As such, it’s an album filled with more generic expressions rather than specific ideas. Zooropa was recorded during a break in between legs of the mammoth ZooTV tour in 1993. And the live version featuring the New Voices of Freedom Choir is infinitely better than the one on The Joshua Tree. But it’s considered one of their bigger hits so I felt compelled to include it. #16 “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (Live)(*)” Rattle And Hum If you held a gun to my head and asked me what this song is about, you’d have to kill me. It’s included here solely for originality.Īnother political song in the mold of “Sunday Bloody Sunday.” In fact, when performed live, the drumming during the bridge takes on Sunday’s distinctive beat. But your guess is as good as mine though. I’m Fuckin’ Naomi Campbell.Īfter Vanilla Ice – a lot of y’all had that album and you know it – and before Eminem, there was a white sorta-rapper in The Edge on this track. It also marks the first and only vocal appearance by the bass player, former Mr. This song sounds like a laid back Sunday morning, sippin’ on bourbon. Seriously, if you ever see this album and are in the mood, I suggest you pick it up. 1īetween recording Zooropa and Pop, U2 went into the studio with longtime producer Brian Eno under the Passengers moniker and cranked out some of the weirdest stuff, man. #20 “Your Blue Room” Passengers Original Soundtracks No. I think U2 Oral Sex Reference #1,297 is in this one, too. #21 “Until The End Of The World” Achtung Baby I enjoy its criticism of false preachers. U2 was exploring American music during their ‘87 Joshua Tree tour when they wrote this little ditty. And just wondering, what the hell was Michael Keaton doing that was so important he couldn’t do another Batman? One of the best lyrics in rock: “They want you to be Jesus/They’ll get down on one knee/But they’ll want their money back/If you’re alive at thirty-three.” It’s almost worth buying the soundtrack and wading through Seal, but not quite. #23 “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (*)” Batman Forever Soundtrack It was also disgraced by Christian nu-metal band P.O.D. Just might be the hardest song U2’s done. #24 “Bullet The Blue Sky (Live)” Rattle And Hum I think it’s the first song with horns that I liked. Some say this is about Billie Holiday, others think it’s more about American music in general. Yeah, I was that kid with the U2 shirts on every day in elementary and middle school. I had a great time going back and listening to the music I basically grew up to. And now, I turn it over to Ben.Ī big thanks to Bomani for letting me do this. Songs I have a particular fondness for will be denoted with an asterisk. Might be able to make that work.Īnd FYI, Ben’s list is very similar to my own. Also, I’ve been ridiculously busy lately and am sitting here on an ASAP deadline.Īnd should anyone else have a list they’d like to contribute, just let me know. Well, because it’s mine and I can put anything on here. Sooner Kip has asked why someone else is putting something on my blog. This list comes from Ben, who knows his U2. Continuing in the Friday series of lists of Top 25 songs of some of my favorite groups, here’s a rundown of U2 classics.
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