Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
At The Back => The Dressing Room => Topic started by: Ian Price on April 13, 2008, 02:55:10 PM
-
I was chattin to a mate the other day and he told me a story about Bono. Not sure if it's true or not though. Basically the story goes that at a suitably quiet moment of a concert Bono started clapping his hands slowly. As he is clapping he says "every time I clap my hands........................an African child dies". Before he could add anything to this statement someone in the audience shouts "stop f***ing clapping then".
Has anyone else heard this story (or were at the concert it happened at)?
-
No... but it made me laugh so much that I was in danger of seeing my sunday lunch again!
-
No... but it made me laugh so much that I was in danger of seeing my sunday lunch again!
Haha. Just thinking of this story makes me want to laugh out loud at the most innapropriate moments.
-
No... but it made me laugh so much that I was in danger of seeing my sunday lunch again!
Haha. Just thinking of this story makes me want to laugh out loud at the most innapropriate moments.
I've heard that before as a joke, so I guess it's not true, but it's still funny. :)
-
Bono did do this.
A lot of other artists have done it too
to raise awareness of the state of africa.
-
Bono did do this.
A lot of other artists have done it too
to raise awareness of the state of africa.
Err... did you read the whole post? :lol: :wink:
-
I have heard the story. It was supposedly in Scotland.
-
Absolutely brilliant.
While the rest of us are on a living wage being asked to hand it out to Africa, Bono is still flying private jets...
Makes me sick that he guilt trips the world - Untill he reduces his wages to that of a normal citizen, I don't think he should even be allowed to speak about poverty.
-
I know the story. At some point it was so well known that they actually asked Bono if this story was true.
It is just a joke. It was based on the TV add where all these celebs snapped their fingers.
It's very funny and it sounds like it could have happened.
-
I think its been on a Jimmy Carr standup as well :)
-
Agreed, Noodle.
That's why I have a severe dislike for the bugger and probably why I regard him as someone who follows other celebrities around such as Bob Geldof, who I believe actually gives a shite about African poverty and not his profile, and Al Gore, who I think is just a fear-monger who is bitter about losing the presidential elections to a worse candidate.
I also can't forgive Gore for his involvement in the PMRC movement whereas he could have just done something sensible to quieten his wife down, who is a terror to artistic freedom, not to mention freedom of expression in the US (and ultimately globally).
Anyway; Bono deserved it.
-
I also can't forgive Gore for his involvement in the PMRC movement whereas he could have just done something sensible to quieten his wife down, who is a terror to artistic freedom, not to mention freedom of expression in the US (and ultimately globally).
Anyway; Bono deserved it.
+1 from me on that. Did Tipper Gore (who incidentally has possibly the worst female name in existence) really think recording artists would roll over and let her dictate what they could and couldn't record. Frank Zappas statement about PMRC is another reason I respect the man and his music so much:
"The PMRC proposal is an ill-conceived piece of nonsense which fails to deliver any real benefits to children, infringes the civil liberties of people who are not children, and promises to keep the courts busy for years dealing with the interpretational and enforcemental problems inherent in the proposal's design. It is my understanding that, in law, First Amendment issues are decided with a preference for the least restrictive alternative. In this context, the PMRC's demands are the equivalent of treating dandruff by decapitation. (...) The establishment of a rating system, voluntary or otherwise, opens the door to an endless parade of moral quality control programs based on things certain Christians do not like. What if the next bunch of Washington wives demands a large yellow "J" on all material written or performed by Jews, in order to save helpless children from exposure to concealed Zionist doctrine?"
-
Al Gore does anything for attention and spreading fear. Before he started with his climate stuff he was after rock and metal artists. He claimed the lyrics corrupted the youth and caused everything that was wrong with the world.
I don't take the man 'serial' and let him chase hid ManBearPig by himself.
-
Al Gore does anything for attention and spreading fear. Before he started with his climate stuff he was after rock and metal artists. He claimed the lyrics corrupted the youth and caused everything that was wrong with the world.
I don't take the man 'serial' and let him chase hid ManBearPig by himself.
:D
-
Err I can't browse to the Rockall Times due to access restrictions in work (Adult Content as it says)
However this url should take you to the world of Bono http://www.therockalltimes.co.uk/2002/07/22/bono-rockall.html
I will update it when I get home (to a slightly less restrictive regime)
-
Absolutely brilliant.
While the rest of us are on a living wage being asked to hand it out to Africa, Bono is still flying private jets...
Makes me sick that he guilt trips the world - Untill he reduces his wages to that of a normal citizen, I don't think he should even be allowed to speak about poverty.
+1
-
If Bono reduced his own income to minimum wage and gave the rest to Africa, all problems could be over. Unless they buy weapons for it, or those dictators keep it for themselves.
