Amazing new article in the Observer by Sean O'Hagan who followed U2 over 18 months as they recorded their new album, No Line On The Horizon. A quick insight to why this is not your run of the mill interview article:
The following week, Bono and I have one final conversation, and I ask about the album's last lines: "Choose you enemies carefully, 'cause they will define you/ Make then interesting, because in some ways they will mind you/ They're not there in the beginning, but when your story ends/ Gonna last longer with you than your friends."
Bono "Yeah. Yeah. They're are going to be closer than your friends. They are going to shape you."
SOH Are you singing from experience here?
Bono "In a way, I guess. I think one of the things that has set our band apart is the fact that we chose interesting enemies. We didn't choose the obvious enemies - The Man, the establishment. We didn't buy into that. Our credo was: no them, there's only us. Think about it. Every other band was us and them. The Clash, our great heroes. Then U2 arrived and it was no them, only us. Read the rest here.
Trenches dug within our hearts, anyone? Simil justus et peccator?
anon and peace,
Chris
What a great quote as Lent approaches. Thanks Chris!
Posted by: pfickenscher | February 17, 2009 at 11:43 AM