Where the Sheets Have No Name

[MandyMarie]

So I was just listening to "Bad/40/WTSHNN" on the Electrical Storm single. I am HoH, but I swear it sounds like Bono's singing "where the sheets have no name". Am I imagining things? Also, what is Bono's speech about before Streets comes on? I can't understand a word of that either...

 

[U2girl]

The speech is one of the Psalms.
Yes, it sounds like he is singing "where the shtreets have no name".

 

[WCF]

He does the same thing on WTSHNN from Boston, the "shtreets" thing. A bit annoying

 

[Galeongirl]

yea during Elevation he always pronounced it as Schtreets... oddly enough he pronounced it normal during Vertigo...

 

[Popmartijn]

He does the same thing on WTSHNN from Boston, the "shtreets" thing. A bit annoying

The sound recording on the Electrical Storm single is from the Boston concert.

 

[phillyfan26]

The best is when he sings "All I Want is You" at Milan, and says, "ALL I WANT IH- YOU!"

 

[Axver]

The best is when he sings "All I Want is You" at Milan, and says, "ALL I WANT IH- YOU!"

Nah, I prefer "your eyes make a circoh" from just about every I Will Follow ever.

Bono's enunciation for the fail.

 

[corianderstem]

Yeah, the "schtreets" thing bugs me. It's like he's trying to do his best Sean Connery impersonation.

He also announced their next song as "Shunday Bloody Shunday" during Live Aid.

 

[cobl04]

Never noticed it before.

Thanks.

 

[coolian2]

Crap.

This is going to bug me forever, like the rocking chair creaking in Lemon and Please being sung as Plea.

 

[Bonogirl777]

All this stuff bugs the heck out of me!!!

 

[Axver]

If he's bad at his own songs, trying to figure out what the hell Bono's snippeting can sometimes be well-nigh impossible thanks to enunciation like this.

There's one from Bad in Worcester, 4 May 1987 that I don't think anybody's been able to nail. If I remember correctly, he did it again in Hartford, 9 May 1987.

 

[biff]

Yeah, the "schtreets" thing bugs me. It's like he's trying to do his best Sean Connery impersonation.

He also announced their next song as "Shunday Bloody Shunday" during Live Aid.

Feck, you just get the toup to fit and then the darn dentshures shtart to go.

 

[Slapnutz]

Crap.

This is going to bug me forever, like the rocking chair creaking in Lemon and Please being sung as Plea.

You've just killed Lemon. That song is now dead to me.

 

[catlhere]

"This is the song... Wi-yah!"

 

[Varitek]

Mt. Temple Comprehensive apparently did not include speech therapy in their "comprehensive" education.

 

[indra]

Damn. I was thinking this thread was gonna link me to a cool parody.

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

Crap.

This is going to bug me forever, like the rocking chair creaking in Lemon and Please being sung as Plea.

That fucking rocking chair I don't know who first told me about it, but I can never unhear it now

 

[kafrun]

That fucking rocking chair I don't know who first told me about it, but I can never unhear it now

Wait.. what?

 

[major_panic]

Don't ask, and we won't have to suffer through it...

I have also noticed the "schtreets" thing, but I thought it was just Bono trying to be amusing, or heal his voice, or whatever.

 

[Aardvark747]

Nah, I prefer "your eyes make a circoh" from just about every I Will Follow ever.

Bono's enunciation for the fail.

"Your 'ass' makes a circle...." Heard that one a few times!

 

[Pero]

what chair???

 

[last unicorn]

Wow, I Bongolese!

 

[Bonogirl777]

what chair???

Yeah, what are you talking about?

 

[gman]

The pronounciation of words is nowhere near as irritating as when he ad-libs during songs.

 

[Rachel D.]

Ah, yes, I've noticed the creak in "Lemon." I never thought of it as annoying, though.

 

[gareth brown]

Where The Sheets Have No Stains....

..ANYBODY?!

 

[pittTodd]

Actually Screech from saved by the bell was there that night - so he sang where the screech has no name - its true!!!! read the review on u2tours.com

 

[coolian2]

I remembered another one...


Stuck in a Moment You Cain't Get Out Of

 

[last unicorn]

^ That's right ... he's always singing CAIN'T, but I like it, I thought it's something specifically Irish.