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- 5. Books, videos, bootlegs
- 5.1 What books are there on U2? (continued)
-
- U2: THE ROLLING STONE FILES, the Editors of Rolling Stone Magazine. Want
- to read every single
- mention of U2 in RS but don't have time to spool through endless reels of
- microfilm? Then this is the book for
- you. Interviews, reviews, and newsblurbs. No pictures.
-
- FARAWAY SO CLOSE, BP Fallon (Little, Brown, 1994) This is essentially a
- photographic record of the
- ZooTV tour. Fallon writes in a hipster-style that occasionally verges on
- self-parody but he obviously had
- significant access to the band. Worth the money. $15.95 US.
-
- U2 LIVE: A CONCERT DOCUMENTARY, Pimm Jal de la Jarra of Collectormania,
- (Omnibus Press, 1994).
- Covers literally every U2 concert. Describes the shows, lists the songs
- played and includes quotes from on
- stage. The photos are fantastic. $27.95 US. ISBN 0-7119-3666-8
-
- RACE OF ANGELS: Ireland and the Genesis of U2, , Anyone can beat a
- dead horse; it takes a rare talent to
- dig up the dead horse up to rebeat it. Traces the story of U2 back to
- near Mesozoic times.
-
- U2 AT THE END OF THE WORLD, Bill Flanagan, (Delacorte, 1995) Covers the
- ZooTV tour from the
- recording sessions in Berlin to the final show in Japan.
-
- INTO THE HEART, The Stories Behind Every U2 Song, Niall Stokes (Thunder's
- Mouth Press, 1996) Not
- necessarily an interpretation of every song but a detailed description of
- the writing, recording and possible
- inspirations for each song. Sadly, it offers no insight into the stories
- behind each bandmember's hairstyles over
- the years. $19.95 ISBN 1-56025-134-4
-
- THE MAKING OF U2'S THE JOSHUA TREE, Dave Thomas, (Collector's Guide
- Publishing, Inc. 1996)
- Finally, a book that compiles every U2 utterance on the subject of JT.
- We can all rest easy now. $7.95
- ISBN 1-896522-30-0
-
- 5.2 What videos are there?
- [AC] RED ROCKS - UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY: 1984. Recorded live at Redrocks,
- Denver Colorado in
- May 1983. A simply awesome show. Get this one first. Songs: Surrender /
- Seconds / Sunday Bloody Sunday /
- October / New Years Day / I Threw a Brick / A Day Without Me / Gloria /
- Party Girl / 11 0'Clock Tick Tock /
- I Will Follow / 40.
-
- THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE COLLECTION: 1985. Songs and a documentary about
- the making of The
- Unforgettable Fire. You get to see U2 in the studio, recording and
- experimenting. Also has some interviews
- with the band members and Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. Songs (not in
- order): Pride (2 versions) / A Sort of
- Homecoming (live) / The Unforgettable Fire / Bad (live, unavailable
- anywhere else - different to the version on
- Wide Awake and America).
-
- RATTLE AND HUM: 1989. The movie. Musically, this _IS_ U2. The in-concert
- footage is spectacular -
- visually and musically. Also has interview and documentary footage from
- The Joshua Tree tour. Songs: Helter
- Skelter / Van Dieman's Land / Desire / Exit / I Still Haven't Found What
- I'm Looking For / Silver and Gold /
- Angel of Harlem / All Along the Watchtower / In God's Country / When
- Love Comes to Town / Bad / Where
- the Streets Have No Name / MLK / With or Without You / Bullet the Blue
- Sky / Running To Stand Still /
- Sunday Bloody Sunday / Pride / All I Want is You. [If you're not sure
- what Sunday Bloody Sunday is about,
- then get this. Don't be surprised if you cry when you watch this song
- on here for the first time.]
-
- [GM] NUMB: 1993. The video single. Includes Numb, Numb (Video Remix) by
- EBN, Love Is Blindness.
