MERGED-->1,2,3,14?!?

[U2_Guy]

Un, dos, tres, catorce explanation

HTDAAB is U2's number fourteen album (if you count Wide Awake and the 2 Best ofs, bot not count Passengers). Fourteen means catorce in spanish.

Un, dos, tres (one, two, three) means Boy, October and War, the albums that probably more influence had on HTDAAB.

Am i close to the truth kids?

 

[achtung davy]

thats genius, i like it, good work u2guy!

 

[AussieU2fanman]

That's a fantastic explanation. It makes a lot of sense to me! Nice

 

[silenus]

After listening to the clip
it' seems background:
"Hello, hello...Ola"
Ola = hello in spannish
Does this makes sense or am I also a victim of Pre-Release-Stress?

 

[Numb1075]

funny how they count in spanish and the spaniard gentlemen recorded most of the clips we've heard so far....

 

[U2_Guy]

Everything's possible! Ola = hello in portuguese. Hola = hello in spanish. Maybe that's what you've heard.

Looks like spain, spanish and spaniards are all over HTDAAB...

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

... or he just thought it was funny.


goo goo g'joob

 

[Soulrock2]

I like the first explanation better. But yes indeed, it's also funny.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

that explanation is a bit of a stretch, don't ya think?

 

[kevink]

Re: Un, dos, tres, catorce explanation

HTDAAB is U2's number fourteen album (if you count Wide Awake and the 2 Best ofs, bot not count Passengers).

Why wouldn't you count Under a Blood Red Sky?

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

exactly...

1. Boy
2. October
3. War
4. Under A Blood Red Sky
5. The Unforgettable Fire
6. Wide Awake In America
7. The Joshua Tree
8. Rattle and Hum
9. Achtung Baby
10. Zooropa
11. Pop
12. Best of 1980-1990
13. All That You Can't Leave Behind
14. Best of 1990-2000
15. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

 

[ponkine]

I´m sorry my friends but I don´t know what´s all this about

I speak Spanish, but I don´t know what´s all that about numbers ( uno, dos, tres... catorce, etc )

Please someone explain me
Gracias

 

[innocent_eyes]

maybe he mispronounced '4' or whoever heard it, heard it wrong.....I mean, who knows he even says it at all??? Hardley anyone knows for sure, either way!

 

[Paul Vox]

What if you count Passengers but leave off the "Best of's"

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

What if you count Passengers but leave off the "Best of's"

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[kevink]

maybe he mispronounced '4' or whoever heard it, heard it wrong

I think you nailed it.

 

[esquire28ri]

who knows?

I'm intrigued by all the Spanish involved. Do any of you know of a place called "Vertigo" like a club 0or something that might be in Ibiza or some other Spanish speaking place?

Also, do you think the "boys" playing rocvk and roll referes not to U2, but tot he soldiers in Baghdad and Falujah who were said to have been blasting ACDC and Metallica on loud speakers from their Bradley fighting vehicles? just a thought...the sonng seems to me to have an "edge" to it, in that i think it says something about the dizzying state of the world at the moment.

 

[SkeeK]

just don't count wide awake in america. eps aren't albums.

 

[esquire28ri]

apologies for my typos..i am a horrible typist.

 

[U2girl]

Maybe U2 is hinting they will make 14 studio albums before they quit.

Boy, October, War, UF, JT, R/H, AB, Zooropa, POP, ATYCLB, HTDAAB and three more.
(and the rumored box set)

 

[Axver]

just don't count wide awake in america. eps aren't albums.

Isn't UABRS an EP as well? That takes us down to thirteen.

 

[babyman]

CATORZE, IS FRENCH, MEANS FOURTEEN

 

[babyman]

QUATORZE

 

[t8thgr8]

1 boy
2 oct
3 war
4 fire
5 wide awake
6 under a blood red sky
7 joshua
8 rattle
9 achtung
10 zooropa
11 passengers
12 pop
13 atcylb
14 how to dismantle an atomic bomb!!!!!!!!!!! right on!

 

[Murray]

I think they count Passengers but left of the Best Of's too, and are saying that albums that Lillywhite produced. You know they said Vertigo was all "Steve Lillywhite," so it's like a reunion thing. But also, I think the chorus is:

Bono: Hello! Hello!
Spaniard: Hola!! Edge: Yeah Yeah!
Bono: I'm at a place called vertigo
Spaniard: Hola!! Edge: Yeah Yeah!

 

[mwheelonh]

Don't remember the exact name of the song, though the chorus is pretty famous:

Woolie boolie.

Also starts with a countdown in spanish ("Uno, dos, one two tres quatorze"), and the pure, free riffs sound more like 50's rock and roll than any other genre i can think of.

 

[PowerSurge]

Pardon my blatant honesty

*cough*

but this thread is ri-god damn-diculous!


he f-ed up, Bono is famous for this kind of shit.


EARLY MORNING April four....

when it was VERY WELL KNOWN it was Mid morning to afternoon that MLK was shot.

 

[discothequeLP]

One! Two! Three! Fourteen?!

uno, dos, tres catorce!


1, 2, 3, 14!



wtf happened bono? lol

 

[Axver]

Hee, isn't it cool? I love it. Vertigo in the counting!

 

[Miggy D]

I think it goes with the song. The tune is about being in a state of Vertigo, or dizzyness/confusion. Going 1, 2, 3, 14 exemplifies that.

That said - it's still cheesy and yeah, I wish it weren't in the song.