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I would go for Bullet the Blue Sky, because it's the only recognizable song by them that I'm not totally bored of right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uTwspjawLI

Like a song - War
Exit -The Joshua tree
Ultra violet (light my way) - Achtung Baby
Acrobat - Achtung Baby

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Originally Posted by CHOUT

I really haven't liked u2 in a long time, a few old songs here and there. I think it's gonna be a buncha bands playing 4 songs each...

u2 fans, what songs would you recommend for us to play? I'm pretty set on Bullet The Blue Sky (perhaps a big noise wank would work well in that one), but I don't know what else.

ha! you guys should check negativland's U2 record before you decide.

heeeeee....

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i'm generally indifferent to u2's records, but i actually liked achtung baby quite a bit. now i know there are people here hate them with a passion. but achtung baby was just the right balance between their earnest beginnings and their decadent endings. if you can sing "the fly", you win a prize.

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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

Just Like Heaven is a Cure song AFAIK.

Yeah dude. Small White and Dinosaur both being new(ish) bands doing 1980s songs

Here's what we're doing...
Bullet The Blue Sky
Wire
Electric Co.
New Year's Day

some others were already taken so...I'm playing bass the whole time, though it would be fun to play the gtr parts.