Worst U2 Songs

[ADecentMelody]

Maybe worst is too strong of a word. What is your least favorite song from each album? And after that, which of your least favorite is least? Let's stick to the main studio (including R&H) albums.

• Boy - Another Time, Another Place
• October - I Threw a Brick Through a Window
• War - The Refugee
• The Unforgettable Fire - 4th of July
• The Joshua Tree - Bullet the Blue Sky (great lyrics though)
• Rattle & Hum - When Love Comes to Town
• Achtung Baby - Zoo Station
• Zooropa - The Wanderer (and if that's unfair since it's not really U2, then Numb)
• Pop - Miami
• ATYCLB - New York

Least of the least: The Refugee

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

Maybe worst is too strong of a word. What is your least favorite song from each album? And after that, which of your least favorite is least? Let's stick to the main studio (including R&H) albums.

• Boy - Another Time, Another Place
• October - I Threw a Brick Through a Window
• The Joshua Tree - Bullet the Blue Sky (great lyrics though)
• ATYCLB - New York

Interesting enough these are my favorite non-single tracks on each of the respective albums. Alas.

 

[discothequeLP]

ok, least favourite, hmmm


Boy- None!
October- Threw a Brick...
War- None!
The Unforgettable Fire- EP and America
Joshua Tree- i'm not the biggest fan of Exit...
Acthung Baby- So Cruel
Zooropa- None!
Pop- IGWSHA
ATYCLB- When I Look at the World

 

[RademR]

Boy - The Ocean
October - Scarlett
War - Refugee
The Unforgettable Fire - 4th of July (I guess cause its instrumental)
The Joshua Tree - Can't Pick One, seriously I thought hard about it
Rattle & Hum - Love Rescue Me
Achtung Baby - Another one I can't do, just love them all
Zooropa - Somedays are better than others
Pop - The Playboy Mansion
ATYCLB - Peace on Earth

Worst Song ever: Tough..."The Refugee" gets another vote

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

Boy - The Ocean
October - Scarlett
War - Refugee
The Unforgettable Fire - 4th of July (I guess cause its instrumental)
The Joshua Tree - Can't Pick One, seriously I thought hard about it
Rattle & Hum - Love Rescue Me
Achtung Baby - Another one I can't do, just love them all
Zooropa - Somedays are better than others
Pop - The Playboy Mansion
ATYCLB - Peace on Earth

Worst Song ever: Tough..."The Refugee" gets another vote

Yeah.. you know... the kid's onto something

Although I adore LRM, the rest of the list pretty much sums mine up. I don't care for "Freedom for my People" off of Rattle and Hum (is that cheating?)

 

[discothequeLP]

shit! rattle and hum!!

Rattle and Hum- LRM, i guess...i still think its great live

 

[ADecentMelody]

Okay, we need to try harder. There's no such thing as none or can't pick one. Just list the songs out for each respective album from best to next best to next next best, etc. The last one on the list is your answer. And if there's a tie, you'll have multiple answers then.

Boy was surprisingly the hardest for me to decide on.

 

[Lisa71]

Boy - Another Time, Another Place

October - Fire

War - The Refugee

The Unforgettable Fire - Elvis ate america

The Joshua Tree - One Tree Hill

Rattle & Hum - Hawkmoon

Achtung Baby - Even Better than the real thing

Zooropa - The Wanderer

Pop - Miami, Playboy Mansion

ATYCLB - Grace

 

[starsgoblue]

I have a strong aversion to Miami

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

The Unforgettable Fire - Elvis ate america

Coulda sworn this was on Passengers...

And One Tree Hill? worst?

 

[The_acrobat]

Boy - Another Time, Another Place (sorta just a Twilight rip-off)

October - With A Shout

War - Red Light

UF - EP and America

JT - Exit

RH - Desire

AB - Mysterious Ways (please! Stop throwing your tomatoes at me!)

