Questionnaire

All questions are regarding the Irish band U2.

First song that hooked you

Most emotional song

Best rocker

Song that is your guiltiest pleasure

The last 10/10 song they released

The first 10/10 song they released

Lyrical masterpiece

The song you think is objectively their best songwriting/musicianship (not necessarily your favorite)

Song you wish they’d be remembered for instead of WOWY or Beautiful Day

Song with…
…best guitar

…best drums

…best vocals

…best bass

Year you think they should have quit

Event you wish you could jump in uour TARDIS to see

Event you wish you could have prevented

Song that brought you some sort of comfort

Song you think could resonate today if it somehow blew up on TikTok

that's a lot of questions.  when does this poll close - 2026?

It’s not even 20 questions.

It’s not even 20 questions.

they require a lot of thought though.  Could be a 3 Heineken exercise.

You can swap one question out for an IPA related one.

You can swap one question out for an IPA related one.

Sweet, that's all I needed to hear.

First song that hooked you

Pride (In The Name Of Love)

Most emotional song

Moment Of Surrender

Best rocker

Does Acrobat count?

Song that is your guiltiest pleasure

Crazy Tonight maybe. I don't want it on NLOTH but I think it's still good, as is Boots.

The last 10/10 song they released

Book Of Your Heart

The first 10/10 song they released

An Cat Dubh / Into The Heart

Lyrical masterpiece

Not a lyrics guy but I really like the imagery in Heartland

The song you think is objectively their best songwriting/musicianship (not necessarily your favorite)

The Fly, maybe

Song you wish they’d be remembered for instead of WOWY or Beautiful Day

Many, including Gloria, Like A Song, ASOH, I could go on

Song with…
…best guitar

Another Time Another Place, Unknown Caller

…best drums

Brick, Rejoice

…best vocals

Heartland, Hawkmoon 269

…best bass

Stranger In A Strange Land, Surrender

Year you think they should have quit

I don't want them to quit, I just want them to be better.

Event you wish you could jump in your TARDIS to see

Any October studio session. It would just be neat seeing how the songs came into being.

Event you wish you could have prevented

The way they released SOI

Song that brought you some sort of comfort

Indian Summer Sky, Wire, The Three Sunrises and many other TUF-era tracks remind of me of being a child riding in the car around the Red River Valley with my dad. Good times.

Song you think could resonate today if it somehow blew up on TikTok

I have no idea. Stay maybe?

First song that hooked you

Tomorrow

Most emotional song

Tomorrow

Best rocker

I don’t like their ‘rock’ songs

Song that is your guiltiest pleasure

Don’t know

The last 10/10 song they released

Little Things

The first 10/10 song they released

Another time, another place

Lyrical masterpiece

Promenade

The song you think is objectively their best songwriting/musicianship (not necessarily your favorite)

Don’t know

Song you wish they’d be remembered for instead of WOWY or Beautiful Day

Your Blue Room

Song with…
…best guitar

Love is Blindness

…best drums

I’m not really a drums guy

…best vocals

In A Lifetime

…best bass

Wire

Year you think they should have quit

2003 - although I still appreciate the humour they bring to my life. See below:

Event you wish you could jump in uour TARDIS to see

The apple keynote

Event you wish you could have prevented

The apple keynote

Song that brought you some sort of comfort

Tomorrow

Song you think could resonate today if it somehow blew up on TikTok

Don’t know

First song that hooked you
Discothèque

Most emotional song
Kite

Best rocker
Out of Control

Song that is your guiltiest pleasure
Stuck in a Moment

The last 10/10 song they released
The Troubles

The first 10/10 song they released
Out of Control

Lyrical masterpiece
Please

The song you think is objectively their best songwriting/musicianship (not necessarily your favorite)
Where the Streets Have No Name

Song you wish they’d be remembered for instead of WOWY or Beautiful Day
Where the Streets Have No Name

Song with…
…best guitar
New Years Day

…best drums
Zoo Station

…best vocals
One or I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

…best bass
Do You Feel Loved?

Year you think they should have quit
For legacy: After the elevation tour (around 2003-2004)
Personally: Would not want to miss the great songs that have come since then despite the duds

Event you wish you could jump in your TARDIS to see
ZooTV tour - any of the great shows.

