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Answer Guy: How many mistakes did you find at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

@U2, April 06, 2003
By: Answer Guy

 

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From: (no name given)

I just got back from the rock & roll hall of fame. I found 3 mistakes. How many did you find?

Dear (no name given):

I only found two:

  • the men's room on the 3rd floor actually has a stick figure with a skirt on the door
  • the Tuna Salad with Mayonnaise sandwich available in the commissary actually comes with Miracle Whip, which everyone knows is identified as "salad dressing" right on the label

Which one am I missing?


From: Tim

I read an article in the early 90's about U2. Edge and bono were talking about the Salome sessions, and how something was stolen off of them. So my question is..what is the Salome sessions? I thought Salome was an event that Bono, Larry, and The Edge went to for inspiration in the early 80's.

Dear Tim:

Salome is the name of what is probably the most famous "bootleg" of U2 material ever.

Somehow, some of the very early studio recordings from the Achtung Baby sessions in Berlin were stolen. They were released in several stages -- first as a single LP, then a double LP, and so on and so forth until several hours worth of material became widely available on CD. The recording is called Salome because so much of the material involved U2 working on that one song. You can learn more about the Salome bootleg here: http://home.comcast.net/~sira/u2.htm.


From: Mark

Do you think U2 could carry on being U2 if, for whatever reason, it lost one of it's members?

Dear Mark:

COULD they? Sure.

WOULD they? I doubt it.


From: (no name given)

Hi! I have some questions about U2. Does the plane really fly over them? Which airport did they sing? Thanks.

Dear (no name given):

It's Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, and yes, the planes really do fly over them.


From: SM

Are those matches Bono's inhaling in the Pride video (studio version wit Brian Eno)? If so...why?

Dear SM:

Yes, Bono is most certainly inhaling lit matches during that video. To ask why he's doing it is akin to asking why a dog licks its balls. Because it can...

 

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