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1) Fist of all..Wave of Sorrow. Great song. I cant believe that it was made in the joshua tree recording sessions (according to the JT deleuxe edition), and I know its probably been remastered but the sound sounds so current.

2) For a long time now I have been thinking about creating a compilation of u2 studio songs grouping them by mood/sound. I dont know what it is but some of their songs have the same kind of style/sound or unique genre, cant quite figure out what it is. For example Mercy and always can be grouped together as a great pick me up. Hands that built america, october, stay, wave of sorrow, staring at the sun i feel can be grouped together cos of the sound. Even over the many different sounding albums u2 have done, there is still something music sounding that connects over 20+ years of their songs, and I dont mean the different genres such as accoustic or rock or gospel. There's something deeper there. Does anyone agree?

LikeASong

17 years

Originally posted by Angel_or_Devil
1) Fist of all..Wave of Sorrow. Great song. I cant believe that it was made in the joshua tree recording sessions (according to the JT deleuxe edition), and I know its probably been remastered but the sound sounds so current.

Indeed

IT sounds fresh and it fits to nowadays U2's production. Good song IMO, not great, not bad. Good.

Originally posted by Angel_or_Devil2) For a long time now I have been thinking about creating a compilation of u2 studio songs grouping them by mood/sound. (...) There's something deeper there. Does anyone agree?

I DID it

It's a great idea, it doesn't take very much time and the result is very good.
Mine was 3 CDs long, and it was grouped:

CD1 - Rock·rock songs (Vertigo, The Fly, Even Better, Mofo...)
CD2 - Rock but not rock·rock songs, but with feeling (Bad, Red Hill Mining Town, Kite...)
CD3 - Emotional and moving and slow songs (October, Stay, Peace On Earth).

You can play each CD depending on your mood, it's great. In fact, it was 51 (17+15+19) songs, so it's a pretty good U2-compilation.

MWSAH

17 years

Agree on that.

Running to Standstill, SYCMIOYO, In A Little While, Miss Sarajevo, October...the same sort of melody, actually.

LikeASong

17 years

Originally posted by MWSAHRunning to Standstill, SYCMIOYO, In A Little While, Miss Sarajevo, October...the same sort of melody, actually.

Indeed

Angel_or_Devil

17 years

Yeh Im gonna do that. Saves a lot of time.

LikeASong

17 years

I recovered that 3CDs from my Hard Drive. The setlist is:

CD1
01 - I Will Follow
02 - Vertigo
03 - Elevation
04 - I Threw A Brick Through A Window
05 - Surrender
06 - Beautiful Day
07 - Mofo
08 - Lemon
09 - The Fly
10 - Even Better Than The Real Thing
11 - Love And Peace
12 - Rejoice
13 - Gone
14 - Mysterious Ways
15 - Desire
16 - Dirty Day
17 - All Because Of You

CD2
01 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
02 - New Year's Day
03 - Please
04 - Like A Song
05 - Until The End Of The World
06 - Where The Streets Have No Name
07 - Bad
08 - One
09 - The Unforgettable Fire
10 - Red Hill Mining Town
11 - Acrobat
12 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)
13 - Kite
14 - Wake Up Dead Man
15 - Love Is Blindness

CD3
01 - Running To Stand Still
02 - Miracle Drug
03 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
04 - Walk On
05 - A Sort Of Homecoming
06 - Peace On Earth
07 - Stay (Far Away, So Close!)
08 - Love Rescue Me
09 - Miss Sarajevo
10 - Heartland
11 - The First Time
12 - Mothers Of The Disappeared
13 - So Cruel
14 - Tryin To Throw Your Arms Around The World
15 - If You Were That Velvet Dress
16 - Slow Dancing
17 - With Or Without You
18 - All I Want Is You
19 - October

Angel_or_Devil

17 years

Thanks i'll use this.

BelgianBono

17 years

Great idea Angel_or_Devil !
And really great list LikeASong... The only thing i disagree with is Lemon on the Rock album, i'd but that on the 2nd

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