U2 - If You Wear That Velvet Dress (Popmart Rotterdam)

[gillyrosh]

Wish I could have seen them perform this live just once!

[ChicksDigMe1969]

oddly pop is one of my life favorites, joshua tree , achtung baby, zooropa then this.

[Niesha18C]

Ok so now im going to wear that velvet dress, just to arouse you bono :)

[LuckyJrEskie]

Tonight, the moon is a mirrorball...

[mishraalina]

i love the music they do.

[Petch1]

the mexico popmart tour version of this song is best, even better than the studio version....by then they had worked out how to play it and have it actually sound good

[malilite]

The sound is really bad, but i love how U2 sings, I think I prefer that to the album version

[malilite]

How Bono sings, sorry

[roger50046]

Unbeleivable Album THE most Underated Album from U2. Awesome tracks every one, Please, Gone, Discoteque the list go on> U2 Rocks !!!! cant wait for Sheffield

[sgf1989]

the b-sides were also quite stellar

[medmo1972]

They should've come up with a better live version of this song. The album version is one for the ages.

[volkderfreiheitzwei]

They perform it well during the first night in Las Vegas

[masternate61]

yea, this song pales in comparison to its studio version

[pfctsqr]

Its a disgrace to appreciate U2 when they take risks? Its a disgrace to say POP ranks up there with Joshua Tree: the album that gave us the U2 dressed in cowboy hats and leather vests scmoozing for the camera at Graceland pretending to be grass roots American cowboys? Sorry, I like Joshua Tree. But I prefer U2 when they mixed irony into their music and spit in the face of commercialism by swimming in it. The 90's gave us u2's most accomplished and artistic vision.

[rpgmaker]

Spit in the face of commercialism? U2? You're funny dude. If people just appreciate that artist for their music instead of trying to elevate them into some kind of moral and ethical highness the threads of youtube wouldn't turn out to be so retarded.

[pfctsqr]

You seemed to only read half the post. I said spit in the face of commercialism WHILE SWIMMING IN IT.  Thats not elevating them into "some kind of moral highness". It is called irony, which if you use your brain at all, is a common theme throughout Pop. If you read any interviews at all, U2 clearly stated that the irony of despising commercialism while at the same time embracing it was a point they were trying to make (read the lyrics of Gone).

[pfctsqr]

Educate yourself before accusing anyone of retardation...RETARD! (Did you catch the irony there?)

[zoogarten]

"Who'll agree with me, that POP can easily compete with Joshua of being their Opus Magnum."

POP is much better than Joshua tree. As Bono said about it: POP starts in a party (Discotheque) and ends in a funeral (Wake up dead man). Not only has POP many of U2´s best melodies it is also a very strong as an album: the songs are tied up with each other very naturally.

[ManelCortheimer]

First time I heard 'Pop' I thought "that was CRAP"....but the second time I was convinced "this is revolutionary!!". It is easily one of the ver best...and yes - it IS up there with The Joshua Tree.

And 'Velvet Dress' is one of my very fave songs.

[Carlibengarli]

You're both a disgrace to the band, and any true fan. Pop doesn't nearly compare to The Joshua Tree.

[2Uclaudia]

then you didn't listen very well to pop. there are some beautiful songs on the album. get out of the 80's and grow along with the band and their music! that is wat a true fan does.

[Carlibengarli]

A real fan wouldn't overlook their truly admirable work, I.E The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby. Even thinking for one second that Pop is better makes you mentally insane. And I say this in spite of that Pop is also a really good album.

[ajaxrulzz]

A real fan can respect all there work!

[pfctsqr]

Does a real fan have to LIKE all of their work. I love Joshua Tree all the way up to and including Pop. But their work since 2000, except for a track here and there, falls far short of their brilliance in the 90's

[pixelman82]

So true, they're like a different band since 2000. The production changed but I think it's Bono's lyrics that's the main difference, they're less personal somehow

[VeritySeeker]

@pfctsqr A real fan does not have to like all of their work. Hello fellow fan. However, it is not a fact that their latest work isn't brilliant. In my opinion it is, and their latest album is, in my opinion, pure genius.

[elfinmer]

Yes, I don't like very much U2 but this song... is sooo mesmerising... the use of the sound is amazing, made of glass...

[Hewson60]

nice version!

[TheGreatVY]

much better than the awful one on the album...

[lewecca]

the one on the album isnt awful man. Its the only U2 song i prefer on the album to be honest..its Bono's vocals....so mesmerising

[cantsingbutgotsoul]

Oh that velvet dress! Nice post!

[redjaguar2]

cantsingbutgotsoul: wouldn't love to see, or better yet own that velvet dress?

[soberek]

Who'll agree with me, that POP can easily compete with Joshua of being their Opus Magnum. POP just pushed them so far ahead of time, it topped every on artistic level. They have trouble themselves even talking about it today, I think because it reached a hight far beyond their wildest dreams. One of WORST selling U2 albums... Imagine a band that faced nineties and kicked them so hard, because [Flashback everyone]: 1997 radio was RULED by Spice Girls... Rock bands were in agony in 90' (Pumpkins)

[hijodejuliete]

trully agree! better album than most of the people think (and the band themselves). The last time U2 came with something really original. They started to repit themselves from this on

[U2italianMacphisto]

underrated song

underrated album

underrated tour

[PFGL90]

totally agree,Pop is one of their masterpieces like Joshua,Achtung,Zooropa,etc.

[carljohnson85]

the whole world could just dissolve to a glass of water

[1gakk1]

Underrated album and underrated song. I seriously hope they'll pay more attention to the Pop songs on their next tour... Now That would have been great! :-D

Is it With or without you that you hear the intro to in the end of this video?

If someone has the video for WOWY from this show in Rotterdam, would you PLEASE (another great song U2 seem to have forgotten...) upload it? :-)

[evelincastromolero]

It is the beggining of Mofo :D

[modeo92]

Well, you hear With or Without You first, which is the next song they played live, but then it cuts to a few seconds to the musical intro of their opening song of the night and tour, MOFO.

So you're both right.

[KaiShiJinn]

Ooh.

A very Chris Issak rendition.

JCC is right, totally underrated album.

[FedeVox83]

La canzone più sinestetica che io conosca. Mi fa pensare al fruscio di lenzuola di seta, al velluto blu, al colore grigio perla, al profumo delle candele ormai consumate, al sapore di un bacio.

[jcc152509]

Such an underrated album.

[bargainmom]

I love this song. It's beautiful and romantic.

[Caladolen]

He sings a hell lot better here than in the other pop marth conserts

[Galeongirl]

omg thank you SO much for uploading these rotterdam videos!