tarquinsuperb
War Child
I think the 'failure' of Pop is much overstated on this board because of the huge American bias. I think a lot of people (and I would even include the band themselves in this) could do with getting their heads around the fact that if something is a failure in America it does not make it a failure full stop. I can't see how on earth it can be considered a 'weaker' album than Zooropa when lyrically it's their strongest album since the JT.
My theory is this and I assume I will get shot down it:
I think the media wanted to savage U2 for Zooropa but there was no way with the tour going the way it was, they could do it and remain credible. That bile was saved for 'Pop,' hence it is seen as a failure.
Popmart legs 2 and 4 were very successful and for all that's said on here it's worth rembering the band themselves made bugger all money from Zoo TV. The band made a lot of bad decisions around Pop (K-Mart, the singles etc) you can't argue with that, I do think people have problems seperating that from the record itself.
Ultimately the 'failure' of Pop differs from country to country, it is much less of a failure in the UK or the Netherlands than it is in the US or Germany.
My theory is this and I assume I will get shot down it:
I think the media wanted to savage U2 for Zooropa but there was no way with the tour going the way it was, they could do it and remain credible. That bile was saved for 'Pop,' hence it is seen as a failure.
Popmart legs 2 and 4 were very successful and for all that's said on here it's worth rembering the band themselves made bugger all money from Zoo TV. The band made a lot of bad decisions around Pop (K-Mart, the singles etc) you can't argue with that, I do think people have problems seperating that from the record itself.
Ultimately the 'failure' of Pop differs from country to country, it is much less of a failure in the UK or the Netherlands than it is in the US or Germany.