Thanks SO MUCH to everyone who is trying to help everyone else out with all these U2 interviews in all kinds of different languages!
Any thing that anyone can do to help translate these interviews and share them with us is very much appreciated.
Here is a short translation of some of what was said in the interview with Italian TV from U2star:
Yesterday the italian Tgsky24 broadcasted a touching, amazing and unreleased interview to the band. This interview has been recorded earlier this week. The best moments:
Reporter asks to Bono: What's the freedom for you?
Bono: The freedom it's like a baby born, i like his smell. It's the future, not the past. I like the smell of baby born. That's the freedom for me. My preferred song in this album is Miracle and Drug (he explains of how, when he was young he had the chance to meet Cristopher Nolan and his mother)
Larry addiction: what can i say after this philosophical answer given by Bono? I cannot say, for me freedom is "riding my Halrey Davidson through the United States!"
Reporter asks to Bono: how did you create HTDAAB?
Bono explained that the title was originally referred to a story about some young childrens reading on the net how to create a bomb. But it was also dedicated to his father Bob Hewson....Bono made a touching confession at this point to the reporter....
Bono: italians are really good when showing their feelings, they throw up emotions, not keeping them inside. We, irish, we keep everything inside....when i lost my mother we didn't speak about her anymore. We were supposed to be strong men (referring to himself, his brother and father), the same happened with the loss of my father....you keep everything inside yourself and then...after months you start to cry without a reason.
Bono's addiction: when you are a rockstar you cannot make shit music! You must do your best every day, every time you write a new song.
Reporter asks: Are you scared before a show?
Larry: No, i'm not. When you go onstage you have to create a new show/setlist every night....every concert must be different! Different emotions.
Reporter ask to Adam: you were the most rockstar of the group...
Adam: i'm not anymore....Bono and the others are more rockstar than me. When they are still having fun in some pub during the night i'm already @ home. I'm quiet now! (The Edge confirms)
Adam preferred song is Man and a woman....for The Edge it's a revelation (eh, it's your preferred song? Really?)
More revelations in this unbelievable interview: (only italian, but you could be able to hear the band's replies)
Meeting with U2 (Skytg24)
thanks to Aaron for taping this!
Screencaps from Skytg24 Meeting with U2:
This is freedom (Bono)
What's freedom? Uhmmm (Larry)
Riding with my Harley Davidson in the Usa (Larry)
I like man and a woman! The "revelation" for The Edge!!
Again Larry
I think the most revealing info in that interview was how, after Bono's mum passed, no one in the house ever talked about her again!
How very sad, but I'm glad that Bono is starting to feel secure enough to begin to share some of his most intimate feelings.
That's healing for him and helps us see him more as a human being and not as some "Rock star".
WITH OR WITHOUT YOU....