"Hidden" Voice at End of Vertigo

bobert16 · 04-08-2006, 10:58 PM

What is that voice saying in the background just at the end of Vertigo? The best I can make it out is "Alright guys, that was fun!" Any idea who is saying it, and why they chose to include it on the track?

Babydoll · 04-09-2006, 11:28 AM

hey that's interesting...*goes off to listen to it again*

hmm, you're right, there does seem to be a voice at the end. anyone know the story??

waynetravis · 04-09-2006, 11:42 AM

this is totally unrelated but mt my friend gave me a recording of Vertigo he got off the radio and at the end the DJ says "that was crap wasn't it? its not gonna be a hit"

Dahlia · 04-09-2006, 02:27 PM

I don't hear anything at the end of vertigo

Maybe because I have the European Version?

I wanna meet that DJ

Babydoll · 04-09-2006, 03:05 PM

^^ me too! need to give him a piece of my mind....

wonder if he knew about the vertigo tour?

Dahlia · 04-09-2006, 03:14 PM

I'm wondering the same, I don't think he knows nothing whatsoever about good music

But I'd love to ask him now what he thinks about 'Vertigo'

~BrightestStar~ · 04-09-2006, 10:25 PM

I'll have to listen again.

But I've noticed on a number of tracks, if you listen carefully, you can often hear things, very quiet in the background.

Carek1230 · 04-10-2006, 01:59 AM

There are so many versions of Vertigo first off. In the beginning Bono is heard saying "turn it up louder, captain" so my guess would be it is Bono saying something at the end of the song as well.

WalkOn21 · 04-10-2006, 06:44 AM

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Originally posted by Carek1230
There are so many versions of Vertigo first off. In the beginning Bono is heard saying "turn it up louder, captain" so my guess would be it is Bono saying something at the end of the song as well.

I think he says "turn it up, eh, captain". Can't hear the word 'loud' anywhere, no matter how hard I try to hear it.

"Turn it up loud" wouldn't make sense anyway, as it's a pleonasm. "Turn the volume up" is the same as "make it loud". Now Bono isn't known for his correct grammar, but why would he say "turn it up loud, captain"? He just as easily could've said "turn it up, captain" then.

So it must be "turn it up, eh, captain".

doubleU · 04-10-2006, 09:11 AM

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"Turn it up loud" wouldn't make sense anyway, as it's a pleonasm. "Turn the volume up" is the same as "make it loud".

Not exactly. Turn it up, can mean just turning it to a respectable level. Turn it up loud, is that point where you can feel the volume.

I'm pretty sure it's "Turn it up loud captain".

WalkOn21 · 04-10-2006, 11:49 AM

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Originally posted by doubleU

Not exactly. Turn it up, can mean just turning it to a respectable level. Turn it up loud, is that point where you can feel the volume.

"it" refers to "the volume". A 'loud volume' doesn't exist (another style error which in Dutch is called something that translates as 'contamination', I don't know if that's the correct English term). Something can be loud, or the volume can be high, but a volume can't be loud.

So in that case it should've been "turn it up high, captain". But again, Bono isn't famous because of his correct use of English grammar, so it's possible he sings "turn it up loud".

doubleU · 04-10-2006, 12:00 PM

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Originally posted by WalkOn21

"it" refers to "the volume".

Or "it" refers to the knobs. But this is all just mindless semantics.

To me it's obviously "loud", but it's just silly fun talking in a song, it really doesn't matter.

bono_212 · 04-10-2006, 01:13 PM

back to the topic at hand, I cannot recall the exact wording and I don't have the cd here to listen to right now but I believe that Paul??? (not BONO) says something at the end about taht Was Great or something like that

Ellay · 04-13-2006, 02:35 AM

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Originally posted by WalkOn21

I think he says "turn it up, eh, captain". Can't hear the word 'loud' anywhere, no matter how hard I try to hear it.

"Turn it up loud" wouldn't make sense anyway, as it's a pleonasm. "Turn the volume up" is the same as "make it loud". Now Bono isn't known for his correct grammar, but why would he say "turn it up loud, captain"? He just as easily could've said "turn it up, captain" then.

So it must be "turn it up, eh, captain".

You're reading too much into it.

It's not uncommon for people to say in English "turn it up loud." -

even if it is grammatically incorrect.

WalkOn21 · 04-13-2006, 04:01 AM

Well, asides from the incorrect grammar, I still can't hear "loud".

Maybe they made a special edition of HTDAAB for me, on which they say "turn it up, eh, captain" and "como esta".

04-08-2006, 10:58 PM	#1
bobert16 The Fly Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 150 Local Time: 12:37 AM	"Hidden" Voice at End of Vertigo What is that voice saying in the background just at the end of Vertigo? The best I can make it out is "Alright guys, that was fun!" Any idea who is saying it, and why they chose to include it on the track?

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04-09-2006, 11:28 AM	#2
Babydoll Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Jai ho!! Posts: 21,057 Local Time: 03:37 PM	hey that's interesting...goes off to listen to it again hmm, you're right, there does seem to be a voice at the end. anyone know the story??

04-09-2006, 11:42 AM	#3
waynetravis Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Brand and Broadway Posts: 34,795 Local Time: 11:37 PM	this is totally unrelated but mt my friend gave me a recording of Vertigo he got off the radio and at the end the DJ says "that was crap wasn't it? its not gonna be a hit"

04-09-2006, 02:27 PM	#4
Dahlia Refugee Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Walking out into a sunburst street//Germany Posts: 1,453 Local Time: 12:37 AM	I don't hear anything at the end of vertigo Maybe because I have the European Version? I wanna meet that DJ

04-09-2006, 03:05 PM	#5
Babydoll Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Jai ho!! Posts: 21,057 Local Time: 03:37 PM	^^ me too! need to give him a piece of my mind.... wonder if he knew about the vertigo tour?

04-09-2006, 03:14 PM	#6
Dahlia Refugee Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Walking out into a sunburst street//Germany Posts: 1,453 Local Time: 12:37 AM	I'm wondering the same, I don't think he knows nothing whatsoever about good music But I'd love to ask him now what he thinks about 'Vertigo'

04-10-2006, 01:59 AM	#8
Carek1230 Blue Crack Distributor Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: the Velvet Onion waiting for the laughter to begin Posts: 65,950 Local Time: 04:37 PM	There are so many versions of Vertigo first off. In the beginning Bono is heard saying "turn it up louder, captain" so my guess would be it is Bono saying something at the end of the song as well.

04-10-2006, 01:13 PM	#13
bono_212 Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: :synthy: Posts: 46,687 Local Time: 06:37 PM	back to the topic at hand, I cannot recall the exact wording and I don't have the cd here to listen to right now but I believe that Paul??? (not BONO) says something at the end about taht Was Great or something like that

04-13-2006, 04:01 AM	#15
WalkOn21 War Child Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 907 Local Time: 01:37 AM	Well, asides from the incorrect grammar, I still can't hear "loud". Maybe they made a special edition of HTDAAB for me, on which they say "turn it up, eh, captain" and "como esta".