He wrote it while on a trip to NYC. He was driving through Harlem (this was back in the 80's) and saw how kids from all backgrounds were playing together without any major hangups, and it made him think that we were all like that at one time before people said that we couldn't hang out together, and he was also thinking of the civil rights struggle, of Martin L. King and how he was striving for equality across the board. So that's what is is about- not sex (not like I used to think), but how the original sin is really passing prejudice and hatred on to the next generation, that's not how it was supposed to be.
Okay- you said short, but you ARE dealing with a writer, okay? :)
That was short! And I dig it. It makes me think about how the Duran guys were driving in a car and heard Nile's remix of "Original Sin" and said "This is the guy we've got to get to produce us..."
I would hope so. :) Though I think it had more to do with John and his Chic obsession. LOL But since they knew each other, I am sure that mentioned him to the boys.
Though that was a puzzler to me, I didn't really see a mention of DD in the book. Was it that they weren't as close as I thought, or an oversight? Bono got plenty mentions......
Well Simon and Michael were undoubtedly close, obviously, but I don't know if that carried on to a larger DD/INXS relationship at all. As for Bono, well, more people around the world could recognize his name and face on sight than Simon's, so... Maybe the author figured that he'd keep his readers' interest better with stories about the overexposed save-yuh of tha wurld. *barf*
Okay, that is what I thought on that level. Jet-setters tend to attract each other......
I am not sure about why the author used Bono's name. Maybe Simon didn't want to be interviewed for the book about that part of his life and how Michael's loss affected him. I mean, it took his (Michael's) own bandmates over 8 years to come to grips with his death, so I can't imagine why it would take any less for his other friends.
I do know that Michael's friends weren't always the band's friends and vice versa, but I think that both bands might have had some sort of relationship of compatability at some point.
If they were tight as I think they were, he might not be ready to do it yet. We all know that he took his death hard for a number of reasons, and you know he did have that major depressive period not long afterwards while trying to do the lyrics for 'Pop Trash'. Along with martial issues, this could have been a cause......but this is all speculative on my end.
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He wrote it while on a trip to NYC. He was driving through Harlem (this was back in the 80's) and saw how kids from all backgrounds were playing together without any major hangups, and it made him think that we were all like that at one time before people said that we couldn't hang out together, and he was also thinking of the civil rights struggle, of Martin L. King and how he was striving for equality across the board. So that's what is is about- not sex (not like I used to think), but how the original sin is really passing prejudice and hatred on to the next generation, that's not how it was supposed to be.
Okay- you said short, but you ARE dealing with a writer, okay? :)
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Though that was a puzzler to me, I didn't really see a mention of DD in the book. Was it that they weren't as close as I thought, or an oversight? Bono got plenty mentions......
See, I think about this stuff too much.
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I am not sure about why the author used Bono's name. Maybe Simon didn't want to be interviewed for the book about that part of his life and how Michael's loss affected him. I mean, it took his (Michael's) own bandmates over 8 years to come to grips with his death, so I can't imagine why it would take any less for his other friends.
I do know that Michael's friends weren't always the band's friends and vice versa, but I think that both bands might have had some sort of relationship of compatability at some point.
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I know, it must be a scary place in that leBon mind. Most writers have off-kiltered brains to begin with, methinks.
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