Bono listens to his own tunes

uch

Me youngfella was sitting outside south Dublin pub the other day after work near where Bono lives and next thing Bono himself drives by in a convertible with U2 tunes blaring. Do you not think he'd be sick of listening to them at this stage with all the performances and studio stuff, younglad said it was a bit surreal.
If you were that famous would you listen to your own tunes ?

Speedwell

Oh, totally. My great-uncles were famous Tin Pan Alley songwriters and my grandmother and my mother grew up listening to their songs. It was the "family music".

Badly Drunk Boy

He probably gets free copies. Cheaper than buying other people's music. And then there's the ego.

andekwarhola

Reckon I would actually.

It's probably no different than general nostalgia like looking at old photos and whatnot. Plus a song that half of the world knows is probably a slightly more powerful nostalgic artefact than a gig ticket or a photo of your confirmation.

ClovenHoof

Do you ever think that he could be relearning them for an uncoming tour?

A lot of top bands actually forget their songs and need to relearn them. Especially if they have a massive body of work. Lots of lyrics and so on.

You try it?

If you don't believe me go down to your pub at closing time and see how many cnuts there singing American Pie knowing anything other than the chorus.

maudgonner

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

He probably gets free copies. Cheaper than buying other people's music.

It came free on his iPhone.

Dont be at yourself

He can't figure out to delete them from his iPod.

dr.bollocko

he probably didn't realise that his iPhone downloaded his stupid album automatically and just had it on shuffle. At least now he knows how we felt. The bollox.

WesternZulu

I wouldn't be his biggest fan but he could be listening to his own tunes so that he's familiar with the lyrics for when he's performing.

Maybe it was playing on the radio?

murpho999

He streams it constantly from Apple music to keep the money coming in.

It could just be a co-incidence.

Balmed Out

Can't see anything wrong with it to be honest. Surely if your a musician you would like your own music and I imagine listen regularly looking for ways to improve etc.

Mr. FoggPatches

Only if I was in the Saturdays.

MistyCheese

That wasn't Bono. That was Cormac Lynch, he's a Bono lookalike and fronts a U2 tribute band called Us2. Easy mistake to make though.

Dyr

what else would you play when you spend all your time in a fully furnished château up your own hole?

looksee

What's wrong with listening to your own work? Anyone who creates anything - music, art, a craft skill - can get great satisfaction out of looking/listening to something that they feel was successful, that they enjoyed making. Why make comments about ego, maybe it is, but what is wrong with enjoying something you have created?

Birneybau

Remember reading the same thing about Jim Corr. Driving through Dublin City in a convertible, blaring the Corrs' "So Young" at top volume.

Moo Moo Land

I like Bono. I always have. I have never seen him or met him in person.

Winterlong

bubblypop wrote: »

Maybe it was playing on the radio?

Get out of here you with your sensible suggestions.

donegaLroad

Some years ago I worked for a company in Dublin, and the manager's nixer was finding and importing classic cars and convertibles for clients mainly in south county Dublin and Wicklow.

One of his customers was the Edge, and when he went to the Edge's house one day to take the car to the garage, there was one of those 10 cd racks in the boot connected to the car stereo, and when he checked the cds to see what the Edge was listening to, 7 of the cds were U2 albums.

mzungu

uch wrote: »

Me youngfella was sitting outside south Dublin pub the other day after work near where Bono lives and next thing Bono himself drives by in a convertible with U2 tunes blaring. Do you not think he'd be sick of listening to them at this stage with all the performances and studio stuff, younglad said it was a bit surreal.
If you were that famous would you listen to your own tunes ?

Fair play to him. If you don't like your own tunes how can you expect anybody else to?

donegaLroad

he was probably listening to U2 stuff to keep the lyrics fresh in his head for the next tour.

Barry Badrinath

I dont live too far from Bono.

I heard he once looked in the mirror and saw his own face.

What an egotistical leather clad midget! Lets hate him.

B.A._Baracus

No offense, op.
This sounds like one of those celebrity tall tales. Like the whole someone in a restaurant across from bono... yadda yadda.... when bono goes to the toilet yadda yadda... turns out to be Bruce Springstein that the person didnt know and was asking to get an autograph of bono's.

uch

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

I dont live too far from Bono.

I heard he once looked in the mirror and saw his own face.

What an egotistical leather clad midget! Lets hate him.

Great Idea

Barry Badrinath

uch wrote: »

Great Idea

Naturally

uch

looksee wrote: »

What's wrong with listening to your own work? Anyone who creates anything - music, art, a craft skill - can get great satisfaction out of looking/listening to something that they feel was successful, that they enjoyed making. Why make comments about ego, maybe it is, but what is wrong with enjoying something you have created?

Don't think there's anything wrong to be honest, just the younglad said it was a bit surreal, nothing more

suicide_circus

Hello, Helloooo

YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH

harry Bailey esq

At least someone listens to it

sheep?

looksee wrote: »

What's wrong with listening to your own work? Anyone who creates anything - music, art, a craft skill - can get great satisfaction out of looking/listening to something that they feel was successful, that they enjoyed making. Why make comments about ego, maybe it is, but what is wrong with enjoying something you have created?

mzungu wrote: »

Fair play to him. If you don't like your own tunes how can you expect anybody else to?

These.

The fact that he enjoys listening to his own music is not something every composer can say. It means he's happy in his own artistic skin, and fair play to him I say.

s8n

Birneybau wrote: »

Remember reading the same thing about Jim Corr. Driving through Dublin City in a convertible, blaring the Corrs' "So Young" at top volume.

How did he keep his tin foil hat on while driving a convertible ?

mr_edge_to_you

In fairness, he has some pretty good tunes.

I listen to The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby regularly while driving. If I had a convertible I would probably also have the roof down at every opportunity.

sheep?

You would say that though with your username. :P

I've spoken to Bono and we both listen to U2's stuff up to the Unforgettable Fire and agree that it started to disimprove after that, and went off a cliff after Achtung Baby...

anewme

My friends father passed away around the time "sometimes you can't make it on your own"came out. I know Bono wrote it about his own Father.

The lyrics in the song captured the relationship my friend had with his Dad, flaws and all. My friend listens to it quite a lot. Every time I hear that song, it takes me back to that place in time.

When you have a talent that can write music that resonates with people's lives, then you can listen to your own music 24/7 for all I care.

Miss Sarajevo, another one that captures a time and place.

People call Bono an egotistical preacher or whatever, but I defy anyone to say he does not have a talent.