Native Son

In the February 21 issue of Entertainment Weekly, Bono says the phone call notifying the band of their Oscar nomination for “The Hands That Built America” has inspired them to complete work on a new song.

“We’ve got a song up on the burner called ‘Native Son,'” Bono said. “The best way I think we can celebrate is to just finish out what we’re doing: Make this song a scorching 45. The molecules in the air are vibrating quite nicely as a result of that phone call.”

18 thoughts on “Native Son

  1. Psyched!~ Hey all, just got off the plane from Colorado and you know the random music channels that you can listen to on the plane? Well this one was called the 33 and 1/3 channel ( all rock ) and they were playing Rejoice!! Awesome to listen to at 30,000 feet flyin’ over the Rockies! Put it in the CD player if you haven’t listened to it in a while…GREAT TUNE!! Native Son could have a “Rejoice” beat!!?
    Cheers~~

  2. Psyched!~ Hey all, just got off the plane from Colorado and you know the random music channels that you can listen to on the plane? Well this one was called the 33 and 1/3 channel ( all rock ) and they were playing Rejoice!! Awesome to listen to at 30,000 feet flyin’ over the Rockies! Put it in the CD player if you haven’t listened to it in a while…GREAT TUNE!! Native Son could have a “Rejoice” beat!!?
    Cheers~~

  3. Psyched!~ Hey all, just got off the plane from Colorado and you know the random music channels that you can listen to on the plane? Well this one was called the 33 and 1/3 channel ( all rock ) and they were playing Rejoice!! Awesome to listen to at 30,000 feet flyin’ over the Rockies! Put it in the CD player if you haven’t listened to it in a while…GREAT TUNE!! Native Son could have a “Rejoice” beat!!?
    Cheers~~

  4. Psyched!~ Hey all, just got off the plane from Colorado and you know the random music channels that you can listen to on the plane? Well this one was called the 33 and 1/3 channel ( all rock ) and they were playing Rejoice!! Awesome to listen to at 30,000 feet flyin’ over the Rockies! Put it in the CD player if you haven’t listened to it in a while…GREAT TUNE!! Native Son could have a “Rejoice” beat!!?
    Cheers~~

  5. I am thinking it will be a new song on the next album… or recorded for the nex album. They are in the studio working for that, so I doubt that it will be a single before the album release.

  6. I am thinking it will be a new song on the next album… or recorded for the nex album. They are in the studio working for that, so I doubt that it will be a single before the album release.

  7. Airing on the side of caution here…I recall Bono talking about great ‘almost finished’ new songs on the last album as far back as ’98. I remember asking Adam how the album was coming along in October ’99 and he said it was ‘barely started & a long way off being finished!’ mainly due to the largely absent lead singer. I hope I’m wrong and that they are steam-rollering ahead with the new record.

  8. Airing on the side of caution here…I recall Bono talking about great ‘almost finished’ new songs on the last album as far back as ’98. I remember asking Adam how the album was coming along in October ’99 and he said it was ‘barely started & a long way off being finished!’ mainly due to the largely absent lead singer. I hope I’m wrong and that they are steam-rollering ahead with the new record.

  9. That’s “erring” on the side of caution, Jim. I agree with you entirely that Bono always hypes the upcoming albums. I guarantee that before the next one is released, he’ll say:

    1) “This is our best record”
    2) “It feels like our first record”
    3) “If we never made another record, I’d be satisfied, because this one is so good”
    4) “It’s an album filled with singles”

    He ALWAYS says these things!

  10. That’s “erring” on the side of caution, Jim. I agree with you entirely that Bono always hypes the upcoming albums. I guarantee that before the next one is released, he’ll say:

    1) “This is our best record”
    2) “It feels like our first record”
    3) “If we never made another record, I’d be satisfied, because this one is so good”
    4) “It’s an album filled with singles”

    He ALWAYS says these things!

  11. That’s “erring” on the side of caution, Jim. I agree with you entirely that Bono always hypes the upcoming albums. I guarantee that before the next one is released, he’ll say:

    1) “This is our best record”
    2) “It feels like our first record”
    3) “If we never made another record, I’d be satisfied, because this one is so good”
    4) “It’s an album filled with singles”

    He ALWAYS says these things!

  12. That’s “erring” on the side of caution, Jim. I agree with you entirely that Bono always hypes the upcoming albums. I guarantee that before the next one is released, he’ll say:

    1) “This is our best record”
    2) “It feels like our first record”
    3) “If we never made another record, I’d be satisfied, because this one is so good”
    4) “It’s an album filled with singles”

    He ALWAYS says these things!

  13. Haha, Tim. Right on. The day I take anything Bono says to heart is the day I know I’ve gone senile.

  14. Haha, Tim. Right on. The day I take anything Bono says to heart is the day I know I’ve gone senile.

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