U2 touring the Joshua Tree

jeremyirony · 2017-01-15T01:24:40.691Z

Reckon they’ll play it in reverse order?

bruised_blood · 2017-01-15T17:45:34.835Z

I absolutely love Zooropa, but, yeah, it’s a rapid downhill slide after that.

bruised_blood · 2017-01-15T17:46:32.621Z

Yup, going to try and get a ticket tomorrow morning. I never got to see them back in the day, so this is as close an opportunity as I’m likely to get.

Fintans_Cat · 2017-01-15T19:08:45.591Z

All over this

bruised_blood · 2017-01-16T09:30:29.838Z

By some miracle managed to get a standing ticket!

Fintans_Cat · 2017-01-16T10:04:15.462Z

Good work buddy. Tried and failed, guessing they’re all gone now and fucking not buying them through whatever shite ‘resale’ site that they’re pushing me through now.

Richie_Ronco · 2017-01-16T10:19:44.612Z

surely they will announce some more UK dates ?

Fintans_Cat · 2017-01-16T10:26:28.713Z

Yeah, just announced the following Sunday

saps · 2017-03-09T15:12:44.016Z

Stereogum – 9 Mar 17

U2 Announces The Joshua Tree 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition

U2's The Joshua Tree turns 30 today — we just ranked its tracks worst to best to commemorate its release — and the band has announced an "ultimate collector's edition" of the album featuring the album itself (of course), a performance from the Joshua...

Stereogum – 9 Mar 17

U2’s The Joshua Tree Is 30: We Ranked Its Tracks Worst To Best

The Joshua Tree was the first time that U2 had truly looked outward, across the world. The four men — always the four of them, through the decades, Bono and the Edge and Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. — had started as post-punks in Dublin,...

It’s a great record.

Won’t be spending any fresh money to buy new product or see them live but I’m interested to see what reaction there is. Will there ever be a critical rehabilitation? After all they were a decent band once upon a time.

VincentAdultman · 2017-03-09T15:39:21.990Z

What would your worst to best ranking of the tracks form the Joshua Tree look like saps? I think I agree with their top 3.

VincentAdultman · 2017-03-09T15:58:06.192Z

Here’s mine (worst to best, remember):

Trip Through Your Wires
Mothers Of The Disappeared
Exit
Bullet The Blue Sky
Running To Stand Still
In God’s Country
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Red Hill Mining Town
One Tree Hill
With Or Without You
Where The Streets Have No Name

Mistersteve · 2017-03-09T16:22:53.078Z

I find this sort of ‘journalism’ very irritating.

Here’s a classic album! Here’s what we think is the shittest bit.

A brilliant band have brought something new out! Here’s what we think the shittest thing they’ve done is.

Yawn.

saps · 2017-03-09T16:25:31.805Z

Difficult.

Had to have a listen.

Mothers of the Disappeared
Trip Through Your Wires
Exit
Running to Stand Still
Bullet the Blue Sky
Red Hill Mining Town
One Tree Hill
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
In God’s Country
With or Without You
Where the Streets Have No Name

JohnM · 2017-03-09T16:33:15.525Z

Thanks saps (sorry if you were expecting me to be @Lucien or something)

saps · 2017-03-09T16:35:47.837Z

I’m not part of his second coming set.

I’m quite happy with this reveal.

kiyonemakibi · 2017-03-09T19:29:24.186Z

That’s Stereogum for you

Gorkys_Forever · 2017-03-16T13:33:04.168Z

Good record, but its the one that put me off them.

I wish they’d progressed down the “wierdo” Unforgettable Fire road, rather than the Americana stuff like Joshua

kiyonemakibi · 2017-03-16T14:25:56.532Z

But they didn’t really go back down that route until the 90s were over did they

Gorkys_Forever · 2017-03-16T14:50:29.267Z

Aye sorry - should have said Rattle and Hum obv.

cliquester · 2017-03-16T22:41:23.571Z

so Josh Tree is barely an hour long, i’m guessing the rest of the set will be ‘hits/faves’? have they said anything about this?

Achtung Baby is loads better but yeah amazing band to be fair.