With U2's new album upon us and as I gear up for concert season, I decided to take a few moments to create a couple Top Ten lists. The first is a collection of my favorite U2 "Hits"; the second, my favorite of the non-released material. I've decided to leave the current album off the list. Without further ado, The Hits:
10. With or Without You
9. Ultraviolet
8. Beautiful Day
7. New Year's Day
6. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
5. Sunday Bloody Sunday
4. Please
3. Bad
2. One
1. Where the Streets Have No Name
No, for the non-hits (in some way a more difficult list)
10. Mofo
9. October
8. Kite
7. So Cruel
6. Walk On
5. Love is Blindness
4. Love Rescue Me
3. Van Dieman's Land
2. Acrobat
1. Running to Stand Still
I'm hoping this generates a little discussion especially from Dentite.
Please forgive 7 from Joshua Tree.
ReplyDeleteHits
1. One
2. Beautiful Day
3. Where the Streets Have No Name
4. Pride (In the Name of Love)
5. Bad
6. With or Without You
7. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
8. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
9. Mysterious Ways
10. Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Non-hits
1. 40
2. The Unforgettable Fire
3. In God's Country
4. Red Hill Mining Town
5. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
6. Surrender
7. Stay (Faraway, So Close)
8. Running to Stand Still
9. One Tree Hill
10. In a Little While
11. Staring at the Sun
I'll have to just put 'em all in one list, because I am not sure which are hits or not.
ReplyDelete1. One
2. All I Want Is You
3. With or Without You
4. Mysterious Way
5. Sunday Bloody Sunday
6. In God's Country
7. Where the Streets Have No Name
8. Van Diemen's Land
9. Desire
10. So Cruel
11. Beautiful Day
Hits
ReplyDelete1. Streets (gives me chills every time; the essential "lift off" song)
2. One (Zoo TV version with "do you hear me coming..." bit)
3. Bad
4. With or Without You (with "we'll shine like stars")
5. The Fly (one of the vastly underrated songs of all time)
6. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (the song that hooked me on U2)
7. I Will Follow
8. Beautiful Day
9. Mysterious Ways
10. Sunday Bloody Sunday (Elevation era)
"Non-hits"
1. All I Want is You (unbelievable melody and all-time great Edge solo)
2. Stay (Zoo TV live from Sydney)
3. Please
4. Running to Stand Still (album version)
5. So Cruel (wish they'd play this live)
6. 40
7. Kite (third leg Elevation 2001; also Window in the Skies single Pt. II)
8. Your Blue Room (I know, it's not technically U2, but one of Bono's best vocals)
9. Gone
10. The Unforgettable Fire
11. Walk On
12. Mercy (a rumoured ATYCLB outtake, this is an unbelievable song and probably should rank higher. PM me if you want an MP3 of it)
13. Party Girl
All time favorite U2 live concert moment: any Elevation era Bad into40 into Streets combo. See the Elevation Live from Boston DVD to prove my point.
dentite,
ReplyDeletei rewatched the streets version from boston on friday. great, great, great, with the lights spinning. however, my favorite recorded version of streets is the please into streets of the please single (live from rotterdam) with bono going into "then there will be no time for sorrow, then there will be no time for pain, etc...." greatness. i will follow should be on mine, an oversight. mercy is great, as is fast cars, two songs that should have made the official u.s. version of bomb. i didn't put miss sarajevo on there, but his live version on the last tour was great. that and sometimes you can't... were my favorites of the tour.