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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
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U2 & B.B. KingMusic Quotes:
As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both. - Bono It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio. - Bono Music can change the world because it can change people. - Bono Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss. - Bono To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater. - Bono U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone. - Bono We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong. - Bono The less you know, the more you believe. - Bono Submitted by: LucidLupin
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Music Jokes:
What's the difference between God and Bono? God doesn't walk around Dublin thinking he is Bono. Submitted by: dave
| Q: What kind of lawyers praise U2? A: Pro Bono lawyers. Submitted by: Anonymous
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Band Name Origins:
- There's also another coincidence about the name on what many people forget (Even the fans sometimes) In Berlin, there's a railway line that says "U-2", near the "Zoo Station". Submitted by: Anon
- It's named after the U-2 spy plane and they DID pick it off a list, just not with those other choices. Larry Mullen's father (It was either Larry Mullen or Adam Clayton; probably Larry Mullen) was a pilot so he knew about U-2 planes. It's in the U2 book. Submitted by: yeah yeha yeah
Why the Name is Stupid:
- I just don't get it. "U2" what? Sounds like half of an ungrammatical question, something that drives me nuts. Submitted by: z
Strange Offspring Names:
- Arun - Arun means the Sun in Hindu Mythology, nothing weird bout that, it signifies the universal lifegiver. Submitted by: Arun
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "A Sort of Homecoming" | In an unusual move, Bono completely avoids using the song title. - Brian Kelly |
New Band Names:
New Name | Why It's Better | Submitter Name |
| U Fools | They are such big hypocrites. They abandon the music that made them famous for fakey synth pop. | J.C. |
| Me2 | Cause I love U2 too! | Kelly |
Better Names for Current Songs:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Stuck In A Movement" | "Stuck In A Moment" | Karen Smith |
| "All That's Become Of You" | "All Because Of You" | bonoincarnate |
| "Bono Can't Count In Spanish" | "Vertigo" | Nemmy |
| "Dizzy, So?" | "Vertigo" | 7incstereo |
| "Gotta Go" | "Vertigo" | Miles O'Sadnick |
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Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Where The Streets Have No Name," | All streets have names, silly | joecap |
| "Running To Stand Still," | Moving is not standing still | joecap |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "How Much Longer?" | "Until The End Of The World," U2 | Brian Kelly |
| "Searching With My Good Eye Closed" | "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," U2 | Well, use your GOOD eye! - Josh |
| "Where's The Party?" | "Where The Streets Have No Name," U2 | Peter |
| "Take Me Home, Country Roads" | "Where The Streets Have No Name," U2 | The Big Guy |
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Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Until The End Of The Word" originally "Until The End Of The World"
What a long time to wait!
Roy R. Pryor
"Here The Streets Have No Name" originally "Where The Streets Have No Name"
Courtney (about as bad as tennis elbow)
"Ride In The Name Of Love" originally "Pride In The Name Of Love"
Serafina
"Suck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of" originally "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
Emmy Kay Butanone
"On" originally "One"
doesn't get any simpler than this...
Serafina
There are additional U2 song titles with a letter removed available.
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"Where The Streets Halve No Name" originally "Where The Streets Have No Name"
jonny
"Mysterious Sways" originally "Mysterious Ways"
Serafina
"Struck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of" originally "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
Can't use moVEment because that adds 2 letters.
