U2 - Community rankings - FIN - #4 Sunday Bloody Sunday, #3 - One, #2 - Bad, #1 - Where the Streets Have No Name -Spotify links, thanks to Krista4 (3 Viewers)

[simey]

(167) >217 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

Total Points - 23.82 - Rankers - 4 - Ave points per ranker 5.96

Highest - 78 - Lowest 255

I know this song and version. I like it a lot. This Christmas album came out when I was in college, and I still have it. The album proceeds went towards the Special Olympics. I coached the Special Olympics for two years in college. Those kids were the happiest bunch I have ever been around. It was such a great experience that I held on to my coaching shirt for all these years.

 

[simey]

(Unranked) >215 - Lucifers Hands

I like this. 

 

[krista4]

(Unranked) >219 - C’Mon Everybody

(Unranked) - > (218) - Rockin in the Free World with Pearl Jam

(167) >217 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

I need a reason to put a cover on my list, and none of these gave me a reason.  While none of them were bad, none felt like they needed to exist.

 

[krista4]

(Unranked) >216 - Boy Falls from the Sky Live from Coimbra

(Unranked) >216 - Boy Falls from the Sky Studio

Total Points - 24.45 - Rankers - 3 - Ave points per ranker 8.15

Highest - 88 - Lowest 153

Comment - Starts off with a real “Hold Me Kiss Me Kill Me” vibe, but peters out quickly. Just sounds unfinished and unproduced. Reading about the spiderman musical was fascinating. Not sure how many on the soundtrack would be U2 songs. This one is fairly unimpressive though. 

Anarchy99 comment - A song Bono and Edge wrote (but did not record) for Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark. At one point, the band had considered recording all the Spider Man songs with the full band, but that never materialized (or it did and they never released the tracks). However, the band performed this song one time at Coimbra - 2010-10-03. It's recorded from an inner ear monitor of Bono while he's performing, which is why you can hear someone else counting during the performance. Not officially released.

So...aren't those two versions linked above the same versions with just different names?

I'm the 88 on here.  I can't justify it that well, but I don't think the song "peters out" and I feel like that guitar hook... :chefskiss:  It keeps me going.  I definitely struggled with placing this song since the only version is the live one with the sound guy counting off in it.  But I gave it high marks for potential.  If this were made into a real version I think we'd all be singing its praises.  I probably did have it a bit too high at this point, though.

 

[krista4]

(Unranked) >215 - Lucifers Hands

(100) - > #127 - New York

Neither of these made my initial cut.  Just listened to New York again, since it was ranked higher and I might have missed something.  Nah.  Bo-ring.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

(100) - > #127 - New York

Vulture.com ranking and comment -113/218 - New Yorkers can’t be unbiased about songs about New York, especially ones written by people who have gigantic crushes on the city. “I just got a place in New York” sounds like every college grad arriving here from Ohio with a gleam in their eye, and that loud, dirty guitar on the chorus sounds like gridlock on a holiday weekend. It’s also an alternate reality: what Bono could have ended up like, had his life gone another way.

Comment - With a bit more thought this could have been a classic. Has a great vibe and anthemic in nature. Just a shame it comes up a little short

Total Points - 141.45

Rankers - 9

Average Points per rank - 15.72 (Approximately a 69th rank). 

Ranks 140th on average points per ranker

Highest Rank - 36

Lowest Rank - 170

Previous Rank - 100 > 127

Special version requested - None

Ranking Comments - 2 of the rankings are top 50, another 4 are top 100, top 75 in fact. The rest just over 100. This drops from last time, but is still ranking well. We are very close to seeing our first song with 10 votes. 

I am the second top 50 ranker at 46. Musically it reminds me a bit of Exit, which I seem to like much better than most people in this thread. "That loud, dirty guitar on the chorus" is a big selling point for me. 

 

[Anarchy99]

I need a reason to put a cover on my list, and none of these gave me a reason.  While none of them were bad, none felt like they needed to exist.

Ok. I’ll bite. How are the core of U2 covers any better or worse than the slew of Beatles covers? The Fab Four have a few high energy, inspired covers, but IMO the majority are not exceedingly interesting or versions where I would say WOW! That’s a great cover! IIRC, there are like 75 officially released covers by The Beatles. How many of them are truly noteworthy?

