I was so ready and absolutely loved it. It was the perfect continuation from Zoo TV energy. This was their best work. U2 in the 90s could literally do no wrong. The fans are divided on this LOL. I'm one of the weirdos.
As years go by, the clearer it gets that Pop was criminally underrated (including by the band itself who keeps on ignoring the album from setlists, reissues, on interviews, etc.). Unlike many U2 songs from the past 20 years, most songs from Pop actually still sound kind of fresh. "Discothèque", specially in this version, has a great groove, an addictive meeting of different types of distorted and processed guitars, very interesting.
All true. So true... POP was a very cool album. MoFo was probably the most unbelievable song on it (and I remember Bono even saying (way back then) that it was his favorite song they'd ever done... boy, how he's changed his 'tune' on that, huh?). And Please might've been the most 'U2' song on it and IT was great! Zooropa is still probably my FAVORITE thing they did back in that decade and Lemon most of all -back when they really were the best; but all of it was awesome, and since they released the Million Dollar Hotel soundtrack (which had some great songs on it) back in 2000, they've never been close to what they once were. 😕
@@klausuberhauser4303 That's one of the problems of XXI century U2 for me: the trauma of Pop lead the band to the irreversible vision of overproduced/overwrote songs over and over until today. The magic of Pop was exactly the opposite: songs that have interesting production techniques but that are raw as songs, that show the songs in its pure forms (maybe "Miami" or "Please" were underworked, but "Gone" or "Mofo" were a nice painiting mixing raw with heavy).
Basically, Zontar82 & vanillacaffelatte, it isn't even that they went "downhill" from there... It's more of a choice that they seemed to make that pleased many millions and bothered many of (the rest of) us, which was: easy/predictable "popularity". They were unique & cool & exciting in the 90s (their 30s) and by 2000 they each had tremendous wealth and fame (Bono especially), and rather than saying that for that reason alone they could 'afford' to keep going in new/original directions creatively, they would get rid of the effects, the experimentations, and competing with a fearlessly adventurous band like Radiohead and happily settle for commercial success and lots of radio PLAY and leaving all of 'us' to reminisce about U2 USE TO be, while going back to satisfy their fans from the 80s who didn’t go along for the ride in the 90s. (We'll always have: Passengers, and Pop, and Zooropa!}; )
Love how by the end Bono is acting like he's succeded in saving the world again, The Edge is clearly living a lifetime dream, Adam is just going along and Larry is being held at gunpoint.
They were so cool in the 90s making their best music and then SOMEONE (my guess is the edge, but who knows who ...internally) got worried about alienating their audience from the 80s and theu practically abandoned everything they did in the 90s and haven't been anywhere NEAR as cool (or musically exciting) since.
Saw U2 live during their Pop tour in 1997 at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis. Went there with my best buddy Charlie Tuttle. Charlie passed away from cancer about 10 years later at age 26. I miss him a lot but this song makes me think of the great time we had at that concert and I am happy to those memories.
@@Tas896 To be honest, Liam, I've not listened to it since the 90's. I got distracted by a great many other things in it's wake, and I've no need to go back and re-open old wounds, Our Kid.
@Green Grugach I personally think their last truly great album was How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. Then again that is my opinion and I respect yours 👌
Pop is a truly hidden gem in the catalogue of U2’s history and Discotheque was the perfect lead into this whacky and wonderful album! This video fits the whole era of U2 Pop so brilliantly as well - it never gets old! #U2 #Pop 🤘🏻
Yes, one of th the best, juiciest riffs. Many of them actually, from the rhythmic one, main riff to that ending when Adam is looking at the disco ball. Perfect.
Can you imagine the sparkles and surprises if they did an Uber box set like the Achtung baby one? A mirror ball case containing all sorts of stuff. Or at least a mirror all box. It has to happen…
Only U2 would have the cajones to make this video and risk looking completely ridiculous. Because of that confidence, the video ends up looking hip and effortlessly cool. You can see them barely able not to break out laughing. My favorite moment is when Edge dances awkwardly toward the camera and Bono nods his approval, like this is the best thing he’s ever seen. Classic.
The entire album feels one draft away from greatness. They have said this themselves, just not enough time to finish. It hits some real peaks nonetheless. POP has aged surprisingly well.
