Adam recommends "Lemon", he recently said in an interview.It is his all times U2 favourite song.
"Lemon" was the second single released from Zooropa. It followed the trend of not being a worldwide release, nor being released in typical formats, that started with the Numb single. A commercial version of this single was not released in Europe. Instead the single only had limited release in the United States, Australia and Japan. Europe and other regions had promotional singles released. The single did chart at number 6 in Australia where the more traditional formats were released;released in July 1993. The album was avant garde and very creative.
With Bono putting on his now well-known falsetto for the entire song rather then just a piece as in the past, and Edge relying heavily on his delay pedal while Adam, Larry, and Eno and company supply a slick groove to hold it all down, this is as perfect a marriage of rock and electronic/ambient music as one can imagine. And it´s the successful marriage of these diverse elements which allow the band to move ever forward in musical creativity yet maintain their core identity. The drums, bass work, vocals, piano, everything suggests this is a U2 song. And just as equally suggests it is not.
With one of the best videos ever (not only in the videography of the band but in the history of videos), perhaps a forgotten song (from an album that had been underestimated, though much appreciated by the band and countless fans). Adam thought the album could have been their "Sgt Pepper" but Bono felt it somewhat "unfinished".
"Lemon" was the second single released from Zooropa. It followed the trend of not being a worldwide release, nor being released in typical formats, that started with the Numb single. A commercial version of this single was not released in Europe. Instead the single only had limited release in the United States, Australia and Japan. Europe and other regions had promotional singles released. The single did chart at number 6 in Australia where the more traditional formats were released;released in July 1993. The album was avant garde and very creative.
With Bono putting on his now well-known falsetto for the entire song rather then just a piece as in the past, and Edge relying heavily on his delay pedal while Adam, Larry, and Eno and company supply a slick groove to hold it all down, this is as perfect a marriage of rock and electronic/ambient music as one can imagine. And it´s the successful marriage of these diverse elements which allow the band to move ever forward in musical creativity yet maintain their core identity. The drums, bass work, vocals, piano, everything suggests this is a U2 song. And just as equally suggests it is not.
With one of the best videos ever (not only in the videography of the band but in the history of videos), perhaps a forgotten song (from an album that had been underestimated, though much appreciated by the band and countless fans). Adam thought the album could have been their "Sgt Pepper" but Bono felt it somewhat "unfinished".
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