 

[krista4]

Ok. I’ll bite. How are the core of U2 covers any better or worse than the slew of Beatles covers? The Fab Four have a few high energy, inspired covers, but IMO the majority are not exceedingly interesting or versions where I would say WOW! That’s a great cover! IIRC, there are like 75 officially released covers by The Beatles. How many of them are truly noteworthy?

Am I mixing you up with some other Anarchy99 who had a Led Zeppelin thread, or weren't you the guy who got up in arms that people started talking about the Beatles in that thread?  What the heck?   

There's nothing for you to "bite" on here.  I realize you enjoy many of the U2 covers more than anyone else, which is cool since I don't think there's a right or wrong, and I like hearing why someone else gets more out of a piece of music that I do.  I think most are OK but not noteworthy for me as I find their original works more compelling.  Similarly, I ranked most of the Beatles covers very low, though I understand they are more integral to their development and history as a whole (as @Uruk-Hai explains well in any Beatles thread).  They're in any case irrelevant to my enjoyment of any U2 covers and to the thread. 

ETA:  I ranked 115 U2 songs, meaning those were my 115 favorites.  Out of curiosity, I went back to my original Beatles list to see how many covers I had in my top 115.  Three, with the highest being at #78.  Wanna guess how many covers I have on my 115-song U2 list?  Hint:  more than three.  Whether a collapsed strawman or just a faulty premise, I don't know what you're going on about here.   

 

[foxco]

Lucifers Hands isn't too bad, maybe shoulda made the bottom of my list of 75. Don't think I'd seek it out, but don't think I'd turn it off. 

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

So...aren't those two versions linked above the same versions with just different names?

I'm the 88 on here.  I can't justify it that well, but I don't think the song "peters out" and I feel like that guitar hook... :chefskiss:  It keeps me going.  I definitely struggled with placing this song since the only version is the live one with the sound guy counting off in it.  But I gave it high marks for potential.  If this were made into a real version I think we'd all be singing its praises.  I probably did have it a bit too high at this point, though.

I linked two versions because one of the rankers requested a specific version (the live one).

We have seen a few special versions requested. More to come

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

(129) >214 - Always

Total Points - 28.83 - Rankers - 5 - Ave points per ranker 5.77

Highest - 101 - Lowest 216

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

(Unranked) >213 - Love You Like Mad

Total Points - 29 - Rankers - 4 - Ave points per ranker 7.25

Highest - 76 - Lowest 200

Comment - This is a passable album track from the atyclb sessions. Didnt make the album. Just sort of drifts along

Anarchy99 Comment - Another song developed for ATYCLB in 2000. Added to The Complete U2 collection in 2004. It definitely would have fit on the album and IMO is better than some of the tracks that ended up on the album. Officially released.

 

[krista4]

I linked two versions because one of the rankers requested a specific version (the live one).

We have seen a few special versions requested. More to come

All I was saying (poorly) was that the one marked "studio" seemed also to be the live version from Colombia (and is marked as such).   I might be wrong, though, and it doesn't matter much anyway.  I wish there were another version of this since I actually liked it quite a lot.

 

[Anarchy99]

Am I mixing you up with some other Anarchy99 who had a Led Zeppelin thread, or weren't you the guy who got up in arms that people started talking about the Beatles in that thread?  What the heck?   

There's nothing for you to "bite" on here.  I realize you enjoy many of the U2 covers more than anyone else, which is cool since I don't think there's a right or wrong, and I like hearing why someone else gets more out of a piece of music that I do.  I think most are OK but not noteworthy for me as I find their original works more compelling.  Similarly, I ranked most of the Beatles covers very low, though I understand they are more integral to their development and history as a whole (as @Uruk-Hai explains well in any Beatles thread).  They're in any case irrelevant to my enjoyment of any U2 covers and to the thread. 

ETA:  I ranked 115 U2 songs, meaning those were my 115 favorites.  Out of curiosity, I went back to my original Beatles list to see how many covers I had in my top 115.  Three, with the highest being at #78.  Wanna guess how many covers I have on my 115-song U2 list?  Hint:  more than three.  Whether a collapsed strawman or just a faulty premise, I don't know what you're going on about here.   

What I posted initially came across all wrong. I don't know what you ranked or didn't rank for U2 songs (or their cover songs). I also am not trying to force feed anything on you. People can like or not like whatever they want. I guess my overall point (which clearly didn't come through) is that there are a ton of covers out there for all bands. Most of them come up short. In my revised list of 101 U2 songs, I think I had 9 covers. That's probably higher than most people had (if I had to guess). But they have a ton of covers, so I left off 90%+ of their covers. As I mentioned multiple times the first time we did this, at their peak, why was U2 spending so much time recording or performing covers? They weren't trying to get established . . . they were already a global phenomenon. 

