Why I will never cheat off Bono in History class

For years I held an unneccessary grudge against U2 for being such self-involved pricks.

Then, with a little more book-learnin' I finally had a reason to point to when people wondered why I thought so little of the band.

In Pride (In the Name of Love) Bono caterwails:

Early morning, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride

That's great and all, but uh, dude?

Even Wikipedia knows that "King was assassinated at 6:01 p.m. April 4, 1968, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee."

Not exactly the crack of dawn, even for a rock star.

Here's where I've always been confused - April 4 isn't really a date that sticks in someone's head unless it's your birthday or something, in which case, total bummer of a birthday... and Happy Birthday, Heather!

So, at some point, someone in the band had to look the date up and confirm, but didn't notice that the group King was with was headed for dinner at the time.

Bono is damn lucky he's going to save the world someday...

(Photo from Wikipedia.org)