11/13/2022 0 Comments U2 the joshua tree guitar tablature![]() ![]() The extended encore of post-Joshua Tree songs replicates too many of the band’s failures since, an era flecked with moments of brilliance that were too often unappreciated as U2 focused its efforts on being the world’s biggest band, rather than its best. It’s hard to explain how a show can pivot from “You plant a demon seed / You raise a flower of fire” on Bullet the Blue Sky to “a mole digging in a hole” on Elevation within the space of an hour – other than that around the songs from Joshua Tree, U2 seems intent on mimicking its transition from rock band to red shimmering caricatures in a way that might (or might not) be intended with irony. The Joshua Tree-themed concert was accompanied by a stunning visual backdrop of scenes of Americana. Never before has that sounded so real, so scary. On Bullet the Blue Sky in particular, a powerful ramble arranged to sound like a fighter jet overhead, the refrain is “outside it’s America”. There are collapsing coal towns and opioid addicts, thieving preachers and US interventions overseas that feel remarkably fresh. ![]() The highlights are (surely not a coincidence) the most political songs from an album pitched musically as an homage to America, but where the lyrics explore its excesses and failures of the 1980s, many of which feel more relevant today to Trump’s United States. Some punters complain about an echo on the vocals, an effect that amplifies the singer at his most searching. ![]() On rare occasions when the show stutters (like at the outset of With or Without You, where the haunting infinite guitar seems too piercing), Bono is still, at 59, able to rally the crowd with a bellow. The main course that follows is Joshua Tree, played start to finish from the high-set main stage with a stunning but calm visual backdrop of scenes of Americana, including visions of the Death Valley desert that provided the album cover’s most stunning artwork. On Sunday Bloody Sunday, the Edge’s guitar needs no visual embellishment to evoke the march of foot soldiers during the Troubles on Bad, Bono shouts “fade away” with the sort of ache that infects his best vocal performances. We can just watch.Galloping tunes: U2 at Suncorp Stadium Photograph: Chris Hyde/Getty Images Hey guys, as long as you’re taking requests, how about “Red Hill Mining Town,” “Lady With The Spinning Head,” “Luminous Times (Hold on to Love),” “Please” or “Exit?” We don’t even have to play guitar. It’s so great, that song.” Much of the show that takes place on the catwalk and and the main stage is pretty locked in setlist-wise, though during the encores and the B stage segment they have a lot of freedom to play around. “It’ll take us a few weeks to settle things in. “It really is important to do that,” he said. Before a recent show in San Jose, Bono told a fan they’d play the Songs of Innocence bonus track “The Crystal Ballroom” at some point. ![]() The setlist changes will likely continue as the tour carries on. At this point Bono politely escorted him off, and that guy has a story to tell for the rest of his life. When the somewhat ragged version came to an end the guy literally bowed down to the band, finally got his moment with Mullen and even tried to join in on “The Sweetest Thing,” seemingly thinking he was now the fifth member of the band. 4': 'It Was Absolute Pandemonium'īono seems to briefly regret his impulsive decision when they struggled to get it started and the guy keeps talking to him instead of playing (“would you just play this, please?”), but once they kicked into it he rose to the occasion and remembered most of the lyrics. ![]()
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