BONO TALKS TO JESUS
THE ROLLING STONE INTERVIEW
FINAL INSTALLMENT
BONO: (DEFENSIVELY) Well, it taught me some humility.
JC: (LAUGHING, WIPES TEARS FROM FACE) Bono, you are a joy. We only ask what you are capable of.
BONO: (CELL PHONE RINGING) Excuse me. Hello? Condi? Yes, Hola. Yes, I had a good time at lunch too. I know Steve Earle wrote a song about you. I don't know...Me? Don't know if I can. $50 billion in debt relief if I write a song about you? (Pause) I'll see what I can do. (HANGS UP, SIGHS)
You don't know what I have to deal with. Sometimes you have to dance with the Devil though. Shit. Look who I'm talking to.
JC: You have to make sure you know who is leading when you dance with the Devil.
BONO: Does the Devil rule the planet?
JC: No more than I do. This is your planet. Who you hare influenced by is up to you, up to your desires, the people who love you, the people who hurt you. You--Well, not specifically you, Bono--were given dominion over this planet. The Devil is an insurgent with many followers, many of whom do things in my name. I have many followers, some of whom do things in his name, MacPhisto. I have a simple message, but a hard one to follow.
I love your faith. I love your doubt. I'm there in your silence--well, perhaps not in your silence. Silence has never been my experience with you. My voice is in the air, the rocks, the leaves.
BONO: You've got some fucking producer. Digital has its limits. Can you imagine that? U2 singing out of every rock and tree?
(PAUSES AS HE CONSIDERS THE PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES).
JC: That would cut into your IPOD sales.
BONO: Well, we'd hold some stuff back for the IPODS.
JC: My friend. I never held anything back. (BONO IS QUIET FOR A FEW SECONDS) Although I'm sure you could argue with me and you will. You've always been one of my obnoxious fans, following me into the bathroom.
BONO: Well, sometimes you deserve it.
JC: (BOWS HEAD)
BONO: I'm still having trouble with this Adam thing. Adam? The destruction of the world hinged on Adam.
JC: I told you God is a bassman.
BONO: Well, what about David? David was about as verbose as I am--singing, dancing, praising, mouthing off. God loved David.
JC: Did you know David also played bass? That was one of my Father's greatest disappointments in me. Can't play bass if my life depended on it. I guess it did.
BONO: That was the reason for the Crucifixion?
JC: No, that was love for you. Unfathomable love for you. Although sometimes I think it would have been easier on me...You're not the only one with father issues.