I am willing to admit that Joshua Tree was a good album

[ouchmonkey]

i was NEVER into hair metal.

soft rock then

 

[jonH]

you're obsessed by an evil spirit

 

[Dubversion]

you're obsessed by an evil spirit

presumably you mean 'possessed'?

dumbass

 

[rekil]

please, it's pronounced bongo.

My mate said 'Howya Bongo' when he found himself sharing a lift with the fucker once. It didn't annoy him at all. He appeared to find it quite amusing in fact.

 

[Idaho]

I remember when Joshua Tree came out. The advertising before had said Joshua Tree - Released to the World on xdate. Even the marketing was overblown and pompous

At the time there were a few of us who both liked U2 and hated them at the same time. I am happy to retain that ambiguity for pre-JT U2.

 

[corporate whore]

The JT was the start of Bono's transformation into an international figure of fun.

And I can see those fighter planes
And I can see those fighter planes

Perhaps we should be grateful? Perhaps not..

I have voted accordingly.

 

[Barking_Mad]

half of it was shit, the other half was good.

 

[Idaho]

I've long been looking for a spoken word version of I still haven't found what I'm looking for done by some american comedian with a very east coast accent. Don't know his name. I know Bono wasn't very happy about it.

 

[kained&able]

Joshua tree is the least shit out of the u2 albums but is still shit.

dave

 

[Dubversion]

I've long been looking for a spoken word version of I still haven't found what I'm looking for done by some american comedian with a very east coast accent. Don't know his name. I know Bono wasn't very happy about it.

You sure you're not thinking of the Negativland version, which features Casey Casem (sp?) talking about it, and a choir and that?

 

[bluestreak]

Joshua tree is the least shit out of the u2 albums but is still shit.

dave

And if dave thinks something is shit then by golly! it's a stinker!

Unless he means it had the least hits on it. But I don't have a copy of the Guiness Book Of Hit Singles on me, so I can't check.

 

[killer b]

hm. this leaves me in a quandry tbh - normally i base my musical tastes on taking the opposite opinion to dave.

in this case, the result would not be good.

 

[wishface]

was this the album before they spent a decade filming bono's groin in every video?

 

[Idaho]

You sure you're not thinking of the Negativland version, which features Casey Casem (sp?) talking about it, and a choir and that?

I don't think so. It is just someone reading the lyrics out in a matter of fact whiny New York accent. Makes it seem utterly preposterous. It has a musical background. It's been 10 years since I heard it, so I could be misremembering.

 

[gabi]

I don't think so. It is just someone reading the lyrics out in a matter of fact whiny New York accent. Makes it seem utterly preposterous. It has a musical background. It's been 10 years since I heard it, so I could be misremembering.

Theres not many bands whose lyrics would stand up too well to being simply read out as spoken word..

 

[LDR]

Even at 14 I knew hair metal was not the way to go

You've never really lived and I feel sorry for you.

Poor ouchmonkey, poor, poor ouchmonkey. <sob>

 

[Idaho]

Theres not many bands whose lyrics would stand up too well to being simply read out as spoken word..

It's nothing personal gabi. You don't have to defend Bono.

 

[gabi]

It's nothing personal gabi. You don't have to defend Bono.

? Just pointing out a fact. As stated earlier im no fan of Bono.

 

[dweller]

I was sixteen in 1987 and happily listening
to Locust Abortion Technician and Sister.
I was also fading from my Smiths obsessive years.
Still into rap - Eric B and Rakim.
Just found and loved Half Man Half Biscuit.

However,
my mum and sister were U2 fans and bought JT.
It was a decent family album, and I can stil enjoyl
listening to it driving down the motorway with my sis.
We all went to Wembley Stadium in 1987. Had a great time. The whole crowd were bang into it - an amazing "stadium" experience. Very friendly and a good vibe which
I'll always remember. Leaving the stadium everyone was singing the songs down the tunnels and through the turnstiles. A great memory - before my brain became hotwired into cynicism.
Sure Rattle and Hum was a self serving pile of shit and
I very quickly recognised that Bono and Chums were twats.

If liking the band members was neccessary for enjoying music then I would hate much of the music I own.

 

[Idaho]

If liking the band members was neccessary for enjoying music then I would hate much of the music I own.

This is certainly true. I'll bet 90% of talented and successful musicians are arseholes.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Poll.

It was a good'un too

You said that aloud, and your dick didn't fall off?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Poll.

It was a good'un too

Joshua Tree was a great album, way back before the cult of U2 and Bono existed.

To reach back and judge the music based on what the man became in future, says to me that your opinions are all about what's acceptable to the group, and you don't have a true appreciation for or understanding of music.

 

[Dubversion]

Joshua Tree was a great album, way back before the cult of U2 and Bono existed.

except of course, johnny, that the cult of U2 and Bono was already very much in place by this point. So you're talking balls again.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

except of course, johnny, that the cult of U2 and Bono was already very much in place by this point. So you're talking balls again.

Whatever.

The Joshua Tree is the fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2, released on March 9, 1987 on Island Records. It was produced and engineered by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. The album is considered to be their magnum opus and was massively successful. It has often been praised by music critics as the band's best album and one of the best rock albums of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 26 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The Joshua Tree won the Album of the Year award at the Grammy Awards of 1988.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joshua_Tree

 

[William of Walworth]

I bought it ...

Didn't much like it, qiuckly stopped playing it.

Haven't heard it for so long (as in around 18 years or something) that I can't be sure whether I'd still dislike it as much.

Should I test myself, or shall I not bother?

 

[Demosthenes]

My advice is try it again. - but I prefer achtung baby, myself.

 

[William of Walworth]

you can cock off too. we're deriding them 'cos they're shit, not 'cos they're popular.

I'm not, i'm deriding them because they're popular. Before that they were right up my street. Boring rock format, overblown lyrics, steady drumming, hardy bass work, self importance, christianity, hypocrisy. What's not to like?

 

[paolo]

Some songs on Joshua Tree are ok. I think it was the turning point for U2. From then on it was bollocks all the way. Whereas Unforgettable Fire was great.

Completely what he says.

 

[Dubversion]

Whatever.

good of you to admit your error with such grace and charm, johnny - i salute you.

 

[rekil]

To reach back and judge the music based on what the man became in future, says to me that your opinions are all about what's acceptable to the group, and you don't have a true appreciation for or understanding of music.

Nah I went to school in the area they're from and they were local heroes but I've always loathed them. They've had me cringing for as long as I can remember. The white flag incident at red rocks was a particular source of ridicule I recall.