Been listening to the U2 album Zooropa, which I was hitherto unaware of.
Apparently they were trying ot make a quasi concept album of a cyberpunk future post-Wall Europe, which I think they failed at. But the result is still intriguing. A skeptical yet optimistic take on Europe's future, covering topics like porn addiction and Freudian mother infatuation as a source of male motivation. U2 were in the middle of a two year world tour, so I suspect Eno and Flood did a lot of the heavy lifting here.
Kind of fizzles out towards the end, there are a couple typical cheezy U2 ballads that feel out of place. Then Johnny Cash makes an unexpected appearance.
The title track,
Lemon and
The Wanderer (starring Johnny Cash) are the standout tracks.
hard to believe this is the same band that has been pretty lame and tame for the past ~25 years.
