'Sing Street' Teen Rockers Are Better Than Young U2 Were, Says Bono

Sing Street, John Carney’s ode to the magic of music videos for a group of Irish teens in the 1980s, has received an extremely important endorsement: a rave review from Bono, frontman for a little Irish rock band called U2.

“In truth, at the same stage, U2 were not as good as the kids in Sing Street,” Bono says in a post on U2’s official website. “In truth most films you’ll see this year won’t touch Sing Street.”

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In the same post, Bono also reminisces about his own experiences as a young lad in Dublin.

“I remember the 1980s with somewhat of a blush,” he writes. “No man’s hair should be bigger than his girlfriend’s. But that was the time. Dublin in Technicolor. In reality it was monochrome and in the grip of a recession, But on video tape, you could be transported. You could wear what you liked, and the more outrageous the better … Thank God for Bowie, who made all the black eyes okay. And allowed people to find out who they were.”

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For any of you young’uns who doubt the veracity of Bono’s statements regarding ‘80s hair, please have a look at the thing of moussed and mulleted beauty that was Bono’s hair at the 1985 Live Aid concert. (To be honest, the style isn’t that different from the look Lucy Boynton sports in Sing Street.)

The singer was 25 at the time, so just a few years older than the Sing Street boys. But not only was he already at peak hair, he was at peak rock star as well, which makes his praise for Carney’s movie — which continues to expand to more theaters around the country — that much more meaningful.

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