Underated U2 Songs

[TommyB]

Top Ten: 1 from each album


Original of the Species, HTDAAB

In a little while, ATYCLB

Miami- There are some cool parts, P

Zooropa- gotta love the beginning of this song, Z

Fly, AT

Heartland, RH

Running to Stand Still, JT

Indian Summer Sky, UF

Drowning Man, W

Jeruselem, O

Is that All? B


Extra: Deep in the Heart, ISHFWiLF Single

 

[the rockin edge]

Bomb, Yahweh
All That You....., When I Look At The World
Pop, If God Will Send...
Zooropa, dont know!
Acthung Baby, The Fly
Rattle And Hum, Heartland
Joshua Tree, Exit
UF, Wire
War, Like A Song
October, most of the album
Boy, Into The Heart

 

[Ifeelnumb84]

Bomb: Love and Peace (should be a single, but probably won't be)
All That...: When I Look at The World
Pop: Gone (though I guess that's not underrated)
Zooropa: The Wanderer
Achtung Baby: Ultraviolet
Rattle and Hum: Silver And Gold, Heartland
The Joshua Tree: Exit (although, it is their biggest album and one of the most recognizable albums of all time, so can there really be any "underrated" songs on it?)
The Unforgettable Fire: Wire, Elvis Presley And America
War: Drowning Man (great lyrics, great love song)
October: With A Shout, Is That All?
Boy: Twilight, A Day Without Me

 

[Ifeelnumb84]

Oh, and TommyB, "Is That All?" is on October, not Boy...Although on Under A Blood Red Sky they play the opening riff from it before going into The Electric Co., so one could easily confuse it for a Boy track.

 

[rivergoat]

Hot To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - I don't know, because it hasn't been out for long enough to gauge folks' reactions to it

All That you Can't Leave Behind - When I Look At the World

Pop - Last Night On Earth

Passengers - the whole bloody thing! }: )~

Zooropa - The Wanderer - though I hate the oompahs!

Achtung Baby - Hard to say, so much on that album is a bit over-rated... have to say Acrobat - my choice for the greatest U2 song ever

Rattle and Hum - Love Rescue Me

The Joshua Tree - Trip Through Your Wires

The Unforgettable Fire - Indian Summer Sky

War - Like a Song...

October - I Threw a Brick Through a Window (is it underrated? I don't know what most people think of October's songs)

Boy - Shadows and Tall Trees - good thing they recorded it this way for the album - the 'unreleased' version just ruins this song!


goat
(who wonders if I should give this thread a one-star just so that it too will be underrated!)

just kidding!

}: )~

 

[the tourist]

HTDAAB: Love And Peace Or Else
ATYCLB: Wild Honey
Pop: If You Wear That Velvet Dress
Zooropa: Babyface
Achtung: Acrobat
R&H: Heartland
TJT: Exit
TUF: Promenade
War: Drowning Man
October: Rejoice
Boy: A Day Without Me

 

[D'oh!]

HTDAAB - Yahweh
ATYCLB - Stuck in a moment you can't get out of
POP - Last night on earth
ZOOROPA - Zooropa
ACHTUNG BABY - Tryin to throw your arms around the world
RATTLE AND HUM - Hawkmoon 269
THE JOSHUA TREE - Red hill mining town
THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE - Promenade
WAR - Like a song
OCTOBER - Rejoice
BOY - Shadows and tall trees

 

[LMP]

HTDAAB - Crumbs
ATYCLB - In a Little While
Pop - Last Night on Earth
Zooropa - Dirty Day
Achtung Baby - Ultaviolet
Rattle and Hum - God Part II
The Joshua Tree - One Tree Hill
The Unforgettable Fire - The Unforgettable Fire
War - Surrender
October - Tomorrow
Boy - The Ocean

 

[joerags]

HTDAAB - Crumbs
ATYCLB - In a Little While
Pop - Last Night on Earth
Zooropa - Dirty Day
Achtung Baby - Ultaviolet
Rattle and Hum - God Part II
The Joshua Tree - One Tree Hill
The Unforgettable Fire - The Unforgettable Fire
War - Surrender
October - Tomorrow
Boy - The Ocean

Agreed...

 

[BonosSaint]

Gone
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
A Man and A Woman

 

[TheFly84138]

Dirty Day is the most underrated U2 ever. Everything about it is great, and it has the best lyric ever included in a U2 song- "The days, days, days run away like horses over the hills."

