Fix a bad U2 lyric

[Scorpionac]

Do you have any ideas for fixing bad lyrics in U2 songs? Let's hear them.

From Electrical Storm:

The air is heavy, heavy as a truck
We need the rain to wash away our bad luck

I would change to:

The air is heavy, heavy and we're stuck
We need the rain to wash away our bad luck

I wonder if anyone has a fix for this, from Winter:

It's hot as hell
We're like butter on toast
But there's no army in this world
That can fight a ghost

 

[BVS]

Do you have any ideas for fixing bad lyrics in U2 songs? Let's hear them.



From Electrical Storm:







I would change to:







I wonder if anyone has a fix for this, from Winter:

I always thought "heavy as a drug" would have worked well in that song.

I would have tried something like:

"Hot as hell
And hell I've seen the most"

The second line is pretty strong.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

The air is heavy. Wanna fuck?

 

[thatsnotmypuppy]

Freedom has a scent
Like the top of a newborn baby's head

Freedom has a scent
Like the sweat on a Vegas hooker's head

 

[david]

The air is heavy stop eating so much.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Grace, she needed the money. Ohhhh

 

[Scorpionac]

Oh you guys.

 

[CosmoKramer]

Freedom has a scent

Like the sweat on a Vegas hooker's head

This is gross and perfect at the same time.

 

[Axver]

I've been trying to think of a fix for Stand Up Comedy but there's no saving that dumpster fire.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Why should I fix a bad U2 lyric? Wasn't that Bono's job? Like, then?

 

[kabigon]

Bono help me
I'm alone in this world
And a heavy as a truck world it is too

 

[ndmaxfield]

Why should I fix a bad U2 lyric? Wasn't that Bono's job? Like, then?

Right, like the time Native Son morphed into the lyrical masterpiece that is Vertigo

 

[JTNash]

The air is heavy. Wanna fuck?

I believe this was the original intention, it just didn't make the radio edit lol

 

[gweeps]

I was thinking about "robbed and stole" from The Troubles. Redundant.

I don't know how to fix it though.

Hell, Bono's always doing this. We're probably going to get a song called Much More Better soon. Ugh.

 

[BVS]

I was thinking about "robbed and stole" from The Troubles. Redundant.

Not exactly. One requires force, the other doesn't. It's the difference between holding a person at gunpoint and taking a bicycle that's not yours. I know, thin line

Hell, Bono's always doing this. We're probably going to get a song called Much More Better soon. Ugh.

 

[saad]

Original from "Acrobat":

And you can swallow
Or you can spit
You can throw it up
Or choke on it


My suggestion:

And you can swallow
Or you can spit
You can throw your love
Or choke on it

just my take - the original sounds too crass

 

[Axver]

"The best thing that ever happened to a boy."

Close the thread, we're done.

 

[Flying FuManchu]

Original from "Acrobat":

And you can swallow
Or you can spit
You can throw it up
Or choke on it


My suggestion:

And you can swallow
Or you can spit
You can throw your love
Or choke on it

just my take - the original sounds too crass

That was some next level porn Bono was watching in the early 90s.

 

[Y2K]

The best thing that ever happened to boy, Roy.

 

[saad]

I'd even be fine with:

The best thing that ever happened, oh boy

 

[saad]

That was some next level porn Bono was watching in the early 90s.

there must have been some kinky shit coming out of berlin during that time

 

[Northside]

Like every broken wave on the shore
This is as far as I could reach

Like every broken wave on the beach
This is as far as I could reach

He rhymes "shore" with "more" at a different part of the song, but I don't get why he didn't go for the beach rhyme here.

 

[kiwilad]

You're the best thing about me, the best thing that ever happened to Ned.

Perfect.

 

[Northside]

Statues fall and democracy is flat on its back, Jack
We had it all, and what we had is not coming back, Zach

To avoid rhyming "back" with "back" (ignoring the names):

Statues fall and democracy is under attack, Jack

 

[Nick66]

I was thinking about "robbed and stole" from The Troubles. Redundant.

I've always thought this line was clunky as well, and while technically not completely redundant, it's redundant enough. You're connecting two words with and that mean essentially the same thing in a colloquial (though not legal) sense. It's like saying "little by little they talked and spoke."

I don't know how to fix it though.

What about "Little by little they robbed your soul." It's not as if Bono's not fond of that word already anyway.

 

[Peter_The_Roman]

People give U2 a hard time for the "Best thing that ever happened a boy" lyric. But it seems that their strategy worked perfectly because everyone is talking about it!

 

[Nick66]

Everyone was talking about their last record being shoved into their phones as well.

 

[Peter_The_Roman]

Everyone was talking about their last record being shoved into their phones as well.

Yes, hence why albums like The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby found their way back onto the top 100! Funny how that happened. I heard a rumor that their subsequent tour was pretty successful too!

 

[Nick66]

WTF are you talking about?

Who are you applauding?

 

[Axver]

People give U2 a hard time for the "Best thing that ever happened a boy" lyric. But it seems that their strategy worked perfectly because everyone is talking about it!

No, they really aren't.