MIXTAPE: Watching The Sun Go Down

Theme: Chilling with U2

My friend Rich put in a request for a mixtape: Songs by U2 to help him chill out while on long international flights. And since he’s headed overseas next week, while I’m headed to Dallas to see U2 live (woo hoo!), I thought it was the perfect time to share my latest mixtape….

Watching The Sun Go Down:

1. Sweetest Thing
2. Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around The World
3. Grace
4. Promenade
5. Cedars of Lebanon
6. Love Comes Tumbling
7. Miss Sarajevo
8. With Or Without You
9. The First Time
10. October
11. White As Snow
12. The Hands That Built America
13. One Step Closer
14. Running To Stand Still
15. North And South Of The River
16. Moment Of Surrender
17. So Cruel
18. Stay (Faraway, So Close)
19. Scarlet
20. Bass Trap
21. MLK

Selected Commentary:
Sweetest Thing – I’m actually partial to the original B-side version of this song. But I couldn’t resist this LEGO tribute video to the single version!
Grace – "When she goes to work/You can hear the strings..."
Promenade – It would be impossible to pick my favorite U2 song. But if you pressed me, this might be it.
The First Time – Love this picture of the Trinity. “I spend my whole time running/He spends his running after me…”
Stay – I always liked this Wim Wenders video

PS: My version of this mixtape contains “40”…but since Rich gives me such grief about the song, I’ve left it off of “his” version. ;)

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