U2's Thesis

[Gilead12]

I was scanning the tour t-shirts when I had a thought:

U2 seem to choose phrases like "Infinity is a great place to start" as lyrics that they feel really represent who they are and what they stand. Its prominence on their tour plane and now t-shirts got me thinking...

what U2 lyrics do you feel best summarize what this band stands for?

I had a few thoughts beyond "Infinity is a great place to start":

Shout for Joy
If you get the chance
-UC

Vision Over Visibility
-MOS

Walk out
Into a Sunburst Street
Sing your heart out
Sing my heart out
I found grace inside the sound
I found grace
That's all I found
-Breathe

You let me in Your Heart
and out of My Head
-WITS


I feel like there are probably a lot of these. So what's U2's thesis?

 

[U2girl]

Dream out loud

 

[Galeongirl]

Dream out loud

Damn. I was gonna say that!

 

[digitize]

Everything You Know Is Wrong?

 

[2861U2]

The air is heavy as a truck.

 

[Axver]

An you tiieeeym issaah uooaah syyy
Ahh yaahhh tooaah ooo miieee
Oh doen taaww to miieee
- Elvis Presley And America

 

[youarenotimmune]

An you tiieeeym issaah uooaah syyy
Ahh yaahhh tooaah ooo miieee
Oh doen taaww to miieee
- Elvis Presley And America

i vote for this!

 

[thelaj]

Here are some of my favourites:

Everything you know is wrong
Dream out loud
I wanna be the song that you hear in your head
Time is irrelevant, it's not linear
The goal is soul
If you glorify the past, the future dries up

 

[gman]

Dont let the bastards grind you down

 

[Jeannieco]

One love
one blood
one life

 

[adypole]

The air is heavy as a truck.

I never knew Bono had wind.

 

[Gilead12]

I can't believe I forgot "The Goal is Soul"... very defining. Thanks thelaj.

And thanks Axver for reminding us all of what lows our favorite band has sunk to on occasion.

 

[adypole]

'I'm ready:'

(Ready to duck, ready to dive, ready to say I'm glad to be alive)

And for the giggles:

'Napoleon is in high heels.'

 

[Galeongirl]

Oh and for those in the setlist parties:

Aaghtaaahht-maahsalf-whih-whaaaiaaarghh!!

 

[Yahweh_OMG]

I know a girl, a girl called party, Party Gi-irl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Jeannieco]

Oh and for those in the setlist parties:

Aaghtaaahht-maahsalf-whih-whaaaiaaarghh!!

Bono-eese.

 

[digitize]

An you tiieeeym issaah uooaah syyy
Ahh yaahhh tooaah ooo miieee
Oh doen taaww to miieee
- Elvis Presley And America

Elvis... stamps
Elvis... necromance
Elvis... fans
Elvis... psychophants
Elvis... the public enemy
Elvis... don't mean shit to Chuck D.
Elvis... changed the center of gravity
Made it slippy
- Elvis Ate America

I want that on a t-shirt.

 

[Montrose]

"Shouting to the darkness, squeeze out sparks of light" and its various incarnations.

 

[Bruce]

Barbed-wire fence cut me down
I'd like to be around
In a spiral staircase
To the higher ground
And I, like a firework, explode
Roman candle lightning lights up the sky

 

[Moser]

"All I want is fuckin' you man!"

-U2 Go Home -

 

[Gilead12]

"All I want is fuckin' you man!"

-U2 Go Home -