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Re: U2ubed playlist for those who might not know U2 as well as they think
Ok so I thought I'd give this a try and force some U2 down your throats 
-D- inadvertently gave me the idea when I posted a performance of The Fly in the main section(sorry). He said he liked it but had never heard it before. Got me thinking a few of you who don't like U2 might actually like them a bit more if you heard something other than the radio songs so here we go. Spanning their 30 year career.
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1980's
Song: The Electric Co.
Album: Boy
Released: October 20, 1980
Performance: Live from Chicago, Illinois - 2005
Song: Out of Control
Album: Boy
Released: October 20, 1980
Performance: Live at Slane Castle in Slane, Ireland - 2001
Song: Rejoice
Album: October
Released: October 12, 1981
Performance: Live from Werchter, Belgium - 1982
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Song: Like a Song
Album: War
Released: February 28, 1983
Performance: Album version
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Song: Seconds
Album: War
Released: February 28, 1983
Performance: Album version
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Song: The Unforgettable Fire
Album: The Unforgettable Fire
Released: October 1, 1984
Performance: Album version
Song: Bad
Album: The Unforgettable Fire
Released: October 1, 1984
Performance: Live Aid 1985
Song: Exit
Album: The Joshua Tree
Released: March 9, 1987
Performance: Live from Denver, Colorado - 1987
Song: Bullet the Blue Sky
Album: the Joshua Tree
Released: March 9, 1987
Performance: Live from Tempe, Arizona - 1987
Song: God Part II
Album: Rattle and Hum
Released: October 10, 1988
Performance: Live from Sydney, Australia - 1989
Re: U2ubed playlist for those who might not know U2 as well as they think
1990's
Song: The Fly
Album: Achtung Baby
Released: November 19, 1991
Performance: Live from Boston, Massachusetts - 2001
Song: Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Album: Achtung Baby
Released: November 19. 1991
Performance: Single version
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Song: Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
Album: Achtung Baby
Released: November 19, 1991
Performance: Live from Pasedena, California
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Song: Acrobat
Album: Achtung Baby
Released: November 19, 1991
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Song: Love is Blindess
Album: Achtung Baby
Released: November 19, 1991
Performance: Live from Sydney, Australia - 1993
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Song:The Wanderer
Album: Zooropa
Released: July 5, 1993
Performance: Live Johnny Cash tribute - 2005 (was originally recorded with Cash on lead vocals)
Song: Lemon
Album: Zooropa
Released: July 5, 1993
Performance: Sydney, Australia - 1993
Song: Slug
Album: Passengers: Original Soundtrack 1
Released: November 7, 1995
Performance: Album version
Song: Your Blue Room
Album: Passengers: Original Soundtrack 1
Released: November 7, 1995
Performance: Album version
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Song: Miss Sarajevo
Album: Passengers: Original Soundtrack 1
Released: November 7, 1995
Performance: Live from Frankfurt, Germany - 2010 (originally recorded with Luciano Pavarotti on vocals during the Italian verse)
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Song: Hold me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
Album: Batman Forever soundtrack
Released: June 6, 1995
Performance: Album version
Song: Mofo
Album: Pop
Released: March 3, 1997
Performance: Live from Europe Music Awards - 1997
Song: Last Night on Earth
Album: Pop
Released: March 3, 1997
Performance: Live from Mexico City, Mexico - 1997
Song: If You Wear That Velvet Dress
Album: Pop
Released: March 3, 1997
Performance: Album version
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Re: U2ubed playlist for those who might not know U2 as well as they think
2000's
Song: The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Album: the Million Dollar Hotel soundtrack
Released: February 2, 2000
Performance: Album version
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Song: Kite
Album: All That You Can't Leave Behind
Released: October 3, 2000
Performance: Live from Slane Castle in Slane, Ireland - 2001
Song: Electrical Storm
Album: Best of 1990 - 2000
Released: November 12, 2002
Performance: Album version
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Song: Love and Peace or Else
Album: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Released: November 22, 2004
Performance: Live from Chicago, Illinois - 2005
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Song: Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own
Album: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Released: November 22, 2004
Performance: Live acoustic during recording session for album
Song: Window in the Skies
Album: U218 Singles
Released: November 21, 2006
Performance: Album version
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Song: Fez - Being Born
Album: No Line on the Horizon
Released: February 27, 2009
Performance: Album version
Song: No Line on the Horizon
Album: No Line on the Horizon
Released: February 27, 2009
Performance: Live in Dublin, Ireland in some room
Song: Magnificent
Album: No Line on the Horizon
Released: February 27, 2009
Performance: Live from Fordham University, New York on Good Morning America - 2009
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Song: Moment of Surrender
Album: No Line on the Horizon
Released: February 27, 2009
Performance: Album version
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White as Snow
Album: No Line on the Horizon
Released: February 27, 2009
Performance: Album version
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Song: Mercy
Album: N/A Unreleased leaked demo
Released: N/A
Performance: Leaked version
Re: U2ubed playlist for those who might not know U2 as well as they think
Possibly the greatest cover ever. Definitely the best Beatles cover ever.
