MTV apologies for calling U2 British

Sparky · 30-09-2005 5:30pm #1

So in my house mtv would sometimes be left on, and today i discover that on TRL, they decided to do an apology about calling U2 a british band, because a irish viewer emailed to give out, (fair play hes right), but then when every thing is ok, the presenter, (i forget his name), says well maybe we should use another british band like The Corrs, Westlife, The Thrills.

As far as i was concerned the apology was going ok untill that idiot of a presenter liked to add his bit.

Did anyone else see it?

whiskeyman · 30-09-2005 5:36pm

same station where Donna Air famously asked the Corrs during an interview:
"So, how do you know each other?"
Enough said about the level of intellegance of VJs on MTV tbh

EKRIUQ · 30-09-2005 5:38pm

whiskeyman wrote:

same station where Donna Air famously asked the Corrs during an interview:
"So, how do you know each other?"
Enough said about the level of intellegance of VJs on MTV tbh

that was on the big breakfast show on CH4 not MTV I thought.

super_furry · 30-09-2005 5:41pm

They're taking the piss, don't be so sensitive.

It would be nice it we could blame the Brits for U2 though......

Pighead · 30-09-2005 6:01pm

super_furry wrote:

They're taking the piss, don't be so sensitive.

It would be nice it we could blame the Brits for U2 though......

C'mon super furry stop acting the cool dude.Everybody and i mean Everybody like at least 3 u2 songs and thats a fact*
*Facts gathered from the Central Statistics Office in March 2005

Rb · 30-09-2005 6:11pm

Pighead wrote:

*Facts gathered from the Central Statistics Office in March 2005

Lol

I think it's great they apologized, were they serious though? Or was it one of those sarcastic half assed apologies?

d22ontour · 30-09-2005 6:37pm

Were 2 members of u2 not born in england ?

Sparky · 30-09-2005 6:40pm

well i dont know but he said a real british band twice.

Hagar · 30-09-2005 6:42pm

One was, Adam Clayton AFAIK, but he took up Irish citizenship a couple of years ago.

Sparky · 30-09-2005 7:32pm

yeah but the corrs aint british

MarkR · 30-09-2005 7:41pm

Sparky_S wrote:

the presenter, (i forget his name), says well maybe we should use another british band like The Corrs, Westlife, The Thrills.

As far as i was concerned the apology was going ok untill that idiot of a presenter liked to add his bit.

Did anyone else see it?

Maybe it was sarcasm?

Pigman II · 30-09-2005 7:49pm

Hagar wrote:

One was, Adam Clayton AFAIK, but he took up Irish citizenship a couple of years ago.

Clayton was born in Oxfordshire and Edge was born in Essex. Amazing how quiet they like to keep that little factoid! U2 look more British by the minute, not that it really matters where a band comes from anyway. Would people here like them any more/less if they were American or British or whatever because you're pretty lame if you would.

Hagar · 30-09-2005 7:54pm

Well I got one right anyway.
The tax exemption for artists is probabaly a factor

As for the Corrs, I don't know. But I would still do any three of of them. Yeah I'd do Jim to get to the other two. Actually I'd let Jim do me if I got to the other two.

ferdi · 30-09-2005 8:05pm

U2 are an irish band playing american style rock - no britishness in the if you ask me (appart from clayton and edge been born there)

garred · 30-09-2005 8:27pm

Does it really matter what they said. Half them are British. Half the Irish football team is English.

[Jackass] · 30-09-2005 9:01pm

The brits forefitted there rights to be sarcastic or joke about anything Irish for the last 800 years, if it was any other nationality channel i doubt anyone would give a ****. Also the reason pretty much every problem can be blamed on the brits, is because pretty much everything in Ireland would be in a better state of affairs if they had just ****ed off and left us alone.

Mossy Monk · 30-09-2005 9:04pm

watching TRL on MTV UK :eek:

for shame Edward, FOR SHAME!!!!!

BlitzKrieg · 30-09-2005 9:19pm

ecause pretty much everything in Ireland would be in a better state of affairs if they had just ****ed off and left us alone.

*Apart from the legal system, medication, road system, education and the aquaduct what have the romans *cough* British ever done for us?!?!*

Raphael · 30-09-2005 9:39pm

They brought peace?

