Dear Bono,
As exciting as it may be that you are forcing consumers to listen to your new album because it will come preloaded on upcoming BLACK Ipods (DEVELOPING*!!), I must ask you to re-assess the recent commercials that have been getting an alarming amount of airplay. The reason is the Spanish in the beginning of your song: "Uno, Dos, Tres, Catorce." Considering your vast "influence" on the world, I must ask you to change your lyrics... Just as I would not say, "One, Two, Three, FOURTEEN!" at the beginning of any song I might sing, I would ask you to do the same.
You are tricking many impressionable non-Spanish speakers into thinking that the word "Catorce" is, in fact, the Spanish word for "Four." It pains me enough to hear people refer to Jicama as "hick-a-mah" and Chile Rellenos as "Chill-eee-ray-yen-ohs", just as I am sure it pains you every time Bush says "nuke-yuh-lur" whenever he is speaking publicly. So for the sake of language acquisition, if not only for the sake of miserable pronunciation, please change your lyric to "Cuatro".
*from WGSN:
Apple will be launching a limited-edition black U2 version of its iPod music player, according to reports.
Apple and U2 are expected to announce the tie-up next week and it is anticipated that the Irish band's new album, "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb", due out at the end of November, will come preloaded on iPods.
The company is facing increased competition from the likes of Sony, which has launched a multimillion-pound pan-European ad campaign to promote its rival Walkman.
Apple already features U2's new single "Vertigo" in its current TV ads for the iPod. The custom black version of the top-selling digital music player is expected to backed by a new advertising campaign that will launch over the US Thanksgiving weekend in late November. "
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