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Apart from one bust-up in 1976 when the frontman got frustrated with drummer Larry Mullen Jr at a gig and The Edge had to intervene, subsequently punching him in the face, they claim they have never come to blows with each other at any other time in their storied career. It\u2019s either a complete rock and roll miracle or total bullshi<\/p>\n

Regardless, the point remains that whenever the rare occurrence rears itself, Bono and Thel Edge have polarised positions on something, they are able to work through it in a most civilised manner. No fights and blazing arguments to see here: they can just talk it out and be done. It\u2019s almost as if they\u2019ve been to couples therapy.<\/p>\n

Despite all this, however, it would be remiss to say that every turn in the making of U2 has been all sunshine and roses, and there are some areas where they don\u2019t see eye to eye on the process of their songs. When it comes to \u2018Love Rescue Me\u2019, the ill fate perhaps began in the fact that Bono didn\u2019t even think it was his own tune.<\/p>\n

The year was 1985, and the band were in the midst of their tour for The Joshua Tree\u2026 It was a constant stream of screaming fans and hedonism, and in the eye of the storm, Bono woke up one morning with a hangover \u2013 a melody and lyric floated into his head, but in his haze, he genuinely believed it belonged to Bob Dylan.<\/p>\n

Verifying with The Edge that he was not, in fact, about to get sued by a global megastar, the pair set about rounding out the track that would become \u2018Love Rescue Me\u2019. But even the phrase \u2018rounding out\u2019 might be generous, because the whole point of the song is that it is rather obsolete. In short, that element conflicted the two of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really like the song, but I regret that we didn\u2019t make it more our own sonically,\u201d The Edge reasoned in 1993. \u201cAt the time, we were exploring folk and blues and these different musical traditions, and we didn\u2019t want to tamper with them.\u201d Yet this riled a little piece of consternation in Bono, precious over his process as he is, as he inherently felt that the mix was just right.<\/p>\n

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