PopMart: Live from Mexico City
PopMart: Live from Mexico City | ||||
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Video by | ||||
Released | 22 November 1998 | |||
Recorded | 3 December 1997 | |||
Venue | Foro Sol (Mexico City, Mexico) | |||
Genre | Rock, alternative rock | |||
Length | 126 minutes | |||
Label | Island, PolyGram, UMG | |||
Director | David Mallet | |||
Producer | Ned O'Hanlon | |||
U2 chronology | ||||
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PopMart: Live from Mexico City is a
Footage
The show opens with the non-dance version of "Mofo", and contains standard PopMart setlist inclusions. Bono forgets some of the lyrics of "Desire" during the acoustic set. While minor edits were made before release (such as Bono telling a fan to turn his laser pointer off at the end of "New Year's Day") this is the only U2 home video to date that contains a concert's complete setlist. Selected tracks from this performance were later released on the 2000 exclusive fan club-only live album, Hasta la Vista Baby!
Release
Beginning on 8 June 2000, PopMart: Live from Mexico City was webcast online for three weeks using
The concert was one of the first titles slated for release in the DVD format and previews for it appeared on PolyGram DVDs of the time. PolyGram quietly cancelled the release. In July 2007 Universal Music announced a September 2007 DVD release, under the Island Records label.
- Bonus Tracks
- Bonus Music Videos
- "Staring at the Sun" (Miami Version) – directed by Morleigh Steinberg
- "Last Night on Earth - First Night in Hell" (Remix Version) – directed by John Bland
- "Staring at the Sun" (
- Documentaries
- Lemon For Sale
- The Road To Sarajevo
- A Tour of the Tour
- Last Night on Earth - One Day in Kansas
- PopMart Tour Visuals Montage – curated by Catherine Owens
- Extras
- DVD-ROMfeatures
- Easter egg (a video showing Dublin docklands).
On 15 March 2021, U2 announced a concert broadcast series called "The Virtual Road" in partnership with YouTube, by which four of the group's past concert films were remastered and streamed on the band's official YouTube channel for 48 hours each. Popmart: Live from Mexico City began streaming on 1 April, with a pre-recorded performance by Mexican musician Carla Morrison serving as an "opening act".[4] To coincide with the broadcast event, a four-track EP of songs from PopMart: Live from Mexico City was released to streaming services and digital stores.[5]
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [7] |
The Austin Chronicle (2007) | [8] |
Entertainment Weekly | B−[9] |
The Irish Times (2007) | [10] |
Video Librarian (2007) | [11] |
Rob Brunner of
Reviewing the DVD, Raoul Hernandez of The Austin Chronicle lamented the group's wardrobe and lemon prop from the tour, adding, "Equally dated, Pop's disco beats can't smoke and mirror their compositional backbone of the two-hour set, 'Gone,' 'Last Night on Earth,' acoustic Bono/Edge duet 'Staring at the Sun,' 'Please,' and encore 'Discothèque' highlighting the distracted circus onstage."[8][10] Bob Gendron of the Chicago Tribune thought the tour pushed "ironic spectacle to laughable extremes", with a stage design that dwarfed U2 and silly attire choices. Despite this, he said, "Sometimes the biggest mistakes make for great entertainment", adding: "The pageantry works on DVD. See it if only to witness an ostentatious concept that raises the question of why nobody possessed the sense to prevent it from happening."[13] John Kosik of the Associated Press called the DVD "an indispensable snapshot of the band at the close of the most adventurous period of their career". He praised the group's reworking of past songs and said the transition between Pop's "Mofo" and early single "I Will Follow" shows "that even U2's wildest experiments are still rooted in their past – and that notion is sprinkled throughout the two-hour concert".[14]
Track listing
All songs were written by U2, except for "Pop Muzik," which was written by M's Robin Scott.
- "Pop Muzik"
- "Mofo"
- "I Will Follow"
- "Gone"
- "Even Better Than the Real Thing"
- "Last Night on Earth"
- "Until the End of the World"
- "New Year's Day"
- "Pride (In the Name of Love)"
- "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
- "All I Want Is You"
- "Desire"
- "Staring at the Sun"
- "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
- "Bullet the Blue Sky"
- "Please"
- "Where the Streets Have No Name"
- "Lemon" (Perfecto mix)
- "Discothèque"
- "If You Wear That Velvet Dress"
- "With or Without You"
- "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"
- "Mysterious Ways"
- "One"
- "Wake Up Dead Man"
"Pop Muzik" and "Lemon" (Perfecto mix) are pre-recorded and played as the band makes its grand entrances through the audience at the beginning of the show and via mirrorball lemon for the first encore.
Album release
Hasta la Vista Baby! U2 Live from Mexico City | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | Autumn 2000 | |||
Recorded | 3 December 1997, Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 69:20 | |||
Label | Island | |||
U2 chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [15] |
Selections from the Mexico City concert were released on the live album Hasta la Vista Baby! U2 Live from Mexico City. The album was released exclusively to members of U2's fan club magazine, Propaganda, in 2000. It features 14 songs from the band's 25-song performance.
