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Why Did Renee Good's Father Own People of the Lie?

Bono says the album is about evil, and that people should be grateful because evil is out in the open. On Days of Ash, the songs name names. He is not sure the conversation has been public, but he spoke with Renee Good's family. Bono says she was killed by ICE agents in Minnesota.

A week later they wrote a song about her. The lyric says America will rise up against the people of the lie, and Bono also speaks it as America will rise against the people of the lie. The Edge had given Bono M. Scott Peck's book The People of the Lie 30 years ago. The book is about the nature of evil and a study of malignant narcissism. Bono asked the family for permission on Zoom before using the lyric. He describes their daughter as murdered by ICE agents. When he reached America will rise against the people of the lie, the father said he had the book, People of the Lie. Bono said it was the book the Edge gave him 30 years ago. The father said it was right there. Just a month ago he had taken it out to explain some of what was going on to his son.

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50 Years In, What's the Point of U2? Bono and the Edge Have Answers. ·

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  1. Why Didn't U2 Sell Their Faith?David Marchese asks whether U2 knew that closing concerts with 40, an adaptation of a psalm, brought a crowd sing-along rooted in religious feeling.
  2. How Did the Edge Hear Bono Was Mental?David Marchese asks the Edge what he thought of Bono before they played together.
  3. How Did Bono and the Edge Pick Names?Bono always saw U2 in some sort of mythological sense. The names came from a wish to escape suburbia and discover other selves.
  4. Why Does Bono Call Stealing America a Real Heist?Bono calls the moment the most extraordinary moment and the greatest heist in the history of the world.
  5. Why Did Bono and the Edge Pivot After Joshua Tree?The Edge says the pivot after the Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum happened because they were being robbed of aspects of who they were.
  6. What Did Tim Cook Say About the Free Album?Tim Cook, when the idea was pitched, asked why anyone who spent a whole life getting people to pay for music would give something away free.
  7. Why Does U2 Sell the Best Seats Cheap?Bono says U2 has very little say over prices in the live business. The band takes the best seats in the house and makes them often the most affordable.
  8. Why Does the Edge's Exit Plan End With Bono Singing?The Edge talks himself out of leaving by hiring the same people back.

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