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[vaz02]

Tom Chapplin ( keane ) v Bono

Keane singer Tom Chaplin admitted that he got a strange urge to kill Bono when the pair met.

Chaplin and co. supported U2 on the American leg of the ‘Vertigo’ tour and says a weird thought came over him when he was backstage.

He told Q Magazine that he spotted some kitchen knives, saying: "The thought just came to me, 'I'll kill Bono.' Like when a Tube train's approaching and you get the urge to jump."

Tom Chaplin killing Bono - now that would have been a news story


http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=17732

dont worry tom we all feel that way sometimes lol.

 

[Babydoll]

Keane's Tom Chaplin: I Wanted To Kill Bono

Keane singer Tom Chaplin admitted that he got a strange urge to kill Bono when the pair met.

Chaplin and co. supported U2 on the American leg of the ‘Vertigo’ tour and says a weird thought came over him when he was backstage.

He told Q Magazine that he spotted some kitchen knives, saying: "The thought just came to me, 'I'll kill Bono.' Like when a Tube train's approaching and you get the urge to jump. Since then I've been having fantasies about this."

Tom Chaplin killing Bono - now that would have been a news story.

 

[thrillme]

Well, Keane will be taken off any future guest lists for U2 concerts from now on.



When I saw Bono, I wanted to run up and give him a hug. Though there was that rail and a large security guard, and a big crowd.

 

[andromeda]

What a moron, there goes his popularity

 

[Babydoll]

Attention-seeking nutter, basically.

 

[Ava79]

Tom Chaplin has yet to learn that there are things you can keep to yourself.

 

[Niamh_Saoirse]

Now Tom, repeat after me: "Prozac is good, Prozac is my friend".

 

[U2MaNaIcWeIdO]

Ok....he makes my mom (who has bipolar) seem like a saint on a good day

 

[xroxyichickx]

Red flags for jealousy, huh Mr Tom?

 

[SomeoneElse]

Where did you read this article? I read the gigwise link and there was no mention of the last line, "Since then I've been having fantasies about this" Thanks.

 

[smileplease]

I think he was having a little bit of fun. A 'dry' sense of humour and all that....

 

[Not_Worthy_Edge]

I heard it on the local radio station yesterday but thought they was having a laugh

 

[Leetah]

Now Tom, repeat after me: "Prozac is good, Prozac is my friend".

oh well, he's just joking around.
I find it quite funny

 

[U2girl]

I think he was having a little bit of fun. A 'dry' sense of humour and all that....

I think so too, at worst it's probably just a bizzare moment that went through his mind.

 

[FEELINNUMB]

Well, Hinkley shot Reagan because he wanted to get Jodie Foster's attention, maybe Tom is all hot for Henry Rollins?

 

[u2granny]

There was a thread about this yesterday that was ignored.

http://forum.interference.com/t160217.html

 

[Miroslava]

I think he was having a little bit of fun. A 'dry' sense of humour and all that....

Relax ladies.

 

[nurse chrissi]

okay - total nerd moment about to happen

Has anyone ever heard of the "The Imp Of The Perverse" by Edgar Allan Poe?

The cliff notes version goes like this - say you're standing on the ledge of a balcony with another person and you think, for just a moment, that you could totally push that other person off the ledge but you don't because - you're a good person, God doesn't want you to, it would be wrong, you'd go to jail (whatever social reason works for you)

Poe argues that we all have a bit of a Perverse Imp in us but most rarely, if ever, act upon these thoughts. It seems that Tom Chaplin was just verbalizing his perverse imp to the the wrong person



http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/gsr/impperve.htm

 

[Niamh_Saoirse]

okay - total nerd moment about to happen

Has anyone ever heard of the "The Imp Of The Perverse" by Edgar Allan Poe?

The cliff notes version goes like this - say you're standing on the ledge of a balcony with another person and you think, for just a moment, that you could totally push that other person off the ledge but you don't because - you're a good person, God doesn't want you to, it would be wrong, you'd go to jail (whatever social reason works for you)

Poe argues that we all have a bit of a Perverse Imp in us but most rarely, if ever, act upon these thoughts. It seems that Tom Chaplin was just verbalizing his perverse imp to the the wrong person



http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/gsr/impperve.htm

That was interesting. Thanks for posting it!

 

[thankyou]

we all have a bit of a Perverse Imp in us but most rarely, if ever, act upon these thoughts. It seems that Tom Chaplin was just verbalizing his perverse imp to the the wrong person




url]http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/gsr/impperve.htm[/url]

that was kind of the take i got on it too.

 

[Bono Mot]

I think we all have a Pervese Imp. For example, at my old job I used to sit in meetings and wish I knew how to projectile vomit. I know, EW! But it was the Perverese Imp, not me!

 

[pattip2000]

I think we all have a Pervese Imp. For example, at my old job I used to sit in meetings and wish I knew how to projectile vomit. I know, EW! But it was the Perverese Imp, not me!

"that was the perverese imp, not me" I think I'm going to have to use that

 

[Bono Mot]

"that was the perverese imp, not me" I think I'm going to have to use that

Hm, it could come in handy, eh?

 

[LadyRhia]

I think we all have weird thoughts every now and again,makes you stay sane

 

[pattip2000]

"that was the perverese imp, not me" I think I'm going to have to use that

Hm, it could come in handy, eh?

 

[u2bonogirl]

thats guts admitting that to the press!

 

[Bono Mot]

Ack! Typo! "Perverse," I meant...and now too late to edit. Lashings of apologies.

 

[LMBLover]

Okay here's something...about that Henry Rollins statement...he's not too fond of Bono is he? I've heard that somewhere before, I think...What's his problem?!

 

[jobob]

okay - total nerd moment about to happen

Has anyone ever heard of the "The Imp Of The Perverse" by Edgar Allan Poe?

The cliff notes version goes like this - say you're standing on the ledge of a balcony with another person and you think, for just a moment, that you could totally push that other person off the ledge but you don't because - you're a good person, God doesn't want you to, it would be wrong, you'd go to jail (whatever social reason works for you)

Poe argues that we all have a bit of a Perverse Imp in us but most rarely, if ever, act upon these thoughts. It seems that Tom Chaplin was just verbalizing his perverse imp to the the wrong person

"Perverse Imp?" Nice theory, but I'm not buying it. I've read some Edgar Allan Poe, but I've also read some psychology. Chaplin's urge to harm one of the world's most famous people and then tell the press about it sounds more like a big red flag for mental illness. The man needs help, IMO.

 

[FEELINNUMB]

Okay here's something...about that Henry Rollins statement...he's not too fond of Bono is he? I've heard that somewhere before, I think...What's his problem?!

Henry Rollins has come right out and said that somebody should kill Bono, and he wasn't being dry, wry or making any literary allusions. That's why I wasn't too happy with the title of the book, it had been said before in non-tongue-in-cheek fashion. This guy has SERIOUS problems. He has despised yer man literally longer than some posters to this board have been alive. He even went off on a tirade about how Bono's ass looked in the Red Rocks video! But mind you, he hates the rest of the band, too!

He's made a career out of intimidating pseudo-intellectuals into turning him into some supposed avant-garde god who deflects all criticism, because if you don't like him, then it is because you're stupid and don't get him!! Basically, his talent lies in being really, really mad because he had a bad mother and a bad childhood. OH, GET IN LINE!