That ties into my overall point . . . even though I carry the scarlet letter for being crazy cover tune guy, even I admit that most covers are usually "ok" most of the time and rarely "WOW" versions of existing songs. I wasn't specifically singling you out . . . but it seems that a common theme in all these music threads is most cover versions blow, and on the surface, it looks like not many people like them. It seems to me sometimes that people see COVER and immediately dismiss it. Maybe I'm wrong on that one . . .

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

(201) >212 - Miami

Total Points - 29.15 - Rankers - 6 - Ave points per ranker 4.86

Highest - 106 - Lowest 275

 

[krista4]

(129) >214 - Always

Total Points - 28.83 - Rankers - 5 - Ave points per ranker 5.77

Highest - 101 - Lowest 216

Didn't make my first cut.

(Unranked) >213 - Love You Like Mad

Total Points - 29 - Rankers - 4 - Ave points per ranker 7.25

Highest - 76 - Lowest 200

This made my initial cut but not the final list.  My notes just say, "Lyrics," so I listened again.  They're not great but not abominable.  Probably hit me on a day where "I looooooove you" irritated me as too lacking in subtlety.  Should have kept it somewhere in the bottom region of my list.

 

[krista4]

What I posted initially came across all wrong. I don't know what you ranked or didn't rank for U2 songs (or their cover songs). I also am not trying to force feed anything on you. People can like or not like whatever they want. I guess my overall point (which clearly didn't come through) is that there are a ton of covers out there for all bands. Most of them come up short. In my revised list of 101 U2 songs, I think I had 9 covers. That's probably higher than most people had (if I had to guess). But they have a ton of covers, so I left off 90%+ of their covers. As I mentioned multiple times the first time we did this, at their peak, why was U2 spending so much time recording or performing covers? They weren't trying to get established . . . they were already a global phenomenon. 

That ties into my overall point . . . even though I carry the scarlet letter for being crazy cover tune guy, even I admit that most covers are usually "ok" most of the time and rarely "WOW" versions of existing songs. I wasn't specifically singling you out . . . but it seems that a common theme in all these music threads is most cover versions blow, and on the surface, it looks like not many people like them. It seems to me sometimes that people see COVER and immediately dismiss it. Maybe I'm wrong on that one . . .

 I think you and I are generally in agreement on all of this, then.  And, even though you're not directing it at me, I became aware four years ago that have done what you said in the second paragraph, so have consciously been trying not to do that anymore.  Most covers don't cover new ground in a way I find interesting, but I have great appreciation and excitement for those that do.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

(Unranked) >211 - Flower Child

Total Points - 29.83 - Rankers - 5 - Ave points per ranker 5.97

Highest - 71 - Lowest 211

Comment - Definitely sounds like a 00s track. Mostly in the vein of Wild Honey. Nice enough. Just meanders though.

Anarchy99 Comment - Developed for 2000’s All That You Can’t Leave Behind and included as a set of demo recordings included with The Complete U2 in 2004, a digital ‘box set’ released at the same time as the album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. Officially released.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

(Unranked) >210 - Smile

Total Points - 30.05 - Rankers - 4 - Ave points per ranker 7.51

Highest - 78 - Lowest 164

Comment - Developed late in the HTDAAB sessions. This probably doesnt fit that album anyway, but its a sign of what they do on the Songs albums. Odd that anarchy99 references it sounds like TJT, which is quite the praise. I quite like it despite it not being exciting. I am the highest rank on this. Its a pleasant number

Anarchy99 Comment - Originally recorded during the How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb sessions in 2004, the song didn't make the final release of the album. However, several months later it was included in the Complete U2 digital release of bonus album tracks. To me, it sounds more like a track from TJT timeframe. Officially released.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

(148) - > #126 - Do You Feel Loved

Vulture.com ranking and comment - 120/218 - The way for U2 to write a sexy song is to not try to write one. When they try too hard, they end up with “Do You Feel Loved,” which feels 50 percent finished. Then again, that is the entire story of Pop, depending on who you talk to: not enough time and not the right people. The vibe is decent but it doesn’t go much further than that. “[It] was a great thought that never really became a great song,” the Edge said.

