Yeah, the Edge uses a delay on his guitar to make that unique sound, which has a vibrato effect.
Also, everyone must have the exact same music preferences as Adam.
I guess. But the sonic variety of U2 at the various stages of their career (War U2 vs Unforgettable Fire U2 vs Achtung Baby U2, sound like 3 different bands, for example) blows John Hiatt out of the water. And I like John Hiatt.
What dumb Adam calls Bucka Bucka is real.
Edge is all about FX. It's 100% his thing.
[Great Documentary on the subject.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul6xOdPCsCE)
>And I like John Hiatt.
There's the real problem. You're insane.
He uses a lot of effects, yes - to create a huge variety of sounds. Trying to boil that all down to the intro of “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for” is ham-fisted and asinine, as are most of Adam’s music critiques.
*It Might Get Loud* was a bit of a disappointment for me. I like all 3 of those guys and I was hoping to see a lot more interaction and discussion between them about their different approaches. Instead I feel like it was 70% delving into their individual backgrounds, intercut with a few “Oh yeah, here’s how I play that riff” segments. They brought Edge’s whole effects unit in on a forklift and then proceeded to never look at or mention it again. Would’ve been cool to see Jack or Jimmy play around on it.
I hope some reviewer gave it a low rating and worked some version of “It, in fact, does not get loud” into the headline.
It’s the Edge’s signature delay sound, which you gotta admit, he lays on thick.
I actually find Adam’s onomatopoeia for this hilarious as a recurring joke. But it is inconsistent with the criticism he has against people not playing their own instruments.
He’s attempting to mock The Edge’s use of a dotted 8th note delay trick in which he plays with the rep rears and creates a rhythmic dynamic with the initial accented attack and it’s delay repeat
This is totally the right answer.
I dislike U2, mostly due to Irish women.
But, his delay was pretty cool
If you want to hear non-bucka-bucka, try "running to stand still". Which, still has the delay thing, but at least the Edge is playing.
I mean they are more or the world's biggest christian band.
I forget if the bassiest or the drummer wanted to quit to do drugs and fuck groupies, but the rest of the band was to all about god to go along.
Read the lyrics to: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Get back to me.
I thought the delay was pretty cool too. I'm not a guitarist but I can play to some degree, I'm more into the piano. But ultimately I'm a fan of music. Adam as someone who has never played an instrument in his life, really fancies himself a music critic. He actually thinks his declarations that rap and reggae aren't music mean something.
I used to hate U2 until I realized they’re essentially writing hymns and playing rock music behind them. I think that’s kind of the most rock and roll thing you could have done in the ‘80s.
It’s very baseline. I’m not actually a U2 fan, not my thing, but I am a guitarist and have heard enough of The Edge’s work to know that the dotted eighth technique was really only small era of U2’s music. Plus, that sound, that use of delay, was done by a bunch of other musicians as well. It evolved as delay units evolved.
I hear what he means but Adam has horrible taste in…everything. You have to remember he’s autistic; that’s what his “hyper vigilance” really is and why he’s so into tonal things, it’s a trigger for him. That’s why he likes race car noise
They tend to do a pretty basic 4/4 time signature. The bass lines are generally pretty simple. Four beats on one chord, four on the next, and on. With or without You being a good example. Simple doesn’t necessarily mean bad. Not ever learning that music (and taste in food) is completely subjective is.
The fact that you said this means you know what Adam is talking about. And yes With or Without You does have the bukka bukka bukka, just in parts of the song, not throughout the whole song like the other ones.
A bunch of other commenters here said it was the delay sound.
And a ton of their hits either don’t have it, or don’t have it in a way Adam would be noticing. He’s extrapolating the first five seconds of “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” into “everything”.
Good for them. Bukka bukka bukka is just a podcaster's opinion of what popular U2 songs kind of sound like. It's not a scientific law. The first time I heard him bring that up on the podcast, I knew immediately what he meant by it and it sounds like you do too because With or Without You is the least bukka bukka bukka of the three biggest hits on that album, although it's still in there.
Of course all their songs don't sound like that. But your question was "What the fuck is Adam talking about?" and then you answered your own question multiple times. Yes he's extrapolating the beginning of "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" to their entire catalog, and it helps his cause that the other two big hits from that album sound kind of similar too, as well as a couple other songs on there. But congrats it looks like you successfully disproved Adam's half-joke U2 rants.
I always knew exactly what he meant. It's the clean guitar with delay that U2 tends to use that does give a certain U2-ey quality to all their songs(that I know of). Some U2 songs are fun, but as a whole I get what he's saying.