- Australia/New Zealand copies came with a clip promoting the Zoomerang
- tour.
-
- [MJS] ACHTUNG BABY The Videos, the Cameos, and a whole lot of
- Interference. Most of this footage was
- seen in the MTV Rockumentary but there are a few "unavailable anywhere
- else" must haves. Bono, Edge,
- Larry and Adam are all interviewed about the making of AB and the new
- direction of U2. Highlights include
- Bono's confession that he has a weakness for belly dancers, Edge's
- bird-watching canoe trip, Larry's assertion
- that "the lyrics aren't worth a shit. I think it's all about drums." and
- Adams admission that "I can't remember
- back that far." Videos included: Even Better Than the Real Thing /
- Mysterious Ways / One (#1) / The Fly /
- Even Better Than the Real Thing (Dance Mix) / One (#2) / Even Better
- Than the Real Thing (Gallo - Kampah
- version) / Until the End of the World [Interference directed by Maurice
- Linnane]
-
- [MJS] U2 ZOOTV LIVE FROM SYDNEY: 1994. The authorized recording of the
- November 27, 1993 PPV
- special from Sydney, Australia. Songs: Zoo Station / The Fly / Even
- Better Than the Real Thing / Mysterious
- Ways / One / Unchained Melody / Until the End of the World / New Year's
- Day / Numb / Angel of Harlem /
- Stay / Satellite of Love / Dirty Day / Bullet the Blue Sky / Running to
- Stand Still / Pride / Daddy's Gonna Pay
- For Your Crashed Car / Lemon / Live is Blindness / Can't Help Falling in
- Love
-
- 5.2.2 Single-song videos
- (In chronological order)
- I Will Follow - recorded live on the BOY tour in the US in late 1980,
- early 1981
-
- Gloria - October 1981, Meiert Avis, Dublin
-
- A Celebration - April 1982, Meiert Avis, Kilmainham Jail, Dublin
-
- New Year's Day - December 1982, Meiert Avis, Sweden
-
- Two Hearts Beat as One - March 1983, Meiert Avis, Montmartre, Paris
-
- Sunday Bloody Sunday - June 1983, Gavin Taylor, Red Rocks, Denver,
- Colorado
-
- Pride (#1) - August 1984, Donald Cammell, St. Francis Xavier Hall, Dublin
-
- Pride (#2) - July 1984, Barry Devlin, Slane Castle, Dublin
-
- Pride (#3) - August 1984, Anton Corbijn, London
-
- A Sort of Homecoming - October/November 1984, Barry Devlin, Paris,
- Brussels, Rotterdam,
- London, Glasgow
-
- Bad - October/November 1984, Barry Devlin, Paris, Brussels, Rotterdam,
- London, Glasgow
-
- Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid) - November 1984, London
-
- The Unforgettable Fire - January 1985, Meiert Avis, Sweden
-
- Sun City (Artists United Against Apartheid) - November 1985, New York
-
- In a Lifetime (Bono and Clannad) - December 1985, Meiert Avis, Gweedore,
- Donegal, Ireland
-
- With or Without You (#1) - February 1987, Meiert Avis, Dublin
-
- With or Without You (#2) - February 1987, Meiert Avis, Dublin
-
- Red Hill Mining Town - February 1987, Neil Jordan, London
-
- Where the Streets Have No Name - March 1987, Meiert Avis, Los Angeles,
- California
-
- In God's Country - April 1987, Barry Devlin, Arizona
-
- Spanish Eyes - April 1987, Barry Devlin, Arizona
-
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - April 1987, Barry Devlin,
- Las Vegas, Nevada
-
- Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - November 1987, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
-
- Desire - September 1988, Richard Lowenstein, Los Angeles, California
-
- Desire (Hollywood Remix) - September 1988, Richard Lowenstein, Los
- Angeles
-
- Angel of Harlem - November 1988, Richard Lowenstein, New York City
-
- Baby, Please Come Home - November 1988, Philip Joanou (?)
