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I agree too.
I was reading the comments on here but despair at people calling short people midgets. I think I know him from a film called 'Time Bandits' Though I could be wrong?

Amazing what a very good produced video will do for you. Did you count the times in these replies on what the video meant?

Magic. Great band too.

Good one, Rich.

What's wrong with midgets, Chippy? I met a midget who called himself a midget. Is it s'posed to be un-PC or something? Is "little ppl" better?

Anyway, I liked the vid.

? I dont get it ?
Was there a point to that.
Yea, good video, but ??

Was there a point to that.

well, I was yutubin a few U2 tunes & saw that one.
It reminded me of when I performed that tune in front of a crowd of several thousand at a 4th of July, oceanside up here years ago.
It was amazingly cool..

That tune & vid touches something in me: perhaps takes me back to me younger days..for a few reasons. Midget-ness NOT being one of them before some smartarse asks.

and I felt suddenly compelled to share it...for no good reason.


R

The most important thing is that it has significance to you.

Thats cool Rich. I enjoyed the video and the music.
I appreciate you shared that.

It was the point of the vid itself that was the fly by.
Who died? what was the significance?
They just lost me. Maybe I am just slow on the up take.

Nothing at all. That was what was expected of him to say. I'd much prefer a name and then say were a midget.

philbymon wrote:Good one, Rich.

What's wrong with midgets, Chippy? I met a midget who called himself a midget. Is it s'posed to be un-PC or something? Is "little ppl" better?

Anyway, I liked the vid.

fisherman bob wrote:The most important thing is that it has significance to you.

Yup. That's what makes a song a good song.

sanshouheil, worry not: you're in good company with thousands who've pondered on the meaning of this song.

I dug this up & found it interesting:

05-02-2002
It is a love song, sure, but everyone writes love songs. It tells of the intensity of desire and lust, the desire to be everything to someone, when really these promises are unfulfillable. So, it comes to the question of whether we can love within our limitations, or whether it will all end when our own human weaknesses are exposed.

It's about love, but a fragile love, a love where the 'promises we make' are too grand to support. The narrator hear's all these promises from his lover, and they all sound wonderful, but they're unnecessary. He only wants her, everything else is a distraction.

That's all well and good, but The Edge and the violin are really what brings this song from mediocre to great. The musical leads parallel the story, through miniature peaks and lulls, to the stirring climax after Bono shouts "You --- all I want is you ... ", as if the person is confronting the demons and choosing between love and lust, then into the gentle but restrained denouement, which seems to signify a comfortable satisfaction with intense feeling restrained below the surface.

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found this too:

Bono has said that "All I Want Is You," from Rattle and Hum, is dedicated to his wife, Ali. The poetic and symbolic lyrics describe his desire for true, unconditional love, and the promises his lover makes show the depth of her feelings.

Cool.

Thanks