R.I.P. 1990-2000

[LMP]

We hardly knew ye:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMOrsmNg7aM

This is making me really want to listen to Achtung, Zooropa and Pop again. It's been a few months.

 

[Screwtape2]

When creativity was the goal...not soul.

 

[PRoMenADeZoO]

Greatness.

 

[Spun2U]

Yes, the Achtung/Zooropa days. What great memories!!

 

[BVS]

When creativity was the goal...not soul.

That's actually a great summation...

Not that I find it entirely true. I think there were very soulful moments in the 90's and very souless moments in the 00's, and vice versa.

But I think it gets at the core of the motivations...

 

[Canadiens1131]

If it's not Lovetown it's crap

 

[kingofsorrow]

the only thing about the 90-00's complilation was the history mix.

favorite quote:
bono; "there's alot off music you can't play when you have a guy that looks like edge in your band."

larry; "i think i look cool. don't know bout the other 3, but i looked cool. i am cool."

 

[LMP]

the only thing about the 90-00's complilation was the history mix.

favorite quote:
bono; "there's alot off music you can't play when you have a guy that looks like edge in your band."

larry; "i think i look cool. don't know bout the other 3, but i looked cool. i am cool."

And the 25+ music videos that aren't terrible.

I can barely watch an '80s U2 vid, save I Still Haven't Found..., Pride, Desire, and The Unforgettable Fire (maybe one of the funniest videos ever)

 

[kingofsorrow]

And the 25+ music videos that aren't terrible.

I can barely watch an '80s U2 vid, save I Still Haven't Found..., Pride, Desire, and The Unforgettable Fire (maybe one of the funniest videos ever)

i was refering to the cd comp. not the video comp. the history mix DVD came with the 2-cd set.

 

[LMP]

i was refering to the cd comp. not the video comp. the history mix DVD came with the 2-cd set.

Oh, okay. I have both and keep the DVD in the 90-00 DVD case.

 

[toscano]

When creativity was the goal...not soul.

More like when creativity was the goal....not money....not being radio friendly mass consumer market acceptable

 

[WinnieThePoo]

ahhh those funky sunglasses & rings ...........

 

[Utoo]

We hardly knew ye

That's because you were in kindergarten when the decade was half over!

 

[LMP]

Re: Re: R.I.P. 1990-2000

That's because you were in kindergarten when the decade was half over!

 

[Blue Room]

More like when creativity was the goal....not money....not being radio friendly mass consumer market acceptable

U2 has always been about money and creating music they like. It IS a business and it always has been. They just got to a point in the 90's where they had so much money they could do what they pleased and felt like they wanted to try some new things. They thought they would still be all over the radio and the biggest band at that point. I think they still can and were to a certain degree, but they like being one the biggest bands also. They are human beings. Its easy for us to judge when we are not in the situation or anywhere near the situation. I think they have done a pretty good job though of staying creative even when they became huge in 1987. I dont think there many if any fans that were presented with the same situation would have done much differently. But its easy to sit back and be arm chair artists on the internet and point out what you dont like about what they do.

I liked this era of U2. I experienced it first hand. Its funny, but alot of the people that look back and say how great that was are people that didnt even experience it. I see that with the Zoo TV comments. Yeah, it was great, but it had drawbacks also. I think people get on these nostalgia trips when they didnt experience it because they want to now.

 

[Utoo]

Re: Re: Re: R.I.P. 1990-2000

hehe

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

don't feel bad, i still remember asking for achtung baby on cassette for christmas of 91.

so i believe that makes me better than you

 

[AtomicBono]

90's U2 is the best U2

imo

imo

imo

 

[phillyfan26]

I was almost a year old when Achtung Baby came out.

 

[LMP]

I was almost a year old when Achtung Baby came out.

I think I was a big 5 months old.

 

[phillyfan26]

I think I was a big 5 months old.

By counting on my fingers, I've determined I was 10 months old at the time.

I loved the tours, not a big fan of the albums.

 

[CherokeeRose]

don't feel bad, i still remember asking for achtung baby on cassette for christmas of 91.

so i believe that makes me better than you

My older sister had it on cassette back then, does that count? Granted, she is 13 years older than me

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

My older sister had it on cassette back then, does that count? Granted, she is 13 years older than me

sure!

 

[flaming june]

I was almost a year old when Achtung Baby came out.

I was 15 yrs. old, but was too busy listening to Bon Jovi to care about a no hairspray and spandex band like U2.

 

[Spun2U]

If it's not Lovetown it's crap

Now Now.

Looking back at some pictures I've realize how big Bono's fly shades are/where.

 

[flybabe]

Damn those were the best years for U2
to bad I missed it allI was such a stupid kid

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

don't feel bad, i still remember asking for achtung baby on cassette for christmas of 91.

so i believe that makes me better than you

I have fond memories of buying the cassette at the record store at the mall and listening to it on my yellow Sony Walkman (the ipod of the late 80's - early 90's ) on the ride home...

 

[Galeongirl]

I was almost a year old when Achtung Baby came out.

lol, I was two years old

 

[pop marter]

I think Achtung and Zooropa were part of their creative re-birth, obviously following the Rattle and Hum sellout accusations. In some ways I miss that creativity but who can fault what supposedly 'playing it safe' has brought. Beautiful Day, Fast Cars, Vertigo, SYCMIOYO, anyone?

And the Elevation and Vertigo tours were for me better than ZOO TV and Popmart because they were more connected with the audience.

 

[shart1780]

Wow. Some of you are younger than I thought. And I thought I was the youngest one here. I was 5 when it came out.