No Line on the Horizon

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I just finished reading the Rolling Stone article about the band after watching tuesday night's edition of the David Letterman. U2 played "Magnificent". For some reason, Monday night's recording stopped recording before U2 appeared. Stupid DVR.

The article was good. But what kind of insight can you really get about the band at this stage? Well, you can get this.

Mullen and the silver-haired Clayton- who has a gentlemanly air, as if he's permanently carrying a nice cup of tea- have pushed for a larger role in the band's songwriting and often end up on the same side of disagreements within the group. But the harder-edged Mullen is the one most likely to say, "No." "I don't give it up easy on any level, " Mullen says. "People think we've all got beepers on, and it's like, 'Bono's had a thought! Oh, fuck! Get out your beeper!" Mullen laughs. "I think if Bono had his way, we'd probably be recording and playing for Africa, and that's how he thinks. Just take everything and give it all . It doesn't work like that. We spend a lot of time trying to hold Bono back from doing the maddest things possible, I just don't understand where he gets the energy."
After this discussion, I develop a new theory about Bono's activism: He does it because convincing George W. Bush to give $15 billion to Africa is easier than getting Larry Mullen Jr. to do anything. Presented with this ides, Bono explodes with laughter. "I love him so, but that's an understatement," he says.