There are some pretty unfunny parts to the "interview".
Here is an excerpt:
Bono: You're right but one problem. I didn't know anything about poverty at the time, heck I still don't. So I had no idea what to talk about. But Edge came to the rescue. He just copied a lot of terms out of an old economics textbook and told me to mix it in with our song lyrics and no one would know the difference. He was right too. I think it's because most of the people at the UN don't speak English?.
John Hawkins: How could you possibly pull something like that off?
Bono: I wondered that at first but it's rather easy once you start doing it a few times. Here let me give you an example "So in order to help Africa help itself, we must look to economic indicators, reduce the debt compilation, and work to make socio-economic factors favor the poor instead of hurting them. When that happens, the streets will truly have no names."
John Hawkins: I have no idea what you just said.
Bono: Oh no one does. But no diplomat wants to look stupid compared to a rock star. So they all just nod knowingly like they understood what I said, tell me they really appreciate my work for the poor, and then have their pictures taken with me so they can try to convince the people where they live they're not really stuffy old farts. I've been all over the world and it works the same everywhere.
http://www.rightwingnews.com/humor/bono.php
Warning..if you click it be prepared to get pissed.
Here is an excerpt:
Bono: You're right but one problem. I didn't know anything about poverty at the time, heck I still don't. So I had no idea what to talk about. But Edge came to the rescue. He just copied a lot of terms out of an old economics textbook and told me to mix it in with our song lyrics and no one would know the difference. He was right too. I think it's because most of the people at the UN don't speak English?.
John Hawkins: How could you possibly pull something like that off?
Bono: I wondered that at first but it's rather easy once you start doing it a few times. Here let me give you an example "So in order to help Africa help itself, we must look to economic indicators, reduce the debt compilation, and work to make socio-economic factors favor the poor instead of hurting them. When that happens, the streets will truly have no names."
John Hawkins: I have no idea what you just said.
Bono: Oh no one does. But no diplomat wants to look stupid compared to a rock star. So they all just nod knowingly like they understood what I said, tell me they really appreciate my work for the poor, and then have their pictures taken with me so they can try to convince the people where they live they're not really stuffy old farts. I've been all over the world and it works the same everywhere.
http://www.rightwingnews.com/humor/bono.php
Warning..if you click it be prepared to get pissed.
Last edited: