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U2’s Bono and The Edge - A Radio 2 Piano Room Special

U2’s Bono and the Edge in conversation with Gary and performing two rearranged and reimagined classics from their catalogue and a cover of a band they admire.

Gary Davies recently spent a wonderful morning with U2’s Bono and The Edge at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Maida Vale Studios, where they performed three songs. Two re-arranged and re-imagined from their catalogue and featured on their new album Songs Of Surrender, one a surprising cover, all for a special edition of The Radio 2 Piano Room.

This is an extended version of their in depth conversation with some more tracks from the new album.

As they were warming up Bono and The Edge told Gary they had fond memories of recording sessions at Maida Vale and also about their love of radio as a medium.
Bono read a relevant extract from his autobiography Surrender to introduce Vertigo, which Edge described as having a punk attitude and a riff, which works with cellos. Edge also remembered recording One in Berlin when the wall was coming down outside, but going up between members of U2 inside the Hansa Studios, as they recorded Achtung Baby.

Bono and Edge went on to talk about the recent anniversary of the album War. Bono had difficulty having to explain to his new wife Ali why he was writing lyrics to a project called War when they were on their honeymoon in the former home of Ian Fleming and Bob Marley - Goldeneye in Jamaica - lent to them by Island Records founder Chris Blackwell.

Throughout the discussion Bono and Edge go into some detail about the lyric writing, arrangements and improvisation that go into their songs.

57 minutes

Last on

Sat 25 Mar 2023 02:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • U2

    Desire

    • Songs of Surrender.
    • Island Records.
    • 26.

  • U2

    With Or Without You - Songs Of Surrender

    • Songs Of Surrender.
    • Island Records.

  • U2's Bono & The Edge & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Vertigo (Radio 2 Piano Room, 16 March 2023)

  • U2

    I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

    • Songs of Surrender.
    • Island Records.
    • 22.

  • U2's Bono & The Edge & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    SOS (Radio 2 Piano Room, 16 March 2023)

  • U2

    Two Hearts Beat As One

    • Songs of Surrender.
    • Island Records.
    • 37.

  • U2

    40

    • Songs of Surrender.
    • Island Records.
    • 40.

  • U2's Bono & The Edge & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    One (Radio 2 Piano Room, 16 March 2023)

  • U2

    A Sort Of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔcoming

    • Wide Awake In America.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Sat 25 Mar 2023 02:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2