Coloco aquí palabras textuales de Martin Gore acerca del cover que, a petición de Bono, le hizo Depeche Mode al tema de U2, «So Cruel», mismo que acaba de salir a la luz.

Nada tan cierto como aquel cruce que menciona sobre los estilos de ambas bandas en el amanecer de los años 90. Los rockeros tendiendo a la electrónica y los electrónicos aprovechando las adicciones de Dave Gahan para ser más rockeros.

 «We first heard Achtung Baby working on Songs Of Faith And Devotion with Flood. It was the closest our bands ever got: U2 had become more electronic while Depeche Mode were working on a new rock vision. But there was never a rivalry.

Bono used reverse psychology in his email, saying he totally understood why we’d say no. We just thought, Why not? ‘So Cruel’ is Bono at his best, words-wise. And we couldn’t tackle One – that would be almost sacrilegious».    Martin Gore, 2011

En fin, aquí el cover: