Название: Thanks Be to Bono
Автор: Brent Barton
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Юмористические стихи
isbn: 9781456620585
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This space exists and it is filled with a never-ending wonder.
There are four. Bono (born as Paul Hewson) on vocals, the Edge (born as Dave Evans) on guitar, Adam Clayton on bass, and Larry Mullen Jr. on percussion. With little to no formal musical training, only their passion for the music, a band of awkward teenagers evolved into internationally acclaimed recording artists, and their songs reached out to people by the billions and billions and counting. Touching hearts, touching minds. Like no others before them, they’ve been destined for a cosmic collision course of changing our world. For the better! Creation has unfolded as an evolution, from the Post Punk New Wave New Age into the New Millennium and new beginnings. The idea of U2 grew to become the original, unstoppable world force here to light the way for humanity.
Number one, they’ve topped the musical charts and filled the largest of our planet’s stadiums to capacity, night after night, year after year, all while championing human rights, social justice, environmental causes, and inspiring movements of positive change in all lands. Incredible things have been done for people and places around the world. They’ve rocked and rolled a real wave that has brought enormous help to people, real people, millions of people, desperate for assistance. Desperate for help.
I state the truth here boldly: U2 are the greatest.
Ah hah, you say!
You say, ah hah.
What about the Beatles, you should most rightfully and logically inquire. Surely they are a greater band than U2?
A compelling argument can no doubt be made that the Beatles are a better band, with their catalogue of classics, each and every one mind blowing. And all created, in what, their barely ten years together as a band? Crazy. Incredible. Pure genius. A stroke of creativity of a mysterious and universal magnitude, no question. I would argue that the talents of the Liverpool quartet surpass those of Dublin. In many, many areas. Even U2 would argue that the Beatles are greater than U2. But of course they would say that. This band of four are rather humble and down to earth, despite all of the speculation that has been made about the size of Bono’s ego.
The Beatles are great! One can only wonder what they could have accomplished if they could have kept it going, as a creative force of four, a band together. Imagine what dreams could have been realized if they could have kept their friendship going. I, and many others, humbly make the proposition that the Beatles have served as inspiration for an even greater greatness: the musical and humanitarian legacy of U2.
Blessings be upon us, U2 have remained together, like brothers, a post nuclear family, for over 40 years! Still alive, still kicking it. Healthy (knock on wood), clean and sober. Or sober enough. My, oh my! 47 Grammies and countless other awards. Playlist upon playlist, filled with songs that have gone on to become international cross-cultural anthems. The world found in the wake of U2 finds itself transformed to a better place. What waves for us all to splash and play in!
As artists, they are masters of invention and re-invention, living in the present yet constantly moving forward, onwards and upwards. They’ve performed live before the billions and billions of the Earth. Their tours smash all records. Calculations must include the volume of joy that’s been realized through the music, as it plays on at weddings, funerals, bar mitzvahs, boardroom presentations, graduation ceremonies, dances, and all the world’s parties we humans hold to mark the major milestones of life. They have a finger on the pulse of the planet. How they are active in life and living! They are global leaders for social justice in all lands. Thanks be to Bono, so many lives (actual lives, people) have been saved! Anti-malarial mosquito netting, sanitation upgrades, the distribution of food and medicine. Here are measurable improvements –these are real, scientifically measurable improvements – in the lives of whole communities. Here’s a real superstar and here is what he’s chosen to do with his time.
All around the world, this, here, is the voice of greatness.
This is what greatness sounds like.
Thanks be to Bono!
Who else has done these things?
Good God, I tell you, I love the Rolling Stones. Richards and Jagger, their music blows my mind. And they, among many other fantastic artists throughout the Ages have been great supporters of charity and social justice. Of course you can hear lots of great songs, by lots of great artists, being played loudly over and over again. U2 is outnumbered on that front, they might not stand out on the greater playlist for you. But we’re talking about the greater and the grander. It’s U2 that aims for above and beyond. They have kicked the meaning of actioned powered rock star up a notch. Empowered a whole world they have. They quench a great thirst for real love and real peace. The homeless sheltered, the hungry fed, more and more healed and emancipated, thanks to their good works.
These here are just the facts. There are many people alive today, because of U2.
Rock n’ Roll has inspired the birth of so many rich and vibrant fan based religions. Dylan, Marley, Lennon/McCartney, Cobain and Tupac to name but a few. But I assert that they are not the same. Respected and accepted as these sacred spiritual movements may be to many, I suggest to you that none can compare to the impact and influence of the global spiritual renaissance that has been inspired by U2.
U2!
U2 are the last of the great rock stars. This breed, it’s endangered. Rocks stars of this calibre are few and far between. Climactic change! Look out. Look around and see. Evolution, as it goes, keeps things moving forward. U2 might very well prove to be the last of their kind. Considerable evidence suggests that the reign of the rock star may be passing. It’s a new scene now. Unknown waters beyond whole new horizons. Prepare for the crazy mix of pop-rock-hip hop-punk-heavy-metal-trip chill fusion that follows from here on in. Streaming, endless. Who knows? It will all be New Classical. Off the charts. Prepare ye the way, the world is moving on, to something different, to something entirely new.
Don’t be sad. I’m sure celebrity will survive. Dinosaurs evolved into birds! How awesome is that? They can now fly. The stars in the sky will be shining a long time yet.
Let’s all be cool, let’s all just relax, let’s all just chill a bit here and go along with it.
Let everything go, come on.
Let it go.
It’ll be alright.
Sorry Radiohead, you do rock it, yes it’s true. But.
Sorry Coldplay. A for effort.
Foo Fighters, good job, well done.
Metallica, oh man, you rock it so hard indeed.
Bon Jovi? Please.
Led Zeppelin is not reuniting and we need to accept this fact and move on.
The Who? For how much longer, I wonder.
So many great big time performers have taken the stage and rocked it up loud around the world, just like U2. And they’re all amazing, in their own special ways. What wonderful musical talent we have in this world. We’ve been truly blessed by some mind blowing tunes. How lucky we are to have lived in the presence of such greatness. СКАЧАТЬ