TOP 10 U2 songs
Magda was on one of her mean pills and gave me a task to make a list of my 10 favorite U2 songs. I don't think any other artist would come close to being as hard as they were for me. And even though their last efforts ever since Achtung Baby haven't been close to the incredibly high standard that they set up for themselves, there is still a huge number of excellent songs that competed for 10 spots. There were some clear shoe ins from the start, but that only made everything harder for the remaining slots. It was a difficult task to cut the list down to 18 songs... but after that it was near impossible... I took my time with it and through the process that felt like sophie's choice came to the TOP 10. I won't cheat and list the other 8 even though I feel heartbroken they're not a part of this list. So, without any further ado...
U2 TOP 10
10. Heartland
See the sun rise over her skin
Dawn changes everything
Everything
And the delta sun
Burns bright and violet
9. The Unforgettable Fire
Stay this time, stay tonight in a lie.
Ever after is a long time.
And if you save your love, save it all, save it all
Don't push me too far, don't push me too far.
Tonight, tonight.
8. Where The Streets Have No Name
The city's a flood, and our love turns to rust.
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Trampled in dust.
I'll show you a place
High on a desert plain
Where the streets have no name
7. Exit
So hands that build
Can also pull down
The hands of love.
6. All I Want Is You
You say you'll give me eyes in the moon of blindness
A river in a time of dryness
A harbour in the tempest.
All the promises we make, from the cradle to the grave
When all I need is you.
5. Acrobat
And I'd join the movement
If there was one I could believe in
Yeah, I'd break bread and wine
If there was a church I could receive in.
'Cause I need it now.
To take the cup
To fill it up, to drink it slow.
I can't let you go.
4. New Year's Day
Under a blood-red sky
A crowd has gathered in black and white
Arms entwined, the chosen few
The newspaper says, says
Say it's true, it's true...
And we can break through
Though torn in two
We can be one.
3. One
Love is a temple, love the higher law.
You ask me to enter, but then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on to what you got, when all you got is hurt.
2. So Cruel
We crossed the line, who pushed who over?
It doesn't matter to you, it matters to me.
We're cut adrift, but still floating.
I'm only hanging on to watch you go down, my love.
I disappeared in you
You disappeared from me.
I gave you everything you ever wanted
It wasn't what you wanted.
The men who love you, you hate the most
They pass right through you like a ghost.
They look for you, but your spirit is in the air.
Baby, you're nowhere.
Oh, love, you say in love there are no rules.
Oh, love, sweet-heart, you're so cruel.
Desperation is a tender trap
It gets you every time.
You put your lips to her lips
To stop the lie.
Her skin is pale like God's only dove
Screams like an angel for your love
Then she makes you watch her from above
And you need her like a drug.
Oh, love, you say in love there are no rules.
Oh, love, sweet-heart, you're so cruel.
She wears my love like a see-through dress
Her lips say one thing, her movements something else.
Oh, love, like a screaming flower
Love dying every hour.
Ah, you don't know if it's fear or desire,
Danger the drug that takes you higher?
Head of heaven, fingers in the mire
Her heart is racing you can't keep up.
The night is bleeding like a cut
Between the horses of love and lust we are trampled underfoot.
Oh, love, to stay with you I'd be a fool.
Oh, sweetheart, you're so cruel.
1. With Or Without You
My hands are tied, my body bruised
She got me with nothing to win
And nothing else to lose.
And that's it... my little count down... initially I wanted to give my comments along with each song about what it means to me and such... but I think songs speak better for themselves (available on server as always)... maybe some other time.
I.
Love is blindness, I don't want to see
Won't you wrap the night around me?
Oh, my love,
Blindness.
U2 TOP 10
10. Heartland
See the sun rise over her skin
Dawn changes everything
Everything
And the delta sun
Burns bright and violet
9. The Unforgettable Fire
Stay this time, stay tonight in a lie.
Ever after is a long time.
And if you save your love, save it all, save it all
Don't push me too far, don't push me too far.
Tonight, tonight.
8. Where The Streets Have No Name
The city's a flood, and our love turns to rust.
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Trampled in dust.
I'll show you a place
High on a desert plain
Where the streets have no name
7. Exit
So hands that build
Can also pull down
The hands of love.
6. All I Want Is You
You say you'll give me eyes in the moon of blindness
A river in a time of dryness
A harbour in the tempest.
All the promises we make, from the cradle to the grave
When all I need is you.
5. Acrobat
And I'd join the movement
If there was one I could believe in
Yeah, I'd break bread and wine
If there was a church I could receive in.
'Cause I need it now.
To take the cup
To fill it up, to drink it slow.
I can't let you go.
4. New Year's Day
Under a blood-red sky
A crowd has gathered in black and white
Arms entwined, the chosen few
The newspaper says, says
Say it's true, it's true...
And we can break through
Though torn in two
We can be one.
3. One
Love is a temple, love the higher law.
You ask me to enter, but then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on to what you got, when all you got is hurt.
2. So Cruel
We crossed the line, who pushed who over?
It doesn't matter to you, it matters to me.
We're cut adrift, but still floating.
I'm only hanging on to watch you go down, my love.
I disappeared in you
You disappeared from me.
I gave you everything you ever wanted
It wasn't what you wanted.
The men who love you, you hate the most
They pass right through you like a ghost.
They look for you, but your spirit is in the air.
Baby, you're nowhere.
Oh, love, you say in love there are no rules.
Oh, love, sweet-heart, you're so cruel.
Desperation is a tender trap
It gets you every time.
You put your lips to her lips
To stop the lie.
Her skin is pale like God's only dove
Screams like an angel for your love
Then she makes you watch her from above
And you need her like a drug.
Oh, love, you say in love there are no rules.
Oh, love, sweet-heart, you're so cruel.
She wears my love like a see-through dress
Her lips say one thing, her movements something else.
Oh, love, like a screaming flower
Love dying every hour.
Ah, you don't know if it's fear or desire,
Danger the drug that takes you higher?
Head of heaven, fingers in the mire
Her heart is racing you can't keep up.
The night is bleeding like a cut
Between the horses of love and lust we are trampled underfoot.
Oh, love, to stay with you I'd be a fool.
Oh, sweetheart, you're so cruel.
1. With Or Without You
My hands are tied, my body bruised
She got me with nothing to win
And nothing else to lose.
And that's it... my little count down... initially I wanted to give my comments along with each song about what it means to me and such... but I think songs speak better for themselves (available on server as always)... maybe some other time.
I.
Love is blindness, I don't want to see
Won't you wrap the night around me?
Oh, my love,
Blindness.