Obscure but appropriate questions

[Jon Seidman]

At the end of my UK issue Boy cassette is a bit of music, some rough guitar tracks from Fire, which of course appeared later on October. What is the story behind this? Why is it there? Who had the idea to put it there? Is it available in digital format anywhere?

Also...the funky October mix on the They Call It An Accident soundtrack. I have it on vinyl but is it availble in digital format anywhere?

Also, I had a leather jacket in 1987 that was by the brand "U2 Wear Me Out". Was there any connection between that brand and the band of the same name?

 

[A stor]

I don't know the answers to any of your questions, but they are good ones!

 

[Jon Seidman]

Come on folks? Are we stumped here? These are good questions. Musical curiosities. I am sorry if everyone is boycotting me for my plastic surgery thread (34 replies and counting thank you!) But I really want to know these answers and who else can I turn to? Especially about the musical bit at the end of my Boy cassette.

Didja know Adam flubbed a bass line in Love Rescue Me? Probably. He's still cool though.

 

[theFly51]

Didja know Adam flubbed a bass line in Love Rescue Me? Probably. He's still cool though.

And Larry dropped a drumstick halfway between Ultraviolet

 

[Popmartijn]

At the end of my UK issue Boy cassette is a bit of music, some rough guitar tracks from Fire, which of course appeared later on October. What is the story behind this? Why is it there? Who had the idea to put it there? Is it available in digital format anywhere?

That piece of music is also on the vinyl of Boy. No idea why it's there. And it's not legally available in digital.

Also...the funky October mix on the They Call It An Accident soundtrack. I have it on vinyl but is it availble in digital format anywhere?

Nope, don't think so.

Also, I had a leather jacket in 1987 that was by the brand "U2 Wear Me Out". Was there any connection between that brand and the band of the same name?

Again, I don't think so. U2's (merchandising?) corporation is called Not Us Ltd. so I think that U2 Wear Me Out was some fake brand.

 

[Rob33]

And Larry dropped a drumstick halfway between Ultraviolet

didn't know that...at what time in the song specifically?

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

didn't know that...at what time in the song specifically?

At 3:10, for a few seconds you can hear just a cymbal being tapped, while presumably Larry fumbles around for another stick.

 

[Rob33]

At 3:10, for a few seconds you can hear just a cymbal being tapped, while presumably Larry fumbles around for another stick.

interesting, thanks

Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have effected the song much at all. It sounds like those eighth notes on the cymbals were all that was meant to be played anyway (with only one hand/stick as well )

Are there any other little mess ups or weird things that have happened in the studio versions of any U2 songs? I'd be interested if anyone is aware of anything. Thanks.

I know there's something Larry does in the beginning of TUF, but I don't hear it, I just hear him clicking his sticks to count in the guitar/synthesizer or whatever that is...and then he counts in the drums like 20 seconds later....It doesn't really seem like a mistake to me

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

I know there's something Larry does in the beginning of TUF, but I don't hear it, I just hear him clicking his sticks to count in the guitar/synthesizer or whatever that is...and then he counts in the drums like 20 seconds later....It doesn't really seem like a mistake to me

He starts to count in too early then says "Oh shit, I'm sorry."

 

[cobl04]

how come they never fixed those things up?

and what does flub mean?

 

[sue4u2]

and what does flub mean?

The online dictionary states:
flubbed: The act or an instance of botching or bungling:

someone or something fucked up.

 

[david]

the false start to love comes tumbling?

 

[Galeongirl]

And Larry dropped a drumstick halfway between Ultraviolet

and at the end of the song, Edge snaps a guitar string

 

[Popmartijn]

how come they never fixed those things up?

That's Brian Eno for you. He goes for inspiration and feeling and not for technical perfection.

 

[Bonogirl777]

and at the end of the song, Edge snaps a guitar string

Where?

 

[Aardvark747]

There's also a moment in Heartland between lines where it sounds like Bono coughs away from the mic..."See the sunrise over her skin (cough) She feels like water in my hand"

 

[ultraviolet92]

and at the end of the song, Edge snaps a guitar string

no thats in love is blindness

 

[gman]

HTDAAB was one big mistake!

 

[MrPryck2U]

Also, I had a leather jacket in 1987 that was by the brand "U2 Wear Me Out". Was there any connection between that brand and the band of the same name?

They were a real brand and I had a cool winter coat that I got in 1986/7. I kept the coat for many years, until eventually, the coat wore out. Lol!