Sadly we only get to hear 30 seconds of “American David,” Bono’s 14-minute poetic tribute to Elvis, among other things. It was written in 1994, recorded a couple of years ago complete with a backdrop of Elvis-related sounds, and premiered this morning on Radio 4. He’s trying to be racy (and Beat-y), but Bono has problems with subtlety, e.g. magnificent lines like “Elvis, the white nigger / Ate Burger King and just kept getting bigger.” Snap along.
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So by using that phrase does he retroactively makes Elvis Costello racist as well?
Bono can’t even be racist in an original way.
to be fair, costello was cribbing norman mailer via lester bangs…
Bono, the peoples charmer, should of been a farmer, he’s so full of shit, he could fertilize a continent.
“should have” been a farmer
the white nigger line has been around since 1994 from the passengers original soundtrack. the track was called elvis ate america.
Mail your bono bashing to 1994 when the album came out.
Old news.
1957, kid.
speed cop…
Aren’t those lines from Passengers’ (U2 + Howie B + Eno) “Elvis Ate America”?
I don’t know if the super-sensitive political correctness calling this “vaguely racist” is more offensive or dull.
Agreed.
it was published in Q magazine and later the last third of the poem became “elvis ate america” on the passengers album.
Just another douche moment of his true persona.