When drummer Larry Mullen said, 'Whatever way you sang it, it didn't sound like it made sense,' Bono replied, 'Let me try again.'īut recently Bono has been as likely to step to a microphone to talk politics as he is to sing.

They may be using Bono's lyrics, but in the studio, it is a democratic process.

Together Bono, the band and producer Daniel Lanois tried to cut and paste a hit. He can't be smug in the studio the other band members won't let him.Ħ0 Minutes II watched as they worked on the song, 'Stuck in a Moment,' from their latest album, two years in the making.īono arrived with his laptop full of lyrics, enough for 100 songs, but only 11 made the cut.

Irish people have this kind of irreverence toward success anyway.I'm good at smug actually it's a shame I can't use it here.' 'The greatest gift the city gave to us here was a life,' Bono says. They send their kids to the local schools, drink in the local pubs and give free concerts for their neighbors.

But for the most part, members of the band are ordinary citizens there.

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