shuttlecock XXIV: it's the little swings

[mikal]

Originally Posted by DaveC

bono pissed off the rest of them by jumping into the crowd during bad and dancing with that woman for 10 minutes and thus forcing them to cut out the planned third song. they thought at first that he had blown a huge opportunity for them, not really realizing what a big breakthrough moment it actually was until later.

Ahhhh ok that's right. Thanks

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Yea they skipped Pride, which at the time was their biggest single.

[DaveC]

here's a neat analysis if you can get past the fact that the author clearly doesn't have a high opinion of bad: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...career-242777/

[LuckyNumber7]

Originally Posted by mikal

I don't know the answer to the Live Aid question

Weird because I didn’t know one or two of the cobble questions but I thought that everyone knew the live aid one.

[cobl04]

I don't have the exact wordings, I can't remember, so I'm sure you're right about the Pop one. Either way, the answer was lemon. And WOWY was their first release on CD, yes.

Would be interested to know from people here if they a) knew all the answers b) reckon they'd have been able to nail them on a TV quiz show?

Originally Posted by LuckyNumber7

Do you introduce yourself as “cobbler”?

No, but I did shout out this forum.

Originally Posted by Headache in a Suitcase

Did you wear the hat?

No, it didn't look good for TV. Sadly.

[lazarus]

I knew all the answers. Most of us probably did.

[DaveC]

Originally Posted by cobl04

No, it didn't look good for TV. Sadly.

i guess it must be all cameras in general that make the hat look bad.

could you pick literally any topic you wanted?

[LuckyNumber7]

Originally Posted by cobl04

Questions from memory were...

1. Bono, Adam and Edge met in the kitchen of the member playing which instrument?
2. Without or Without You was U2's first release on what format?
3. On the first night of the Popmart Tour, the band became stuck in what?
4. The song that saved the band, One, begins with what lyric?
5. Apple promoted one of their iPods with what song in 2004?

Questions 1 and 2 appear to be written in Australian English. Can’t tell if #1 is Larry or drums, but I’ll go with the latter. #2 I could have guessed, but would’ve struggled with it if you just asked me what U2’s first release on CD was. #3 I’m saving popmart for when they retire, I don’t know what they got stuck in. Perhaps they got stuck in a moment. #4, does the whole sentence suffice, or is “is” the answer? #5... ok, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Originally Posted by cobl04

There's five, but I won it after just three.

1. Bono described The Fly as the sound of four men doing what?
2. What factual error is contained in the lyrics of Pride?
3. Bono pissed off the rest of his bandmates at their Live Aid performance by doing what?

#1 dunno, #2 it wasn’t early morning was it? Maybe in Ireland it was reeeeally early... #3 changing the song title to “My Brain is Hanging Upside Down” because Bono Ramone didn’t want to upset the republicans (hows that for some trivia?!?)

[cobl04]

Originally Posted by lazarus

I knew all the answers. Most of us probably did.

but could you answer them on a TV set with a studio audience and lights on you up against a sharp-witted comedian host and three other contestants who can answer before you?

Originally Posted by DaveC

i guess it must be all cameras in general that make the hat look bad.

could you pick literally any topic you wanted?

yep. that's the idea of the show, what makes it so watchable. I applied, was successful, went to rehearsals, was successful.

[lazarus]

I’m confused, they found other U2 obsessives to compete against you? Or you each get to pick a topic but can answer other contestant’s questions?

And I know this stuff backwards and forwards so I’d like to think I’d be fine.

[cobl04]

The latter.

[DaveC]

if i was going on the show i'd pick something like "the alphabet" if you really can choose anything.

edit: wait did you win a prize or something?

[LuckyNumber7]

Queue hewson, master of prizes

[Kieran McConville]

Bono jumped into the crowd during Bad at Live Aid, waded away into the masses and has never been seen since. U2 had a good run there from 1980 to 1985, and their fans still discuss them to this day on many message boards.

[DaveC]

thankfully his mullet was saved and you can see it today in the hard rock cafe dubai.

[Kieran McConville]

Also in the Hard Rock Cafe Kuala Lumpur. Some controversy there as to whether he grew two, or if one was a fake.

[Hewson]

Originally Posted by cobl04

Would be interested to know from people here if they a) knew all the answers b) reckon they'd have been able to nail them on a TV quiz show?


.

Would have known everything except had to make an educated guess on WOWY and would have guessed correctly.

[Hewson]

Originally Posted by DaveC

edit: wait did you win a prize or something?

Originally Posted by LuckyNumber7

Queue hewson, master of prizes

The Prize for winning this week's episode of Hard Quiz is a "43" hat.

[Hewson]

Originally Posted by Kieran McConville

Also in the Hard Rock Cafe Kuala Lumpur. Some controversy there as to whether he grew two, or if one was a fake.

Or if the mullet splits time between the two, and has it's own plane seat when it flies from Dubai to Kuala Lumpur

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Originally Posted by DaveC

i guess it must be all cameras in general that make the hat look bad.

could you pick literally any topic you wanted?

Worst thing to ever happen a head