Zooropa or Pop

[BigMacPhisto]

Zooropa is one of my favorite U2 albums, while Pop is easily their worst in my opinion. The first three songs on Pop along with a few of the ones near the end are just plain awful. While the album still has some great tunes (Staring at the Sun, Gone, IGWSHA, etc...) it just isn't really the U2 that I know and love. I'm rather surprised by the poll results........

 

[Salome]

I'm rather surprised by the poll results........

I wish I was

to each their own
I still think Zooropa is a far better album

 

[BabyGrace]

zooropa, no contest.

i can't believe pop is winning

 

[wertsie]

Zooropa is one of my favorite U2 albums, while Pop is easily their worst in my opinion. The first three songs on Pop along with a few of the ones near the end are just plain awful. While the album still has some great tunes (Staring at the Sun, Gone, IGWSHA, etc...) it just isn't really the U2 that I know and love. I'm rather surprised by the poll results........

 

[christiana]

Please don't start it again....

 

[wertsie]

Arg...Ignore that. I was in a really bad mood when I posted that. Some people love POP, others don't. Fine, fine. I digress.

 

[bullet the blue sky]

And so, the case must now be rested.

How long before someone starts a thread saying "I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW ANYONE CAN LIKE ZOOROPA!!!"

Hehe

 

[AdamsMango]

Pop all the way. Much more depth. It is way under rated!

 

[the Ed]

For me it is POP.
One can hear the band in full strength

 

[wertsie]

For me it is POP.
One can hear the band in full strength

Ooh...I like your avatar!

 

[The Wanderer]

well both albums are in my top 4, but I would have to say Zooropa, I listen to that more than any other U2 album these days, sometimes I am even tempted to say it's my favorite U2 album, but not quite

 

[pub crawler]

I like Pop better.

 

[Blue Room]

POP all the way. Zooropa and October are the only U2 CD's that dont see heavy listening rotation for me.

 

[scatteroflight]

I know, I know. But it's true. The fact is that no one has ever bothered to ask if I like it more than Zooropa! As I have pointed out before, EVERY thread on ANY subject becomes a thread about Pop on this board! There's just so much about Pop and it's always starting such flaming controversies that I've gained the reputation of being a rabid Pop hater, though I don't think I've ever typed the words "I hate Pop" on the blue screen. I think that possibly I dislike Discotheque and Mofo more than any other songs by U2...oh and Playboy Mansion, which strikes me as the most pointless song they've ever done. However, I genuinely like and admire Gone and Please--quite a lot, actually--and I can get considerable enjoyment from IGWSHA (despite hating the lyrics) and Last Night on Earth and so on. I just don't have much to say about Zooropa because I find it so flat and boring. Stay is a beautiful song, but otherwise most of the album leaves me cold or annoys me in varying degrees. So yeah, I'd have to say I prefer Pop, on balance.

Recovered from the shock yet?

 

[Lise]

Has to be POP. Maybe I'm biased since this was the 1st U2 album I ever brought. I have to agree with Scatter about Playboy mansion and IGWSHA. Playboy mansion has got to be the worse song U2 has done. I like the music but the lyrics and title . I only like a few songs from Zooropa but it's one of the U2 albums I hear the least.