Bono Shares 60-Song Playlist That Saved His Life For His 60th Birthday
Bono and U2 live in 2017 - BBC Music / Youtube
U2 frontman Bono just celebrated his 60th birthday last Sunday, May 10 – with millions of fans showing their love for the rocker by extending their greetings and well-wishes. In turn, Bono thanked 60 artists that helped make him the artist that he is today, in a curated playlist titled “60 Songs That Saved My Life.”
This playlist is now available on major streaming services like Spotify and Youtube music, among others, and features a wide variety of songs. Classics like Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel” and The Beatles’ “I Want To Hold Your Hand” are part of the list, as well as contemporary pop songs like Billie Eilish’s “everything I wanted” and Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way.”
“These are some of the songs that saved my life. The ones I couldn’t have lived without… the ones that got me from there to here, zero to 60… through all the scrapes, all manner of nuisance, from the serious to the silly… and the joy, mostly joy,” he said in a statement. Bono will also write a fan letter for every song to explain his fascination with each and every one of them.
David Bowie was one of the first to be addressed with a letter (written to his son, Duncan Jones), which read, “When I heard your Dad’s song LIFE ON MARS? on the radio in 1973, I was hiding under the covers of my bed in 10 Cedarwood Road listening to a pirate radio station called Radio Caroline. The song was answering a much more important question when I was 13… Is there intelligent life on earth? It was proof as far as I’m concerned.”
Below is the complete list of Bono’s “60 Songs That Saved My Life.”