mebythesea
The Fly
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- Jan 29, 2002
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I had never seen this before and find it extraordinary! It's translated from a French magazine.
Lib?ration, 04.07.1987
THE EDGE : It?s true that I have faith, but it is confused. I don?t generally talk about it, because actually I?m incapable of describing it. It?s beyond description. Like many creators, I am conscious of God.
LIBERATION : Your concert at its high point seemed just like a Mass. This communion between your group and the public evokes liturgy. Is it a ?religion without God? which you are preaching?
THE EDGE : I can?t conceive of a religion without God, any more than we are preachers. I don?t claim to have reflected profoundly on this question, but I have the sense that the message is not ours. We only pass it on. It?s a spark, I think, in the music. The words do express our thoughts, but what creates that communion in between the group and the public is the communicative power of our music. Beyond the barriers of language. Sometimes I witness a greater comprehension of our songs in countries where people don?t speak English.
LIBERATION : Maybe this power can be used for good...
THE EDGE : I hadn?t seen that before. We do, certainly, have a responsibility. Bono?s beginning to get up on stage to take on Reagan or Thatcher directly. There are moments where he has to hold himself back not to tear into American evangelists, for example.
LIBERATION : Jim Baker and his wife?
THE EDGE : Yes: they need to be corrected! But that?s not our role. I don?t see our responsibility as a religion but more ? and I know this will sound rather pompous ? like prophecy. To prepare the soil. Not to tell people how to live their lives but to say to them ?think about it!? Not to tell them ?Give your life to Jesus Christ,? but only ?think about it!? To help them ? and I say this without arrogance ? to help them to think. We don?t have all the answers, but this life isn?t a closed book. That?s what our music is about. Bono believes that too ? ?there?s this thing, there, we don?t know what it is, but we?re going to try to find out.? Religion is dogmatic and fundamental. U2 is neither. U2 is just as lost, just as ravenous for spirituality as anyone. That?s why so many people have become attached to us. We don?t find our absolution in rock ?n? roll. Maybe rock got us known by half the world, but it isn?t our God.
Lib?ration, 04.07.1987
THE EDGE : It?s true that I have faith, but it is confused. I don?t generally talk about it, because actually I?m incapable of describing it. It?s beyond description. Like many creators, I am conscious of God.
LIBERATION : Your concert at its high point seemed just like a Mass. This communion between your group and the public evokes liturgy. Is it a ?religion without God? which you are preaching?
THE EDGE : I can?t conceive of a religion without God, any more than we are preachers. I don?t claim to have reflected profoundly on this question, but I have the sense that the message is not ours. We only pass it on. It?s a spark, I think, in the music. The words do express our thoughts, but what creates that communion in between the group and the public is the communicative power of our music. Beyond the barriers of language. Sometimes I witness a greater comprehension of our songs in countries where people don?t speak English.
LIBERATION : Maybe this power can be used for good...
THE EDGE : I hadn?t seen that before. We do, certainly, have a responsibility. Bono?s beginning to get up on stage to take on Reagan or Thatcher directly. There are moments where he has to hold himself back not to tear into American evangelists, for example.
LIBERATION : Jim Baker and his wife?
THE EDGE : Yes: they need to be corrected! But that?s not our role. I don?t see our responsibility as a religion but more ? and I know this will sound rather pompous ? like prophecy. To prepare the soil. Not to tell people how to live their lives but to say to them ?think about it!? Not to tell them ?Give your life to Jesus Christ,? but only ?think about it!? To help them ? and I say this without arrogance ? to help them to think. We don?t have all the answers, but this life isn?t a closed book. That?s what our music is about. Bono believes that too ? ?there?s this thing, there, we don?t know what it is, but we?re going to try to find out.? Religion is dogmatic and fundamental. U2 is neither. U2 is just as lost, just as ravenous for spirituality as anyone. That?s why so many people have become attached to us. We don?t find our absolution in rock ?n? roll. Maybe rock got us known by half the world, but it isn?t our God.