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

markers I know every Metallica song through Reload, don't step

unforgettable fire give me that which i desire

Gimme fuel gimme fire

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

― MarkoP, Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:26 AM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - I thought I would know this because the title is incredibly familiar and I saw Batman Forever in theaters

I don't think I've actually heard it in full before, did they play this during the credits? I rate 'Kiss from a rose' much higher

Stuck In a Moment - Never heard this before but this song is a jam imo

Vertigo - Nope

Ultraviolet (light my way)

dayo, I'm a year older than you and I've never liked U2 apart from Hold Me Thrill Me, I think. But I've also heard most of these.

;_;

this is a cheat, but how about their cover of Woody Guthrie's "Jesus Christ"?

he may know that one better in its Nirvana version "Jesus Christ Pose"

this thread (a) brings the laffs, and (b) is strong evidence that there are other people in the world and they are different from me

now i wanna sniff some glutes

'what the fuck dayo

― markers, Wednesday, September 10, 2014 12:14 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink"

<3 you markers but you once told me that you didn't know any Tom Hanks movies other than Forrest Gump so dayo otm here.

龜 I am about the same age as you and the first time I remember being aware of U2 was when they appeared in the 200th episode of the Simpsons, were you familiar with U2 before this/did their Simpsons appearance have a big impact on how you thought of them?

http://media1.break.com/breakstudios/2011/12/20/u2%20on%20the%20simpsons.jpg

Probably saw that episode

Don't think it made much of an impact

RHCP did it better

U2 were at a pretty low ebb when that Simpsons episode aired, though; Pop was tanking, and the ABC-TV special promoting the tour was the lowest-rated non-news show in the history of US television.

Dude if you just don't listen to much older pop music this is a v silly thread

― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:51 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

Agree, but also wanted to see how much of this ubiquitous cultural presence I have managed to miss

Like I also don't really know the Beatles

Have downloaded their discography at least 3 times

But never made it past the first two albums

And I know the first two were not the ones that everybody else rates

But even then I know some of the classics

Like "Lucy in the sky with diamonds" or "Come all over me"

U2, otoh, it looks like the only one I /really/ know is Beautiful Day

If you are determined to go through the Beatles in some kind of chronological order, probably start with Rubber Soul.

It's the first one where sequencing seems to be much more than an afterthought.

"Come all over me"

Def. my favourite Beatles song

Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?

The Wanderer

Lemon

I took a break to listen to some Young Thug and now I'm back

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

― stacked as fuck & imposing (DJP), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:41 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

Last Night On Earth - Nope

I Will Follow - Nope, but this song reminds me of OP's The Riverland

Bad - Nope.. Having listened to a few U2 songs by now this, I feel like this kind of shouty and ponderous U2 is probably what they're like on all their new stuff

The Refugee - Nope, sounds pretty funky though, I like this

Seconds - Nope, what's this drummer banging on, I feel like he's got a big kit though

Two Hearts Beat As One - Nope, but is this song the source of all the "Two Butts Beating As One" jokes? Isn't there a Kylie Minogue song called this? I like this though, it's the jangly indie U2 from upthread

Cop Killer - Not actually a U2 song, apparently actually by Body Count, good song though

I Threw A Brick Through A Window - Nope, I like this song though, did U2 start as rebellious punks?

Gloria - Nope, starting to figure out what the cuts from this album remind me of - the Cure! Which is probably why DJP is making me listen to all the songs from this album

Stories For Boys - Nope, but this is good, the shouty parts remind me of early the Offspring

Sweetest Thing - Nope

Suicide Blonde - Not actually by U2, actually by INXS, I guess the joke is that this kinda sounds like U2?

Vertigo - Think I already listened to this

Just A Friend - Not actually by U2 unless you trust this website, actually by Biz Markie, I love this song unreservedly

I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson - Not actually by U2, actually by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, great song

It's Raining Men - Not actually by U2, actually by the Weather Girls, did this group have any other hits?

Afternoon Delight - Not actually by U2, actually by the Starland Vocal Band, I either know this song from PCU or from Arrested Development or both

I Will Follow - Nope, but this song reminds me of OP's The Riverland

I meant the Riverbed

this is beside the pt of this thread at this pt but obviously the universality of na's observations should default to "white ppl w relatives residing in the midwest" at this pt

batdance

― john wahey (NickB), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:43 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

Not actually by U2, I think Prince v. U2 is a really easy decision though?

The Batusi (Lillywhite Mix)

― famous instagram God (waterface), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:45 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

I don't know what the joke behind this one is, sorry

the 'batusi' is a solo dance Batman did after he ate a really good empanada. interestingly enough, it was later adapted into a dance for waterface, though they changed the name to 'watusi' as a cute pun on the original.

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