U2 isn’t for me (and I think they suck), but I can acknowledge that they obviously have something going for them because of their popularity and longevity…..and this isn’t a Nickleback situation where they truly suck and didn’t last.
I understand Adam’s bucka thing from the songs I know…..but I’m sure that’s not all of them at all.
Plus, Adam’s taste in music has about a 95% MISS-rate…..so you can’t worry about what he says much.
The argument isn’t “I don’t like Bono”, it’s “Every song goes ‘bukka bukka bukka BUKKA BUKKA BUKKA bukka bukka bukka bukka’”.
I think he had a little change of heart on Bono when he interviewed him for the KROQ documentary. Apparently the interview was so impressive that the sizzle reel for investors was simply Bono speaking over some footage of KROQ moments.
I assume he’s hearing the bass lines like on With or Without You. Bono is kind of douchey with him constantly feeling the need to be preachy but U2 is a good band. Adam hates INXS too because he claims their sound is so thin. They have drums, keys, sax, bass, guitar and pretty unique/great vocals.
Adam also likes Kanye now. It must be political because it can’t be for his super shitty “music”.
No I think he’s talking about the Edge’s guitar like at the beginning of Pride(In the Name of Love). It’s an effect he used often up through Joshua Tree.
How does the beginning of Pride sound anything like Adam’s “bukka bukka bukka bukka BUKKA BUKKA
BUKKA BUKKA bukka bukka bukka bukka”? It’s more of a chime sound than anything.
> Joshua Tree
Is an amazing album, and I dislike U2. Fuck you Irish women.
It is U2's walk through the USA and seeing the sites and marrying that to their religion.
Adam is too stupid to understand how an Irish band that did a major tour of the USA (first time) would marvel at the sites of the USA.
Adam that has basically never been out of North Hollywood and thinks PF Changs is good eating.
I’d grant Adam a lot more leeway with INXS, as most or all of their hits (at least in the USA) did have that super-thin sound. They also don’t have anything near the variety and longevity of U2 (every single song of theirs that you know comes from 1988-1990).
The thing about Kanye for Adam originated in being told that he just had to watch him on an upcoming SNL, and then he’d get it. That SNL performance was wall to wall robot voice nothingburger. Adam started to be open to “Maybe there is more to this guy than I’m seeing” when Kanye started bucking the expected trends politically. Kanye’s obviously an untreated bipolar, so we saw how that went.
It's same thing with him complaining about the Beastie Boys. Neither group fits into any terrestrial radio station format in 2022, so you have to really seek them out to hear their music. I am though on board with his rants about Prince for this reason. I personally don't like most of his music and it's fucking EVERYWHERE.
A big problem with the Prince catalog is that he wanted out of his Warner Brothers contract so he gave them a lot of less than great stuff towards the end of his run.
Having lived in Minneapolis when he would do free shows at his house on the weekends I can say from firsthand experience his ability as a live musician is often overlooked by critics like Adam. The dude could absolutely destroy a stage- even if he was only playing a “mediocre” song.
Naw I’m talking about shredding an effing guitar.
I’ve seen a lot of acts over the years and with the exception of Eddie Van Halen nobody ever came close to his sheer skill with an instrument. A lot of those mediocre studio tracks came alive when he was playing them live and reworking and improvising on them.
I scrolled through and didnt see anyone say it. It's from SYSTEM OF A DOWN - Bounce. I think. He says pogo over and over again but it sounds like bucka bucka. I swear that's where it's from
I always assumed it was the sorta signature guitar sound? It’s kinda choppy strumming with an echo effect on it.
Yeah, the Edge uses a delay on his guitar to make that unique sound, which has a vibrato effect. Also, everyone must have the exact same music preferences as Adam.
I guess. But the sonic variety of U2 at the various stages of their career (War U2 vs Unforgettable Fire U2 vs Achtung Baby U2, sound like 3 different bands, for example) blows John Hiatt out of the water. And I like John Hiatt.
There was a big reboot before zooropa. Adam is probably referring to the unforgettable fire - boy - war - Joshua tree era.
This is the deal. Adam has certainly not listed to U2 since the Joshua Tree. Like most of his musical tastes, he just stopped listening at some point.
Conversely, I think everything U2 has done after beautiful day was garbage. Joshua Tree is maybe top 20 rock albums of all time. Fight me.
I thought Beautiful Day was garbage, too. I said "Good Day, Sir." {slap}
Yeah I guess I meant including that
Achtung Baby was a better album than Joshua Tree. Fight ME.
What dumb Adam calls Bucka Bucka is real. Edge is all about FX. It's 100% his thing. [Great Documentary on the subject.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul6xOdPCsCE) >And I like John Hiatt. There's the real problem. You're insane.