BlitzKrieg · 30-09-2005 9:42pm

Peace? HAH!

county · 30-09-2005 9:44pm

BlitzKrieg wrote:

*Apart from the legal system, medication, road system, education and the aquaduct what have the romans *cough* British ever done for us?!?!*

lets not forget the english lingo

super_furry · 30-09-2005 9:52pm

DubGuy wrote:

The brits forefitted there rights to be sarcastic or joke about anything Irish for the last 800 years, if it was any other nationality channel i doubt anyone would give a ****. Also the reason pretty much every problem can be blamed on the brits, is because pretty much everything in Ireland would be in a better state of affairs if they had just ****ed off and left us alone.

Did anyone else picture John Cleese going on about the Romans in The Life of Brian when reading that?

Edit - beaten to it by Blitzkreig

DoctorEdgeWild · 30-09-2005 10:19pm

Classic Irish reaction is emailing in to MTV using phrases like "My granda in 1916..." and "800 years of oppression". Absolute b0ll0cks imo.

Irish humour is very often self depreciating but as soon as any English person so much as cracks a paddy Irishman joke, we tighten up the morality belts and lose all perspective.

Sounds to me like the VJ was pretty stupid, unsurprisigly so for a person in that chosen preofession tbh. He tried to cover up his stupidity with a joke. Simple as.

tintinr35 · 01-10-2005 3:36am

:eek: who cares there pure ****e and bono is a ****ing asshole :eek:

ando · 01-10-2005 5:55am

Hagar wrote:

But I would still do any three of of them. Yeah I'd do Jim to get to the other two. Actually I'd let Jim do me if I got to the other two.

your a sick f*ck but yeah I'd be the same

Badly Drunk Boy · 01-10-2005 9:27am

Raphael wrote:

They brought peace?

...which explains the existence of the UVF, RIRA (since the original IRA have disbanded...), and other similar groups. I suppose though, most of the people that died, died up north... :rolleyes:

Having said that, the original comment was probably made out of ignorance, and the follow-up (after the apology) was just a bit of písstakery.

Try laughing at life....

joejoem · 01-10-2005 9:42am

I wish I hadnt read this thread, or I could erase th4e last two mintues from memory.......

Hmmm I wonder if I could smoke something to do that????

Politakill · 01-10-2005 12:25pm

super_furry wrote:

They're taking the piss, don't be so sensitive.

It would be nice it we could blame the Brits for U2 though......

Yeah I agree

TCamen · 01-10-2005 1:21pm

It would be nice it we could blame the Brits for U2 though......

Ditto.

Stompbox · 01-10-2005 1:35pm

I think U2 are a great band

mike65 · 01-10-2005 1:36pm

I was watching the Simpsons last night on SKY (Homer becomes Springfields CEO of waste management) and it featured U2 (and Steve Martins voice) so I could understand the confusion to an Amercian (if TRL is Amercian based show) they sounded British!

Mike.

chillywilly · 01-10-2005 1:44pm

DoctorEdgeWild wrote:

Classic Irish reaction is emailing in to MTV using phrases like "My granda in 1916..." and "800 years of oppression". Absolute b0ll0cks imo.

Irish humour is very often self depreciating but as soon as any English person so much as cracks a paddy Irishman joke, we tighten up the morality belts and lose all perspective.

Sounds to me like the VJ was pretty stupid, unsurprisigly so for a person in that chosen preofession tbh. He tried to cover up his stupidity with a joke. Simple as.

its the same as when black people call themselves ni**ers, but if a white person said it to them they would snap, and rightly so.

I would be one of them people who "tighten up the morality belts and lose all perspective" if a brit made a comment about the irish, imo its just natural.

chillywilly · 01-10-2005 1:47pm

mike65 wrote:

I was watching the Simpsons last night on SKY (Homer becomes Springfields CEO of waste management) and it featured U2 (and Steve Martins voice) so I could understand the confusion to an Amercian (if TRL is Amercian based show) they sounded British!

Mike.

did you also notice in the end scene on the airplane? When bono throws a spoon it hit mr burns on the head and they edited out mr burns saying "wa*kers".

just a little fact for ye!

Politakill · 01-10-2005 2:06pm

The only good thing about u2 is Family guy exposure. Bono get's a punch in the face in the new Family guy movie.

ferdi · 01-10-2005 2:14pm

Politakill wrote:

Bono get's a punch in the face in the new Family guy movie.

someone was bound to do it

Sparky · 01-10-2005 2:19pm

so i guess lots of people hate U2,

. not that i like them, i just dont like them been called british.