 

[Bono's Betty]

Bomb...........Crumbs
ATYCLB........In a Little While
Pop..............Miami
Zooropa.......Dirty Day & Baby Face
Achtung baby.................TTTYAATW

 

[meital]

HTDAAB - Aman and a woman
ATYCLB - Beautiful day
Pop - Staring at the sun
Zooropa - Stay
Achtung baby - Until the end of the world
Rattle & hum - Hawkmoon 269
The Joshua tree - Running to stand still
The unforgettable fire - Bad
War - Like a song
October - Tomorrow
Boy - Iwill follow

 

[beau2ifulday]

How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - Love and Peace Or Else
All That You Can't Leave Behind - New York
Pop - If You Wear That Velvet Dress
Zooropa - The First Time
Rattle & Hum - Heartland
Achtung Baby - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Joshua Tree - Red Hill Mining Town
Unforgettable Fire - MLK
War - 40 (it deserves more recognition than it has)
October - Tomorrow
Boy - Is That All?



The First Time is the most underrated U2 song ever, in my opinion.

 

[U2girl]

War - Surrender
UF - Promenade
JT - Running to stand still
RaH - Heartland
AB - So cruel
Zooropa - First time/Dirty day
Pop - Gone
ATYCLB - In a little while
HTDAAB - One step closer

 

[Aardvark747]

Heartland
Some days are better than others
Promenade
A day without me
Rejoice
With a Shout
Red hill mining town
So cruel
The playboy mansion
Stateless
A man and A woman
Red Light...

...ok - i'm just kidding with this one!

 

[jkid]

"Please" (could have been the next "One")
"Bad" (not a radio hit, but should have)
"A Sort Of Homecoming " (whatever happened to this gem)
"A Man And A Woman" (nice pop song)
"Acrobat" (amazing song that didn't get what it deserved)
"Silver and Gold" (should have been on "The Joshua Tree"")
"The Ground Beneath Her Feet" (it is a crime that this song is not loved)

 

[AtomicBono]

So are these supposed to be songs underrated by the general public, or by U2 fans? I mean, come on, how can anyone honestly say songs like The Fly, Acrobat, and Gone are underrated by U2 fans? These are all clearly fan favourites...

Bomb - A Man and a Woman
All That - When I Look at the World
Pop - The whole album okay, Miami
Zooropa - Again I'm tempted to say whole album...but I'll say Babyface
Achtung - Ultraviolet
Rattle and Hum - Hawkmoon 269
Joshua Tree - Exit or Trip Through Your Wires
Fire - Indian Summer Sky
War - The Refugee (fans seem to appreciate Like a Song pretty well, otherwise I'd say that)
October - Tomorrow
Boy - Twilight

 

[timothius]

Boy - Stories For Boys
October - Is That All?
War - Red Light
UF - Wire
TJT - Running To Stand Still - It is Ethereal, it trumps the Holy Trinity. All of "The Suite Of Death"
R&H - Hawkmoon 269
AB - Ultraviolet
Zoo - Numb (again a classic), Daddy's Gunna Pay
Pop - Last Night On Earth X 100
ATYCLB - When I Look At The World
HTDAAB - Vertigo

 

[BONO'ppetit]

I can't agree with anything off HTDAAB b'c it's still too new. We don't know what will be the next hit off that so there's still plenty of time for any of them to make it.

My choices--although, I'm glad they're underrated in a way so they don't make the over-play list:

Mothers of the Disappeared
Heartland
Ultra Violet
Acrobat
One Tree Hill
So Cruel
Stay...

to start with.

btw, "40" and Bad are said to be among concert-goers favorites so I don't think they're under-rated. They may not have had much air-time but the fans know Great when they hear it.

 

[MacPhistoPT]

WAR
Like a Song

UF
The Unforgettable Fire

JOSHUA TREE
One Tree Hill

RATTLE&HUM
HeartLand

ACHTUNG BABY
Wild Horses
Arms Around the World

ZOOROPA
Zooropa
Some Days Are Better Than Others

POP
Last Night on Earth

ATYCLB
Kite
In a Little While
Peace on Earth

HTDAAB
Crumbs from your table
One Step Closer
Yahweh

 

[BONO'ppetit]

Oops, sorry, I didn't do one from each album. Just all those I thought were under-rated.

