MERGED ----> Definitive collection tracklisting predictions/discussions

[U2girl]

I will follow
Gloria
NYD
SBS
Pride
Streets
I still haven't found...
WOWY
Desire
One
MW
EBTTRT or Who's gonna ride, whichever did better on the charts
Stay
Discotheque
Beautiful day
Vertigo

hidden song HMTMKMKM

No need to skip any albums.

 

[ponkine]

Oh ok.. so if they include all those songs, then you're totally for it?!

I can't be "in" with any SINGLE DISC compilation called "Definitive" for a band like U2. I'm not that kind of fan. U2 deserves AT LEAST a 3 CD (4 CD including all their singles 1979-2005 and memorable songs like The Electric Co, Surrender, Bad, MLK, Running To Stand Still, The First Time, etc would be fair and make justice to their prolific career) for something intended as The Definitive Compilation

 

[Zoots]

U2 deserves AT LEAST a 3 CD (4 CD including all their singles 1979-2005

Why upto 2005? I thought you hated the last 2 albums.

The other thing is how many fans do you think will buy a 3 or 4 CD set??? Single or Double CD set would sell a lot more!

Personally I wish they had made this a double CD set at the end of their career, whenever they wish to end it.

 

[kevink]

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[kevink]

U2 deserves AT LEAST a 3 CD (4 CD including all their singles 1979-2005 and memorable songs like The Electric Co, Surrender, Bad, MLK, Running To Stand Still, The First Time, etc would be fair and make justice to their prolific career) for something intended as The Definitive Compilation

Here is my version of that 4 CD collection:

U2 - THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION

DISC ONE (1979-1984)

1. Out of Control
2. Another Day
3. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
4. A Day Without Me
5. I Will Follow
6. The Electric Co.
7. Fire
8. Gloria
9. A Celebration
10. New Year's Day
11. Two Hearts Beat As One
12. Sunday Bloody Sunday
13. Surrender
14. 40
15. A Sort of Homecoming
16. The Unforgettable Fire
17. MLK

DISC TWO (1984-1991)

1. Pride (In the Name of Love)
2. Bad
3. With or Without You
4. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
5. Where the Streets Have No Name
6. Bullet the Blue Sky
7. Running to Stand Still
8. In God's Country
9. One Tree Hill
10. Desire
11. Angel of Harlem
12. When Love Comes to Town
13. All I Want is You
14. Heartland
15. Night and Day
16. The Fly
17. Mysterious Ways

DISC THREE (1991-1997)

1. One
2. Even Better Than The Real Thing
3. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
4. Until the End of the World
5. Zoo Station
6. Numb
7. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
8. Lemon
9. The First Time
10. Miss Sarajevo
11. Hold Me Thril Me Kill Me Kiss Me
12. Discotheque
13. Staring at the Sun
14. Last Night on Earth
15. Please
16. If God Will Send His Angels
17. Gone

DISC FOUR (1998-2005)

1. The Sweetest Thing
2. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
3. Beautiful Day
4. Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
5. Elevation
6. Walk On
7. Kite
8. In A Little While
9. New York
10. Electrical Storm
11. The Hands that Built America
12. Vertigo
13. All Because of You
14. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
15. City of Blinding Lights
16. Original of the Species
17. Miracle Drug

 

[ponkine]

Why upto 2005? I thought you hated the last 2 albums.

Yes I don't like them at all, but I have to admit that a lot of fans like those albums and it's pretty evident that any compilation would be incomplete without stuff from ATYCLB and HTTDAB

Considering the singles collection 1979-2005 and emblematic U2 songs, making a 4 CD compilation would be pretty easy, really !

