They’ve produced over a dozen platinum and multiplatinum records and won 15 Grammy Awards. For over two decades, U2 has been one of the biggest acts in rock music. Is it possible to be a committed Christian and a rock superstar? Can political activists make good music? Do hugely successful rock bands really care about AIDS and poverty in Africa, or is it just another image-enhancing schtick? U2 and Philosophy ponders these and other seeming dichotomies in the career of the Irish supergroup. Enjoy!Ī Desert Landscape In the words and music of U2's The Joshua Tree, however, almost all of the places to which we are taken appear as places of loss and . For those who like the convenience of a traditional print book, THE JOSHUA TREE by MUSIC MASTERS brings together the best freely available public domain and creative commons material about The Joshua Tree and assembles it into one sleek print package.
THE JOSHUA TREE: THE COMPLETE STORY OF U2'S LANDMARK ALBUM takes dozens of freely available Wikipedia articles and brings them together into a convenient print package that tells the entire story of the album, from the years that led up to it, its recording, a breakdown of its songs, a look at the historic Rattle And Hum documentary, and the double album that followed. īands do not get much bigger than U2, and albums do not get any bigger than THE JOSHUA TREE, the landmark record of the world's biggest band, boasting 25 million copies sold. THE JOSHUA TREE: THE COMPLETE STORY OF U2'S LANDMARK ALBUM takes dozens of freely available Wikipedia articles and brings them together into a convenient print package that tells the entire story of the album, from the years that led up to. The author juxtaposes the band's existential journey through America with his own journey connecting with his Irish roots by becoming a citizen in the age of Trump and places U2's and The Joshua Tree's relevance in context with the current political climate. This book explores the political, social, and cultural themes rooted in The Joshua Tree when it was originally released in 1987 and how those themes resonated as a response to the election of Donald Trump when U2 toured for the album's 30th anniversary. Rather than living up to the ideal that the country was "an idea that belongs to people who need it most," the band found that America sacrificed equality and justice for populism and fascism. Originally conceived as "The Two Americas," The Joshua Tree was U2's critique of America. However, global politics of the 1980s undermined that impression and fostered hypocritical policies that manipulated Americans and devastated people around the world. As Irishmen in the 1970s, the band grew up with the belief that America was a place of freedom and prosperity, a symbol of hope and a refuge for all people. U2 planted the seeds for The Joshua Tree during an existential journey through America. u2 -interview-willie-williams-talks-about-the- joshua- tree-tour-2017.html.
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