OUT 3 FEBRUARY 1997
Discotheque
TRACKLIST
- DiscothequeLYRICS
- Holy JoeLYRICS
- Holy Joe Garage Mix
- Holy Joe Guilty Mix
- Discotheque (Hexidecimal Mix)
'You can reach, but you can't grab it.
You can't hold it, control it
You can't bag it.
You can push, but you can't direct it
Circulate, regulate, oh no
You cannot connect it - love....'
The first single from 1997's album Pop, 'Discotheque' went to No.1 in several countries and was performed live for the first time during the PopMart tour opener in Las Vegas on April 25, 1997.
In October 1996 a 30-second snippet of the track, taken from a promotional release, made it onto the web, with the entire MP3 circulating within a couple of months. This brought forward the release of the single, which itself heralded the dance-music vibe of the album where the band were 'trying to make an ode to club culture without using the tools of dance music' as Bono later put it.
The video for the single, with the band performing as members of The Village People, took some fans by surprise. 'I like to think we were dangerously ahead of our time,' reflects Edge. 'It is a great video and has been copied many times since.'
You can't hold it, control it
You can't bag it.
You can push, but you can't direct it
Circulate, regulate, oh no
You cannot connect it - love....'
The first single from 1997's album Pop, 'Discotheque' went to No.1 in several countries and was performed live for the first time during the PopMart tour opener in Las Vegas on April 25, 1997.
In October 1996 a 30-second snippet of the track, taken from a promotional release, made it onto the web, with the entire MP3 circulating within a couple of months. This brought forward the release of the single, which itself heralded the dance-music vibe of the album where the band were 'trying to make an ode to club culture without using the tools of dance music' as Bono later put it.
The video for the single, with the band performing as members of The Village People, took some fans by surprise. 'I like to think we were dangerously ahead of our time,' reflects Edge. 'It is a great video and has been copied many times since.'
SOUNDBITES
'Pop opens with 'Discotheque'. We wanted a setting for the album. 'Discotheque' is a riddle about love. once you know that, it changes the way you hear the song. ' 'You can reach, but you can't grab it/ You can't hold it, control it / You can't bag it.' One of my definitions of art is the discovery of beauty in unexpected places. Looking for the baby Jesus under the trash as I sang in 'Mofo'. This was really the theme of Pop: big subjects for the basement. But it is not enough to have a good lyric or a great idea. If the tune or the musical location aren't right then you might as well be standing on a soap box at Speakers Corner.'
Bono
Bono
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