U2
Zoo TV - Live from Sydney

PolyGram Video    800 631 373-1  (1994)

Rock/Pop
Laserdisc, 2   Discs, 25   Tracks, 118:20  Length
Disc 1 88:30
01 Introduction - 04:30
02 Zoo Station U2 04:55
03 The Fly U2 04:45
04 Switching Channels 01:57
05 Even Better Than The Real Thing U2 03:45
06 Mysterious Ways U2 06:18
07 One U2 04:49
08 Unchained Melody Alex North; Hy Zaret 01:15
09 Until The End of The World U2 05:03
10 New Year's Day U2 04:51
11 Numb U2 04:20
12 Angel of Harlem U2 04:33
13 Stay (Faraway, So Close!) U2 05:43
14 Satellite Of Love Lou Reed 04:04
15 Dirty Day U2 05:36
16 Bullet The Blue Sky U2 05:20
17 Running to Stand Still U2 05:35
18 Where The Streets Have No Name U2 05:44
19 Pride (In The Name of Love) U2 05:27

Disc 2

29:50
01 Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car U2 06:20
02 Lemon U2 09:36
03 With or Without You U2 04:21
04 Love Is Blindness U2 05:36
05 Can't Help Falling in Love Luigi Creatore; Hugo Peretti; George David Weiss 02:13
06 Credits 01:44
Music Details
Product Details
Packaging Gatefold
Live Yes
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
Musicians  &  Credits
Vocals Bono
Guitar The Edge
Bass Adam Clayton
Drums Larry Mullen
Musician U2
Engineer Robbie Adams
Personal Details
Index # 3619
Owner Dave
Tags Pop Rock
User Defined
Purchased New
Notes
Zoo TV was the tour that expressed U2's fascination with technology (particularly satellite television coverage of the collapse of European Communism and the Gulf War) with the band's bolder '90s attitude. The result was a reaffirmation of U2's live power juiced with state-of-the-art mockery of rock & roll excess. Live From Sydney captures a memorable show from this tour and demonstrates the humor and eloquence of a band at its artistic peak. Unlike previous U2 tours, Zoo TV incorporated a mammoth stage setup wired with large television screens. The visual show was thus as dynamic and engaging as the band itself, and the video cameras that taped this concert took that into account successfully. Tight shots of the band are creatively juxtaposed with wider angles of the stage technology, a strategy that works incredibly well on numbers such as "Until the End of the World," when the screens depict exploding warheads as red lights pulse beneath a stage atmosphere flooded with glowing smoke. During a thrillingly intimate version of "Where the Streets Have No Name," Bono turns and waves to himself as the screens show old film clips of the band's Joshua Tree photo sessions. Other highlights include "The Fly," in which Bono's ironic character ascends the walls of flashing subliminal messages, and "Mysterious Ways," in which a belly dancer appears to tempt the singer. A backstage camera shows the makeup room where Bono's encore persona, "Mister Macphisto," comes to life. Special effects added to the video occasionally obstruct the group's theatrics; however, the production includes some great editing, including the constellation maps mysteriously rotating beneath images of the band members during the funereal "Love Is Blindness." Live From Sydney does an excellent job of documenting one of the most ambitious tours in rock history. This entertaining and well-directed crystallization of one of U2's finest moments is essential viewing for any fan. -- Jonathan Miller (allmusic.com)