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About This Track
“Kite” is the fifth track from U2’s 2000 album, All That You Can’t Leave Behind.
A popular number among fans, the song had its origins in a kite-flying outing on Killiney Hill overlooking Dublin Bay that Bono attempted with his daughters.[1] The outing went quickly awry when the kite crashed and one of the girls asked to go home and play with a video game. [2] So the song was at first written with Bono’s daughters in mind, or more generally, about a kite as a metaphor for someone or something escaping one’s realm of control; the song is, more or less, about Bono realizing a day will come when his daughters will “no longer need him.” The Edge helped out on the words, and felt that the lyric was actually aimed in the opposite direction, about Bono’s emotionally-reserved father: “He couldn’t see it, but I could.” Then while singing it, Bono recalled a similarly ill-fated kite-flying outing in his own childhood with his father in the County Dublin seaside towns of Skerries or Rush.[2] In any case, during early promotional appearances Bono emphasized the song could be about letting go of any kind of relationship.[3]
The music to “Kite” was equally evocative, with the chorus featuring an emphatic wail from Bono set against The Edge’s churning guitar lines.
A popular number among fans, the song had its origins in a kite-flying outing on Killiney Hill overlooking Dublin Bay that Bono attempted with his daughters.[1] The outing went quickly awry when the kite crashed and one of the girls asked to go home and play with a video game. [2] So the song was at first written with Bono’s daughters in mind, or more generally, about a kite as a metaphor for someone or something escaping one’s realm of control; the song is, more or less, about Bono realizing a day will come when his daughters will “no longer need him.” The Edge helped out on the words, and felt that the lyric was actually aimed in the opposite direction, about Bono’s emotionally-reserved father: “He couldn’t see it, but I could.” Then while singing it, Bono recalled a similarly ill-fated kite-flying outing in his own childhood with his father in the County Dublin seaside towns of Skerries or Rush.[2] In any case, during early promotional appearances Bono emphasized the song could be about letting go of any kind of relationship.[3]
The music to “Kite” was equally evocative, with the chorus featuring an emphatic wail from Bono set against The Edge’s churning guitar lines.
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Shouts
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caiotribbiani wrote:
perfeita! szs
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DerpyKong wrote:
The guitar in the intro was awesome...
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Dark99 wrote:
I forgot about this song til I watched U2 Go Home. Great song.
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jonny_alpha wrote:
A modern U2 classic for sure.
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sMeRvie wrote:
Ufff, so nice!
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MaryForsberg wrote:
I love BONO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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MAROON3D wrote:
I will always remember my love, when I listened to this song...
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Filomenaa wrote:
Last of the rock stars... sad. But true. [2]
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rafaeloliv4 wrote:
Best song of the album;.
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Andre_DA wrote:
Last of the rock stars... sad. But true.
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The80sFan wrote:
One of my very favorite U2 songs. Just incredible lyrics, vocals, and instrumentation. Love it!
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Indranni wrote:
I love this song!!!
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PowerHour24 wrote:
'Last of the rockstars', that's for sure.
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Cologne_Fly wrote:
just listen to the london-performance 2001/08/21 ... incredible
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Angell-Dyk wrote:
One of my favorite U2 songs! ♥
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vrobles wrote:
Increíble, increíble canción. Monumento al porque aún sigo escuchando U2 ocasionalmente.
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Anderson_ma wrote:
so good!
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vh16 wrote:
one of the best songs from their best album :)
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MAROON3D wrote:
my favorite song of u2 (love)
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LastSerge wrote:
best song (with New York) from their worst album
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