Rumored song, "Stop (The Poverty)"

[mikal]

That's not a U2 song.

That's a poem Sally Struthers read during one of those "Save The Children" tv commercials.

ha! *puts in South Park DVD.

 

[U2girl]

Yeah right.

 

[david]

and the song will be produced by Rick Rubin.

 

[Zoots]

Stop the hilarity... please!

 

[mikal]

i want to give you some clean clothes
and wear them as your wardrobe
check the right pocket in your new jeans
and look through your new wallet

oh poverty, oh poverty
it's no mystery, that you're history
then i kneel, because i love that word
the more i kneel, the less i stand

 

[*k_i_t_e_86*]

then i kneel, because i love that word
the more i kneel, the less i stand

!

 

[cjboog]

i just found more lyrics to it:

look at this child
his stomach so empty
let's make him something mild
like peanut butter and jelly

 

[david]

freedom has a scent like the top of a well-fed baby's head

 

[Zoots]

then i kneel, because i love that word
the more i kneel, the less i stand

That's just too funny!

 

[the tourist]

I think that would be a terrible name for a song. Bono needs to write songs like he did back in the era of Rattle and Hum and The Joshua Tree and even some of Achtung Baby. Very poetic and deep and not nearly as direct or ironic.

 

[thelaj]

I think that would be a terrible name for a song. Bono needs to write songs like he did back in the era of Rattle and Hum and The Joshua Tree and even some of Achtung Baby. Very poetic and deep and not nearly as direct or ironic.

Though I agree with you, perhaps the band are using these very "direct" songs as a reference to today's society, which has little time to analyse and understand deep and poetic themes. Everything today is HERE&NOW...and maybe the band are trying to cut through that lyrically as well as musically.

 

[Irishteen]

then i kneel, because i love that word
the more i kneel, the less i stand

OMG

 

[cjboog]

then i kneel, because i love that word
the more i kneel, the less i stand

(falls off chair laughing)

 

[AtomicBono]

then i kneel, because i love that word
the more i kneel, the less i stand

...and the joke will be on us when those are, in fact, REAL lyrics

 

[jonnytakeawalk]

U2 - Neutral tracklisting:

1. Northern Star
2. Mercy
3. Within Time
4. Stop (The Poverty)
5. Neutral
6. Missing
7. White Lie
8. Go To The Sky
9. Unknown Man
10. This City's Heart
11. Affection

Hmmm, probably should have made up a title that you hadn't used in a thread before,

 

[Zoots]

So THAT'S where it came from!!!




Oh well, it made way for some really funny replies!

 

[doubleU]

I've only been here a very short while, but the poster of this thread is full of misinformation and bullshit.

They make up crap, they can't get how many Grammys they won(right after it was posted), it's ridiculous.

But I guess it's all in fun.

 

[Axver]

I've only been here a very short while, but the poster of this thread is full of misinformation and bullshit.

They make up crap, they can't get how many Grammys they won(right after it was posted), it's ridiculous.

But I guess it's all in fun.

I cannot count how many times I have had to correct theu2fly for factually inaccurate setlist statements.

As a rule, if theu2fly says something about setlists, don't believe it until you've checked U2-Vertigo-Tour.com or another setlist website for confirmation or denial.

 

[t8thgr8]

theu2fly is bono. shhhhh!!

 

[Achtung_Bebe]

didn't someone use the title "stop (the poverty)" in one of those joke "name the album and tracklisting" threads?

Originally posted by jonnytakeawalk
Hmmm, probably should have made up a title that you hadn't used in a thread before,

Exaaaaactly.

and no, theu2fly is not Bono -- Bono's too smooth to make such an error (or is he?)

 

[ozeeko]

i think some people take themselves too seriously on these boards. Who cares if this thread is predicated on bullshit? At least it sparked an interesting discussion! I like these threads ten times more than "which song is better: this one or this one?" Who cares. There's nothing wrong with having an extended conversation. Look, we're on the 6th page!

 

[AtomicBono]

i think some people take themselves too seriously on these boards. Who cares if this thread is predicated on bullshit? At least it sparked an interesting discussion! I like these threads ten times more than "which song is better: this one or this one?" Who cares. There's nothing wrong with having an extended conversation. Look, we're on the 6th page!

agreed.

So, based on speculated title and lyrics alone, which song is better, Stop (The Poverty) or Save (The People)?

here are some of the lyrics to Save (The People)

un, deux, trois, VINGT-HUIT!

there are people
that need to be saved
what rhymes with people?
this problem is grave

AFRICA
AFRICA
ICELAND
AFRICA

my soul is kneeling
my knees are feeling
in me there is a fire
taking me higher

AFRICA
AFRICA
GREENLAND
AFRICA

Those are the only lyrics I've found so far, but I'll keep you posted

 

[Zoots]

what rhymes with people?

 

[ozeeko]

steeple, neeple (actually nipple. but now since Bono's an inventive genius of mispronunciation a la "torTOISE")

 

[Jack In The Box]

"what rhymes with people?"


you deserve a prize AtomicBono

 

[doctorwho]

i want to give you some clean clothes
and wear them as your wardrobe
check the right pocket in your new jeans
and look through your new wallet

oh poverty, oh poverty
it's no mystery, that you're history
then i kneel, because i love that word
the more i kneel, the less i stand

And then let's kiss...
kiss the sky
as we kneel before we die
of poverty
oh poverty - the desire
creates a burning fire,
which I don't kiss,
but I do kiss the sky...

I like writing Bono lyrics!

 

[Meghan]

So THIS is where Bono gets his lyrics from...

And there I was thinking for so many years that he wrote them himself.

 

[Axver]

I need to kneel
'Cause I still haven't found
The soul I'm looking for
Yeah, yeah, yeah, kneeling for soul, baby, baby, baby
Edge, play the Walk On riff again!

 

[Achtung_Bebe]

Edge, play the Walk On riff again!

 

[clifedge]

I sure hope that's not the title