Urgent: Need speech transcript...

[Liesje]

I'm helping my little sister with a paper and she'd like the speech transcript from May 4th, 2005, Economic Club of Grand Rapids, Michigan. I swear someone posted Bono's speech here, but I've searched to no avail....

 

[Liesje]

Actually, I think ANY transcript from a Bono speech (preferably focused on Africa and debt relief) will work...

 

[Bono Mot]

Did you Google "Bono speech transcripts"? That might turn up something. Sorry, I'd look through my stuff, but I gotta run to a meeting....

 

[The_Edge89]

Actually, I think ANY transcript from a Bono speech (preferably focused on Africa and debt relief) will work...

Off the top of my head:

Liberty Medal Acceptance Speech 2007
http://www.atu2.com/news/article.src?ID=4755

NAACP Chairmans Award Speech 2007
http://www.data.org/news/press_20070306.html

Echo Awards, Berlin 2007
http://www.data.org/news/press_20070326.html

National Prayer Breakfast 2006
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-02-bono-transcript_x.htm

Speech at Labour Party Conference in Brighton, 2004
http://www.atu2.com/news/article.src?ID=3526

Couldn't find anything from the CGI thing with Clinton and Alicia Keys etc.
And nothing from the recent Keep A Child Alive ball either.
Hope it helps in some way.

 

[BonoFox1]

^^^ Every speech is AMAZING!!!

 

[Lemon Grrrrrl]

I'm helping my little sister with a paper and she'd like the speech transcript from May 4th, 2005, Economic Club of Grand Rapids, Michigan. I swear someone posted Bono's speech here, but I've searched to no avail....

This is interesting...it's not a transcript, but it does say this:

Reporters won't get to ask Bono any questions. No press interviews are allowed. And we'll only get to show you portions of his speech approved by his handlers.

The full story is here:
http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4861968

So I'd be surprised if there actually is a transcript of this speech.

And here's the thread with the latest Rolling Stone interview. http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=4760124#post4760124 I also did a quick transcript of the audio portion and placed it in that thread.

Hope that helps!