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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Bono continues to prove U2 are boneheads... |
| Date | Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:05:19 -0400 |
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Is it just me or do these guys seem to have no sense of propriety where
their copyrights are concerned? They've lost master tapes for one album and
the final mixes to another and now this is revealed:
Friday, October 22, 2004
CANOE - Jam! Showbiz
Bono finds his missing 'October' lyrics
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A long-lost briefcase full of notes and lyrics that
were intended for the 1981 U2 album October has been returned, 23 years
after it was stolen at a Portland concert.
U2 frontman Bono made the announcement Wednesday during an appearance before
the World Affairs Council of Oregon, saying the returned notes were "an act
of grace."
Bono had to rewrite the October lyrics in the studio, and band members
called it their worst recording experience. Though the record was generally
well-received, it didn't earn the praise of the band's debut album, Boy, or
third album, War.
The briefcase was returned by Cindy Harris, 44, who said she found it in the
attic of a rental home in Tacoma, Wash., in 1981. She said she did not know
the notes had been stolen until many years later, and then she had no idea
how to reach the band.
Her friend Danielle Rheaume spent much of the past year contacting U2's
management.
According to Into the Heart, a book of stories about U2 songs, the briefcase
was stolen by some women who joined the band backstage at a now-defunct
Portland nightclub.
The band returned to Portland a few years after the theft and Bono asked the
audience if anyone knew about the briefcase. He repeated the question when
the band played at the Rose Garden arena in 2001. (More on U2)
Jaimie Vernon,
Bullseye
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