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My Top 10 U2 Videos, #9 Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of

I first saw this video in a very poignant season of my life (2003), when I was indeed “stuck in a moment” and I couldn’t get out of it…It ranks with my short list of teary emo moments tracks: Josh Groban’s “You Raise Me Up, and later Michael Buble’s “Home”.
Some trivia about the song:
— This is about Michael Hutchence, the lead singer of INXS who killed himself in 1997. He and Bono were close friends, and even discussed the topic of suicide.
— In an interview with Rolling Stone, Bono said that he and Hutchence, discussed suicide in the past: “We discussed suicide a few times and we both agreed how pathetic it was.” He said they had ‘kinda promised each other’ neither would ever kill themselves.
— Bono (from Rolling Stone): “It’s a row between mates. You’re kinda trying to wake them up out of an idea. In my case it’s a row I didn’t have while he was alive. I feel the biggest respect I could pay to him was not to write some stupid soppy f—king song, so I wrote a really tough, nasty little number, slapping him around the head. And I’m sorry, but that’s how it came out of me.”

So, without further ado, here’s #9 Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
This particular video is the UK released version not shown in the US. (See bottom for the original version link)
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Here are some additional facts about the original version:
— During the video, a Mexican wave starts with Bono in the centre. In this scene, the director gave Bono’s motivation as “appear more messianic” - possibly a reference to the light in which his fans see him and his deep-seated religious beliefs.wikipedia
— The player in the vid wears Bono’s jersey [Bono’s real name is Paul Hewson]
— Also at the end of the film clip, the old man that appears is in fact Bob Hewson, Bono’s father, who died whilst they were doing the Elevation tour.

My Top 10 U2 Videos, #9 Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of

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