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  1. Pride, I Will Follow, Beautiful Day, Desire, Vertigo, Sweetest Thing
  2. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
    Yes, I've always said that songs like Pride, WOWY or One are not overrated. They are incredible songs, really among the best songs ever not only by U2... But they are overplayed, beat to death by the band, so we fans tend to react against them. We can't help it
    What about Beautiful Day then? I think it's overrated not because it's been played to death, but simply can't believe it's their most popular song in the last 20 years.
  3. Originally posted by cesar_garza01:[..]
    What about Beautiful Day then? I think it's overrated not because it's been played to death, but simply can't believe it's their most popular song in the last 20 years.
    BD is both overplayed AND overrated.
  4. MS / pride / elevation - all played live too much


  5. Agreed, even though the arrangement for "beautiful day" on this JT2017 tour has been a nice mix.
  6. When we say "overrated", are we talking about overrated by the band, by the casual fan, or by the hardcore fan?

    I think results may vary depending on that question...
  8. Well, a couple of examples:

    Beautiful Day.

    Overrated by the casual fan? Yes.
    It's a big hit and it makes them cheer loudly when it starts playing live, probably it doesn't deserve that much attention.

    Overrated by the hardcore fan? No, it's not overrated. Almost nobody cares about it and many are tired of it. People could even argue that it's underrated among this group.

    Overrated by the band? I think so. They don't want to drop it from not even one set list, and it's always played in a prominent spot. It's their go-to uplifting song.

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    MS
    Casual fan? No, I don't think they overrate MS. Probably they still can't even recognize it.
    Hardcore fan? No, it's a liked song, but not too much.
    The band? They kinda have played it a lot more and in more tours than one would've thought, so yes.

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    Acrobat
    Casual fan?
    Clearly not, they probably don't know it.
    Hardcore fan?
    IMHO that's the best track of AB, so I'd say not overrated... but who knows, maybe we actually are overrating it and we can't see it.
    The band?
    Obviously they're not overrating it.

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    So... What's the question? Overrated by casuals, hardcore, or the band itself?

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    (Btw, I stand by my choice of ISHF... IMHO that song is overrated by everyone: many casuals know it and rate it even more than Streets; hardcore don't seem to get as tired of it as other songs just as overplayed as this one, like Pride or even BD; and the band, they keep on playing it even if it's on karaoke mode...)
  9. ^Fantastic explanation.
  10. Beautiful Day was the runaway success in Song Survival (for it's album). We love it here.
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