Zooropa - The Wanderer

Pop - Miami

ATYCLB - Grace

worst of the worst - EP and America

 

[Oregoropa]

Boy - Shadows & Tall Trees
October - Stranger in a Strange Land
War - The Refugee
Unforgettable Fire - 4th of July
Joshua Tree - Mothers of the Disappeared
R + H - Love Rescue Me
Achtung Baby - So Cruel
Zooropa - Babyface
Pop - Miami
ATYCLB - Grace

 

[edgeu22]

Weakest track per album --

Boy - A Day Without Me
October - Is That All?
War - Red Light
Unforgettable Fire - Elvis Presley and America
Joshua Tree - Trip Through Your Wires
Rattle and Hum - all the live tracks minus BTBS
Achtung Baby - Trying To Throw Your Arms Around the World
Zooropa - Babyface (what's with all the Numb haters?)
POP - Velvet Dress or Playboy Mansion (rest of the album - great)
All That You Can't Leave Behind - Peace on Earth

 

[starsgoblue]

OMG---you don't like Velvet Dress?!

 

[mofo82]

ive gotta agree with ep and America, but Miami? come on people its postmodern U2 at its coolest

 

[Axver]

Boy - The Ocean
October - I Fall Down
War - RED LIGHT!
The Unforgettable Fire - This album is perfection, but the weakest track is Elvis Presley And America
The Joshua Tree - Trip Through Your Wires
Rattle And Hum - Love Rescue Me
Achtung Baby - Ultra Violet
Zooropa - Babyface
Pop - The Playboy Mansion
All That You Can't Leave Behind - Wild Honey

Least of the least - RED LIGHT, WORST U2 SONG EVER. UGH. It's the only U2 song I do not like at all. At least Ultra Violet's very beginning is tolerable.

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

I Will Follow
Out of Control
11 O Clock Tick Tock
Gloria
October
Sunday Bloody Sunday
New Year's Day
Two Hearts Beat as One
40
Pride
A Sort of Homecoming
Bad
MLK
In God's Country
Red Hill Mining Town
With or Without You
Where the Streets Have no Name
ISHFWILF
Bullet the Blue Sky
One Tree Hill
Desire
All I Want is You
One
Mysterious Ways
Even Better than the Real Thing
Acrobat
The Fly
Until the End of the World
Numb
Lemon
Stay
The First Time
Staring at the Sun
Please
Gone
Last Night on earth
Discotheque
Beautiful Day
Walk On
Kite
Yahweh
A Man and a Woman
Vertigo
Miracle Drug
One Step Closer
Crumbs from Your Table
Original of the Species
Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own
Fast Cars
Love and Peace or Else
All Because of You
City of Blinding LIghts


These songs are all crap

 

[edgeu22]

Miami rocks. So does Another Time, Another Place.. but a lot of people have that one listed too.

Also didn't realize so many people disliked Love Rescue Me.

 

[starsgoblue]

Lemon, stop pulling me leg....

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

Lemon, stop pulling me leg....

who, me?

 

[ADecentMelody]

Miami rocks. So does Another Time, Another Place.. but a lot of people have that one listed too.

Also didn't realize so many people disliked Love Rescue Me.

Remember, it's not dislike...but least like. Something's gotta go!

Miami live is definitely on another level.

 

[starsgoblue]

who, me?

Trying to lead me on with those innocent eyes.....? Punk.

 

[RademR]

And One Tree Hill? worst?

Where's Axver?

 

[RademR]

I have a strong aversion to Miami

me too...can't hate it with the kind of hip-hop beat and that killer riff from Edge, its got a sexiness to it, plus Miami is my favorite city in the states so its got a special place

I'm seeing some people's least favorite and directly going to my u2 collection and listening to them. I just put on "Miami" and "So Cruel," damn, I love both these tunes.

 

[MatejU2]

I love Elvis Presley And America

 

[Axver]

Where's Axver?

Right here, thoroughly mortified.

One Tree Hill is one of the four best songs ever made, in my opinion. It hurts every time I hear something negative about that song. Sometimes, however, I wonder if you need to be a New Zealander to understand that.

 

[Canadiens1131]

Gah how can someone mention The Wanderer as bad, it's fantastic!

Well, my least favourite U2 track would have to be

 

[Canadiens1131]

.. the ocean.

Sorry bout the 2nd post

 

[Lisa71]

Right here, thoroughly mortified.

One Tree Hill is one of the four best songs ever made, in my opinion. It hurts every time I hear something negative about that song. Sometimes, however, I wonder if you need to be a New Zealander to understand that.

I understand why it was written and what it's about. I appricate that and I like the lyrics but for some reason I just don't care for the way it's sung. Nothing bad about the sentiment at all....

 

[Lisa71]

Coulda sworn this was on Passengers...

Oopsy!