When Bono wrote 'MOFO' ...

[theu2fly]

Did he have the swear word in mind, or was it just mere coincedence?

 

[ElectricalVoice]

Oh ... I think he knew what he was doing

 

[namkcuR]

I think the idea was to be calling himself a mofo. The song is a very introspective one, and one in which he isn't very flattering of himself.

 

[BVS]

It's a brilliant double entendre. One part is calling himself a mofo. The other, "mother-suckin rock and roll" is making reference to how rock and roll became the breast to which he fed from.

 

[rivergoat]

Bono has a habit of taking words a phrases which have established cultural meanings and turning them on their head. It's like taking slang and idioms one step further - he used this in a bunch of songs from the 1990's.

goat

 

[-macphisto-]

It's a brilliant double entendre. One part is calling himself a mofo. The other, "mother-suckin rock and roll" is making reference to how rock and roll became the breast to which he fed from.

wow I never thought of that interpretation, good to know