#The Joshua Tree

[moonagedaydreamsofrhiannon]

casey “i still haven’t found what i’m looking for” mcdonald and derek “all i want is you” venturi

[hawkmoon269]

The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, São Paulo, Brazil 🇧🇷 [X]

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

[kellymagovern]

U2 - "Where the Streets Have No Name" [x]

[boninhau2]

Joshua Tree tour - Great Stage Park, Manchester, TN, 2017.

📷 ZUMA Press.

[alt-rock-confessions]

I always thought U2 was too overhated by some people on Facebook. Like, I get how Bono's stage persona might seem obnoxious, but pretending they never made any good song is annoying to no ends. Joyless behavior, tbh.

U2 somehow became the band it was cool to shit on, didn’t they? Honestly, some U2 haters need to listen to the Joshua Tree in full, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Achtung Baby. So much good U2 stuff, like they’re renown for a reason!

I do know that a lot of younger people absolutely hate U2 for making Songs of Innocence unremovable from their iTunes though (can we still call that generation young? I won’t answer that question for existential reasons), and I literally cannot defend U2 from that, even though I actually think it was a good album 😭

(Also they’ve actually done so much for Irish music.)

[jamlessjj]

“Where The Streets Have No Name” opening — piano reduction arranged by me; transcribed from The Joshua Tree recording via dictation

I do not want to talk about how late I stayed up dictating the Streets opening ! ! I believe it has been described as a “wall of sound” which makes sense, as all these individual pitches blend together so seamlessly in the recording it really does just sound like one all-encompassing Noise. This is a great thing in my eyes, as it further proves the point of the Roman numeral analysis I’m working on. Of course, the actual chord progression happening here works to obscure the song’s home key, which ties in with the whole album’s discussion of place and belonging. BUT the voice leading and organization of pitches, the adding and omitting of certain pitches, etc. also play a huge role in the emotional appeal of these chords—individual pitches, too, are obscured. UGH I love it! It made the process of picking out notes one by one and putting them onto a piece of sheet music all the more thrilling.

Consider this a sneak peak of the aforementioned Roman numeral analysis. I wanted to be sure I provide an audio reference of the transcription I’ll be using to analyze Streets, but didn’t want you all to suffer through the crispy MuseScore MIDI piano audio. Besides, I think much of this particular song’s emotional impact comes from the interaction between person and instrument. So, I recorded myself playing it.

I’ve got a few more things to put into MuseScore and some evidence to gather from an essay on TJT, and then I’ll be putting my analysis together!

I should mention: piano is NOT my primary instrument, so if there are any piano primaries watching this, I apologize, haha.

[bonos-grindcore-sideproject]

Bono and Edge by Anton Corbijn

[rastronomicals]

10:27 PM EDT September 14, 2024:

U2 - “Bullet the Blue Sky” From the album The Joshua Tree (March 9, 1987)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

★★★★★

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[sslimbo]

The Joshua Tree, the fifth studio album of the Irish rock band U2, was released on 9 March 1987.

[top100countdown]

Top 100 Best Albums of All-Time

98. The Joshua Tree

U2

1987

The Joshua Tree is the fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, and was released on 9 March 1987 by Island Records.

#thejoshuatree#thejoshuatreeU2#U2

[hawkmoon269]

"Every day the dreamers die To see what's on the other side"

Original photo by Anton Corbijn [x] Edit Hawkmoon269

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

U2 - Bullet The Blue Sky

[kellymagovern]

U2 - "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" [x]

[marejadilla]

U2, “With Or Without You” (Official Audio) “Official audio of U2 song "With Or Without You" from their album "The Joshua Tree" and the greatest hits compilation album "The Best Of 1980-1990".