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[bono_212]

What I read originally, though I just went to check those lyrics again, and they've changed them to this whole hours of fun buisness, was shoot me, just fall, Show me eh. or something like that...actually I just listened to it now, and that's what I hear, or I hear Check mate, shazbot, Show me.

I dont' kknow but there is no WAY ON EARTH that he is saying Hours of Fun. I really think they watchthese boards and they just wanted to see how long it would take for all of their fans to go insane trying to figure out how he says hours of fun...

I'm quoting myself simply to state that I finally found those lyrics I was referring to originally and they are :

Shot dead
Shots fall
Show me, yeah

and quite frankly I find these the easiest to hear : Lyrics from @u2 btw

 

[WalkOn21]

I wonder how you can hear 'shot dead' in 'checkmated'.
I agree he doesn't say 'hours of fun'. But I think he DOES sing 'checkmated'.

Anyway, it has 3 syllables. Check - ma - ted.
That would make shot dead something like shot de - head. I definitely hear 'ted' as last syllable. It must be checkmated.

 

[waynetravis]

Stuck in a Moment.

Lyric goes: "Water was warm 'til you discover how deep"

When I first heard it sounded like: "Water was warm 'til you discover I peed"

 

[pattip2000]

Stuck in a Moment.

Lyric goes: "Water was warm 'til you discover how deep"

When I first heard it sounded like: "Water was warm 'til you discover I peed"

 

[larrysgal]

I mistook the line "I want to see your thoughts take shape and walk right out" from Miracle Drug as "I want to see your farts take shape and walk right out". Yeesh...I don't know what I was on when I first listened to that song.

 

[RavenBlue]

^

 

[TheQuiet1]

Oh that's it!!! Now I've read the actual lyrics to The Fly another one of my favourite U2 lyrics hits the scrapheap as it turns out it doesn't exist!

I hear:

It's no secret that a friend is someone who needs your help (which I thought was )

The actual lyric:

It's no secret that a friend is someone who lets you help

 

[Soul Love]

For some crazy reason I misheard JFK as champagne - don't ask me why I'm very imaginative!

 

[Boberts]

When I listen to The Unforgettable Fire, I always hear:

Carnival
The wheels fly and the colors spin
Through Al Capone,
Red wine that punctures the skin
Face to face
In a dry and waterless place



and

Sleep comes like a drug
In God's Country
Sad eyes, dookie crosses
In God's Country



I don't know what it means either.

 

[angelordevil]

When I listen to The Unforgettable Fire, I always hear:

Carnival
The wheels fly and the colors spin
Through Al Capone,

In Electrical Storm, I thought Bono was saying "The air is heavy, heavy as a church," instead of "truck."

I think my lyric carries more weight.

 

[WalkOn21]

angelordevil, I always heard that too!

One of my misheard lyrics:
I dream that I sought Ali, with a supermarket trolly

 

[TheQuiet1]

 

[Targon1991]

I always here
"Edge is blowin' in the breeze"
during Wild Honey

and i'm pretty sure I'm singing ALL of Mofo wrong
the words are just so confusing

 

[VicksSs]

and i'm pretty sure I'm singing ALL of Mofo wrong
the words are just so confusing

100% agree. And I was so surprised when Bono said that song was probably the closest portrait of Bono's life/career. Geez, ins't the guy just mad!!!

 

[VicksSs]

One lyric: "and you won't need to go without" instead of "and you want me to go without". One of the strongest liens on one of the strongest songs, and i mishear it Don't ask me what it meant either...

 

[WalkOn21]

One lyric: "and you won't need to go without" instead of "and you want me to go without". One of the strongest liens on one of the strongest songs, and i mishear it Don't ask me what it meant either...

What? Those aren't the lyrics?

Always made perfect sense to me
You never had love
And you won't need to go without

 

[VicksSs]

^ Well it sounds like Bono sings that, but the The AB booklet says "and you want me to go without". Funny we both heard teh same!

 

[WalkOn21]

^ Well it sounds like Bono sings that, but the The AB booklet says "and you want me to go without". Funny we both heard teh same!

I looked on Google if anyone else made the same mistake, and I found this site: http://www.amiright.com/misheard/artist/u2.shtml

Oh my, that's hilarious. One of the misheard lyrics there:
Have you come here to play Caesar, and do the leopards in your bed

And
You act like it never happened
And you want me to roll the dice.

OMG

edit: oh, I could go on and on about that site.

 

[TheQuiet1]

I looked on Google if anyone else made the same mistake, and I found this site: http://www.amiright.com/misheard/artist/u2.shtml

What's with everyone thinking Bono's singing "Electrical Toaster" instead of "Elecetrical Storm"???

