Funny moments involving U2.
- SOME SPANISH LESSON WITH AN IRISH ACCENT!!!
- Top 10 things U2 has learned over the years.
- Particularly
Larry: Sometimes when we shout, "Are you ready to rock?" I don't care if you're ready to rock. - May I remind you that the Dalton Brothers play both kinds of music — country AND western!
- Godfather. More Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping than the Dalton Brothers! Babyface Mullen! The violin!
- Bono's count-off at the beginning of "Vertigo": "1... 2... 3... 14!" Made even funnier on live video when he preceded the bad Spanish by telling the audience he was going to "teach [them] some Gaelic."
- Listen closer. That first word is unos. Spanish for "some".
- Another way to hear it: "11note , 2, 3note , 14note !"
- Listen closer. That first word is unos. Spanish for "some".
- Quite a few of MacPhisto's Zoo TV phone calls, especially in the Dublin gig, where he actually phoned home to find the four years old Jordan Hewson answering.
- A Day in the Life of The Edge. A documentary on a day in the life of The Edge shot by Bono, which starts with Bono breaking into Edge's hotel room and finding out the Edge falls asleep to the Sci-Fi channel.
- Their appearance during The Simpsons episode "Trash of the Titans":Bono: Hold on, people. He's talking about waste management, that affects the whole damn planet!The Edge: Aw, here we go... (to Larry) What do you say we slip out to Moe's for a pint?Adam: Can I come?(Beat)The Edge: No.Adam: Wankers...
- A couple of times during the PopMart tour, the band got stuck inside the lemon, Spinal Tap-style.
- It's become slightly memetic how much The Edge in particular fears becoming Spinal Tap. "I saw that film and didn't laugh so much as I wept."