U2 - Lemon - Zoo TV: Live From Sydney

One of only 10 live performances of the oddest song on their oddest album (Zooropa) - masterfully done. Bono is dressed up as one of his Zoo TV alter-ego's, in this case the washed-up yet stylish, pseudo-British Mr. MacPhisto - a cross between the devil and a man who had lost his soul somewhere down the line and represented those outmoded stars who end up performing in Vegas. The name originates from a humanoid devil formed creature known as MePhistopheles.

I call Zooropa their oddest album because the songs on it themselves are a far cry to anything U2 have ever released before or since - think Daddy's Gonna Pay, think Numb, the Wanderer, even the title track itself. Throughout their career in music U2 have been synonymous with Edge's distinctive chords and Bono's passion reaching out in his voice. It's however abandoned in Lemon. Just try playing it to someone who doesn't know it - I guarantee they'll never recognise it as a U2 song. Bono's falsetto and Edge's tremolo mean that it's on another level to your typical U2 song.

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• MacPhisto
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• zootv

[Bassmate]

@esornad No one understands Zooropa or Pop unless they are hardcore fans of U2.

[suzej22]

I was there!!!!!



[Caladolen]

@suzej22 I fucking envy you

[Vitugd]

He is reminding the character Desire of the comic sandman

[withorwithoutyou8]

Momeee !

[bootymanager]

killer bassline. I can play that.

[229oldboy]

@camboy38

well said there!! 

[mdmomof7]

@neckisstiff Why would you want them to be the same? Same is a death knell to any artist. Push, push, push. You've got SAME w/ every other group! Who has stayed together for 30 years - experimenting, failing, soaring? Appreciate them for who they are then, now, and will be. You liked the Lemon era, someone else the 360, and another their genesis. U2 is who they are because they are always changing and yet remain the same.

[msdaronmalakian13]

bono iz hooooot lol

[bonorrr]

My favourite song of all time. It means a lot to me.