U2. How cool is it that one of the longest-lasting, stadium-shaking, bastions of rock-and-roll greatness happens to be Christian? Or, at least religious…or, spiritual…or, something. Their new album, No Line On the Horizon, is freshly upon us and ready to provide more doses of potentially Biblical lyrics. There’s almost 30 years of U2 history floating around. In this small mound of Bono lyrics, we find religious analogies piled up on top of each other. What rises to the top? Where does Bono shine through at his most Christian…at his most “I’m spiritual, but don’t organize me”? Provided below are the ten best U2’s songs where Bono’s spiritual side comes charging through, both guns blazing, with songs that seem so heartfelt that everyone who “gets it” wholeheartedly believes that every song in the U2 catalog is about “it”. These next 10 songs should offer a glimpse of what’s so special about U2.
- I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (The Joshua Tree)
- Grace (All You Can’t Leave Behind)
- Yahweh (How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb)
- The First Time (Zooropa)
- The Wanderer (Zooropa)
- 40 (War)
- When Loves Comes to Town (Rattle & Hum)
- North & South of the River (B-Sides; 80s-90s)
- Until the End of the World (Achtung Baby)
- Drowning Man (War)
