U2start.com | No Line On The Horizon 11 years on.

Posing.

That's what that quote is all about.

i don't buy that quote for a second. you can tell they want to sweep Popmart under the carpet as much as possible. the same with Rattle and Hum to an extent, in fact anything that isn't a smash hit they seem to try and distance themselves from.

i'd put good money on ZooTV being the tour they're most proud of, what with all the homages and throwbacks they've done in the years following and stuff.

dylbagz

9 years

I just don't understand how you could dislike something so much and still claim it to be your favourite? Fucked up if true.

wangmaster

9 years

i agree. i mean, i don't expect them to drag that giant fucking lemon around to every concert they do, but sticking the odd Pop tune in rotation wouldn't kill them - if anything they should want to, if we're gonna believe it's their favourite.

iTim

9 years

Well he didn't say it was his favourite, he said it was the one he was most proud of and he means that in terms of stage design. The collaborations with the artists and the physical installations were mindblowing, he said.

RattleandHum1988

9 years

To be fair, even today that stage would be mindblowing and awesome lol. Back in the late 90s I'm sure people were like "whoa".

blueeyedboy

9 years

Originally posted by andypow:[..]
I would have to disagree with you there and say that I believe it is their best album of that decade.Less vanilla than the other two

I will say again. Listen to this on vinyl. It's the way it's meant to be listened. It is epic as a long play. If this woulda come out when vinyl was the only format, it would have been massive.

blueeyedboy

9 years

Originally posted by ahn1991:[..]
If you aren't willing to admit that U2 had taken a huge slump following PopMart and made a huge comeback in 2000 with ATYCLB and the Elevation Tour, you've got your head stuck in the sand. Even if you think ATYCLB was a garbage album, the truth is that if ATYCLB had failed U2 would have stopped right then and there.

Oh boy... Here we go with the opinionated name calling again. Comeback can mean different things to different folks. And its one of those things that can't really be argued. It's all a perspective thing. I see what you are trying to say, but in that case, an argument can made that Achtung Baby was a huge comeback after RAH, as well. And SOI after NLOTH.Which means U2 has made a "comeback" to start each decade. Which kind of makes the term stale... IMHO

Get your head out of the mud, baby...

blueeyedboy

9 years

Originally posted by andypow:"Huge" is a little extreme. Seeing Popmart live was an amazing experience. Back when U2 were pushing the boundaries and leaving it to the fans to follow.....

blueeyedboy

9 years

Originally posted by ahn1991:Every time I read about U2's comments regarding Popmart, I almost never hear it being talked about in a positive light by the band.

Because it was an overambitious achievement that bled money. The fans were there it just cost them massive amounts of money. Show or no show. They booked the tour before the album was finished... We all know thats a big mistake for U2. So instead of a December 96 release for an April 97 tour, they ended up with a March 97 release for an April 97 tour. The rest was history...

And still a vintage U2 tour live. I saw the 9th show on the tour and they were still working it out. But I loved and was in awe of every minute of it...

blueeyedboy

9 years

Originally posted by dylbagz:I just don't understand how you could dislike something so much and still claim it to be your favourite? Fucked up if true.

BeLIEve

blueeyedboy

9 years

Originally posted by iTim:Well he didn't say it was his favourite, he said it was the one he was most proud of and he means that in terms of stage design. The collaborations with the artists and the physical installations were mindblowing, he said.

And it was mindblowing. In a completely different way that Zoo TV was mindblowing!

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