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I first heard Pop while on Holiday in Spain, I bought it there at some store, and listened to it on a disc-man player. Those were the days...
I remember feeling the latin colors in the sounds I heard, all enhanced by being in Spain for the first listen. This caught me off guard. I missed the dark path of Achtung Baby, Zooropa and Passengers even...but Pop wasn't all happy times as I got to know the record better.
It does strike me as a hangover record for U2, familar but fuzzy due to all the reason many have outlined.
It could have been bigger, they were really Banking on Starring at the Sun. It just didn't happen for them.
I think Beautiful Day was huge because people like a comeback, and U2 had to come back after the Pop "debacle" as some view it. So, BD was a great tune for the most part, and a chance for the re-launch of U2 "we're back to be the best band in the world" blah blah blah...
PS - I might add the greatest hits also helped. The new version of the "Sweetest Thing" certainly helped ease folks back into U2's camp.
I remember feeling the latin colors in the sounds I heard, all enhanced by being in Spain for the first listen. This caught me off guard. I missed the dark path of Achtung Baby, Zooropa and Passengers even...but Pop wasn't all happy times as I got to know the record better.
It does strike me as a hangover record for U2, familar but fuzzy due to all the reason many have outlined.
It could have been bigger, they were really Banking on Starring at the Sun. It just didn't happen for them.
I think Beautiful Day was huge because people like a comeback, and U2 had to come back after the Pop "debacle" as some view it. So, BD was a great tune for the most part, and a chance for the re-launch of U2 "we're back to be the best band in the world" blah blah blah...
PS - I might add the greatest hits also helped. The new version of the "Sweetest Thing" certainly helped ease folks back into U2's camp.