Rog:
Do you have a favourite song off the ‘How to Dismantle
an Atomic Bomb’ album?
Edge:
Umm, ya know, as an album, I’m so happy about
how it turned out, y’know, because of the flow of the songs,
and when I first--... I put the sequence together, and when I strung
the songs together, what I was most happy about was just the balance and
the flow. Now, picking out an individual song is difficult
because, you know, I really like them all so much. But, there’s
certain songs that are really starting to... start to really come through.
Uh, ‘Miracle Drug’ is one of those that really...
Nick:
Yeah.
Rog:
That’s a good one.
Edge:
...starts to really grow in stature as time has
gone by. And, actually, Vertigo, y’know, when we
finished the song, I was really delighted that such a full-on rock’n’roll
song had made the album and... and that all of us shined... in it. It
wasn’t, like, a case of somebody standing out – it looked
like four guys really kinda stepping forward and shining.
What I didn’t fully appreciate at the time was, actually,
that it was a great song! Umm, I know that sounds weird,
but, to me, it was, like, just a fantastic rock’n’roll moment.
But, as time has gone on, I’m really starting to appreciate
just it as a pure song, and so it’s also, I have to say,
a big favourite at the moment.
Rog:
Edge, it has been an absolute pleasure speaking to you this
morning, from Dublin.
Edge:
Well, ya know, I’m very jealous of your sunshine,
umm – but I’m not jealous of your Guinness!
(Laughter)
Nick:
You’re right there!
(Laughter)
Rog:
The weather’s not as good as you think!
(Edge laughs)
Edge:
But, anyway, uh, great talking to you, and, umm--
Oh, listen! We heard... we heard a few years ago that the tree had fallen down from One Tree Hill, is that true?
Rog:
It has. Yes.
Nick:
Yeah, it got removed, unfortunately. Somebody tried to chop
it, and, uh, then they had to, umm... they had to pull it down.
Rog:
It was so sick, they had to pull it down.
Edge:
Well it wasn’t any of us! I just wanna say –
it was none of us... were responsible! Umm, and is there another
one planted, or--?
Rog:
No, there’s nothing!...
Nick:
They haven’t decided yet.
Rog:
...You’ll have to come back and plant something, because
there’s nothing there.
Nick:
Either that, or write something called ‘No Tree Hill’,
or something!
Edge:
‘No Tree Hill!’ Ha! Maybe we’ll
have to come back and plant something up there – that would be pretty
special!
Nick:
It would be!
Rog:
I don’t know if you’re coming to New Zealand--
Edge:
Well, we heard the other day also that, umm-- I hope that
this isn’t symbolic in any way, but we heard the other
day that, The Joshua Tree, like, the one from the cover, had
also, uh... given up. Umm, we’re expecting to get it in the
post any day!
(Laughter)
We’re looking forward to getting down there, hopefully, sometime soon, but, umm... y’know-- We have some incredibly fond memories of your country, and being there, and, y’know, it’s the place that we have a real strong connection with, so we’re always, y’know, really pleased when our music seems to be accepted and celebrated down there.
Rog:
It certainly is here – it’s number
one at the moment, so it’s going well.
Edge:
Yeeeeeeeeeaaaahhhhhh!!
Rog:
Hey, Edge, great talking to ya!
Edge:
Great talking to you guys, and we’ll talk again soon,
I hope.
(Back-announce:)
Rog:
The Edge from U2, what a great bloke!
[Desire]
Rog:
Good morning... “The Morning Rumble” with Nick and
Rog. Five to 9:00, and there you have it, an hour of The Edge from
U2 – the guitarist from U2, amazing stuff! The new album,
in New Zealand... still number one – ‘How to Dismantle an
Atomic Bomb’. Great to talk to him, and we’ll replay
some of that as well after 9:00 this morning.
Interview transcribed by Mike Vaney
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