Prospector Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Mofo is great, stop talking this way about it :( The worst U2 song imo is called I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight :nod: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wintergreen Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I say their worst is "Some Days Are Better Than Others". I like "Mofo". And "I'll Go Crazy..." I would enjoy that setlist. I could think of a few other songs I'd love to hear, but hell, if and when I ever FINALLY do get to see U2 live, I'll be so happy I'm there that they could play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and I won't care :p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedPolitik Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Id be fine if Mofo and Miami were off of there (easily the two worst u2 songs) Mofo is awesome. Miami and Yahweh are the two worst U2 songs. And they're both on that set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedPolitik Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 How about this for a U2 concert setlist? I already made one for Coldplay and Muse, so I thought I may as well give it a go. My method isn't perfect, so the result is somewhat random. :wtf: Zoo Station Elevation Trip Through Your Wires Mysterious Ways Mofo Gone Kite Exit Sunday Bloody Sunday Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World Until The End Of The World New York Love And Peace Or Else Last Night On Earth Running To Stand Still Miracle Drug Miami Yahweh October Pride (In The Name Of Love) (encore) Breathe Vertigo Bullet The Blue Sky The Fly Love Is Blindness (encore 2) Where The Streets Have No Name One With Or Without You There are plenty of songs from Achtung Baby and Joshua Tree so Nikola should be happy. :P Sorry but I think this setlist has some garbage on it. It also has some excellent, underappareciated songs though, like Love Is Blindness, Running to Stand Still, October, Gone and so on... But it also has trash like Miami, Yahweh and New York. And some downright boring songs like Love and Peace or Else and Miracle Drug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedPolitik Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 1.) Even Better Than the Real Thing 2.) Pride (In the Name of Love) 3.) Sunday Bloody Sunday 4.) I Will Follow 5.) Magnificent 6.) Gone 7.) Until the End of the World 8.) Running to Stand Still 9.) I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 10.) The Unforgettable Fire 11.) Zooropa 12.) City of Blinding Lights 13.) Staring at the Sun 14.) Beautiful Day 15.) October 16.) New Year's Day 17.) Stay (Faraway, So Close!) 18.) A Sort of Homecoming ENCORE 19.) Discotheque 20.) The Fly 21.) Mysterious Ways 22.) Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me 23.) Ultraviolet (Light My Way) ENCORE 2 24.) With or Without You 25.) One 26.) Where the Streets Have No Name That MAY be my setlist... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Fitz, I've became a massive fan in the meantime, I like all albums really, not just TJT and AB. Although they are still one of my top 5 albums. You seem to be more than just a casual listener. I too have to defend Mofo. I've rediscovered it last year. I heard it a long time ago so I had a deja vu when I heard it again. And Miracle Drug is not boring IMO. I love it. That song and Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own are my favs off HTDAAB. I've tried making a setlist now. Impossible. Just too many good songs. A decade too many. Oh and dear God I gotta watch PopMart. :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedPolitik Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Ah well take my opinion with a grain of salt... I've never been a fan of HTDAAB, I give it a hard time haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 This would be close to my dream setlist. Zoo Station I Will Follow Desire Magnificent Even Better Than The Real Thing Beautiful Day The Fly Until The End Of The World New Years Day City Of Blinding Lights Pride Acoustic set Van Diemen's Land Stay (Faraway So Close) White As Snow Where The Streets Have No Name Sunday Bloody Sunday A Sort Of Homecoming I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For October The Unforgettable Fire Walk On encore City Of Blinding Lights One With Or Without You 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 OMG everyone (including the band) puts the same 2 or 3 songs at the end - Where The Streets Have No Name, One, With Or Without You. That's so stereotypical. :P Damn it, I'll try to make my list now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own just now on VH1! :awesome: What an incredibly emotional and beautifully sung song... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Where The Streets Have No NameBeautiful DayElevationVertigoMiracle DrugSometimes You Can't Make It On Your OwnWalk OnI Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking ForOnePleaseBullet The Blue SkyDesireNew Year's DayThe FlyMysterious WaysEven Better Than The Real ThingDaddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed CarDiscothequeMofoMagnificentThe Unforgettable FireA Sort Of Homecoming / MLKWith Or Without YouExitMoment Of Surrender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I guess this is the city of Fez in Morocco? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi52HjJbwVQ]U2 - Magnificent - YouTube[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedPolitik Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Please :elf: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James. Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own just now on VH1! :awesome: What an incredibly emotional and beautifully sung song... I also love that song :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wintergreen Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own just now on VH1! :awesome: What an incredibly emotional and beautifully sung song... I love that song. Easily one of their best from the last decade, heck, in general. I like "Miami". Weird, weird little song, but dammit, I like it :lol:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc-p3H1FC8Y]U2-A Sort Of Homecoming (1984) - YouTube[/ame] O com away, o com away, o com O com away, I say I O com away, o com away, o com O com away, I say I Edit: 6,666th post on this thread. :evil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wintergreen Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 :heart: That is one of my absolute favorite U2 songs. So beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Yeah, one of my favorites too. It's Chris' fav also I guess. :heart: Have you seen what he wrote? I view it as the WTSHNN prototype. It has wonderful lyrics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wintergreen Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 So I've heard. I think I do remember reading that essay from him somewhere once, yes (I think I might even have the magazine it's in, actually-I'll have to go back through my stack and look at some point), but it's lovely to read it again. See why I like him so much :D :heart:? Prototype for "Where The Streets Have No Name", eh? Hm. I never thought of that before, but I can definitely see the connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Chrissy be adorable as always. :rolleyes: The first song on The Unforgettable Fire, "A Sort of Homecoming," I know backward and forward — it's so rousing, brilliant and beautiful. It's one of the first songs I played to my unborn baby. :heart: :D Well it's obviously a standalone song, with some different themes to Where The Streets Have No Name, but they do have some similarities like - "running across the fields/hills/valleys" and "tearing down city walls/the walls that hold you inside"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedPolitik Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I always thought of The Unforgettable Fire (the album as a whole, but the title track mainly) being the blueprint for The Joshua Tree and in particular Where the Streets Have No Name. In turn, I see the song Zooropa as being the flipside of Where the Streets Have No Name. It's the same as it, but also the exact opposite. Then City of Blinding Lights is a return to Streets. I see TUF, Streets, Zooropa and COBL to all be part of a series of songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Yes, TUF and TJT are very similar albums. And if you play WTSHNN after MLK it's almost a perfect continuation. I don't really see the connection of Zooropa and COBL to the songs I mentioned. But yeah, maybe Zooropa could be the antipode and COBL's chiming riffs do sound similar to TJT era songs. TUF may be my most played album. But I almost never listen to Elvis Presley And America. I think it's a really crappy song and an obvious filler. And why the hell is it the longest? EDIT: But TJT is still my favorite album. The first 4 and last 3 songs are my favorites. The songs in between are "odes to America". And my least favorite song is exactly in the middle - Red Hill Mining Town. So after that song comes a sort of crescendo that ends with Exit, still one of my favorite U2 songs, it's very scenic. And Mothers Of The Disappeared I see as a kind of bonus song, it's so beautiful... The last 2 songs are the "Enoest". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedPolitik Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I dislike that song too. One of my least favourites from U2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wintergreen Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Chrissy be adorable as always. :rolleyes: The first song on The Unforgettable Fire, "A Sort of Homecoming," I know backward and forward — it's so rousing, brilliant and beautiful. It's one of the first songs I played to my unborn baby. :heart: :D Heh :). Can't think of a better musical introduction, though, right? Well it's obviously a standalone song, with some different themes to Where The Streets Have No Name, but they do have some similarities like - "running across the fields/hills/valleys" and "tearing down city walls/the walls that hold you inside"... Right. And they both have that sort of driving, "this is so freeing" type of sound to them, too. A lot of U2's music in the '80s had that sound, though :p. It's interesting you say your least favorite song from The Joshua Tree is "Red Hill Mining Town"-so often I run into people who pick "Trip Through Your Wires" for their least favorite. Myself, I like both, so...*Shrugs*. I agree with you on "Exit", too, that song is so dark and haunting and weird. I remember the first time I listened to the album I was confused at first and wondered if something had happened to my CD, 'cause "Exit" starts so freaking quietly. I always thought "City Of Blinding Lights" might've fit in somewhere in the Unforgettable Fire era-sort of alongside a B-side like "The Three Sunrises" or the title track from the album itself. "Zooropa" a reverse of "Streets"? Hm. Interesting thought. I may have to go listen and see if I can hear that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Yes, TUF and TJT are very similar albums. And if you play WTSHNN after MLK it's almost a perfect continuation. I don't really see the connection of Zooropa and COBL to the songs I mentioned. But yeah, maybe Zooropa could be the antipode and COBL's chiming riffs do sound similar to TJT era songs. TUF may be my most played album. But I almost never listen to Elvis Presley And America. I think it's a really crappy song and an obvious filler. And why the hell is it the longest? EDIT: But TJT is still my favorite album. The first 4 and last 3 songs are my favorites. The songs in between are "odes to America". And my least favorite song is exactly in the middle - Red Hill Mining Town. So after that song comes a sort of crescendo that ends with Exit, still one of my favorite U2 songs, it's very scenic. And Mothers Of The Disappeared I see as a kind of bonus song, it's so beautiful... The last 2 songs are the "Enoest". I think Red Hill Mining Town is fantastic. For U2 to write a song about the minors strike in the UK in the mid 80s was something inspirational, particularly to those affected and interested by the minors strike of 1984/85. It showcases the brilliance of the album as a contemporary piece of work in the 1980s and as a musical/historical piece of brilliance. My least favourite songs on the album are One Tree Hill and Trip Through Your Wires but even then those two songs are still very good. The Joshua Tree really is faultless. If Achtung Baby isn't the greatest album of the last 30 years, then Joshua Tree is. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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