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"John Lennon really did kind of write the rule book. As a tunesmith, as an irritant, as a willing taker of pratfalls. He was in the queue for the mud pies -- all of that stuff that I do, I got from his little red book." -- Bono |
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"John Lennon really did kind of write the rule book. As a tunesmith, as an irritant, as a willing taker of pratfalls. He was in the queue for the mud pies -- all of that stuff that I do, I got from his little red book." -- Bono |
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Another 'Get' for O'Reilly
Dallas Morning News,
September 04, 2004
Bill O'Reilly figures they'll all eventually play ball with him. His latest "big get" -- U2's Bono -- got the ultimate O'Reilly accolade this week.
"He's not a bomb-thrower. He was certainly articulate, and he made his points," O'Reilly said after he and Bono met for the first time Wednesday for a Republican National Convention special edition of Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor. The Irish rocker spoke to O'Reilly in support of AIDS-ravaged Africa, which he said desperately needs U.S. and European financial aid. "I'm a nonpartisan guy," Bono said in a brief interview afterward. "I'm rooting for people that don't have a vote and for people whose faces we don't see." "I think it worked well," he said of the O'Reilly interview. "You know, I asked him to take off the gloves -- if he ever puts them on. It was really great. We don't want to soft-soap these issues. You've got to get to the nitty-gritty. That's why I'm here." O'Reilly, whose weeknightly show has been Fox News Channel's No. 1 attraction, said that his 5-year-old daughter "loves this guy. I had to get a CD signed. I think he's OK, but I'm not humming his songs all day long. I'm more of a Beach Boys guy." The host tends to talk with a swagger, and he was entitled to on a day when Nielsen Media Research said Fox's Tuesday-night convention coverage beat all competitors for the first time -- including NBC, CBS and ABC. "It sends a message that there are a lot of traditional and conservative people in this country that feel they're getting hosed by the other networks," O'Reilly said. O'Reilly says his provocative persona and hard-punching interviews are the future of TV news. "You have to engage people now," he said. "What they want is strong opinions about the news they already know. They don't need a feature about people making candy canes in Wisconsin. You guys are old-fashioned dinosaurs...petrified forests." © Dallas Morning News, 2004.
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