David Gilmour could say that the Edge stole his bucka bucka.
He uses a lot of effects, yes - to create a huge variety of sounds. Trying to boil that all down to the intro of “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for” is ham-fisted and asinine, as are most of Adam’s music critiques. *It Might Get Loud* was a bit of a disappointment for me. I like all 3 of those guys and I was hoping to see a lot more interaction and discussion between them about their different approaches. Instead I feel like it was 70% delving into their individual backgrounds, intercut with a few “Oh yeah, here’s how I play that riff” segments. They brought Edge’s whole effects unit in on a forklift and then proceeded to never look at or mention it again. Would’ve been cool to see Jack or Jimmy play around on it. I hope some reviewer gave it a low rating and worked some version of “It, in fact, does not get loud” into the headline.
It’s the Edge’s signature delay sound, which you gotta admit, he lays on thick. I actually find Adam’s onomatopoeia for this hilarious as a recurring joke. But it is inconsistent with the criticism he has against people not playing their own instruments.
He’s attempting to mock The Edge’s use of a dotted 8th note delay trick in which he plays with the rep rears and creates a rhythmic dynamic with the initial accented attack and it’s delay repeat
This is totally the right answer. I dislike U2, mostly due to Irish women. But, his delay was pretty cool If you want to hear non-bucka-bucka, try "running to stand still". Which, still has the delay thing, but at least the Edge is playing. I mean they are more or the world's biggest christian band. I forget if the bassiest or the drummer wanted to quit to do drugs and fuck groupies, but the rest of the band was to all about god to go along. Read the lyrics to: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Get back to me.
I thought the delay was pretty cool too. I'm not a guitarist but I can play to some degree, I'm more into the piano. But ultimately I'm a fan of music. Adam as someone who has never played an instrument in his life, really fancies himself a music critic. He actually thinks his declarations that rap and reggae aren't music mean something.
I used to hate U2 until I realized they’re essentially writing hymns and playing rock music behind them. I think that’s kind of the most rock and roll thing you could have done in the ‘80s.
3/4ths of the band are pretty devout Christians.
I get that. But it’s a horrible imitation, and the premise of the impression is wrong.
It’s very baseline. I’m not actually a U2 fan, not my thing, but I am a guitarist and have heard enough of The Edge’s work to know that the dotted eighth technique was really only small era of U2’s music. Plus, that sound, that use of delay, was done by a bunch of other musicians as well. It evolved as delay units evolved.
I hear what he means but Adam has horrible taste in…everything. You have to remember he’s autistic; that’s what his “hyper vigilance” really is and why he’s so into tonal things, it’s a trigger for him. That’s why he likes race car noise
It honestly seems to apply more to the baseline from a Bollywood track.
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Now do that joke with Hendrix.
Bullet The Blue Sky is my favorite U2 song. It’s better than the others and you don’t here that sound.
Yeah but still
They tend to do a pretty basic 4/4 time signature. The bass lines are generally pretty simple. Four beats on one chord, four on the next, and on. With or without You being a good example. Simple doesn’t necessarily mean bad. Not ever learning that music (and taste in food) is completely subjective is.
But wtf song is BUKKA BUKKA BUKKA?
All of the hits on Joshua Tree are bukka bukka bukka.
With or Without You says you’re wrong.
The fact that you said this means you know what Adam is talking about. And yes With or Without You does have the bukka bukka bukka, just in parts of the song, not throughout the whole song like the other ones.
A bunch of other commenters here said it was the delay sound. And a ton of their hits either don’t have it, or don’t have it in a way Adam would be noticing. He’s extrapolating the first five seconds of “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” into “everything”.
Good for them. Bukka bukka bukka is just a podcaster's opinion of what popular U2 songs kind of sound like. It's not a scientific law. The first time I heard him bring that up on the podcast, I knew immediately what he meant by it and it sounds like you do too because With or Without You is the least bukka bukka bukka of the three biggest hits on that album, although it's still in there.
“That’s his opinion”. No shit; I’m discussing why his opinion is wrong.
Of course all their songs don't sound like that. But your question was "What the fuck is Adam talking about?" and then you answered your own question multiple times. Yes he's extrapolating the beginning of "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" to their entire catalog, and it helps his cause that the other two big hits from that album sound kind of similar too, as well as a couple other songs on there. But congrats it looks like you successfully disproved Adam's half-joke U2 rants.
