The Edge came up with this riff for a song....but he didn't have any lyrics for it...
so The Edge said to Bono..."Just sing what comes to your mind and make it up as it goes."
They did one take on a riff with no lyrics and came up with this song.
For EAP....."ELVIS PRESLEY IN AMERICA!"
Bono, like all great artists, had a huge respect for the king.
He understood the soul depth and diversity of elvis.
His iconic greatness.
Re: Stories behind Great Songs....
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:14 pm
by Left Seater
Ok, I’ll play. My Sharona and Mony Mony.
Go.
Re: Stories behind Great Songs....
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 1:44 am
by Softball Bat
Most of the Stories behind Great Songs would begin with "I dropped acid, and then..."
Right?
Re: Stories behind Great Songs....
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 2:25 am
by EAP
Left Seater wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:14 pm
Ok, I’ll play. My Sharona and Mony Mony.
Go.
Doug Fieger had a girlfriend, but he walked into a clothing store and saw this vision named "sharona". And he had an instant "hard on".
As for "mony mony".
It was a billboard sign for New York life insurance that caught their eye supposedly.
And stairway to heaven came to Robert plant in the deep satanic forest one starless night that Lucifer paid him and page a visit.