U2's darkest songs.

[Halifax]

My votes goes to Exit and Mothers of the Disappeard as two of U2's most darkest songs.

"His head felt heavy
As he cut acorss the land
A dog starting crying
Like a broken hearted man
At the howling wind...
The howling wind."

"Midnight, our sons and dughters
Were cut down and taken from us
Hear their heatbeat...
We hear their heartbeat
In the wind
We hear there laughter
In the rain
We see their tears
Hear the heartbeat..."



Exit live was definitely one of the highlights of Rattle and Hum. I hope there will be more songs in the future which would venture into U2's "dark side" (and more live versions as well).

 

[Numbology]

Wake Up Dead Man
Love Is Blindness
Exit
Until The End Of The World
One Step Closer

 

[timothius]

Love Is Blindness is definatly the darkest. Nearly every other song listed either has a happy ending, or is generally dark due to the production style. LIB is dark lyrically, musically & conceptually.

Oh my heart.... Blindness.

 

[Chizip]

beautiful day

 

[miss becky]

So Cruel
Love is Blindness
Exit
Deep in the Heart

 

[beau2ifulday]

I've always thought Babyface was quite dark.

 

[Zoots]

So Cruel

 

[aislinn]

I'd say most of their songs are dark, actually, or have a dark side to them.

But here are few I think are particularly dark:

Exit
Tomorrow
October
Babyface
Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car
Elvis Presley and America
just about every song on Pop

 

[erin4618]

just about every song on Pop

Agreed. I think Mofo and Please, especially.

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

Bad, With Or Without You, Ultraviolet, Please, Last Night On Earth and New York.

It's hard to choose just one, they're all great.

 

[Joshua87]

Gone
The Fly
Until the End of the World
Exit
Bullet
Acrobat

 

[Palace_Hero]

Boy/Girl
Discotheque.

Off the top of my head.

 

[financeguy]

Boy/Girl
Discotheque.

Off the top of my head.

You're a piss artist.

 

[financeguy]

Exit, Mothers of the Disappeared, parts of WOWY.

 

[Zooropean103]

MOFO (most of the pop actually)
Bullet
Exit
The Fly
Love is Blindness
HMTMKMKM
Night & Day (cover)
An Cat Dubh

There are lot of them though...

 

[impy13]

I love how most of my very favorites are included in this list.

That being said, how about The Wanderer? Isn't that one of the more obvious ones?

 

[xtihn]

The Wanderer
Wake Up Dead Man

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

beautiful day

u2's darkest songs list...

1. wake up dead man
2. exit
3. the field


box that for $2

 

[Needle_Chill]

4th of July

 

[Cassis]

4th of July

i migt wanna steal this avatar back

 

[IrishDawg]

Acrobat
Night and Day
Mercy

 

[cobl04]

October
New Year's Day

And this is just judging from the best of. How long does October go for? On the best of Bono starts singing at the 9:00 minute mark on the last track (All I Want Is You) and the song finishes at 9:51. How long is October on the actual album?

 

[the rockin edge]

Exit
If you weat that velvet dress-most of pop
bad
love is blindness
running to stand still

its kind of funny these are some of my fav songs

 

[indigo tree]

The Fly
Exit
Wire
Bullet
Love is Blindess
Wake Up Dead Man
Please

 

[popacrobat]

party girl

 

[annabelle]

Running To Stand Still
Until The End of the World

 

[AtomicBono]

Vertigo2

 

[MacPhistoPT]

An Cat Dubh, Bullet the blue sky, Running to stand still, Exit, God Part II, So Cruel, Dirty Day, Mofo, Please, Wake Up Dead Man

 

[Numbology]

The Sweetest Thing
The Three Sunrises
Elevation

SOOOOOOOOOO DARK

 

[MacPhistoPT]

A mole, diggin' in a hole

edit: btw, you forgot stuck in a moment and wild honey