Jon Stewart talks about Bono on O'Reilly factor

[canedge]

just misunderstood

 

[BVS]

Maybe

 

[canedge]

like common

 

[BVS]

Ok, that was funny.

 

[gvox]

Is there confirmation beyond a wiki page? Would you have known what Walk On was about by only reading the song's lyrics? Why do a Peltier song 13 years after Rage Against The Machine did one?

I would love to see some sources as to NS being about Pelltier.

GUYS: It's about Peltier. It's in an interview or some shit. End of discussion.

 

[corianderstem]

Yeah, I'm with gvox on this one. While I can't point to a source or remember where Bono outright said it, Native Son IS about that guy. There's no maybe about it.

Edit: it's also mentioned in that "The Stories Behind Every U2 Song" book. (I thought it was called Into the Heart, but this is either a different version or a completely different book. This one's by Niall Stokes.)

 

[Tommy WM]

Jon Stewart should totally replace Bishop Desmond Tutu at all further shows

 

[Earnie Shavers]

John Stewart rapping over SBS on the NA leg?

 

[canedge]

Stewart is a actually a huge Springsteen fan as well.

 

[U2DMfan]

Rolling Stone Dec 2004

"Vertigo" is a good example of what went wrong. Originally titled "Native Son," the song was Bono's argument for the release of jailed American-Indian activist Leonard Peltier. "The lyrics were about something I care deeply about," Bono says, "but the song didn't vibrate. It didn't change the room temperatures." In a second, discarded version, Bono improvised new words, entirely in Spanish. "Bono never seemed to settle on one idea," Clayton says. "So we'd always be tinkering."

AtU2's news archive is your friend.

 

[U2FanPeter]

Thank you for the original quote.

 

[canedge]

Thanks!

 

[Josh Lyman]

O'Reilly pretty much lost the argument when he declared that "analogous" is a "big word." Then Stewart delivered the knockout punch, and O'Reilly got Bono'd. Really, the debate could have ended there.

I've always respected Jon Stewart, but I had no idea he was that much of a U2 fan. Whether he knew Native Son or someone on his staff did, I doubt he'd use the example if he didn't have mad respect for Bono and the boys.