Chris: The tall tales of a short rockstar.
It's just shy of two years since
Bono did a promotional tour for
his memoir Surrender, and I've been
looking forward to the Apple TV+
version of the show ever since it was
revealed that they were filming it.
Luckily for all the people still
making the quote, is this gonna be
put in my phone for free end quote
jokes that are well past their best
before date, you do have to be an
Apple TV+ subscriber to watch the film.
As a nearly lifelong U2 fan, I
discovered them listening to their
1991 album Achtung Baby on a CD in
a friend's basement in high school,
I'm a bit biased in my assessment
of all things Bono and U2.
I believe that Bono's book and this
stage performance are both deeply moving
experiences, open-hearted and beautiful,
filled with moments of vulnerability,
sorrow, and joy, as one person lays bare
the story of their life, I have a twinge
of disappointment in what seems to be
parts of the live performance swapped
out from more polished studio footage.
U2, like the greats, thrive on the
electricity of a real audience.
Their concert feeds off
shared unrepeatable moments.
Cutting between stage and studio
risks dulling some of the emotion that
makes a live performance so powerful.
That said, few bands are as good
at making every performance feel
like the first time quite like U2.
Their brand of rehearse spontaneity has
carried them through countless nights
on tour, and I'm still holding out hope
that this will deliver that same kind
of experience just in a different key.
Speaking of experiences, the
groundbreaking event, Bono Story
of Surrender streams, May 30th
on Apple TV Plus, and will be the
first feature length film available
in Apple Immersive on Vision Pro.
I'm still waiting on my Vision Pro demo
hardware to check out the film with Apple.
I can't do a proper review if I don't
have the right gear to watch it with.