Big Joe
"Even Better Than The Regal Thing" originally "Even Better Than The Real Thing"
Serafina
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"I Will Hollow" originally "I Will Follow"
Amber Malone
"Where The Streets Save No Name" originally "Where The Streets Have No Name"
Dan
"There The Streets Have No Name" originally "Where The Streets Have No Name"
Courtney (about as bad as tennis elbow)
"Where The Streets Have No Fame" originally "Where The Streets Have No Name"
Courtney (about as bad as tennis elbow)
"Pride In The Game Of Love" originally "Pride In The Name Of Love"
Trina Lufkin
There are additional U2 song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parody Recordings:
Teri Hatcher and Eva Longoria and.... Sorry, my brain just stopped working. - Robert Lund
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Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Where The Streets Have No Name" | "And My Sheets Have No Stains" | Raymond and the Circle |
| "Still Havent Found What I'm Lookin For" | "Still Havent Found Who I'm Looking For ( C.s.i)" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Vertigo" | "The Video Game Song" | Daniel L |
| "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | "He Still Hasn't Found Osama Bin Ladin" | Gianni Parmesiani |
| "New Year's Day" | "New Year's Day" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Vertigo" | "Hurt Emo" | Stuart McArthur |
| "I Will Follow" | "I'm So Shallow" | Tony Wiseguy |
| "Beautiful Day" | "Terrible Day" | Abbott Skelding |
| "Vertigo" | "Birth Control" | White Trash |
| "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | "I Still Haven't Bought What I Came Here For" | Stella |
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Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Stuck In A Moment That You Can't Get Out Of | Auto Towing Service | Mark Silverman |
| I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For | Mark Silverman | |
| Fast Cars | Ferrari | Joseph Marvilli |
| Even Better Than The Real Thing | Pepsi | Coggy |
| One Step Closer | Sylvan Learning Center (or other stuff like that) | CRA-Z-4-U2 |
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Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Miss Sarajevo | UN/NATO Peacekeepers | Mr. Zagreb |
| I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For | Internet Search Engine (Google, Yahoo!, etc.) | Kirk Bradford Myers |
| Running To Stand Still | Drug Abuse Center | Sarah Mc |
| Mothers Of The Disappeared | Runaway Hotline | Sarah Mc |
| I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For | Any Lost & Found | Sarah Mc |
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Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Come Out and Play (Keep 'em separated) Offspring | Where the Streets have No Name U2 | Come Play Where the Streets Have No Name (Just Keep'em Separated) | Crystal Jones |
| Stop In The Name Of Love The Supremes | Pride In The Name Of Love U2 | Stop Pride In The Name Of Love | Trina Lufkin |
| Doctor! Doctor! Thompson Twins | Please U2 | Doctor! Doctor! Please! Don't you know I'm goin' fast? | Mickey D. |
| Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel Tavares | Angel Of Harlem U2 | Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel Of Harlem | Peter |
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If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :
Guess Who? U 2 !!
Guess Who combined with U2
Submitted By: Rob
U2pac
2pac combined with U2
Submitted By: bobpiecheese
UB40U2
UB40 combined with U2
This group would've formed when all band members in each band were at least 40.
Submitted By: Mike
We Five
U2 combined with US3
We Five is an actual band, but the band did NOT form from these two other bands. It just happens to be mathematically correct!
Submitted By: Random Madeupperson
There are additional U2 Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.
Misheard Lyrics:
"Sunday Bloody Sunday"
Misheard Lyrics: And its true we are amused
Original Lyrics: And it's true we are immune
| "Vertigo"
Misheard Lyrics: Shot dead
Shots fall Joe Namath Original Lyrics: Shot dead
Shots fall Show me, yeah |
"Bad"
Misheard Lyrics: If I could throw myself
and set your spirit free Original Lyrics: If I could, through myself,
set your spirit free | "Mysterious Ways"
Misheard Lyrics: Wanna take a walk with your sister and roon
daylight in to fill up your own Original Lyrics: Johnny take a walk with your sister the moon
let her pale light in to fill up your room |
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Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Vertigo"
Misheard Lyrics: Shot dead
Shots fall Joe Namath Original Lyrics: Shot dead
Shots fall Show me, yeah |
Story about this misheard lyric by: WG I went looking for the original lyrics for this part and realized that not everyone agrees on what they are; I'm pretty sure I hear "shot dead, shots fall" but the last part doesn't sound like "show me, yeah" as much as it sounds like "Joe Namath" which I'm pretty sure isn't right... XD |
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Song Parody Fragments:
"Vertigo"
Better Lyrics:
Moonroof, doors, trays, cupholders
Hello, hello
I'm in a used convertible
This is a car I wish I didn't own
It's so used, got a worn-out steering wheel
Wheel
Hello, hello
I'm in a used convertible
This is a car I wish I didn't own
It's so used, got a worn-out steering wheel
Wheel
Original Lyrics:
Uno, dos, tres, catorces
Hello, hello
I'm in a place called Vertigo
It's everything I wish I didn't know
Except you give me something I can feel
Feel
Hello, hello
I'm in a place called Vertigo
It's everything I wish I didn't know
Except you give me something I can feel
Feel
Submitted by: Jonathan S.
