If you're over 20 years old, you have liked U2 at some point.― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, September 9, 2014 9:51 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, September 9, 2014 9:51 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'm genuinely curious how many I know
I've never consciously hit 'play' on a U2 song afaicr
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:16 (nine years ago) link
sunday bloody sunday
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:17 (nine years ago) link
one
with or without you
I still haven't found what I'm looking for
― wolves at doors: they flan @ u face (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:20 (nine years ago) link
Sunday Bloody Sunday - The chorus is maybe vaguely familiar? Idk I don't think I've heard this song before or if I have, not in full
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:21 (nine years ago) link
I kinda like it, were U2 secretly an 80s indie band at one point?
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:22 (nine years ago) link
Where The Streets Have No Name
― the one where, as balls alludes (Eazy), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:23 (nine years ago) link
elevation
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:24 (nine years ago) link
U2- One
I've never heard this song before in my life
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:25 (nine years ago) link
theme from mission: impossible
― john wahey (NickB), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:26 (nine years ago) link
Is U2's One a cover / inspired by Bob Marley? I feel like I downloaded a Bob Marley album in college that I jammed probably at least 10 times
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:28 (nine years ago) link
Shhhh!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:31 (nine years ago) link
U2 - With or without you
Thought the beginning was Frankie Knuckles (RIP) at first
Otherwise I don't know this song at all
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:32 (nine years ago) link
How old are you?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:33 (nine years ago) link
"Is U2's One a cover / inspired by Bob Marley?"
cover
― Euler, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:33 (nine years ago) link
I'm two and can barely spell U2. Do they know Katy Perry?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:34 (nine years ago) link
I'm 28 xp
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:34 (nine years ago) link
ha ha are you Todd Glass?
― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:35 (nine years ago) link
f you're over 20 years old, you have liked U2 at some point.
I can attest to this being a falsehood, BTW.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:35 (nine years ago) link
That's what we are trying to scientifically prove, I think.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:35 (nine years ago) link
I am over 38 and know the heck out of U2. First concert! Joshua Tree tour at the Spectrum in Philly. I still have the t-shirt. A friend borrowed it for an '80s themed party. I thought it kind of lame that he would wear a U2 shirt to an '80s party, but I guess it *was* the '80s, so...
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:36 (nine years ago) link
U2 - I still haven't found what I'm looking for
OK I definitely know the shouty parts at the beginning - coulda sworn it was by an 80s American stadium rock band though
Does the music video involve an empty beach?
I dunno the chorus tho
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:38 (nine years ago) link
"One" is a good Bob Marley RIP cover but "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" is their best Tuff Gong take
― Euler, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:38 (nine years ago) link
xp it is mostly Bono eating croissants w/ the pope iirc
― wolves at doors: they flan @ u face (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link
but anyway that is a secret catholic song and u r catholic now so enjoy it
Pride (In The Name of Love)Mysterious WaysNumbDiscothequeGo WestObsessionDon't Disturb This GrooveDoin' ItI Kissed A GirlSailGet Ur Freak OnCall Me Maybe
― stacked as fuck & imposing (DJP), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link
Go West is a Pet Shop Boys, you can't fool me
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:41 (nine years ago) link
*song
Go West is a band
― wolves at doors: they flan @ u face (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:41 (nine years ago) link
Thinking about it, if you had told me "I still haven't found what I'm looking for" was by Eric Prydz I wouldn't have been surprised
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:42 (nine years ago) link
coulda sworn it was by an 80s American stadium rock band though
For all intents and purposes, this is correct.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:42 (nine years ago) link
Bono doing "I Kissed A Girl" would be ace.
― the one where, as balls alludes (Eazy), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:43 (nine years ago) link
an cat dubh/into the heart
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:43 (nine years ago) link
surrender
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:44 (nine years ago) link
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)
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:44 (nine years ago) link
^^^ otm
― stacked as fuck & imposing (DJP), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:48 (nine years ago) link
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 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
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:49 (nine years ago) link
Pet shop boys did an incred cover of that
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:50 (nine years ago) link
Oh shit I think that's where I know it from
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:51 (nine years ago) link
Have you heard the U2 song called (Groove is in the) Fart?
― famous instagram God (waterface), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:51 (nine years ago) link
Whole new album
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:52 (nine years ago) link
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.
