Bono cold detected on record?

[AtomicBono]

In a Little While is one of Bono's best performances and most people here realize that.

Get over it already.

Yep and Edge's too, what a fantastic riff

 

[discotech]

i heard that the entire Boy album was recorded while Bono had a cold. . .

 

[marik]

on the studio version on Part Girl, do you hear a weird noise at about 2:19? (not in bono's voice, but some other weird noise)

 

[marik]

what Rolling Stone was that with the mentain of throat cancer scare? what was the whole story about this?

 

[carrieluvv]

eddie van halen has mouth or had mouth cancer

he smoked like a damn feind


they used to be so cool
then they got soft...
u2 keeps giving it hard


its a strain but they are doin it harder than theyve ever done it before

they are in a space ship with me givng everyone the finger

 

[vivalapopedge]

I always thought he sounded a little sick on "Treasure (Whatever Happened to Pete the Chop?)"

 

[MumblingBono]

Great thread!

On Stay, The First Time I have always thought he sounds stuffed up.

POP has many moments of hoarseness; it is the downfall of the record IMO.

 

[chickadee]

what Rolling Stone was that with the mentain of throat cancer scare? what was the whole story about this?

It's in the December issue, the big interview, he says he thought he might have had throat cancer around the time of recording ATYCLB or maybe before that, I haven't got it in front of me so don't quote me exactly. He'd been worried since his voice had been so wrecked on Pop. Obviously he didn't have anything wrong but must have been scary!

 

[Melpop]

I don't know about a cold, but I do know that when they were doing the vocals for Last Night on Earth (or the chorus, at least), Bono's voice was totally shot for whatever reason so Edge had to back him up a lot.

Last Night On Earth was recorded at 7 am on the last day they had to record Pop. I read in an interview (I don't remember which one anymore) that the band really felt like it was the last night on earth, they were completely burnt out. I'm guessing that's why Bono's vocals are a little scrappy.