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• Zoo Station Play Video
• The Fly Play Video
• Even Better Than the Real Thing Play Video
• Mysterious Ways ( "Love to Love You Baby" snippet ) Play Video
• One Play Video
• Until the End of the World Play Video
• Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses Play Video
• Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World ( "Love and Affection" snippet ) Play Video
• Angel of Harlem Play Video
• Satellite of Love ( Lou Reed  cover) Play Video
• Bad ( "All I Want Is You" snippet ) Play Video
• Bullet the Blue Sky Play Video
• Running to Stand Still Play Video
• Where the Streets Have No Name Play Video
• Pride (In the Name of Love) Play Video
• I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Play Video
• Desire Play Video
• Ultraviolet (Light My Way) Play Video
• With or Without You ( with Shine Like Stars verse ) Play Video
• Love Is Blindness Play Video

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• Even Better Than the Real Thing
• Love Is Blindness
• Mysterious Ways
• Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World
• Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
• Until the End of the World
• Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
• Zoo Station
• Bullet the Blue Sky
• I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
• Running to Stand Still
• Where the Streets Have No Name
• With or Without You
• Angel of Harlem
• Pride (In the Name of Love)
• Satellite of Love by Lou Reed

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Austin Chronicle, February 19, 1982

Breaking Barriers With Christ and Rock

BY MARGARET MOSER

It was chilly outside Saturday night, but inside the Opry House, the Irish band U2 had worked themselves and their audience into a sweat. With a group spirit rarely seen in larger concert halls, Austin rejoiced with the four young men from Dublin. Chronicle staffers spoke before the show with bassist Adam Clayton and lead singer-songwriter Bono Hewson.

Austin Chronicle: On the last tour you mentioned putting together a compilation album of American groups you liked. Whatever happened with that?

Bono Hewson: When we were on tour of the U.S., we found, as we used to find in Ireland, that there would be a lot of U.S. bands imitating European bands, just as European bands used to imitate U.S. bands. When we found a U.S. band that had its own identity and was just beginning, we always took notice. But we're only thinking about the album. We're playing with the idea, you might say.

Adam Clayton: We've also been very busy, and haven't had any time to do it. When we got back from America the last time, we went and recorded October. After that, we went out on British and American tours, then did the first half of this American tour. We got home for Christmas, and here we are again.

BH: With that kind of schedule, you either take off some time to do personal projects, or you leave out half of Europe.

AC: How has October been received?

BH: I think it's fourth album of the year in NME.

AC: You also placed two albums [Boy, October] in this year's Village Voice poll, so you really are a critics' favorite.

BH: Well, we are and we aren't. Sometimes a critic -- a person that has their ear to the ground -- is often aware of what we're doing, because they're one step ahead of the posse. Because they're aware, an understanding of what we're doing follows. We've just had a lot of acclaim, but there are others who just want to go away at the sight of us.

AC: But you've never been reviled in print.

BH: I'm sure it will happen someday. We've gotta be thankful for the sort of reception we've had in the press, because it's an important way to get across to the public.

AC: I've seen your lyrics attacked as being simplistic.

BH: All my lyrics are autobiographical. If writing about myself isn't important enough, that's really a blow to the ego. But I find that writing about myself and the things that affect me is the only honest way I have of communicating, rather than writing about issues, like Northern Ireland.

AC: I think that what makes an artist popular is people being able to share the experience of the lyrics. That's why I dislike musicians who claim that what they sing isn't important, because that's simply not true.

Clayton: I think the essence of communication is simplistic anyway. You must be able to cross racial, class, and age barriers, and to do that, you must approach people emotionally, not intellectually. Emotions are very complex things, but the triggers of emotions are quite simplistic. That's the way Bono approaches what he does.

AC: Your music is very emotional, and it strikes a chord in me.

BH: That's the most important thing you could say to me. That is success. That's communication, and it's all you really want. It sinks in, and takes on different forms -- it's the trigger. If it affects you, good; if not, we're not the band you want. We don't believe in posing, we don't hide behind our haircuts. We don't stand in the shadows of the stage and stare at our feet. We try to approach the audience -- like the last time we played Austin, it was a wonderful experience.

AC: I also saw you in Houston last year.

BH: Yes, we got a present from someone in the audience in Houston and we thought, "Aren't these Houston people nice!" We opened it up and it was a pair of earplugs.

AC: I understand that your music is based on classical music.

BH: What we do is very instinctive, and it's classical by nature, not by form. It's not like three-minute pop, but at the same time, we don't like that big dinosaur "classic rock" tag. But, indeed, a tutor of ours tutored us in Renaissance music. He's teaching at NTSU in Denton now. A lot of people see the classical influence in our music, but it's no big deal, and it certainly isn't planned. I often find critics know much more about music than I do. I think John Lennon once said that he learned how he wrote songs by reading it from critics.

