2023-10-07 - Las Vegas by Richard Railton

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2023-10-07 - Las Vegas

what they said

"I get tired of writing in the first person. The idea of writing in the third person is a real break for me. A lot of U2 songs are in the first person, that's why they play well live. They're not story songs, we don't do story songs really." - Bono on writing songs for The Million Dollar Hotel, 2000

did you know

The Picture of Dorian Grey mentioned in the song 'The Ocean' is a novel by Oscar Wilde, the Irish author who has been a huge influence on Bono's lyrics. In referring to it, Bono mocks his own vanity in thinking a rock star can change the world.

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