Why bono wrote the sweetest thing

In the summer of , you could get arrested for selling a 2 Live Crew album or performing their songs in Southern Florida.

And that's exactly what happened. You may not recognize his name, but you will certainly recognize Peter Lord's songs. He wrote the bevy of hits from Paula Abdul's second album, Spellbound. Emilio talks about what it's like to write and perform with the Tower of Power horns, and why every struggling band should have a friend like Huey Lewis. Toggle navigation Welcome Guest. Sweetest Thing by U2.

Charted: 3 Bono wrote this as a birthday present to his wife, Ali. On her birthday, he was working on recording The Joshua Tree , so he was trying to make up for it. U2 recorded this for The Joshua Tree , but left it off because they felt it did not fit in on the album. Alison Fisher.

Reply to author. Report message as abuse. Show original message. Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message. What's the story behind the video for Sweetest Thing? Saw it on MTV, and it's like the whole thing is an apology to someone Don't get me wrong, I like it!

Very amusing! But who's it for? Peter Bulthuis. Alexander Lamb. The marching band in the video are the Irish Boys Band of which Larry used to drum in so I think that it is a coincidence that INXS used them on the album cover "Welcome to wherever you are" or whatever it was called.

But who knows? U2 FANN. Hi Allison, I believe Bono is saying sorry to Ali, his wife. Barry V Whittle. Jerry D. A forgotten anniversary maybe? Bono is apolgizing to Ali. How would you feel if you loved someone and they were always running around when all wanted was to be with them and then they forgot your birthday the one day you expect to spend with them? I don't know what happened but I do know loving is often not easy. From afar things are easy but the day to day is more complicated.

General Comment I love the random elephant in the back too. Awesome video for an awesome song. It always makes me smile. I'm sure his wife does love him, it was just a momentary thing probably. I don't really know I listen to music not news. Artists - U. Sweetest Thing is found on the album The Best of Internacionais 1 U Singles Previous Day. Rate These Lyrics. We do not have any tags for Sweetest Thing lyrics. Why not add your own?

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