hey you fuckers

[katexmachina 23]

I think you've made me a fan of U2 with this effing podcast goddammit

[Bernard_Shakey 3484]

You and Harris Wittels.

KateX Tell us about the first time you started to hear about U2.

[EthanRunt 147]

Wait, hugh-2? Who's in that again?

[katexmachina 23]

I thought the first time that I'd heard about U2 was when the Simpsons episode "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" aired when I was 6 years old, and my parents told me that the Be Sharps' rooftop concert was a reference to U2, but I just looked it up and it turns out that was actually a Beatles reference?

 

Bono did give a speech at my college though and he referred to Americans as "the people who said, 'There's the moon, let's take a fucking walk on it!'"

[Kickpuncher 5012]

I thought the first time that I'd heard about U2 was when the Simpsons episode "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" aired when I was 6 years old, and my parents told me that the Be Sharps' rooftop concert was a reference to U2, but I just looked it up and it turns out that was actually a Beatles reference?

 

Pretty much everything in that episode is a Beatles reference.

 

So maybe the first time you heard about U2 was when you saw the Simpsons episode "Trash of the Titans".

[Bernard_Shakey 3484]

Is that the one with "Baby on Board"?

 

Also took me years to realize there is no B Sharp in music.

[Drakkar Jaune 234]

She could be forgiven for thinking it was a reference to that U2 video for "Where The Streets Have No Name" where they play on the roof...I guess.

 

It's a move they stole from the Beatles...we're stealing it back

[Kickpuncher 5012]

It's a move they stole from the Beatles...we're stealing it back

 

Did they discuss that on the Rattle & Hum episode? Makes me laugh every time. If I had a band, I would want to do a cover of Helter Skelter just so I could intro it by saying "This is a song U2 stole from Charles Manson, so we're stealing it back."