Wish I hadn't lost that alternate version Bono sent me 3 or 4 years ago.
Yeah man you love that cover. I wish I still had the alternate version as well but sadlyI also lost a lot of stuff off my computer a few years back. I've always been partial to their live cover of Hendrix's All Along the Watchtower
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Thx tons for this. I really need to dig into U2's discog one of these days, as I only know the singles/hits. I'm gonna listen later.
Yeah man no problem. I may have overdone it a bit with the videos but it doesn't hurt me any to post'em up. If people wanna take the time to check it out cool, if not whatever. I actually found it pretty interesting going through it in chronological order like that. Even I was amused by how much they've actually evolved, especially when you get into the 90's stuff(you can see them doing Radiohead before Radiohead did Radiohead lol)and then to see them revert somewhat back to their roots early in the last decade only to change it up slightly again at the end of the decade. I'm pretty excited to hear the next album which is apparently being produced by Danger Mouse and is supposed to come out early in 2011 but who knows. They also have a stock pile of stuff they did with Rick Rubin as well as a bunch of material they say is ready to go for a "club album" so..... Doing this also brought me back to No Line on the Horizon which I hadn't listend to in about 3 months. What an incredible album 
Definately their best since Achtung Baby
Re: U2ubed playlist for those who might not know U2 as well as they think
U2's The Edge on New Music -- 'We're Workin Hard'
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/68404/237351
U2 Rehearse Rarities In Preparation For Australian Tour
The group has reportedly played 'One Tree Hill' and 'Scarlet' in rehearsals
By Andy Greene
Nov 24, 2010 9:29 AM EST
U2 & Jay-Z Sunday Bloody Sunday Berlin, Brandenburg Gate 2009-11-05
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U2 are currently camped out at Mt. Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, rehearsing for their upcoming ten-date tour of Australia and New Zealand, which features special guest Jay-Z. (Watch the band perform "Sunday Bloody Sunday" with Jay in the video above.) According to fan site u2gigs.com, the band has rehearsed much of their standard set list in addition to the 1981 rarity "Scarlet," The Joshua Tree deep cut "One Tree Hill" and "Boy Falls From The Sky," from Bono and The Edge's soundtrack to the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark.
The heavily gospel-influenced "Scarlet" has only been played live once before, at a September 1981 BBC taping. With the occasional exception of "Gloria," the group almost never plays songs from October — which many in the group claim is their weakest album. Less surprising is the possible return of "One Tree Hill." It was written about New Zealand native Greg Carroll, who was Bono's assistant and close friend until he died of a motorcycle accident 24 years ago. The band often revives the song when they play Carroll's home country, and the title refers to a volcanic peak in Auckland that used to have a single tree on top of it.
Take a look back at three decades of U2, onstage and off
The resumption of their world tour comes at a stressful time for Bono and The Edge. They spent much of the last month in New York helping out at rehearsals for Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. According to The New York Times , Bono and The Edge left for New Zealand before they had a chance to see a single complete run-through of the show. The first previews are scheduled to begin this Sunday.
It's common for U2's opening act to join them for a song at some point during the tour. It's been reported that one rehearsal of "Scarlet" featured a guest rap by Jay-Z. On October the song features nothing but the word "rejoice" repeated over and over, so that would give him plenty of freedom to improvise a verse.
Read David Fricke's review of U2's August concert in Italy
