In no way that I can honestly decipher.

I certainly don't hear it.

I'm not a huge U2-phile but was "Zooropa" the first album where Bono really went all-in falsetto? Maybe thats what OP was insinuating? "Lemon" may have been more inspired by P. Even "The Wanderer" has a great falsetto, all 1993. I can't recall a big U2 tune in the upper register earlier than that album.

According to Bono, he was influenced by Prince to use his falsetto on "Lemon", from the same U2 album as "Numb" (Zooropa).

I found a similar footnote from a Pop Up Video version of "Lemon" (at 1:00)

I loved U2's work in the 1990s, and read books about the era. Though no one ended up sounding like Prince, Prince's ambitious style was enough to spark some interesting music in others.

U2 stinks like old socks, Prince does not. Do the mental math.

Cinny said:

Bono does the lovely "give me some more/too much is not enough" in the background of Numb featuring falsetto vocals.

thedoorkeeper said:

Cinny said:

According to Bono, he was influenced by Prince to use his falsetto on "Lemon", from the same U2 album as "Numb" (Zooropa).

Bono doesn't do the vocals on "Numb".

Bono does float in during the hook with his weird falsetto "too much is not enough". (see 1:48 of "Numb") It's not that different from "Lemon".

I do like Lemon. Now I know why.

TheGoldStandard said:

I'm not a huge U2-phile but was "Zooropa" the first album where Bono really went all-in falsetto? Maybe thats what OP was insinuating? "Lemon" may have been more inspired by P. Even "The Wanderer" has a great falsetto, all 1993. I can't recall a big U2 tune in the upper register earlier than that album.

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That and the sparseness of the production, something Prince was into in the mid-to-latter eighties (Kiss/Sign of the Times). I know this is a 90's track but he still could've had some influence. And Bono loves Prince so.