-
- When Love Comes to Town - March 1989, Philip Joanou, Various
-
- All I Want Is You - April 1989, Meiert Avis, Rome
-
- All Along the Watchtower - November 1989, Richard Lowenstein, Sidney
-
- God, Part II - November 1989, Richard Lowenstein, Sidney
-
- Hawkmoon 269 - November 1989, Richard Lowenstein, Sidney
-
- Night and Day (#1 & #2) - November 1990, Wim Wenders, Berlin
-
- The Fly - September 1991, Ritchie Smith and Jon Klein, Dublin
-
- Mysterious Ways - October 1991, Stephane Sednaoui, Morocco
-
- Until the End of the World - November 1991, Richie Smith
-
- Even Better Than the Real Thing (#1) - February 1992, Kevin Godley,
- Carnaby Street, London
-
- Even Better Than the Real Thing (#2) - May 1992, Armando Gallo, Los
- Angeles
-
- Even Better Than the Real Thing (#3) - July 1992, Ritchie Smyth, Dublin
-
- One (#1) - February 1992, Anton Corbijn, Berlin
-
- One (#2) - February 1992, Mark Pellington, New York City
-
- One (#3) - March 1992, Philip Joanou, New York City
-
- One (#4) - March 1992, Mark Pellington, New York City
-
- Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses - September 1992, Philip Joanou,
- Chicago
-
- Numb - July 1993, Kevin Godley, Berlin
-
- Numb (Video Remix) - July 1993, Josh Pearson & Gardner Post
-
- Love Is Blindness - July 1993, Matt Mahurin, USA
-
- Lemon - September 1993, Mark Neale, London
-
- Lemon (Bad Yard Club Mix) - October 1993, Mark Neale, London
-
- Stay - October 1993, Wim Wenders, Berlin
-
- I've Got You Under My Skin (Bono and Frank Sinatra) - November 1993,
- Kevin Godley, Rancho Mirage, CA
-
- In the Name of the Father (Bono and Gavin Friday) - November 1994, Jim
- Sheridan, Dublin and London
-
- Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - June 1995, Dublin
-
- Miss Sarajevo - September 1995, Maurice Linnane, Modena, Italy
-
- Save the Children (Bono - Inner City Blues) - October 1995, New York
-
- Mission Impossible (Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jnr.) - April 1996,
- Kevin Godley
-
- Discotheque - January 1997, Stephane Sedenaoui
-
- Discotheque (version 2)
-
- Staring At the Sun (version 1)
-
- Staring At the Sun (version 2)
-
- Last Night on Earth
-
- Please (version 1)
-
- Please (version 2)
-
- Two additional videos are rumored to exist, "One Tree Hill" - 1987, and
- "Zooropa" - July 1993.
-
- 5.3 What's a bootleg?
- [SL] A bootleg recording is, in the case of U2, a recording that has not
- been officially released by Island
- Records. IF you do decide to buy bootlegs, you must consider that the
- artists usually get no royalties for the
- sales.
-
- [MJS] In some countries, "live recordings" of concerts are legally
- available for sale. These recordings are
- commonly referred to on the newsgroups as "live imports."
- Anyone interested in U2 bootlegs/imports should check out "For Love
- Or Money", [aka, FLOM] the
- indispensable guide to U2 bootlegs/ imports maintained by Mike Gentile
- (text version) and Bob Reck (HTML
- version). The sound quality and price of this material can vary
- dramatically, so consider getting a firsthand
- review of a bootleg/ import before you buy it. If you have a bootleg that
- is not reviewed in FLOM, please
- submit a review to Mike (mgentile@TCNJ.edu) or Bob (breck@erols.com),
- thousands of nameless but
- grateful collectors will thank you.
