The Joshua Tree

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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,588
    yeah too bad they stand by ticketmaster ,you couldn't get a ticket to the joshua tour at all prices wen't thru the roof for all of their tours after that ,i stopped trying to get to their shows and then something happened in 91 & 92 a band came around that said fuck ticketmaster .........
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    dharma69 wrote:
    U2 = best band in the world.

    At least to me anyway. The longevity, the quality, the intelligient music, the passion, the sound. It's all about the music.

    As for The Joshua Tree...even though it's actually not my favorite U2 album (that would be The Unforgettable Fire) it's a watershed album that sealed their fates as the band. Always will be in my eyes.
    Joshua Tree is a great album, but "The Unforgettable Fire" is also my favorite.
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  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    21 years after the fact. Wow! :)


    I feel old as I have this on vinyl.
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  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    masterpiece
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    even flow? wrote:
    21 years after the fact. Wow! :)


    I feel old as I have this on vinyl.
    I can't say that I own the Tree in vinyl....I just have "War" on vinyl. :D
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  • Lizard
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    i have this poster: http://www.expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/36342 :)
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  • Its Evolution Baby
    Its Evolution Baby Posts: 849
    Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby are 1A and 1B for me. I prefer Achtung Baby more just because it was just so different. Zoo Station, Even Better then The Real Thing, One, Until the End of the World, and Who will Ride your Wild Horse are the best 1-5 tracks on any album that I own.

    For a modern day comparison this is like the Bends and Ok Computer for Radiohead. One was a straight forward rock album that was an absolute classic, and the other is experimental and weird yet so good and also a classic.
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  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    even flow? wrote:
    21 years after the fact. Wow! :)


    I feel old as I have this on vinyl.


    LOL so do I.Bought on the day of release.Replaced with cd a few years later but still love the vinyl.
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  • pineapplesandwaves
    pineapplesandwaves Posts: 584
    r1vers wrote:
    agreed. one tree hill is a standout there for me.
    Jeanie wrote:
    Anyway, THIS is my all time favorite song from Joshua Tree

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytRekLUX3GE

    One Tree Hill and Red Hill Mining Town are two of my favourites. Oh, and how could I exclude Trip Through Your Wires and In God's Country. And, of course, With or Without You, Where the Streets Have No Names, and Still Haven't Found What I've Been Looking For.


    So many great songs! Joshua Tree is a fantastic album!


    However, I am going to be of the minority and say that I've never really liked Bullet the Blue Sky. :o
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  • pineapplesandwaves
    pineapplesandwaves Posts: 584
    Its Evolution Baby wrote:
    Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby are 1A and 1B for me. I prefer Achtung Baby more just because it was just so different. Zoo Station, Even Better then The Real Thing, One, Until the End of the World, and Who will Ride your Wild Horse are the best 1-5 tracks on any album that I own.

    For a modern day comparison this is like the Bends and Ok Computer for Radiohead. One was a straight forward rock album that was an absolute classic, and the other is experimental and weird yet so good and also a classic.
    I feel the same way about Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby. Two of my favourite albums.
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  • dharma69
    dharma69 Posts: 1,275
    tybird wrote:
    Joshua Tree is a great album, but "The Unforgettable Fire" is also my favorite.
    Kindred. Excellent.
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  • Blind3
    Blind3 Posts: 1,149
    A fan of U2 since the " Concentration Cramp" days. I absolutely love The Joshua Tree . Never more so that after Coachella '05 when I drove out to Joshua Tree National Park after Saturday's music ended . Friends of mine and I found a rock formation and, with Joshua Trees in the background, sat back and watched hundreds of shooting stars ( or meteors , whatever?) , had a few bevies of choice, and listed to the strains of The Joshua Tree. Not cranked but as great background music. No cars, no city lights, just the light of millions of stars. I recommend both Coachella and the Joshua Tree experience.
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  • Hawkshore
    Hawkshore Posts: 2,181
    Blind3 wrote:
    A fan of U2 since the " Concentration Cramp" days. I absolutely love The Joshua Tree . Never more so that after Coachella '05 when I drove out to Joshua Tree National Park after Saturday's music ended . Friends of mine and I found a rock formation and, with Joshua Trees in the background, sat back and watched hundreds of shooting stars ( or meteors , whatever?) , had a few bevies of choice, and listed to the strains of The Joshua Tree. Not cranked but as great background music. No cars, no city lights, just the light of millions of stars. I recommend both Coachella and the Joshua Tree experience.