― wolves at doors: they flan @ u face (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:53 (nine years ago) link
elevation― Mordy, Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:24 AM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark
― 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
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:54 (nine years ago) link
rat in the kitchen
― john wahey (NickB), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:54 (nine years ago) link
New Year's Day
― example (crüt), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:55 (nine years ago) link
I cried at a U2 concert once. IT WAS A VERY MOVING EXPERIENCE.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:55 (nine years ago) link
NickB I salute you
― stacked as fuck & imposing (DJP), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:55 (nine years ago) link
theme from mission: impossible― john wahey (NickB), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:26 AM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark
― john wahey (NickB), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:26 AM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark
Saw Mission: Impossible on theaters and on VHS, so yes
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link
New Year's Day is the token U2 song I quite like. That and that one they did about batman.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link
Here's a picture of the halftime show
http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/38312720/10632258_1456053991344694_948306496_n.0.0_standard_800.0.jpg
― famous instagram God (waterface), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:09 (nine years ago) link
i am the fly
― john wahey (NickB), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:09 (nine years ago) link
what the fuck dayo
― markers, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:14 (nine years ago) link
markers I know every Metallica song through Reload, don't step
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:15 (nine years ago) link
unforgettable fire give me that which i desire
― example (crüt), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:17 (nine years ago) link
Gimme fuel gimme fire
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:18 (nine years ago) link
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill MeStuck In a MomentVertigo― MarkoP, Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:26 AM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark
― 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
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:20 (nine years ago) link
Ultraviolet (light my way)
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Roz, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:28 (nine years ago) link
;_;
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:31 (nine years ago) link
this is a cheat, but how about their cover of Woody Guthrie's "Jesus Christ"?
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:33 (nine years ago) link
he may know that one better in its Nirvana version "Jesus Christ Pose"
― Euler, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:36 (nine years ago) link
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
― alpine static, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:38 (nine years ago) link
now i wanna sniff some glutes
― john wahey (NickB), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:39 (nine years ago) link
'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.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:41 (nine years ago) link
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
― a puddle of quivering 501s (soref), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link
Probably saw that episode
Don't think it made much of an impact
RHCP did it better
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 17:15 (nine years ago) link
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
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 17:40 (nine years ago) link
If you are determined to go through the Beatles in some kind of chronological order, probably start with Rubber Soul.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 17:42 (nine years ago) link
It's the first one where sequencing seems to be much more than an afterthought.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 17:43 (nine years ago) link
"Come all over me"
Def. my favourite Beatles song
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 18:47 (nine years ago) link
The Wanderer
― da croupier, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link
Lemon
― da croupier, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 18:53 (nine years ago) link
I took a break to listen to some Young Thug and now I'm back
Last Night On EarthI Will FollowBadThe RefugeeSecondsTwo Hearts Beat As OneCop KillerI Threw A Brick Through A WindowGloriaStories For BoysSweetest ThingSuicide BlondeVertigoJust A FriendI Think I Can Beat Mike TysonIt's Raining MenAfternoon Delight― stacked as fuck & imposing (DJP), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:41 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
― 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
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link
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
― mattresslessness, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
batdance― john wahey (NickB), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:43 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
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Not actually by U2, I think Prince v. U2 is a really easy decision though?
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
The Batusi (Lillywhite Mix)― famous instagram God (waterface), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:45 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
― 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
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link
waterusi
― famous instagram God (waterface), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 19:46 (nine years ago) link
we need to talk about american appropriation of Irish culture
― nakh is the wintour of our diss content (darraghmac), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:50 (nine years ago) link
http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UKdHIkOqfVQ/UTpDa6ZmUGI/AAAAAAAALpc/7duHZtymDRE/l5.jpg_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800
― famous instagram God (waterface), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:51 (nine years ago) link
[MOD EDIT]
can you fucking believe it
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
someone should ask U2 to steal it back
― da croupier, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
I didn't say we wanted it back, nor that we let yis take anything of worth to begin with
― nakh is the wintour of our diss content (darraghmac), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
irish culture has been babelfished and spat out onto our shores as the likes of 'boondock saints' and such.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 21:18 (nine years ago) link
http://www.nbcsports.com/files/nbcsports/styles/gallery_slide/public/migrated_images/mascot9.jpg?itok=WENi1pl1
― Bitterer than Bitter (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link
Unchained Melody
― the man with the black wigs (Eazy), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 22:39 (nine years ago) link
fwiw there are way more irish-americans than irish
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 22:54 (nine years ago) link
that's a song title btw
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 22:55 (nine years ago) link
alex descends into hell for a bottle of milk
― OutdoorFish, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 23:18 (nine years ago) link
Lol
― how's life, Thursday, 11 September 2014 00:12 (nine years ago) link
Boom Shalock Lock Boom
― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Thursday, 11 September 2014 03:12 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMgJnFMeNuU
― example (crüt), Friday, 12 September 2014 00:11 (nine years ago) link
where's 龜? i want an answer
― OutdoorFish, Friday, 12 September 2014 00:42 (nine years ago) link
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
― 龜, Friday, 12 September 2014 00:48 (nine years ago) link
thanks
btw i don't have such a thing as a favourite U2 song
i hate them all
― OutdoorFish, Friday, 12 September 2014 01:00 (nine years ago) link
this might need to turn into a DR. 龜 J.D. CULTURAL STUDY
― mookieproof, Friday, 12 September 2014 01:02 (nine years ago) link