Best pwned moments in U2 history

[LMP]

Stephon Marbury - pwned

Marbury vs. Madison

Federalists pwned.

 

[phillyfan26]

Speaking of the Knicks, MSG and Isiah Thomas - major pwnage.

 

[snowbunny00774]

Speaking of the Knicks, MSG and Isiah Thomas - major pwnage.

You were doing so well. You had so much potential.

pF26 derailing = faith that kids will turn out all alright pwnd

 

[phillyfan26]

October tour - Bono's hair pwned

I appeal to this thread and all the PLEBAns with that one, I think.

 

[eltimbomofo]

lmao

seriosly, true story.....

 

[U2FanPeter]

Every major record company thaqt turned them down prior to BOY: pwned

Conan O'Brien's Urkel joke: Edge pwned

 

[Axver]

Every major record company thaqt turned them down prior to BOY: pwned

CBS Ireland got especially pwnd for allowing Island to come in and grab U2 outside Ireland. And the icing on the pwnage came when U2's deal with CBS inside Ireland expired in the mid-1980s just as U2 were becoming megastars on every level.

 

[coolian2]

One Tree Hill in Auckland and Tokyo = every other place in the world pwnd.

Though ... One Tree Hill in Tokyo = Kiwi feelings of exclusivity pwnd.

= My post pwned






But One Tree Hill at Auckland II = Tokyo pwned.

 

[lazarus]

Adam not making Sydney show due to hangover: reliability pwned. (I can't believe I'm the first one to mention this)

Nellee Hooper: pwned.

Zooropa songs live save for a neutered Stay: U.S. fans pwned.

People who think you shouldn't mix sport and politics, or music and politics: pwned by Adam.

ATYCLB debuting at NUMBER THREE behind OutKast and Jay-Z: streak of #1 records pwned.

HTDAAB winning Album of the Year: Kanye West pwned.

Brian Eno attempting to erase Streets: pwned by an engineer.

Fans that sat down at Boston show: pwned by the band.

McGuinne$$: pwned by the almighty dollar.

 

[coolian2]

Amount of electricity used every night on tour = global warming loonies pwned

 

[waynetravis]

Amount of electricity used every night on tour = global warming loonies pwned

 

[Zoots]

U2 come back in 2008 in a nu-metal avatar... everyone pwned!

 

[U2isthebest]

"Helter Skelter" cover= Charles Manson....pwned

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

U2 come back in 2008 in a nu-metal avatar... everyone pwned!

I'd fucking love that

 

[U2isthebest]

"AIWIY" closing Honolulu, and thus the Vertigo Tour= "40"...pwned

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

U2 at the Oscars = pwned by Eminem.

 

[U2FanPeter]

Bono's waistline during Joshua Tree tour: Wardrobe pwned

 

[xaviMF22]

Bono's waistline during Joshua Tree tour: Wardrobe pwned

Bono's waistline now = still pwned

 

[The Lalat]

A tribute to his fellow singer and mate Pavarotti?

Seriously though, has he been filling out of late?

 

[The Sad Punk]

He is probably pwning some fettuccine Alla Panna right now.

But in all seriousness, it is not a topic that goes well round these parts.

 

[zuropa_fit]

what does pwned mean?

Pwn is a slang term that implies domination and/or humiliation of a rival. It sprang from the similar term "owned" and is used primarily in the Internet gaming culture to taunt an opponent that has just been soundly defeated. Examples include "pwnage" or "you just got pwned". It can also be used, especially by non-gamers, in the context of getting "pwned" by The Man.
In Internet security jargon, to "pwn" means "to compromise" or "to control", specifically another computer (server or PC), web site, gateway device, or application; it is synonymous with one of the definitions of hacking. An outside party who has "owned" or "pwned" a system has obtained unauthorized administrative control of the system.
The term was one of 16 to appear on the 2006 "List of Words and Phrases Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness," released annually by Lake Superior State University.[1]The word "pwn" [2][3] may have arisen and spread as a typo (or fat-finger) of the word "own," arising from the proximity of the 'p' and 'o' keys on a standard English keyboard. Sometime in the 1980s, along with the advent of the hacker phenomenon, "pwned" became a synonym for "hacked" or "taken over by exploitation of a vulnerability." The word "pwn" remains in use as Internet social-culture slang meaning: to take unauthorized control of someone else or something belonging to someone else by exploiting a vulnerability.

 

[Axver]

"AIWIY" closing Honolulu, and thus the Vertigo Tour= "40"...pwned

More to the point ... ZooTV's setlists = 40 pwnd.

 

[coolian2]

More to the point ... ZooTV's setlists = 40 pwnd.

That said, 40 snippet in Mexico on Zoo TV = spine chilling pwned

 

[Axver]

That said, 40 snippet in Mexico on Zoo TV = spine chilling pwned

Yeah, that's a great snippet. Hard to believe it's the only time 40 appeared in any manner at all on ZooTV. That's the least it has appeared on any tour since its debut on 26 February 1983.

Though ... All Along The Watchtower snippet in Love Is Blindness, 29 July 1993 in Oslo = all other LIB snippets pwnd.

(Well, except maybe for He Wishes For The Clothes Of Heaven, which was also an awesome, awesome snippet in LIB.)

 

[major_panic]

Live Aid = rest of band pwnd

Bono driving = pedestrians pwnd

It's a musical journey = pwnd

 

[achtung_girl]

vertigo tour = elevation pwnd

 

[achtung_girl]

mrs the edge's car full with u2's equipment =pwned

 

[Galeongirl]

More to the point ... ZooTV's setlists = 40 pwnd.

ZooTV setlist = Sunday Bloody Sunday pwnd.

Bono's long speeches = Sunday Bloody Sunday and One Pwnd. (not that One needed any speeches to be pwned, but that's a matter of opinion..)


berlin 1990 = U2 almost pwnd.

One = Axver pwnd.

 

[U2isthebest]

Pwn is a slang term that implies domination and/or humiliation of a rival. It sprang from the similar term "owned" and is used primarily in the Internet gaming culture to taunt an opponent that has just been soundly defeated. Examples include "pwnage" or "you just got pwned". It can also be used, especially by non-gamers, in the context of getting "pwned" by The Man.
In Internet security jargon, to "pwn" means "to compromise" or "to control", specifically another computer (server or PC), web site, gateway device, or application; it is synonymous with one of the definitions of hacking. An outside party who has "owned" or "pwned" a system has obtained unauthorized administrative control of the system.
The term was one of 16 to appear on the 2006 "List of Words and Phrases Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness," released annually by Lake Superior State University.[1]The word "pwn" [2][3] may have arisen and spread as a typo (or fat-finger) of the word "own," arising from the proximity of the 'p' and 'o' keys on a standard English keyboard. Sometime in the 1980s, along with the advent of the hacker phenomenon, "pwned" became a synonym for "hacked" or "taken over by exploitation of a vulnerability." The word "pwn" remains in use as Internet social-culture slang meaning: to take unauthorized control of someone else or something belonging to someone else by exploiting a vulnerability.

I love how they tried to intellectualize pwnage! Well done.

 

[shortfuse]

Exclusion of Smile and Mercy - HTDAAB Pwned

Exclusion of Levitate - ATYCLB pwned

reaction of the majority of Interference to Vertigo Chicago - u2 (if they cared) pwned