Pop is the ninth studio album by Irish rock band U2, released in March 1997… Read Full Bio ↴Pop is the ninth studio album by Irish rock band U2, released in March 1997. For some fans it is the "last great U2 album"; the subsequent albums not being as daring or as artistically different than Pop or previous albums and more commercial. It is notable for combining elements of popular techno and electronica influences with traditional alternative rock. On it the band continued their experimental phase and worked with Howie B, a DJ and artist who introduced the band to the underground club scene by going to clubs and gigs and turning them on to new and old electronic music that he felt would be inspirational.
For Pop, U2 continued the sonic experimentation they explored with Achtung Baby and Zooropa. Pop prominently features tape loops, programming, some sequencing and sampling, along with heavy, funky dance rhythms. The album is much more dark and experimental than, as the title would imply, light and mainstream. The band also continued their usual practice of having a few producers working with them on the record so that they could "bounce off each other's and other people's ideas."
The main producer on Pop was Flood who had worked with U2 since The Joshua Tree which he engineered and then Achtung Baby which he engineered and mixed and Zooropa which he co-produced with Brian Eno and The Edge. On Pop most of the engineering was left to Mark 'Spike' Stent (known for his work with Massive Attack) and Howie B, who also has production credit along with Steve Osborne on some tracks. Flood described his job on Pop as a kind of 'creative coordinator', "There were some tracks where I didn't necessarily have a major involvement, hence the four co-production credits with Howie, and the one with Steve Osborne, but ultimately the buck stopped with me. I had the role of the creative supervisor who judged what worked and didn't work."
Howie B first worked with U2 proper on the Passengers project Original Soundtracks 1 supplying mixing, treatments and scratching for that record. On Pop he was initially given the ambiguous role of 'DJ and Vibes' as things at the beginning where very ad hoc but once the record started to take shape his roles became more defined - co-producer, engineer, and mixer. Along with having producer credit on four songs and either mixing, scratching or engineering on different parts of the record, one of his main tasks was to introduce the band to new (and old) sounds and influences within electronica. The band and Howie B regularly went out to clubs and gigs to immerse themselves in the world of club culture.
Bono and The Edge had a few songs already written and some snippets and ideas of some others already on paper before recording started in earnest; one of these was "Wake Up Dead Man" which was a left-over from the Achtung Baby sessions, also "Last Night on Earth" and "If God Will Send His Angels" which were originally concieved during the Zooropa sessions as documented by rock DJ / journalist BP Fallon in his book U2 Faraway So Close. In addition to these tracks "MOFO" and "Staring at the Sun" were also partly written and "If You Wear That Velvet Dress" came out of pre-production sessions with Nellee Hooper.
For Pop, U2 continued the sonic experimentation they explored with Achtung Baby and Zooropa. Pop prominently features tape loops, programming, some sequencing and sampling, along with heavy, funky dance rhythms. The album is much more dark and experimental than, as the title would imply, light and mainstream. The band also continued their usual practice of having a few producers working with them on the record so that they could "bounce off each other's and other people's ideas."
The main producer on Pop was Flood who had worked with U2 since The Joshua Tree which he engineered and then Achtung Baby which he engineered and mixed and Zooropa which he co-produced with Brian Eno and The Edge. On Pop most of the engineering was left to Mark 'Spike' Stent (known for his work with Massive Attack) and Howie B, who also has production credit along with Steve Osborne on some tracks. Flood described his job on Pop as a kind of 'creative coordinator', "There were some tracks where I didn't necessarily have a major involvement, hence the four co-production credits with Howie, and the one with Steve Osborne, but ultimately the buck stopped with me. I had the role of the creative supervisor who judged what worked and didn't work."
Howie B first worked with U2 proper on the Passengers project Original Soundtracks 1 supplying mixing, treatments and scratching for that record. On Pop he was initially given the ambiguous role of 'DJ and Vibes' as things at the beginning where very ad hoc but once the record started to take shape his roles became more defined - co-producer, engineer, and mixer. Along with having producer credit on four songs and either mixing, scratching or engineering on different parts of the record, one of his main tasks was to introduce the band to new (and old) sounds and influences within electronica. The band and Howie B regularly went out to clubs and gigs to immerse themselves in the world of club culture.
