I'm Double Penetrating This Draft with Awesomeness

First reactions:

Damn you Milhouse for taking perhaps my most beloved U2 song. But it was probably to be expected.

Dopey: Bad is a great, great song. It might have been in the running my next time around, but it's a testament to U2 that there are so many great songs that I'm not even flinching. (Personally, I would have taken the live version from Wide Awake in America. But hey, that's me.)

Now, in the words of Ace Ventura's talking buttocks, 'Okay, now it's my turn!'

My big gamble was to take the third pick and let Tim pick the second. The thought process was that I had a clear top three, and by picking third, I ensured a reasonable shot of getting two of those tracks provided Milhouse and Dopey didn't read my mind. The gamble worked, which pleases me.

First, this is the song I would have taken first had I had the chance, even though it's 1 and 1A with Where the Streets .... It's a massive hit for U2, an overly popular tune, but also simply perfect in its build up and execution. So glad to get this track.

With or Without You (Live)

(By the way, I'm taking the live version from Rattle and Hum. It's not on the CD, but it was in the movie. Not only is it awesome, but it has an extra verse at the end that is balls out great and I wish they would have put it into the real song. Here's the link to listen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzZj7zHtMEU)

Next, another massive personal favorite of mine. I hope they play it at the concert, since they didn't play it last time. It's kinda underrated in the canon, plus they absolutely massacred it on the Best of 80-90 by just repeating the chorus at the end instead of using the last verse. Still, it can't taint the original, which is just plain exceptional.

New Year's Day

Alright, that felt good. Now to smoke a cigarette.