Bono: Gosh I’m so bored with being in the worlds biggest band with number one albums and touring stadiums across the world. I don’t know what I should do Chris Blackwell my label boss. Maybe I’ll retire and start an ostrich farm.
Chris Blackwell: Hmmm that is awful Bono Vox. I will see what I can do.
Sometime later.
Bring Bring.
Brian Eno: Hi Bono, completely unrelated to your boredom with being a globetrotting megaselling rock star and getting a panicked phonecall from Chris who’s worried about his mortgage, how does working with me on a collection of ambientish soundtracks for imaginary films sound?
Bono: Gosh Brian that sounds great. I’ll bring me mates. They’ll love it. Just one thing – can I sing about Elvis?
Brian (sigh).
I mean I’m not saying that a soundtrack album for imaginary films in which the drummer doesn’t drum, there’s a guest spot from an opera star, and it’s produced by Brian Eno isn’t without merit as an idea – but it screams Vanity Project. Let’s have your best Vanity Projects. Very different from the Solo Project – meet the real me at last – the Vanity album is perhaps dead already. » Continue Reading.