J ([email protected])
Thu, 3 Dec 1998 11:19:02 -0800 (PST)
Once and artist or poet makes a written work out to the whole world,
he loses control of it. you can subject it to your own
interpretation. The current thread in Wire is about "One" as a
funeral song. Some say it is about AIDS, others say it is about sex,
or love, or even about buffalos.
There is no one definite meaning of the songs. Other people's
interpretations of the U2 songs may even be better than U2's own
interpretations.
>From the Rolling Stone Files: Bono realized only during the UF tour
that "Bad" was about heroin, so he dedicated it frequently to his
friend who died.
>From some Q mag: Edge said that there are many deeper levels to
"Gone" which he even has not explored himself yet.
>From Rolling Stone: Bono wanted to reinvent "Streets" for Popmart to
be more like a futuristic song (no wonder the added lyrics).
So once again, I appeal to those "closed-minded" people to stop seeing
only their own interpretations of songs or even Bono's own. My
interpretation in just as good as Bono's which is just as good as
yours. Let us not pass judgement, otherwise we would be criticizing
all the priests all over the world who say mass since all their
sermons/homilies are different given the same gospel reading.
When Hutchence died, Bono dedicated "One" to Hutchence and improvised
a bit on the "jesus/lepers" lyrics. For Popmart, Bono made the song
relevant by making it look to the future. Bono added a "peace" verse
to the "All I Want Is You" performance in the Omagh show. Songs and
works of poetry are free from strict and limited interpretation. They
change with the times. And it just happens that the current issue is
the Skag Head debate so I might as well make the lyrics for me
relevant to the issue and share it with you all. I still find it
funny though how a lot took my last post (Re: My first post on the
Skag Head issue) so seriously.
Cheers,
J
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