Africa's problems aren't as simple as Bono and co make us believe. The problem isn't poverty and/or food shortage. Those are just symptoms.
The problem is greedy, power hungry people.
-
Well, sadly, the story isn't true. Neither's the Mariah Carey flies/death/love to be that skinny one, which makes me weep a little.
Bono's an awful hypocrite to tell governments to donate taxpayer's money to such causes, when he moved his business from Ireland to the Netherlands to avoid paying any tax himself. Please note: I am not opposed to taxpayers money being used thus. I'm wholly in favour. I'm opposed to Bono being a jumped up, sunglasses indoors, five foot, sounbite mongering shiteehawk.
-
this just makes me shudder (sorry htb - I don't think you'll like this):
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/53605797_a8faa77ab2.jpg)
And here is Bono's recollection of this event at a concert 6 years after it happened.
"I said 'Holy father, do you want a pair of fly shades?' and he said 'yes' and he put them on and he made a face kind of like this."
After scrunching his face to resemble Pope John Paul II, Bono showed the crowd he still carries with him a token of their meeting.
"He reached out and gave me this sort of crooked cross. It was designed by Michelangelo. They're my rosaries and I wear them around my neck, and I take them off and put them in my pocket during a rock show, you understand [why]."
The band then launched into the full version of 'Miracle Drug' which Bono dedicated to "anyone who is sick." Before the U2's next song, recent single 'Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own', Bono called out the name of the Pope - "John Paul" to the crowd and described him as "an Italian who knew the right person to get into heaven."
I have seen U2 a few times and think they would be soooo much better live if Bono just dropped the cheese and concentrated on singing.
-
Pope John Paul aka Karol wasn't Italian, he was Polish.
Whoever gets into heaven isn't up to the pope or anyone he knows either.
Bono should stop feeding people this cr@p.
Bono kissing the pope's ass is as hypocrtical as it gets. Bono battling aids in Africa while the pope tells Africa NOT to use condoms.
-
Pope John Paul aka Karol wasn't Italian, he was Polish.
He was also a goalkeeper. As were Luciano Pavarotti, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and David Icke.
-
Bono's an awful hypocrite to tell governments to donate taxpayer's money to such causes, when he moved his business from Ireland to the Netherlands to avoid paying any tax himself. Please note: I am not opposed to taxpayers money being used thus. I'm wholly in favour. I'm opposed to Bono being a jumped up, sunglasses indoors, five foot, sounbite mongering shiteehawk.
I totally agree, except for one thing - please don't be opposed to him being short, it's not his fault. There are OK short people in the world, like Angus Young, Christina Ricci and Ronnie Corbett. Me even. :wink:
-
Honestly, all you jumped-up short people, always going on and on and on about being short...
-
Honestly, all you jumped-up short people, always going on and on and on about being short...
Indeed.
They seem to think that by talking about how short they are, they'll get taller! :/
-
Sorry sir. No offence intended. It's more the wearing of Cuban heels etc to disguise his leprechaunic nature that I object to.
-
Four short people that I look up to: Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Ian MacLagan and Kenney Jones a.k.a The Small Faces.
-
Honestly, all you jumped-up short people, always going on and on and on about being short...
Indeed.
They seem to think that by talking about how short they are, they'll get taller! :/
I was just saying that despite Bono's many (indeed, almost limitless) faults, being short isn't one of them.
And I wouldn't want to be any taller. :P
Four short people that I look up to: Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Ian MacLagan and Kenney Jones a.k.a The Small Faces.
Lots of short musicians I look up to... Ronnie Dio, Neal Schon, Buck Dharma, Edward Van Halen, Randy Rhoads, Mick Box, Joe Satriani, Laurie Wisefield, Paul Kossoff, Nuno Bettencourt, everyone in AC/DC.
Of course I have no choice about looking up to tall musicians... :wink:
-
:lol: :lol: :lol:
This thread has the best name :lol:
-
My personal favourite was at reading festival, when arcade fire were doing inter-song spiel:
AF: It's great that we're all here tonight, the weathers been fantastic, and you're fantastic, a brilliant audience. It's just an amazing atmosphere, a great feeling up here...
Heckler: do a sad one!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
-
I had a dream about punching Bono in the face last night.
I slept very well.
-
I had a dream about punching Bono in the face last night.
I slept very well.
Careful that you don't have a follow up dream about Bono giving you a big hug'n'kiss. He's very forgiving you know.
-
I had a dream about punching Bono in the face last night.
I slept very well.
Careful that you don't have a follow up dream about Bono giving you a big hug'n'kiss. He's very forgiving you know.
:lol:
-
I take it none of you guys like U2 then?
-
I think you're right JJ :?
Personally, I love U2, and I think Bono is a saint.
