Author Topic: Sexual references in U2 songs  (Read 20205 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline U2DreamOutLoud ...Everything you know is wrong

  • Party Girl/Boy
  • **
  • Posts: 539
  • Sleep comes like a drug
Re: Sexual references in U2 songs
« Reply #30 on: August 02, 2011, 03:19:57 AM »
Or the live change in Desire

"And the fever, when I'm inside her... DESI-I-I-I-IRE"

Oh. What's the original line then?!   :D :D :D

Then there's that live change to I Will Follow...   ::) ::)

Which I never understand. Can someone post it?
Don't forget the obvious:
She's slippery, you're slidin' down etc.etc. - the whole Mysterious Ways

Heard from E's earpiece recording (can't remember which show, but not from 360) - "I will swallow"

 :D

Very nice. E must have been giggling for the rest of the show then.

Offline Belisama

  • Original of the Species
  • ****
  • Posts: 42611
  • Beauty, currently dating lots of idiots
Re: Sexual references in U2 songs
« Reply #31 on: August 02, 2011, 03:23:43 AM »
Or the live change in Desire

"And the fever, when I'm inside her... DESI-I-I-I-IRE"

Oh. What's the original line then?!   :D :D :D

Then there's that live change to I Will Follow...   ::) ::)

Which I never understand. Can someone post it?
Don't forget the obvious:
She's slippery, you're slidin' down etc.etc. - the whole Mysterious Ways

Heard from E's earpiece recording (can't remember which show, but not from 360) - "I will swallow"

 :D

Ever since you told me that I cannot hear the song the same way.

Offline maymay

  • Up With the Sun
  • ***
  • Posts: 5451
Re: Sexual references in U2 songs
« Reply #32 on: August 02, 2011, 03:35:20 AM »
Or the live change in Desire

"And the fever, when I'm inside her... DESI-I-I-I-IRE"

Oh. What's the original line then?!   :D :D :D

Then there's that live change to I Will Follow...   ::) ::)

Which I never understand. Can someone post it?
Don't forget the obvious:
She's slippery, you're slidin' down etc.etc. - the whole Mysterious Ways

Heard from E's earpiece recording (can't remember which show, but not from 360) - "I will swallow"

 :D

Ever since you told me that I cannot hear the song the same way.

Guess what I actually slipped in Philly while singing out loud...   :D :D :D
« Last Edit: August 02, 2011, 03:40:13 AM by maymay »

Offline Belisama

  • Original of the Species
  • ****
  • Posts: 42611
  • Beauty, currently dating lots of idiots
Re: Sexual references in U2 songs
« Reply #33 on: August 02, 2011, 03:39:02 AM »
Or the live change in Desire

"And the fever, when I'm inside her... DESI-I-I-I-IRE"

Oh. What's the original line then?!   :D :D :D

Then there's that live change to I Will Follow...   ::) ::)

Which I never understand. Can someone post it?
Don't forget the obvious:
She's slippery, you're slidin' down etc.etc. - the whole Mysterious Ways

Heard from E's earpiece recording (can't remember which show, but not from 360) - "I will swallow"

 :D

Ever since you told me that I cannot hear the song the same way.

Guess what actually slipped in Philly while singing out loud...   :D :D :D

I love the Bono Freudian slips. ;)

Offline maymay

  • Up With the Sun
  • ***
  • Posts: 5451
Re: Sexual references in U2 songs
« Reply #34 on: August 02, 2011, 03:40:56 AM »
Or the live change in Desire

"And the fever, when I'm inside her... DESI-I-I-I-IRE"

Oh. What's the original line then?!   :D :D :D

Then there's that live change to I Will Follow...   ::) ::)

Which I never understand. Can someone post it?
Don't forget the obvious:
She's slippery, you're slidin' down etc.etc. - the whole Mysterious Ways

Heard from E's earpiece recording (can't remember which show, but not from 360) - "I will swallow"

 :D

Ever since you told me that I cannot hear the song the same way.

Guess what I actually slipped in Philly while singing out loud...   :D :D :D

I love the Bono Freudian slips. ;)

 :-[  Woops. It was my freudian slip that night - not his.

