Contains Unprecedented Norwegian Skull Mention
I recorded Conan Friday night on the off-chance that there’d be a U2 mention, and whoa nellie, THERE TOTALLY WAS! One of Late Night’s funniest ongoing features is called “Secrets,” where, to quote Conan, “We manage to get celebrities to sit down and share some of their innermost secrets with us.”
Edge, Larry, and Bono were taped separately in a small, interrogation-style room with a table, a bottle of Jack Daniels, and an ash tray.
Edge: “We’re not really Irish. Honestly, we’re not. We’re from Duluth. But one day we saw this Irish Spring commercial and went, [shrugs] That’s it! We’ll be Irish!”
Larry: “Everything I know about drumming I learned from watchin’ Max Weinberg. I’m sorry, did I say drumming? [slight sneer] I meant shoplifting.”
Bono: “I’ll be honest with you, nobody promotes peace as well as I do. If I don’t win that Nobel Peace Prize, I’m gonna grab a big-ass crow bar and I’m gonna whoop me some Norwegian skull.”
[Ladies and gentlemen, this, THIS is the band I fell in love with. --KE]
rccj said,
October 8, 2005 @ 10:45 am
I’m sorry I missed that. Wish I had tivo’d it.
Beth said,
October 8, 2005 @ 11:19 am
That is HILARIOUS. Better than any of the jokes on the actual U2 night.
Keir said,
October 8, 2005 @ 12:10 pm
Everything we know is STILL wrong.
dizzy said,
October 8, 2005 @ 4:28 pm
~roars laughing~ bono’s comment ranks up there with fat U2. wish they’d done more humour like that on thursday.
u2geek said,
October 8, 2005 @ 5:24 pm
My thoughts exactly - this was the smart ass u2 that I know and love - I like my u2 with a little bite:)
Lyn said,
October 11, 2005 @ 1:56 am
Brilliant! But where was Sparky?!