Disc One
1- Out Of Control
2- Another Day
3- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
4- I Will Follow
5- The Electric Co
6- Fire
7- Gloria
8- A Celebration
9- New Year's Day
10-Two Hearts Beat As One
11-Sunday Bloody Sunday
12-Surrender
13-"40"
14-Pride (in the name of love)
15-Bad
16-MLK

Disc Two
1- A Sort Of Homecoming
2- The Unforgettable Fire
3- Wire
4- With Or Without You
5- I Still Haven't Found
6- Where The Streets Have No Name
7- In God's Country
8- One Tree Hill
9- Bullet The Blue Sky
10-Running To Stand Still
11-Desire
12-Angel Of Harlem
13-When Love Comes To Town
14-God Part II
15-All I Want Is You
16-Night And Day

Disc Three
1- The Fly
2- Mysterious Ways
3- One
4- Until The End Of The World
5- Even Better Than The Real Thing
6- Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
7- Zooropa
8- Numb
9- Lemon
10-Stay (faraway so close)
11-The First Time
12-HMTMKMKM
13-Miss Sarajevo
14-Discotheque
15-Staring At The Sun
16-Gone

Disc Four
1- Last Night On Earth
2- Please
3- If God Will Send His Angels
4- Mofo
5- The Sweetest Thing
6- The Ground Beneath Her Feet
7- Beautiful Day
8- Stuck In A Moment
9- Walk On
10-Elevation
11-Electrical Storm
12-Vertigo
13-All Because Of You
14-Sometimes You Can't Make It
15-City Of Blinding Lights
16-Original Of The Species
17-The Saints Are Coming


Don't you think is a far more interesting retrospective and make justice to the greatness of U2 career?

 

[kevink]

I beat you to it!

Amazing how similair our 4 CD sets are!

 

[the tourist]

I Will Follow
Sunday Bloody Sunday
New Year's Day
Pride
Bad
With Or Without You
Where The Streets Have No Name
Desire
Mysterious Ways
One
Stay
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
Discotheque
Beautiful Day
Vertigo
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own

 

[theu2fly]

01. City Of Blinding Lights
02. I Will Follow
03. Vertigo
04. Elevation
05. New Year's Day
06. Beautiful Day
07. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
08. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
09. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
10. Miss Sarajevo
11. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
12. Where The Streets Have No Name
13. One
14. Until The End Of The World
15. Mysterious Ways
16. With Or Without You
17. All I Want Is You

 

[ponkine]

I beat you to it!

Amazing how similair our 4 CD sets are!

I noticed the same my friend !!! Pretty similar compilations

That's what I'm talking about when I point out about The DEFINITIVE Best of U2

Now, about the possible problem in getting a 4 CD set, the solution is simple: Have a look at the legendary Beatles Red and Blue albums They still go on selling and they are a great representation of the endless creativity and brillance of the fab four

So U2 could easily release 1979-1990 (or 1991) and 1991-2006 Red and Blue albums

It's about time U2 do something like that

 

[Partyslammer]

My Picks:

I Will Follow (Boy)
Gloria (October)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (War)
New Years Day (War)
Pride (UF)
Were The Streets Have No Name (JT)
Bullet The Blue Sky (JT)
With or Without You (JT)
Desire (R & H)
One (AB)
Mysterious Ways (AB)
Stay or Discotheque - tough choice (Zooroa vs Pop)
Beautiful Day (ATYCLB)
Vertigo (HTDAAB)
The Saints Are Coming (new song)
Mercy (new song)

Based on the press release of this 1 cd collection being a definitive "Best Of," I'd look no further than what songs are consistantly played year after year in the live sets to get an idea what U2 thinks are their most popular songs.

The only cut I'm really unsure of would be "Gloria" as well as the Pop or Zooropa cuts. They could very easily stick in another Achtung Baby or Joshua Tree song which would be ever more predictable. It would be nice if they threw fans a bone and included "11 O' Clock Tick Tock" and/or "A Celebration" both of which are U2's rarest tracks to find on cd instead of any one or two of the three tracks I mention above as being "iffy" considering the language of the press release. "Mercy" is the obvious choice of being the 2nd "new" track but really, who knows?

I'd also bet heavily that at least one if not both "new" tracks will be played during the upcoming tour as U2's way of giving fans on the rescheduled dates something of a "bonus" for their patience.

