Is the U2 "Vertigo" Video a Target Ad?

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It's not even subtle.

― Donniewalder, Monday, 22 November 2004 17:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Certainly looks like one.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 22 November 2004 17:13 (twenty-one years ago)

it was going to be, but then the iPod people said it was a conflict of interest, so they re-colored the concentric circles black and white instead of red and white.

― Al (sitcom), Monday, 22 November 2004 17:14 (twenty-one years ago)

hello, hello (hola!)
I'm at a place called Target
it's got everything I didn't know
that I neeeeeeed!

― Al (sitcom), Monday, 22 November 2004 17:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I would comment but I know that Bono/Satan/Michael York is watching.

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/8x/megiddo/_group_photos/michael_york2.jpg

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 22 November 2004 17:18 (twenty-one years ago)

so is Adam Clayton/Azazel/Udo Kier.

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 22 November 2004 17:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually in the context of Omega Code 2: Megiddo (and you will never understand the evil of Bono until you see these movies), Udo would be Paul McGuinness.

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 22 November 2004 17:32 (twenty-one years ago)

doing a Target Ad would actually be relatively consistent with Bono's politics

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 22 November 2004 17:41 (twenty-one years ago)

My Plan For World Domination
by Bono

1. Spend youth leading well-intentioned histrionic new wave group with some admittedly powerful songs. "Even Satan comes as an angel of light."
2. Gradually increase the faux-spiritual egomania to unprecidented levels. Eventually introduce the concept of "irony" into my work, confusing those who might detect my messianic nature.
3. Be photographed next to people in power.
4. Publicly announe that I'm Curing World Hunger, further inspiring a planet of rockists to ask if I can save the world.
5. Join forces with Target and crush Wal-Mart, gaining further acclaim. Erase world debts and inspire a docile, defenseless world that adores me.
6. Create a Nu-Catholic Church of my well-intentioned, deluded rockists AND DECLARE MYSELF GOD AND KING OVER ALL I SURVEY!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 22 November 2004 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

5 should also include Apple, Interscope and other coroporate monoliths as his financial backers.

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 22 November 2004 17:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Target and Wal-Mart are not on the same side.

Irony is a good way to get over when being earnest.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 22 November 2004 18:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes, Target is the "liberal" monolith with cooler clothes. By uniting the hipper behemoths he will be powerful yet seem benign. He has to wear tinted sunglasses at all times now because his eyes are red and glowing.

http://www.musicianwanted.net/news/bono.jpg

oooowweeeeeoooo

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 22 November 2004 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

if bono is god and u2 is heaven is target hell

― wom, Tuesday, 23 November 2004 06:39 (twenty-one years ago)

ee cummings everybody! give him a hand!

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 06:53 (twenty-one years ago)

i find that song to be very annoying

― gem (trisk), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 06:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I liked the chorus better when it was in that old Supremes tune.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 14:30 (twenty-one years ago)

In addition to overwhelming exposure on radio, MTV and the ubiquitous I-Pod campaign, "Vertigo" was used for a spot segment on Monday Night Football last night. Promotion for this album won't be complete, though, until the Irish mob comes door-to-door and strongly *encourages* you to buy one, boy-o.

― briania (briania), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 15:02 (twenty-one years ago)

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