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U2’s singer Bono reads his own poem, Elvis, and weaves it into an atmospheric sound-scape.
The poem, which sounds like the beat poetry of Adrian Henri, contains images from Elvis’ life and his legacy, American history, and popular culture of the last 50 years from crooning to rap via rock and roll, from Valentino to television via Nixon and Lisa Marie. It is blended with archive material and recorded, specially-composed music.
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Si sa che Bono è sempre stato un grande fan del Re.
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Larry Mullen jr ancora di piu’…….si vede in alcuni filmati di Joshua in venerazione nella casa di Elvis e sulla sua Harley …….
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“When I first heard Elvis’ voice, I just knew that I wasn’t going to work for anybody, and nobody was going to be my boss. He is the deity supreme of rock and roll religion as it exists in today’s form. Hearing him for the first time was like busting out of jail. I thank God for Elvis Presley”.
(BOB DYLAN)
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we all thank god for elvis!
e ringraziamo pure per la grande scaletta che ci regaleranno gli U2… acrobat? exit? a sort of homecaming? MAGARI!
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mai mettere limiti alla provvidenza,basta leggere Aloisio,si trasforma pure in poeta :-)))
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