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- “40” Bono took this lyric from one of his key influences: King David, who wrote the Psalms. “I was always interested in the character of David in the Bible because he was such a screw-up.
- “Numb” This unique U2 single began as a discarded track from Achtung Baby called “Down All the Days.” “It’s this quite unhinged electronic backing track with a very traditional melody and lyrics,” said the Edge when “Down” reappeared on Achtung Baby‘s 20th-anniversary reissue.
- “Acrobat” “It’s an unusual time signature for us,” said the Edge of Achtung Baby‘s penultimate track. “It’s like a 6/8 almost, which is a very Irish time signature.
- “North and South of the River” When Bono wrote “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” he. was an angry 22-year-old. But 15 years later, when he penned this somber reflection.
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- Luciano Pavarotti, Bono and Zucchero, “Miserere” Dear Alice, I haven’t seen you for ages… as usual I am a loyal but unreliable friend. “Miserere” is one of my favourite of your father’s crescendos.
- Sex Pistols, “Anarchy in the U.K.” Dear John, Steve, Paul, Sid and Glen, I don’t think there has ever been a better rock’n’roll band on record. The production of all your songs… peerless.
- Kanye West, “Black Skinhead” Dear Kanye, I was a hundred feet from your feet… Your eyes were shut so as not to be distracted from the words you had just written around the corner, but here you were debuting this song live from Saturday Night Live… and I’m in the TV studio to witness some black history.
- Billie Eilish, “Everything I Wanted” Dear Billie (Finneas too), My ears long for such empty spaces to wander… to sneak away from the density of digital surfaces with too much information… I step inside your song and it’s a black beauty, achingly awesomely vulnerable and terrifying, fearless and worrisome… but you are not worried by all that.
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Bono is turning 60 years old, and to mark the occasion he’s created a playlist of the most important songs in his life. It spans generations and genres, from Frank Sinatra to Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish to Angélique Kidjo, and all points in between.
Bono is turning 60 years old, and to mark the occasion he’s created a playlist of the most important songs in his life. It spans generations and genres, from Frank Sinatra to Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish to Angélique Kidjo, and all points in between.