The rough draft feeling is what makes it perfect... the hollowness and emptiness of consumerism and feeling spirituality bereft is the central theme of Pop lyrically and the imperfection of the production aids that tremendously
I would like to add that Discothèque is probably the best U2 song ever, they completely broke all boundaries (because they were already out of the box during its golden age) with this song. When it came out I was only able to hear it on the radio, and I got mesmerized by this right off the bat masterpiece. I bought the CD in 1996 since then it has been part of me.
@@liodin2012 Either way, its been almost thirty years. Give the man a break and don't get so technical about a thing like a year or whatever. Go back and read his statement again. Take it all in. If this is all that you have to add to it then I think you can go suck on a rock or...something or other. Do Have Yourself A Nice Day!
@@calanthiarose Chill out, man, don't get so grumpy! Pop was U2's album I've waited so long to get my hands on it as it wasn't available in my country back then. On the other hand, a radio station from my country broadcasted live PopMart concert in Sarajevo and a TV station broadcasted some parts of the show in Rotterdam. It was on those occasions that I've heard for the first time Gone and Please. It was love at first sight, I still love a lot those songs. The premiere of Starring at he Sun video I watched on Italian public TV. So I have nice memories about that period of time and about Pop songs. It was only in 1998 that Pop was on sale where I lived so I bought it on audio cassette.
@@garrettmarshall1288 Thanks for cheerfully taking the time to respond to my original post and sharing your persuasive take on this U2 music collection that Discotheque is included on, now I am curious to eventually listen to this U2 music collection utilizing one of my music subscriptions.
@@Steve-et7co I don't know if that's the case. But whatever, in the nineties U2 moved on ( as they always have.) to a different sound for each of their then records , leaving some U2 fans behind who accused U2 of selling out , which was just rubbish , they have never sold out.
@@paradoxward2533 exactly, and it's precisely BECAUSE OF those "pre-Achtung Baby fans" and their 'misunderstanding' (this) era of U2 that U2, UNFORTUNATELY, abandoned all the exciting directions they were going and discovering in the 90s and went "running (back) to stand still" in easy/predictable and comfortable popularity.
@Green Grugach No Line on the Horizon is unreal, I've personally liked every album. The last one wouldn't be my favourite but everything before is great
Pop will forever be my favourite U2 album. The songs are incredibly strong and consistently so throughout the album. I love nearly every U2 record in its own way and TJT, AB and ATYCLB are rightly seen as classics, but Pop is just magic to me personally.
Last time U2 were very brave and interesting to be honest. And I'm a huge U2 fan. POP was simply amazingly over the top and crazy. Popmart equally so. Embrace the lunacy of it all!!!!
By some of the things Larry's reportedly said in the media over the past couple of years, he sounds like he may be at that point of walking away to do something else. He clearly hasn't been happy with the focus/direction of the band for some time.
This had to be one helluva fun video for these guys to make... 😂 ...It sure is fun to watch. The psychodelics, Edge with his breath spray - then that Village People spoof at the end...
Used to play this album in a tape boom box on the seat of my 88 chevy truck on my way to my lifeguarding job at Tomahawk Lake in Sparta NJ in 1997-1999. Great memories😃
En ése año estuve expectante a la premier de Discoteque, además cuando salió a la venta Pop hubo muchísima gente para comprar el disco, fue impresionante, que buenos recuerdos El video y tema están geniales, todavía suena fantástico.
90s electronica was so strongly influential in the music scene that even U2 tried to explore that universe ... Daft Punk, the Chemical Brothers, the Prodigy, Orbital, Underworld ... they all were becoming world stars !!! I miss 90s so much ... More than 80s, indeed !
This Album was just released too early, it’s a brilliant record. Fits more into 2021 then it did in 1997. The pop mart tour was freaking awesome!! The band entering the stage like it was a prize fight is brilliant!! Discothèque is an absolutely brilliant track. We just didn’t get it then. Now it’s relevant. U2 foreseeing the future! Just like Zooropa, their Sergeant Peppers in my opinion. This band is something else, seriously! Age holds no barriers! Look at Numb, edge wearing a beanie with a barcode on it. They were right!! QR codes thank you very much. Yes different albums but emphasising U2’s relevance and and being in touch with not just then but today.
