That’s all it costs, at least right now, to buy a 1996 Range Rover that used to belong to Paul McGuinness. Nice!
Thx to Zach G. on the Exit mailing list for the link.
(I’m proud of myself for avoiding the clichéd references to “Daddy’s Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car” and “Fast Cars” in the headline of this post, not to mention something really cheesy like “U 2 Can Own Paul’s Old Car.” Not that the one I chose is great, but at least it’s not dripping with cheese….)
For real.
In this article from The Herald, it is noted that recent brain tests found that listening to music can indeed make us smarter (or at least better at taking intelligence tests).
Although U2 is specifically cited, the author implies that listening to any music will somehow do the trick.
Thinking of some recent hits by the younger crop of pop stars, I find that hard to believe.
In this blog titled Reunited And It Feels So Good on Denver’s Your Hub.com, Paul Hughes makes the case for Bono’s mullet being responsible for U2’s brilliant songs (i.e. the early stuff).
Since War and The Joshua Tree are my favorite U2 albums, I’m in no position to argue.
But what do you all think?
So I was singing along to U2 one day and as can happen to me when I’m in one of those moods, I decided to start singing my own lyrics to the song that was on. Sometimes these efforts flow and sometimes they don’t, but this one seemed to take off.
We know that Bono can create his own lyrics during live performances at times. He tends to weave in either current events or something having to do with the location that the band is playing at.
With it being summer time in the Northern Hemisphere, there are plenty of picnics going on. Imagine Bono and the boys playing at your family picnic. Seeking to make this picnic even more of a special day, Bono ad-libs new lyrics to Love and Peace…just for you.
I invite you to put on the song now, picture yourself at your picnic and sing along with Bono:
Lays chips
Lays chips
Lay the salt and pepper near the dip
Leave your pudding in the pack
We’re gonna eat, not gonna snack
Yes we are…
Lay down your knife
Lay down your fork
Let’s use our hands
To eat that pork
As you enter this meal
I pray you depart
With an apple dumpling
And a strawberry tart
I don’t know if I can take it
It’s not easy on my jeans
Here’s my zipper you can’t break it
I need some release, release, release
We need
Ham and Cheese
Ham and Cheese
Lay down
Lay on the couch
You had too much to eat
And now you say ouch
I don’t know if I can make it
I’m not easy on my jeans
Where’s the loo, I can’t take it
Had too much baked beans, baked beans, baked beans
I ate
Ham and cheese
Ham and cheese
Baby don’t fight
We can talk this through
There’s more than enough
Have some Irish Stew
You can cook or I’ll phone
Take aways are fine
But all of this waiting
Just makes me want to dine
I’m about to dig in
And I wonder can I get hold of?
Is it all I talk of?
I feel deprived of…
Gotta get more of…
Ham and cheese
Starpulse reports that a BBC 6 Music poll, set to be voted on tonight, includes U2 in its Top 10.
Only this time, it’s not a compliment.
The radio channel is choosing the “worst lyrics ever” and U2 has made the list for the line:
I’ve got no self control/Been living like a mole
from 2000’s “Elevation.”
And this got me thinking—sure, that line is ridiculous, but haven’t they done worse? I think they have. So I made my own top 5 list of the worst U2 lyrics:
1. You know some places are like your auntie/But there’s no place like Miami (”Miami”)
2. I know that everything is not ok/But you’re like honey on my tongue (”A Man and a Woman”)
3. I didn’t give anyone else a choice/An intellectual tortoise (”All Because of You”)
4. Where I grew up there weren’t many trees/Where there was we’d tear them down/And use them on our enemies (”Peace on Earth”)
5. Your eyes make a circle/I see you when you go in there (”I Will Follow”)
Of course, genius lines such as Midnight is where the day begins, Home/That’s where the hurt is, and I’ll see you again when the stars fall from the sky more than make up for these minor snafus.
Thanks to Babette who pointed this out to me on youtube. Great twist at the end!