Comment - Just not interesting enough. I’m hoping one of the higher rankers can chime in here. I’m not sure if hearing about the troubled production in advance of listening to it hindered enjoyment, but you can hear it on almost every track. 

Total Points - 142.95

Rankers - 7

Average Points per rank - 20.42 (Approximately a 61st rank). 

Ranks 111th on average points per ranker

Highest Rank - 28

Lowest Rank - 143

Previous Rank - 148 > 126

Special version requested - None

Ranking Comments - 5 of the rankings are top 60 and I bring up the tail. It surprised me a little that there was a significant portion that really like this. The Pop truthers are a reasonable number amongst us

 

[simey]

I wasn't specifically singling you out . . . but it seems that a common theme in all these music threads is most cover versions blow, and on the surface, it looks like not many people like them. It seems to me sometimes that people see COVER and immediately dismiss it. Maybe I'm wrong on that one . . .

Rankers didn't seem to mind the covers in your Led Zeppelin thread. 

 

[Pip's Invitation]

(201) >212 - Miami

Total Points - 29.15 - Rankers - 6 - Ave points per ranker 4.86

Highest - 106 - Lowest 275

Still yuck, and a contender for worst pre-2000 song that actually made an album.

 

[krista4]

(Unranked) >211 - Flower Child

Total Points - 29.83 - Rankers - 5 - Ave points per ranker 5.97

Highest - 71 - Lowest 211

(Unranked) >210 - Smile

Total Points - 30.05 - Rankers - 4 - Ave points per ranker 7.51

Highest - 78 - Lowest 164

Two from Anarchy's list that I'm happy to have made my final cut!

Smile hung around at #94 on my list until a last-minute move down to #102 for reasons I don't recall.  I love this one and have no criticisms!  Bono gives a great performance (I especially like the little "ooh-ooh"s), and the guitar work is a pleasant accompaniment.

Flower Child ranked #114 of #115 for me.  I like the sound but found it about 25% too long.

 

[krista4]

(201) >212 - Miami

Total Points - 29.15 - Rankers - 6 - Ave points per ranker 4.86

Highest - 106 - Lowest 275

I'm with Pip on this and find it a yuck.

(148) - > #126 - Do You Feel Loved

This made my initial cut but not my final list.  In the end, it was too droning, and I didn't feel like it went anywhere.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

All I was saying (poorly) was that the one marked "studio" seemed also to be the live version from Colombia (and is marked as such).   I might be wrong, though, and it doesn't matter much anyway.  I wish there were another version of this since I actually liked it quite a lot.

All good. Maybe i linked 2 of the same. It was the only one of the first 5 that was not labelled live from Combria. 

 I think you and I are generally in agreement on all of this, then.  And, even though you're not directing it at me, I became aware four years ago that have done what you said in the second paragraph, so have consciously been trying not to do that anymore.  Most covers don't cover new ground in a way I find interesting, but I have great appreciation and excitement for those that do.

Im in the same boat as you and anarchy. I was probably harsh on the covers first go round, for reasons anarchy mentioned. Ive enjoyed quite a few of the newer covers this time, including the one im just about to talk about. 6 covers made my top 100, all new except the highest ranked one (C’Mon Everybody at 97, , My Hometown at 94, The Model at 92, Beat on the Brat at 80, the one we see today at 72 and the Saints are coming at 46.

Still yuck, and a contender for worst pre-2000 song that actually made an album.

Its right up there next to the Playboy Mansion...i wont say what i said before. If people enjoy it, great. Ive really tried and cannot see the beauty

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

(147) >209 - Where Did it All Go Wrong?

Total Points - 30.10 - Rankers - 5 - Ave points per ranker 6.02

Highest - 106 - Lowest 157

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

(171) >208 - Is that All?

