I think Edge is not only impressed by Bono's singing talent, but also by Bono's ability to actually make the melody of the song, almost instantly. I understand that he does that on a regular basis.
ENO. A true genius. He sees things in a band and in music that are supernatural. His musical intellect and vision is off the scale. U2 and Brian were a magical match.
I feel very lucky to be a local here in JT. I remember when Gram Parsons tragically died here. I know the National Park better than the park rangers, many places that the rangers don't know about, same about the non-patrolled Wilderness areas where many folks have gotten lost or died. My dad taught me a lot about hiking the trails long years ago. Also, I have a secret cave that is cool in the summer, warm in the winter. Given food and water I could live there month on end, even YEARS if need be..
Hearing these early beginnings to this song to me suddenly really strongly brings out a Lou Reed influence I'd never picked up on before. The "Perfect Day"-like piano, the content of the lyric, and his love of early r&b in the "ha-la-la-di-day" vocal.