AC: I think that writers are jealous because they don't have that musical instinct.

BH: I think the best piece about U2 is a piece where I learn something about the band. It's their insight that I like. It's good because I don't write story songs that you hear once and then don't want to hear again. I use images -- they spark off an atmosphere. The meaning of songs, since they took a long time to come out of me, just sinks into people and takes on different meanings for different people. I think that's good. We've also been accused of not being specific enough in our lyrics.

AC: It's specific enough for me, because I've been through a lot of the same things that you describe in your songs. It fits my different moods.

BH: It's an atmosphere. I listened to October after I hadn't listened to it for a while, and I was floored. I couldn't believe that I was part of the record. It made me feel very warm inside.

AC: I'm curious to know what "Gloria," in particular, is about.

BH: It's not about a girl.

AC: No, it's more like an incantation, or a Gregorian chant.

BH: You hit it on the button. I believe in God. I'm a spiritually oriented person. I don't consider myself a very religious person, in the cliched sense of the word. But I have a very strong belief in God, and I can't express that. And the song goes, "I try to sing this song," because I can't sing it. It ends up resorting to a Latin chant. That's how people have expressed it in the past.

AC: Is it difficult to express your feelings about religion because of the way people react to it?

BH: "Religion" is a word that people react to very negatively, probably for the right reasons. I come from a country where religion has cut the country in two, has set one ethnic group against another. Therefore, I've no time for religion. I think Jesus Christ can actually break down barriers. When I see barriers coming up in religion, that's when I worry. Also, in this country, there's some very right-wing connotations of religion.

AC: Like the Moral Majority.

BH: I don't want to judge them because I don't know them. My own impression is that they seem a right-wing group. But it's love that's the root of it all. Without love, what are we? Whatever amount of truth there is, without love or empathy, I've no time for it.

AC: But you must understand that you come across very differently from most Christians. I don't know if it's conscious or not, but you've sort of broken the mold.

BH: I've no time for molds of any sort. People who book us ask, "Are you a punk band?" We say, "Don't call us a punk band or we'll spit in your eye!" I hate molds. The band is four people. We're U2; we want to be taken as U2. We believe that we have an originality in our sound and our approach. I think most people have got to be themselves. They shouldn't compromise what they believe to suit a mold.

AC: I don't like born-again Christians who feel that everyone around them must convert once they have.

BH: It just comes through love, really. Some have big mouths and can't shut up, and that's an indication of what's happening inside them. It can be distressing when you're on the other end, but I'm sure it's for the right reasons in them.

AC: You said earlier that you don't have time for the situation in Northern Ireland. Surely it must affect you in one way or the other.

BH: It affects me in that I fear divisive forces. But I have a deep belief in the people of my country; I have a great love for them. That's why we live there, and not in London or New York. We have strong roots there. That's why it was so difficult to leave this time. Whenever there's violence in a country, there's also a joy of sorts. We've played some of our best concerts in Belfast. They're really joyful people. Whenever they come to our concerts -- Protestants, Catholics -- they forget about the violence. It's a uniting force. That's the greatest thing about music. Music breaks barriers, it shouldn't make them.

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One of the world's biggest rock stars sits down with one of the planet's most thoughtful conversationalists, and you're happy to be there just to listen.

When Bono's current speaking tour to promote his new memoir, "Surrender: 40 Songs One Story," was first announced, Austin wasn't on the schedule. Then fate intervened, in the form of Brené Brown.

The best-selling author, podcaster and TV host had appeared at the 2021 Austin City Limits Music Festival as part of its conversation programming on the recently added Bonus Tracks stage. So, when she heard about Bono's book tour, she dropped a line to ACL Fest organizer C3 Presents.

"I literally texted them and said, 'Bono's got this new book, and it kicks ass. We couldn't do anything, could we?" she explained to the crowd near the end of a 90-minute conversation with the U2 singer on Thursday at Austin's Paramount Theatre. "And the text came back in 30 seconds. It said, 'You're on, let's go.'"

Bono's team quickly agreed, as well. When tickets went on sale last week, they sold out in three minutes with 4,000 people left in the queue, Brown said. An at-capacity crowd greeted them for an unusual late afternoon event that shed light on the personas of both luminaries.

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Bono is more than a rock star, of course. He's also a longtime activist, known for his efforts to fight AIDS, poverty and other societal problems. His first book is thoughtful and funny, untidy and artistic, and most of all vulnerable.

Brown knows more than a little bit about vulnerability. It's a core part of her research, her own best-selling books, her HBO Max series "Atlas of the Heart" and two podcasts, "Unlocking Us" and "Dare to Lead."

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Their talk will be released as an episode of "Unlocking Us." Here are some highlights from a talk that was all highlights.

