Where the Sheets Have No Name

MandyMarie · 09-23-2007, 04:04 PM

So I was just listening to "Bad/40/WTSHNN" on the Electrical Storm single. I am HoH, but I swear it sounds like Bono's singing "where the sheets have no name". Am I imagining things? Also, what is Bono's speech about before Streets comes on? I can't understand a word of that either...

U2girl · 09-23-2007, 04:07 PM

The speech is one of the Psalms.
Yes, it sounds like he is singing "where the shtreets have no name".

WCF · 09-23-2007, 04:09 PM

He does the same thing on WTSHNN from Boston, the "shtreets" thing. A bit annoying

Galeongirl · 09-23-2007, 04:09 PM

yea during Elevation he always pronounced it as Schtreets... oddly enough he pronounced it normal during Vertigo...

Popmartijn · 09-23-2007, 04:19 PM

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Originally posted by WCF
He does the same thing on WTSHNN from Boston, the "shtreets" thing. A bit annoying

The sound recording on the Electrical Storm single is from the Boston concert.

phillyfan26 · 09-23-2007, 07:23 PM

The best is when he sings "All I Want is You" at Milan, and says, "ALL I WANT IH- YOU!"

Axver · 09-23-2007, 07:30 PM

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Originally posted by phillyfan26
The best is when he sings "All I Want is You" at Milan, and says, "ALL I WANT IH- YOU!"

Nah, I prefer "your eyes make a circoh" from just about every I Will Follow ever.

Bono's enunciation for the fail.

corianderstem · 09-23-2007, 08:25 PM

Yeah, the "schtreets" thing bugs me. It's like he's trying to do his best Sean Connery impersonation.

He also announced their next song as "Shunday Bloody Shunday" during Live Aid.

cobl04 · 09-23-2007, 09:04 PM

Never noticed it before.

Thanks.

coolian2 · 09-23-2007, 09:32 PM

Crap.

This is going to bug me forever, like the rocking chair creaking in Lemon and Please being sung as Plea.

Bonogirl777 · 09-23-2007, 09:53 PM

All this stuff bugs the heck out of me!!!

Axver · 09-23-2007, 09:55 PM

If he's bad at his own songs, trying to figure out what the hell Bono's snippeting can sometimes be well-nigh impossible thanks to enunciation like this.

There's one from Bad in Worcester, 4 May 1987 that I don't think anybody's been able to nail. If I remember correctly, he did it again in Hartford, 9 May 1987.

biff · 09-23-2007, 11:16 PM

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Originally posted by corianderstem
Yeah, the "schtreets" thing bugs me. It's like he's trying to do his best Sean Connery impersonation.

He also announced their next song as "Shunday Bloody Shunday" during Live Aid.

Feck, you just get the toup to fit and then the darn dentshures shtart to go.

Slapnutz · 09-23-2007, 11:25 PM

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Originally posted by coolian2
Crap.

This is going to bug me forever, like the rocking chair creaking in Lemon and Please being sung as Plea.

You've just killed Lemon. That song is now dead to me.

catlhere · 09-24-2007, 12:07 AM

"This is the song... Wi-yah!"

Varitek · 09-24-2007, 01:05 AM

Mt. Temple Comprehensive apparently did not include speech therapy in their "comprehensive" education.

indra · 09-24-2007, 01:10 AM

Damn. I was thinking this thread was gonna link me to a cool parody.

DreamOutLoud13 · 09-24-2007, 01:32 AM

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Originally posted by coolian2
Crap.

This is going to bug me forever, like the rocking chair creaking in Lemon and Please being sung as Plea.

That fucking rocking chair

I don't know who first told me about it, but I can never unhear it now

kafrun · 09-24-2007, 01:55 AM

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Originally posted by DreamOutLoud13

That fucking rocking chair I don't know who first told me about it, but I can never unhear it now

Wait.. what?

major_panic · 09-24-2007, 04:09 AM

Don't ask, and we won't have to suffer through it...

I have also noticed the "schtreets" thing, but I thought it was just Bono trying to be amusing, or heal his voice, or whatever.

09-23-2007, 04:04 PM	#1
MandyMarie Acrobat Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Under a Carolina blue sky Posts: 355 Local Time: 09:13 AM	Where the Sheets Have No Name So I was just listening to "Bad/40/WTSHNN" on the Electrical Storm single. I am HoH, but I swear it sounds like Bono's singing "where the sheets have no name". Am I imagining things? Also, what is Bono's speech about before Streets comes on? I can't understand a word of that either... __________________

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U2girl Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: slovenija Posts: 21,062 Local Time: 02:13 PM	The speech is one of the Psalms. Yes, it sounds like he is singing "where the shtreets have no name". __________________

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Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,937 Local Time: 12:13 AM	If he's bad at his own songs, trying to figure out what the hell Bono's snippeting can sometimes be well-nigh impossible thanks to enunciation like this. There's one from Bad in Worcester, 4 May 1987 that I don't think anybody's been able to nail. If I remember correctly, he did it again in Hartford, 9 May 1987. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

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major_panic Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: the ASIAN TEAM Posts: 7,450 Local Time: 11:13 PM	Don't ask, and we won't have to suffer through it... I have also noticed the "schtreets" thing, but I thought it was just Bono trying to be amusing, or heal his voice, or whatever. __________________

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09-23-2007, 04:09 PM	#3
WCF The Fly Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 259 Local Time: 05:13 AM	He does the same thing on WTSHNN from Boston, the "shtreets" thing. A bit annoying

09-23-2007, 07:23 PM	#6
phillyfan26 Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 30,343 Local Time: 08:13 AM	The best is when he sings "All I Want is You" at Milan, and says, "ALL I WANT IH- YOU!"

09-23-2007, 08:25 PM	#8
corianderstem Blue Crack Distributor Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 64,498 Local Time: 06:13 AM	Yeah, the "schtreets" thing bugs me. It's like he's trying to do his best Sean Connery impersonation. He also announced their next song as "Shunday Bloody Shunday" during Live Aid.

09-23-2007, 09:04 PM	#9
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 57,815 Local Time: 12:13 AM	Never noticed it before. Thanks.

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coolian2 Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Hamilton (No longer STD capital of NZ) Posts: 42,934 Local Time: 02:13 AM	Crap. This is going to bug me forever, like the rocking chair creaking in Lemon and Please being sung as Plea.

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Bonogirl777 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: At Tim Horton's with Kristen and Val talking about Tan Adam and fashion disasters. Posts: 25,705 Local Time: 09:13 AM	All this stuff bugs the heck out of me!!!

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catlhere Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,665 Local Time: 06:13 AM	"This is the song... Wi-yah!"

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Varitek Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: on borderland we run Posts: 16,861 Local Time: 08:13 AM	Mt. Temple Comprehensive apparently did not include speech therapy in their "comprehensive" education.

09-24-2007, 01:10 AM	#17
indra ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 12,689 Local Time: 09:13 AM	Damn. I was thinking this thread was gonna link me to a cool parody.