Shuttlecock IV: The Doubles

[liamcool]

Oh, I'm aware that the river is West. We can't expect a song co-written by Bono to be completely factually accurate

 

[cobl04]

Any source for the Love is Blindness thing? Just interesting, have never heard before that it had a connection to the Troubles. Always just thought it was a brilliantly caustic take on relationships.

 

[djerdap]

Don't have time to find a source, but the whole "In a parked car, in a crowded street, you see your love made complete" and "Love is clockworks, and cold steel, fingers too numb to feel, squeeze the handle, blow out the candle" gives me plenty of imagery of car bombs (associated a lot with the IRA), bomb making and terrorism that I doubt is coincidental.

But that was the beauty of those lyrics back in the day - you could interpret them in many different ways.

 

[PhilsFan]

Derry is my family's home city in Ireland. If I ever make it to Ireland I will have to go north to Derry while there.

 

[Axver]

Anyways, in honor of a very good song that is The Troubles, I shall rank U2 songs that deal with the Troubles:

1. Love is Blindness (I always liked the intepretation that it's told from the perspective of an IRA bomber)
2. Please
3. Like a Song...
4. Sunday Bloody Sunday
5. North and South of the River
6. The Troubles (what is ironic, and what I actually really like about the song, is that it isn't really about the conflict despite the title)

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799. Raised by Wolves

Isn't Peace on Earth also about the Troubles? But let's forget about that. My list is almost the same as yours, just swap the order of The Troubles and NASOTR.

Any source for the Love is Blindness thing? Just interesting, have never heard before that it had a connection to the Troubles. Always just thought it was a brilliantly caustic take on relationships.

Friggin' Cobbler.

 

[djerdap]

Isn't Peace on Earth also about the Troubles? But let's forget about that.

Well, it's too late about that now!

Put that at no. 800.

 

[lazarus]

Wow, is that what North and South of the River is about? I always assumed it was a relationship song (Bono uses terms of affection like "darling" in the song, making it feel more romantic in nature), not a political piece. I can totally hear it though.

The lyric was co-written with Christy Moore, who is a POLITICALLY INSIGHTFUL folk artist. So not really surprising.

 

[corianderstem]

I drove past Derry on my last trip over there.

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COOL STORY, CORI.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

I drove past Derry on my last trip over there.

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COOL STORY, CORI.

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hey, that rhymes!

re: love is blindness, i have also read that at the very end you can hear a clock ticking, but it's been so long since i've really blared that song, i can't remember if i hear it or not.

 

[bono_man2002]

So Bono is having a great week.


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[PhilsFan]

This broken arm business reminds me of that clip in the Rattle and Hum outtakes when Bono goes to the hospital for a dislocated shoulder and can't remember his last name.

 

[Danny Boy]

I drove past Derry on my last trip over there.

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COOL STORY, CORI.

How did the Derry air smell?

 

[bono_212]

This broken arm business reminds me of that clip in the Rattle and Hum outtakes when Bono goes to the hospital for a dislocated shoulder and can't remember his last name.

Where might one see this?

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

It used to be on YouTube, years ago. Don't know if it still is.

 

[martha]

Short version of what happened to Bono?

 

[cobl04]

His bike was crushed under his weight.

 

[Hewson]

Short version of what happened to Bono?

Is that a joke about Bono's height?

Bike accident in Central Park, arm injury requiring surgery, postponement of Fallon week.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

the man needs a stationary bike

 

[IWasBored]

Or a fish.

 

[u2popmofo]

What else happened to Bono this last week that I'm unaware of?

 

[Kieran McConville]

Bono was stabbed by a disgruntled former business associate in a dark corner of a nightclub. It's ok though, he had a vest on.

 

[BoMac]

Yeah. Why are people saying he had a bad week?

 

[PhilsFan]

He was on a small plane that had a malfunction in which the cargo door fell off and all of the luggage fell out mid-flight, which some have reported as a "brush with death" (I know nothing about aviation so I don't know how dangerous this actually is). Then he broke his arm badly enough to require surgery after falling off a bicycle.

And this is the video from Rattle and Hum's outtakes of Bono after dislocating his shoulder. The part I referenced is at the very end:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQQ-J-JsmeU

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Bono was stabbed by a disgruntled former business associate in a dark corner of a nightclub. It's ok though, he had a vest on.

in the shadows...

 

[Hewson]

He was on a small plane that had a malfunction in which the cargo door fell off and all of the luggage fell out mid-flight, which some have reported as a "brush with death" (I know nothing about aviation so I don't know how dangerous this actually is).

There was no danger to the passengers, cabin didn't lose pressure, flight was unaffected. A spokesperson said these type of things happen occasionally (like once annually) with small jets, the cargo hold is not pressureized so there is no danger to the flight only to those poor cows and sheep who got hit on the head with a plane door and several suitcases filled with sunglasses.

But the German livestock is stylin' now...

 

[bono_212]

And this is the video from Rattle and Hum's outtakes of Bono after dislocating his shoulder. The part I referenced is at the very end:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQQ-J-JsmeU

Ha, thanks!

"ummmm"

 

[cobl04]

Is that plane thing a joke? Or real? I didn't read about it.

 

[corianderstem]

It really happened. Slightly exaggerated in the press as a near-death experience, but it happened.

 

[cobl04]

Oh wow. If that happened to me I would have a gigantic panic attack.

 

[Kieran McConville]

in the shadows...

In the shadows, man meets Paul