-
Well, they're not my favourite... but I like 'em.
It's just Bono's in danger of becoming better known for things other than his music...
-
Well, they're not my favourite... but I like 'em.
It's just Bono's in danger of becoming better known for things other than his music...
Yep - I agree with that. They do come up with some pretty good music but Bono is a bit too pretentious for my liking.
-
Nah they suck. Embarrassing.
-
I agree with Charon here.
-
I think you're right JJ :?
Personally, I love U2, and I think Bono is a saint.
A saint! Are you having a laugh? If he gave as much to charidee as he's spends on Bolivian marching powder disappearing up his nostrils instead of telling me to dig into my pocket, I might take him seriously. But generally I feel like I should slap him in the face with my c--k, and let's face it he's about the right height for that.
Between him and Sting(k) they make my blood boil!
-
I think you're right JJ :?
Personally, I love U2, and I think Bono is a saint.
A saint! Are you having a laugh? If he gave as much to charidee as he's spends on Bolivian marching powder disappearing up his nostrils instead of telling me to dig into my pocket, I might take him seriously. But generally I feel like I should slap him in the face with my c--k, and let's face it he's about the right height for that.
Between him and Sting(k) they make my blood boil!
I think bashing Bono seems to be the 'in' thing to do at the moment, and to be quite frank, he's doing more than 99% of the rest of the population - he's creating awareness, and that's accented by someone of his calibre. I'm sure most people walk straight past people trying to hock socialist alternative magazines, but if it were Bono, well, there'd be quite the crowd.
What exactly are you doing to make poverty history? Less than Bono? Yeah well you make my blood boil :lol: :wink:
-
What exactly are you doing to make poverty history? Less than Bono? Yeah well you make my blood boil :lol: :wink:
Paying Tax - something Bono and his band seem to think is beneath them...
Saint?
My arse... :roll:
-
I think you're right JJ :?
Personally, I love U2, and I think Bono is a saint.
A saint! Are you having a laugh? If he gave as much to charidee as he's spends on Bolivian marching powder disappearing up his nostrils instead of telling me to dig into my pocket, I might take him seriously. But generally I feel like I should slap him in the face with my c--k, and let's face it he's about the right height for that.
Between him and Sting(k) they make my blood boil!
I think bashing Bono seems to be the 'in' thing to do at the moment, and to be quite frank, he's doing more than 99% of the rest of the population - he's creating awareness, and that's accented by someone of his calibre. I'm sure most people walk straight past people trying to hock socialist alternative magazines, but if it were Bono, well, there'd be quite the crowd.
What exactly are you doing to make poverty history? Less than Bono? Yeah well you make my blood boil :lol: :wink:
Whoa there Dobbin, if you think that poverty will disappear just because shorty is telling us all that we should cough up, then you must have a room temperature IQ.
I don't need some self promoting $%&#witt to tell me there are impoverished people suffering all over the planet. Christ I can drive (quickly) through some of the local council estates around here and see poverty. Does Bono the pious let the poor and homeless in Ireland into his private estate or the exclusive U2 owned hotel in Dublin? I doubt it, seeing he avoids paying tax in his homeland. He must think Ireland is well enough off without his contribution to society. How holy.
Does St. Bonio go on as much about his expenses covered by the Live 8 organisation when he did Live 8? I'd like you to quote me how much of his own money the little tit gives to good causes?
There's a funny story about the tiny terror when he was doing an anti-drugs shoot for MTV. They had to do 5 takes until someone had the courage to tell the short tw@t that he should wipe his nose as there was a bit of talcum powder around his nostrils.
It's also funny how he only seems to get press for his good works when there's either a tour or an album due out soon. Maybe that's coincidence eh?
What do I do to lesson poverty? Hmm I pay my taxes, which is more than I can say for the private jet, island owning, sanctimonious, self-declared messiah, designer sunglasses wearing tw@t.
-
What exactly are you doing to make poverty history? Less than Bono? Yeah well you make my blood boil :lol: :wink:
Paying Tax - something Bono and his band seem to think is beneath them...
Saint?
My arse... :roll:
:lol:
-
Bono is such a tool, that is a great slap in the face. I hope its true! :D
-
Paying Tax - something Bono and his band seem to think is beneath them...
Saint?
My arse... :roll:
True! U2 isn't an Irish band. U2 (as a company) is located right here in Holland just because the taxes are lower.
And Live 8 was all bogus. Awareness for climate change...bah! humbug!
Everyone was flown in with private jets and the show cost megawatts of energy. They compensated the CO2 with money.
That's what I do every day. Paying polution taxes on fuel, electricity etc. and even packaging for Pete's sakes.
I don't want to go further into the whole climate thing.
It's all about exposure (read: money) for Bono, Geldoff and Gore.