Please....

This is an amazing album - starts off fun, just like Achtung, but ends up depressing you by the end (also just like Achtung) and taking you on an emotional journey in between. Discotheque is of course the "fun" bit - camp, tongue-in-cheek - complete with Village People costumes. "Do You Feel Loved" though is the first serious song. Bono's been having vocal lessons over the last few years and on this album he really utilises his voice to it's darkest and most sinister. "Mofo" is arguably one of their better songs, lyrically and musically. "Lookin' for to fill that God-shaped hole" whispers Bono.... Wow. :)

"Pop" actually reminds me A LOT of October, thematically. There's that recurring theme of the quest for God and purpose... doubt vs. faith, why am i here, etc. "Wake Up Dead Man" is a bloody good song; it moves me to tears. "Please" is another great. About Northern Ireland, it's as emotive as SBS. The music has grown but the message is the same.