Mother F*****g Rock and Roll

[Ellay]

What's all the 'been around the back' 'been around the front ' stuff in MOFO all about? (if that's right)

Anyone got a logical explanation?

 

[Carmelu2fan]

Not sure what you are asking are you refering to the lyrics?

 

[Meghan]

I've NEVER been able to hear Edge's back-up on Mofo as

"been around the back,
been around the front."

I always hear (and sing)

"Little bit of this,
Little bit of this."


So, No, I have no idea what the back/front thing means.

 

[gareth brown]

Haha, this one annoyed me for quite a while!

 

[popacrobat]

he is right

its

been around back
been around front

and i dont know what it means

 

[Ellay]

To be honest, I've always heard it as

Little bit of Rock,
Little bit of Roll,

which would fit with the rest of the lyrics


But everyone seems to have it down as..

been around back
been around front

That's why I bring it up really, because it doesn't sound like those words at all IMHO.

 

[impy13]

That's what the lyrics in the booklet say, but I don't think it sounds a thing like that either.

 

[blueeyedgirl]

he is right

its

been around back
been around front

and i dont know what it means

I think it might be a sexual reference. That or I got a dirty mind.

 

[U2girl]

I always thought it was "little red thing, little red thing"

 

[VertigoGal]

The whole song is kinda dirty if you think about it. It's about his poor deceased mother for God's sake and what's it called but MOFO...then you have the "been around front, been around back" which can really only be interpreted in one way (it's not just your dirty mind blueeyedgirl ).

That said, I love the song.

Motherrrrrrrrr

 

[TheQuiet1]

As the "Been around" lyrics always came after the "Looking for..." lyrics I thought it meant he'd "been around the front looking for..." then failed to find whatever so "Been around the back to look for...".

I never thought of it in a sexual way but every time I hear the song now, I no doubt will.





etc.

 

[BVS]

The whole song is kinda dirty if you think about it. It's about his poor deceased mother for God's sake and what's it called but MOFO...then you have the "been around front, been around back" which can really only be interpreted in one way (it's not just your dirty mind blueeyedgirl ).

That said, I love the song.

Motherrrrrrrrr

Only interpreted one way? Don't think so. I've always seen it as searching all over the place, the front of the club, the back of the club.

I think the lyric is brilliant. I also think the change from fuckin to suckin makes a huge change in the song. I think Bono is saying that since his mother's death Rock became his mother. He's now an infant being breast fed by rock n roll.

 

[VertigoGal]

Only interpreted one way? Don't think so. I've always seen it as searching all over the place, the front of the club, the back of the club.

I think the lyric is brilliant. I also think the change from fuckin to suckin makes a huge change in the song. I think Bono is saying that since his mother's death Rock became his mother. He's now an infant being breast fed by rock n roll.

Maybe. I've always thought it was meant in a sexual way.

Anyway, these are some of Bono's best lyrics. Right up there with Lemon, The Fly, and The Wanderer.