Salome said:
so you reckon they would have sold more copies of the 1990-2000 best of if instead of Beautiful Day (the song that *single*handedly put U2 back on the map as the biggest band in the world) and Stuck in a moment .... they had put Lemon and Mofo on there?
interesting theory
the "you talk like if any band desicion were just unquestionable and perfect" is as poor as most of your arguements are
even a blind man with sunglasses on can see that it makes sense putting those songs on an album that's just a compilation anyway because:
1 - Beautiful Day sells albums
2 - a compilation album of 3 regular albums would be in line with something the Britney Spearse's of this planet do
sorry, but beautiful day doesn't fit for several reasons:
1. Theme: to reiterate what others have said, this was a best of the nineties. Beautiful Day is from a new decade with a new sound. It doesn't sound good alongside the other tracks from the nineties
2. the tracks omitted from the best of are glaring. i know many "non-fans" who have complained that the second best of isn't as good as the first, and have asked why "lemon" and "who's gonna ride" aren't on there. They don't ask about please because that song is probably something they haven't heard, but it should be on there too.
3. saving Beautiful Day and stuck would have been smart. why? you think releasing a best of from only 3 cds is "britney spears"? Try releasing one from 2 and a half (if they finish the new album in 07 or 08, and given their track record i don't think they will record another before the end of the decade, then all they have for 00-10 are ATYCLB, HTDAAB, and the Rubin Album. They already "blew their wad" with the ATYCLB songs, splitting them in half and reducing the number of real hits for VOL 3 significantly) YEah, beautiful day sells records, but it should have been on the same Best Of as Stuck, Elevation, Walk On.
Splitting those tracks was an enormous mistake.
4. They wouldn't have been pulling from 3 records. They would have been pulling from 4 (if you include passengers) plus a huge single (Hold Me)
5. they had no less than 16 major singles from the decade, and including GONE and UNTIL THE END, they had plenty of tracks not to pillage the OUGHTS.
6. I will repeat: splitting the tracks greatly reduces the possibility of enough tracks for VOL 3
7. MOST IMPORTANT: You want real hard reasons? DATES.
I Will Follow was released in OCTOBER 1980. All I Want Is You in June 1989.
The key fact here is that each Best Of has the chronological overlap date of their first year. (I.e.) 1980-1990 and 1990-2000 share "1990", so there must be some determining factor to understand which decade the song goes with. Since I WILL FOLLOW came out in OCTOBER 1980, and IT IS INCLUDED in 1980, then by the same token BD being released in October 2000 dictates that it be included in the 2000-2010.
The chronology should be Jan 1 1980 - Dec 31 1989 = EIGHTIES,
Jan 1 1990 - Dec 31 1999 = Nineties
Jan 1 2000 - Dec 31 2009 = Oughties
I still don't understand how people don't see this. Beautiful Day didn't come out in the ninties. Saying that if it came out in the first year of a new decade (1980, 1990, 2000) that it should be included in the PREVIOUS decade is completely illogical.
Yeah, Beautiful Day sells albums, but including it on ANOTHER CD 2 years after ATYCLB is not the way to make new fans or get people who found U2 in 2000 to buy another CD. THey look at the tracklist, see they already have 2 songs and pass. That is why it didn't sell as many copies as the first best of. it was too soon to include recent hits, while omitting obvious shoe ins.
i could go on all day, because BD's inclusion defies ALL LOGIC. but i will stop there