Best/Worst U2 Song Ever?

[TheFlyingLemon]

Best: The Fly
Worst:

[Scooter79]

Best: One
Worst: All Because of You

SilkenSkies, I was happy to see that you put Running to Stand Still as #1. That is very near the top for me, and I haven't really found anyone else that appreciates it for the great song it is.  Is it wrong to skip WTSHNN, ISHFWILF, WOWY and BTBS just to get to this song?

[Boom Cha!]

Best: Mofo
Worst: Elvis Presley And America

[Shockdocta: KTS]

Best: One  honorable mention: WOWY or Streets
Worst: Numb (Cant listen to it!)  Honorable mention:miami

also, someone said Window in the skies is a bad song before, i think its ok, but now learning thats from rubin and so is saints are coming, im happy they switched

[magnificent2009]

Best: Where the Streets Have No Name
Worst: A Man and a Woman

Other Best: New Year's Day, Magnificent
Other Worst: Fire, Cedars of Lebanon

[Matty_Mullens]

Best: Until the End of the World
Worst: Red Light

[macphisto96]

Best: Red Hill Mining Town (maybe with Bono's renewed vocal range we might get to finally hear this one live!)

Worst:  Red Light, The Refugee, Like A Song - they make War their worst album by far if Rattle and Hum is excluded from the equation.

[Zaphod]

Best: With or Without You (at the moment)
Worst: If god will send his Angels (always)

[Matt the Ratt]

Best: Mysterious Ways - honourable mentions: Heartland, Out of Control, Beautiful Day, Magnificent (I could go on and on but I won't).

Worst: Wild Honey - honourable mentions: Miami, Fire, Window in the Skies.

[in_eden]

Best- One
Worst- Peace on Earth (I know... it's subject is so earnest... but the lyrics are terrible, the flow is aweful, and the melody is instantly forgettable. Really, most of the 2nd half of ATYCLB is honerable mention here... Wild Honey? New York? When I Look at the World? Grace is not too bad.)

...and someone said the Beatles were the most over-rated band in history... REALLY? REALLY?!!! THE Beatles? Not a tribute band you saw? THE Beatles were over-rated?
So who is the greatest and most influential band ever? Primus? The Pixies? Sigur Rios?
How about COLDPLAY!!!

[sceptic prophet]

I actually like that "Stuck in a snoze fest" mentioned here, I think it's one of the few good songs on ATYCLB... Not brilliant, but a well done conventional ballad.

As for the rest:

Best song: maybe "The Unforgettable Fire" (it almost proves that God exists.... ALMOST  )

Worst song: in the 80's and 90's: "When love comes to town". After that: it's somewhere either in ATYCLB or HTDAAB, but I'm not going to subject myself to the torture of re-listening to those albums to find which one sinks the lowest...  

[silkenskies]

Best: One
Worst: All Because of You

SilkenSkies, I was happy to see that you put Running to Stand Still as #1. That is very near the top for me, and I haven't really found anyone else that appreciates it for the great song it is.  Is it wrong to skip WTSHNN, ISHFWILF, WOWY and BTBS just to get to this song?

Pssh, it's not wrong, it's RIGHT! IMO, it's one of Bono's best lyrics, one of their most atmospheric songs, and a haunting epic of a tune. It seems to get lost by a lot of people amongst the giants on JT, but to me it's the centerpiece of the album and without it, it wouldn't be the same.

rock on Scooter!

[sceptic prophet]

Best: One
Worst: All Because of You

SilkenSkies, I was happy to see that you put Running to Stand Still as #1. That is very near the top for me, and I haven't really found anyone else that appreciates it for the great song it is.  Is it wrong to skip WTSHNN, ISHFWILF, WOWY and BTBS just to get to this song?

Pssh, it's not wrong, it's RIGHT! IMO, it's one of Bono's best lyrics, one of their most atmospheric songs, and a haunting epic of a tune. It seems to get lost by a lot of people amongst the giants on JT, but to me it's the centerpiece of the album and without it, it wouldn't be the same.

rock on Scooter!

Stand Still is a great song, but to skip the previous 4 songs just to get to it does seem somewhat wrong...

Wait, does not the bible somehere subtly say something to that effect - "Thou shall not skeepeth Streets..." or something, I seem to recall...

[satellitedog01]

Best: can't decide, but I'd be able to listen to Bad or Mysterious Ways many times.

Worst: When I Look At the World/Walk On

[DrDoom171]

Best:  3-way tie  Bad, All I Want is You, Even Better than the Real Thing (Magnificent is close behind)

Worst:  Man and a Woman, Grace