U2/FEZ: ‘We’re on pilgrimage, barefoot, and we truly don’t know where the music will take us.’

@U2.COM has posted an English translation of an article from the Moroccan French-language weekly paper TelQuel giving the inside skinny (including a Q&A with Bono) about U2’s recent two-week stay in Morrocco’s spiritual capital, Fez.

It says, in part:

“I feel as if it’s never been this easy to write,” Bono testified, a little before the group’s departure from the Merinid capitol. “Fez is a holy place for musicians. We’ve come here to pay tribute to this town, and especially to learn.” The singer continued, taking a mystical tone, ” We’re on pilgrimage.”

Ten selections in all were born during this session, where for the first time ever local musicians were also recorded. An oud player, notably, and percussionists from Gnawa and Sufi brotherhoods. On the white board, in between the chord tabs, you could read “For Your Love,” or “One Bird,” titles (probably provisional) of two of their new songs….

“What I do, is I wait for the music to tell me what I’m going to sing,” Bono said. “I improvise a lot, and I don’t really know where we’re going. It’s only later that I sit down to write. It’s sort of like we’re on pilgrimage, barefoot, and we truly don’t know where the music will take us.

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