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Sachs also read a four-page letter written at 2:00 a.m. yesterday morning by rock star and activist Bono, U2’s lead singer who also spoke at Harvard’s Class Day last year...
...through the words of those who have been influenced by Elvis. This makes for an impressive list. “Elvis Presley is like the ‘Big Bang’ of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” says U2’s Bono. “You had two cultures colliding there. You had a kind of white, European culture and an African culture coming together—the rhythm of black music and the melody chord progressions of white music—just all came together in that kind of spastic dance...
Last year rock superstar Bono spoke to an audience of about 30,000—and some students hoped for a non-Harvard celebrity this year as well...
...disappointed it’s not Madonna,” said Dorothy A. Fortenberry ’02. “In addition to being an advocate for all sorts of great causes, she’s, well, Madonna. I sort of hoped that after Bono, Class Day would be an institutionalized way of recognizing pop stars...
...also joked that he held his opinion despite the fact that he had met U2 lead singer and debt relief advocate Bono before Sachs...