-
- [MG] From now on, the most current text versions of this guide can always
- be found at the Wire site,
- www.gartholamew.com
- The filenames will be as follows:
- boot-rev.txt: The latest Alphabetical version, ~685K+, text file
- bootrev2.txt: The latest Chronological version, ~890K+, text file
- boot-rev.zip: The latest Alphabetical version, ~175K+, zipped file
- bootrev2.zip: The latest Chronological version, ~225K+, zipped file
-
- 'For Love Or Money' is also available on the web! The URL is:
- http://www.erols.com/breck/flom.
-
- 5.3.1 Where can I buy bootlegs?
- [MJS] To quote Sergio "If you're lucky, your local record store will
- sometimes carry bootlegs." Mail-order is
- another good source and there are several places on the Internet that
- carry live imports. Not that *I* know of
- any. Perish the thought! Quoting Sergio again, "some Wire members are
- actually willing to offer copies of their
- bootlegs. Some will charge a fee, some won't. Just go ahead and post a
- message to Wire asking for bootleg
- recordings. Good Luck!"
-
- 6. Fanclubs, Fanzines, and Propaganda
-
- 6.1 Addresses of U2 fanclubs
- [SL] DESIRE FOR U2
- 13 rue Pasteur 62710 COURRIERES FRANCE
- Available : fanzine, boots, stuff, ...
-
- [CS] Borderlands
- 1544 Westminster Ave. Port Coquitlam, B.C. Canada V3B 1E2
- Coco_Sindhu@mindlink.bc.ca
- Also operates a fanzine.
-
- 6.2 What are fanzines? What fanzines are available?
- [SL] Fanzines are FAN magaZINES. Some are excellent, some are awful. If
- you really want to know how good
- a special one is, ask Wire.
- [MJS] A portion of this information was taken out of the Book, "Outside
- is America - U.2. in the U.S." by
- Carter Alan.
-
- ACROBAT c/o Kris Martens
- 2326 Idlewild Ct. Green Bay, WI 54303
- e-mail: DDJT67D@prodigy.com
-
- A.D.A.M. c/o Jones/Kellie
- 7426 West Blvd #3 Boardman, OH 44512
-
- ANOTHER DAY (The Peace Museum) S. Kathleen Maki: Organizer
- P.O. Box 92444 Milwaukee, WI 53202
-
- Borderlands
- 1544 Westminster Ave. Port Coquitlam, B.C. Canada V3B 1E2
- e-mail: Coco_Sindhu@mindlink.bc.ca
-
- DREAM OUT LOUD c/o Jenny Lieb
- 10744 John Turley Place/ Fairfax, VA. 22032
-
- Dream Out Loud c/o Donna Souza
- PO Box 316 Swansea, MA 02777
-
- FEEDBACK/U.S.A. Attn: Lori Caldwell
- P.O. Box 1586 Warren, OH 44482-1586
-
- HAPPY AS LARRY c/o Sandra
- 50 Canterbury Road Toorak
- Victoria, 3142 AUSTRALIA.
