The majestic POP album

jacobus · 05-17-2006, 05:45 AM

its 11.44a.m. in central europe and i'm at work at the moment.
sitting in front of my screen and listening to the majestic POP album. what a fuckin brilliant album. POP is full of rock and full of soul and full of adorable great lyrics. i'm blown away... its U2s last great record.

An Cat Gav · 05-17-2006, 06:29 AM

It's 11.26 in London, I'm at work, and I wish I was listening to the fucking excellent POP album!!
It is truly majestic and in my opinion they acheived everything they set out to. The whole mood, atmosphere, groove of the album is spot on. So mamy layers! Peeling off the flashy, illuminous surface you uncover the darkest of all U2 albums, it blows me away everytime!
In my opinion the real masterstroke was Wake Up Dead Man!! What a way to end an album!!!!

shaun vox · 05-17-2006, 08:06 AM

Totally agree U2 LAST GREATEST ALBUM ever!!!

and we will never see an epic album by U2 again because they are scared now like little girls!!!

i might get killed for saying this but i think u2 sucks now!!!

benito · 05-17-2006, 08:53 AM

Mother sucking rock and roll at its finest

U2Scot · 05-17-2006, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by shaun vox
Totally agree U2 LAST GREATEST ALBUM ever!!!

and we will never see an epic album by U2 again because they are scared now like little girls!!!

i might get killed for saying this but i think u2 sucks now!!!

They far from suck, but they're far from being the creative risk-taking force that would put out diverse and interesting albums from one moment to the next without sacrificing their soul to clearchannel and integrity for airplay and grammy awards.

I put Pop up there with UF, flawed but great. Next step down from JT and AB, but far in front of u2-by-the-numbers of HTDAAB

KUEFC09U2 · 05-17-2006, 11:07 AM

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Originally posted by U2Scot

They far from suck, but they're far from being the creative risk-taking force that would put out diverse and interesting albums from one moment to the next without sacrificing their soul to clearchannel and integrity for airplay and grammy awards.

I put Pop up there with UF, flawed but great. Next step down from JT and AB, but far in front of u2-by-the-numbers of HTDAAB

yet another pop love fest, along with the old "U2 arent as good as they were" people trying to tell me i HAVE to think that certain albums are more creative than others,

pop is a great album, but creative? all the band done was follow the electro rock of the 90's,

Pero · 05-17-2006, 11:21 AM

17:20 cet
In my room, listening to some croatian bullshit, being grateful for that album

DarkAcrobat · 05-17-2006, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by shaun vox
Totally agree U2 LAST GREATEST ALBUM ever!!!

YES !!...., If you are talking about HTDAAB, of course !!

craigp · 05-17-2006, 12:00 PM

if i had one zoo dollar for every thread iv seen about pop! lol gotta agree though, great record

WalkOn21 · 05-17-2006, 12:21 PM

Woohoo, a threadful of people who prefer POP over HTDAAB. Strange, it feels like I just came home.

*starts humming; If you wear....

coemgen · 05-17-2006, 12:22 PM

It is a very underrated album. It could be my second favorite, behind Achtung Baby.

TripThroughWire · 05-17-2006, 12:33 PM

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Originally posted by KUEFC09U2
all the band done was follow the electro rock of the 90's,

Honestly i don't understand these kind of comment when i think about If God will send his angel, Staring at the Sun, If you wear that velvet dress or Wake up Dead Man ... which form 1/4 of the album.
Maybe you should explain me what's electro rock of the 90's, but personnaly I find in POP as many quite songs as trully rocking songs (or even electro songs).

(And I love it

)

AtomicBono · 05-17-2006, 12:40 PM

It's 11:39 AM in the heartland of America and I'm at school and not listening to Pop.

But it is probably the greatest album ever.

roy · 05-17-2006, 01:47 PM

It's a very good album no doubt. Their last great record, what a ridiculous suggestion.

Certainly the last album to be completely disowned by U2 though...

bonsai · 05-17-2006, 05:18 PM

HTDAAB is a great album, but I would put Pop above JT.

More sexual (well it bloody turns me on), experimental, personal. I think the band were going through some personal problems at the time, especially after the long Zoo tv tour. I think it's very raw and personal.

vaz02 · 05-17-2006, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by benito
Mother sucking rock and roll at its finest

descirbes POP in a one phrase.

DreamOutLoud13 · 05-17-2006, 06:17 PM

Pop is amazing. It's anything but airy. It's not really as electronic and out there as people seem to say it is, in my opinion anyway. Bono has said that the first three songs are the party, and the rest is the hangover. He's right. He's said that Pop is "fucking black", and he's right. Even the most upbeat songs on the album have dark desperation lurking in the lyrics. Pop is dark, Pop is gritty, Pop is amazing.

Aygo · 05-17-2006, 06:25 PM

We're in 2006, and I still hear comments like: "POP is techno" or "that's the U2 dance music album"...

