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Bono and Neil's Row Ends with a Splash!
Spat ended in Elton's pool
Sunday People, April 21, 2002
Eamonn O'Hanlon
Bono has ended a simmering feud with the Pet Shop Boys over their cover version of one of U2's best-loved songs.
He was appalled after they turned the 1987 hit "Where The Streets Have No Name" into an instant camp classic by adding their own vocals and a pumping disco beat.
The Irish rockers issued a statement soon after the Pet Shop Boys version was released, declaring: "What have we done to deserve this?" But speaking about the spat for the first time this week, singer Neil Tennant insisted he had managed at long last to patch things up with Bono.
Peace was declared after a bizarre encounter at Elton John's mansion in the South of France, which ended with Bono and the English pop duo jumping into the swimming pool from a first floor balcony.
Asked about claims that Bono and Edge had been gunning for him, Tennant told music magazine Q: "I'd read things in the press.
"Anyway, we met Bono at Elton's and he was a bit funny at the beginning but he was really friendly. It all ended with a competition. He kept saying, 'It's rock versus pop.' At the end of the meal he jumped into Elton's swimming pool from the terrace and to his evident surprise I jumped in as well. So he said, 'OK. Rock one -- Pop one.' It ended as a draw -- quite rightly so."
The Pet Shop Boys cover version, which reached No. 4 in the U.K. charts, became a favourite at gay clubs around the world after its release in 1991.
As well singing himself, Tennant added dance beats, synthesiser riffs and even mixed in bits of the Frankie Valli classic, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You."
Tennant said he did not set out to upset Bono, but thought the song would benefit from some "loosening up."
He added: "In our live concerts, 'Streets' was meant to be totally the opposite of anything U2 would ever be -- lots of dancers and me in a pink satin suit."
Bono and Neil's Row Ends with a Splash!
Spat ended in Elton's pool
Sunday People, April 21, 2002
Eamonn O'Hanlon
Bono has ended a simmering feud with the Pet Shop Boys over their cover version of one of U2's best-loved songs.
He was appalled after they turned the 1987 hit "Where The Streets Have No Name" into an instant camp classic by adding their own vocals and a pumping disco beat.
The Irish rockers issued a statement soon after the Pet Shop Boys version was released, declaring: "What have we done to deserve this?" But speaking about the spat for the first time this week, singer Neil Tennant insisted he had managed at long last to patch things up with Bono.
Peace was declared after a bizarre encounter at Elton John's mansion in the South of France, which ended with Bono and the English pop duo jumping into the swimming pool from a first floor balcony.
Asked about claims that Bono and Edge had been gunning for him, Tennant told music magazine Q: "I'd read things in the press.
"Anyway, we met Bono at Elton's and he was a bit funny at the beginning but he was really friendly. It all ended with a competition. He kept saying, 'It's rock versus pop.' At the end of the meal he jumped into Elton's swimming pool from the terrace and to his evident surprise I jumped in as well. So he said, 'OK. Rock one -- Pop one.' It ended as a draw -- quite rightly so."
The Pet Shop Boys cover version, which reached No. 4 in the U.K. charts, became a favourite at gay clubs around the world after its release in 1991.
As well singing himself, Tennant added dance beats, synthesiser riffs and even mixed in bits of the Frankie Valli classic, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You."
Tennant said he did not set out to upset Bono, but thought the song would benefit from some "loosening up."
He added: "In our live concerts, 'Streets' was meant to be totally the opposite of anything U2 would ever be -- lots of dancers and me in a pink satin suit."
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