Imagine. You're sitting in your boozer, and two 'sorts' come up to you talking about your family address and how they "never made a mess". Weird conversation even for a famous person.
Of the time he was sitting in the local when two guys approached him about repeatedly robbing his childhood home, Bono said to Mojo Magazine:
"They said, 'All right, Paul. Cedarwod, yeah? The house opposite the Grove, yeah? Your dad lived there on his own? The telly went a few times, the stereo? But you know we never made a mess, right? I was banging up a bit of gear and we figured you could afford it."
Apart from being too sound 'n all to make a mess, they possibly ran a tight ship 'cause word got out that Bono's Dad slept with an iron bar under his pillow. True story.
In the interview, he also shared some of the scant memories he has of his mother, who died when he was 14. They sound familiar.
"The way our family was, and the way Irish males tend to be, you don’t talk about that. It was too painful. So we lost the memories that we had. I started trying to see what I could remember about my mother, and it was things like her burying me in the sand on the beach up to my neck. Being told not to be afraid of the dark. That thing that Dublin mums all say: ‘You'll be the death of me.’"
I'm sure she'd take that one back if she could... Although, having just been up half the night with my own child, vomming both ends, sponge baths to bring down another roaring temperature, while essentially snotting from the eyes, I can see why mammies have been known to mumble that one.
As for the recent "iTunes-gate", he said: "I’m already working on the apology... for the apology. Because I’m very proud of what we did. It’s one of the proudest moments in U2’s history."
Bono needed '18 screws' - and not in the good way... His litany of injuries are pretty appalling
