There's a lot of reasons I love U2. Here's another. It's from the band's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Monady. Say what you want, but the band has perspective.
“It’s so hard to keep things fresh and not to become a parody of yourself,” Edge told the audience. “If you’ve ever seen that movie ‘Spinal Tap,’ you’ll know how easy it is to parody what we all do. The first time I ever saw it, I didn’t laugh, I wept. I wept because I recognized so many of those scenes.”
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