Track listing
All tracks are written by U2, except "Pop Muzik" which was written and recorded by M
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Pop Muzik" (Played over the intercom as the band walked onstage) | 3:09 |
2. | "Mofo" | 4:36 |
3. | "I Will Follow" | 2:51 |
4. | "Gone" | 4:41 |
5. | "New Year's Day" | 4:59 |
6. | "Staring at the Sun" | 4:32 |
7. | "Bullet the Blue Sky" | 6:11 |
8. | "Please" | 6:58 |
9. | "Where the Streets Have No Name" | 6:35 |
10. | "Lemon (Perfecto Mix)" (Played over the intercom during the first encore) | 2:05 |
11. | "Discothèque" | 5:09 |
12. | "With or Without You" | 5:47 |
13. | "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" | 5:39 |
14. | "One" | 6:07 |
Total length: | 69:20 |
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Certifications
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References
Footnotes
- ^ "42ND GRAMMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS". Los Angeles Daily News. 5 January 2000. p. L5. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- ^ McGee (2008), p. 219
- ^ a b ""PopMart Live From Mexico City" DVD Release" (Press release). Universal Music Enterprises. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- UDiscover Music. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "'The Virtual Road: PopMart Live From Mexico City' - U2". U2songs.com. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ a b Zion, Lawrie (24 December 1998). "Crystal note mars buddy flick". The Age. sec. Green Guide, p. 13.
- Allmusic.
- ^ a b Hernandez, Raoul (21 December 2007). "U2 – Popmart: Live From Mexico City (Universal/Island)". The Austin Chronicle. Vol. 27, no. 16. p. 74. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ a b Brunner, Rob (4 December 1998). "U2 Popmart Live from Mexico City". Entertainment Weekly. No. 461. p. 113. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ a b Clayton-Lea, Tony (14 September 2007). "Music DVDs". The Irish Times. sec. The Ticket, p. 16. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ Pitman, Randy (January 2008). "U2: Popmart—Live from Mexico City". Video Librarian. Vol. 23, no. 1. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- Orange County Register. p. F46.
- ^ Gendron, Bob (11 November 2007). "Front-row players". Chicago Tribune. sec. Arts & Entertainment, p. 5.
- ^ Kosik, John (27 September 2007). "'PopMart' DVD a reminder of U2 at their over-the-top best". The Times and Democrat. p. C3.
- AllMusic
- ^ "Top Video Sales" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 4. 23 January 1998. p. 84. Retrieved 18 June 2020 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVD: 21-09-2007" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
- ^ "U2 – Popmart - Live from Mexico [DVD]" (in French). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien.
- ^ "U2 – Popmart - Live from Mexico [DVD]" (in Dutch). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Musik Video Top-10: Uge 37 – 2007" (in Danish). Hitlisten.NU.
- ^ "U2 – Popmart - Live from Mexico [DVD]" (in Dutch). Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien.
- GfK Entertainment Charts.
- ^ "Archívum › Kereső - előadó/cím szerint". Slagerlistak.hu (in Hungarian). Association of Hungarian Record Companies. Retrieved 23 August 2020. Select: DAL/ALBUM CÍM, type: Popmart - Live From Mexico City into the search box, and click "Keresés".
- ^ "DVD: Classifica settimanale WK 37 (dal 10.09.2007 al 16.09.2007)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana.
- ^ "Popmart-Live From Mexico City Deluxe Edition | U2". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ "Top 20 DVD Musical: Week 37, 2007" (in Spanish). Top 20 DVD Musical. PROMUSICAE. Select Year: 2007, Week as Semana: 37, Then click on "Search Charts".
- ^ "Veckolista DVD Album – Vecka 37, 2007" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan.
- ^ "Official Music Video Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Music Video: Top Music Videos" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 119, no. 40. 6 October 2007. p. 65. Retrieved 18 June 2020 – via World Radio History.
- Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
- ^ "Swiss Charts – Music DVD Top 10: 15-03-2009". Swiss Hitparade. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten 2007: Muziek-DVD". Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Rapports Annuels 2007: DVD Musicaux". Ultratop (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten – DVD Music 2007". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Årslista DVD Album, 2007" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten 2008: Muziek-DVD". Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Årslista DVD Album, 2009" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
- ^ "Brazilian video certifications – U2 – PopMart: Live from Mexico City" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil.
- ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type U2 in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Popmart Live from Mexico in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
- ^ "British video certifications – U2 – Popmart - Live From Mexico City". British Phonographic Industry. Select videos in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Popmart - Live From Mexico City in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
Bibliography
- McGee, Matt (2008). U2: A Diary. London: ISBN 978-1-84772-108-2.