The opening line “I am an Antichrist”… it was a lot to take in, but then again my own family said the same of me…
You sung with a sneer that was so English and yet you are so Irish… like all four Beatles, like Elvis Costello, like Morrissey, like the Gallagher brothers, like Declan McKenna… the Irish do well with English words and music, and the English do well with us. I couldn’t make up my mind which side I was on, but then I realized that all depended on what you loved and what you hated. That Johnny Rotten fella was something wasn’t he… looking back, you were part Richard III, part vaudeville, part soothsayer but always truth-teller with a voice like a bagpipe that could march armies of lovers and haters into battle. Steve Jones, the maximum minimalist that you are has never been bettered through pure, visceral, rock’n’roll guitar.
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That Chris Thomas knew how to serve rage and turn it into beauty… well, I think he must’ve had some… good. The production of all your songs… peerless. I don’t think there has ever been a better rock’n’roll band on record. His version makes me weep now for all kinds of reasons. PS While making the demo recording for your father, Zucchero found an unknown tenor just starting out. When I hear this I miss my father as well as yours. He described me as ‘a baritone who thinks he is a tenor!’ other than forgiveness that is… and a toast to being alive. It was Zucchero who asked me to write it with him. We sang it live in Modena but it is mostly known as a duet with one of my other favourite people, Zucchero… Miserere is one of my favourite of your father’s crescendos. I haven’t seen you for ages… as usual I am a loyal but unreliable friend.
(Also being shared today by our friends at Rolling Stone.)
Read all 60 of Bono's fan letters here and post your responses in the comments below this story. 'I wanted to thank the artists and everyone who helped make them… They were doing the same for me… I am writing a fan letter to accompany each song to try and explain my fascination…' To accompany his playlist of ' 60 Songs That Saved My Life' this week Bono has been writing letters of gratitude to those behind the songs. From The Ground Up: U2.Com Music Edition 18.
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