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1997-11-14
PopMart Miami
Pro Player Stadium
Miami FL
Soundboard Recording
192 kbps
Artwork Included
CD 1:
01. Pop Muzik
02. Mofo
03. I Will Follow
04. Gone
05. Even Better Than The Real Thing
06. Last Night On Earth
07. Until The End Of The World
08. New Year's Day
09. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
10. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
11. All I Want Is You
12. Staring At The Sun
13. Sunday Bloody Sunday
14. Miami > Bullet the Blue Sky
CD 2:
15. Please
16. Where the Streets Have No Name
17. Lemon (Perfecto Mix)
18. Discothèque
19. If You Wear that Velvet Dress
20. With or Without You
21. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
22. Mysterious Ways
23. One
24. Wake Up Dead Man
U2 -1997-11-14 - Miami, FL (SBD)
1997 - When U2 released their 9th studio album, Pop, in March 1997, it had been 4 years since their last disk, Zooropa. Clearly fans were anxiously awaiting he disc, as upon release it went to #1 in 35 different countries. The band would eventually release 6 singles from the disc, more than from any other album they had produced. Yet, despite that incredible early commercial success, Pop would eventually become one of the more disappointing moments in U2’s long, storied career. The album was a new direction for the band, combining influences from genres such as techno, dance, and electronica, and utilizing techniques such as sampling, loops, and programmed drum machines. Neither fans nor critics knew what to make of the band’s new sound. While Rolling Stone praised the disc, giving it a 4 star rating (out of 5), famed critic Robert Christgau called it “a dud”. To be honest, he didn’t write anything, he just used a picture of a bomb to indicate his displeasure! The band eventually agreed with that assessment, recording numerous songs from the album for re-release, and dropping most of the material from it during their later tours. In 1997, however, they were still in full support of the album, launching the massive Popmart tour that would feature 94 shows on 6 different continents. This soundboard recording captures the band on November 14, 1997, 16 years ago today in Miami, during the 3rd leg of the tour. Download this one and decide for yourself if U2 hit or missed the mark with Pop.
5 comments:
I bought Pop when it first came out and played it twice. I didn't really like it except for a couple of songs. I never knew they re-recorded some of them and re-released it. I wonder if they were any better as I've never heard them.
Beaker
As an album, 'Pop' makes a great EP. But they still knew how to work a stage.
Thanks for sharing this, Speedy.
I guess im one of the few people that thought Pop was a great album, different no doubt but wasent Actung baby completly different than anything that they had ever done before and its considered a masterpiece Critics for some reason hate it when an artist goes in a totaly different direction, Remember the flak that even Dylan got when he went electric, rumor has it that Pete Seeger was so pissed when Bob started playing electric that he had to be restrained from cutting the AC cords that went to the amps at the 1965 Newport folk festival and of course Joni Mitchell was blasted by the critics when her music started having more of a jazzy tone, Of course U2 went back to their old sound after pop which is still great music but in my opinion wanting to strech out and try different styles takes courage and stones , just wish the critics saw it that way, One more thing, do you or any of your many blog follerers know what happened to the guy who had the gratful breed blog I actully discovered your blog through his, Please respond and thanks so much for all you do.
please reseed dead link thanks speedy
new link is up! enjoy!
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