Subscriber -MAN WITH THE SPINNING HEAD- 0 Posted August 2, 2015 Subscriber Share Posted August 2, 2015 check out a great feature on 'Pop' http://www.xsnoize.com/classic-album-revisited-u2-pop/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber Grande 3:16 39 Posted August 2, 2015 Subscriber Share Posted August 2, 2015 (edited) Back in 97 I thought the album was a few great songs surrounded by filler. Nearly 20 years on I think it's improved with age and is one of their best albums. "I have always believed that it is no coincidence that the band begins All That You Can’t Leave Behind with the glorious and triumphant Beautiful Day. Where Wake Up Dead Man is the Crucifixion and the its immediate aftermath, Beautiful Day is the Resurrection. The brilliance of juxtapostioning the end of POP with the beginning of All That You Can’t Leave Behind is what will make U2 an enduring exceptional band no matter the roller-coaster of their popularity and sales figures."I think they might be over-analysing things here. All That You Can't Leave Behind and the leading single Beautiful Day was just U2 giving a big fat apology to fans who didn't like Pop. The worst song on Pop is still better than 80% of the songs on ATYCLB. Edited August 5, 2015 by Grande 3:16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber JCF 121 Posted August 2, 2015 Subscriber Share Posted August 2, 2015 Thanks for the post! I have always loved Pop, a lot, so it was a good read. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber pain_18_ 795 Posted August 3, 2015 Subscriber Share Posted August 3, 2015 POP ROX !!! POP FOR EV !!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber CraigFairlie 6 Posted August 3, 2015 Subscriber Share Posted August 3, 2015 Thanks for this article. I love Pop. It's my favourite U2 album! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber pain_18_ 795 Posted August 3, 2015 Subscriber Share Posted August 3, 2015 Thanks for this article. I love Pop. It's my favourite U2 album! Same here !!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber clapton is god 12 Posted August 4, 2015 Subscriber Share Posted August 4, 2015 i think some Pop should be played at some u2 gigs. but they seem to haveforgotten it's sales aint as bad as made out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber annodominii2015 0 Posted August 5, 2015 Subscriber Share Posted August 5, 2015 Pop is Latin for people Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber pain_18_ 795 Posted August 9, 2015 Subscriber Share Posted August 9, 2015 POP FOR EV !!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber Koke-dera 84 Posted August 10, 2015 Subscriber Share Posted August 10, 2015 A great album dissed by Americans still trying to put on the brakes, tie Bono's hair in a ponytail, and force the Joshua Tree into being an album they never moved beyond. I'd rather hear *anything* off Pop than anything off Joshua Tree (except maybe Red Hill Mining Town or Mothers of the Disappeared which resonates with Pop for me). A set with Iris & Gone (are you still holding on...) would be stunning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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