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Today, early in the morning, I chose to listen to my single Please, the one with Please segued into WTSHNN, the best performance of WTSHNN ever, for me. We all know that this song was inspired by Bono?s visit to Ethiopia along with his beloved Ali, in 1985, the place where the streets really have no name. He recently spoke about that visit in his interview to Time magazine, the most touching bit of the interview, for me. So I got myself thinking...if Bono had never gone to Africa maybe this gem, marvellous song, an authentic U2 anthem that has captured our hearts and minds for so many years, maybe the song had never been created, don?t you think?
After all these years listening and loving this song so much I think I finally understood this line: "it?s all I can do". He said that in 1987, almost apologizing for not doing more to relieve so much suffering because it was what he felt at that time, maybe a mix of compassion and impotence. Nowadays he truly believes he can do much more than that and he knows he can make a difference, that?s why he?s going to Africa again.
Thoughts?
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"To me a rock and roll concert is 3-D, it?s a physical thing - it?s rhythm for the body. It?s a mental thing in that it should be intellectually challenging. But it?s also a spiritual thing, because it?s a community, it?s people agreeing on something, even if it?s only for an hour and a half." (Bono, as quoted in the book U2 The Road to Pop)
After all these years listening and loving this song so much I think I finally understood this line: "it?s all I can do". He said that in 1987, almost apologizing for not doing more to relieve so much suffering because it was what he felt at that time, maybe a mix of compassion and impotence. Nowadays he truly believes he can do much more than that and he knows he can make a difference, that?s why he?s going to Africa again.
Thoughts?
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"To me a rock and roll concert is 3-D, it?s a physical thing - it?s rhythm for the body. It?s a mental thing in that it should be intellectually challenging. But it?s also a spiritual thing, because it?s a community, it?s people agreeing on something, even if it?s only for an hour and a half." (Bono, as quoted in the book U2 The Road to Pop)