Bands U2 have covered

Originally posted by Welsh_Edge:Paint It Black is not good.

Isn't Lights Of Home and Summer Of Love a cover?

Originally posted by zooropa93:[..]
Then so is Do You Feel Loved ?

Originally posted by podiumboy:I like U2's version of "Dancing Barefoot" a lot, though I'm not very familiar with the original. Their take on "Unchained Melody" and "Everlasting Love" are so different from the originals, so I like them as well. "Fortunate Son" and "Paint it black" are not good, I can't believe they were even released! "Instant Karma" and "Beat on the Brat" aren't bad covers, and I love their version of "This Is". "Happiness is a warm gun" is interesting, in a good way. "Don't take your guns to town" is a nice, pleasurable listen. Overall, I don't really see the point in covers, and I'm glad U2 have done them only sparingly

U2's cover of "Helter Skelter", oddly enough, was the first U2 song I remember listening to/liking. I was 12 or 13, and my Dad had his copy of Rattle and Hum in the CD player at home. I pushed play, thinking something else was in there, and HS was the first song. I remember I really liked it, and listened to it a couple more times, having no idea it was originally a Beatles song. This was about 1994-95, and was my first real exposure to U2. Before that, they were just a band that my parents owned a few of their CDs.

Originally posted by LikeASong:They are not a good cover band. Most songs they've covered are inferior to their original counterparts.

Helter Skelter and All Along The Watchtower are the only ones that are superior to the originals.