T.B..

 

[Axver]

It is my prediction that OCTOBER, ZOOROPA, and POP will be COMPLETELY IGNORED.

I agree. The only chance Zooropa has for representation is Stay. October will be completely forgotten - if Gloria couldn't make the cut on the Best Of 1980-1990, why would it make the cut on a CD with even more competition for room? And I'm not holding my breath for anything from Pop.

Here's what I think is a reasonable chronological expectation:

1. I Will Follow
2. Sunday Bloody Sunday
3. New Year's Day
4. Pride
5. Where The Streets Have No Name
6. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
7. With Or Without You
8. Desire
9. All I Want Is You
10. One
11. Mysterious Ways
12. Stay (or Even Better Than The Real Thing ... or if they want another eighties hit, Angel Of Harlem)
13. Beautiful Day
14. Stuck In A Moment or Elevation
15. Vertigo
16. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
17. The Saints Are Coming
18. New Song

Personally, I don't think that could be considered to be a 'definitive' Best Of in any sense. It completely fails to cover the depth of U2's style. But it would be hugely commercially successful and fulfills the U2.com criteria of 'well known tracks'. I think any prediction of a non-single making this tracklisting to be hugely optimistic.

 

[Michael Griffiths]

I agree. The only chance Zooropa has for representation is Stay. October will be completely forgotten - if Gloria couldn't make the cut on the Best Of 1980-1990, why would it make the cut on a CD with even more competition for room? And I'm not holding my breath for anything from Pop.

Here's what I think is a reasonable chronological expectation:

1. I Will Follow
2. Sunday Bloody Sunday
3. New Year's Day
4. Pride
5. Where The Streets Have No Name
6. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
7. With Or Without You
8. Desire
9. All I Want Is You
10. One
11. Mysterious Ways
12. Stay (or Even Better Than The Real Thing ... or if they want another eighties hit, Angel Of Harlem)
13. Beautiful Day
14. Stuck In A Moment or Elevation
15. Vertigo
16. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
17. The Saints Are Coming
18. New Song

Personally, I don't think that could be considered to be a 'definitive' Best Of in any sense. It completely fails to cover the depth of U2's style. But it would be hugely commercially successful and fulfills the U2.com criteria of 'well known tracks'. I think any prediction of a non-single making this tracklisting to be hugely optimistic.

I would suspect that you won't see 'Stuck' included this time around, as I know Bono stated that 'Walk On' and 'Elevation' deserve a place on a future release. Why 'Elevation', I have no idea. That is the only song I ever skip on ATYCLB and the only one that the vast majority of casual U2 fans seem to think is cheesy. I agree with Bono on 'Walk On', though.

I don't think this release is supposed to cover the depth of U2's style - and it would miss the point to believe it has such aspirations. The second Best Of hasn't been selling nearly as much as the first one did. This release is simply to close the gap for the casual U2 fan who wants 'Pride' on the same disc as 'Beautiful Day', for example. This is the record company's way of fixing the problem - and making a lot of money in the process.

 

[GAGV]

Guys, no matter what the tracklisting turns out to be, someone will be moaning because they didn't include one song or the other ("Why oh why isn't Miami here?"). That's the blessing of the computers, iPods and CD burning...

And I can see most of us downloading the new track from YSI/ as soon as it hits the radio or Internet... and then we'll buy the album, just to have our collection complete.

 

[Catman]

Most likely tracklist (or, atleast what I think would be the most "definitive U2" they could cram onto a single disc)...

Sunday Bloody Sunday
New Year's Day
Pride
Where the Streets Have No Name
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
With or Without You
Desire
The Fly
Mysterious Ways
One
Stay
HMTMKMKM
Discotheque
Beautiful Day
Stuck in a Moment...
Vertigo

Then the 2 new tracks, of course...

