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Bono, lead singer of U2, is named 2001 Class Day speaker...
Bono, the lead singer for the world famous rock band U2 and the guest speaker at yesterday's Class Day ceremony, described himself as "a rock star with a conscience...
...generally agreed by those close to the band that a lot of what U2 did during the later 1990s was misunderstood. The band's cynicism was overblown by reviewers and audiences, they say, who may have missed the fact that U2 was tackling the same issues they had dealt with for years. They just approached the questions from a new angle...
...U2 felt that the way people were experiencing reality and fiction was becoming so intertwined that they thought it would be an interesting thing to explore," Flanagan says. "If you go to the songs, then those are very personal songs, about marriage and intimacy and temptation. [Bono] wanted to know if all this sensory overload we experience in the world gives you permission to live for your own pleasure...
...According to Alan, U2's guitar player the Edge says that "each album is a reaction to the one before it." This was never clearer than with the sudden scaling-back that the band underwent during the past two years. U2's current tour is smaller and more intimate, and Bono's lyrics are an honest inquiry into issues that have been on his mind for years...