Date Posted 2 years ago
Title:
With Or Without You Accoustic(Live In Concert)
Description:
Hail this Song! If you as a U2 fan or an aspiring one who "still haven't found what your looking for" this is a great addition. For the fan , this is a must have! For those toying with the idea that U2 maybe a great band (they are) this is a good sampler of their works.It really takes you through a journey of their career and their passion to make great music for the masses. I have grown up with the Edge and Bono and this CD really takes you through past an present. This is the "one" cd to have. If you "desire " to hear great music , this is for you. If you long for knowledge of this legendary band , I highly suggest this cd along with the book U2 by U2 . It is was really written " in the name of love" . Love for this band and their love for music is truly captivated in this CD /DVD combo.Ireland's native son's "mysterious ways" are the "sweetest things" and sounds to my generation and those to come. Make it a "beautiful day " and buy it now. You'll be glad you did! A joshua tree is a real tree that thrives despite the dry environment it lives in. The image - the icon - of life amidst its seeming absence, embodied in the joshua tree, is one that is fully appropriate to U2 - particularly at the end of their first decade. U2, like the joshua tree, stood in stark contrast to its environment: ascetic, prophetic and disarmingly (some would say "naively", but let the tension stand) sincere. (Their foray into the realm of post-modern sampling, irony and sarcasm was an identity crisis fully in line with where they stood in the 80s: cynicism is frustrated optimism.Having nearly exhausted their capacity for pop-song politics on War and The Unforgettable Fire, U2 turned toward themes of personal identity and complex relationships on The Joshua Tree. Not that the group was willing to come down off the barricades entirely: "Mothers of the Disappeared" and "Bullet the Blue Sky" turned a jaundiced eye toward Central America and the United States' role there. But the predominant mood here is one of self-discovery and the hunger for something more on tracks like the pulsating "Where the Streets Have No Name" and the gospel-ish "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." The album's masterstroke, however, is "With or Without You," a nasty love song dressed up as an ode of devotion and care. It ranks with the Police's "Every Breath You Take" as the most misread smash hit of the '80s. Having just listened to this CD for the bizillionth time last night, I am once against struck by the enduring beauty and meaning of the songs on "The Joshua Tree." This is, without a doubt, one of the best and most important pop recordings to come out of the 80's.
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