Bono monopolizes TRL for 15 minutes

Bono was featured on MTV’s teen-screamy daily pop countdown show today. Starstruck host Damien Fahey interviewed rock’s elder statesman via a so-so phone connection that added an extra patina of grit to Yer Man’s voice, which was already a little hoarse (or as my family likes to say, a little hoss).

Bono introduced the video for Original of the Species and attempted to explain what the video is about, referring to the animated child as a “porcelain-skinned robot girl…who wants to be real.” Fahey remarked that the premise reminded him of something out of a Steven Spielberg movie, and an excited Bono revealed that the video was in fact inspired by Spielberg’s A.I., how about that? Bono praised the team of animators who worked “night and day for two months” to create the video.

TRL “premiered” the clip and returned to Bono after the screaming teens did their thing. For the next several minutes, Bono discussed the AIDS crisis in honor of World AIDS Day. Since he was not in the studio, MTV showed some slightly dated still photographs of Bono as he spoke to the teens (his standard spiel that you’ve probably all memorized). Damien Fahey let Bono go on probably a bit longer than was scheduled, but who can stop this man once he gets on a roll? The rest of the countdown was severely abbreviated as a result and the kids had to miss most of the new Madonna video. But they didn’t seem to mind.

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