She's gonna make you cry, she's gonna make you whisper and moan.

So I was innocently scrolling through my friends list when my eyes slid past this post on u2 about U2 shows in Phoenix and Atlanta. Only--and I'm sure you can all see what's coming--I kinda misread the second part. "Wow!" I thought, "U2 is doing a show in Atlantis!"

Then I thought: "Now there's a crossover I secretly kind of want to really must never write."

And then I thought: "Actually, this may have already occurred ( because... [pic spoiler for 'Coup d'État'] )

I amuse and frighten myself.

Speaking of U2 and me being frightening, yesterday wychwood asked for my Top Five U2 Songs as part of the Top Five Meme (for the record: "Lemon," "Out of Control," "One," "Until the End of the World," and "If You Wear That Velvet Dress" or "Drowning Man," depending on my mood), then reciprocated with her own. I immediately turned into a freak of nature: "But those are so conventional!" (Like "One" isn't?) "You need to hear more exotic U2, STAT!" When I resumed semi-normal breathing patterns, I offered to send her some stuff. Unfortunately, most of my U2 .mp3s are protected (yes, I know you can get around that, but it is a pain in the ass and I am lazy) so what follows is mostly whatever fell into the center of a Venn Diagram crossing "Stuff that wychwood doesn't already have" and "Stuff of trinityofone's that's unlocked." Of course, it also falls into a third category: "Stuff that is really, really awesome."

( 26 random U2 songs, including a lot of live tracks, some rarities, some remixes, and oddly, something from October )

ETA: And a .zip file of all of them, if you are so inclined.
ETA2: Fresh .zip file, 'cause the other one all ran out and stuff.

Enjoy! Please tell me if the links run out, and if you want to share your random thoughts about any of these songs or about U2 or music in general, I would looooooove that. Oh, and nenar and caseymae: I know I still owe you mixes. I am working on them. Hopefully some of this can help tide you over...