GivenToFly Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) I'm not even that big of a fan but, Jesus!, this album!The first three songs, still great, even after I've heard them a million times. The rest of the album though, I've only familiarized with recently, and WHAT HAVE I BEEN DOING WITH MY LIFE?Bullet the Blue Sky, Running to Stand Still, Red Hill Mining Town, One Tree Hill absolutely tremendous songs.The rest, though not at the same level, still not a single bad song there.And the sound is just gorgeous. Beautiful, haunting, inspiring.A real masterpiece. Edited October 31, 2015 by GivenToFly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Oh lord, don't let Lenny into this thread But yeah, fantastic album. Been too long since I listed listened front to back but it's amazing throughout. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Jay Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) Funny thing, I babysat Adam Clayton's son two years ago. Edited October 30, 2015 by Silent Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Funny thing, I babysat Adam Clayton's son two years ago.How does a thing like that happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Jay Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) Well, my mother works for his lawyer (same as bono) near Geneva. When I'm on holidays I sometimes come down and help her. One day, one week after the oscars exactly (the Mandela thing), Adam was coming with his family. And they knew how I liked classic rock music, so they were asking me if I wanted to come and meet him. So we talked a bit on guitars, the 360 tour... I did not want to talk about the oscars or the new album lol. He was really down to earth, cool guy Then I was playing at "jump in the empty jacuzzi filled with mattresses" with his son. Edited October 30, 2015 by Silent Jay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) There's a "Classic Albums" DVD, the "Rattle and Hum" DVD, the "Outside It's America" documentary (some people liked it better than Rattle and Hum - might have to search for it though) a Deluxe Edition of the album with the b-sides (you can hear them on Spotify but has the two versions of Silver and Gold), and tons of pro shot and bootleg tour footage on You Tube (and you can probably find the Rattle and Hum outtakes, the full version is 4 hours long), and the Lovetown Tour (touring for the Rattle and Hum movie, which was basically Joshua Tree Tour II).Basically - a ton of tour footage, which frustrates GNR fans because they have hours of UYI footage. I think the Paris show was the one on the Joshua Tree box set but should have put the full Tempe concert out because it was filmed for the movie. The album cover is at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, the other photos Anton shot were at the Joshua Tree park near Palm Springs. Desert gets cold.. They started off being part of the "new wave" but by that point they were definitely a household name and an arena/stadium rock act, and that album won a Grammy for album of the year (which deserved it). In the late 80s, the biggest in the world. Pink Floyd was the only "rival" as far as big concerts went, Metallica had just started headlining, the Stones hadn't reunited yet. Being the top band in the world also meant backlash, so that's where "Achtung Baby" comes in and the documentary goes into what they had to do to survive as a band.They were not quite rich yet, they got very little in royalties and it was all roadwork because Chris Blackwell told them at the end of the contract, they'd own the masters (unheard of for a band). At that point they had a piece of Island Records because Blackwell was short on money he owed them. So when Island was sold off, they hit a huge financial windfall that no other band has ever had. In the late 80s, Bono referred Lanois to Bob Dylan and he had his comeback with "Oh Mercy", but Bono got to know Dylan during the Unforgettable Fire tour and he was interested in American roots music back then. UF is a hit and miss album but you wouldn't have had Joshua Tree without it, and it would have been more War (which some fans would have been happy with). Edited October 30, 2015 by dalsh327 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Their last good album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 1987 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bono Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 We should start by appreciating the actual year it was released. 1987Their last good album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Real fucking music.It's pretty stunning how many legendary songs U2 have, they were on a roll back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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