Bono and The Edge had a few songs already written and some snippets and ideas of some others already on paper before recording started in earnest; one of these was "Wake Up Dead Man" which was a left-over from the Achtung Baby sessions, also "Last Night on Earth" and "If God Will Send His Angels" which were originally concieved during the Zooropa sessions as documented by rock DJ / journalist BP Fallon in his book U2 Faraway So Close. In addition to these tracks "MOFO" and "Staring at the Sun" were also partly written and "If You Wear That Velvet Dress" came out of pre-production sessions with Nellee Hooper.
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U2 Lyrics
Discotheque You can reach But you can't grab it You can hold it,…
Do You Feel Loved Take these hands they're good for nothing You know these han…
Gone You gotta feel so guilty Got so much for so little Then…
If God Will Send His Angels Nobody else here baby No-one else here to blame No-one to po…
If You Wear That Velvet Dress Tonight the moon is playing tricks again Feeling sea sick ag…
Last Night on Earth She feels the ground is giving way But she thinks we're…
Miami Weather 'round here choppin' and changin' Surgery in the air…
Mofo Lookin' for to save my save my soul Lookin' in the…
Please So you never knew love Until you crossed the line of…
Staring At The Sun Summer stretching on the grass Summer dresses pass In the sh…
The Playboy Mansion If coke Is a mystery Michael Jackson History If beauty is tr…
Wake Up Dead Man Jesus Jesus help me I'm alone in this world And a fucked up…
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on eleven o' clock tick tock
And girls can make children but not like this one...so will just have to walk around with a painted face then...
LMewdowlark
on One
Baby, baby, baby, I know I'm not alone
Ha, ha, ha
Oh, it's not a hill it's a mountain
As you start out the climb
You see, for me, I've been shouting
Let's shout into the darkness, squeeze out sparks of light
You know we're gonna go crazy, you know we'll go crazy
You know we'll go crazy, if we don't go crazy tonight
Oh, slowly
Oh
Hold me slow
Again, these are the wrong lyrics. They are not the lyrics for 'One' but a different song. I pasted the correct lyrics in my other comment.
LMewdowlark
on One
And there's a part of you that wants me to riot
Everybody needs to cry or needs to spit
Every sweet-tooth needs just a little hit
Every beauty needs to go out with an idiot
How can you stand next to the truth and not see it?
Oh, change of heart comes slow
It's not a hill, it's a mountain
As you start out the climb
Do you believe me or are you doubting?
We're gonna make it all the way to the light
But I know I'll go crazy if I don't go crazy tonight
Every generation gets a chance to change the world
Pity the nation that won't listen to you boys and girls
Is the sweetest melody the one we haven't heard?
Is it true that perfect love drives out all fear?
The right to be ridiculous is something I hold dear
Oh, but change of heart comes slow
It's not a hill, it's a mountain
As you start out the climb
You see, for me, I've been shouting
But we're gonna make it all the way to the light
But I know I'll go crazy if I don't go crazy tonight
Is it getting better
Or do you feel the same?
Will it make it easier on you now
You got someone to blame?
You say, one love, one life
When it's one need in the night
One love, we get to share it
Leaves you, baby, if you don't care for it
Did I disappoint you
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well, it's too late tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to carry each other, carry each other
One
Have you come here for forgiveness?
Have you come to raise the dead?
Have you come here to play Jesus?
To the lepers in your head
Did I ask too much? More than a lot
You gave me nothing, now it's all I got
We're one but we're not the same
Well, we hurt each other then we do it again
You say love is a temple, love a higher law
Love is a temple, love the higher law
You ask me to enter but then you make me crawl
And I can't be holdin' on to what you got
When all you got is hurt
One love, one blood
One life, you got to do what you should
One life with each other
Sisters, brothers
One life but we're not the same
We get to carry each other, carry each other
One
One