I love the way U2 seem to polarise people's opinions on here.

The funniest thing is the fact that some people seem to like spending their time telling everyone over and over how much they dislike them by commenting on nearly every single one of their songs.

Why bother? It's hardly likely that someone is going to change their opinion of U2 just because someone else doesn't like them is it? There really is no need to keep telling us, we get it OK?

As for the song - as wonderful today as it was the first time I heard it. More like this please RP.

I respect U2 more than I like to listen to them. Usually it's the other way around with bands. Most times, I go out of my way not to know anything about bands I like. Watching the ramones End of the Centry taught me that.

I do like this song, and was surprised to see how many good tunes were in their itunes boxset.

Over-played, over-rated, and soon to be over.
(Thx to Magnus for the idea)

Funny, this isn't any less cringeworthy the first time I'm hearing it on RP than it was the fifty thousandth time I heard it on classic rock radio.

catmaven wrote:

Poor grammar huh?

So as that you know for future reference, "repetetive" is spelt: repetitive.

Also... saying, "in the sense of off key" - would technically sound and read better as follows: "In an off-key manner."

Terrific song nonetheless.

rgr0707 wrote:

But if perfection did exist, this would be an excellent example of it.

Since perfection does not exist...I give this song a 9

woozurdaddy wrote:

It's impossible to quantify my favorites of all time... this is the list as it stands today in my head:

1. Leonard Cohen's "The Future"
2. Pink Floyd's "Speak to Me"
3. John Lennon's "Imagine"

... Ubergodlike!

There once was a girl who did not want to listen to this song because of her memories attached to it ... only once I listened to it together with her. Ever since, it makes me almost crying ...

Magnus wrote:


Exactly what he said. Good grief, enough already.

Boring, repetetive, singing flat (in the sense of off key)--How can anyone with any musical ear like this thing? Yecch. Also the grammar is poor.

Overplayed, overrated, god I hate U2

brilliant!
classic U2 at their best.....

jah_blessed wrote:

oh come on, "Bullet the Blue Sky" is probably the best song on the album!

jah blessed: you must be "with or without you" fanatic... 4 posts in one song's comments without any discussion

Yes! I finally get to hear this track on RP!

I ran upstairs as soon as I heard that oh-so familiar bassline come up.

Good memories.

Could this be true? I e-mailed a request yesterday (Dec 19) begging Bill and Rebecca to play this track and I see now it got played two hours later!

Darkmatter wrote:

Yeah, those were also the three singles. Bullet the Blue Sky disrupts the album's flow, but things pick up again with the majestic Running to Stand Still.

Darkmatter wrote:

1.Black Dog
2. Rock & Roll
3. The Battle of Evermore

1.Speak To Me/ Breathe
2.Money
3.Time

The first three songs on the Joshua Tree is in my opinion one of the most breathtaking row of opening tracks on an album ever:

1. Where the streets have no name
2. I still haven't found what I am looking for
3. With or without you

Beat that!

U2's second finest moment. (After Running to Stand Still.) I don't understand why it has never been played.

coentje wrote:
I do. It's in my top three of most disliked tunes.
I just don't understand how people can listen to it.

How come this brilliant song (in my personal U2 top 3) has not been played on RP in 4 years? I don't understand!!!