Dirty Day appreciation

[vaz02]

This is my favourite song from zooropa.
This has one of the sexist vocals of the album and a great adam bassline performance.

Quality song just to relax to on ya bed and gather ya thoughts.

Lyrically its nothing to boast about but in a funny sort of a way its almost like a story.

What does this song mean btw ?

top song

 

[one4u2]

I Dirty Day and the entire Zooropa album

 

[xaviMF22]

this songs is terribly underrated...good song, good lyrics, better live

 

[BVS]

It's a great song.

Great lyric.

Here are some interpretations:

http://hem.bredband.net/steverud/U2MoL/Zooropa/dirtyday.html

 

[cobl04]

Ooh, I heard a snippet of this song on the Miss Sarajevo doco.

I like, I like

 

[ozeeko]

The remix on 2nd Best Of, 2nd disc is superior to Zooropa version. Both are good tho, I just prefer the remix. It's louder and more industrial.

 

[Axver]

Ooh, I heard a snippet of this song on the Miss Sarajevo doco.

I like, I like

You need to get a copy of Zooropa.

 

[ozeeko]

Yea really. What are you waiting for?

 

[LMP]

the album version sucks something awful, but the live versions are great.

my favorite is 1993-11-16 Adelaide

 

[Bono's Betty]

I love Dirty Day and all of Zooropa. Im also a fan of POP. Thats right! And Im proud of it.

 

[JCOSTER]

I love Dirty Day and all of Zooropa. Im also a fan of POP. Thats right! And Im proud of it.

Me too!!

 

[AtomicBono]

Actually, I really like the lyrics. Fantastic song that only got better live.

 

[An Cat Gav]

"I'm in you...more so when they put me in the ground"
What a great fucking lyric!

 

[westendgirl]

It's a great song.

Great lyric.

Here are some interpretations:

http://hem.bredband.net/steverud/U2MoL/Zooropa/dirtyday.html

Thanks for posting this link, but nobody mentioned the very simple fact that a bad day was a "Dirty Day" according to Bono's father.

Definitely one of my favorite tunes too.

 

[An Cat Gav]

It's so great to hear U2 singing about something dark and generally unwholesome, in stark opposition to Crumbs from your table.
I think that Dirty Day is the anti-Crumbs from your table, and is all the better for it.
I hope that wherever Charles Bukowski is he's enjoying a triple vodka with a beautiful babe on his arm!!

 

[zoopop]

Actually, I really like the lyrics. Fantastic song that only got better live.

Why U2 has only played this a hand full of shows still baffles me.

 

[Tiger Edge]

Bitter Kiss mix =

 

[annie_vox]

I love this song! It's my third favourite of Zooropa. Love the voice, the lyrics...
"You can't even remember
What I'm trying to forget"...
And I like that fact that it's a little different from the others.

 

[YBORCITY]

This is one I wish theyed pull out and play once in a while. great song LIVE

 

[thankyou]

Why U2 has only played this a hand full of shows still baffles me.

ditto.

 

[Carek1230]

I know I LOVE this song! Hearing it live would be amazing

 

[david]

I always wondered if this song was about several things.. Like Bono's relationship with his father while growing up... And Bono's feelings about his own celebrity during the time of the Joshua Tree and how he handled it.

 

[cobl04]

Originally posted by Axver
You need to get a copy of Zooropa.

Originally posted by ozeeko
Yea really. What are you waiting for?

Well my birthday is in a week...so maybe...

My problem was I didn't want to own all the albums within a year. They were released over 25 years, and I wanted time for all the songs to soak in, not just listen to them a couple of times then get the next one, and then be all like, 'what now?', you know? I haven't even had Rattle and Hum for a month.

 

[phillyfan26]

I just bought Zooropa, and I'd heard the two videos on YouTube, and I was surprised at how much worse the album version is than the live versions. The guitar doesn't sound as good, and Bono sounds like he's really holding back.

Live though, it's worthy of an extremely rare Phillyfan .

 

[Tiger Edge]

I haven't even had Rattle and Hum for a month.

For the record:

Zooropa >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rattle and Hum

 

[annie_vox]

For the record:

Zooropa >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rattle and Hum

They can't be compared... But I agree

 

[Nisse]

I just bought Zooropa, and I'd heard the two videos on YouTube, and I was surprised at how much worse the album version is than the live versions. The guitar doesn't sound as good, and Bono sounds like he's really holding back.

Live though, it's worthy of an extremely rare Phillyfan .

Yes I agree exactly, its what troubles alot of songs on all but the earliest albums, that they hold back too much and add a lot of unexciting production. Dirty Day, like Miami and many others, sounds a million times better live, or even on the remixes and weaker on the albums.

 

[zoopop]

Someone must have been trying to sleep when U2 were recording/mixing "Dirty Day". Zooropa was recorded during the late night/early mornings.

 

[Aygo]

I love the Bitter Kiss mix. In fact, it gives the sensation to be a more direct version than the album version...

 

[Goocher100]

I love Dirty Day (Esp. Live).