Bono celebrated his 60th birthday Sunday by posting a playlist of what he described as “60 Songs That Saved My Life,” with the promise to write a “fan letter” to all 60 arti…
includes the artists you’d most expect, such as Nick Cave, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, the Clash, Van Morrison and Johnny Cash. It also includes a few more recent or pop-oriented songs that might not be as predictable from a rock-hero-honoring statesman, like Coldplay’s “Clocks,” Madonna’s “Ray of Light,” Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” the Bee Gees’ “Immortality” and even Peter Frampton’s “Show Me the Way.
Kraftwerk has been in the news due to its co-founder Florian Schneider’s death this past week. “‘I gave Ali a copy to romance her on her 17th birthday in 1978,” Bono writes. “‘Neon Lights’ is a song that brought into being a future that has now become so familiar, it is easy to forget just how strange it was.” He thanks the surviving members “for the loan of Florian all these years. May he Rest In Peace.
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