- e-mail: 942920@bud.swin.edu.au
-
- HEAVEN & HELL c/o jenny williams
- 3565 Raymar Blvd Cincinnati, OHIO 45208-1501
- e-mail: JDWILLIA@cc.owu.edu
-
- THE HYPE
- e-mail: s0204483@cc.ysu.edu
-
- In God's Country c/o Margaret Farren
- 4620 College Ave #1 College Park, MD 20740 USA
- e-mail: dolphin871@aol.com
-
- INDIAN SUMMER SKY Attn: Tochen
- P.O. Box 58263 Philadelphia, PA 19102-8263
-
- OUT (Formerly OUT OF CONTROL) Maureen Wrinn
- 13 Sewall Street #5 Marblehead, MA 01945
-
- ON THE EDGE OF BALDNESS Christine Enedy
- 201 Johnson Ave. Portage, PA 15946 USA
- e-mail: cme108@psu.edu
-
- A Revelation c/o:Michelle Panik
- 6965 E Via El Estribo Anaheim Hills, CA. 92807-5120
- e-mail: TDBP40E@prodigy.com
-
- Rock N' Roll Doggie c/o Erin Sepe
- 83 Toddy Hill Rd. Sandy Hook, CT 06482
- -----and------
- c/o Chrissy Barnum
- 38 Grand Place, Newtown, CT 06470
-
- SING A NEW SONG c/o Ellen Fauver
- 8795 Orange Street Alta Loma, CA 91704
- ------and-------
- c/o Lori Hill
- 506 East Cherry Enid, OK 73701
-
- SING NO MORE c/o Mary Kadar
- P.O. Box 536 Franklin, MA 02038
-
- THE STREET MELODY
- Rt. 7, Box 514R 281 S. Atlanta Drive Tucson, AZ 85747
-
- Swagger, no Style c/o Kim Mancini
- P.O. Box 1059 Birmingham, MI 48012
- e-mail: DJPP86B@prodigy.com
-
- TOUCH c/o Patricia Culliton
- 520 North Octavia Chicago, IL 60656
- Fax: 312/763-0769 e-mail: ACMY82A@prodigy.com
-
- Twist of Fate c/o Eve & Alice
- 889 Squire Lake Ct. Villa Hills, Ky 41017
- e-mail: KPBK85C@prodigy.com
-
- U2 AND THEN SOME Amy Johnson
- 14154 Hubbell Livonia, MI 48154
-
- WIRE
- 6562 Route 31 Cicero, NY 13039
-
- U2 Collectormania c/o P.J. Publishing (merged with The Zooropean)
-
- The ZOOROPEAN
- P.O. Box 3486 3003 AL Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- E-mail u2zoorop@luna.nl
- Tel/Fax #31 (0)10 - 4221161 or #31 (0)10 - 2731819
-
- 6.3 What is Propaganda and the U2 World Service?
- Propaganda is the official magazine of U2. A year's subscription
- currently costs $18 US.
-
- (US/Canada)
- Propaganda
- 119 Rockland Center Box 350
- Nanuet, New York 10954 USA .
-
- (Rest of the World)
- Propaganda
- PO Box 18
- Wellingborough Northamptonshire NN8 1HE U.K
- E-mail: Propaganda@u2.easynet.co.uk
-
- 7. Gossip
- [SL] Most of the gossip that's been spread about U2 is execrable, but it
- is also true that the boys (especially Mr.
- Clayton) have a tendency to live their lives without caring about the
- publicity consequences. I fully agree with
- that! After all, they're already giving us wonderful music, so I don't
- feel we have the right to impose them our
- moral values, or any specific behavior.
-
- 7.1 Marital Status of all band members
- [MJS] Bono-married, Edge-legally separated and otherwise engaged,
- Adam-single, Larry-single but under heavy
- manners
-
- [PC] Bono married Alison Stewart on Aug. 21 1982. Edge married Aislinn
- O'Sullivan in July 1983, they are
- separated but not divorced. Edge was linked to Morleigh Steinberg - the
- belly dancer - during the ZooTV tour.
- Adam is still single, he was engaged to "super-model" Naomi Campbell for
- several months in 1993. Larry is
- single but has a long-term significant other, Anne Acheson, with whom he
- has lived for 10+ years.
-
- 7.1.1 Any children?
- [PC/MJS] Bono and Ali have two daughters, Memphis Eve and Jordan. Edge
- has four daughters: Holly, Arun,
- and Blue Angel with Aislinn, and Sian with Morleigh Steinberg
- [MJS] Larry and Anne are the proud parents of Aaron Elvis.
-
- 7.1.2 Any pets?
- [MV] What are the names of Bono's dogs? Also, do any of the other
- members have pets? Just wondering.
-
- [PC] Bono has two German Shepards, their names are Fanny and Angel.
-
- [CB] Edge had a dog called Fleetwood, but it ran away. He actually showed
- a picture of the dog on tv during an
- interview, to try and get the dog back. Larry has a dog called J.J., he
- also has a pet called Missy, but I don't
- know if it's a cat or a dog.
