Saturday, August 15, 2009

Lemon

Bono wrote this song after viewing film of his mother in a yellow dress.

Bono's mother died at her own father's funeral of an aneurysm. Bono was only 14.

Lemon was released on the Zooropa album, that was recorded part way through the Zoo TV tour. Zoo TV not only featured The Fly persona but also MacPhisto. MacPhisto performed the song on stage as well as in the video.



"We came up with a sort of old English Devil, a pop star long
past his prime returning regularly from sessions on The Strip
in Vegas and regaling anyone who would listen to him at
cocktail hour with stories from the good old, bad old days."
~ Bono's description of MacPhisto


Lemon is not only a song that U2 sings, but they featured it in their Popmart tour. The lemon was mirrored and during the second part of the concert the band came out of the lemon. It was quite a sight to see, with lights reflecting off of the mirrors. lol




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