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Sarge
01-23-2004, 12:39 PM
Bono promises not to swear again at awards
Fri Jan 23, 1:14 AM ET

By Dean Goodman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. government can relax. Irish rock star Bono promises he will not swear again on live television if he wins a Golden Globe Award on Sunday.



At last year's ceremony, the U2 frontman exclaimed, "Fucking brilliant!" when accepting his award, an outburst that has prompted U.S. lawmakers to crack down on the use of foul language on air.


"I swear I won't swear," the U2 frontman told Reuters on Thursday in an interview at his West Hollywood hotel. "You can always cause a stir with an expletive and it's not something that I'm conscious of. If you use them in your everyday speech, sometimes they will come out. I don't mean to offend anyone."


Staffers at the Federal Communications Commission (news - web sites) originally ruled in October that Bono did not violate the agency's indecency rules since he used the word as an adjective.


That sparked calls for the FCC (news - web sites) commissioners to overturn the decision, and a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Wednesday introduced legislation to raise fines for incidents of foul language used on air to as much as $3 million (1.6 million pounds). The current fine is $27,500.


Bono, along with Dublin pals Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer, is nominated in the best original song category for "Time Enough for Tears".


The tune, sung by Andrea Corr of the Corrs, appears in writer/director Jim Sheridan's Irish immigrant saga "In America". Sheridan and his daughters, Naomi and Kirsten, are also in the running for best screenplay.


U2 won the Golden Globe last year for a song the band wrote for the Martin Scorsese movie "Gangs of New York".


BONO THE UNDERDOG


"In America" is competing with some heavy hitters.


The other song nominees are Elton John and longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin ("Mona Lisa Smile"), composer Howard Shore, film producer Fran Walsh and former Eurythmics singer Annie Lennox ("The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"), Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie Vedder ("Big Fish") and pop veteran Sting ("Cold Mountain").


Even though Bono belongs to one of the biggest bands in the world, he considered the song an underdog at the Globes since the low-budget "In America" does not enjoy the same recognition factor as a blockbuster like "The Lord of the Rings".


"The behemoth of U2 is a handy monster to tie your song to because it gets it out there," he said of his efforts to drum up publicity for the film.


Bono wrote the lyrics for "Time Enough for Tears", while Friday and Seezer handled the lyrics and the film's score.


He said he barely recalled the songwriting process as he had a cold the day he phoned his collaborators and dictated some lyrics to them.


The recording process was similarly low-tech.


Corr recorded the song in one take in the studio bathroom.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&ncid=757&e=10&u=/nm/20040123/od_uk_nm/oukoe_leisure_bono

Sarge
01-23-2004, 12:40 PM
who gives a shit?

Gmoney
01-23-2004, 04:19 PM
Who gives a fuckin' shit about this crap!!

Little Texan
01-24-2004, 07:52 PM
"Listen motherfu... excuse me, I mean... Listen, I swear I won't fucking swear... GODDAMN IT... I won't ever swear again at any fu... excuse me... award shows. That was a really fucked up... FUCK... thing I did and swear I'll never fucking swear... DAMN IT... ever again on the goddamn... SHIT... air."

rustoffa
01-24-2004, 09:07 PM
Excuse me,Mr. Bono?....Do you find any solace in the fact that a motherfucking pandering,goddamn too sensitive for motherfucking baby powder,rose-motherfucking-tinted sunglass wearing motherfucker who made a motherfucking career out of whining about about every motherfucking thing from I'm too big of a motherfucking pussy to join the I.-motherfucking-R.A. to motherfucking streets that have no motherfucking name,warm motherfucking fuzzy award collectin' motherfucker who couldn't sing his motherfucking way out of a motherfucking cardboard box jack ass motherfucker says the motherfucking word "fuck" and retains his motherfucking credibility with the pacifistic motherfuckers he doesn't want to motherfucking offend?

Bono:"What was the fucking question again"?:gun:

Diva Lee Roth
01-25-2004, 01:21 AM
Bono, like Diamond Dave , is an eloquent potty mouth and I fucking love that!!! :D

Ally_Kat
01-25-2004, 03:31 AM
the best part of that article was


Staffers at the Federal Communications Commission originally ruled in October that Bono did not violate the agency's indecency rules since he used the word as an adjective.

fuck as an adjective = okay.

Va Beach VH Fan
01-25-2004, 07:58 AM
You guys beat me to it...

Why this crap gets any attention at all is beyond me....

Wayne L.
01-25-2004, 09:21 AM
The self importance of Bono is sickening to say the least with his " holier than thou " attitude as an aids activist besides the only reason U2 is known as one of the most important & influential rock bands of the 80's is because they weren't Motley Crue at the time which " isn't " saying too much IMO.

pete
01-25-2004, 10:03 AM
Originally posted by Diva Lee Roth
Bono, like Diamond Dave , is an eloquent potty mouth and I fucking love that!!! :D

LOL
VH and U2 - the only good shit to come out of the 80's

both true originals

rustoffa
01-26-2004, 01:30 AM
Originally posted by pete
LOL
VH and U2 - the only good shit to come out of the 80's

both true originals
Do us all a favor....when you get done with whatever it is you're breathing......walk to the chalkboard and write one thousand times:I will not equate VH with u2 again.:mad2:

FORD
01-26-2004, 10:28 AM
Originally posted by rustoffa
Do us all a favor....when you get done with whatever it is you're breathing......walk to the chalkboard and write one thousand times:I will not equate VH with u2 again.:mad2:

Only 3 bands from that era can still sell albums. The Police is the other one. And only one of those three bands is still together. I would say that counts for something.

http://parmach_for_adam.home.att.net/debsu2be.jpg

Hey Edge, whattya say we give the fucking brilliant Mr Asscrotch something the arrogant fucking bastard can really fucking worry about..

flappo
01-26-2004, 11:37 AM
bono is so hard he can say bum on live tv

ROTH
01-26-2004, 11:43 AM
Why don't they fine Wesley Clark for saying the F word on national tv? They ran it continually for a week on national news around the world.

flappo
01-26-2004, 11:51 AM
..f word ?

..i think you'll find flatulence is NOT a rude word

..fricosse is disgusting tho'

FORD
01-26-2004, 12:13 PM
Originally posted by ROTH
Why don't they fine Wesley Clark for saying the F word on national tv? They ran it continually for a week on national news around the world.

I missed that one. Got a link? ;)

I did like it though, when Clark said Mush Limpdick was "full of shit"

BITEYOASS
01-26-2004, 01:00 PM
Bono is a fuckin activist whore!

Diva Lee Roth
01-28-2004, 08:05 PM
Originally posted by FORD
Only 3 bands from that era can still sell albums. The Police is the other one. And only one of those three bands is still together. I would say that counts for something.

http://parmach_for_adam.home.att.net/debsu2be.jpg

Hey Edge, whattya say we give the fucking brilliant Mr Asscrotch something the arrogant fucking bastard can really fucking worry about..

"A ZEN Presbyterian who finds Catholicism just too much "glam-rock" for him...The Edge!!!"- Bono:D