Who, how, and why you love
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Each member of U2 interviewed in USA Today:
"This is a gigantic and preposterous analogy," [Bono] warns. "In the days after Hiroshima, people were never so close to their families and never so hedonistic. The world was a much more fragile place when they saw what the splitting of the atom could do. Suddenly, the world had a sell-by date, perhaps. This album was no time for philosophizing. This is about who do you love, how do you love, why do you love."