In the new U2 song, Vertigo, Bono opens it by singing the above sequence. The sequnce is 1, 2, 3, 14. Is there some musical or symbolic meaning I’m missing or is this the result of Spanish not being a popular elective in the Irish school system?
They likely simply thought it sounded better than quatro.
Or even cuatro.
I read somewhere that it was in reference to Steve Lillywhite producing their 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 14th albums.
I heard that it was because the new single is from their 14th album.
No, I was referring specifically to Suzi Quatro.
:smack:
Did anyone else just start humming Wooly Bully?
I heard on Irish radio the other day that Bono just screwed up.
did!
I Did!
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs.
Hey, Leather Tuscedaro would have sung a GREAT duet with Bono!
An Audi Quatro?
According to this link, Lillywhite has done more work with U2 than that.
I think it is simply considered “cool” to mess up count-ins, nothing more…especially in Spanish…
Peter Gabriel, Games Without Frontiers - “a 1, 2 - 1, 2, 4”
The Offspring, Pretty Fly - “Uno, Dos, Tres, Cuatro, Cinco Cinco, Seis…”
Unless you’re the Ramones, in which a superfast “1-2-3-4!” starts most songs…
It reminds me of a throwaway joke from the comic Love and Rockets. Jaime told the story of three brothers named Enero, Febrero and Miercoles (January, February and Wednesday). Well, I got a chuckle out of it…
I remember “1, 2, 3, 5” from somewhere.
That’s in “The Logical Song” by Supertramp. That song doesn’t start with a count, but the singer throws in the “1, 2, 3, 5” near the end.
Hey, thanks! Didn’t think it was a count-in.
I work around the corner from a building that has 1235 for a street address.
He also says unos if you listen carefully.
The whole song reminds me of the Pixies, and the messed up counting is something the Pixies would totally do. So I just thought they were doing it to be weird.
Clearly, the poster was referring to Borland’s Quattro Pro for Windows.