MTV apologies for calling U2 British

Sparky · 30-09-2005 06:30PM #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 06:36PM

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 06:38PM

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 06:41PM

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 07:01PM

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 07:11PM

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 07:37PM

Were 2 members of u2 not born in england ?

Sparky · 30-09-2005 07:40PM

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

Hagar · 30-09-2005 07:42PM

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

Sparky · 30-09-2005 08:32PM

yeah but the corrs aint british

MarkR · 30-09-2005 08:41PM

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 08:49PM

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 08:54PM

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 09:05PM

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 09:27PM

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

[Jackass] · 30-09-2005 10:01PM

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 10:04PM

watching TRL on MTV UK :eek:

for shame Edward, FOR SHAME!!!!!

BlitzKrieg · 30-09-2005 10:19PM

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 10:39PM

They brought peace?

BlitzKrieg · 30-09-2005 10:42PM

Peace? HAH!

county · 30-09-2005 10:44PM

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 10:52PM

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 11:19PM

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 04:36AM

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

ando · 01-10-2005 06:55AM

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 10:27AM

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 10:42AM

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 01:25PM

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 02:21PM

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

Ditto.

Stompbox · 01-10-2005 02:35PM

I think U2 are a great band

mike65 · 01-10-2005 02:36PM

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.

MTV apologies for calling U2 British

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