So maybe I have become a little obsessed with the Zoo TV tour this week. I didn’t realize anything like this had ever been done. The monster stage with TVs, cars hanging, etc. What an insane setup. The satirical characters that Bono played for the tour and some of the music videos. U2 was so serious before, then all of the sudden changed everything, bordering on shock rock.
I’ll be at the 360 show tonight. It is supposed to be one of the best stadium tours ever, but it just isn’t anything like this. I’m certain we won’t see anything like this for a long time, not with the record industry being so controlled. Zoo TV was an interesting intersection of a band being the biggest in the world, and deciding they didn’t want to be anymore. Of course a decade later Bono is quoted as saying ”We’re back, re-applying for the job … And the job is best band in the world.” And they are pretty much viewed that was now, but I think they wouldn’t be if they didn’t push the envelope so much in the nineties.
The wikipedia article on Zoo TV is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour
I’ll also add that there has only been one other band that was the most popular in the world, and seemed to go off the deep end. Of course Lennon never re-applyed for the job.
