Thanks for that one, K. For all the bluster and wink-winkness of U2@TEOTW,
that one last quote cuts cleanly through all the B.S. and tells us what the
book, U2, and life are for. Sandwiched between Bono's naked follies in
Berlin and Edge's secret of the universe, is one of the most powreful
written statements, I think, of the 20th century. U2 is more than just a
band. They're a mirror (hold on, I'm about to get all crazy on ya). They
mirror us, their fans and their detractors, world leaders and starving
children, low-income 20somethings and ironic-to-a-fault journalists. More
than that, though - they mirror the world as a whole. Always just a step
ahead, so by the time we get their message, they're current. Never
outdated. Never irrelevant. Always right there, if not with the answers, at
least always with the right questions. As the world changes, so does U2 -
but because they're so perceptive to it, it looks like they're a step ahead
of everything. For instance. . .they knew before any of us, even Bill
Flanagan, that you can build your life around searching for the joy in
something as simple and fleeting as a song. And there are those golden
moments when you touch that joy - and everything is clear and beautiful,
and all the struggle was worth it. And you know you'll do it again, no
matter what cost.
Well, enough of my 2am ramblings.
Always forever now,
Dana