U2oons | dubious moments of U2

May 6, 2007 at 11:18 pm by zippofoe · Filed under U2oons

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  1. Tassoula said,

    May 7, 2007 @ 12:35 pm

    “Future Mrs. Edge shows boob in U2 video.”

    Brilliant, Ian. :)

  2. Luneiro said,

    May 7, 2007 @ 10:38 pm

    I second that!
    Nice toon!

  3. santiago2u said,

    May 8, 2007 @ 8:59 am

    ….this is gold…ha ha ha

  4. BoNo FReaK said,

    May 10, 2007 @ 4:45 am

    Actually it’s a good thing obviously that the lyrics for October were stolen and then returned in 2004— Bono and the band have always said one “Crap” album and they are finished…. ha, ha, ha…. ; -)

  5. lmartinou2 said,

    May 11, 2007 @ 7:39 am

    it’s fantastic. SMILE

  6. Erika said,

    May 11, 2007 @ 10:11 am

    Love it! Especially love the “discovers they were crap any way” bit.

  7. Jennifer said,

    May 14, 2007 @ 12:24 pm

    Have the original lyrics to October been ‘released?’

    (Or is Bono just calling them ‘crap?’ ha ha!)

    If I can read them somewhere, will someone please point me in the right direction to find them?

    Thanks!!!

  8. ian said,

    May 15, 2007 @ 1:00 pm

    from what i can recall, bono mentioned that, 2004, after getting his old brown suitcase back, that inside were ‘a few pictures, some letters,’ and not much else. he didn’t say that it was crap, but he certainly didn’t say there was, indeed, the lost lyrics to a groundbreaking u2 album.

    in my opinion, i think a very young and hubris bono and the boys bluntly boffed it big time with october, and should consider themselves extremely lucky island records let them make another album after it.

  9. caravox said,

    May 15, 2007 @ 5:48 pm

    “boffed it big time with october?”

    ian, that is criz-azy. gloria. rejoice. october. tomorrow. if u2 have an album left in them with 4 songs as genuine and powerful as those… i will be shocked and awed.

  10. ian said,

    May 15, 2007 @ 6:12 pm

    ope! (backpedaling here) i suppose we all can agree that october was not a strong seller when it was released, and from a business standpoint, perhaps not as strong an album as it could / should have been.

    from that stand point, u2, coming off a very strong start with boy — an album that had nearly five years to mature — suddenly found themselves in an awkward situation. they were very much boys back then, awed by this whole God thing, not sure of this rock and roll stuff, suddenly with a deadline fast looming for a follow up album.

    in my opinion, the deadline came swiftly, and the awkward residue left from the experiment is called October. perhaps that angst is the merits to the album to some, but for me — and perhaps u2 — lingers as an awkward poloroid from the band’s adolescent period. to me October is the snapshot of a self conscious teenager trying to hide their zits.

    but yeah, the songs rock.

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