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  1. yes remy, awesome!!
  2. Thanks all, very nice to read! Glad you like it. I can't stop listening to the album today, its an incredible piece of work.
  3. Great slideshow Remy. It's amazing to see how relevant the album would be nowadays.
  4. Beautiful slideshow

    I only think that the "uncertain times, particularly in Europe" can be nuanced.
    The early nineties also marked the end of the Cold War and the beginning of the technological revolution.
    Especially in the Western European countries, it was a time in which women could flourish and be more
    independent than ever. This was possible not in the least thanks to economic prosperity.

    At the time I was in my early twenties and I had a job at the PolyGram record plant in The Netherlands.
    It allowed me to be independent and “in search of experience – to taste and to touch, and to feel as much”
    as I could! Not so much fuelled by uncertainty but rather to find things out for myself and by myself.
    At least not being told by a man what I was, and what I should do – at least not outside working hours that was

    The record plant was mainly concerned with the production of music-cassettes, still a big market back then,
    especially in Germany and France. Obviously the production reels for Zooropa were at the plant a few weeks
    in advance, but I only obtained my copy three days in advance – just before the weekend prior to its release,
    as I recall well. Not knowing what to expect other than being a follow-up to Achtung Baby, hearing Zooropa
    for the very first time was certainly a remarkable event (or should I say “e” remarkable event…)

    To me Zooropa has always been the Sgt Pepper of the 90-ies. It fitted well within the (dance) club circuit and, to a certain extent, the (mellow) house scene. I recall especially the Lemon mixes being played at the clubs

    But, as so aptly remarked in one of the slides, "you can't waste your whole life doing things just because they feel good." I think that also applied to me and by the end of 1994 my clubbing days were virtually over.
    I started to make some career within the plant and other interests caught up with me.
    Also musically I kinda moved astray away to other directions (e.g. Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge).

    Therefore, for me personally, Zooropa is much more about new possibilities and opportunities than uncertainty.
    Still, both are just the different sides of Freedom.


    Thanks for bringing it all back Remy
    (Lemon still sounds great!)
  5. Looking at all the Zooropa posters on ebay and wondering whether or not I should get one...
  6. You know the 3 letter answer to that.
  9. Such an artsy album. Zooropa is a real madhouse but it's the perfect album for its time and place. I adore it - it's not my favourite of U2's records but it's so nuanced and entrancing and it's completely unique among their body of work. I recently bought it on cassette from my local record shop because in my mind Zooropa was made for cassette. The record store manager described it as 'amazing' and said it was 'the freakiest stuff U2 had ever recorded.' I have to agree. From the weird swirling nebula of Zooropa to Johnny Cash's postapocalyptic wasteland of The Wanderer to the danceable, mind-bending, shimmering beauty that is Lemon (second only to The Fly in my list of favourite U2 songs) this album creates its own amazing, haunting but enchanting world.

    Happy birthday, Zooropa!