Sexual Messages in U2's Songs - Page 10

celtophile · 03-07-2006, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ZeroDude
Peace on Earth
Where I grew up
There weren't many trees
Where there was we'd tear them down
And use them on our enemies ..................... [/b]

god i feel so stupid but i dont get the reference, or is there some joke that i dont get.....

bono_212 · 03-08-2006, 12:30 AM

I don't get it either, but I was too embaressed to say so

Babyface_20 · 03-22-2006, 05:44 PM

Wasn't Bono a member of a Street gang growing up (Lipton Village...)? Maybe the trees were a reference to that......

Babyface_20 · 03-27-2006, 12:31 PM

Also too Ireland was having some tough times when Bono was a kid......

celtophile · 03-29-2006, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Babyface_20
Also too Ireland was having some tough times when Bono was a kid......

that seems pretty plausible

bono_212 · 03-29-2006, 07:30 PM

well I know what the lyrics supposed to literally mean, but I don' tget why it's a sexual message

Babydoll · 04-07-2006, 11:55 PM

i dont either! i thought i was the only one who didn't get it and i felt really dumb.

can anyone... explain?

CMIS · 04-08-2006, 02:33 PM

that line in mysterious ways is one of my favs and the unifying force in what makes me like that song so much. I think in this song bono is looking at females as divine. So, 'if you wanna kiss the sky', better kneel and 'worship' them

. I don't think there's anything wrong with the oral sex reference. its brilliant.

And achtung is definitely a lot about sex. I think the title of the album might be have something to do with orgasms (Warning, baby, here it comes.)

Bono always said that there are three types of writing :spiritual, sexual and political, so this is to be expected.

CMIS · 04-08-2006, 02:35 PM

I didn't get the peace on earth one either. I thought it might have been a joke, you know trees are phallic, using them as weapons. I think the guy who said it at first was being funny in taking a sexual reference out of nowehre. Thats what I thought.

COBL_04 · 07-24-2006, 03:25 AM

I think I'm bumping this up, but anyway...

I'm pretty sure the Peace on Earth thing had nothing sexual about it. It was just a lyric with nothing sexual just thrown in to make people laugh.

Quote:

Some Days Are Better Than Others:

if you change "days" to "d**ks" see what happens on the first stanza:

"Some d**ks are dry, some d**ks are leaky
Some d**ks come clean, other d**ks are sneaky.
Some d**ks take less, but most d**ks take more
Some slip through your fingers and on to the floor.
Some d**ks are quick, but most d**ks are speedy
Some d**ks use more force than is necessary.
Some d**ks just drop in on us.
Some d**ks are better than others."

That is the funniest thing I have ever read.

LemonMacPhisto · 07-24-2006, 03:35 AM

It's like changing out the word "wand" with "wang" in the Harry Potter books.

last unicorn · 07-24-2006, 08:35 AM

You people are so crazy. I cannot believe how much fun I am having in this thread. But more seriously, I think that most of their lyrics are left open for various interpretations, since they are quite subtle and ambivalent and obviously have more than one meaning to them. Bono is doing that on purpose, and I think one interpretation is as good as the other one. However, "sex" and "God" would be a too limited explanation for their wide range of issues in the songs. There is so much more than that.

COBL_04 · 07-25-2006, 03:35 AM

What is this thing you call 'sex'?

~BrightestStar~ · 08-01-2006, 12:36 AM

Omg! The thread returns!

And

at the 'some days' thing.

JanuaryStar · 08-01-2006, 04:15 AM

This is the first time I'm reading through the thread!!

And yes BrightestStar, I agree!!

03-22-2006, 05:44 PM	#138
Babyface_20 The Fly Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: The armpit of Connecticut and Massachusetts Posts: 103 Local Time: 03:56 PM	Re: um...... Wasn't Bono a member of a Street gang growing up (Lipton Village...)? Maybe the trees were a reference to that......

04-07-2006, 11:55 PM	#142
Babydoll Honorary Brit Premium Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: A place where the wind calls my name... Posts: 15,784 Local Time: 12:56 PM	i dont either! i thought i was the only one who didn't get it and i felt really dumb. can anyone... explain? __________________

07-24-2006, 03:35 AM	#146
LemonMacPhisto Lookin' All Sorts of Good Premium Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: The Five Points Posts: 27,407 Local Time: 03:56 PM	It's like changing out the word "wand" with "wang" in the Harry Potter books. __________________

07-25-2006, 03:35 AM	#148
COBL_04 is trying to suck a lemon Premium Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Put 'em Under Pressure, 2008 AFL Thread!! & Wezza Posts: 7,556 Local Time: 07:56 AM	What is this thing you call 'sex'? __________________ 8 at 8.0 Non importa che succede adesso Non dovresti aver paura Perchè lo so oggi è stato il più perfetto giorno ho mai vissuto

08-01-2006, 12:36 AM	#149
~BrightestStar~ Blue Crack Supplier� Premium Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gettin' hot in a photobooth....livin it up in Ikeaville Posts: 33,843 Local Time: 03:56 PM	Omg! The thread returns! And at the 'some days' thing. __________________ YES WE CAN, biatchz!!

03-27-2006, 12:31 PM	#139
Babyface_20 The Fly Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: The armpit of Connecticut and Massachusetts Posts: 103 Local Time: 03:56 PM	Also too Ireland was having some tough times when Bono was a kid......

04-08-2006, 02:33 PM	#143
CMIS The Fly Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 68 Local Time: 08:56 PM	that line in mysterious ways is one of my favs and the unifying force in what makes me like that song so much. I think in this song bono is looking at females as divine. So, 'if you wanna kiss the sky', better kneel and 'worship' them . I don't think there's anything wrong with the oral sex reference. its brilliant. And achtung is definitely a lot about sex. I think the title of the album might be have something to do with orgasms (Warning, baby, here it comes.) Bono always said that there are three types of writing :spiritual, sexual and political, so this is to be expected.

04-08-2006, 02:35 PM	#144
CMIS The Fly Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 68 Local Time: 08:56 PM	I didn't get the peace on earth one either. I thought it might have been a joke, you know trees are phallic, using them as weapons. I think the guy who said it at first was being funny in taking a sexual reference out of nowehre. Thats what I thought.

07-24-2006, 08:35 AM	#147
last unicorn 100% Bono-gamous Premium Gold Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: the enchanted realm of the purple U2nicorns Posts: 6,340 Local Time: 09:56 PM	You people are so crazy. I cannot believe how much fun I am having in this thread. But more seriously, I think that most of their lyrics are left open for various interpretations, since they are quite subtle and ambivalent and obviously have more than one meaning to them. Bono is doing that on purpose, and I think one interpretation is as good as the other one. However, "sex" and "God" would be a too limited explanation for their wide range of issues in the songs. There is so much more than that.

08-01-2006, 04:15 AM	#150
JanuaryStar Rainbow Warrior Premium Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Dawn of a New Age Posts: 7,075 Local Time: 09:56 PM	This is the first time I'm reading through the thread!! And yes BrightestStar, I agree!! __________________ ...We need some Love & Peace in this world... ~Last.fm~

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