U2 by u2 book5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() The Edge thought God wanted him to quit U2 - but their manager said he didn’t. Instead, 1980’s Boy began U2’s early partnership with Steve Lillywhite, who also produced the two following albums, October and War. Now, as our dream was beginning, the Beatles’ dream was over,” Bono explains. “We’d written a song called ‘The Dream Is Over’ sparked by his throwaway explanation of the demise of the Fab Four. Speaking of confidence, how’s this? Bono had been writing a letter to Lennon in 1979, months before his assassination, to ask him to produce the band’s debut album, Boy. “Another miracle attributable to Joey Ramone.”īono wanted John Lennon to produce Boy before he died. The band made it onto the show, where they played “Street Mission,” an early song of theirs. U2 had original songs at the time, but the band had been arguing about what to play - so when the producer asked for an original, Bono passed off “the not-very-but-quite-famous Ramones tune ‘Glad to See You Go’” as a U2 cut. One example: the band’s first audition, for a children’s-TV program called Young Line, in 1978. Surrender makes clear early on that Bono had that bravado from U2’s first days. U2 faked their first audition with a Ramones song. ![]()
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