 

[shortfuse]

1. I will follow
2. Sunday Bloody Sunday
3. Pride
4. With or without you
5. ISHFWILF
6. WTSHNN
7. All i want is you
8. Desire
9. The Fly
10. One
11. Stay
12. Discotheque
13. Beautiful Day
14. Elevation
15. Walk on
16. Vertigo
17. The saints are coming
18. New track

We could see one of the rattle and hum tracks dropped in favor of either Mysterious Ways or Sometimes you cant make it on your own.... maybe even City of blinding lights.
I picked 3 ATYCLB songs because i firmly believe elevation and walk on will be included having missed out last time, and there is no way BD will be left out (hell.... on this kind of compilation it is probably the first track to be included)
I also dont think Pop will be ignored. Discotheque, with or without the boom-chas, will be on this disc.

 

[the tourist]

How about this year releasing The Rest Of 1980-1990 and next year release The Rest Of 1990-2000? The songs that didn't make the best of's but that are still very good?

1980s

Gloria
Out Of Control
Two Hearts Beat As One
God Part II
MLK
Exit
The Electric Co
Stories For Boys
In God's Country
One Tree Hill
A Sort Of Homecoming
Promenade
Heartland
Running To Stand Still


1990s

Zooropa
Last Night On Earth
The Fly
Please
Stateless
Slug
Lemon
If You Wear That Velvet Dress
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car
Acrobat
Wake Up Dead Man
Love Is Blindness

 

[gmplace0401]

I Will Follow
Gloria
New Year's Day
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Pride
Streets
With or Without You
All I Want is You
The Fly
One
Stay
Please
Walk On
Beautiful Day
Sometimes You Can't Make It
Vertigo
The Saints Are Coming
New Song

 

[thelaj]

Locks:
1. I Will Follow
2. Sunday Bloody Sunday
3. New Year's Day
4. Pride
5. Streets
6. Still Haven't Found
7. WOWY
8. Desire
9. Mysterious Ways
10. One
11. Beautiful Day
12. Elevation
13. Vertigo

3 from:
Bad, EBTTRT, The Fly, All I Want is You, Angel of Harlem, Stay, Discotheque, Walk On, SYCMIOYO.

My guess:
14. EBTTRT
15. Angel of Harlem
16. SYCMIOYO

 

[ponkine]

The Saints Are Coming contains "Boom Chas", plus Bono's Popmart Tour look ...

Maybe they'll include Discotheque

 

[craigp]

1 i will follow
2 nyd
3 sbs
4 pride
5 streets
6 wowy
7 desire
8 one
9 the fly
10 mw
11 stay
12 discotheque
13 elevation
14 beautiful day
15 vertigo
16 sycmioyo
----------------
17 the saints
18 newone

thats my prediction, i cant imagine them missing out the 6 uk number 1's (then again, discotheque = pop album )
obv not in that order though, they probably be in some very strange order like the last 2 best ofs

i prob wont be buyin this "album" anyways

 

[ponkine]

i prob wont be buyin this "album" anyways

I won't buy this bulls*** either. I'll download for free around there

If I had to spend my money, I want to do it for something decent and worthwhile not for more of the same crap just to make the guys of Universal Music richer and fatter

 

[andyuk]

ok 16 of u2 biggest hits here goes my guess on the tracklisting for the album

1. Where the steets have no name
2. beautiful day
3. vertigo
4. with or without you
5. one
6. pride
7. new years day
8. sunday bloody sunday
9. (new song)
10. i still hav'nt found
11. elevation
12. mysteroius ways
13. sweetest thing
14. desire
15. sometimes you can't make it
16. saints are coming
17. angel of harlem
18. all i want is you

 

[djerdap]

I Will Follow
Gloria
Sunday Bloody Sunday
New Year´s Day
Pride (In the Name of Love)
Where the Streets Have No Name
I Still Haven´t Found What I´m Looking For
With or Without You
Desire
All I Want Is You
One
Mysterious Ways
Hold me, Thrill me, Kiss me, Kill me
Discotheque
Beautiful Day
Vertigo

I bet this is the one.