The most musically and lyrically diverse album in U2's back catalogue. Paradoxically undercooked yet overproduced, but the songs are very strong. Pop sounds fresher today than it did in 1997! I miss 90s U2.
Gotta love the mid to late 90s, when Rockbands were experimenting with samplers and drum computers, while dance acts were incorporating electric guitars and other live instruments into their songs.
In total agreement. Also, cool account image! 😜 *Playing the Angel* is my favourite Depeche Mode record, as *POP* is my favourite U2 album! "Touring the Angel" and "Popmart": pure awesomeness. 🙂 Not the most popular preferences regarding these two amazing bands which both possess stellar musical catalogues - however, I can only be truthful! 😎
The last experimental, beautiful album of U2. Achtung Baby, Zooropa, POP. Three innovative incredible albums. Everytime a surprise. Golden Age of U2.
Agreed brother
Indeed. Those 3 albums are so different from each other but made so lovingly and intricately….they’re truly something to behold.
Amen!
Those 3 AND the Passengers album there also for a good measure, all within a 6 year period. Amazing achievement.
ohh fucking yeahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was when the band had balls and challenged their audience and themselves. 90’s U2 had NO FEAR.
I made a playlist of the best songs from Achtung Baby, Zooropa and Pop. It’s awesome. 90s U2 were fearless!
U2 stopped being relevant after The Joshua Tree
@@robinmoss3365no seu mundo apenas....
and i was aboard, saw ZOOROPA 3 times!!! in a rowe, breathtaking, in 1993, Vienna, Munich, Budapest!!!
@@TheDude-n3p Need a Hungarian girlfriend.
Larry's excitement is contagious
so true! lol
The world just wasnt ready for this ear blasting masterpiece.
They were way ahead of there time on this 🔥
Retro-futuristic.
I was so ready and absolutely loved it. It was the perfect continuation from Zoo TV energy. This was their best work. U2 in the 90s could literally do no wrong. The fans are divided on this LOL. I'm one of the weirdos.
"Pop" deserves a remasterd release with all the single versions, b-sides, remixes and live material. Boom cha.
We wont get it. Instead we Will get another, 40th anniversary of Joshua tree
YES PLEASE. give us a big spankin silver holofoil boxset already!
Still one of the best U2 songs.
Happy 64th Birthday 🎂 to U2’s Bass Guitar Adam Clayton
3:35
Totally agree
LOVE this song!
As years go by, the clearer it gets that Pop was criminally underrated (including by the band itself who keeps on ignoring the album from setlists, reissues, on interviews, etc.). Unlike many U2 songs from the past 20 years, most songs from Pop actually still sound kind of fresh. "Discothèque", specially in this version, has a great groove, an addictive meeting of different types of distorted and processed guitars, very interesting.
It also has a great guitar riff, i think one of The Edge's best. Check at 1.06
All true. So true...
POP was a very cool album. MoFo was probably the most unbelievable song on it (and I remember Bono even saying (way back then) that it was his favorite song they'd ever done... boy, how he's changed his 'tune' on that, huh?).
And Please might've been the most 'U2' song on it and IT was great!
Zooropa is still probably my FAVORITE thing they did back in that decade and Lemon most of all
-back when they really were the best; but all of it was awesome, and since they released the Million Dollar Hotel soundtrack (which had some great songs on it) back in 2000, they've never been close to what they once were. 😕
They were pretty unhappy about the production process of the album. Maybe they have some sort of trauma haha
@@klausuberhauser4303 That's one of the problems of XXI century U2 for me: the trauma of Pop lead the band to the irreversible vision of overproduced/overwrote songs over and over until today. The magic of Pop was exactly the opposite: songs that have interesting production techniques but that are raw as songs, that show the songs in its pure forms (maybe "Miami" or "Please" were underworked, but "Gone" or "Mofo" were a nice painiting mixing raw with heavy).
I think it it came out today it would be a massive hit, to your point.
Everybody talks about the sick guitar riff, but the bass line is equally awsome
I do really love POP era. The best.
Agreed, in the 90's they were gods, they Just went Downhill from there
@@Zontar82 100% fact
Basically, Zontar82 & vanillacaffelatte, it isn't even that they went "downhill" from there...
It's more of a choice that they seemed to make that pleased many millions and bothered many of (the rest of) us, which was:
easy/predictable "popularity".
