While Reed was known by many for being a "wild creature who put songs about heroin in the pop charts," Bono said he sees him differently. "This is how I will remember him, a still figure in the eye of a metallic hurricane, an artist pulling strange shapes out of the formless void that is pop culture, a songwriter pulling melodies out of the dissonance of what Yeats called "this filthy modern tide" and, yes, pop's truly great poker face � with so much comedy dancing around those piercing eyes." more on this story

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