In the song Vertigo whay does Bono say uno,dos tres,quatorce or 1,2,3 14

Jason

Bono did an interview with BBC. He was questioned about the lyrics and said something along the lines of "there may have been a few drinks involved." He may have been thinking about this being the 14th album. After the buzz wore off, he kept the lyrics. Some things are just that simple.

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Welcome to the pool Eddie! i'm kinda the local U2 expert, so feel free to ask any questions in the future!

Anyways, possible explanations:

This is their fourteenth album, following Boy, October, War, Under A Blood Red Sky, The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree, Rattle And Hum, Achtung Baby, Zooropa, Pop, Best of 1980-1990, All That You Can't Leave Behins and Best of 1990-2000

Its a biblical reference - psalm 3:14 or something like that

The song is about 3:14 long

Its a kind of tribute to Steve Lillywhite, who produced this album (How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb), as well as the first three albums. Hence, Uno = Boy, Dos = October, Tres = War and Catorce = How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

Bono has been reported as saying that it was a drunken joke, but thats probably not the case - He once said that the song Hawkmoon 269was given the 269 ending because they remixed it 269 times --> highly unlikely.

Most likely, he was drunk, and just mixed up cuatro (four) with catorce (fourteen).

But hey, it may not have been that at all --> just listen to the original Vertigo, a song called Native Son!

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Originally posted by Matiqua:
Welcome to the pool Eddie! i'm kinda the local U2 expert, so feel free to ask any questions in the future!

Anyways, possible explanations:

This is their fourteenth album, following Boy, October, War, Under A Blood Red Sky, The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree, Rattle And Hum, Achtung Baby, Zooropa, Pop, Best of 1980-1990, All That You Can't Leave Behins and Best of 1990-2000

Its a biblical reference - psalm 3:14 or something like that

The song is about 3:14 long

Its a kind of tribute to Steve Lillywhite, who produced this album (How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb), as well as the first three albums. Hence, Uno = Boy, Dos = October, Tres = War and Catorce = How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

Bono has been reported as saying that it was a drunken joke, but thats probably not the case - He once said that the song Hawkmoon 269was given the 269 ending because they remixed it 269 times --> highly unlikely.

Most likely, he was drunk, and just mixed up cuatro (four) with catorce (fourteen).

After all that insight and you say he was probably just drunk? That one about Lillywhite convinced me. Sure seems more than coincidence.

yep - this is purely speculation, and many of the explanations (to be precise, explanations 1, 2, 3, 4 were originally suggestd by fans - so all of them really!)

In all honesty, the song length suggestion is probably the most unlikely - in actuality, the song is 3:11 long, not 3:14.

The lillywhite one is actually speculation as well, because SL helped to mix three or four tracks on The Joshua Tree, and i don't think he did all of HTDAAB.

In case anyone is interested, the tracklisting for HTDAAb is found just below!

01 Vertigo
02 Miracle Drug
03 Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
04 Love And Peace Or Else
05 City Of Blinding Lights
06 All Because Of You
07 A Man And A Woman
08 Crumbs From Your Table
09 One Step Closer
10 Original Of The Species
11 Yahweh
12 Fast Cars (UK and Japan only releases, except with Deluxe Edition)

The first five tracks are definitly the best five, although OSC and Yahweh are nice too. OOTS is pure, but a bit too overrated for me.