-
- 7.2 How tall is Bono anyway?
- [MJS] Their official heights are: Bono is 5'8" Edge is 5'10" Adam is
- 5'10" Larry is 5'7" This is the second
- most popular topic of FAQ mail. Everyone has a theory. Unless someone
- can provide conclusive prove as to a
- correlation between height and musical ability or plans to field an
- all-U2 basketball team or a note from the
- school nurse attesting to their heights, this answer will stand.
-
- 7.3 I heard that Bono is God. Is that true?
- [MJS] IMHO, Bono has all the talents of a deity but few of the
- responsibilities. (BTW, this is a joke).
-
- 7.3.1. I heard that Bono will be playing God in a movie.
- [MJS] There have been several rumors since the ZooTV tours about Bono
- starting an acting career. James
- Sheridan said in a Dec. 1992 interview with Movieline magazine that Bono
- was taking a year off from music to
- study acting and that Sheridan would love to put Bono in one of his
- movies. Since then stories about Bono
- getting roles in movies abounded for a while but have since died down.
- Here are some of the more common.
-
- [Movie - role]
- Rob Roy - Archibald Cunningham, the sleazy rapist/murdering villain
- Batman Forever - MacPhisto
- Strange Days - A sleazy music promoter
- Johnny Mneumonic - A sleazy villain
- Martin Scorsese's Casino - Sharon Stone's sleazy pimp boyfriend (Anyone
- else notice a motif here? No wonder
- he's avoiding the silver screen).
-
- The Million Dollar Hotel (Bono's long awaited screenplay) - ? (my guess
- is "a sleazy fill-in-the-blank")
- [MPZ] A couple of reputable sources, namely Army Archerd in Variety and
- the TV show "Extra" have also
- reported that Bono will act in the movie (although I'll believe it when I
- see it).
-
- [MJS] The recently retitled "Billion Dollar Hotel" is under development
- with German director Wim Wenders.
-
- [P] Originally, there was NO plan for Bono to act in this movie. That
- plan has since reversed itself, and reversed
- back to original on at least one occasion. The latest I've heard is that
- there is a POSSIBILITY that Bono may do
- a "walk-on" part in the movie, one that would require very little acting.
-
- The Limo Driver -
- [MJS] Supposedly this is a film starring or directed by Warren Beatty
- that will be filmed in Ireland next year.
- The plot follows a taxi driver who becomes obsessed with an actress. I
- guess we can rule out at least one role for
- Bono. Hmm, I wonder if it's a "sleazy taxi driver"?
-
- 7.5 Is Edge on the Internet? aka, Does Edge read this newsgroup?
- [MJS] Who knows? There have been numerous stories about Edge's
- fascination with the Internet , countless
- rumors on the newsgroups that Edge is monitoring every thread, and of
- course, several miscreants claiming to
- be Mr. Evans himself with helpful IDs such as "EDGE" and "THE EDGE.".
- Personally, I give these people as
- much credence as the ones with IDs like "GOD" and "Jesus" - surely both
- the Almighty and the lead guitarist
- from U2 have better things to do than waste bandwidth. If Edge is on the
- Internet, he's keeping a low profile and
- is entitled to his privacy.
-
- 7.9 Bottom Feeders?
- [MJS] I certainly agree with Sergio and hate to give any credence to
- most of the slop that passes for "news"
- about U2. However, since I recently read on the newsgroups a very
- interesting, and utterly untrue, story about
- Adam being arrested for heroin possession I have come to the conclusion
- that providing truthful answers to
- these questions is the best way to end these ridiculous rumors. I've
- tried to present all reasonable viewpoints
- here, if you don't agree with what someone has written, be thankful for
- freedom of speech and e-mail me your
- "version" and I'll include it.
