Article of Bono in Paris Match in English

miss-U2 · Dec 8, 2003

okay, that's the first part:

The singer of U2, Bono, was with other stars in Cape town, to the world AIDS day, sponsored by nelson mandela. He wants to make the Occident faced its guilty conscience...
An exclusive interview...

Sunday, the next day after his concert, Bono, one of the most secret rock star, accepted to receive the Paris Match journalists in his bedroom, in the Shearaton Hotel, in Cape town...
Photos Beno?t Gysembergh

From our special reporter in Cape town: Dany Jucaud.

Queen Bee · Dec 8, 2003

That was fast, Emilie. Afraid of the competition with U2log.com? :laugh:

Can't wait to read the rest. :up:

dsmith2904 · Dec 8, 2003

If you don't mind, when you're done translating I'd like to post this in U2 News.

miss-U2 · Dec 8, 2003

Bono, it is first a look. He can see through people. Generous and sensitive, what he shows, it is what HE IS: he doesn't cheat... He is someone good, a rare commodity in this job. He is only surrounded by quality people. Whereas he could wallow in his celebrity...He has the means to do so, after all, he is the biggest rock star in the world. He has chosen to be the voice of those who don't have one...

oliveu2cm · Dec 8, 2003

.........

miss-U2 · Dec 8, 2003

yeah i was afraid of the competition queen bee!! lmao!!!

no problem, u can put it on the news...maybe just correct some stuff which are not good...(im not english so!!!)

so well, here it goes...

PM: during the concert, i was looking at you, form backstage...all these thousands of people, applauding you, screaming your name as soon as you appear on stage, is this still doing something to you??

B: if you need, every night, 35,000 people to tell you that they love you to feel normal, you have a big problem!!! The big artists are the most worried people, the most hyper-sensitive people in the world, it is written in our DNA... i have the sensitiveness of a reptile, i am talking to you right now, but i can feel the smaller vibes in this room. i always have a sharp conscience of what is happening around me, as if the danger were going to spring from a door, suddendly!!

miss-U2 · Dec 8, 2003

PM: you call this sensitiveness?? i call this paranoia...

B: Okay okay, i am paranoid. I am always on the alert, ready to get knocked about, or maybe to be kissed! (he laughs)

miss-U2 · Dec 8, 2003

PM: Yesterday, when Nelson Mandela made his speech in the yard of the Robben Island jail, where he was imprisoned during 27 years, you were the only one, among all the artists, to be moved to tears...

miss-U2 · Dec 8, 2003

B: i have never been ashamed of showing my feelings... i have an hypersensitivity. Being back there, in this jail yard, i find this deeply moving... I am fascinated by this man. Despite all his humour, his elegant way to be standing up straight, i think to myself that, not for one second, he can't forget that 27 years were stolen from his life...

miss-U2 · Dec 8, 2003

Mandela, like Kofi Annan, are this kind of men who have a certain grace. The personality who had the greatest impact on me is the arch-bishop Desmond Tutu. He is haunted by Gospel. Tutu gets the laughter, which is for me, the quite obviousness of the freedom...

U2SJ · Dec 8, 2003

So far good job miss-U2! Thanks for the translation! Sounds like a good interview!
Can you imagine being the Paris Match journalists let into his bedroom? :combust:

miss-U2 · Dec 8, 2003

no i can't imagine, geez!!! :drool:

for the first time in my life, i am proud to be french, i don't know why!! that' sooo stupid!!

i am sorry for posting this thread twice..i certainly pressed the wrong button!!

miss-U2 · Dec 8, 2003

PM: you are really kind, you pay attention to everybody in the world, always available... For the biggest rock star in the world, i think you are unusually normal!

Tabby · Dec 8, 2003

Merci!

U2SJ · Dec 8, 2003

I think it would have been really hard not to jump him if I were one of those journalists :reject:

miss-U2 · Dec 8, 2003

B: i am always fighting against my selfishness. Artists are people fundamentally selfish, and i don't escape from this rule... In our job, we quickly become obsessed with ourselves, we are a little too fond of number one. The celebrity has something ridiculous, but i admit it is a good bargaining counter. I am glad to use it for good causes. Let's say that, with the passing of time, i have developed good ways to control the fury which lives inside me...

miss-U2 · Dec 8, 2003

tabby, de rien!!!

