Frank Sinatra<\/a>‘s velvety ‘Ol’ Blue Eyes’, ‘Faithful Departed’ by the Radiators From Space, and Stiff Little Fingers’ fierce ‘Alternative Ulster’.<\/p>\nThe renowned U2 star often lauded this latter song in later interviews, particularly when probed about another hit from The Undertones, hailing from Derry.<\/p>\n
The Undertones’ hit ‘Teenage Kicks’ and Stiff Little Fingers’ ‘Alternative Ulster’ ignited a fierce competition in the charts when they dropped in the same week. Bono reflected in 2007: “My soundtrack was more Alternative Ulster by Stiff Little Fingers.”<\/p>\n
Bono’s eclectic taste further includes Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, The Innocent, and The E Street Shuffle’, alongside tracks like Wah! Heat’s ‘Better Scream’ and Virgin Prunes’ ‘In the Grey Light. ‘<\/p>\n
He didn’t stop with just music; the U2 lead also shared his penchant for iconic theme songs from films like Midnight Express and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.<\/p>\n
Speculation is rife among fans regarding why Bono selected these particular tunes for his playlist, hinting it might be snapshots of his current musical mood rather than an all-time best list.<\/p>\n
Curiosity piqued among followers, with one querying, “Interesting, didn’t U2 meet Bruce just that month?” Another remarked, “Gave the Prunes a boost too. Seems he was answering his current favourites or what was top of mind. Surprised to not see any Ramones on his list.”<\/p>\n
A different enthusiast expressed surprise at David Bowie’s absence: “For me, I thought Bowie would’ve made his list. (Major influence, featured on the ‘songs that saved my life’ playlist).”<\/p>\n
The article notes that Bono doesn’t shy away from indulging in his love for cinema either, naming five filmic gems that have marked his life, including a Michael Caine classic and a comedy hailed as one of cinema’s finest.<\/p>\n
Bono’s revered film selection states: “The Tin Drum, If, Alfie, Lord of the Flies, The Graduate, Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For fans of the iconic U2 frontman Bono, his top five song choices might come as quite the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[18397,77,269,16208,2511,4165,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-30922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-bono","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-music-section","12":"tag-reddit","13":"tag-u2","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114360476180850358","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}