Word: bono
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ORBISON: MYSTERY GIRL (Virgin). This was going to be Orbison's first original solo album in ten years; it turned out to be his farewell. A little slick, but at least one tune, She's a Mystery to Me (produced by U2's Bono), is the perfect valedictory...
...networks produced the announcements with recent research by Saatchi & Saatchi DFS Compton, an ad agency, in mind. Saatchi & Saatchi's pro bono work for the Project found that young adults often view the designated driver as a "repressive parental figure." Saatchi & Saatchi suggested that the networks portray the driver as "cool...a guy who can party down," says Dr. William DeJong, director of research for Harvard's Center for Health Communication...
...rock n' roll terms, the worst offender of this genre is U2. Enough is enough with this Irish intensity that Bono and the boys want us to believe imbues their Celtic Christian Consciousness. I don't doubt that life is tough in Ireland, but U2 music is produced for maximum movingness effect that is achieved through lots of driving thumping beats, plenty of references to a hopeless, endless search (for sincerity, it seems), and ripping guitar riffs interspersed at the right moments. One is tempted to suggest that Bono lighten up and smile for a change of scenery. If Bono...
...good part of the work was done on a pro bono basis. Plumbers, electricians and carpenters volunteered to work on the project. Companies donated rugs, furniture, lumber, a fire alarm system...a developer donated $10,000 cash," Lee said. "People worked until two or three in the morning to help us get the building ready for the winter. A construction company even put 15 workers...
...Bono, the band's vocalist and lyric writer, had been fretting over this problem for some time. "The music of U2 is in space somewhere," he told Bob Dylan. "There is no particular musical roots or heritage for us. In Ireland there is a tradition, but we've never plugged into it." Dylan, who has nurtured and torn up a few roots in his time, knew just what to say: "Well, you have to reach back into music. You have to reach back...