From the Sky Down Page #5

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I want to learn the blues

from you today.

Have I come to the right place?

The idea behind Rattle And Hum was,

wouldn't it be interesting

if we went on this journey

to discover American music,

because we had no background in it.

Let people see us as fans.

Just because something was new for us,

doesn't mean it's new for the listener.

People knew all about BB King,

they knew all about the blues,

they knew all about country music.

It looked to people

like we were going,

"Let's introduce you

to your music. "

That's such a shame, really.

We had unbelievable amounts

of laughs,

except when you put

the camera on.

Then we just were like... Woosh!

It was gone.

He went through miles and miles

and miles of takes,

and there's no joy in it.

What's the deal with the camera, Phil?

Do we just pretend it's not there,

or get on with it?

No, you can do what you want.

Yeah, this is just like whatever we...

it's for fun.

So, you know, man,

if you want to talk...

It's fun for him, guys.

I know, I know.

The good thing is, it's your camera.

As post production started,

they involved themselves in the cut,

and got to choose which way

they really wanted to be seen.

The film is entirely shot in America,

showing U2 in America, why is that?

Why is that?

We let people see

the sort of naivete.

And what came out the other end

was a slew of reviews saying

these people

are f***ing megalomaniacs.

Backstage footage shows the band being

deliberately inarticulate in interviews

and pretending that's cute.

But it's not cute to giggle

and pretend you have nothing to say.

Everyone was kind of

a little shell-shocked.

You start to believe...

what people are saying about you.

You start to think,

maybe this is the end.

I was sitting with Ali, she said,

"You've gotten so serious.

"You've gotten so serious.

"The boy I fell in love with

was so full of mischief,

"so full of madness.

"You were a much more

experimental character -

"what's happened to you?"

A group is a sort of

collective ego in a sense.

And that ego is very easily offended.

We found out

that he had left the group

when we got copies of the letter

from the record companies.

Of course, popularity is a great ruiner

of friendships in a way.

That makes me feel like sad,

you know?

That's like somebody

taking you out to dinner

and you think

you had a great time

and at the end of the night

they go,

"Hey, you know what?

I had a really lousy time.

"And you know what?

You're lousy too! But thanks for dinner. "

It's to do with personalities,

you know what I mean?

I didn't split. I didn't do a walk,

Noel did, so ask him.

Apparently

I was a nightmare to work with.

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