Come on, don't they remember SATS or LNOE or IGWSHA? POP's not the Discotheque video...

toscano · 05-17-2006, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TripThroughWire

Honestly i don't understand these kind of comment when i think about If God will send his angel, Staring at the Sun, If you wear that velvet dress or Wake up Dead Man ... which form 1/4 of the album.
Maybe you should explain me what's electro rock of the 90's, but personnaly I find in POP as many quite songs as trully rocking songs (or even electro songs).

(And I love it )

Pop is hard rock with the occasional loops and effects thrown in, hardly the same as the "techno rock of the 90's"

LOL!!!

MrBrau1 · 05-17-2006, 09:23 PM

The "trendy" U2 album.

05-17-2006, 05:45 AM	#1
jacobus Refugee Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Bavaria Posts: 1,601 Local Time: 07:47 PM	The majestic POP album its 11.44a.m. in central europe and i'm at work at the moment. sitting in front of my screen and listening to the majestic POP album. what a fuckin brilliant album. POP is full of rock and full of soul and full of adorable great lyrics. i'm blown away... its U2s last great record. __________________

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An Cat Gav Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohm Sweet Ohm Posts: 4,139 Local Time: 06:47 PM	It's 11.26 in London, I'm at work, and I wish I was listening to the fucking excellent POP album!! It is truly majestic and in my opinion they acheived everything they set out to. The whole mood, atmosphere, groove of the album is spot on. So mamy layers! Peeling off the flashy, illuminous surface you uncover the darkest of all U2 albums, it blows me away everytime! In my opinion the real masterstroke was Wake Up Dead Man!! What a way to end an album!!!! __________________

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05-17-2006, 08:06 AM	#3
shaun vox New Yorker Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: LA.cal ROCKnRoll city! Posts: 3,192 Local Time: 06:47 PM	Totally agree U2 LAST GREATEST ALBUM ever!!! and we will never see an epic album by U2 again because they are scared now like little girls!!! i might get killed for saying this but i think u2 sucks now!!!

05-17-2006, 08:53 AM	#4
benito The Fly Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 38 Local Time: 06:47 PM	Mother sucking rock and roll at its finest

05-17-2006, 11:21 AM	#7
Pero Refugee Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Zagreb, Croatia Posts: 2,089 Local Time: 08:47 PM	17:20 cet In my room, listening to some croatian bullshit, being grateful for that album

05-17-2006, 12:00 PM	#9
craigp War Child Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: S. Yorks, UK (In the Shadows & Tall Trees) Posts: 735 Local Time: 06:47 PM	if i had one zoo dollar for every thread iv seen about pop! lol gotta agree though, great record

05-17-2006, 12:21 PM	#10
WalkOn21 Refugee Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: A place where the wind calls your name Posts: 1,052 Local Time: 07:47 PM	Woohoo, a threadful of people who prefer POP over HTDAAB. Strange, it feels like I just came home. *starts humming; If you wear....

05-17-2006, 12:22 PM	#11
coemgen Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Black and White Town Posts: 3,962 Local Time: 01:47 PM	It is a very underrated album. It could be my second favorite, behind Achtung Baby.

05-17-2006, 12:40 PM	#13
AtomicBono ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 10,486 Local Time: 12:47 PM	It's 11:39 AM in the heartland of America and I'm at school and not listening to Pop. But it is probably the greatest album ever.

05-17-2006, 01:47 PM	#14
roy Refugee Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Dun Laoghaire Posts: 1,505 Local Time: 06:47 PM	It's a very good album no doubt. Their last great record, what a ridiculous suggestion. Certainly the last album to be completely disowned by U2 though...

05-17-2006, 05:18 PM	#15
bonsai The Fly Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cheltenham Posts: 130 Local Time: 06:47 PM	HTDAAB is a great album, but I would put Pop above JT. More sexual (well it bloody turns me on), experimental, personal. I think the band were going through some personal problems at the time, especially after the long Zoo tv tour. I think it's very raw and personal.

05-17-2006, 06:17 PM	#17
DreamOutLoud13 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hell For Certain, Kentucky Posts: 15,088 Local Time: 12:47 PM	Pop is amazing. It's anything but airy. It's not really as electronic and out there as people seem to say it is, in my opinion anyway. Bono has said that the first three songs are the party, and the rest is the hangover. He's right. He's said that Pop is "fucking black", and he's right. Even the most upbeat songs on the album have dark desperation lurking in the lyrics. Pop is dark, Pop is gritty, Pop is amazing.

05-17-2006, 06:25 PM	#18
Aygo Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Barcelona, Spain [Lisbon, Portugal] Posts: 3,543 Local Time: 06:47 PM	We're in 2006, and I still hear comments like: "POP is techno" or "that's the U2 dance music album"... Come on, don't they remember SATS or LNOE or IGWSHA? POP's not the Discotheque video...