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It was one of the most remarkable things I’ve ever seen in a studio.” Bono fits the milieu in question, and although he isn’t an Irish speaker – ‘An Cat Dubh’ aside, U2 aren’t thought to have recorded any songs in their island’s vernacular – he acquits himself nicely to the pronunciation in question. “He just walked in the studio and improvised his vocal in 2 takes, making up a lot of lyrics on the spot,” Clannad singer Maire Brennan remembered. When he enters on the song, it’s like the sound of a God thundering in, swinging his way for battle, by summoning a vocal from the ground beneath his feet. Paul Hewson was nicknamed ‘Bono’ on account of his strong vocal prowess, and he was adept at trying out new styles of singing. The band consisted of siblings Ciarán, Pól, and Moya Brennan and their twin uncles Noel and Pádraig Duggan (Enya Brennan, yes that Enya, was briefly a member of the group, although she felt the need to find her own path, which she still leads to this day.) They were a family unit, no hollow metaphor, but a signifier of their place as a family of artists. Their horizons were widening, and they felt confident enough in their abilities to work with a singer of Bono’s calibre by the time they recorded ‘In A Lifetime’. The finished tune, ‘In A Lifetime’, was recorded by Clannad, a family output from Donegal, who were best known for the startling ‘Theme From Harry’s Game’, recorded almost entirely in the Irish language itself. And the finished result is one that carries a power of strength and fortitude that understands the geography of the track in question. It’s hard to tell or recognise a classic when it plays before your eyes, but Clannad had the good fortune of recording with Bono, so they must have had a strong idea of what was what.
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