Total Points - 31.96 - Rankers - 5 - Ave points per ranker 6.39

Highest - 78 - Lowest 235

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

(Unranked) >207 - Springhill Mining Disaster

Total Points - 32.2 - Rankers - 2 - Ave points per ranker 16.10

Highest - 65 - Lowest 73

Comment - This is a U2 cover that suits them perfectly. Earnest, in the correct vocal range and Bono sings the #### out of it. I like this one. Edges guitar is gorgeous. Both of us that ranked it, placed it highly

Anarchy99 comment - Powerful performance and cover of a Peggy Seeger song. This is the first time they played it, from The Late Late Show recorded in Dublin - 1987-03-16. The song was played a total of 16 times in 1987. Officially released on The Late Late Show Tribute to the Dubliners album that eventually was released in 2008.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

(182) >206 - Scarlet

Total Points - 32.29 - Rankers - 7- Ave points per ranker 4.61

Highest - 95 - Lowest 228

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

(208) >205 - Babyface

Total Points - 32.35 - Rankers - 6 - Ave points per ranker 5.39

Highest - 103 - Lowest 184

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

(136) - > #125 - Wake Up Dead Man

Vulture.com ranking and comment - Instead of ending this record with a hymn, U2 ends it with a prayer. Contextually, if you follow the arc of the album, this is literally the only place they could have arrived at, praying for guidance in the blackness and desperation. The key to the song are the two ringing guitar chords in the chorus, which are a reveille calling out to God and to the disciple who’s lost faith.

Comment - At least this song has direction and a story to tell unlike a lot on the pop album. I am the highest ranker, by far, with the other 3 almost 100 behind. I maybe put it a little high, but i would still be comfortable having this in my top 75. 

Total Points - 144

Rankers - 10

Average Points per rank - 14.40 (Approximately a 72nd rank). 

Ranks 150th on average points per ranker

Highest Rank - 42

Lowest Rank - 164

Previous Rank - 136 > 125

Special version requested - None

Ranking Comments - 2 rankings in the top 50 and 4 others in the top 100. This is the first song with 10 rankers. Things will start getting serious soon when we edge toward songs with 15-20 rankers. 

 

[Pip's Invitation]

(136) - > #125 - Wake Up Dead Man

Vulture.com ranking and comment - Instead of ending this record with a hymn, U2 ends it with a prayer. Contextually, if you follow the arc of the album, this is literally the only place they could have arrived at, praying for guidance in the blackness and desperation. The key to the song are the two ringing guitar chords in the chorus, which are a reveille calling out to God and to the disciple who’s lost faith.

Comment - At least this song has direction and a story to tell unlike a lot on the pop album. I am the highest ranker, by far, with the other 3 almost 100 behind. I maybe put it a little high, but i would still be comfortable having this in my top 75. 

Total Points - 144

Rankers - 10

Average Points per rank - 14.40 (Approximately a 72nd rank). 

Ranks 150th on average points per ranker

Highest Rank - 42

Lowest Rank - 164

Previous Rank - 136 > 125

Special version requested - None

Ranking Comments - 2 rankings in the top 50 and 4 others in the top 100. This is the first song with 10 rankers. Things will start getting serious soon when we edge toward songs with 15-20 rankers. 

I had it at 67. It really stands out on Pop, especially coming after some of the dreck on its second half.

 

[simey]

Im in the same boat as you and anarchy. I was probably harsh on the covers first go round, for reasons anarchy mentioned. Ive enjoyed quite a few of the newer covers this time, including the one im just about to talk about. 6 covers made my top 100, all new except the highest ranked one (C’Mon Everybody at 97, , My Hometown at 94, The Model at 92, Beat on the Brat at 80, the one we see today at 72 and the Saints are coming at 46.

I have a cover ranked within my Top 50.  

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

(100) - > #127 - New York

Vulture.com ranking and comment -113/218 - New Yorkers can’t be unbiased about songs about New York, especially ones written by people who have gigantic crushes on the city. “I just got a place in New York” sounds like every college grad arriving here from Ohio with a gleam in their eye, and that loud, dirty guitar on the chorus sounds like gridlock on a holiday weekend. It’s also an alternate reality: what Bono could have ended up like, had his life gone another way.

Comment - With a bit more thought this could have been a classic. Has a great vibe and anthemic in nature. Just a shame it comes up a little short

Total Points - 141.45

Rankers - 9

Average Points per rank - 15.72 (Approximately a 69th rank). 

Ranks 140th on average points per ranker

Highest Rank - 36

Lowest Rank - 170

Previous Rank - 100 > 127

Special version requested - None

Ranking Comments - 2 of the rankings are top 50, another 4 are top 100, top 75 in fact. The rest just over 100. This drops from last time, but is still ranking well. We are very close to seeing our first song with 10 votes. 

I'm at 73 on New York. I agree it's a vibe song, and having grown up in the city and living on the island now it's also a bit nostalgic. It's interesting to think, IMO, how someone with the means to afford the lifestyle there could easily get caught going down a bad path.

