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Those would be the top 5 from that album for many people. I think Twilight and Another Time, Another Place are also very strong.
Mrs APK and the daughter both joke that A Day Without Me is my anthem.
7 songs from Boy made my top 71, so about 10% of my list.Mrs APK and the daughter both joke that A Day Without Me is my anthem.
Great songs. Similar to @Pip's Invitation, I’ve also enjoyed Cat Dubh/Into the Heart as a combo, not as much split apart.
Twilight is great. Ditto with Another Time Another Place. That said, both songs are pretty raw…..easy to see why they would be below other songs for many folks. And Bono kind of lets his voice go maybe just a little too uncontrolled in both songs.
But whatever, I’m glad you are in here enjoying it, listening to U2, ranking songs!
edit to add: every time I hear Out of Control…..it just gets better and better each time. Why do I forget how much I like it???
For me, this was the case big time with I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For. So overplayed back in the day. Had no interest in ever hearing the song again, and it’s probably been 20 years since I’ve played it all the way through. Was fully prepared to have it tumble pretty far down the list. But then I listened to it again just for this ranking exercise. And I found myself really appreciating how good of a song it is. Ended up inside my top 20.
I had the same reaction to this song. It didn’t even make my top 40 to begin with for the same reason. But after listening to it again a few times it easily made the cut.
Achtung’s appearance was EXTREMELY jarring in real time. Bands talk all the time about wanting to reinvent themselves, but U2 truly did. Most of their fans stayed the course because the songs were so good. And some people jumped on board, like my friend who is too busy to do a Beatles list because of his new record store. He didn’t like U2 at all until Achtung came out — and ended up going to a show on the Zoo TV tour with me.
Re-posting this because the last couple of posts have been about ISHFWILF.....
This is great!!! So glad you have had fun!krista4 said:
If Bullet the Blue Sky was the one you cut, I'm going to freak.krista4 said:
I like the tempo increase, but prefer the original key. Interesting listen - thanks for posting!
Yeah, Bullet the Blue Sky didn't even end up in the Top 50 when we did this a few months ago. There were some heated exchanges over that. A lot of names got scratched off the Christmas card list after that one.You're safe.
Whoa, that’s shocking. Not sure where I’ll have it but somewhere in the top 25 at least.
I want to be clear that this rendition has nothing to do with my extremely high ranking of the song. This acoustic version would be in the 200s if I were to rank that many tunes (which I didn’t).
It’s always been top 10 for me. On the day I made my list for this, it was top 5.krista4 said:
No. But you can redeem yourself with rankings and additional postings. Of course, I am kidding, and different opinions make the world go round. Our rankings certainly were limited by an extremely small sample size. In a broader survey, even with some people that are not huge Bullet fans, there are enough that are that it would rank pretty highly (at a minimum, at least in the Top 50. It's the favorite song of former U2 manager Paul McGuiness (for 34 years), so it can't be that bad.Phew! I finally am caught up. I tried to follow along but you were all posting too quickly for me to keep up so my comments would have been way out of whack.
I'm a huge U2 fan, but not a big Bullet fan. Am I still allowed here?
I've seen probably them in concert around 15 times in two different countries. My first experience was ZooTv and it was such an out of this world sensory experience. I've stood in the Red Zone (is that even a thing anymore) which was absolutely incredible.
I can't say my U2 experience is any different than for many of you, including their music helping me through tough times throughout my life.
Many thanks to all of you for your input, information and perspective. I really appreciated everyone's opinions, including those for whom I disagreed. I'll see if I can get a ranking submitted this week for the second set of rankings.
Pretty big Pop fan myself. Gone and Please are great tracks IMO. I think I ranked all of the Pop songs in the 121 list I submitted. Moment of Surrender I have at 86, but I do like it.
Im still pissed i didnt rank this where my heart says. I chickened out and ranked it in the 50s, but i dont like the song much at all. Im much truer this time in the low 100s. I agree wholeheartedly with our other outlier ranker.
You are alright by me dawg lolSteelCurtain said:Phew! I finally am caught up. I tried to follow along but you were all posting too quickly for me to keep up so my comments would have been way out of whack.
I'm a huge U2 fan, but not a big Bullet fan. Am I still allowed here?
I've seen probably them in concert around 15 times in two different countries. My first experience was ZooTv and it was such an out of this world sensory experience. I've stood in the Red Zone (is that even a thing anymore) which was absolutely incredible.
I can't say my U2 experience is any different than for many of you, including their music helping me through tough times throughout my life.
Many thanks to all of you for your input, information and perspective. I really appreciated everyone's opinions, including those for whom I disagreed. I'll see if I can get a ranking submitted this week for the second set of rankings.
Excellent summary. Im really glad you listened to the Songs albums with fresh ears. U2 fans ears were hurt by Pop and No Line on the Horizon. Its hard for us to listen with a new set of ears when our memories are locked in.
There are plenty of moments of Good on the album, but I stand firm in my opinion that Miami and Playboy Mansion is the worst 2 song stretch on any U2 album.
One of my colleagues is a music fanatic. I mentioned these countdowns to him 3 years ago when krista was doing the Beatles list (he's a huge Beatles fan) and then again when Pip did his Neil Young countdown (he is the biggest Neil Young fan that I've ever met---he might even rival Pip in that category). So he got onto the site and followed along during both those countdowns. Of course, he voiced his disagreements with me but he would NEVER sign up to a message board or post. But he has loved all the discussion and extra information that you all have provided in these threads.
I encountered plenty of bigger Neil fans than me when I was on a Neil email discussion list in the late 90s and early 00s. Flying across the country or overseas for shows, writing copious amounts on the meaning of Will to Love, etc.
I was just messaging Getzlaf my Beatles list. I wrote down my faves on a piece of scrap paper. I came up with 26 songs, remembered I missed one, and easily lopped off 2 songs. I went and looked at the track listings on all their albums and didn't come up with any others. Probably took me 20 minutes. I won't swear that I have the most unusual list, but I probably will be in contention (not that it matters any).
I’ve got the original 228, cut to 225.
