Whoa whoa whoa WHOA.
I know this is all opinion here, but I have to defend some of these tracks:
Elevation is a fun song about sex. Nothing wrong with that. As Bono so famously said "sometimes you don't want to read a novel, you want to read a magazine."
I am in complete agreement with Axver, who said that "Smile" is one of the best tracks recorded in the 2000s. A damn travesty that that song didn't make HTDAAB. That chorus is so cathartic.
Surprised to see "Flower Child" on here, because I love that one too! That chorus has such a bittersweet melancholy and the song overall has that sad vibe to it. "The lights turned red on a love that should have stayed gold...". Great lyrics and melody on that tune!
Re: Miami. I "get it", but it took a looooong time for me to like. I like the song now, but I remember hating it for the longest time. I don't know what happened, I just kind of warmed to it. Though I admit it's not the high point in the U2 canon.
And I agree with whoever said that it's time to stop with the term "embarrassing" when describing these songs. I don't see how a song can be embarrassing. Quotes, however, can be embarrassing and this band has a few of them, like Bono on New Year's Eve 1989, "rock n' roll, that's all folks! *Woody Woodpecker laugh*" before All Along The Watchtower.
Now as for my least favorite U2 songs?
Gotta be the last three songs on October. "Stranger in a Strange Land" is boring to me. "Scarlet" would be a good tune if it had a verse or two, instead of the mind-numbing "Rejoice" chant, which gets old after a minute. And "Is That All?" does nothing for me. I like it much more as "The Cry".
Also, "4th of July" and "Elvis Presley in America" don't ever get any play from me.
Though I do have to give U2 credit, because while those first 4 albums have some spotty moments, they've been spot on since then. Every album since The Joshua Tree is playable front to back, in my opinion. Don't see that too often!