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Refugee
With no sorrow and shame...
Where the Streets Have No Name.
Is that the first time Bono has changed that lyric or has he been doing it all tour?
Also found this on usenet:
This article was in the relgion section of today's Macomb Daily
> newspaper in Michigan .Author listed as Scripps Howard News Service.
> It happened at the moment in U2's "Zoo"TV show where Bono did his
> "Elvis-devil dance,"decked out in a glittering gold Las Vegas lounge
> suit and tacky red horns. As usual, the chaismatic singer pulled some
> girl out of the crowd to cavort with Mister Macphisto, this devilish
> alter ego. On this night in Wales , his dance partner had her own
> agenda, Bono told the Irish Times . "Are you still a belever?" she
> asked. "If so,what are you doing dressed up as the devil?" Bono gave her
> a serious answer , as the music roared on . "Have you read "The
> Screwtape Letters" , a book by C.S. Lewis that alot of intense
> Christians are plugged into? They are letters from the devil. That's
> where I got the whole philosophy of
> mock-the-devil-and-he-will-flee-from-you," replied Bono , refering to
> U2's ironic, video-drenched tours in the 1990's. Yes, the girl said ,
> she had read the book. She understood that Lewis had tuned sin inside
> out in order to make a case for faith. "Then you know what I am dong ,"
> said Bono. It's highly unlikely Miser Macphisto will make an appearance
> when U2 rocks the Super Bowl XXXVI halftime show. During their recent
> "Elevation" tour , U2 performed on a stage shaped like a heart and Bono
> opened the shows by kneeling in prayer. He began the anthem "Where the
> Streets Have No Name" by quoting from Psalm 116 and shows ended with
> shouts of "Praise! Unto the Almighty!" But whatever happens Sunday in
> New Orleans, U2's presense almost guarantees that people will dissect in
> church coffee hours as well as at water coolers. Plenty of believers
> remain convinced Bono's devil suit was more than symbolic. "I think
> they have been clear- for nearly 25 years now- about the role that
> Christian faith plays in their music. They're not hiding anything,"
> said the Rev. Steve Stockman , the Presbyterian chaplain at Queen's
> University in Belfast, Northern Ireland . He is the author of "Walk On
> : The Spiritual Journey of U2" and hosts BBC's "Rhythm and Soul" radio
> program. "At the same time , tey have always left big spiritual
> questions hanging out there-unanswered. That is an interesting way to
> talk about art and way to live out your faith , especially when you're
> trying to do it in front of millions of people ." Stockman has never
> met the band. Still, there is no shortage of source material since Bono
> , in particular, has never been able to keep his mouth shut when t comes
> to personal or politcal views. Two others , Lary Mullen Jr. and Dave
> "The Edge" Evans , have long identified themselves as Christians . Adam
> Clayton remains a spiritual free agent . The key, said Stockman , is
> that U2 emerged in Dublin , Ireland , in a culturally Catholic land in
> which it was impossible to be sucked into a Protestant evangelical
> subcuture of "Christian news, radio, and music . " The tiny number of
> Protestants prevented the creation of a "Christian " marketplace . Thus,
> U2 plunged into real rock 'n' roll because that was the only game in
> town . U2 didn't collide with the world of "Contemporary Christian
> Music" untill its first American tours. Then all hell broke loose .
> While the secular press rarely ridicules the band's faith , noted
> Stockman, the " Christian press and Christians in general have been the
> doubters" who were keen to "denouce the band's Christian members as
> lost." It's crucial that most U2 contoversies center on lifestyle
> issues . But Stockman is convinced that deeper divisions center on what
> Bono and company are saing- in word and deed- about the church's retreat
> from art, media, and popular culture . The contemporary church "has put
> a spiritual hierarchy on jobs," said Stockman . "Ministers and
> missionaries are on top , then perhaps doctors and nurses come next
> and so on to the bottom , where artists appear. Artists of whatever kind
> have to compromise everything to entertain . Art is fluffy froth that
> is no good in the Kingdom of God. What nonsense."