Seventeen years old in Europe with a Walkman and a cassette of ‘War’

Their whole conversation was both deep and relatable, serious and funny. The theme of duality (and Carl Jung) came up more than once, and Brown told Bono he was “born in the space that straddles uncertainty.”

Brown started with the story of convincing her parents to let her hitchhike across Europe for six months after she graduated from high school at 17. She had a Walkman and one cassette: U2’s “War.” She said her family was falling apart, and she loved and hated these songs, the first she heard that had the space to hold her.

Bono said the band did not apologize for uncertainty and wanted to find out if they could “write about the world outside ours.” He said Brown was only the second person in his life to make that observation about their music, especially “War.” The first was Irish artist Colin Davidson, who told Bono, “I like the songs where there is room for not being specific.”

"Or you might say 'Finish the (expletive) lyric,'" Bono said to laughs.

Churches, religion and choral singing: 'Does God believe in you?'

Bono’s father was Catholic and his mother Protestant, at a time when Ireland was about to break into civil war. He said he’s not yet found a church he feels completely comfortable in, but he’s been drawn to them more in this phase of his life. He is a fan of choral singing, whether in concert halls, churches or at football matches. The world is missing rituals, what he calls “the dance,” during these mad times that have young people wondering where a future might be.

He also spoke of his love and respect for Father Richard Rohr, a Franciscan priest who founded the Center for Action and Contemplation in New Mexico. Bono said he liked the order in that name because people think they need to contemplate first. Brown knows Rohr and said “and” is the most important word. (Listen to Rohr’s two episodes of “Unlocking Us,” too. )

Bono also said that dedicated atheists have inspired him a lot lately, including Brian Eno, producer of several landmark U2 albums. Just this week, Bono said, Eno told him he’s “an evangelical atheist” but that he’s dating a Christian "to see what it's like."

Later, Bono and Brown agreed the question to ask is not “Do you believe in God,” but rather, “Does God believe in you?”

Building bridges with activism, plus a Bill Clinton impression

The discussion of Rohr's philosophy led into some back and forth about activism. Brown pointed to a passage in the book where Bono suggested that the way to find common ground is to find higher ground.

"You don't have to agree with someone on everything," he said, if you find one thing to agree on and pursue that. "I learned to be specific, to take on targets and go after them, rather than just going after everything."

He remembers advice former U2 manager Paul McGuinness tried to give him. "He used to say to me, 'The job of the artist is to describe the problem, not to try and solve it. Can I get that into your head?' And I would say, 'Well, yeah. But … no.'"

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The key, he said, was building broad coalitions: "We said, 'We're going to work with liberals and conservatives, with nuns and soccer moms and teachers and nurses." He cited the 1990s "Drop the Debt" effort to cancel international debt between wealthy and impoverished nations as an example. "It became a winnable battle because of the amount of unusual bedfellows involved," he said.

And then he went into an uproarious impression of former President Bill Clinton, who was part of that campaign. "You got a really big thing here! You got the pope!" Bono exclaimed in a spot-on Southern accent.

Rapid-fire Q&A: Bono's favorite film, concert and TV show

Near the end of the conversation, Brown presented Bono with a series of rapid-fire questions, as she routinely does with her podcast guests. It resulted in some insightful answers from the singer.

Brown: "Fill in the blank for me. Vulnerability is …"

Bono: "An invitiation to invincibility."

Brown: "What's your favorite movie of all time?"

Bono: "'Wings of Desire' by Wim Wenders."

Brown: "What's a concert that you'll never forget?"

Bono: "The Clash in 1977. It changed my life."

Brown: "What's the last TV show that you've binged on?"

Bono: "'Bad Sisters'! It's so good."

(It is so good, and audience members in the know cheered: One of the title sisters is played by Bono's daughter, actress Eve Hewson. Bono's love for his four children and his wife, Alison Hewson, came up more than once. He has called his memoir in part a love letter to his wife.)

Brown finished the rapid-fire segment by reading a list of five songs she'd asked Bono to provide beforehand, as a "five songs you can't live without" mixtape. His selections: "Miserere" by Pavarotti (among others); "Most of the Time" by Bob Dylan; "When Doves Cry" by Prince; "The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel; and "People Have the Power" by Patti Smith.

Don’t sleep on the audiobook for ‘Surrender’

Bono demonstrated more than once that he’s a gifted impersonator and voice actor, telling stories about June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash and Elvis, as well as various Irish characters. His memoir is “a lot of book,” he said more than once, and Brown recommended the Audible version, as well as the traditional print.

Bono reads it, of course, and he said they worked hard to make it an immersive experience. When he talks about Nelson Mandela, listeners hear Mandela, for example. And there is music and other sound throughout. It’s 20 hours, 25 minutes, if you’re planning your next road trip.

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