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  2. This is still my favorite. Didn't really have a home on the album though. I get that...

  4. I'm a bit surprised (but by no means disappointed) that Exit has pulled ahead of Red Hill Mining Town, even if it's just by a bit.
  5. Red Hill Mining Town for me!

    Exit VERY close 2nd!

    both 2nd to Acrobat
  6. One Tree Hill
  7. Running to Stand Still. Absolutely buzzing to hear that live!
  8. WOW, Bullet, Running like they where played on the concert part of Rattle and Hum movie.
    One Tree Hill, Dublin 31-12-89.
  9. I actually have to say I'm not a huge fan of any of the recorded Joshua Tree b-sides

    I love Silver and Gold as played in Rattle and Hum, and the 90s version of the Sweetest Thing (IMO the best Joshua Tree b-side that just seems completely odd to come out of that time period - and the 90s version improved on it in almost every way), but other than that I find a lot of the other material sort of...throw away?

    There are a lot of the types of lyrics that Bono was trying NOT to write at the time (sketches, etc. - Luminous Times lyrics are just like..what?), a lot of the music is good, but also sort of plain and a little too simple. I can never love a song like Spanish Eyes because it just sounds like a song written in 5 minutes to me. It's an extremely simple riff, and it's just played over and over with some "okay" lyrics over-top (sorry, Sergio).

    I hate to say it. The b-sides just in no way come close to anything on JT for me. I think Boy, Unforgettable Fire and Achtung Baby have better b-sides. The JT ones are just too "unfinished".
  10. I hope they play Drunk Chicken.
  11. Womanfish!
  12. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:I actually have to say I'm not a huge fan of any of the recorded Joshua Tree b-sides

    I love Silver and Gold as played in Rattle and Hum, and the 90s version of the Sweetest Thing (IMO the best Joshua Tree b-side that just seems completely odd to come out of that time period - and the 90s version improved on it in almost every way), but other than that I find a lot of the other material sort of...throw away?

    There are a lot of the types of lyrics that Bono was trying NOT to write at the time (sketches, etc. - Luminous Times lyrics are just like..what?), a lot of the music is good, but also sort of plain and a little too simple. I can never love a song like Spanish Eyes because it just sounds like a song written in 5 minutes to me. It's an extremely simple riff, and it's just played over and over with some "okay" lyrics over-top (sorry, Sergio).

    I hate to say it. The b-sides just in no way come close to anything on JT for me. I think Boy, Unforgettable Fire and Achtung Baby have better b-sides. The JT ones are just too "unfinished".
    Not sure if I am contradicting myself from an earlier post but I tend to agree. I've been listening to a lot of JT and its b-sides of late (who here hasn't been!?) and most of those songs don't hold up well to the album tracks...well, ten of them, at least.

    FTR: I do like most of the b-sides. Just not nearly as much.
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