (Live Zoo Tv/Vertigo)
3. Bullet the Blue Sky (Live Zoo Tv)
4. One Tree Hill (Lovetown)
5. All Along the Watchtower (Lovetown)