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Here's some info (from:www.U2faq.com):
A U2 By Any Other Name - Passengers
Who or what is Passengers?
{MK} Passengers is a side project of U2. It is a series of "soundtracks" for movies only dreamed of (for the most part). It gave U2 a chance to experiment with different "textures" in the music. They were joined for this project by Brian Eno, Howie B, and Pavarotti (et al), so did not call the project a "U2 record."
{JP} In short, it's a musical collaboration by the members of U2 and Brian Eno. OS1 started out as being a sequel of sorts to a series of albums called "Music for Films" that Brian Eno made in the 70's. The idea was for U2 to really open up creatively, to explore more abstract music without being inhibited by expecations of the band. It is also important to note that for perhaps the first time Brian Eno was allowed to "lead" the band and have an immedaite and direct influence on the direction of the music, rather than take the "backseat" as a producer. Adam has said that the album was "an opportunity to get all [the] stuff out that there really isn't room for on our own records".
Larry has gone one record as saying he really didn't like the results and found the album over-indulgent. It is interesting to see where they were musically and also note the likely influence it had on the band's later development of Pop (which didn't even have Eno as producer).
Are those real movies and real people listed in the Passengers: OS1 liner notes?
{TVT} The booklet of Original Soundtracks 1 contains tons of hidden messages.
- Movie Descriptions: all these are written by Ben O'Rian and C.S.J. Bofop. "Ben O'Rian" is simply an anagram for Brian Eno, while "C.S.J. Bofop" also becomes Brian Eno when you replace every letter with the one that precedes it in the alphabet: B(C) R(S) I(J) A(B) N(O) E(F) N(O) O(P).
- Slug: Peter von Heineken is a joke on U2's manager, Paul McGuiness. "Jutta Minit" becomes "just a minute" when pronounced quickly.
- Always Forever Now: "Venda Davis is an anagram for David Evans (Edge's real name), "Tanya McLoad" becomes Adam Clayton, while "Kiley Sue LaLonne" unscrambles as Anne-Louise Kelly, the album's production manager. Finally, "Pi Hoo Sun" is phonetic for P. Hewson - Paul Hewson being Bono's real name.
- Ito Okashi (something beautiful): "the face of a child drawn on a melon" is a direct reference to the babyface which appears on the Achtung Baby CD, the Zooropa cover and several other releases.
- Hypnotize (Love Me 'til Dawn): "Evans" is Edge's last name in real life. "Tony Corbin" refers to Anton Corbijn, U2's life-long photographer.
- Theme from Let's Go Native: "Barry Boedders" is one R away from being an anagram for Des Broadberry, a regular studio crew member for U2.
What's the English translation of Pavarotti's lines in "Miss Sarajevo"?
{CG} It is said that a river
Finds its way to the sea
And as the river
You'll come back to me
Beyond the borders
And the thirsty lands
You say that as the river
As the river
Love will come back
Love
And I cannot pray anymore
And I cannot hope for love anymore
And I cannot wait for that love anymore
Hope, I could help!
Oh yeah, and may I add that Adam had a lovely goatee at that time
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Larry looked like some kind of porn star. Edge looked like his sister Jill, I looked like Barbara Bush and Adam hasn't taken the dress off.
***Sparky's Whore***
RSOC's Sparky Shrine
[This message has been edited by CatDubh (edited 10-15-2001).]
