Music Review: U2 "Discotheque"
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Discotheque
Album: Pop
Year: 1997
For Bono, love is elusive as the perfect beat in the voltaic "Discotheque."
The siren beat starts inaudible at first. The sample of Freeform’s "Fane" can be heard within it. It gradually gets louder and louder, setting a towering tone. Bono says the people wait for the crescendo when the beat hits the drum machine and explodes. They wait for love like the peak of the music can only be heard. Love can't be touched or given out like candy. It will end up going its own way and its path is spontaneous. How the buzzes and blips of the heart make such wonderful music, it's hard to know.
In the second part of the verse, he says the people are aware they aren't listening to Mozart. The pick of the selection isn't at the places people think. Love is highly commercialized and stylized. It's cheesy to want it, but it's awesome once found. There's a part of people that can't resist it and fall for it, despite themselves.
In the third part of verse, he says people go through emotional trials and exert a lot of energy trying to find love. However, people often try to have a cool façade, as though they don't care.
In the chorus, Bono suggests going to the club to release some steam.
In the bridge, he says people searching for companionship amid the blinding lights and rotating floors. However, it's another world once the song begins. He says people aspire to have the glamour and abandon of life of their favorite song. They want the acceptance the song brings.
The Freeform sample has a solo.
In the second verse, he says people can't learn the mechanics of love from a book. They have to feel it. It can't be bought nor is it something people are entitled to have.
The second part of the first verse is sung again.
The chorus is sung again.
In the bridge, he says people settle and date the wrong person anyway. However, they know someone better is out there for them. But at the disco tonight, it's just about the music.
In the final section, U2 celebrate the nightclub.
U2 succeed at letting their metaphor (in this case, the discotheque) run through the entire song. Love is compared to hearing the one, special dance mix at the club which stuns and captures people's attention. Love, like the perfect set, is something people want and wish for. It's something people think of as wholesome and sickly sweet. Nonetheless, they still desire it.
The tony arrangement spares no expense. The genre was studied, deconstructed, and analyzed by the band, giving the song an affectionate touch. They put on their stamp on their genre without getting enveloped by the glitz the genre requires.
The Freeform sample "Fane" takes a while to find and appears briefly. It's worked into the song rather than dominating it.
Bono's vocals are perceptive and invigorating. He wants to find out why all these people are attracted to the genre. He also gets involved in the delerium of it all.
The radiant "Discotheque" is a love letter to dance music.
Album: Pop
Year: 1997
For Bono, love is elusive as the perfect beat in the voltaic "Discotheque."
The siren beat starts inaudible at first. The sample of Freeform’s "Fane" can be heard within it. It gradually gets louder and louder, setting a towering tone. Bono says the people wait for the crescendo when the beat hits the drum machine and explodes. They wait for love like the peak of the music can only be heard. Love can't be touched or given out like candy. It will end up going its own way and its path is spontaneous. How the buzzes and blips of the heart make such wonderful music, it's hard to know.
"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."
In the second part of the verse, he says the people are aware they aren't listening to Mozart. The pick of the selection isn't at the places people think. Love is highly commercialized and stylized. It's cheesy to want it, but it's awesome once found. There's a part of people that can't resist it and fall for it, despite themselves.
"You know you're chewing bubblegum/You know what that is but you still want some/You just can't get enough of that lovey dovey stuff."
In the third part of verse, he says people go through emotional trials and exert a lot of energy trying to find love. However, people often try to have a cool façade, as though they don't care.
“You get confused but you know it/Yeah you hurt for it work for it love/You don't always show it."
In the chorus, Bono suggests going to the club to release some steam.
"Let go, let's go, discotheque/Go, go, let go, discotheque."
In the bridge, he says people searching for companionship amid the blinding lights and rotating floors. However, it's another world once the song begins. He says people aspire to have the glamour and abandon of life of their favorite song. They want the acceptance the song brings.
"Looking for the one/But you know you're somewhere else instead/You want to be the song/The song that you hear in your head/Love."
The Freeform sample has a solo.
In the second verse, he says people can't learn the mechanics of love from a book. They have to feel it. It can't be bought nor is it something people are entitled to have.
“It's not a trick, you can't learn it/It's the way you don't pay that's okay 'cause you can't earn it."
The second part of the first verse is sung again.
"You know you're chewing bubblegum…'Cause you just can't get enough of that lovey dovey stuff."
The chorus is sung again.
In the bridge, he says people settle and date the wrong person anyway. However, they know someone better is out there for them. But at the disco tonight, it's just about the music.
"But you take what you can get/'Cause it's all that you can find/Oh you know there's something more/But tonight, tonight, tonight."
In the final section, U2 celebrate the nightclub.
"Boom cha/Boom cha/Discotheque/ Boom cha/Boom cha/Discotheque."
U2 succeed at letting their metaphor (in this case, the discotheque) run through the entire song. Love is compared to hearing the one, special dance mix at the club which stuns and captures people's attention. Love, like the perfect set, is something people want and wish for. It's something people think of as wholesome and sickly sweet. Nonetheless, they still desire it.
The tony arrangement spares no expense. The genre was studied, deconstructed, and analyzed by the band, giving the song an affectionate touch. They put on their stamp on their genre without getting enveloped by the glitz the genre requires.
The Freeform sample "Fane" takes a while to find and appears briefly. It's worked into the song rather than dominating it.
Bono's vocals are perceptive and invigorating. He wants to find out why all these people are attracted to the genre. He also gets involved in the delerium of it all.
The radiant "Discotheque" is a love letter to dance music.