 

[Dorian Gray]

my take on the 16 "best known" u2 songs:

1 sunday bloody sunday
2 new years day
3 pride
4 where the streets
5 still haven't found
6 with or without you
7 desire
8 angel of harlem
9 one
10 mysterious ways
11 discotheque
12 sweetest thing
13 beautiful day
14 walk on
15 elevation
16 vertigo


not many people are including Sweetest Thing, but I have a strong feeling the best of will include it...

 

[pepokiss]

I WANT VERTIGOx2

 

[BigMacPhisto]

1. They have to be their most famous songs as this is a "Greatest Hits" rather than Best Of.

2. Excluding HTDAAB, any tracks that weren't on previous Best Ofs will not be included. Why would U2 suddenly compile them now?

3. Honestly, how often have tracks from Zooropa or Pop been performed live lately?

I Will Follow - Unquestionably, you have to have this track. It's one of their most well known early recordings, was a small success, and a concert staple.

New Year's Day/Sunday Bloody Sunday - WARhorses.

Pride/Where The Streets Have No Name/I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For/With Or Without You/Desire/Mysterious Ways/One - Yawn.

Beautiful Day - Only obvious ATYCLB selection.

Vertigo - Only obvious HTDAAB selection.

That brings us to 12, choose four tracks from the following:

Bad
Angel Of Harlem
All I Want Is You
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Until The End Of The World
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Elevation
Walk On
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
City Of Blinding Lights

And.....

Not Out Of The Realm Of Probability:

Stay (Bono loves this track)
Discotheque (Huge hit)

 

[dabiggestu2fan]

Deluxe eddition:

Disk 1:

1. I will follow
2. Gloria
3. Sunday Bloody Sunday
4. The Unforgetable Fire
5. Still Haven't found what I am looking for
6. Where the streets have no name
7. Desire
8. The Fly
9. One
10 Mysterious Ways
11. Lemon
12. HMKMKMTM
13. I Believe (New Song)
14. Mofo
15. The saints are coming (new song)
16. Beautiful Day
17. Vertigo
18. City Of Blinding Lights

Disk 2:

1. Stories for boys (live)
2. Out of Control (live)
3. 40 (Live)
4. Bad (Live version from wide awake...)
5. Bullet The Blue Sky (live)
6. All Along the watchtower (live)
7. Even Better Then The real thing (Live)
8. Until the end of the world (live)
9. Wake up (part 2) from solome outtakes
10. Miss sarajevo (live)
11. Slug
12. PopMuzik (Live)
13. Always
14. Big girls are best
15. All because of you (alternate version)
16. Vertigo (Live)
17. The saints are coming (live)
18. I believe (Alternate version)

I'de like an album that will include atleast one song from each album. And a second disk with a whole lot of live shit mixed in with other rare songs. Yes it has vertigo X2!

 

[chocky]

My best guess (in chronological, not final tracklisting order):

Sunday Bloody Sunday
New Year's Day
Pride (In the Name of Love)
With or Without You
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Where the Streets Have No Name
Desire
All I Want Is You#
One
Mysterious Ways
Numb*
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
Discotheque
Beautiful Day
Elevation~
Vertigo

I personally think having a "definite" U2 album without Bad is a travesty but can't see it being included



# or Angel of Harlem
* or Lemon
~ or Sweetest Thing

 

[Axver]

Then we all get a huge surprise:

1. Out Of Control
2. The Electric Co. (new mix)
3. 11 O'clock Tick Tock (re-recorded)
4. Gloria
5. Two Hearts Beat As One
6. A Sort Of Homecoming
7. One Tree Hill
8. Heartland
9. God Part II
10. Acrobat
11. Lemon
12. Mofo
13. Last Night On Earth
14. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
15. Kite
16. Love And Peace Or Else
17. Pinball Wizard (with David Gilmour, Neil Finn, and Steven Wilson)
18. 404/All My Life