My favourite:

Vertigo

"Horse, Horse, Horse, Horse"

instead of

"Unos, Dos, Tres, Catorce"

 

[badboybono]

One of my favourite lyrics are WTSHNN. I got a Bootleg, the concert from 1989-12-26, X-Mas At The Point Depot, and Bono says something at the beginning of Streets, nut don't know what. It goes: "His voice to me was like a scream..." Any ideas??

 

[WalkOn21]

Until a few minutes ago, I believed the lyric in Discothèque was:

You know you're chewing bubblegum
You know that daddy hurts you when you still won't stop

How did I come up with that?

 

[TheQuiet1]

I've always sung the Discotheque lyrics as:

You know it's you and bubblegum,
You know what that is but you still want some.

I don't think they can be the correct lyrics, can they?

After reading this thread I've concluded that I mishear on average about 80% of all U2 lyrics.

 

[SWlondnr]

What's with everyone thinking Bono's singing "Electrical Toaster" instead of "Elecetrical Storm"???

that made me laugh! would explain the "coffee is cold" part too bono's woeful breakfast calamity

I still don't know what bono is saying in the edge chord solo in Vertigo..i think it's cos Bono overlaps his words slighty so they merge and confuses listeners

 

[VicksSs]

I've always sung the Discotheque lyrics as:

You know it's you and bubblegum,
You know what that is but you still want some.

I don't think they can be the correct lyrics, can they?

After reading this thread I've concluded that I mishear on average about 80% of all U2 lyrics.

lol it's you know you're chewing bubblegum

I hate to mishear lyrics, so I often read the album sleeves as I listen to the music

 

[TheQuiet1]

lol it's you know you're chewing bubblegum

I hate to mishear lyrics, so I often read the album sleeves as I listen to the music

Thanks. I may need to start doing that too by the looks of things!

 

[VicksSs]

It's a good way of avoiding embarassment, trust me The good thing is not too many of my friends now anything about U2 lyrics

 

[Soul Love]

Can I just say thanks to WalkOn cos I kept forgetting what verse I used to misinterpret

Bad; Surrender, this love game

 

[WalkOn21]

Bad; Surrender, this love game

 

[Soul Love]

It took me a while to realise it wasn't that, but I still smile about it

 

[WalkOn21]

I think I finally figured out the lyrics for the album version of Vertigo. As you all know, these are a bit different from what is sung in live performances, let alone what is in the lyrics booklet.

Vertigo (album version)


Unos, dos, tres, catorce! #1
Turn it up, eh, captain! #2

Lights go down, it’s dark
The jungle is your head
Can’t rule your heart
A feeling so much stronger than
A thought
Your eyes are wide
And though your soul
It can’t be bought
Your mind can wander

Hello, hello!
¡Hola!
I’m at a place called Vertigo!
¿Cómo está? #3
It’s everything I wish I didn’t know
Except you give me something I can feel, feel

The night is full of holes
As bullets ripping sky
Of ink with gold
They twinkle as the
Boys play rock and roll
They know they can’t dance
At least they know

I can’t stand the beats
I’m asking for the cheque
The girl with crimson nails
Has Jesus round her neck
Swinging to the music
Swinging to the music
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh

Hello, hello!
¡Hola!
I’m at a place called Vertigo!
¿Cómo está?
It’s everything I wish I didn’t know
But you give me something I can feel, feel

Checkmated
Skies of fall #4
Show meaning, eh, eh

All of this, all of this can be yours
All of this, all of this can be yours

All of this, all of this can be yours
Just give me what I want and no-one gets hurt

Hello, hello!
¡Hola!
We're at a place called Vertigo!
¿Cómo está?
Lights go down and all I know
Is that you give me something

I can feel your love teaching me how
Your love is teaching me how, how to kneel

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Ad #1: Yeah I know 'Unos' isn't correct Spanish. But that's what he sings, I can't help it!
Ad #2: I don't know why everyone seems to be thinking it's "turn it up loud captain". What he says is nowhere near the word 'loud'.
Ad #3: Yes I know you all think it's "donde esta". But I listened to the song like a hundred times, and I still hear como esta. There's definitely no 'd' sound in what he sings.
Oh and don't come up with the argument "here's an mp3 of the concert in xxx, he sings donde esta" because we're talking about the album version here, not live versions.
Ad #4: Not sure about this one. It's closer than "shots fall" (fan-invented lyric) or "hours of fun" (lyrics booklet) though. It kinda makes sense, as the song was released in autumn (fall).