Funny Lyrics:
"Mysterious Ways"
The Funny Lyrics: If you wanna kiss the sky, Better learn how to kneel (On your knees, boy!)
Why They're Funny: 'Kiss the sky' is a reference to Jimi Hendrix's famous misheard lyric from 'Purple Haze'. Substitute the misheard version of that lyric - 'kiss this guy' - and suddenly you have Bono commanding you to perform fellatio on him.
Submitted by: Joshua
| "Vertigo"
The Funny Lyrics: Unos, dos, tres, catorce
Why They're Funny: Actually, this might seem odd, but the whole 1,2,3,14 thing is because How to dismantle an atomic bomb was U2's fourteenth studio album, so simple...
Submitted by: Teppy
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Repetitive Lyrics:
"I Will Follow"
The Repetitive Lyrics: If you walkaway, walkaway, walkaway, walkaway
I will follow Why They're Repetitive: How many times can you walkaway?
Submitted by: britrock
| "Desire"
The Repetitive Lyrics: Money money money money money money money money money money money
Why They're Repetitive: It just sounds stupid, like Bono's obsessed with money!
Submitted by: cra-Z-4-U2
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Nonsensical Lyrics:
"Vertigo"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: I'm at a place called Vertigo!
Why They're Nonsensical: Is 'Vertigo' the actual name of a locality? Where exactly is this place called 'Vertigo'?
Submitted by: Mr. Critic
| "I Will Follow"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: Your eyes make a circle.
Why They're Nonsensical: Whoever wrote this lyric forgot the basic math principle which states that two points determine a line. perhaps his head was spinning?
Submitted by: Mr. Critic
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Insincere Lyrics:
"Love And Peace Or Else"
The Insincere Lyrics: Lay down all your Abrahams sons
Why They're Insincere: Now what does this mean? I know that we are all, according to the Bible, Abraham's sons and daughters, but it will always have that connotation of Isaac. It means either a. sacrifice all your sons because it is the will of God or else it means b. don't sacrifice all your sons even if it is the will of God. Now this is in contradiction with what U2 is supposedly all about. They preach about being so holy and following God and everything, yet they also preach for peace. So no matter how you look at this lyric (and I'm always going to see 'lay down' in the way it is used towards killing animals) it goes against their supposed beliefs, meaning they don't really think about what they say they just say it cause it sounds cool.
Submitted by: Chris
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Misrhymed Lyrics:
"Out Of Control"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: Monday morning eighteen years of dawning
I say how long, you say how long And it was one dull morning Woke the world with bawling And one day I'll die The choice will not be mine Why They're Misrhymed: This song has so many lyrics that don't rhyme! Even though it's a great song and I love it, I think Bono could have done a better job rhyming the lyrics.
Submitted by: CRA-Z-W-U2
| "Vertigo"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: Uno, Dos, Tres, Catorce!
Why They're Misrhymed: Personally, I don't think these A) ryhme, or B) make sense. Okay, Uno, dos, tres. But Catorce is Spanish and translates to: one, two, three, fourteen. One word: Why?
Submitted by: Elandili
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Inappropriate Lyrics:
"City Of Blinding Lights"
The Inappropriate Lyrics: Look ugly in a photograph
Why They're Inappropriate: Why do you want her picture to look ugly?
