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During The Joshua Tree tour when the played the album start-to-finish in order, Bono would acknowledge “now is where we turn over to side 2 of The Joshua Tree cassette”. I thought it was a clever way to acknowledge fans like us who first bought the album in that format.
I had tix to go last year, but the date conflicted with a dad-daughter event. Grrrr.
I’ve tried several times to convince myself that Achtung Baby is the better album, but then I would put Joshua Tree on and realize that’s the one.zoonation said:
website does not have DeYoung listed as a band member. We will probably go because we usually go when the rock bands play. We've seen Cheap Trick and Doobies Bros twice at the fair and they were excellent.How the mighty have fallen. Thats a rung below tribute bands.
Go. And report back.
I actually like Achtung Baby a bit more. More for nostalgia reasons than anything else. when I was 16 my mom lent me her car and I drove from calgary to vancouver with my highschool girlfriend to see Zoo TV (which had been taking over the continent at the time. What parent does that? Had to stay in a shoot-up and sleep because I didn't have a credit card to pay for regular hotel. Went to the concert and my mind was blown. Revolutionary show on almost every level. It was crazy. Also, the album is more personal in the lyrical themes which really resonated with me at the time (and still does)
At least once a year for however many years that’s been out I call my buddies voicemail and belt it out as Cartman. The “uh..you guys” part makes me laugh every time.
It's worse than that.
As different as DeYoung and Shaw were, no one would know who either one even is today if it weren't for them working with each other.
Revisionist history by Tommy Shaw and James Young, who act like they wanted to rock, as if they are Black Sabbath or something, while DDY wanted all ballads. Shaw wrote Sing for the Day, and Shaw and Young were the ones who insisted that Babe be a Styx song; DDY had written it just for his wife, and the others insisted on recording it as a Styx song because they knew it'd be a hit. I am a big fan of both Tommy and DDY, so I do not really take sides, but Tommy (and Young, who is as about as lucky as anybody) has changed the story too many times for me to buy it. DDY was a pain in the ###, but results are what matter, and the band was at their best and did well when he was steering the ship. Adding Tommy gave them a 2nd great songwriter.timschochet said:
Thanks for this info.
should have pointed at JY and yelled "aren't you??!!" and see if Shaw replied "Miss America!!"..I once rode an elevator in Lincoln Nebraska with Tommy Shaw and James Young. I said, "s'up".
Two things:
I appreciate this but the key to this thread is the good conversation. All I’m doing is bringing up well known albums, which is relatively easy. The responses provide the rest.
Also to be fair, while I may like War better than Joshua Tree also there's really no debate on which is the more "classic" album.
Here Comes the Sun is probably my favorite Beatles song - and side 2 is a complete masterpiece.
Nope, you are wrong. I mean that in the sense that if wrong were a death penalty offense based on scale of wrongness you would be drawn and quartered and your remains would then be burned to ash and your ashes would then be dissolved in acid, Breaking Bad style.
Won't attack the opinion; to each his own.
