Niall Stokes of Hot Press reviews U2’s BBC1 gig on the Hot Press website and quotes Bono telling Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley: “We fucked it up a couple of times, but I think we got away with it.”
Stokes also mentions a conversation with The Edge in which the guitarist explains to him he has as a new trick up his sleeve:
“Across the other side of the room, Edge is beaming – clearly satisfied that a good night’s work has been done. I compliment him on his slide playing. “We’ve had to invent a new thing,” he tells me, “so I can switch from normal chords to playing slide in the middle of a song. It’s tiny, and fits on the tip of the finger. I’ll show you…””
Unfortunately, Stokes does not elaborate on Edge’s thingie.
I’ve been looking for a thingie like that. Maybe Edge will throw it into the crowd at some of the concerts.
Although I don’t imagine he’ll be too willing to part with his ‘thingie’
I’ve been looking for a thingie like that. Maybe Edge will throw it into the crowd at some of the concerts.
Although I don’t imagine he’ll be too willing to part with his ‘thingie’
Oh I get it…it’s hard using a bottle-neck slide AND playing chords in the same song…slipping the slide on and off…he he he.
That’s easy to solve! All he has to do is tie a string to the end of the guitat and glue it to the inside of the slide…whenever it’s not in use it just hangs there like soap on a rope!
Oh I get it…it’s hard using a bottle-neck slide AND playing chords in the same song…slipping the slide on and off…he he he.
That’s easy to solve! All he has to do is tie a string to the end of the guitat and glue it to the inside of the slide…whenever it’s not in use it just hangs there like soap on a rope!