Good ode to the city, enough so to earn the 73 ranking. New York. 

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

(201) >212 - Miami

Total Points - 29.15 - Rankers - 6 - Ave points per ranker 4.86

Highest - 106 - Lowest 275

I'm at 106 on Miami! 

What? I like pink and blue suits. 

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

(148) - > #126 - Do You Feel Loved

Vulture.com ranking and comment - 120/218 - The way for U2 to write a sexy song is to not try to write one. When they try too hard, they end up with “Do You Feel Loved,” which feels 50 percent finished. Then again, that is the entire story of Pop, depending on who you talk to: not enough time and not the right people. The vibe is decent but it doesn’t go much further than that. “[It] was a great thought that never really became a great song,” the Edge said.

Comment - Just not interesting enough. I’m hoping one of the higher rankers can chime in here. I’m not sure if hearing about the troubled production in advance of listening to it hindered enjoyment, but you can hear it on almost every track. 

Total Points - 142.95

Rankers - 7

Average Points per rank - 20.42 (Approximately a 61st rank). 

Ranks 111th on average points per ranker

Highest Rank - 28

Lowest Rank - 143

Previous Rank - 148 > 126

Special version requested - None

Ranking Comments - 5 of the rankings are top 60 and I bring up the tail. It surprised me a little that there was a significant portion that really like this. The Pop truthers are a reasonable number amongst us

I'm at 60 on Do You Feel Loved. I do enjoy Pop and ranked most of the songs on the album. I find myself singing along when it comes on, the lyrics are somewhat interesting to me, and I like the juxtaposition with Discotheque, their sounds and the vibe are pretty different.  

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I have a cover ranked within my Top 50.  

So do I. Top 40 in my case.

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

(136) - > #125 - Wake Up Dead Man

Vulture.com ranking and comment - Instead of ending this record with a hymn, U2 ends it with a prayer. Contextually, if you follow the arc of the album, this is literally the only place they could have arrived at, praying for guidance in the blackness and desperation. The key to the song are the two ringing guitar chords in the chorus, which are a reveille calling out to God and to the disciple who’s lost faith.

Comment - At least this song has direction and a story to tell unlike a lot on the pop album. I am the highest ranker, by far, with the other 3 almost 100 behind. I maybe put it a little high, but i would still be comfortable having this in my top 75. 

Total Points - 144

Rankers - 10

Average Points per rank - 14.40 (Approximately a 72nd rank). 

Ranks 150th on average points per ranker

Highest Rank - 42

Lowest Rank - 164

Previous Rank - 136 > 125

Special version requested - None

Ranking Comments - 2 rankings in the top 50 and 4 others in the top 100. This is the first song with 10 rankers. Things will start getting serious soon when we edge toward songs with 15-20 rankers. 

I have a 74 ranking on Wake Up Dead Man. I agree with the comments here. Somber and moody, a good end to the album.

 

[simey]

So do I. Top 40 in my case.

My ranking is higher than that. I got a little excited about hearing it again after many years, plus fond memories attached.

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

(167) >217 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

Total Points - 23.82 - Rankers - 4 - Ave points per ranker 5.96

Highest - 78 - Lowest 255

I have Christmas ranked at 107. I thought I hadn't ranked it, but in retrospect I'm glad I did. 

I kind of made it a point not to rank cover songs, B sides, alt live versions and the like. No real reason for that other than I thought my list at 120+ songs may be a bit unwieldly. 

 

[Brony]

Pop was very hit and miss for me.  Miami being a big miss for my tastes.  Do you Feel Loved, Wake Up Dead Man and Staring are probably the only songs I'm meh on. The rest I either despise or enjoy to some degree. 

 

[Alex P Keaton]

(201) >212 - Miami

Total Points - 29.15 - Rankers - 6 - Ave points per ranker 4.86

Highest - 106 - Lowest 275

This is on the list of the dumbest songs I’ve listened to lately

 

[Alex P Keaton]

I have Christmas ranked at 107. I thought I hadn't ranked it, but in retrospect I'm glad I did. 

I kind of made it a point not to rank cover songs, B sides, alt live versions and the like. No real reason for that other than I thought my list at 120+ songs may be a bit unwieldly. 

This belonged on my list.  Big fan.  I think I stopped ranking around 90.  This belongs somewhere in the next dozen after that.

