Rate the Song: Zooropa

[lazarus]

I know it was really cool that they played this live, but it sounded so close to the studio version, I was wondering if they were even performing it for real or not. It was rather uninspiring after the build-up of seeing it in the regular setlist. Can anyone explain to me what was so great about the live version?

And I say this as someone who counts Zooropa as one of his Top 5 or so U2 songs.

 

[LemonMelon]

Can anyone explain to me what was so great about the live version?

it was really cool that they played this live

That's pretty much it for me. It's basically a single edit playing over the PA.

 

[Aardvark747]

10 all over

 

[BlueSilkenSky]

Argh- I gave it a 9, then remembered how awesome it was live and now I want to change my vote to a 10. Oh well.

I hear voices, ridiculous voices
I'm in the slipstream
Let's go, let's go overground!

 

[GopherMacPhisto]

Whoda thunk that some advertising ditties could be turned into such a great song?

Also, I thought this song (and the entire Miss Sarajevo/Zooropa/COBL sequence) really brought out the full capabilities of The Claw.

 

[mikal]

I know it was really cool that they played this live, but it sounded so close to the studio version, I was wondering if they were even performing it for real or not. It was rather uninspiring after the build-up of seeing it in the regular setlist. Can anyone explain to me what was so great about the live version?

And I say this as someone who counts Zooropa as one of his Top 5 or so U2 songs.

it was the mystique, not the performance.

same thing with Acrobat. if U2 played it live and it sounded just like the studio version, no one would care.

 

[mikal]

ps. i think this thread should live on and we should give The Panther crap for at least a year for voting this thread a 7. that vote is one big nipple, imo.

 

[BlueSilkenSky]

Also, I thought this song (and the entire Miss Sarajevo/Zooropa/COBL sequence) really brought out the full capabilities of The Claw.

Yes yes! I loved when the screen went down. I don't care that the band was hidden, it looked really, really cool.

 

[lazarus]

They were hidden so people wouldn't know they were just taking a break while a recording was playing.

 

[Nick66]

Like Acrobat, another great song that nonetheless suffers from grade inflation and can't quite live up to the be-all, end-all praise heaped upon it.

 

[djerdap]

Like Acrobat, another great song that nonetheless suffers from grade inflation and can't quite live up to the be-all, end-all praise heaped upon it.

And how did you come to this conclusion?

 

[coolian2]

the average post in these threads doesn't need a bright red imo added at the end of the post, but sometimes some thoughts seem get framed in just the right way it can't hurt to tack on, even as an afterthought.

 

[djerdap]

the average post in these threads doesn't need a bright red imo added at the end of the post, but sometimes some thoughts seem get framed in just the right way it can't hurt to tack on, even as an afterthought.

Writing from a first-person perspective also helps.

 

[Nick66]

And how did you come to this conclusion?

Listening to the song and forming an opinion.

Why, how do you come to your conclusions?

 

[Rockhound252]

The best is the intro. 9