-
- 7.9.1 Until Further Notice, All of the Following is FALSE
- Nearly all of the following rumors have been posted on the Usenet within
- the past 12 months. To save time,
- bandwidth and, hopefully, kill rumors, what follows is a list of rumors
- which are ALL FALSE.
- - Bono is getting a divorce.
- - Bono once had a cocaine habit the size of Alaska. [Ditto for Adam,
- Edge, and Larry.]
- - Bono had an affair with Christy Turlington (a model) / Stevie Nicks /
- Winona Ryder / Maire ni Brennan (from
- Clannad) / Kristen McMenamen (another model) / etc
- - Edge has quit the band to start his own Christian music label.
- - Larry and Anne have broken up.
- - Anne is rarely seen in public because she is actually a space alien who
- can only replicate human behavior for
- limited periods of time.
- - Larry IS Anne.
- - On the band's first US tour, they brought a hundred pounds of wacky
- weed with them on the plane.
- - Bono pierced his ears himself using an upholtery needle Edge carelessly
- left lying around
- - During the ZooTV tour Bono was kidnapped in Japan by a nefarious cult
- which subjected him to sensory
- deprivation and hypnotized him to confuse the phrase "smile for the
- camera" with "open wide for the dentist,"
- hence the many photographs which cause one to admire his mollars. (Ok,
- so I made this one up myself.)
-
- Once more, the above rumors are ALL FALSE. Not one word of truth has
- ever been linked to any of these
- bone-headisms. Let's make them, "rarely asked questions."
-
- 7.9.2 However, oddly enough . . . .
- This section is devoted to weird rumors from the Usenet and other sources
- that turn out to have a grain of truth
- to them.
- Q: Is it true that Bono likes to have his chest shaved?
- [MJS] Well, Bono has had his chest shaved once that I know of:
-
- [KM] Bono has an irregular heartbeat. He had to have an exam for his
- insurance company. He had too much
- chest hair for the doctor to be able to hear his heartbeat so they shaved
- part of it off. I looked up irregular
- heartbeat - it is caused by stress, anger, smoking, too much caffeine in
- coffee or tea. It is not fatal and it's ok to
- have one.
-
- [MJS] Whether or not Bono enjoyed having his chest shaved is unknown at
- this time.
-
- Q: I heard that Bono stripped in the middle of a crowded restaurant.
- [MJS] This is true. From Newsday March 27, 1992: At a dinner earlier
- this week at London's celebrity haunt,
- Nikita, Bono surprised his 18 dinner guests by removing all his clothes
- - including his black bikini briefs - for
- no apparent reason. During the Russian meal of mainly vodka and caviar,
- we're told the Irish rocker sat naked
- and acted as if being nude in a plush, crowded restaurant was the most
- natural thing in the world. Which, in
- some quarters, we suppose it is. "Sometimes people drink vodka and do
- strange things," Nikita owner Sylvain
- Borsi told us. But didn't he find Bono's behavior a bit eccentric, to say
- the least? "No, he was very nice and very
- civilized," Borsi said. "I think he just felt more comfortable with
- nothing on."
- But he had a really good reason! From Newsday March 30, 1992 : His
- spokesman says Bono was actually
- being interviewed by a journalist during dinner when the Irish rocker
- decided to undress, as we reported. "The
- writer was so unimaginative, so frozen, so unloose that Bono thought it
- would be a good idea to take his clothes
- off," the spokesman said. "And there wasn't much of a reaction."
-
- 7.9.3 What's the deal with Bono's guesthouse?
- [CB] Bono used to live in Bray, where he had a small Martello tower
- (these were watchtowers built to guard the
- coast). In interviews it was often referred to as his 'castle', when all
- it was a spiral staircase with a wall around
- it. James Joyce used to live in a similar one close by, so Bono must have
- thought it ultra cool. When he moved,
- he kept the thing, and rented it out to people for a pound a month, or
- something like that. I believe Shane
- McGowan lived there for a while.