    Very cool I haven't been there in many years but I'm going back next month ....told my girl I was going to take her to where the Streets had no name! :)
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  • dharma69
    dharma69 Posts: 1,275
    Blind3 wrote:
    A fan of U2 since the " Concentration Cramp" days. I absolutely love The Joshua Tree . Never more so that after Coachella '05 when I drove out to Joshua Tree National Park after Saturday's music ended . Friends of mine and I found a rock formation and, with Joshua Trees in the background, sat back and watched hundreds of shooting stars ( or meteors , whatever?) , had a few bevies of choice, and listed to the strains of The Joshua Tree. Not cranked but as great background music. No cars, no city lights, just the light of millions of stars. I recommend both Coachella and the Joshua Tree experience.
    That sounds perfect. I wish I'd thought to make a side trip to Joshua Tree after last year's Coachella.
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  • Pearls&Stones
    Pearls&Stones Posts: 585
    The Joshua Tree is only in the middle of the pack as far as my favorite U2 albums.

    I think "One Tree Hill" sounds like an uninspired lounge song. When I hear it, I picture something I hope never happens---a washed up, overweight, balding Bono leaning up against a piano in some dive bar, holding a martini. Actually, I think the album loses a ton of steam for the last 3 tracks.



    If I had to rank U2's records...

    Zooropa----has been my favorite since the day it came out

    How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.--- I think 'City of Blinding Lights' and 'Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own' rank among U2's best

    Achtung Baby---total classic.

    Pop---most underrated album ever by a popular band. The lyrical depth is amazing. I love when people refer to it as "techno." There is a world of difference between techno and a rock album with three songs that have a little techno in them.

    The Joshua Tree--- I love it except for the last 3 songs. 'With or Without You' is timeless

    Boy---oft-overlooked classic. Great debut. I love 'An Cat Dubh'

    The Unforgettable Fire---I wish they'd play 'A Sort of Homecoming' on the next tour.

    War--pretty good, not my favorite

    All That You Can't Leave Behind---a tale of 2 records. The first half is amazing, the second half is a yawn. Even U2 hardly touched those last 5 songs on the supporting tour

    October---too dated to enjoy today
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  • culot4
    culot4 Posts: 775
    Joshua Tree is probably one of the greatest rock albums of all time. Love U2 or hate them ( I like them ) there is no denying how apart that album stands on its own. Its completely timeless. If a person who has never heard it plays that album there is no way you could place it time over the past 30 years. It certainly doesn't sound like it would have come out of the 80's.
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  • ultraviolet77
    ultraviolet77 Posts: 30
    Pearls&Stones wrote:

    If I had to rank U2's records...

    Zooropa----has been my favorite since the day it came out

    How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.--- I think 'City of Blinding Lights' and 'Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own' rank among U2's best

    Achtung Baby---total classic.

    Pop---most underrated album ever by a popular band. The lyrical depth is amazing. I love when people refer to it as "techno." There is a world of difference between techno and a rock album with three songs that have a little techno in them.

    The Joshua Tree--- I love it except for the last 3 songs. 'With or Without You' is timeless

    Boy---oft-overlooked classic. Great debut. I love 'An Cat Dubh'

    The Unforgettable Fire---I wish they'd play 'A Sort of Homecoming' on the next tour.

    War--pretty good, not my favorite

    All That You Can't Leave Behind---a tale of 2 records. The first half is amazing, the second half is a yawn. Even U2 hardly touched those last 5 songs on the supporting tour

    October---too dated to enjoy today
    I'm actually pleasantly surprised to see this list and the order you've ranked them. Achtung Baby and Joshua Tree are my favorites (and a majority of U2 fans). I respect that Zooropa is at the top of your list, though. It's the first U2 album I bought on it's release date. I've bought every one they've released since, and spent loads of dough on these guys. Amazing band, amazing career, and most importantly, amazing music.


    ...and yes, POP is horribly underrated.
  • dharma69
    dharma69 Posts: 1,275
    Pop is horrible because of what that album could've and should've been.

    Could've/should've been brilliant. Instead it was half-assed.
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  • r1vers
    r1vers Posts: 244
    Pearls&Stones wrote:
    The Joshua Tree is only in the middle of the pack as far as my favorite U2 albums.

    I think "One Tree Hill" sounds like an uninspired lounge song. When I hear it, I picture something I hope never happens---a washed up, overweight, balding Bono leaning up against a piano in some dive bar, holding a martini. Actually, I think the album loses a ton of steam for the last 3 tracks.

    i have heard live versions that have more power...but to simply pass this song aside is ridiculous. i love that opening.

    as for exit i really do hate that it is (still on the remastered even) ridiculously hard to hear anything in the beginning. but that song simply explodes. i love it too.

    didn't like mothers until a year ago or so probably. i know it's been 20 years since this album has been out but you should give these last few another go. i think these last three are easily better than a few earlier tracks.
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  • muppet
    muppet Posts: 980
    I got into The Josuha Tree recentelly as well and was surprised at how diverse it was. I love it, especially Bullet In The Blue Sky..."ONE HUNDRED...TWO HUNDRED...!"

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