They were unique & cool & exciting in the 90s (their 30s) and by 2000 they each had tremendous wealth and fame (Bono especially), and rather than saying that for that reason alone they could 'afford' to keep going in new/original directions creatively, they would get rid of the effects, the experimentations, and competing with a fearlessly adventurous band like Radiohead and happily settle for commercial success and lots of radio PLAY and leaving all of 'us' to reminisce about U2 USE TO be, while going back to satisfy their fans from the 80s who didn’t go along for the ride in the 90s.
(We'll always have:
Passengers, and Pop, and
Zooropa!}; )
The older folks like me called this alternative. Looking back I do see the similarities. It was the best time to enjoy life.
The 3rd best era after 87-91 & 00-04 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
I love this whole album. Way underrated.
Love how by the end Bono is acting like he's succeded in saving the world again, The Edge is clearly living a lifetime dream, Adam is just going along and Larry is being held at gunpoint.
Fr Larry just wanna go home
I wanna wish a Happy early 64th Birthday 🎂 to U2’s Lead Singer Paul David Hewson Bono!!!!
1:10
Larry was laughing a little lol
Trying their best to stay in character :)
Adam's always the chillest
Totally underrated 😢
Bono and Edge look like they were having way too much fun 😍😍😍
I never pegged Edge as a leather daddy.
@@keithhepworth4934 I never pegged Edge
@@blue-tb2fd Touché. 😆
Listnetingbring me back to'97... What a great tune!! Discotheque!! Just a rocker in danceboots🎸🎸
I love this record and era of U2. I wish the band embraced it now as much as they did then.
They were so cool in the 90s making their best music and then SOMEONE (my guess is the edge, but who knows who ...internally) got worried about alienating their audience from the 80s and theu practically abandoned everything they did in the 90s and haven't been anywhere NEAR as cool (or musically exciting) since.
@@tallkeithatl did you mean U2?
@@tallkeithatl HTDAAB, NLOTH and ATCBLB were all great albums in the aughts. Their last 2 are tremendously underrated.
@@Enne_esse Nah they suck actually
@@KM-zw9qb Nah, they don't, actually.
Saw U2 live during their Pop tour in 1997 at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis. Went there with my best buddy Charlie Tuttle. Charlie passed away from cancer about 10 years later at age 26. I miss him a lot but this song makes me think of the great time we had at that concert and I am happy to those memories.
Pop was a solid album, wasn't even a bad album.
Considering the utter rubbish that came out that year (I'm looking at you Oasis), Pop was a very good album.
@@blackpeter70 lol 👌
@@blackpeter70 nah Be Here Now is class looking back at it now man
@@Tas896 To be honest, Liam, I've not listened to it since the 90's. I got distracted by a great many other things in it's wake, and I've no need to go back and re-open old wounds, Our Kid.
@Green Grugach I personally think their last truly great album was How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. Then again that is my opinion and I respect yours 👌
Today marks the 25th anniversary of this jewel. It sounds as modern as in 1997.
This song is revolutionary. It still kicks ass
20yrs old when I first heard this song now I'm 46. Missing the 90s
Hi I recommend an indie song called 'The Bond Villain' by Robert Nix
VERY MODERN FOR 1996
Indeed
Finally, you can totally see Larry regretting certain life choices with crystal clarity.
Very much so…
4:33
LOL, Right?!
Edge looks like he really enjoyed making the video!
1:41 😅
Pop is a truly hidden gem in the catalogue of U2’s history and Discotheque was the perfect lead into this whacky and wonderful album! This video fits the whole era of U2 Pop so brilliantly as well - it never gets old! #U2 #Pop 🤘🏻
As a metalhead, I always come back to this song for that amazing riff by The Edge!
Same here
I wish someone would cover it with downtuned guitars.
Looking back I think The Edge was the soul of U2 ❤
Yes, one of th the best, juiciest riffs. Many of them actually, from the rhythmic one, main riff to that ending when Adam is looking at the disco ball. Perfect.
It is indeed a rare sight of the Edge's balding head
Would love to see some Pop love in terms of an anniversary release. Maybe next year.
Can you imagine the sparkles and surprises if they did an Uber box set like the Achtung baby one?
