Bono's eyeliner reminds me of Keith Richards...and Capt. Jack Sparrow

 

He's borrowing from Gavin Friday.

 

Pirate and/or cabaret singer?

 

Barnes and Noble has the Q mag's next issue coming out Jan. 25th here in the States.

 

Did I mention that waiting for the mag and the new CD is hard on my old nerves? I have already pre-ordered the deluxe set on Amazon.

 

Also waiting for the re-launch of U2.com.

 

 

Boys, lets get rolling on all this! Holidays are over.

 

 

Don't worry too much, Dori...the U2 machine has never let us down in the past on great publicity and new ideas.

 

I can't wait for my Q magazine!

 

My thought on the eyeliner was sort of that it replaces the glasses. Everyone tells Bono to take off the glasses; but he has said that he hides behind them. In the Q photos he has his glasses off in some of the pics, but when he does we see the eyeliner in replacement. As if  the glasses are off...but not really off.

I'm dying for the new album.....I seriously can't wait. Thanks for letting us know the date for Q mag Dori, I was wondering when it'd be out in the States!

Yeah, I agree that the shades were a kind of mask, and so is the eyeliner. He has light-sensitivity and allergies. Also, he has a private side that he is entitled to keep. If the eyes are a window to the soul, it is obvious that Bono does not want the public to own his. 

 

I thought the bowler hat and umbrella was a swipe at the folks who say he is insufficiently Irish (So do you have to support the Provo-IRA to be really Irish? I think not.) and pretentious. The sterotypical British businessman's signature look has been captured by the artist Rene Magritte in particular as a symbol of bland conformist 20th centtury bourgeois life. MacCartney has a collection of his paintings. Bono does not wear suits and ties, though, and anyone will tell you he is not a conformist. The pretention is merely him being theatrical, which he loves. Not the shades with big stars on them. Elton John, eat your heart out.  Or maybe it is like Ringo, who also wears fancy shades. Starr-star?

 

 

Also, in the play and movie "Cabaret, "  the gay emcee and the ladies wear hats and canes, and dance and sing. Bono's eyeliner reminds me a bit of the emcee.He also wore makeup in the "Zooropa" and "Actung Baby" era in the "One" and "Lemon" videos. Also, who can forget MacPhisto?  

 

Love those quirky characters, B-man.   

Bono admires old Vaudeville Theatre I believe. I seem to recall him speaking about past relatives being involved in that type of theatre. We also know he likes Charlie Chaplin films. I think Bono's characters he develops are fun and unique. Not the typical rock show stuff. And we know that U2 act out songs on stage. Take for example the way 'Until The End Of The World' is acted out with each tour, or 'Bullet The Blue Sky'. U2 are more than musicians. U2 are true performers. I believe those are some reasons they do not get boring to fans.