U2SJ, i think i would have locked the door. "no bono, ur not going anywhere!! ur mine!!!" :drool:

lol

okay, that's all for tonight for the translation... my eyes really hurt... i need to have some rest... i have an exam on wednesday, and i didnot study at all today, because of flavia (and your call which completly drove me coocoo!!)

i will finish this tomorrow... cause actually, it makes me work on my translation, that's still studies, no??? :huh:

goodnight!!
oh i think i can explain you something, with my friends, we have some expressions in french that we made up:
BONONUIT and ADAMIN
the first one means good night, normally, it is BONNE NUIT, but...
the second one means see ya tomorrow, normally, it is A DEMAIN, but we couldn't help...
we have 2others for Larry and edge, and even one for daniel lanois..but too complicated of u don't understand french!!

so girls, i tell you bononuit et adamin!!! :wink:

oliveu2cm · Dec 8, 2003

Thank you so much missu2! the interview is really something!

U2Kitten · Dec 8, 2003

Thanks Emilie, that was so nice of you to do that for us! Wow, you're good. It must be cool to know more than one language.

I am so jealous of the photographer who posed him (like Souly brought up in the other thread, that's how I wanted to pose him!) :drool:

kellyahern · Dec 8, 2003

Thanks Emilie :bow:

I love this interview so far :cute:

RockNRollDawgie · Dec 8, 2003

Thanks for the translation!
Very interesting read. :wave:

Moonlit_Angel · Dec 9, 2003

Thank you so much, miss-U2! Now I'm definitely wanting to try and find this magazine!

The best parts from what I've read so far:

miss-U2[/i] [B]Bono said:
B: i have never been ashamed of showing my feelings... i have an hypersensitivity.

...nothing wrong with a guy who expresses his feelings, and I'm glad Bono sees no shame in that (a good quality to pass on to his sons, too!).

Angela

miss-U2 · Dec 9, 2003

ur gonna laugh guys...

i can't put my hand back on this f*ckin magazine.... i am sure i put it on my desk...but i can't find it... it is the mess..all my notes of my lectures etc... maybe i let it in the living-room... i don't know!! but it is not in the livin-room anymore...i hope my roomates didnot rob it!!!

don't worry!!!! i can do it!!! i can find it!! DO NOT PANIC EMILIE! DO NOT PANIC!! :rant:

MrsSpringsteen · Dec 9, 2003

This is a beautiful interview

I love the way he talks about Mr. Mandela and about being emotional in general

:heart:

Thanks Emilie!

miss-U2 · Dec 9, 2003

really girls, that's a catastrophe!!! i can't find it anymore!!! :yikes:

i am pacing up and down everythin and shouting bad words :rant:

geez... that's the end of the world!! i think i just have to buy another one... anyway, maybe someone here has the article in french, if he could post it here, i could finish the translation...

even if i think i am gonna find the magazine when i won't expect to find it... but i need it now!!!, not in 2days!!! :banghead:

Ms. Dane · Dec 9, 2003

miss-U2 said:
really girls, that's a catastrophe!!! i can't find it anymore!!! i am pacing up and down everythin and shouting bad words

geez... that's the end of the world!! i think i just have to buy another one... anyway, maybe someone here has the article in french, if he could post it here, i could finish the translation...

even if i think i am gonna find the magazine when i won't expect to find it... but i need it now!!!, not in 2days!!!

Aw, I feel really sorry for you

I really hope you find it and thanks for what you've posted so far.

miss-U2 · Dec 9, 2003

mummy, come here please, and help me to clean up this mess and find MY MAGAZINE!!! i am going :coocoo:

this can't disappear!!!! it is somewhere here...keep calm!!!! :yikes:

Hanover · Dec 9, 2003

What a talented and devoted fan you are Emilie. Thanks for the translation...it was an astonishing read. You went to great efforts to locate and translate this artiicle, our appreciation knows no bounds, what you've done is more than enough, so chill and don't panic, perhaps when you're looking for something else it will crop up again. Meanwhile,Thanks!

miss-U2 · Dec 9, 2003

de rien!!!! :wink:

well, i stopped looking for it..no use... i am hopeless... i have an exam tomorrow, so i need to study, especially if i wanna come with you on thursday to the studios...

i let u know if i find it... keep the faith!!

:wave:

miss-U2 · Dec 9, 2003

okay, thanks to U2aremyfriends,who sent me the text in french, i am now able to finish the translation....thanks again!!! and sorry about that!!

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