Interesting few days for the U2 boys, no? Didn’t anyone tell them it is the “off season?”
As if the vision of the band selling off all of their musical instruments for charity and dedicating themselves to a lifetime of writing broadway musicals wasn’t hard enough to handle, there is that other thing to grapple with: American Idol + Bono.
Now, it has been suggested by some of our friends that perhaps this whole American Idol appearance means that Bono is not exactly “The Cool.”
To this, we say: “Whaaat?!”
The Bono, not cool? Noooo waaaay. In other news, the Easter Bunny might not be real.
Seriously, let’s get this straight. Appearing on a show that has 30 million-plus viewers. Using the appearance to influence said viewers to focus their attention on those less fortunate than them. THIS makes Bono uncool? Really?
Funny, because I always thought it was things like
this that sent him spinning into “uncool” territory. (I think dude stole that jacket from the set of the Golden Girls.)
Let’s face it: being cool is not on the Bono’s agenda. In fact, I actually saw his daily planner yesterday and this is what it said:
1) Work on finding words that rhyme with spider
2) Make sure facial hair color matches hair on top of head
3) Save world
See? “Be Cool” did not even make the list.
Edge, on the other hand, now this cat we know is cool! I hope this whole Mr. The Edge in the spotlight thing isn’t just a fad or a phase. It would be so nice to have a cool guy as the official band spokesperson for once. (Even though we are pretty sure Edge is totally fibbing about that whole “we’re working on our new record” thing.)
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