Sure, U2 is an easy target to make fun of, but in the latest issue of
Time, Bono (and Time for that matter) totally loses the plot. Some
excerpts from the article "Rappin' with Bono", uncensored in places
by me:
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Electro music, which supplements or replaces the guitar-driven riffs of
regular rock with synthesized sounds, isn't new - R. and B. dance
remixers have drawn on it for years. However, the form is bustling with
activity these days. Electro visionaries such as Tricky, Goldie and Carl
Craig are pushing its boundaries; youthful triphop bands such as the
Sneaker Pimps and Morcheeba and the promising avant-dance group the
Prodigy are giving what has largely been instrumental music a voice,
fresh faces and heart; and rock vets like Eric Clapton (with his new
band T.D.F.) and David Bowie are tapping into it for inspiration...
TIME: Your new album isn't going to please everyone - some people are
going to say you guys are just stripmining underground music forms.
BONO: What I'd say is, "Fuck right off. We were doing dance remixes when
you were still in short pants, you little assholes." When this bogus
term alternative rock was being thrown at every 70's retro rehash folk
group, we were challenging people to new sonic ideas. If some little
snotty anarchist with an Apple Mac and an attitude thinks he invented
dance music and the big rock group is coming into *his* territory,
[that's] ridiculous.
TIME: Will the Prodigy open for you on your tour? They've got quite a
buzz.
BONO: They're literally still making their record - maybe at the end of
the tour we'll get back to them and see. Underworld [a British electro
band] I would like to [have] for some of the European dates - they're
really taking this DJ-culture thing to another plane.
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Should I laugh or should I cry?
On now:: The Black Dog: Parallel
James Jung-Hoon Seo // Oracle New Media
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Chewbacca. // Harrison Ford, on the Tonight Show, when asked who among his
numerous co-stars was the best kisser