Zooropa is amazing!

sulawesigirl4 · 05-16-2002, 04:03 PM

This isn�t new news to me, but it�s just been on my mind lately. I�ve been listening to this album a LOT over the last few weeks, and I just can�t get over how much I love it! Every single little note and inflection. From the hazy trippiness of the title track to the melancholy of Stay to the darkness of Dirty Day to the Johnny Cash vocals on Wanderer. If U2 ever sees fit to put together another �experimental� album like this one, count me in as the first in line to buy it.

So I guess this is a Zooropa appreciation thread. Feel free to add your thoughts.

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spanisheyes · 05-16-2002, 04:07 PM

Sula, did I ever mention that I LOVE YOUR WRITING????

oliveu2cm · 05-16-2002, 04:08 PM

MSG 6/17 Bono introduces "Stay": "this is perhaps the most beautiful song we have ever written"

I've been stuck on UF lately so I will have to throw this in the mix soon. It is such a great album, so clever, the whole concept of it.

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sulawesigirl4 · 05-16-2002, 04:08 PM

Lol, Chris. Errrm, I dunno.

u2loopy · 05-16-2002, 04:09 PM

I think, Lyrically, it is better than any of them. Zooropa rules!!!!!

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ouizy · 05-16-2002, 04:19 PM

I have always thought this.

Zooropa is one of my favorite albums, and I think that Zooropa is one of their best songs to date. There is just something about that song that makes me think of a trip I took to Germany one cold summer week. I just think it is fantastic.

Although they have never played any of the songs at any of the shows I went to, if you can get your hands on live versions of

Zooropa
Numb
Babyface

they are worth it - super super cool...

404 Not Found · 05-16-2002, 04:19 PM

so strange that this thread suddenly appears - i've been in a major zooropa mood for the last week or so. listening to it non-stop!
the only song i skip over every time is babyface, for some reason i can't stand it. but the rest of it blows me away. i tend to rediscover it every 6 months or so.

sulawesigirl4 · 05-16-2002, 04:23 PM

Anyone else just get totally pumped up listening to Daddy�s Gonna Pay? I just love the fanfare intro and the funky beat with the grinding bassline. One of my favorite driving songs. Well that�s also cuz of the words...�you gotta head full of traffic, you�re a siren�s song...� hehe.

404 Not Found · 05-16-2002, 04:37 PM

totally
ah, sha la

HeartlandGirl · 05-16-2002, 05:03 PM

I've been listening to Zooropa in the truck on the way to and from work, especially Dirty Day. It really rocks out after a long day of sitting at a desk.

Zooropa is, to this day, my favorite U2 album. I love its weirdness, its groundbreaking sounds, its lyrics, and, oh yeah, a-ha, sha-la.

It doesn't get any better!

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**Sicy** · 05-16-2002, 05:10 PM

I loveeeeeeeeeeeee Zooropa. I listen to it at work over and over and over again.

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Zooropa · 05-16-2002, 06:01 PM

Zooropa is U2's best album. I love it, love it, love it!!! I listen to it at least twice a week and I never get tired of it. It's just a total experience, if you know what I mean, and I love the alarm bells at the very end of the disc. Their like a warning bell eminding you to get off the "ride" and back to real life. It's good stuff.

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Zooropa FTP

MBH · 05-16-2002, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sicy:
I loveeeeeeeeeeeee Zooropa. I listen to it at work over and over and over again.

Uhhh, this has nothing to do with Zooropa, but I was referred to you for this question: how many members/viewers are there on Interference.com and how many have viewed this site since its inception? Just curious.

ericb · 05-16-2002, 06:41 PM

SinceI bought the Zooropa album last summer, there have been periods of time where I thought I liked it, and other times didn't. When I first bought it, I thought it was ok, but it didn't like it as much as the other albums I had up to that point(War and everything afterwards). Then I just lost interest in it. Then I bought the ZooTV Live In Sydney video and after seeing some of the Zooropa songs live, I started to listen to the album again, and I do like it now. Some songs were better live, mainly Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car. That song just sounds flat on the album, but was great with Bono in the MacPhisto character.

elevatedmole · 05-16-2002, 06:51 PM

Zooropa is such a wonderful album. I love it. It's incredibly atmospheric, and really captures the feel of ZooTV. Zooropa (the song) has such a gorgeous melody.. I love the entire album. It's a masterpiece.

