From the new 20th anniversary Q Magazine:
Larry Mullen Jr. wishes he wrote:
The Chemical Brothers – “Block Rockin’ Beats”Adam Clayton wishes he wrote:
Soul II Soul – “Back To LIfe”Edge wishes he wrote:
Oasis – “Wonderwall”Bono wishes he wrote:
Bob Dylan & Sam Shepherd – “Brownsville Girl”
Massive Attack – “Unfinished Sympathy”
Oasis – “Live Forever”
Gavin Friday – “The Last Song I’ll Ever Sing”
The Verve – “Lucky Man”
Emm Gryner – “Almighty Love”
As for songs they wish they hadn’t written? One can only guess. What’s the worst U2 song of all time?
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Elevation.
Most anything on Pop blows.
Miami. Say what you will about Pop — and some of it passes my test — but Miami? Worst song ever, hands down. “My mammy”!! That even trumps “a mole / digging in a hole”!!
Oh, and that Gavin Friday song is my favorite of all his stuff and if you haven’t heard it, find it. Damn right ol’ B wishes he wrote it!
I’m no fan of Pop or Atomic Bomb, but “Elevation” has to be one of the worst songs I’ve ever heard.
“A star
Lit up like a cigar
Strung out like a guitar
Maybe you can educate my mind”
Maybe you can stop being relevant, right now.
that one with the overly-melodramatic soaring chorus
that one with the overly-melodramatic soaring chorus
one! two! three! fourteen!
‘kite’
Though I am a huge fan, I cannot stomach Playboy Mansion. Awful.
Damn, I hate when I do that.
/emm gryner/! holy. crap!
“Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses” is pretty bad.
lemon
Do You Feel Loved on Pop is the worst one. But Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For sounds like shit these days, too.
To “the billionaire”
I listened to your mp3. You could use a soaring chorus or two. People who live in glass houses…
Every U2 song ever.
except maybe Sunday Bloody Sunday. maybe.
In honor of Mark Foley, I nominate “Daddy’s Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car” which features such lyrics as:
“Daddy won’t let you weep, Daddy won’t let you ache, Daddy gives you as much as you can take, Daddy’s gonna pay for your crashed car.”
Ugh, awful.
Discotheque. As if there was any doubt.
I’d say Discotheque, but they were having a laugh with that one, so it doesn’t really count.
I’ve thought U2 was pretty overrated on most of their stuff. But then again I think that of a lot of big-time arena-size bands.
some of the suggestions here better be jokes. lemon and discotheque are awesome in their own megalomaniacial ways.
but i might agree with saying most of Pop. and most of How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. I only listen to Josh Tree and Achtung Baby anymore, with War and October thrown in for good measure every now and then.
The one that Ryan Adams covers….
MIAMMMMIIIIIIII
MI-AAAMMMM-EEEEEEEE
wait, soul ii soul. that’s the ‘back to life, back to reality, back to life, etc. ad nauseum’?
he’s joking?
please?
The slow sappy ballads. By which I mean all of The Joshua Tree.
There are no “worst” U2 songs, only “least good” U2 songs
elevation – a few letters in bonos rhyming dictionary from putting ’sky’ and ‘fly’ together.
anything written after about 1982.
jerusalem. or another day,
Elevation.
I love Pop, I reckon its great fun.
“Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me” from the Batman Whatever soundtrack.
(The only worse Batman related song was “Batdance” by Prince.)
Or “Stuck In A Contract And You Can’t Get Out Of It”.
‘elevation’ for me too… man that song is awful.
Worst U2 song: Vertigo. When Bono sings the chorus to this song, you realize how big of an assface he really is.
Best U2 song: “Numb” for sure.
Worst U2 song: Vertigo. When Bono sings the chorus to this song, you realize how big of an assface he really is.
Best U2 song: “Numb” for sure.
Party Girl.
Boooooo!
hi, can we have this same discussion once more this week? c’mon, just once more.
Not strictly relevant – just think this is hilarious:
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=11worst
How Damn! He listed Emm Gryner! She’s fantastic.
BEST U2: Bad
Worst U2: Grace
all of them. They are my least favorite band of all time and i throw up a little every time i see/hear/read about them, which is why i’m bulemic now.
A shout out to Emm Gryner – cool!
Yahweh. Everything that can be annoying about U2 wrapped up in one song.
Yaweh = Last song on Atomic bomb.
Worst.
Song.
Of.
All.
Time.
That song with extemporaneous/improvised lyrics on “Unforgettable Fire”. What’s it called? “Something, America, and Me?” I don’t feel like looking it up, let alone listening to that self-important, pretentious wank-off ever again.
Do not forget what a crap album “Rattle and Hum” is. I guess those would be the worst U2 covers…
i was totally going to post that maddox link
Worst early U2 songs: ‘The Refugee’ off War – disastrous 80s funk\shouting experiment, or else ‘Is That All?’ off October, which is total filler they recorded at the last minute to pad out the album..
Worst later U2 songs: Anything post ‘Pop’.. no way does that album deserve the routine slagging that it gets… the last interesting U2 record, unless they pull out some major surprises pretty quickly.
>That song with extemporaneous/improvised lyrics on >”Unforgettable Fire”. What’s it called? “Something, >America, and Me?” I don’t feel like looking it up, >let alone listening to that self-important, >pretentious wank-off ever again.
“Elvis Presley And America”.
Lemon.
I like U2 an awfull lot, but I have to switch it off whenever that song comes on. And the video… AGH!
While I think Pop has a few excellent songs on it – “Do You Feel Loved,” “Gone,” and especially “Please” – it’s a pretty thin (yet undeniably interesting) album on the whole.
waa waaa waaaaa U2 are big and famous and rich waaa waa waaaa they must suck waaa waaawaaaaa waaaaaaaa pretentious waa waaa waaaa I’m so cool cause I hate what’s big waa waaa waaaaa I got no brains, I’m a reactionary waaawaaaa waaaaaaa waaaaaaawaaaaaa I eat irony for breakfast waaa waaaaaaa waaaaaaaaaa my mind is only open to irrelevence waaaw waaaa waaaaa I’m a spineless bastard waaaaa waaaa waaaaaaa let’s be high school losers and hate the cool kids waaaa waaaaa waaaaa
the bands I like you haven’t heard of waaaw aaawaaaaw waaaaaaaa I wear a uniform that keeps the world at a distance waaaa waaaaa waaaaa facists of cool waaaa waaaaaa waaaaaaaa
To “the billionaire”
I listened to your mp3. You could use a soaring chorus or two. People who live in glass houses…
Ha. Point taken Honest Abe. We’ll try to give it more of a go.
Their latest new song out on u218, the last after “The Saints” cover, sounds pretty awful (to be fair I was listening to it on my computer..hopefully it will be ok on CD.)
Flappppa, or whatever, says it very well.