A mirror ball case containing all sorts of stuff. Or at least a mirror all box. It has to happen…
@@rossco78 mirrored lemon
25th is next year...
I don't think it's going to happen. They totally abandoned this album like it never existed
@@klausuberhauser4303 shame on them, because it's Better than anything they made in recent years
And Edge's mirror guitar...and the nod to the Village People at the end...priceless!
I wanna wish a Happy early 63rd Birthday 🎂 to U2’s Lead Guitar David Howell Evans The Edge!!!
2:20
This is my U2 era!
hugely underrated, Edge at his best
Finally, finally, finally.
Only U2 would have the cajones to make this video and risk looking completely ridiculous. Because of that confidence, the video ends up looking hip and effortlessly cool. You can see them barely able not to break out laughing. My favorite moment is when Edge dances awkwardly toward the camera and Bono nods his approval, like this is the best thing he’s ever seen. Classic.
Yeah, that nod. I always liked that too.
And that smile from Larry when the band is doing the dance sequence towards the end
Larry is really not into the hip thrusts at the end.
Seeing The Edge doing synchronized dance in bondage attire with the handlebar porn stashe is…well… it’s just fantastic.
Always loved Pop, always will, Discoteque for me it's what goes on inside a disco ball, a lot of fun apparently! lol Thank you U2 much love!!
Still a Top 5 song of theirs for me, and I've been following them since 1984. 😂❤🎉😅
The entire album feels one draft away from greatness. They have said this themselves, just not enough time to finish. It hits some real peaks nonetheless. POP has aged surprisingly well.
POp
I've found that U2's more conceptual albums have aged much better than their "lets throw some good songs in a pile" albums.
Its definitely a little bit undercooked. with a bit more time it could have been even better than achtung baby. I still absolutely love it though
It aged this good because the production is very good and the songs themselves ofc.
The rough draft feeling is what makes it perfect... the hollowness and emptiness of consumerism and feeling spirituality bereft is the central theme of Pop lyrically and the imperfection of the production aids that tremendously
That bass! U2 were diabolical in the 90s. I ended up missing this version of them for the rest of their career LOL
Finally POP videos! 😍🙌🏻
Hello how are you doing it’s nice meeting you here
I would like to add that Discothèque is probably the best U2 song ever, they completely broke all boundaries (because they were already out of the box during its golden age) with this song. When it came out I was only able to hear it on the radio, and I got mesmerized by this right off the bat masterpiece. I bought the CD in 1996 since then it has been part of me.
You bought it in 1997 because Pop was released in March 1997.
@@liodin2012 Either way, its been almost thirty years. Give the man a break and don't get so technical about a thing like a year or whatever. Go back and read his statement again. Take it all in. If this is all that you have to add to it then I think you can go suck on a rock or...something or other. Do Have Yourself A Nice Day!
@@calanthiarose Chill out, man, don't get so grumpy! Pop was U2's album I've waited so long to get my hands on it as it wasn't available in my country back then. On the other hand, a radio station from my country broadcasted live PopMart concert in Sarajevo and a TV station broadcasted some parts of the show in Rotterdam. It was on those occasions that I've heard for the first time Gone and Please. It was love at first sight, I still love a lot those songs. The premiere of Starring at he Sun video I watched on Italian public TV. So I have nice memories about that period of time and about Pop songs. It was only in 1998 that Pop was on sale where I lived so I bought it on audio cassette.
Best U2 song... LOL
The most underrated album ever made.
of all time !!!
I call it overhated, it got such a bad rap for no reason.
For real
@@Pensfan5919 critics will start to complain when an artist has too much success..,
U2 needs to appreciate the album more as well…
Party U2 was fantastic. Pity is was so short lived.
2024 - and this is still a tune & a half.
I’m listening to U2 Discothèque mid February 2024
4:17
Me too
Way ahead of their time. The most underrated album ever
The last great album, loved them most in this period!
Que tema por dios!, más pasa el tiempo más me gusta, U2 unos adelantados a sus tiempos!.
Pop is one of my favourite u2 albums. Pure gold
U2 has way more courage than its fans.
That's a lot to chew on man 🤔
Village U2 People.... The guys are great. I know about them for 38 years and they were never boring. Fantastic band... 🌍🎸🔈🔉🔊🕺🕺🕺🕺🎸🌍
They've been kind of boring for yhe past 20 years; not awful, not even necessarily bad, just not as exciting and original as they were in the 90s.
