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Originally Posted by Minstrel
This interview does a lot to show Bono's mind-numbing prickness.
Some highlights:
'We were offered $23 million for just the music to 'Where the Streets Have No Name.' We thought we could do a lot of good with that money. Give it away. But if a show is a little off, and there's a hole, that's the one song we can guarantee that God will walk through the room as soon as we play it.'
"Because songs demand to be heard. 'Vertigo,' which you didn't like, is deceptively simple. That riff, you can think, 'Aw yeah, another rock song.' It doesn't become great the first time you hear it. It becomes great the thousandth time you hear it. And that's true of a lot of rock riffs. So we have to get the density of exposure for that to be a hit."
"There's nothing in U2's catalog that sounds remotely like 'Vertigo.' It's completely fresh. 'Vertigo' is actually quite a gem, contrary to what you say, and it's very new."
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Reading these quotes bring to mind a Lewis Black quote in which Lewis talks about the left side of the brain looking to the right side and saying: "It's dark in here...and we may die."