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*Ally* · 05-16-2002, 07:09 PM

"Some days are better than others"... great bassline, great lyrics, GREAT SONG!!!

zooropa is a wonderful album- i rediscover it about once every year (not in my "usual" rotation of U2 cds, but definitely one of my favorites).

meegannie · 05-16-2002, 09:19 PM

Zooropa is my second-favourite U2 album. "The First Time" is one of U2's most beautiful songs (and its being featured in the opening sequence completely made the movie "The Million Dollar Hotel" for me!). I love how the songs on the album flow into one another.

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A song is a beautiful lie

gherman · 05-16-2002, 11:05 PM

You guys are going to have to convince me more.
I think it is the worst album they made. I like Zooropa, babyface, lemon and Stay but what is it that makers you love it so much. Am I missing somethig here? I can only listen to it 4 times and I'm tired of it.

wertsie · 05-16-2002, 11:10 PM

For ages, I would only seem to pay attention to "Zooropa," "Numb," and "Stay," but I've recently discovered "Dirty Day." Great song! Great album, although I have to say that I could really do without "Wanderer." Maybe if Bono sang it it would be better. Well...not MAYBE. Of COURSE it would! Oh, well...They did what they wanted to do at the time...

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sulawesigirl4 · 05-16-2002, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gherman:
You guys are going to have to convince me more.
I think it is the worst album they made. I like Zooropa, babyface, lemon and Stay but what is it that makers you love it so much. Am I missing somethig here? I can only listen to it 4 times and I'm tired of it.

Ummm, perhaps you missed something. No one has to convince you of anything. We're merely celebrating what is in some of our opinions one of the best pieces of work U2 ever made. If you don't like it...that's your loss.

Now back to the programming. Babyface. One of U2's most underrated and misunderstood songs? Discuss!

05-16-2002, 04:03 PM	#1
sulawesigirl4 Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Virginia Posts: 7,416 Local Time: 08:04 AM	Zooropa is amazing! This isn�t new news to me, but it�s just been on my mind lately. I�ve been listening to this album a LOT over the last few weeks, and I just can�t get over how much I love it! Every single little note and inflection. From the hazy trippiness of the title track to the melancholy of Stay to the darkness of Dirty Day to the Johnny Cash vocals on Wanderer. If U2 ever sees fit to put together another �experimental� album like this one, count me in as the first in line to buy it. So I guess this is a Zooropa appreciation thread. Feel free to add your thoughts. --------------- This thread has been Viggofied __________________

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05-16-2002, 04:08 PM	#3
oliveu2cm Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Live from Boston Posts: 8,334 Local Time: 09:04 AM	MSG 6/17 Bono introduces "Stay": "this is perhaps the most beautiful song we have ever written" I've been stuck on UF lately so I will have to throw this in the mix soon. It is such a great album, so clever, the whole concept of it. ------------------ Took you to a place now you can't get back U2 Take Me Higher

05-16-2002, 04:09 PM	#5
u2loopy War Child Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Bronx, NY Posts: 977 Local Time: 09:04 AM	I think, Lyrically, it is better than any of them. Zooropa rules!!!!! ------------------ What are we going to do now It's all been said, No new ideas in the house and Every book has been read....

05-16-2002, 04:19 PM	#6
ouizy Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: s p o r a t i c Posts: 3,790 Local Time: 09:04 AM	I have always thought this. Zooropa is one of my favorite albums, and I think that Zooropa is one of their best songs to date. There is just something about that song that makes me think of a trip I took to Germany one cold summer week. I just think it is fantastic. Although they have never played any of the songs at any of the shows I went to, if you can get your hands on live versions of Zooropa Numb Babyface they are worth it - super super cool...

05-16-2002, 04:19 PM	#7
404 Not Found The Fly Join Date: May 2002 Location: the heart Posts: 119 Local Time: 08:04 AM	so strange that this thread suddenly appears - i've been in a major zooropa mood for the last week or so. listening to it non-stop! the only song i skip over every time is babyface, for some reason i can't stand it. but the rest of it blows me away. i tend to rediscover it every 6 months or so.

05-16-2002, 04:23 PM	#8
sulawesigirl4 Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Virginia Posts: 7,416 Local Time: 08:04 AM	Anyone else just get totally pumped up listening to Daddy�s Gonna Pay? I just love the fanfare intro and the funky beat with the grinding bassline. One of my favorite driving songs. Well that�s also cuz of the words...�you gotta head full of traffic, you�re a siren�s song...� hehe.