What A TUNE....Irish Dubliner PROUD ☘️ I 💚 this band....
Discotheque by U2 is definitely a 90s electro rock masterpiece, the club themed music video enhances the elevating music feel of this U2 song.
The first 3 songs are freakin magic. The rest of the album is too but the first 3 just go together. Same vibe. And beautiful dance songs.
@@garrettmarshall1288 Thanks for cheerfully taking the time to respond to my original post and sharing your persuasive take on this U2 music collection that Discotheque is included on, now I am curious to eventually listen to this U2 music collection utilizing one of my music subscriptions.
I wanna wish a Happy early 62nd Birthday 🎂 to U2’s Drummer Larry Mullen Jr
U2 left a lot of fans behind.
They have never sold out and their music is as relevant today as it ever was.
They've still Got it. St Michael the Dove.
They were accused of being sell outs for THIS album
@@Steve-et7co I don't know if that's the case. But whatever, in the nineties U2 moved on ( as they always have.) to a different sound for each of their then records , leaving some U2 fans behind who accused U2 of selling out , which was just rubbish , they have never sold out.
@Steve-et7co it was superficially inspired by electronica but still U2
One of the most under-rated videos
This kind of revolutionary songs and video have made today’s U2 , cult band _ wish they could go back to their best past ❤
U2 acknowledging Pop's existence!!!
2:21 my God drums! Amazing 🤞🏻
I'm never forget this era of U2. It was brave. They didn't play it safe. Poorly received at the time but aged very well.
Tellement dans le futur ❤❤❤❤❤
The most misunderstood era of U2.
for the pre-Achtung Baby fans..., yeah, true.
And still don’t understand it….
@@paradoxward2533 exactly, and it's precisely BECAUSE OF those "pre-Achtung Baby fans" and their 'misunderstanding' (this) era of U2 that U2, UNFORTUNATELY, abandoned all the exciting directions they were going and discovering in the 90s and went "running (back) to stand still" in easy/predictable and comfortable popularity.
It seemed like this was when they were having their most fun….
@Green Grugach No Line on the Horizon is unreal, I've personally liked every album. The last one wouldn't be my favourite but everything before is great
Pop will forever be my favourite U2 album. The songs are incredibly strong and consistently so throughout the album. I love nearly every U2 record in its own way and TJT, AB and ATYCLB are rightly seen as classics, but Pop is just magic to me personally.
My favorite lp from U2❤😊
Larry's shy movements are amusing.
They have the coolest appearance in this era.
I don't know who's gonna agree with me but the sequence after 4:21 is pure gold!
Lol, I agree....! This song is just one of my favorite, I dont understand why it tends to have bad critics
larry fighting it every step of the way. the roy keane of rock bands
I think this was a joke but a good one. I dont think Larry was very happy to make this video but Adam suits this well.
Pop is a phenomenal album even in it's 'unfinished' state!
Nothing but love for the Pop era. Such a fantastic capper to their best trilogy of albums. I wish they'd get experimental again.
The trilogy starting with Zoo Station and ending with Wake Up Dead Man. Pure perfection
This video shows their dynamics and personalities so well. Watching Larry is hilarious
We all have been waiting for this
No..i should have never happened in first place.
@@1976JT discotheque is even better than beautiful day
@@ellukitaa__6571pop is better than All that you can't leave behind imo.
Saw them play it live . They came out of a giant lemon. Awesome show
Last time U2 were very brave and interesting to be honest. And I'm a huge U2 fan. POP was simply amazingly over the top and crazy. Popmart equally so. Embrace the lunacy of it all!!!!
They were one of the Best groups in1997. Now its a parody
Meu Deus!.foi um tremendo sussesso, em são Paulo, em 98, que tempos bons,e me da uma saudade daqueles anos......
This song is all about the cow bell and Larry’s complete lack of enthusiasm.
POP for Larry!
Larry's complete lack of enthusiasm: now in HD!
Larry didn't like the album because he wasn't able to contribute as much
When Larry feared he might be replaced by a drum machine, he threatened to put up a note on the wall seeking people to start a new band 😄
By some of the things Larry's reportedly said in the media over the past couple of years, he sounds like he may be at that point of walking away to do something else. He clearly hasn't been happy with the focus/direction of the band for some time.
