Bono's Elvis "Tribute" Poetry: "the white nigger ate at Burger King and just kept getting bigger.” (Video)

Wow! And this is the same Bono who participated in Obamapalooza at the Lincoln Memorial two days before Obama became became President!



Times Online:

Few would dispute that Bono knows how to write a song, but can the U2 frontman pen a poem?

This morning, he offered his skills up for public scrutiny by unveiling an ode to Elvis Presley on Radio 4.

In his familiar gravelly voice, the 49-year-old rock icon delivered a fast-paced, 14-minute tribute to The King.

Recorded two years ago, but written in 1994, the poem, entitled American David, contained an array of strange and risqué rhymes set to a musical backing track made up of Elvis tunes and other pop culture recordings from the last 50 years.

A warning about the poem’s language preceded the airing, as a series of offensive words including “nigger” and “spastic” were employed.

While Bono considers himself a “super fan” of Elvis, he didn’t shy away from his famous flaws. One rhyming triplet played on the singer’s long weight battle: “Elvis the bumper stickers/ Elvis the white knickers/ Elvis the white nigger ate at Burger King and just kept getting bigger.”

Another took aim at his iconic dance move: “Elvis the ecstatic/ Elvis the plastic/ Elvis the elastic with a spastic dance that could explain the energy of America.”

But other lines told of the U2 singer's admiration, as he called the late pin-up "pharoah-like", a "genius" and a "psalmist".

Bono gets political, as usual, but U2 still rocks!