05-16-2002, 04:37 PM	#9
404 Not Found The Fly Join Date: May 2002 Location: the heart Posts: 119 Local Time: 08:04 AM	totally ah, sha la

05-16-2002, 05:03 PM	#10
HeartlandGirl Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Phoenix Posts: 7,033 Local Time: 06:04 AM	I've been listening to Zooropa in the truck on the way to and from work, especially Dirty Day. It really rocks out after a long day of sitting at a desk. Zooropa is, to this day, my favorite U2 album. I love its weirdness, its groundbreaking sounds, its lyrics, and, oh yeah, a-ha, sha-la. It doesn't get any better! ------------------ U2 @ The Blooming Heart

05-16-2002, 05:10 PM	#11
Sicy Sizzlin' Sicilian Forum Administrator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 69,349 Local Time: 05:04 AM	I loveeeeeeeeeeeee Zooropa. I listen to it at work over and over and over again. ------------------ Sexy poshin' sugar snarlin' rock and roll ... sicy@interference.com My Lair

05-16-2002, 06:01 PM	#12
Zooropa Acrobat Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Long Island, New York, USA Posts: 421 Local Time: 09:04 AM	Zooropa is U2's best album. I love it, love it, love it!!! I listen to it at least twice a week and I never get tired of it. It's just a total experience, if you know what I mean, and I love the alarm bells at the very end of the disc. Their like a warning bell eminding you to get off the "ride" and back to real life. It's good stuff. ------------------ Don't let the bastards grind you down. Zooropa FTP

05-16-2002, 06:41 PM	#14
ericb The Fly Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 226 Local Time: 01:04 PM	SinceI bought the Zooropa album last summer, there have been periods of time where I thought I liked it, and other times didn't. When I first bought it, I thought it was ok, but it didn't like it as much as the other albums I had up to that point(War and everything afterwards). Then I just lost interest in it. Then I bought the ZooTV Live In Sydney video and after seeing some of the Zooropa songs live, I started to listen to the album again, and I do like it now. Some songs were better live, mainly Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car. That song just sounds flat on the album, but was great with Bono in the MacPhisto character.

05-16-2002, 06:51 PM	#15
elevatedmole Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: On a backwards river Posts: 3,546 Local Time: 08:04 AM	Zooropa is such a wonderful album. I love it. It's incredibly atmospheric, and really captures the feel of ZooTV. Zooropa (the song) has such a gorgeous melody.. I love the entire album. It's a masterpiece. ------------------ "I dance much better horizontally than vertically." - Bono Popheart.org

05-16-2002, 07:09 PM	#16
Ally New Yorker Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: New York, NY Posts: 2,714 Local Time: 09:04 AM	"Some days are better than others"... great bassline, great lyrics, GREAT SONG!!! zooropa is a wonderful album- i rediscover it about once every year (not in my "usual" rotation of U2 cds, but definitely one of my favorites).

05-16-2002, 09:19 PM	#17
meegannie Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Norwich, England Posts: 15,798 Local Time: 01:04 PM	Zooropa is my second-favourite U2 album. "The First Time" is one of U2's most beautiful songs (and its being featured in the opening sequence completely made the movie "The Million Dollar Hotel" for me!). I love how the songs on the album flow into one another. ------------------ A song is a beautiful lie

05-16-2002, 11:05 PM	#18
gherman New Yorker Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Ann Arbor, MI, USA Posts: 2,525 Local Time: 02:04 PM	You guys are going to have to convince me more. I think it is the worst album they made. I like Zooropa, babyface, lemon and Stay but what is it that makers you love it so much. Am I missing somethig here? I can only listen to it 4 times and I'm tired of it.

05-16-2002, 11:10 PM	#19
wertsie Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: on a country road... Posts: 4,752 Local Time: 08:04 AM	For ages, I would only seem to pay attention to "Zooropa," "Numb," and "Stay," but I've recently discovered "Dirty Day." Great song! Great album, although I have to say that I could really do without "Wanderer." Maybe if Bono sang it it would be better. Well...not MAYBE. Of COURSE it would! Oh, well...They did what they wanted to do at the time... ------------------ "We're one, but we're not the same..." http://U2Baby.com