Favorite "less popular " U2 songs!

[salim117]

There are times when I feel like listening to U2 but not neceserally to my tried and true favorites. This seems to happen most often when a new album is on the horizon. So I made my list of "Alternate" favorites:

1.So Cruel
2.Seconds
3.Running to Stand Still
4.Trying to throw your arms around the world
5.God pt.2
6.Some days are better...
7.Elvis presley & America
8.Staring at the sun
9.Zooropa
10.Gloria
10b.God's Country
10c.Hawkmoon 269

Salim

 

[jick]

I think less popular should be properly defined as songs that have not been released as singles or have no accompanying music videos or have hardly been played live.

Here's my list in no particular order:

So Cruel
Red Hill Mining Town
Heartland
Babyface
When I Look At The World

Cheers,

J

 

[salim117]

agreed. That's why it's quote... unquote.

 

[Phalanx]

A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel
Drowning Man
Spanish Eyes

 

[tkramer]

Lady with the spinning Head.

I love that song...

 

[djerdap]

Another Time, Another Place
With a Shout
Exit
Heartland
Lemon(I noticed that this song, which I think is a master-piece - in my top 5 - isn't very popular on the board)
Do You Feel Loved
The Ground Beneath Her Feet

 

[Hoodlem]

I really like a couple of the songs that people say are the "worst" on certain albums.

Such as...

I love "Trip through your Wires" on TJT

I love "Red Light" (way better than "two hearts") and "The Refugee" on WAR

I love "Trying to throw your Arms..." on AB

I love "The Playboy Mansion" on POP


Some of the songs that everyone loves do not appeal to me as much.

 

[Peter]

wake up dead man
twilight
another time another place
rejoice
hawkmoon 269
god part II
summer rain
red hill mining town
exit
love is blindness
your blue room
plot 180

 

[roy]

One Tree Hill,
Heartland,
So Cruel

 

[Bona Vox]

I also love Heartland! Great song, but unfortunately the whole R&H album isn't very popular...
And I like Trying to throw.... especially live

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

dirty day
wire

 

[Keocmb]

Lady with the Spinning Head.

 

[maro_chik]

Here it comes....

The Refugee

'nuff said.

 

[bsp77]

Heartland
Heartland
Heartland

 

[PajaCzech]

Heartland and Lady with the spinning head..definitely masterpieces!

 

[FullonEdge2]

My favorite alternates are Lemon and Heartland

 

[bonojr62]

hm..... running to stand still.
do you feel loved.
the whole Zooropa album

 

[4215Andersson]

A song that allways comes up on "worst U2 song ever" is
"Miami" But I think it´s great especially in live versions.

 

[strannix]

I've always really liked "Acrobat" ... I'm surprised no one's brought it up yet.

 

[briarrose]

Lady with the Spinning Head
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Mofo
Happiness is a Warm Gun
When I Look at the World

 

[Catman]

First off...A DAY WITHOUT ME. I love that song (should've been a single. it would have dominated the charts back then, I kid you not...).

As for the rest, here's a few off the top of my head...

When I Look at the World
Indian Summer Sky
Fire
Like a Song
Hawkmoon 269 (fans here generally love the song, but for some reason I still feel it doesn't get the recognition it deserves)
Wild Honey (unappreciated; gets too much slack)
The Hands That Built America

...and that's it for now. More will come to mind shortly, but I won't edit my post because I'm lazy and sloth is the greatest of the 7 deadly sins

 

[strannix]

"A Day without Me" was a single. But I still think it counts as a "less popular" song.

 

[popacrobat]

do you feel loved
dirty day
playboy mansion
babyface
if god will send his angels
when love comes to town
wild honey

 

[radioskugga]

First off...A DAY WITHOUT ME. I love that song

Word!

I like Van diemen's land... dunno if it is popular among fans or not.

 

[SkeeK]

So Cruel
Walk To The Water
Wake Up Dead Man
all rank in my favouritest of favourite u2 songs.

Love is blindness, and 2 shots of happy as well.

Ultraviolet, One Tree Hill, Night and Day, Zooropa, Ultraviolet, In A Little While, Love Comes Tumbling might also fit in this category depending on how much less popular we're talking about

 

[edgeu22]

ultraviolet
zooropa
red hill mining town
the wanderer
heartland
gone
wire

 

[Joha_U2]

North and South of the River
Heartland
The Wanderer
Do You Feel Loved

 

[ultraviolet7]

Less popular U2 songs re normally in my fave list!

Not to memntion the incredibly NOT-SINGLE Gone (one of my all-time fave U2 songs)

Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
Love Is Blindness
Acrobat
LWSH
Salome
Dirty Day
Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car
Some Days Are Better Than Others
Zoo Station
Wire
The Ocean
Silver And Gold
Hawkmoon 269
God Part II
Red Hill Mining Town
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
New York
Do You Feel Loved
MIAMI...my MAMMY!!

 

[TC2290]

I always thought Heartland was very underrated.....

 

[senrab]

Walk To the Water
Heartland
Promenade
Surrender