Originally posted by LOVE MUSCLE:
Originally posted by scatteroflight:
I have a really embarrassing story about that lyric.
Well??
Ah, this story. Well, first you must realize that I am a very innocent person. There are a lot of things I don't know and a lot of jokes I don't get. I actually believe that ths is a good thing. But I'm a bit less innocent than I used to be, I think that's inevitable with the passage of time.
Some years ago a male friend of mine who also loved U2 made a tape for me with some U2 stuff I didn't have, including the Lady with the Spinning Head dance remix. I had been a U2 fan for longer but he had gotten into them very fast when he started liking them and he liked their 90's stuff much more than I did. I loved the song--it is still one of my favourite U2 90's songs. I was sending him an email and I said something in it about the lyrics like "But what does '6 and 9 again' mean? Is it a bingo reference or something?"
Honestly, I just did not know! As far as I remember he didn't answer my question. Maybe he didn't know himself (I think I was 17-18, he was 18-19), maybe he was kind and chose to spare me the embarrassment. Maybe I embarrassed the heck out of him. I'm not even sure when I actually found out what it meant--I don't think it was till quite some time later--but at some point after finding out I also remembered having asked that question and now realizing just how embarrassing it was. Even worse from my perspective because of the fact that I'm female and he's male.
So is that embarrassing enough for you?!
Actually, it's Bono's fault, someone needs to keep an eye on that guy!
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Your sun so bright it leaves no shadows, only scars
Carved into stone on the face of earth
The moon is up and over One Tree Hill
We see the sun go down in your eyes
[This message has been edited by scatteroflight (edited 02-25-2002).]
