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

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

I'm genuinely curious how many I know

I've never consciously hit 'play' on a U2 song afaicr

sunday bloody sunday

one

with or without you

I still haven't found what I'm looking for

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

I kinda like it, were U2 secretly an 80s indie band at one point?

Where The Streets Have No Name

elevation

U2- One

I've never heard this song before in my life

theme from mission: impossible

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

I kinda like it, were U2 secretly an 80s indie band at one point?

Shhhh!

U2 - With or without you

Thought the beginning was Frankie Knuckles (RIP) at first

Otherwise I don't know this song at all

How old are you?

"Is U2's One a cover / inspired by Bob Marley?"

cover

I'm two and can barely spell U2. Do they know Katy Perry?

I'm 28 xp

ha ha are you Todd Glass?

f 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

I can attest to this being a falsehood, BTW.

That's what we are trying to scientifically prove, I think.

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...

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

"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

xp it is mostly Bono eating croissants w/ the pope iirc

but anyway that is a secret catholic song and u r catholic now so enjoy it

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

Go West is a Pet Shop Boys, you can't fool me

*song

Go West is a band

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

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)

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

not actually a katy perry song, originally by jill sobule ffs

but the katy perry version has different lyrics and also different music

The Snake Charmer 12"

jill sobule is the edge's real name fyi

lol my sister "got into" u2 when she was in college and thought brian eno was the edge's real name or something

Jill Sobule was Adam Clayton's wife before she married Katy Perry. btw this is what "Two Hearts Beat As One" is about, it's a jam

surrender

― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:44 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

I don't know this song but I probably would have been really into it if I had heard it in college

(Said the same thing about Ultravox fwiw, which I first heard ~2 years ago)

brian eno's real name is shirley crabtree

Wait didn't Adam Clayton play the 60's Batman?

No wait that was Adam West

No it was Adam Clayton

it was Adam Clayton and "Go West" was the theme song

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

― famous instagram God (waterface), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:51 AM (57 minutes ago) Bookmark

This is not a U2 song and I only know it because of ILM

No, it was Clayton Adams.

http://houseofmirthandmovies.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/800_michael_clayton_blu-ray03.jpg

rat in the kitchen

― john wahey (NickB), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:54 AM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark

Think this might actually be a UB40 song, who also did "Red Red wine"

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

Otherwise it is perfectly sensible.

Hm, "With or Without You" was used prominently in Friends and The Office.

I think it started out as such tbh xpost

Favorite U2 song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4pg6Jh94Lo

I used to watch Friends pretty regularly and know the theme song really well

Watched The Office through maybe twice? Did Ricky cover that song on his acoustic guitar? Incredible show xxp

New Year's Day

― example (crüt), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:55 AM (54 minutes ago) Bookmark

I dunno this song

Brian Eno's real name is Creed Bratton

the man with the black wings

― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:56 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

AFAICT not actually a U2 song

There's a song with this name on Spotify by a death metal band though

have you ever heard the François Kevorkian US Remix of New Year's Day? it's cool. the intro should be the intro to every rap song ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVmaDjaAD40

Beautiful Day

― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:59 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

Definitely know this song, Mordy is right

Looking at Wikipedia, I probably know this song because of the 2009 Superbowl

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

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:41 AM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink"

That's the tour I saw them on where I cried (SHUT UP) and I was really surprised but thrilled that they played it. :)

The Superbowl is sponsored by Batman, who is Adam Clayton Powell

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

i am the fly

what the fuck dayo

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

[MOD EDIT]

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