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Condensed from The Indianapolis Star:
Paths not taken
Pop musicians ponder "what if" they had not pursued stardom.
By David Lindquist
January 06, 2002
There's plenty to envy in the life of a popular musician.
From the fame to the wealth to the chance to realize artistic dreams, it's
good work if you can get it.
Across a series of interviews with The Indianapolis Star in 2001, singers
and guitarists and a rapper talked about what their lives might be like
without music.
The question: What's an alternative occupation you could tolerate or even
enjoy?
In response, the all-star panel reached back to childhood fantasies,
focused on the practical or testified that there is no life without music.
Not surprisingly, the Edge -- the most commercially and artistically
successful musician represented here -- can't picture himself as being anything
other than U2's guitarist.
"I've got my family and I've got the band, and that's really where I want to
put my energy," he says.
The past year was another triumph for the Edge, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr.
and Adam Clayton, who toured the United States in support of 2000 album
All That You Can't Leave Behind.
OTHERWISE UNEMPLOYABLE
"At this point, I think we're pretty unemployable for anything other than
being in a band," says the Edge, born Dave Evans in 1961. "Be we are a
great band. We probably realized that halfway through making the last record.
That's where we are, and that's what we'll always rely on."
And U2, which formed in 1978 in Ireland, has exceeded even the Edge's
expectations for longevity.
"As it happens, we're just one of the luckiest bands around. We're still
going, and it's still working out for us. While that's happening, I'm very happy
to stick with this. I'll be very sorry when it's over.
"In the end, we're absolutely determined not to embarrass our fans by
becoming complacent or expecting applause for turning up. That's our own
self-respect. Anything less than that, I don't think we could hack it at all."
AW!!
Paths not taken
Pop musicians ponder "what if" they had not pursued stardom.
By David Lindquist
January 06, 2002
There's plenty to envy in the life of a popular musician.
From the fame to the wealth to the chance to realize artistic dreams, it's
good work if you can get it.
Across a series of interviews with The Indianapolis Star in 2001, singers
and guitarists and a rapper talked about what their lives might be like
without music.
The question: What's an alternative occupation you could tolerate or even
enjoy?
In response, the all-star panel reached back to childhood fantasies,
focused on the practical or testified that there is no life without music.
Not surprisingly, the Edge -- the most commercially and artistically
successful musician represented here -- can't picture himself as being anything
other than U2's guitarist.
"I've got my family and I've got the band, and that's really where I want to
put my energy," he says.
The past year was another triumph for the Edge, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr.
and Adam Clayton, who toured the United States in support of 2000 album
All That You Can't Leave Behind.
OTHERWISE UNEMPLOYABLE
"At this point, I think we're pretty unemployable for anything other than
being in a band," says the Edge, born Dave Evans in 1961. "Be we are a
great band. We probably realized that halfway through making the last record.
That's where we are, and that's what we'll always rely on."
And U2, which formed in 1978 in Ireland, has exceeded even the Edge's
expectations for longevity.
"As it happens, we're just one of the luckiest bands around. We're still
going, and it's still working out for us. While that's happening, I'm very happy
to stick with this. I'll be very sorry when it's over.
"In the end, we're absolutely determined not to embarrass our fans by
becoming complacent or expecting applause for turning up. That's our own
self-respect. Anything less than that, I don't think we could hack it at all."
AW!!
