Shuttlecock XXXII: I know it was you, Bono. You broke my heart.

[BoMac]

Scumbo is around.

 

[corianderstem]

It's okay ... he knows of our evildoings.

 

[BoMac]

I like it but, you know, it's not a very long song.

 

[BoMac]

Also, I stopped listening to it after the second time because the postponement blues were starting to take over.

 

[corianderstem]

I like it but, you know, it's not a very long song.

At first I was bummed about that, too, that it's pretty much as is from the tour. But if it is indeed going to be on Songs of Ascent (or whatever it will be called by then), can't you hear it as an intro song? That made me kind of happy.

 

[Irvine511]

it sounds like the transition song from NLOTH to SOA.

 

[corianderstem]

Yeah, if it's not on SoA, it'll definitely be that!

Latest scuttlebutt: music coming out of Bono's Frenchy house, something with falsetto vocals.

No audio, just scuttlebutt.

Here's a link to the post with translation:

http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f196/songs-of-ascent-new-u2-music-206192-37.html#post6794396

 

[LMP]

If he doesn't hit the High C, then I'll be disappointed, as will every fan of Bono's voice.

 

[Irvine511]

i Google Translations.

"the song would have proven a ballad with strings and guitars of The Edge just mentioned"

 

[corianderstem]

If he doesn't hit the High C, then I'll be disappointed, as will every fan of Bono's voice.

I think Hi-C is on his treatment plan. It goes really well with Percocet.

Edit: someone suggested the music just might have been "Soon." there is some logic there. Balladish? yes. Strings? yes. Those "soooooooon" vocals being mistaken for a Bono falsetto? Damn.

 

[BoMac]

I don't know why you would use Google Translation when you have me around.

 

[u2popmofo]

Speaking of those translations, my favorite bit of pre-No Line hype were NSW's fake song reviews.

 

[No spoken words]

i Google Translations.

"the song would have proven a ballad with strings and guitars of The Edge just mentioned"

I had a field day with some of the early NLOTH reviews in the way of translations. I should look for those posts.

ETA - an then I read the post above mine. Gracias, Scumbo!

 

[u2popmofo]

I think I switched between different lines from those in my signature for a few months there. Good times.

 

[corianderstem]

I remember laughing very hard at those.

Ah, memories.

 

[No spoken words]

http://www.u2interference.com/forum...e-a-little-old-lady-193258-9.html#post5843434

http://www.u2interference.com/forum...-a-little-old-lady-193258-11.html#post5843620

 

[corianderstem]

Oh my god. Choking the listener with his good time smell!

I had that as my user status thingy for a while.

Holy shit, those are just amazing.

 

[No spoken words]

To be honest, they were funnier at the time, in context.

 

[corianderstem]

I don't know, I think the phrase "someone has been listening to early Hasselhoff" stands on its own.

 

[No spoken words]

I don't know, I think the phrase "someone has been listening to early Hasselhoff" stands on its own.

Ha, thanks, I did like that line.

Sadly, my fake translations are not as funny as the real ones that were all over the place before the release of the album.

 

[u2popmofo]

Sadly, my fake translations are not as funny as the real ones that were all over the place before the release of the album.

Even funnier when you realize their comments were about Stand Up Comedy and Crazy Tonight.

 

[u2popmofo]

These still crack me up.

This was the U2 of the newness, and we would be getting just the one hearing and I am the fan.

Larry then hammers home the pulp with a quickening bump-thump that reminds one of Thor as he ascends to Valhalla.

 

[BoMac]

Yeah, all of it pretty much made me laugh out loud.

 

[Lila64]

Thanks for the laughs today, I needed that!

 

[Jive Turkey]

Fuck this. You can't tell me what to do. I'm leaving. ANd I'm not coming back. You can't change my mind. Not this time. No way. I'm serious. This is bullshit. No way. Not ever. Get real. Like does dings. Look at me, I'm Mr Tying knots. Some one needs a knot tied they call me. Bullshit. Bullshit. Look at this bitch. Ms. Sand. What a bitch. Drinking out of cups.

 

[u2popmofo]

All of Cori's talk of hamburgers has me now craving one. I will solve this problem immediately.

 

[No spoken words]

All of Cori's talk of hamburgers has me now craving one. I will solve this problem immediately.

He means:

musket
backyard
cows grazing

Homemade burgers.

 

[Lila64]

We're having a giant slab of beef tonight too: Prime rib

 

[u2popmofo]

He means:

musket
backyard
cows grazing

Homemade burgers.

 

[martha]

Fuck this. You can't tell me what to do. I'm leaving. ANd I'm not coming back. You can't change my mind. Not this time. No way. I'm serious. This is bullshit. No way. Not ever. Get real. Like does dings. Look at me, I'm Mr Tying knots. Some one needs a knot tied they call me. Bullshit. Bullshit. Look at this bitch. Ms. Sand. What a bitch. Drinking out of cups.

It is humorous to me that more people know about this than his music.

Humorous, and a little sad, as his albums are fairly enjoyable.

Enlighten plz.