As un-fucking-believable as it may be to most people on here, a lot of people like Elevation, I have no idea why...
Gotta cheer for Elevation - yeah, I got annoyed with the heavy radio rotation, but I still love it. Why? Because it's a fun, nonsense song with alot of energy. There are alot of songs out there that have alot of energy, are fun to bang around to, and the lyrics are silly. But they don't win prizes and annoy some people. Hey, girls just wanna have fun!
Apparently you are misinformed about what the injury had to with. Read the following article:
Bono's injury and treatment - News - QTheMusic.com
It was his sciatic nerve that got compressed, he didn't break his back. The media and ignorant online journalists that came up with headlines BONO BROKE HIS BACK are the ones to blame because they fooled the entire fanbase.
If Bono would have broken his spinal cord he would have died instantly, so please inform yourself before saying atrocities like that.
Point of fact, you could sever someone's spinal cord just below the brain stem and they would not "die instantly." The brain will go for another 3-6 minutes before being affected by oxygen deprivation. Maybe ten minutes before expiration.
However, the spinal cord itself is very ticklish. Pressure on it, even miniscule amounts (such as pieces of a disc, perhaps?) can shut down or alter entire lines of communication. Damage can be caused by abrasion, even fragments as small as a grain of sand. Damage is permanent. So the pain and paralysis that Bono reported could have easily become permanent, he'd be wheelchair-bound and on strong pain medication the rest of his life.
FROM THE ARTICLE
The ligament surrounding the disc had an 8mm tear and during surgery we discovered fragments of the disc had traveled into the spinal canal. This surgery was the only course of treatment for full recovery and to avoid further paralysis.
The article reported an 8mm tear in the ligament. Now, looking at a ruler, that looks small. But there? In that spot? That's a good size hole! And they mention the spinal canal. Sure, it's sounds like a nice big area, but in fact it's not. It's certainly not big enough for pieces of disc to be floating around in without causing irritation - which leads to swelling. Fluid can compress the spinal cord just as easily as solid objects, cutting off or altering lines of communication.
True story: a ladder broke under me while I was framing a window and I ended up "breaking" my tailbone. The ER doc warned me that while the damage was not bad, the area was weak and another smack like that in the same area could cause me to have pain and other problems the rest of my life. When I went back to work, I discovered I had a fear of climbing ladders. I knew it was ridiculous, but everytime I went up a ladder, I felt panic, and even had to talked down sometimes. The fear went away after about six months, but I always remember it every time I go up a ladder.
Therefore, I could not blame Bono one bit for mentioning that he had on the wrong shoes and it contributed negatively to his performance. He's gotta be a bit crazy to go on gallavanting like he used to, risking another injury to the same area. But he doesn't have to be completely stupid about it.
Now, can we get off the shoe issue??
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Ever do biology at school? The risk to his spinal cord would've come from the disc fragments floating round his spinal canal - read thru the link you posted. The risks related to B-man's injury went A LOT further than sciatic nerve compression. Clearer now?