The Edge rocks here!
Great riff and Edge seems to really get into it towards the end.
Beautiful how they adapted to the changing music over the years.
Haven't heard this in 20 years wow
When I was a kid I would put this song on in my room, turn off all the lights and dance around. Fond memories.
Masterpiece.
Achtung Baby, Zooropa and Pop were U2 at their very best.
This had to be one helluva fun video for these guys to make... 😂 ...It sure is fun to watch. The psychodelics, Edge with his breath spray - then that Village People spoof at the end...
In my opinion, this is U2’s best video.
Used to play this album in a tape boom box on the seat of my 88 chevy truck on my way to my lifeguarding job at Tomahawk Lake in Sparta NJ in 1997-1999. Great memories😃
pop was the unpopular sibling of achtung and joshua...but if you just spent enough time with pop, you learned that it was really the kool kid
Great song by a great band
I saw them on tour that year, big outdoor stadium, and when they played this song it brought the house down
Perfect and really underestimated song from U2
Excellent! Please, don't forget "Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me" in HD. Thanks a lot for all the videos.
The logical step ahead of U2. Next Albums of the band were so commun.
Наконец-то!!! Неужели через столько лет это великолепие можно будет увидеть в отличном качестве!
Кринж
Ох, и не говорите!! Наконец-то дождались!!
En ése año estuve expectante a la premier de Discoteque, además cuando salió a la venta Pop hubo muchísima gente para comprar el disco, fue impresionante, que buenos recuerdos
El video y tema están geniales, todavía suena fantástico.
Goosebumps... what a song man! Can't believe I was 12yo when this was released. Still same excitement when listening to it...
90s electronica was so strongly influential in the music scene that even U2 tried to explore that universe ... Daft Punk, the Chemical Brothers, the Prodigy, Orbital, Underworld ... they all were becoming world stars !!! I miss 90s so much ... More than 80s, indeed !
This Album was just released too early, it’s a brilliant record. Fits more into 2021 then it did in 1997. The pop mart tour was freaking awesome!! The band entering the stage like it was a prize fight is brilliant!! Discothèque is an absolutely brilliant track. We just didn’t get it then. Now it’s relevant. U2 foreseeing the future!
Just like Zooropa, their Sergeant Peppers in my opinion. This band is something else, seriously! Age holds no barriers!
Look at Numb, edge wearing a beanie with a barcode on it. They were right!! QR codes thank you very much. Yes different albums but emphasising U2’s relevance and and being in touch with not just then but today.
I disagree with you on the tour being good. I attended, and I hated it.
The most musically and lyrically diverse album in U2's back catalogue. Paradoxically undercooked yet overproduced, but the songs are very strong. Pop sounds fresher today than it did in 1997! I miss 90s U2.
"The most musically and lyrically diverse album in U2's back catalogue."
That would be Zooropa.
Yeah, don't agree with that, @@redlightmax, but each to their own.
The flaws in it are what enhance the themes of emptiness in the material itself
the matching dissco style Gibson Les Paul is a genius idea, i mean, only U2 can pull this off
What a tune
Gotta love the mid to late 90s, when Rockbands were experimenting with samplers and drum computers, while dance acts were incorporating electric guitars and other live instruments into their songs.
One of my most favorite U2 albums ever. Genius.
Edge riffs.
It's incredible how underrated this album is... ¡masterpiece!
Underrated album IMHO..
A song about falling in love dressed up for clubbing! Pop is my favourite U2 song from my favourite U2 album!
As always, the back beat is killing it. Backing The Edge must have been orgasmic.
This is the song that I knew U2 almost 25 years ago, they blew my mind
A Piece of Art and evolution!!!! Awesome!!!
1997 was a BIG Year....DM's ULTRA, Prodigy FAT OF THE LAND and POP !!!
In total agreement. Also, cool account image! 😜
*Playing the Angel* is my favourite Depeche Mode record, as *POP* is my favourite U2 album! "Touring the Angel" and "Popmart": pure awesomeness. 🙂
Not the most popular preferences regarding these two amazing bands which both possess stellar musical catalogues - however, I can only be truthful! 😎