The lyrical idea came from Bono’s Amnesty-sponsored visit to the Central American countries El Salvador and Nicaragua, where he witnessed poverty and struggle. Those songs now sound like they were written for this very moment. The hardest, heaviest song on The Joshua Tree and one of the angriest of all U2’s songs, Bullet the Blue Sky put paid to any notion that U2 had gone soft. It is the opening track from their 1987 album The Joshua Tree and was released as the albums third single in August 1987. "Just look back to what we were singing in 1987. 'Where the Streets Have No Name' is a song by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, and was released on 9 March 1987 on Island Records. But these songs from 1987 took on a new relevance. The Joshua Tree is the fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2. "Songs that we wrote in the first half of 2016 suddenly didn’t seem relevant in the light of the political upheaval last year. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors picks, and more. The CD format features remastered audio, liner notes by Bill Flanagan (author of 'U2 At The End Of The World') and previously unseen Anton Corbijn photos. "The world changed!" Bono told Classic Rock moments before U2 took to the stage for the second night of the tour. The Joshua Tree Remastered Audio CD November 20, 2007. Three decades later, the band took the album on the road for the second time, selling the Joshua Tree 30 tour around the globe as the album's themes and messages gained new relevance during the Trump era. Both albums feature 'Bullet the Blue Sky,' which confronts the country's more sinister side. It was a breakthrough, but we always try to use our breakthroughs to lead us somewhere else.” U2's lyrical obsession with America came to the forefront on The Joshua Tree and 1988's Rattle and Hum. “We had all grown up a bit, but we were still learning and questioning. “It was an important record for us,” said the Edge. It helped, too, that Bono’s lyrics had veered from desultory politics to matters of the heart, and in the gorgeous pulse of With Or Without You his soulful pleas are by turns aching and soothing, triumphant and tortured.
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