-
- 8. What if I played it backwards? [Hidden messages, etc]
- [MJS] This is a new section devoted to the questions that start, "I was
- listening to AB with my headphones and I
- heard ......"
-
- 8.1 Seconds
- [ML] On Seconds when Edge sings:
- "In an apartment on times square, . . .
- Its the puppets, its the puppets who pull the strings."
- Someone is speaking in the background and it's not the "Soldier Girls"
- part, this happens before they stop and
- play the excerpt. I've been bugged about this for a while and hope
- someone can answer.
-
- [LW] I think what you are talking about (I may be wrong) is a low voice
- (Bono's)that has been overdubbed and
- he is just repeating the lines.
-
- Credits:
- [AC] Andrew Cowley (s3007336@hardy.ocs.mq.edu.au)
- [ACL] Al Clark (-al-@geocities.com)
- [AL] Angela Lamb (axl@oasis.icl.co.uk)
- [AK] Alastair Keady (keady@iscm.ulst.ac.uk)
- [CL] Carl Lindberg (lindberg@cs.colgate.edu)
- [CB] Caroline van Oosten de Boer vonb@knoware.nl
- [CS] Coco Sindhu (Coco_Sindhu@mindlink.bc.ca)
- [DC] David Caldarelli (david.caldarelli@gpo.canada.cdev.com)
- [EMD] Eoin McDermott (emcd@iol.ie)
- [Fl] Katie (Fluer@aol.com)
- [GD] Greg DeJong (gdejong@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca)
- [Ge] Gene (GD1@waikato.ac.nz)
- [GB] Gudmundur Bjarni Josepsson (gummi@rhi.hi.is)
- [GM] Greg Murphy (gregm@koko.csustan.edu)
- [H] Hobbes (hobbes@enterprise.net)
- IM] Iain Marshall (COS.MARSHALL@GLASGOW-POLY.AC.UK)
- [JA] Joel Abbott (abbott@inslab.uky.edu)
- [JC] Jeff Chung via Tony Mason (ribbit@netcom.com)
- [JH] John Hlavaty (john@nowaksg.chem.nd.edu)
- [JM] Justin Macfarlane (justin@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz)
- [JV] Jon Vessey (jvessey@husc.harvard.edu)
- [KM] Kim Mancini (Djpp86b@prodigy.com)
- [LW] Leslie (LeslieMW1@aol.com)
- [M] Cynos Acherone (messim2@rpi.edu)
- [MK] Michael Kaply (Michael_Kaply@bocaraton.ibm.com)
- [MG] Mike Gentile (mgentile@TCNJ.edu)
- [ML] Morgan Lambert (TLQG49A@prodigy.com)
- [MJS] Maryann Stump (jbrp58a@prodigy.com)
- [MP] Michelle Panik (tdbp40e@prodigy.com)
- [MPZ]Michelle Perez (miperez@pipeline.com)
- [MV] Mariann Vestic (ftmu17a@prodigy.com)
- [NE] Nems (nems@waffle.sns.com)
- [P] Matt McGee Pleeker@aol.com
- [PC] Patty Culliton (ACMY82A@prodigy.com)
- [PH] Paul Hosking (Paul.Hosking@comp.vuw.ac.nz)
- [PR] Phil Roybal (ROYBAL_P@POETS.WHITTIER.EDU)
- [RA] Ray Aguilera (aguilera@uclink2.berkeley.edu)
- [RH] Rob Hynes (phynes@interlog.com)
- [SL] Sergio Lucero (slucero@cipres.cec.uchile.cl)
- [SR] Saias Remi (saiasr@JSP.UMontreal.CA)
- [SS] Sumit Shah (shahsum @ harpo.cns.iit.edu)
- [SW] Sarah Wilson (s.wilson41@genie.geis.com)
- [UP] ULISSE PEROTTA D92-UPE@NADA.KTH.SE
-
- Thanks to everyone who has contributed.
- Maryann Stump stumpm@juno.com
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