Politakill · 01-10-2005 2:19pm

Sparky_S wrote:

so i guess lots of people hate U2, . not that i like them, i just dont like them been called british.

I'll put my hand up anyway

fly_agaric · 01-10-2005 2:32pm

BlitzKrieg wrote:

*Apart from the legal system, medication, road system, education and the aquaduct what have the romans *cough* British ever done for us?!?!*

Yeah, it would be nice if we could blame our ridiculous legal system, creaking health service, rathole primary schools and "unique" road network on the nasty oul Brits, but they've been gone too long for that.

Raphael · 01-10-2005 4:33pm

Badly Drunk Boy: I was finishing the monty python quote, not commenting on the political landscape

Sparky · 01-10-2005 6:17pm

im sure the corrs do lovely british music, thinking of traditional music of a country, does england have their own traditional music?

Hagar · 01-10-2005 6:24pm

Of course they do....

"Engerland, Engerland, Engerland... spew.... Engerland, Engerland..."

clearz · 01-10-2005 6:34pm

DubGuy wrote:

The brits forefitted there rights to be sarcastic or joke about anything Irish for the last 800 years, if it was any other nationality channel i doubt anyone would give a ****. Also the reason pretty much every problem can be blamed on the brits, is because pretty much everything in Ireland would be in a better state of affairs if they had just ****ed off and left us alone.

800 years of MTV oppression. Them presenters really know how to oppress us Irish. FFS get over it. I would safely say there ae little to no English ppl alive today that oppressed an Irish person. Most brit's know sh1t about Irish history. And I certainly am not gonna hold it against them what people in their country, that they never met done to people in my country, that I never met. Move on FFS.

byte · 01-10-2005 9:59pm

Sparky_S wrote:

does england have their own traditional music?

Yes, sort of. It's Morris Dancing

Sarky · 01-10-2005 10:02pm

MTV apologies for calling U2 British

After letters of complaint from British viewers?

Sparky · 01-10-2005 11:48pm

Sarky wrote:

After letters of complaint from British viewers?

Sarky next time im having a bad day will you PM me to cheer me up

ExoduS 18.11 · 02-10-2005 2:40pm

clearz wrote:

800 years of MTV oppression. Them presenters really know how to oppress us Irish. FFS get over it. I would safely say there ae little to no English ppl alive today that oppressed an Irish person. Most brit's know sh1t about Irish history. And I certainly am not gonna hold it against them what people in their country, that they never met done to people in my country, that I never met. Move on FFS.

No offence but if it was the case was that actions died with generations, do u not think the British would just say "We're sorry what our past generations did, heres your 6 counties back, since it had nothing do with us." (of course not in that context, but for arguements sake) To completely forget a past is ignorant, and its not about MTV oppressing the Irish.. its about a mistake which was corrected and MTV rightly apologised for. Its not as if they rallied outside MTV headquarters with guns?

Pigman II · 02-10-2005 2:48pm

Well bollox to all this! The best defence is a good offence and as such I am officially claiming 'TheSmiths' on behalf of Ireland. A lot of Irish blood running thru that band and they were better than U2 anyway.

(Please note I am only on behalf of Ireland claiming credit for TheSmiths work and not any of Moz's or JohnnyMarrs solo efforts. The Brits can keep that)

robinph · 02-10-2005 3:05pm

Sparky_S wrote:

does england have their own traditional music?

The Wurzels

clearz · 04-10-2005 11:32am

ExoduS 18.11 wrote:

No offence but if it was the case was that actions died with generations, do u not think the British would just say "We're sorry what our past generations did, heres your 6 counties back, since it had nothing do with us." (of course not in that context, but for arguements sake) To completely forget a past is ignorant, and its not about MTV oppressing the Irish.. its about a mistake which was corrected and MTV rightly apologised for. Its not as if they rallied outside MTV headquarters with guns?

England would give back the 6 countys in the morning but it cant because there would be civil war and the north is just a drain on the brittish eccnomy and it would be a drain on the Irish also.

I also think that we should not forget the past but I firmly believe that no generation should be held responsible for the wrong doings of the past generations and governments. Just like I would not hold any young German responsible for Hittler's actions.

MTV apologies for calling U2 British

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