"Beautiful Song. Great Gift From God This Song."

[ybab gnuthca]

Did anyone else feel that it was a bit over the top that Bono first called his own song beautiful, then claimed it as a gift from God?

He did that just before they began playing Moment of Surrender.

Maybe he is referring to Daniel Lanois.

 

[mikal]

if it was any other song than MOS, i would say yes. but the B-man was only speaking the truth.

 

[zoopop]

I'm sure he met it in a way that God gave him (U2) the ability to write such a beautiful song.

 

[bono_212]

I feel it could be taken one of two ways 1) Damn Bono's conceited, or 2) He was saying that the song is TOO good for them.

 

[partygirl43]

Maybe he meant that a 'Moment of Surrender' is a gift from god.

 

[Gilead12]

From all the interviews I read, I got the feeling that they're genuinely humbled that in a sense they had the honor of writing this song. Bono talks about "waiting for God to come in the room" and how He really came in for MOS.

So I think he's acknowledging that MOS had to come from somewhere outside of himself, and giving thanks for that.

 

[The Sad Punk]

Just seems like another shitty cringe-worthy Bono line to add to the pile, I think.

 

[Jim]

I thought it was a bit much..

 

[DukeDalton]

Wait, I thought Bono was god?

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

it never ceases to amaze me what people find to bitch about on this site...

 

[Jeannieco]

Can anyone point me to the article where Bono talks about this? Mos? I saw the vid w/ Eno talking about it, but never saw an article....
Can you help me find it? THANKS!

 

[Acrobat08]

Bono, over the top? Say it isn't so.

 

[Tacvbo]

I think it's a humble act, not crediting your own effort, recognising God's influence in your work

 

[kristbg]

Actually, what got my attention is that he said that MoS should have been the first single. Maybe there's still hope...

 

[adypole]

Can anyone point me to the article where Bono talks about this? Mos? I saw the vid w/ Eno talking about it, but never saw an article....
Can you help me find it? THANKS!

he said it live last night.

 

[Jeannieco]

he said it live last night.

I thought I missed it in print somewhere... thanks for that!

 

[zooropop40]

Bono, over the top? Say it isn't so.

Oh Bono!

on another note...are you serious about your avatar? I know people who really believe he is the anti-christ but I really really hope you are joking. (not to turn this into a political thread)

 

[darthvera]

well... as for me, if MoS is a gift from God, then God doesn't like U2.

 

[popsadie]

I think MOS is one of the most beautiful things u2 has done in the past twenty years. I think that Bono might be referring to the way that MOS just kind of arrived for them.

 

[dan_smee]

I think its humble more than anything. I think his beliefs means he feels that he didn't write it, they were chosen for it, and he thanks god that they were chosen for it

 

[jphelmet]

Eno said in the clip on u2.com, that the song was a miracle. He even joked about how spiritual u2 is, and they couldn't see it at first.

I don't think its conceited, given Bono's faith, I think he actually meant it very humbly.

 

[A stor]

I'm not sure how to take it.

 

[A stor]

I'm not sure how to take it.

I've seen several Christian artist live, including Mercyme and Audio Adrenaline. They never referred to their own music as "beautiful." They would just ask you to offer it up/pray/sing to God. Both bands were very humble and concert goers could walk right up to the stage or even, join them on the stage. They told the sold out crowd. "We are no better than you. We are all equal in the eyes of the Lord."

Sorry, for the almost double post.

 

[popsadie]

Well..to be honest..having heard a decent amount of Newsboys and Mercy Me..I can't think of anything even remotely approaching u2 musically. Still, the comment reminds me of the comment made about One by Bono..that One just "seemed to arrive."

 

[jphelmet]

I'm not sure how to take it.

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

 

[HCL]

Serioulsy... you guys can come up with some pretty funny (and far from brillant) shit to bitch about.

 

[kristbg]

Well..to be honest..having heard a decent amount of Newsboys and Mercy Me..I can't think of anything even remotely approaching u2 musically. Still, the comment reminds me of the comment made about One by Bono..that One just "seemed to arrive."

Actually, that was Edge.

 

[iota]

I don't think God listens to much Christian rock...

 

[bonocomet]

Yeah I thought it was fine that he said it and I agree with everyone saying he was giving thanks for being able to write a beautiful song.
And anyways why shouldn't they be proud to acknowledge that they have done just that? It's not like they go around saying it all the time so just once hearing that was actually pretty cool.

 

[rastacruz]

I was punching in the numbers at the ATM machine