 

[Alex P Keaton]

I'm at 73 on New York. I agree it's a vibe song, and having grown up in the city and living on the island now it's also a bit nostalgic. It's interesting to think, IMO, how someone with the means to afford the lifestyle there could easily get caught going down a bad path.

Good ode to the city, enough so to earn the 73 ranking. New York. 

It’s a solid song.  Nowhere near my favorite NY songs, but still enjoyable and resonates.

 

[krista4]

(171) >208 - Is that All?

Total Points - 31.96 - Rankers - 5 - Ave points per ranker 6.39

Highest - 78 - Lowest 235

(182) >206 - Scarlet

Total Points - 32.29 - Rankers - 7- Ave points per ranker 4.61

Highest - 95 - Lowest 228

These are the only two that made my first cut.  "Is That All?" didn't get on my final list, and my notes says, "Sorry you're so mad, bro."    I don't know what I was thinking there.

Looks like I'm the highest on "Scarlet," which doesn't mean I'm in love with it but must enjoy more than most.  I know there's not much to it, but I like how stripped down and mesmerizing it sounds, and then that strong vocal breaks the effect and mood.  I have it on my list right next to the song, "Rejoice," for the likely obvious reason that I always get them mixed up.

 

[Mr. Landry]

I'm at 106 on Miami! 

What? I like pink and blue suits. 

Great minds think alike.  I was at #106 as well.  

 

[Alex P Keaton]

These are the only two that made my first cut.  "Is That All?" didn't get on my final list, and my notes says, "Sorry you're so mad, bro."    I don't know what I was thinking there.

Looks like I'm the highest on "Scarlet," which doesn't mean I'm in love with it but must enjoy more than most.  I know there's not much to it, but I like how stripped down and mesmerizing it sounds, and then that strong vocal breaks the effect and mood.  I have it on my list right next to the song, "Rejoice," for the likely obvious reason that I always get them mixed up.

I like Is That All - but lol at the “sorry you’re so mad bro.”

Rejoice is tricky to remember.  That’s the one where Mrs APK commented that she never thought of U2 as a religious band.  

 

[Pip's Invitation]

These are the only two that made my first cut.  "Is That All?" didn't get on my final list, and my notes says, "Sorry you're so mad, bro."    I don't know what I was thinking there.

Looks like I'm the highest on "Scarlet," which doesn't mean I'm in love with it but must enjoy more than most.  I know there's not much to it, but I like how stripped down and mesmerizing it sounds, and then that strong vocal breaks the effect and mood.  I have it on my list right next to the song, "Rejoice," for the likely obvious reason that I always get them mixed up.

I did always find it confusing that October has a song where the only lyric is "Rejoice", but it's not called that, but there's another song on the album that is. 

I didn't rank either Scarlet or Is That All?, but if I'd kept going, Scarlet would have been higher; I like it for the same reasons you do. Frankly the album should have ended there. Is That All? feels superfluous -- it was a last-minute addition because Island thought the record was too short, and it sounds like it. 

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

(Unranked) >207 - Springhill Mining Disaster

Total Points - 32.2 - Rankers - 2 - Ave points per ranker 16.10

Highest - 65 - Lowest 73

Comment - This is a U2 cover that suits them perfectly. Earnest, in the correct vocal range and Bono sings the #### out of it. I like this one. Edges guitar is gorgeous. Both of us that ranked it, placed it highly

Anarchy99 comment - Powerful performance and cover of a Peggy Seeger song. This is the first time they played it, from The Late Late Show recorded in Dublin - 1987-03-16. The song was played a total of 16 times in 1987. Officially released on The Late Late Show Tribute to the Dubliners album that eventually was released in 2008.

Any thoughts on this one?

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

(Unranked > 204 Sweet Fire of Love Robbie Robertson with U2

Total Points - 32.75 - Rankers - 2 - Ave points per ranker 16.375

Highest - 56 - Lowest 88

Comment - Nice duet done during the early stages of Joshua Tree when Lanois was producing Robbie Robertson. Not sure why this track didnt attract more attention. It’s a cracker. Only me and the same ranker who ranked Springhill Mining Disaster rated it. Both of us highly

Anarchy99 Comment - Former lead guitarist for The Band, he collaborated with U2 on his self-entitled debut album in 1987. This one would definitely have made my main listing, as it sounds very like U2 just with 2 singers. They wrote and recorded 2 songs at the studio they were getting ready to start work on TJT. Officially released