Wake Up Dead Man - hearing things?

[rivergoat]

Being extremely bored one day, I parsed "Wake Up Dead Man" with a music mixing program, and I just started laughing so hard... this is what I (think I) heard, in the background, during the first verse....

Jesus
Jesus help me
Adam is a butthead
I'm alone in this world
(?) carrot sticks
And a fucked up world it is too...


Now I can't listen to this song without laughing...

goat

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[bonosloveslave]

I'll have to listen more closely....

 

[hippy]

interesting....

 

[FallingStar]

Yeah there were some recording faults on WADM and also other songs of PoP.

 

[nbcrusader]

Now you've got me curious....

 

[popacrobat]

haha, yeah i just heard it too...

pretty strange

just like in the studio version of elevation after "i believe in you..." you hear some voice in the background say "this is ridiculous"

 

[theSoulfulMofo]

yeah, i read somewhere sometime ago that there are background voices... like "bono... happy?" and other little inside jokes.

 

[U2girl91289]

LOL!

 

[JessicaAnn]

 

[Another U2 nut!]

Yeah I listen to my CDs in my car, I had these cruddy old speakers which my bro replaced with these sik new ones, and I heard at the beginning of Shadows and Tall trees, Bono clearing his throat. I haven't heard the other things though, I never really liked WUDM, but I'll have to listen for that lol

 

[jkid]

This is a bit off topic but, in the background of "Wake Up Dead Man" you can hear what sounds like a female qawwali singer (at least to me). You can first hear her at 0:15 on the song. You hear hear the most between 0:36 and 0:46. I would like to know if you all hear it too and if you like all the background noises in the song. I love them and think they add an errie atmosphere to the song.

 

[Earnie Shavers]

Yes, there's definitely the female singer. It's from Korova isn't it? Or something else? It's not the first U2 song to use it anyway.

There's a looped 'mumbling' track all the way through the song as well, so I guess there's a whole lot of talking in there to be deciphered by someone with the right gear.

 

[Ellay]

Being extremely bored one day, I parsed "Wake Up Dead Man" with a music mixing program, and I just started laughing so hard... this is what I (think I) heard, in the background, during the first verse....

Jesus
Jesus help me
Adam is a butthead
I'm alone in this world
(?) carrot sticks
And a fucked up world it is too...


Now I can't listen to this song without laughing...

goat

}~

I pray to god that's true

 

[FlyYourKite]

I can't hear it! *listens more closely*

 

[Ellay]

I had a listen, and it's definitely there, well spotted!!!!!!!

 

[theblazer]

Yeah there were some recording faults on WADM and also other songs of PoP.

Yeah, that's the best way to describe the whole album, I'd say.

 

[biff]

Jick, is that you?