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Does anyone have any information on the context, intrepretation and background of the song 'Beautiful Ghost'.
Am I alone in thinking that if I never heard Beautiful Ghost again that would be quite alright???
you're not alone, i don't really care for it either.Am I alone in thinking that if I never heard Beautiful Ghost again that would be quite alright???
Am I alone in thinking that if I never heard Beautiful Ghost again that would be quite alright???
i'm not going to skip it if it comes on, but i'm not going to go out of my way to hear it.Am I alone in thinking that if I never heard Beautiful Ghost again that would be quite alright???
Beautiful Ghost into Streets is a great start up...
I suspect the piece of music Beautiful Ghost was left over from JT sessions as Edge describes in the remaster booklet, however Bono's vocals sound like they weren't recorded until 2007 (at same time of Wave of Sorrow vocals). It would also make sense that at this much later date (2007) Bono had the thought of Songs of Experience first gestating in his mind.... Idea Later to be used for the SoI/SOE project
UPDATE: I've just read an interview in NME date June 13 1992, that took place 2wks earlier when U2 was enroute to play the London show May 31 1992. Bono says "I've just written a song for our next record called Songs of Innocence and Experience, after reading Blake".
This proves the theme idea of I+e was in his head since as far back of 92, but his saying "I've JUST written....for our next record" leads me to believe it was during this Zooropa-writing timeframe that the song gestated, and not as far back as the JT era.
However, the actual piece of music Beautiful Ghost may be from JT era- without the inclusion of the Blake lyrics. If he had actually recorded the Blake lyric vocals earlier than this interview (Between 87-92), you'd think he would have mentioned it, or used the wording "I've RECORDED" such n such a song....... Instead of "I've JUST WRITTEN" which insulates recording not done yet.