Mark
Where the Streets Have No Name.
Is that the first time Bono has changed that lyric or has he been doing it all tour?
Also found this on usenet:
This article was in the relgion section of today's Macomb Daily
> newspaper in Michigan .Author listed as Scripps Howard News Service.
> It happened at the moment in U2's "Zoo"TV show where Bono did his
> "Elvis-devil dance,"decked out in a glittering gold Las Vegas lounge
> suit and tacky red horns. As usual, the chaismatic singer pulled some
> girl out of the crowd to cavort with Mister Macphisto, this devilish
> alter ego. On this night in Wales , his dance partner had her own
> agenda, Bono told the Irish Times . "Are you still a belever?" she
> asked. "If so,what are you doing dressed up as the devil?" Bono gave her
> a serious answer , as the music roared on . "Have you read "The
> Screwtape Letters" , a book by C.S. Lewis that alot of intense
> Christians are plugged into? They are letters from the devil. That's
> where I got the whole philosophy of
> mock-the-devil-and-he-will-flee-from-you," replied Bono , refering to
> U2's ironic, video-drenched tours in the 1990's. Yes, the girl said ,
> she had read the book. She understood that Lewis had tuned sin inside
> out in order to make a case for faith. "Then you know what I am dong ,"
> said Bono. It's highly unlikely Miser Macphisto will make an appearance
> when U2 rocks the Super Bowl XXXVI halftime show. During their recent
> "Elevation" tour , U2 performed on a stage shaped like a heart and Bono
> opened the shows by kneeling in prayer. He began the anthem "Where the
> Streets Have No Name" by quoting from Psalm 116 and shows ended with
> shouts of "Praise! Unto the Almighty!" But whatever happens Sunday in
> New Orleans, U2's presense almost guarantees that people will dissect in
> church coffee hours as well as at water coolers. Plenty of believers
> remain convinced Bono's devil suit was more than symbolic. "I think
> they have been clear- for nearly 25 years now- about the role that
> Christian faith plays in their music. They're not hiding anything,"
> said the Rev. Steve Stockman , the Presbyterian chaplain at Queen's
> University in Belfast, Northern Ireland . He is the author of "Walk On
> : The Spiritual Journey of U2" and hosts BBC's "Rhythm and Soul" radio
> program. "At the same time , tey have always left big spiritual
> questions hanging out there-unanswered. That is an interesting way to
> talk about art and way to live out your faith , especially when you're
> trying to do it in front of millions of people ." Stockman has never
> met the band. Still, there is no shortage of source material since Bono
> , in particular, has never been able to keep his mouth shut when t comes
> to personal or politcal views. Two others , Lary Mullen Jr. and Dave
> "The Edge" Evans , have long identified themselves as Christians . Adam
> Clayton remains a spiritual free agent . The key, said Stockman , is
> that U2 emerged in Dublin , Ireland , in a culturally Catholic land in
> which it was impossible to be sucked into a Protestant evangelical
> subcuture of "Christian news, radio, and music . " The tiny number of
> Protestants prevented the creation of a "Christian " marketplace . Thus,
> U2 plunged into real rock 'n' roll because that was the only game in
> town . U2 didn't collide with the world of "Contemporary Christian
> Music" untill its first American tours. Then all hell broke loose .
> While the secular press rarely ridicules the band's faith , noted
> Stockman, the " Christian press and Christians in general have been the
> doubters" who were keen to "denouce the band's Christian members as
> lost." It's crucial that most U2 contoversies center on lifestyle
> issues . But Stockman is convinced that deeper divisions center on what
> Bono and company are saing- in word and deed- about the church's retreat
> from art, media, and popular culture . The contemporary church "has put
> a spiritual hierarchy on jobs," said Stockman . "Ministers and
> missionaries are on top , then perhaps doctors and nurses come next
> and so on to the bottom , where artists appear. Artists of whatever kind
> have to compromise everything to entertain . Art is fluffy froth that
> is no good in the Kingdom of God. What nonsense."
Mark