Event you wish you could have prevented
Bono's health problems

Song that brought you some sort of comfort
The First Time

Song you think could resonate today if it somehow blew up on TikTok
Ultraviolet

Ps, took me flipping ages to format the above post ^^^^^

First song that hooked you

New Year's Day

Most emotional song

The only time I cried hearing a U2 song was when One was played at Samuel Paty's funeral.

Best rocker

Bullet the Blue Sky

Song that is your guiltiest pleasure

Sweetest Thing

The last 10/10 song they released

Love is all we have left

The first 10/10 song they released

New Year's Day

Lyrical masterpiece

The Troubles

The song you think is objectively their best songwriting/musicianship (not necessarily your favorite)

Bad. What they achieved with this song is near to impossible to replicate. It's not very sophisticated in terms of songwriting but when they wrote this it was their forte and something that sorted them out from the crowd of new wave bands. No wonder Live Aid was a turning point. They are more accomplished musicians now but unable to write a song like this, let alone perform it.

Song you wish they’d be remembered for instead of WOWY or Beautiful Day

Bad

Song with…
…best guitar

Bullet the blue Sky

…best drums

Bullet the Blue Sky

…best vocals

The Unforgettable Fire

…best bass

If You Wear that Velvet Dress

Year you think they should have quit

For their street cred ? probably sometime between 1996 and 2003. But I'm fine with them not quitting, as long as every album contains some of their best work, which, for my taste, is the case.

Event you wish you could jump in uour TARDIS to see

The show I missed when I had tickets : Paris, May 7th, 1992. Opening night of Zoo TV in Europe. I'll never get that sight of U2 reinventing themselves on stage. I discovered it listening to crappy bootlegs.

By the way, I'd take a DeLorean. Way cooler than a Tardis.

Event you wish you could have prevented

Nothing. It's their life and career, not mine.

Song that brought you some sort of comfort

So many songs... For a while it was Mothers of the Disappeared, then Heartland, Love is Blindness, Wake Up Dead Man... really too many.

Song you think could resonate today if it somehow blew up on TikTok

Like a song.

First song that hooked you: Mysterious Way

Most emotional song: Miss Sarajevo

Best rocker: Bullet The Blue Sky

Song that is your guiltiest pleasure: Miss Sarajevo

The last 10/10 song they released: The Little Things That Give You Away

The first 10/10 song they released: New Years Day

Lyrical masterpiece: One

The song you think is objectively their best songwriting/musicianship (not necessarily your favorite): Two Shots OF Happy, One Shot Of Sad

Song you wish they’d be remembered for instead of WOWY or Beautiful Day: Pride (In The Name Of Love)

Song with…
…best guitar: The Fly

…best drums: Sunday Bloody Sunday

…best vocals: Desire

…best bass: Beautiful Day

Year you think they should have quit: None. The longer the better.

Event you wish you could jump in uour TARDIS to see: Another Zoo TV and Pop tour.

Event you wish you could have prevented: Scandal with Apple

Song that brought you some sort of comfort: Sweetest Thing (Single Version)

Song you think could resonate today if it somehow blew up on TikTok: Beautiful Day

First song that hooked you: Mysterious Way

Most emotional song: Miss Sarajevo

Best rocker: Bullet The Blue Sky

Song that is your guiltiest pleasure: Miss Sarajevo

The last 10/10 song they released: The Little Things That Give You Away

The first 10/10 song they released: New Years Day

Lyrical masterpiece: One

The song you think is objectively their best songwriting/musicianship (not necessarily your favorite): Two Shots OF Happy, One Shot Of Sad

Song you wish they’d be remembered for instead of WOWY or Beautiful Day: Pride (In The Name Of Love)

Song with…
…best guitar: The Fly

…best drums: Sunday Bloody Sunday

…best vocals: Desire

…best bass: Beautiful Day

Year you think they should have quit: None. The longer the better.

Event you wish you could jump in uour TARDIS to see: Another Zoo TV and Pop tour.

Event you wish you could have prevented: Scandal with Apple

Song that brought you some sort of comfort: Sweetest Thing (Single Version)

Song you think could resonate today if it somehow blew up on TikTok: Beautiful Day

Good to see Miss Sarajevo on your list. One of U2’s finest songs.