Interview With Geldof, Bono and CurtisPretty
interesting article in Time. The questions are a little on the boring side but the answers are quite good.
GELDOF And we didn't just pick this moment out of the sky. This G-8 is in the U.K., where the Prime Minister was once a young git with the worst haircut save mine. He attended Live Aid and was informed by it, so he's in tune with where we've come from. Then a lot of these G-8 guys are on their last political legs. Schroder's going to lose in Germany. Chirac won't stand because he will lose. Berlusconi? Might have a year left. [Canadian Prime Minister] Paul Martin is clinging on. George Bush can't stand again, and Tony Blair said he wouldn't. It gives us a chance to appeal to their sense of legacy. Bono is the rock god of the Establishment. Richard is the filmmaker of the Establishment.
And I'm just a paddy with a hat on. [Much laughter.]As I commented before, Geldof seems to be a master at putting on the face that gets his message across--witty and self-deprecating with the press, serious and hardnosed with the conservative bloggers.
