Bono: Great philanthropist and rock God or self-righteous douchebag?
That's the question I pose to you today.
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I like U2.
There's something about their music that makes me want to riot in Dublin and I'm a jew from Hollywood, Florida.
Their music FEELS like protest music (though I'll be damned I know what they're so upset about).
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So Bono's 50.
In preparation for his concert, he threw out his back.
Not shocking, and one of the perils when you like a band with a front-man on the wrong side of the half-century mark.
Shows have been cancelled, including the one here in South Florida at Sun Life Stadium.
They are planning another show for 2011.
But in the meantime, they're holding people's money.
Think about that.
There are people who gave $500 in 2009, and won't get to see a show until SOMETIME in 2011.
That's not cool, especially in this economy.
So, if U2 cares about their fans, they will do the right thing.
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Today, I posted the article about the concert change on my facebook page, and a fascinating discussion emerged.
The heart of it is this: I said, the world is a better place because of Bono.
A HUGE U2 fan said, he questions any philanthropy where someone does a good thing, and then calls the Entertainment Tonight cameras over to spotlight his kind act.
So which is it?
Is Bono self-serving or does he serve humanity?
Bono is a musician. Anything that comes out of his mouth that isn't about music is as valuable to me as asking a bio-chemist what his thoughts are on the latest issue of The Ininvincible Iron Man.
ReplyDeleteEveryone serves themselves. Some people manage to do that while helping others as well.
why box someone in? Being gifted at music precludes him from being able to talk about anything else? Are you capable of just one thing? Bill Bradley was a great basketball player and NBA Champ for the knicks in the 70s... in the 90's he was a US Senator... Should we not have listened to him? Ronald Reagan was an actor...
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