Readerama

Posting this much stuff from our mailbox seems a tad indulgent but hey, when people start asking…

marco writes: your great, guys! I’m gonna get conscripted, but I will always find the way to surf your site. Please, show this message!!

Sorry, no can do.

And from elmo: what’s with the treasure hunt? you are doing such a good job at fooling the punters into thinking this is the official site, excceeeelent!

Ta elmo, but we must point out we’ve never set out to deceive! P.S. Come back next week when we auction off Bono’s now-famous metal detector. It beeps!

And one for the road, from Loek:
Is there a possibility that you mention the Dutch fanclub on your site? On the 29th of oct, we organise a fanclubmeeting in the Netherlands. Maybe you can mention this event on your site. With regards.

No worries mate.

Still Crazy, mail from our readers

Stefano gushes: hi guys, I’m am 38 years old, so one of oldest u2 fan. i saw them in milan first time on february 1985. i should have more send but i still go crazy about those four men. i want their new album!!! just to edge: i got vox ac30 like you, do you wann jam with me. by everybody and wait!!!

Annette asks: You’re doing great guys. But one question, I’ve heard maybe you’re coming to Groningen(The Netherlands) next year. Is that true and what is the exact date?

Ah… we don’t think we’re the guys you mean.

Diego states: Por favor quisiera mantenerme en contacto a todos los que les guste U2, espero recibir sus e-mail.

Um… si?

U2one flatters: u2’s beautiful day single is now for sale on ebay!!!!! check it out
love web page!!!!!!keep up the work!!

We will!!!!!!

and finally,

Monique wonders: I want to be a member of the u2 fanclub, but I
don’t now where I must sign in.

Neither do we, Monique, be sure to let us know when you find out!

Treasure Hunt

A closer look at the ‘Beautiful Day’ cover reveals it was taken during a recent search for some pennies U2’s drummer Larry Mullen lost while arguing with the lead singer. In the photograph, Mullen can be seen apparently sulking. Bono, repentant, is operating the metal detector.

Beautiful Words

Putting an end to all discussion, U2.com have posted the lyrics to Beautiful Day and mention it’s ‘about a person who loses everything and has never been happier’.

The heart is a bloom, shoots up through stony ground
But there’s no room, no space to rent in this town
You’re out of luck and the reason that you had to care,
The traffic is stuck and you’re not moving anywhere.
You thought you’d found a friend
to take you out of this place
Someone you could lend a hand in return for grace

It’s a beautiful day, the sky falls
and you feel like it’s a beautiful day
It’s a beautiful day
Don’t let it get away

You’re on the road but you’ve got no destination
You’re in the mud, in the maze of her imagination
You love this town even it it doesn’t ring true
You’ve been all over and it’s been all over you

It’s a beautiful day
Don’t let it get away
It’s a beautiful day
Don’t let it get away

Touch me, take me to that other place
Teach me, I know I’m not a hopeless case

See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light
See the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colours came out
It was a beautiful day
Don’t let it get away

Touch me, take me to that other place
Reach me, I know I’m not a hopeless case

What you don’t have you don’t need it now
what you don’t know you can feel it somehow
What you don’t have you don’t need it now
You don’t need it now, you don’t need it now
Beautiful day