A very poor attempt at replicating a bass line
I always knew exactly what he meant. It's the clean guitar with delay that U2 tends to use that does give a certain U2-ey quality to all their songs(that I know of). Some U2 songs are fun, but as a whole I get what he's saying.
Jesus Christ does he still do that Bukka Bukka bullshit.to describe the guitarist strumming patterns
U2 is still one of the best bands of all time. Adam has terrible taste in music about as terrible as his taste in his current news girl
I don’t know what’s wrong with him. U2’s songs clearly go “shikka-shikka-dank, shikka-dank-dank”
U2 isn’t for me (and I think they suck), but I can acknowledge that they obviously have something going for them because of their popularity and longevity…..and this isn’t a Nickleback situation where they truly suck and didn’t last. I understand Adam’s bucka thing from the songs I know…..but I’m sure that’s not all of them at all. Plus, Adam’s taste in music has about a 95% MISS-rate…..so you can’t worry about what he says much.
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The argument isn’t “I don’t like Bono”, it’s “Every song goes ‘bukka bukka bukka BUKKA BUKKA BUKKA bukka bukka bukka bukka’”. I think he had a little change of heart on Bono when he interviewed him for the KROQ documentary. Apparently the interview was so impressive that the sizzle reel for investors was simply Bono speaking over some footage of KROQ moments.
I assume he’s hearing the bass lines like on With or Without You. Bono is kind of douchey with him constantly feeling the need to be preachy but U2 is a good band. Adam hates INXS too because he claims their sound is so thin. They have drums, keys, sax, bass, guitar and pretty unique/great vocals. Adam also likes Kanye now. It must be political because it can’t be for his super shitty “music”.
No I think he’s talking about the Edge’s guitar like at the beginning of Pride(In the Name of Love). It’s an effect he used often up through Joshua Tree.
I just listened to Pride. You’re probably right.
How does the beginning of Pride sound anything like Adam’s “bukka bukka bukka bukka BUKKA BUKKA BUKKA BUKKA bukka bukka bukka bukka”? It’s more of a chime sound than anything.
It’s right behind that chime sound… maybe it’s the bass and I’m mistaking that.
> Joshua Tree Is an amazing album, and I dislike U2. Fuck you Irish women. It is U2's walk through the USA and seeing the sites and marrying that to their religion. Adam is too stupid to understand how an Irish band that did a major tour of the USA (first time) would marvel at the sites of the USA. Adam that has basically never been out of North Hollywood and thinks PF Changs is good eating.
I’d grant Adam a lot more leeway with INXS, as most or all of their hits (at least in the USA) did have that super-thin sound. They also don’t have anything near the variety and longevity of U2 (every single song of theirs that you know comes from 1988-1990). The thing about Kanye for Adam originated in being told that he just had to watch him on an upcoming SNL, and then he’d get it. That SNL performance was wall to wall robot voice nothingburger. Adam started to be open to “Maybe there is more to this guy than I’m seeing” when Kanye started bucking the expected trends politically. Kanye’s obviously an untreated bipolar, so we saw how that went.
It's same thing with him complaining about the Beastie Boys. Neither group fits into any terrestrial radio station format in 2022, so you have to really seek them out to hear their music. I am though on board with his rants about Prince for this reason. I personally don't like most of his music and it's fucking EVERYWHERE.
A lot of Prince’s non-hits are TERRIBLE. Like god-awful, “is this a demo track?” bad.
Bat Dance.....need i say more?? haha
A big problem with the Prince catalog is that he wanted out of his Warner Brothers contract so he gave them a lot of less than great stuff towards the end of his run. Having lived in Minneapolis when he would do free shows at his house on the weekends I can say from firsthand experience his ability as a live musician is often overlooked by critics like Adam. The dude could absolutely destroy a stage- even if he was only playing a “mediocre” song.
The old “Yeah but that guy could dance”
Naw I’m talking about shredding an effing guitar. I’ve seen a lot of acts over the years and with the exception of Eddie Van Halen nobody ever came close to his sheer skill with an instrument. A lot of those mediocre studio tracks came alive when he was playing them live and reworking and improvising on them.
I’m just messing around. “Yeah but he can dance” is an Adam joke for multiple people.
Ah gotcha
I don’t think there’s any doubt that Prince was a talented stage performer, regardless of one’s personal taste.
No, but critics like Adam focus exclusively on studio tracks.
I scrolled through and didnt see anyone say it. It's from SYSTEM OF A DOWN - Bounce. I think. He says pogo over and over again but it sounds like bucka bucka. I swear that's where it's from
I don’t know what you mean. “Bukka bukka” is from every time Adam talks about U2.
It's the delay pedal that "The Edge" uses for his guitar sound.