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"Zooropa" is a song by Irish rock band U2, and is the opening track from their 1993 album of the same name. The song was the result of combining two pieces of music, the first of which was conceived in the studio, and the second of which was a soundcheck recording from one of the group's concert tours that was discovered by guitarist the Edge. The lyrics were written by lead vocalist Bono and describe two characters in a brightly lit city in a futuristic version of European society. Some lyrics in the song were taken directly from advertising slogans, and they also featured the phrase "dream out loud", which has appeared in other U2 media. The song touched on several themes, including moral confusion and the future of European society.

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  • "Zooropa" (zuː'roʊpə) es una canción de la banda irlandesa de rock U2. Se trata de un tema relativamente largo en duración, y es el que abre el octavo álbum de estudio del grupo, de título homónimo (Zooropa) y publicado en 1993, en mitad del ZooTV Tour. "Zooropa" es el resultado de la fusión las palabras "Zoo" y "Europa". A pesar de no constituir un sencillo, en los Estados Unidos y México se lanzó una grabación promocional que incluso llegó a entrar en dos charts. Debido a su complejidad acústica y compositiva, ha sido pocas veces interpretado en directo. La grabación de la canción recibió en su mayoría una recepción positiva de los críticos, quienes la elogiaron como la canción de apertura del álbum. (es)
  • "Zooropa" is a song by Irish rock band U2, and is the opening track from their 1993 album of the same name. The song was the result of combining two pieces of music, the first of which was conceived in the studio, and the second of which was a soundcheck recording from one of the group's concert tours that was discovered by guitarist the Edge. The lyrics were written by lead vocalist Bono and describe two characters in a brightly lit city in a futuristic version of European society. Some lyrics in the song were taken directly from advertising slogans, and they also featured the phrase "dream out loud", which has appeared in other U2 media. The song touched on several themes, including moral confusion and the future of European society. Promotional recordings of the song were released in the United States and Mexico, and the song appeared on two record charts shortly after its release in 1993. The song was briefly performed at three shows on U2's Zoo TV Tour in 1993. The band had difficulties performing it in 1993, and it was not played again until the U2 360° Tour in 2011. The recording of the song received mostly positive reception from critics, who praised it as the album's opening track. (en)
  • Zooropa – utwór zespołu U2 z płyty Zooropa, wydany na singlu w 1993 roku.Piosenka jest swoistym komentarzem zespołu na temat konsumpcjonizmu i komercji. Prawie dwuminutowe intro do piosenki, nazwane "Babel" jest mieszanką dźwięków pianina i przypadkowych słów. Piosenka jest pełna sloganów reklamowych znanych firm. Przykładowe slogany reklamowe występujące w piosence: * Audi – "Vorsprung durch Technik" * US Army – "Be all that you can be" * UK Lottery – "Be a winner" * Slim Fast – "Eat to get slimmer" * Persil/Daz – "A bluer kind of white" * United Airlines – "Fly the friendly skies" * Fairy Liquid Mild Green – "We're mild and green, and squeaky clean" * Toshiba – "Better by design" * – "Through the applicance of science" * Colgate – "We've got that ring of confidence" W niektórych momentach czyjś głos, najprawdopodobniej The Edge'a mówiący "What do you want?", podczas gdy inny, kobiecy głos mówi w tej samej chwili to samo po francusku ("Qu'est-ce que tu veux?"). Piosenka na żywo grana była niewiele razy, zazwyczaj podczas europejskiej części trasy koncertowej . Do łask powróciła podczas dwóch ostatnich części trasy , wtedy muzycy U2 wykonali ją łącznie na 27 koncertach. (pl)
  • Zooropa is een song op het gelijknamige album van de Ierse band U2. Het nummer is nooit als commerciële single uitgegeven, er is echter wel een promo-versie uitgegeven, met daarop een kortere versie van het nummer. (nl)
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  • A white outline of a baby's head inside of an oval space helmet, set against a black background. The baby looks directly at the viewer. Twelve yellow five-pronged stars encircle the baby's head. Above the stars is a golden coloured rectangular box with the words U2 and Zooropa written in black capital letters inside of it. (en)
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  • Mexico promotional release (en)
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  • Zooropa promo.png (en)
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  • U.S. promo (en)
  • Mexico promo (en)
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  • "['Zooropa'] was our attempt to create a world rather than just songs and it's a beautiful world. The opening was our new manifesto [... and] the audio equivalent of Blade Runners visuals. If you closed your eyes you could see the neon, the giant LED screens advertising all manner of ephemera." (en)
  • "There's this image of the 'overground'. It was a time when everyone was all indie and grey and dull—the 'underground'. The overground was like coming out into the bright light of a modern city. It's an amazing place to be, walking around these modern cities like Houston or Tokyo. And the idea was coming out into that, embracing it, going after it." (en)
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  • March–May 1993 (en)
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  • —Bono (en)
  • —Robert Vagacs, author of Religious Nuts, Political Fanatics (en)
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  • Zooropa is een song op het gelijknamige album van de Ierse band U2. Het nummer is nooit als commerciële single uitgegeven, er is echter wel een promo-versie uitgegeven, met daarop een kortere versie van het nummer. (nl)
  • "Zooropa" (zuː'roʊpə) es una canción de la banda irlandesa de rock U2. Se trata de un tema relativamente largo en duración, y es el que abre el octavo álbum de estudio del grupo, de título homónimo (Zooropa) y publicado en 1993, en mitad del ZooTV Tour. "Zooropa" es el resultado de la fusión las palabras "Zoo" y "Europa". A pesar de no constituir un sencillo, en los Estados Unidos y México se lanzó una grabación promocional que incluso llegó a entrar en dos charts. Debido a su complejidad acústica y compositiva, ha sido pocas veces interpretado en directo. (es)
  • "Zooropa" is a song by Irish rock band U2, and is the opening track from their 1993 album of the same name. The song was the result of combining two pieces of music, the first of which was conceived in the studio, and the second of which was a soundcheck recording from one of the group's concert tours that was discovered by guitarist the Edge. The lyrics were written by lead vocalist Bono and describe two characters in a brightly lit city in a futuristic version of European society. Some lyrics in the song were taken directly from advertising slogans, and they also featured the phrase "dream out loud", which has appeared in other U2 media. The song touched on several themes, including moral confusion and the future of European society. (en)
  • Zooropa – utwór zespołu U2 z płyty Zooropa, wydany na singlu w 1993 roku.Piosenka jest swoistym komentarzem zespołu na temat konsumpcjonizmu i komercji. Prawie dwuminutowe intro do piosenki, nazwane "Babel" jest mieszanką dźwięków pianina i przypadkowych słów. Piosenka jest pełna sloganów reklamowych znanych firm. Przykładowe slogany reklamowe występujące w piosence: W niektórych momentach czyjś głos, najprawdopodobniej The Edge'a mówiący "What do you want?", podczas gdy inny, kobiecy głos mówi w tej samej chwili to samo po francusku ("Qu'est-ce que tu veux?"). (pl)
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  • Zooropa (canción) (es)
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  • Zooropa (utwór) (pl)
  • Zooropa (song) (en)
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