HowthGirl
The Fly
nurse chrissi said:I found the qoute on the amazing u2 take me higher
From the book BONO IN HIS OWN WORDS:
"There was a night in L.A. in the early part of the tour when we had
a death threat that the police were taking very seriously indeed.
Someone had sent the gun license into the U2 offices and they thought
he had gotten into the venue. All of a sudden there were all these
people on the stage which I really objected to. I never thought that
sort of thing would bother me and, when I went out, it didn't. I
just laughed it off, like The Blues Brothers - 'We're on a mission
from God and we ain't finished yet.' The second night came up and
the cops came up to us just before we were about to go on and said
they'd made a mistake, He was coming tonight!
"Now we get all kinds of racist jibes because we wrote a song for
Martin Luther King, or pinko jibes because we did the Amnesty
International Tour. Wherever you look we're a target for the loony
fringe. So the second night, we're on stage and I'm singing 'Pride'
thinking, 'If someone is going to do it it will be during this number.'
So I crouched down on the stage, shut my eyes and for a moment
the thought of death crossed my mind.
When I looked up I just saw Adam standing over me,
between me and the crowd. It was a good, good moment."
Thanks so much Nurse Chrissi!!!!