Bono’s ode to The King finds favour with the Beeb

NOT the sweetest thing he’s every written, a poem by Bono about Elvis is for some, unforgettably dire.

Regardless, the BBC plans to air it as part of a 15-minute broadcast, interwoven with music and footage of the King (Elvis, not Bono), on May 13 next. The 850-word poem to The Pelvis will form part of a feature which the Beeb promises will be “atmospheric and artistic”.

Bono composed the ode to Elvis in 1995, but it was only two years ago that its potential was recognised. At the end of an interview with Des Shaw for a BBC radio series about Sun Studios in Memphis where Elvis recorded, Bono produced the poem.