Offline suitoflights

  • Desert Rose
  • **
  • Posts: 2131
  • You gotta hold on baby to my special feature
Re: Sexual references in U2 songs
« Reply #35 on: August 02, 2011, 09:10:34 AM »
What were they on when they were making Achtung Baby then? The whole album seems to be about sex  :D

Offline maymay

  • Up With the Sun
  • ***
  • Posts: 5451
Re: Sexual references in U2 songs
« Reply #36 on: August 02, 2011, 09:51:26 AM »
What were they on when they were making Achtung Baby then? The whole album seems to be about sex  :D

They were men in their early 30's - I think that explains a lot!  ;)

Offline Starman

  • Holy Joe
  • ***
  • Posts: 18428
Re: Sexual references in U2 songs
« Reply #37 on: August 02, 2011, 10:35:17 AM »
Acrobat  :o

Offline A_Fly_On_The_Wall

  • Deep In the Heart
  • ****
  • Posts: 25498
  • Glastonbury... Where You Gonna Take Us Tonight?
Re: Sexual references in U2 songs
« Reply #38 on: August 02, 2011, 10:41:19 AM »
"Space travel turns me on" - In A Little While live at the Rose Bowl

Offline EnduringChill

  • Genius of Compression
  • ****
  • Posts: 32046
  • Help me sing my song... baby, it's all right
Re: Sexual references in U2 songs
« Reply #39 on: August 02, 2011, 11:28:01 AM »
Even Better is definitely all about sex then. I KNEW IT. Surprised it wasn't mentioned in @U2's list of sexiest U2 songs.

Or the live change in Desire

"And the fever, when I'm inside her... DESI-I-I-I-IRE"

Oh. What's the original line then?!   :D :D :D

Then there's that live change to I Will Follow...   ::) ::)



And the fever, getting higher
or, the fever when I'm beside her

Offline northstarjo

  • Acrobat
  • ***
  • Posts: 14745
  • I want to feel sunlight on my face
Re: Sexual references in U2 songs
« Reply #40 on: August 02, 2011, 12:28:52 PM »
Even Better is definitely all about sex then. I KNEW IT. Surprised it wasn't mentioned in @U2's list of sexiest U2 songs.

Or the live change in Desire

"And the fever, when I'm inside her... DESI-I-I-I-IRE"

Oh. What's the original line then?!   :D :D :D

Then there's that live change to I Will Follow...   ::) ::)



And the fever, getting higher
or, the fever when I'm beside her

MOD MOD....UNDER-AGE PARTICIPANT IN THIS THREAD!!! :D :D

Offline maymay

  • Up With the Sun
  • ***
  • Posts: 5451
Re: Sexual references in U2 songs
« Reply #41 on: August 02, 2011, 12:34:25 PM »
Even Better is definitely all about sex then. I KNEW IT. Surprised it wasn't mentioned in @U2's list of sexiest U2 songs.

Or the live change in Desire

"And the fever, when I'm inside her... DESI-I-I-I-IRE"

Oh. What's the original line then?!   :D :D :D

Then there's that live change to I Will Follow...   ::) ::)



And the fever, getting higher
or, the fever when I'm beside her

MOD MOD....UNDER-AGE PARTICIPANT IN THIS THREAD!!! :D :D

Hahahahaaaa. I don't think she can be "saved" anymore...   :D :D :D

Offline uplate6674

  • Up With the Sun
  • ***
  • Posts: 5652
  • every poet is a thief
Re: Sexual references in U2 songs
« Reply #42 on: August 02, 2011, 12:50:29 PM »
What were they on when they were making Achtung Baby then? The whole album seems to be about sex  :D

That's one of the many reasons that album is awesome; there was an article in (I think) Mother Jones in the late 80s where the interviewer commented that there wasn't a lot of eroticism in U2's songs at that point - s/he specifically used the lyrics of Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing and Prince's Little Red Corvette as a point of comparison when Bono tried to insist that there was a sexiness to U2's songs as of the Rattle & Hum era.

Compare R&H to AB, and there's a huge difference, although U2 hadn't yet shown us what they had up their sleeves yet.

Re: "I will swallow!" - that's hilarious  :D How have I not heard that story before?


Offline maymay

  • Up With the Sun
  • ***
  • Posts: 5451
Re: Sexual references in U2 songs
« Reply #43 on: August 02, 2011, 12:53:26 PM »
What were they on when they were making Achtung Baby then? The whole album seems to be about sex  :D

That's one of the many reasons that album is awesome; there was an article in (I think) Mother Jones in the late 80s where the interviewer commented that there wasn't a lot of eroticism in U2's songs at that point - s/he specifically used the lyrics of Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing and Prince's Little Red Corvette as a point of comparison when Bono tried to insist that there was a sexiness to U2's songs as of the Rattle & Hum era.

Compare R&H to AB, and there's a huge difference, although U2 hadn't yet shown us what they had up their sleeves yet.

Re: "I will swallow!" - that's hilarious  :D How have I not heard that story before?

I heard about "I will swallow" just three weeks ago myself (from a very reliable source).  ;)
« Last Edit: August 02, 2011, 01:06:05 PM by maymay »

Offline Starman

  • Holy Joe
  • ***
  • Posts: 18428
Re: Sexual references in U2 songs
« Reply #44 on: August 02, 2011, 12:55:48 PM »
Y'all are pervs. Can I join you?