It describes a strenuous relationship the protagonist is in and can’t escape from. They were originally called Feedback then The Hype was briefly used, but it was a local musician who suggested U2.īono once said that he wanted to write a love song that dealt with real issues, (don’t most love songs?) and With Or Without You is the result. Clayton once said, Bono couldn’t sing that well either, but he was such a charismatic character that he was in.” Bono then gave Evans the nickname The Edge explaining that the edge is the border between something and nothing. He took his stage name, Bono, from a shop sign which was advertising the Bono Vox hearing aid. It turned out that Hewson couldn’t play guitar very well and started singing. David Evans was recruited, as was Adam Clayton because, apparently, he looked the part and a so-called guitarist called Paul Hewson.
Within a few days a number of students gathered at Mullen’s parent’s house and began playing some Rolling Stones songs. It’s a well-known fact that U2 came together after Larry Mullen, then 14, posted a note on his school notice board in Dublin simply asking for fellow students if they wanted to form a rock band.
It also silenced the concert promoter who, in 1985, in Denver Colorado, said to Bono, “I think you might be the biggest group in the world right now for a lot of people, but, remember, you still haven’t written a Hey Jude,” as Los Angeles Times journalist Robert Hilburn wrote. 666 may be the number of the devil, but it was a good number for U2 as With or without You was the 666th Billboard Hot 100 Number one and also their breakthrough hit in the States.
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