surprise surprise... you're on camera!

[digsy]

anyone know what this pic is about?

was it Uncut that recently quoted bono as saying "i dont' beleive monogamy is in human nature" or something like that.
are we seeing an example here! perhaps...?

 

[digsy]

can you guys see the picture...?

i cant but that just may be my computer - here's it off snapfish aswell

 

[Ancalagon]

It's from B P Fallon's book. He told the story in there... in brief, that girl sort of foisted herself onto Bono, you might say.

 

[digsy]

It's from B P Fallon's book. He told the story in there... in brief, that girl sort of foisted herself onto Bono, you might say.

ah i see, thought there might be a "reasonable explanation". always thought it was a funny pic, he really looks like he's been caught by surprise!

 

[sweetie]

That picture always creeps me out

 

[Queen Bee]

I that picture. It never fails to make me laugh.

 

[youtwohearts]

If you don't have that BP Fallon book, it is a good one. There are some great stories and quotes in there.

 

[starsgoblue]

quoted bono as saying "i dont' beleive monogamy is in human nature" or something like that.

What was that quote in response to?

 

[biff]

Re: Re: surprise surprise... you're on camera!

What was that quote in response to?

It's a quote from the Flanagan book, which was re-quoted in Uncut. (I was quite disappointed with the Uncut article; it was mostly a rehashing of Flanagan.) It's on page 82, if you have the book. "I think fidelity is just against human nature. That's where we have to either engage or not engage our higher side." Of course, in the interests of sensationalism, Uncut left out that second sentence.

 

[digsy]

Re: Re: Re: surprise surprise... you're on camera!

It's a quote from the Flanagan book, which was re-quoted in Uncut. (I was quite disappointed with the Uncut article; it was mostly a rehashing of Flanagan.) It's on page 82, if you have the book. "I think fidelity is just against human nature. That's where we have to either engage or not engage our higher side." Of course, in the interests of sensationalism, Uncut left out that second sentence.

i believe it was in response to the themes of achtung baby... bono was suggesting that the theme of betrayal was as much about edge's marriage breakdown as it was about his own bumpy patches in his marriage and dropped in the "fidelity against human nature" quote. he was also quick enough to add "i may or may not be writing about my own experience"

 

[biff]

That's right. He said he had too much respect for his wife to talk about their relationship, and that in his lyrics, the question of whether or not he was writing from personal experience didn't make the lyrics any less "true" in the emotional sense.