Name a U2 song and 龜 will tell you if he's heard it or not

coulda sworn it was by an 80s American stadium rock band though

For all intents and purposes, this is correct.

Bono doing "I Kissed A Girl" would be ace.

an cat dubh/into the heart

surrender

20 is too young. you need to be able to remember a time when U2 weren't irredeemably corny, which either happened with rattle and hum or with zooropa, so i guess better terminals would be 35 or 40 respectively (it was rattle and hum tho)

^^^ otm

Where The Streets Have No Name

― the one where, as balls alludes (Eazy), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:23 AM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark

The intro is great, sounds like Arcade Fire

I know the chorus for sure, dunno from where though

Pet shop boys did an incred cover of that

Oh shit I think that's where I know it from

Have you heard the U2 song called (Groove is in the) Fart?

Whole new album

more than 2 years ago, I'm certain that an online magazine published an article about how the incoming college freshmen class doesn't know stuff. U2 were probably in there between 'Dennis Rodman' and 'Eureka's Castle'. someone probably posted a link on facebook.

elevation

― Mordy, Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:24 AM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark

OK I definitely know this one, do they play it at sporting events? I've never heard the bridge before though

rat in the kitchen

New Year's Day

I cried at a U2 concert once. IT WAS A VERY MOVING EXPERIENCE.

NickB I salute you

theme from mission: impossible

― john wahey (NickB), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:26 AM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark

Saw Mission: Impossible on theaters and on VHS, so yes

New Year's Day is the token U2 song I quite like. That and that one they did about batman
.

also re indie band idk if you'd call it that but they were awesome for a while at the beginning there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaTPls-m3sk

the man with the black wings

That and that one they did about batman

all of U2's songs are about Batman

never heard Out Of Control till now

Beautiful Day

Out of Control is the best! It's definitely in my top 10 favorite songs of all time.

bruce gonna wayne yr wild horses

Coming from a big U2 fan I think their albums are all good (in part)-to-great, with the two weak links being rattle & hum and how to dismantle an atomic bomb, but I still jam those on occasion. R&H is best listened to with the live tracks removed probably but even those have some good moments.

龜, where did you grow up?

Is it true that Bono hates the Pet Shop Boys cover, because that would be perfect

Pride (In The Name of Love)
Mysterious Ways
Numb
Discotheque
Go West
Obsession
Don't Disturb This Groove
Doin' It
I Kissed A Girl
Sail
Get Ur Freak On
Call Me Maybe

― stacked as fuck & imposing (DJP), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:40 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark

Pride (In The Name of Love) - Dunno this song at all, were the lyrics inspired by Lord of the Rings?

Mysterious Ways - Definitely know the chorus, and I like how funky it is in general

Numb - Nope, but what is this song? Seems kinda 'out there'

Discotheque - Feel like I know the parts that aren't the chorus, maybe? Why isn't this song on Spotify?

Go West - Not actually a U2 song, originally by the Pet Shop Boys

Obsession - Not actually a U2 song, originally by Animotion (?)

Don't Disturb This Groove - Not actually a U2 song, originally by the System (?)

Doin' It - Not actually a U2 song, first result on Google gives this link:

http://i.imgur.com/uKUrm3d.png

Appears to be originally by LL Cool J

I Kissed A Girl - Not actually a U2 song, originally by Katy Perry

Sail - Not actually a U2 song, originally by AWOLNATION (?)

Get Ur Freak On - Not actually a U2 song, originally by Missy Elliott

Call Me Maybe - Not actually a U2 song, originally by Carly Rae Jepsen

龜, where did you grow up?

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:15 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

South Philly

It seems surprising that a popular music fan could have grown up in the US without hearing "With or Without You" before the age of 28 but at least you do know "Where Streets Have No Name".

Were yr parents anti-radio/tv or something? Cos this is quite weird, U2're p inescapable

Go West - Not actually a U2 song, originally by the Pet Shop Boys

Shows what you know. It's actually a Village People song.

My parents only listened to communist showtunes, but I watched plenty of TV, never really listened to the radio until my teens xp

Get Out xp

Is it true that Bono hates the Pet Shop Boys cover, because that would be perfect

― ⌘-B (mh)

Bono supposedly faxed the Boys a response: "What have we what have we what have we done to deserve this?"

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
Stuck In a Moment
Vertigo

feel like I was always hearing "Beautiful Day" on TV back in 2000/2001

Think my favorite four songs before discovering AOL Instant Messenger file sharing were 2 Unlimited - Ya'll ready For This, The Immortals - Techno Syndrome (as used in the Mortal Kombat movie), REM - It's the End of the World (As We Know it) (as used in Independence Day), Blur - Song 2 (as used in Starship Troopers' TV commercials)

oh yeah, i gotta imagine 龜 has definitely heard "beautiful day"

Out of Control is the best!

^^^ truthbomb. Haven't heard it in ages, and have never seen this video. Really need to upgrade from my well-worn cassette of Boy.

kind of feel like 龜 would be the best person on jury duty

an cat dubh/into the heart

― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:43 AM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark

I like the intro to this, sounds like a mid-period Metallica song

Spotify timely decided to insert an ad in between the two despite the fact that these two songs are supposed to be a song suite, afaict

Haven't heard either half of this suite at all though

龜 might prefer other bands' covers of U2 songs like Creed's "Despite All My Rage (Rat In A Cage)". also the album U2 recorded with South African musicians "Cedars of Lebanon"

my intro to "Out of Control" was at the last 2000-2001 show at Miami. Terrific version.

Last Night On Earth
I Will Follow
Bad
The Refugee
Seconds
Two Hearts Beat As One
Cop Killer
I Threw A Brick Through A Window
Gloria
Stories For Boys
Sweetest Thing
Suicide Blonde
Vertigo
Just A Friend
I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson
It's Raining Men
Afternoon Delight

"Out of Control" started playing by itself and I agree it's a pretty great song

batdance

The Batusi (Lillywhite Mix)

waterusi

we need to talk about american appropriation of Irish culture

http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UKdHIkOqfVQ/UTpDa6ZmUGI/AAAAAAAALpc/7duHZtymDRE/l5.jpg_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800

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can you fucking believe it

we need to talk about american appropriation of Irish culture

someone should ask U2 to steal it back

I didn't say we wanted it back, nor that we let yis take anything of worth to begin with

irish culture has been babelfished and spat out onto our shores as the likes of 'boondock saints' and such.

http://www.nbcsports.com/files/nbcsports/styles/gallery_slide/public/migrated_images/mascot9.jpg?itok=WENi1pl1

Unchained Melody

fwiw there are way more irish-americans than irish

that's a song title btw

alex descends into hell for a bottle of milk

Lol

Boom Shalock Lock Boom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMgJnFMeNuU

where's 龜? i want an answer

At some point people started posting what seemed to be their favorite deep U2 cuts instead of their most broadly disseminated tunes so I took a break

I will resume soon

thanks

btw i don't have such a thing as a favourite U2 song

i hate them all

this might need to turn into a DR. 龜 J.D. CULTURAL STUDY