U2's Bono on Playing Music for America Right After 9-11
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This lost interview with Bono comes to us from a conversation recorded back in 2001, just weeks after 9-11. Bono was speaking with Anthony Bozza--then a writer at Rolling Stone. The magazine was looking back at that horrific year in America. At this point in the tape we get hear Bono talk about his music and playing for a fragile nation just weeks after that tragic September morning, and how U2’s music took on a whole new meaning for both the fans and the band.
INTERVIEW NOTES
- The Scene: By phone
- The Source: Minidisc recorder
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U2’s Bono on Playing Music For America After 9-11
David Gerlach: This is Blank on Blank. I’m David Gerlach. And thank you for listening as we build this archive of journalists’ lost interviews. Today we have more from Bono, the frontman of U2. And it comes to us from an interview recorded back in 2001, just a few months after 9-11. Bono was speaking with Anthony Bozza. Anthony was at Rolling Stone back then and the magazine was looking back at this horrific year in America. At this point in the tape we get hear Bono talk about his music and playing for a fragile nation just weeks after that tragic September morning and how U2’s music took on a whole new meaning for both the fans and the band. Here’s the tape.
Bono: I got a call from Ali, my wife, the other day. She said, eh... she was just wiping some videotapes at home or something. She was just trying to get rid of stuff, just cleani...
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Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Please | U2 | POP. | Island | 1997 | 00:00 |
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Raw Audio, Raw Story
The degraded sound quality adds a sort of 'time capsule' vibe that really adds to the sense of history this piece conveys. Sometimes a bit of distance, or the passage of time, creates a new and vital perspective that adds to the experiences we have lived through. A sort of redux, history can be the victim of dilution, but the raw heart of the interview keeps this fresh.