explore faith : Notes on Music -U2 Dismantles Bomb with Love
I had to post the following review … explore faith : Notes on Music -U2 Dismantles Bomb with Love, if only so that I could quote the following paragraph:
In November of 2004, U2 released their highly anticipated 12th studio album, How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. The hackneyed title apparently wouldn’t leave the boys alone in the studio and it just stuck. The band offers no explanation for “the bomb” other than an oft-repeated anecdote about Bono asking Michael W. Smith the question at an AIDS fundraiser, “How do you dismantle an atomic bomb?” To which a baffled Smith just shrugged and Bono answered, “With love.” One can only imagine the pseudo-knowing yet perplexed look on Smith’s face. “Uh yeah, that’s great man. Right on. What are you talking about?”
–JA