Ah, memories! I decided tonight to pull out the old U2 World Service magazines (aka Pre-Props) that Geoff Parkyn edited and wrote many many years ago. It’s been a great trip down memory lane re-reading the early interviews with Joe O’Herlihy, Dennis Sheehan and Willie Williams. (Well, in Willie’s case, Geoff referred to him as his first name, Peter.)

Anyway, in Issue 12, dated Autumn 1984, Geoff mentions some of U2’s early song titles on page 11 of the magazine:

Here’s a list of some early U2 songs that never made it onto record - perhaps you can recall some others? Street Missions, Concentration Cramp, Night Fright, Inside Out, Hang Up!, Judith (No Man’s Land), Father Is An Elephant (?), The Dream Is Over, Jack In The Box, The Magic Carpet, Walk Away, The Speed of Life, Alone In The Night.

Some of those songs still haven’t seen the light of day through fan circles - then again, who thought to record live U2 concerts back in the days of The Hype and Feedback? Can anyone answer Geoff’s question of 23 years ago and recall any other songs that haven’t seen the light of day from U2’s early days?