Submitted by: Aristotle
| "Vertigo"
The Inappropriate Lyrics: Uno, Dos, Tres, Catorce
Why They're Inappropriate: Most people just instantly think: One, Two, Three, Fourteen. The real meaning is fourteen being how many albums they have. (Misleading)
Submitted by: Anonms
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Dirty Lyrics:
"One"
The Dirty Lyrics: Did I disappoint you?
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth Why They're Dirty: In the context of the song it's not that bad but I think it is one of the many funny oral sex references in the album.
Submitted by: Jeb still
| "Acrobat"
The Dirty Lyrics: You can swallow
Or you can spit Why They're Dirty: Pretty obvious
Submitted by: Jeb still
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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"God Part 2"
The Lyrics: Hear a singer on the radio late last night says he's gonna kick in the darkness till it bleeds daylight
Who They Mention: BRUCE COCKBURN - Canadian singer songwriter from the awesome song 'lovers in a dangerous time' - U2 mentions this burried in the liner notes of Rattle and HoHum
Submitted by: GaneshADOW
| "The Playboy Mansion"
The Lyrics: Michael Jackson, history
If beauty is truth, and surgery the fountain of youth Who They Mention: Michael Jackson
Submitted by: Mickey D.
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Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:
"The Playboy Mansion"
The Lyrics: I never bought a Lotto ticket
Product Brand Name: Illinois Lotto (Got a second? Play this instant.)
Submitted by: Mickey D.
| "The Playboy Mansion"
The Lyrics: If Big Mac is bigger than you think
Product Brand Name: Big Mac from Mickey D's
Submitted by: Mickey D.
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Tomorrow"
Opening Lines: Won't you come back tomorrow? Won't you come back tomorrow? Won't you come back tomorrow? Can I see you tonight?
Comments: This song is like when I'm in Phoenix, Arizona.
Submitted by: Mickey D.
| "Zooropa"
Opening Lines: Zooropa - Vorsprung durch Technik
Comments: German for "Advantage through technology"
Submitted by: Mickey D.
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Made Up Words in Songs:
"Zooropa"
The Made Up Words: Zooropa
Comments: I have no idea what that would mean.
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
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Scary Song Lyrics:
"vertigo"
The Lyrics: All of this can be your. Just give me what I want and no one gets hurt.
Why: Those are very tempting lyrics
Submitted by: Daniel L
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Song Title Space Change:
"Angel Of Harl 'Em" originally "Angel Of Harlem"
Harl: A building/painting technique.
Submitted by: Peter
Song Title Anagrams:
"Awakened A Dump" originally "Wake Up Dead Man"
From their Pop album... Or was it Poop?
Submitted by: Josh
"Wussy Toy Armies" originally "Mysterious Ways"
Submitted by: Josh
"Manager of Hell" originally "Angel of Harlem"
Now THAT'S a switch!
Submitted by: Josh
"Translate Hog Hint" originally "Last Night on Earth"
What did that pig say?
Submitted by: Josh
"Oh, Famed Preteen Violin" originally "Pride (In the Name of Love)"
It was that or "Famed Preteen Violin Ho".
Submitted by: Josh
There are additional U2 Song Title Anagrams available.
Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Stay (Faraway So Close)"
The Lyrics: With satellite television, you can go anywhere
Miami, New Orleans, London, Belfast and Berlin Why: Refers to Miami, New Orleans, London, Belfast and Berlin
Submitted by: Dave
| "Angel Of Harlem"
The Lyrics: New York, like a Christmas tree.
Tonight this city belongs to me Why: Refers to New York city.
Submitted by: Natasha Bly
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Foreign Language in English Songs:
"Vertigo"
The Lyrics: Uno dos tres catorce!
Why: Spanish for "one two three fourteen". That's the way you count when you're in a rock and roll band.
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
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Band Name Spoonerisms:
To You originally "U2"
From Me
Submitted by: Joe Haynes
2 Ewe originally "U2"
Submitted by: britrock
Hidden Tracks:
"October"
The title track of their second album plays at the end of disc one of The Best of 1980-1990. It's the only representation of the album on the disc.
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
