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Discotheque is indeed a serious song
and it is one of my favourites from POP

but it indeed isn't one of U2s top 20 songs
nor top 30 probably

and it does kinda suck as the lead single for a U2 album


Red Hill is a great, great song
somehow I don't think it would have been a great single no matter what videoclip they had come up with
 
I liked it.

The video wasn't released because it was "bad", but because they couldn't play the song every night, so they couldn't release it as a single.
 
Danny Boy said:
I've always thought that Discotheque is actually a deeper song lyrically than it seems at first blush...

"You know you're chewing bubblegum. You know what that is, but you still want some. You just can't get enough of that lovey-dovey stuff."

To me, this has always referred to someone who is looking for true love, but settling for casual romantic encounters, the type of relationship you would find by hooking up in a discotheque.

The person knows that these relationships are "bubblegum;" momentarily pleasurable, but ultimately not satifying his/her "hunger."

The lines "You're looking for the one, but you know you're somewhere else instead," seem to echo this same emotion from the chorus.

I've always thought of it as a sad song about a person who wants true love deep down, but is caught in a world (the club scene?) where casual romance is the norm, and settles for these fleeting relationships because to him/her they are better than nothing: "But you take what you can get, 'cause it's all that you can find. You know there's something more, but tonight, tonight, tonight..."

The irony of the song is that it, like the protagonist, seems happy and upbeat on the surface, but in reality has an underlying sadness.

Don't you think those emotions really come through in the video? :wink:

That's exactly how I interpret this song too!
It fits perfectly and makes total sense.
Underneath the noise Bono always offers us a lesson. It's there!
Love it!
 
Super Yo said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytRekLUX3GE

O.M.F.G

80'S ALL THE WAY!

FLY BIRDS FLY!

...


Hey, I could have been worse

Poor Larry looked like he was desperately seeking a way out of that mine by banging against that...what was it...a pipe?

Whatever...doesn't matter

He was just thinking

"I got to get -BANG- the hell -BANG- out of here -BANG- before -BANG- Bono ends up -BANG- destroying -BANG- our careers!"


And Adam...looked confused


And Edge...looked like Edge


And Bono


Well...

Looked sweaty
 
corianderstem said:
:lol:

Yeah, ol' sweaty Bono. Please take this towel. Dry yourself.


Is it me, or was Bono ALWAYS sweaty durning this time


MY GOD

First the mullet, than the sweat...than the glasses, than the Pop muscle shirt (shutters in fear)...


Than the glasses again, and again, and again


(J.K I'm messin with ya Bono)
 
corianderstem said:
The man sure does know how to perspire.

Poor guys can't help it :(

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Don't think you'll have to remind anybody

(Sorry, not sure if this is him...to slim eh?)
 
erm, did they make Bono do pushups between takes? probably. he's never looked more faux-buff.

it's a crappy video. there's nothing for him to do but walk backwards and forwards and do his cheesy 80s shadow-puppetry.

love the song. glad they shelved the video.

i was too young to really understand what the late 80s backlash was all about, but i feel as if it's encapsulated in this video.
 
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