Re: we will never know


Robbie Robinson ([email protected])
Fri, 27 Nov 1998 01:35:44 -0800


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> Alright...the truth is that we will never know just what Bono does
> or did on the tour...and I am beginning to think it really doesn't
> matter. Obviously if he did do crack in 87,

Cocaine and crack are a bit different. At least I heard they were in
1987. Do try to be more accurate.

> it was on a very casual basis...because if he
> has been doing it for over 10 years it would certainly show by
> now....I'm not saying I don't think bono hasn't expiremented, but
> I am saying that it obviously hasn't affected him in any visible
> way..and I'm also really surprised that if he did do it on a regular
> basis..ESPECIALLY during the JT tour, that he wasn't called
> on it..

Not if he didn't do it on a "regular" basis. Also, any star of the new
biggest band in the world isn't going to get called on anything.
The record company would protect the hell out of him.

> Also I admit this..I can't really see Bono being Stupid enough
> to do something that bold, not during the success of Joshua Tree,
> not while u2 were being celebrated for standing against stuff like
> that..I'd believe it alot more if they were reported to be doing
> it at a club...but bono being brash enough to do it in a dressing
> room...i find that hard to believe.

Naw, the dressing room is well protected. Official band doctors are
allowed free access to anywhere. They know everybody's secrets anyway.

> Guys, I know that ignorance isn't really bliss...but what do we have
> as fans to gain from speculation like this? I get alot out of their
> music and I would like to think that bono isn't lying out of his teeth
> while singing a song like running to stand still or bad....
> it just hurts the magic, hurts the effect.

It is humanly possible to consider heroin a curse and still not have
any problem with weed or worry too much about the ocassional, casual
use of cocaine.

> Now instead we are just tearing each other down over a report that may
> or may not be true..and probably doesn't have much relevance to their
> current music anyway

Very ture, I just wanted to show how what you posted could be viewed
in a different way. Maybe it happened and maybe it didn't. Knowing
U2 to the extent I can under the circumstances, I don't think there
is anything to worry about either way.

Robbie



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