Stay (Faraway So Close) "Dressed up like a" what?!

[Nielsen]

For some reason everytime my dad hears Vertigo he substitutes The Edge's "Donde esta?" with "Congestion" 

I find it very amusing 

[TheFlyingLemon]

I guess the only song I misinterpret is Discotheque. 

The others I hear properly, luckily.

[Ultraviolet [ACAAs Polisher of Shiny PopMart Basses]]

I still hear "Edge is blowin' in the breeze, wild honey..."

[JohnnyVOXX]

Honestly, when I first listened to "Stay" I heard the lyrics "dressed up like a car-crash" as "dressed up like a" **** rash. I'm referring to a male's privates if you don't get the idea ...  Am I the only one who hears this!? Some variations include "like a" cockroach, but I mainly hear the one I stated before. I hope I didn't ruin "Stay" for you! 

to me it was a cockroach, a few years later when I read the lyrics and read that it said car crash, I was so ashamed of myself... haha... 

[TheFlyingLemon]

Honestly, when I first listened to "Stay" I heard the lyrics "dressed up like a car-crash" as "dressed up like a" **** rash. I'm referring to a male's privates if you don't get the idea ...  Am I the only one who hears this!? Some variations include "like a" cockroach, but I mainly hear the one I stated before. I hope I didn't ruin "Stay" for you! 

to me it was a cockroach, a few years later when I read the lyrics and read that it said car crash, I was so ashamed of myself... haha... 

haha, cockroach, that's funny. 

[Aburrow]

Always heard "car crash."

BTW, I just realized something, after 15 years of listening to the Zooropa album. "Stay" and "Babyface" have almost identical lyrics. "Dressed up/like a car crash" (stay); "dressed up like a lovely day" (babyface). Just interesting!

[Boom Cha!]

I always thought he was dropping a F-Bomb in the song New York.

I thought it was:

In New York you can f*** it

But it's:

In New York you can forget

[TheFlyingLemon]

I always thought he was dropping a F-Bomb in the song New York.

I thought it was:

In New York you can f*** it

But it's:

In New York you can forget

    

ahem, wake up dead man.

[InThisHeartland]

I always thought he was dropping a F-Bomb in the song New York.

I thought it was:

In New York you can f*** it

But it's:

In New York you can forget

I still hear "Edge is blowin' in the breeze, wild honey..."

I hear both of those too! Also in New York, it sounds like he says "Dancefall, dancefall", but he actually says "Dance hall, dancefloor"

[TheFlyingLemon]

On Mofo...

Got the swing, got the sway, got my straw in lemonade

I hear it as...

Got the swing, got the sway, got the strong lemonade

Plus I might add that in the lyrics section on @U2 on Mofo it actually says that the f-bomb was indeed dropped. 

[Boom Cha!]

On Mofo...

Got the swing, got the sway, got my straw in lemonade

I hear it as...

Got the swing, got the sway, got the strong lemonade

Plus I might add that in the lyrics section on @U2 on Mofo it actually says that the f-bomb was indeed dropped. 

Yeah, there's a certain part in Mofo where I think he's saying the F-word. But, it says "scat singing" in the Pop booklet thingy.

It's too hard to make out, but I think he says the F-word in Mofo.

[TheFlyingLemon]

On Mofo...

Got the swing, got the sway, got my straw in lemonade

I hear it as...

Got the swing, got the sway, got the strong lemonade

Plus I might add that in the lyrics section on @U2 on Mofo it actually says that the f-bomb was indeed dropped. 

Yeah, there's a certain part in Mofo where I think he's saying the F-word. But, it says "scat singing" in the Pop booklet thingy.

It's too hard to make out, but I think he says the F-word in Mofo.

Though I wouldn't be 100% sure he4 actually did say it, it's very faint, and it doesn't sound completely like the f-word... Need to ask some experts. 

[Ultraviolet [ACAAs Polisher of Shiny PopMart Basses]]

On Mofo...

Got the swing, got the sway, got my straw in lemonade

I hear it as...

Got the swing, got the sway, got the strong lemonade

Plus I might add that in the lyrics section on @U2 on Mofo it actually says that the f-bomb was indeed dropped. 

Yeah, there's a certain part in Mofo where I think he's saying the F-word. But, it says "scat singing" in the Pop booklet thingy.

It's too hard to make out, but I think he says the F-word in Mofo.

Though I wouldn't be 100% sure he4 actually did say it, it's very faint, and it doesn't sound completely like the f-word... Need to ask some experts. 

I've heard it, too, for the record. We should make a poll! 

[TheFlyingLemon]

I think that would be reasonable.

[P-FLO]

Honestly, when I first listened to "Stay" I heard the lyrics "dressed up like a car-crash" as "dressed up like a" **** rash. I'm referring to a male's privates if you don't get the idea ...  Am I the only one who hears this!? Some variations include "like a" cockroach, but I mainly hear the one I stated before. I hope I didn't ruin "Stay" for you! 

Get your mind out of the gutter!