 

[Zootomic]

HTDAAB: Crumbs From Your Table
ATYCLB: In a Little While
Pop: Staring At The Sun
Zooropa: Zooropa
Achtung Baby: Love Is Blindness
Rattle and Hum: All I Want Is You
The Joshua Tree: Red Hill Mining Town
The Unforgettable Fire: Promenade
War: Drowning Man
October: Tomorrow
Boy: Twilight

Non-album track: Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)

 

[Barbie]

Hot To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - I don't know, because it hasn't been out for long enough to gauge folks' reactions to it

All That you Can't Leave Behind - When I Look At the World

Pop - Last Night On Earth

Passengers - the whole bloody thing! }: )~

Zooropa - The Wanderer - though I hate the oompahs!

Achtung Baby - Hard to say, so much on that album is a bit over-rated... have to say Acrobat - my choice for the greatest U2 song ever

Rattle and Hum - Love Rescue Me

The Joshua Tree - Trip Through Your Wires

The Unforgettable Fire - Indian Summer Sky

War - Like a Song...

October - I Threw a Brick Through a Window (is it underrated? I don't know what most people think of October's songs)

Boy - Shadows and Tall Trees - good thing they recorded it this way for the album - the 'unreleased' version just ruins this song!


goat
(who wonders if I should give this thread a one-star just so that it too will be underrated!)

just kidding!

}: )~

Goat, I really like your choices! Spot on!! =)

 

[LMP]

HTDAAB - Yahweh
ATYCLB - When I Look at the World
Pop - Staring at the Sun
Passengers - Slug
Zooropa - Zooropa
Achtung Baby - UltraViolet
Rattle and Hum - God Part II
The Joshua Tree - Exit
The Unforgettable Fire - Indian Summer Sky
War - Drowning Man
October - I Fall Down
Boy - A Day Without Me
Most Underrated Single - ANOTHER DAY, pity it wasn't on Boy, great tune

 

[Stefan]

Boy: Into the Heart
October: Rejoice
War: Red Light (I am not kidding!)
UF: A Sort of Homecoming
JT: tough one, maybe In Gods Country
RH: don't know
AB: Wild Horses (the most underrated U2 song ever)
Zooropa: don't know
Pop: Wake up Dead Man
ATYCLB: none
HTDAAB: Yahweh
B-sides: Walk to the Water

 

[Pero]

Underrated, hard to pick only one from an album:

Stories for boys
October, Gloria
Two hearts beat as one, Surrender
Wire, The Unforgettable fire, A sort of a homecoming
One tree hill, In God's Country, Mothers of the disappeared
All i want is you
Zoo station, The Fly, Acrobat, UV, Love is Blindness
Zooropa, Dirty day
WHOLE POP IS EXTREMELY UNDERRATED
In a little while
Original of the species

 

[MacPhistoPT]

I'm glad to see you guys consider Zooropa as one of the underrated songs. before coming here I used to think that I was the only one who loved that music

 

[Zooropean103]

HTDAAB - Love and Peace or Else (should be 4th or 5th single)
ATYCLB - Elevation (it's not THAT bad)
Pop - pretty much whole album, but most underrated are Miami (rocks live!!!), Playboy Mansion and Wake Up Dead Man (I like album version better)
Passengers - Slug, Your Blue Room, Theme From Let's Go Native
Zooropa - Dirty Day (one of their best songs, great live version)
Achtung Baby - Zoo Station
Rattle and Hum - God Part II
The Joshua Tree - One Tree Hill
The Unforgettable Fire - Wire, Indian Summer Sky, Elvis Presley and America
War - The Refugee
October - I Threw a Brick Through a Window
Boy - Twillight, An Cat Dubh, Shadows and Tall Trees

 

[TheRooster]

Boy - Another Time, Another Place
October - Fire
War - The Refugee
TUF - Wire
Joshua Tree - Exit/ Bullet
Rattle and Hum - When Love Comes to Town/ God Pt. 2
Achtung Baby - EBTTRT
Zooropa - The Wanderer/ DGPFYCC
Passengers - One Minute Warning / All of it
Pop - Miami/ Wake Up Dead Man
ATYCLB - In a Little While/ Peace on Earth/ When I Look at the World
HTDAAB - Love and Peace or Else