U2 - BONO EMBARRASSED BY HIS OWN SONGS

BONO EMBARRASSED BY HIS OWN SONGS

U2 frontman BONO feels embarrassed listening to his own music because he can always hear ways to improve it.
The Irish rocker admits he is a perfectionist and hates hearing the band's classic hits because he believes the songs would be much better if he re-recorded them.
He says, "I wince because of either what I think is an unfinished lyric or a vocal moment I don't like."
The One hitmaker finds it most difficult to play the band's 1987 hit Where The Streets Have No Name, claiming the lyrics he wrote were only meant to be a first draft but the producers thought they were perfect.
He recalls, "I thought they were fairly inane but in the studio (Brian) Eno and (Daniel) Lanois thought they were perfect. I told them they were only sketches and I could do much better. But Eno is all about capturing the moment so those words stayed. Now I have to sing them for the rest of my life and it's our most successful live song."