"Here is one person in this hall tonight whose songs we know will be here now and forever.'
Bono was in Liverpool to present Paul McCartney with MTV Europe's 'Ultimate Legend' award.
'In the universe of rock and roll,' he said, 'The Beatles were the Big Bang'."Liverpool, this is the man who invented my job!"
McCartney's acceptance speech was more modest but rose a huge ovation.
"I want to thank my mum and dad," he said, going on to pay tribute to his bandmates in the Beatles, the people of Liverpool and Americans, "for voting in Senator Obama."
'Many years ago, there were four little boys born here in Liverpool and we went on to do quite well...'
source:www.U2.com; www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2008/11/07/mtveurope-awards.html
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