Everyone keeps asking me how this 30th Anniversary Joshua Tree Tour ranks among other tours. Well for me nothing will ever top the great Elevation Tour of 2001, but this Joshua Tree Tour has my favorite set list as The Joshua Tree is and always has been and always will be my favorite album. So [continue reading]
I really enjoyed my 28 1/2 hour runner in Pittsburgh. There was no traffic driving to and from Pittsburgh, I had a great hotel, enjoyed some of the sites, hung out with old friends and of course got to see/hear a great U2 show! I left my house at 6am Wednesday morning the day of the show and was [continue reading]
While the first Joshua Tree show in Chicago was intense and exciting as it was my first of the tour, the second show was more relaxed and fun. The audience was more into it and the band as a whole was more into it. Bono seemed to be having much more fun the second night. On this my 92nd U2 show, I [continue reading]
OMG! That was amazing! Nothing will ever beat the Elevation Tour for me, but this Joshua Tree 30th Anniversary Tour has my favorite set list with the exception of one. I was excited for every song except “Miss Sarajevo.” Each of U2’s first five albums were represented except [continue reading]
On May 3rd, one month before my first U2 Joshua Tree Tour 2017 show in Chicago on June 3rd, I decided since I was not following any of the rehearsal or tour updates (I want to be as surprised as possible for my first show) I would play my U2 records – one every day (with some skipped days) [continue reading]
If you don’t see me online until June 3rd, don’t be alarmed. With rehearsals about to begin and the tour starting in May, I am going to be hiding from anything U2. This Joshua Tree tour means the world to me, so I am going to try my best to be surprised in Chicago June 3rd for my first [continue reading]
As I have stated over and over, The Joshua Tree means the world to me. It is the album that got me into U2 in 1987 and is still my favorite 30 years later. Below are 17 reasons why I love The Joshua Tree. In order from favorite to least favorite, here is how I rank the songs (including b sides) [continue reading]
It was 30 years ago today, March 9, 1987, U2 released my favorite, and in my opinion, their best album THE JOSHUA TREE. It is truly a part of me. It is ingrained in me. Its songs are second nature to me. The Joshua Tree is like being home. The Joshua Tree is the album that got me into U2 at age [continue reading]
I did not want a U2 tour in 2017 – I wasn’t ready for it. After the last tour in 2015, I have distanced myself from listening to U2 – as I do after every tour. I get so entrenched (aka obsessed) I just have to go away for a while and dream it all up again. Also I have my 2017 [continue reading]
The Joshua Tree is currently on the Billboard Top 200 chart at number 47. Why is an almost 27 year old album on the Billboard chart? One reason may be The Joshua Tree was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame earlier this year. A second reason may be U2’s “Ordinary Love” won a [continue reading]
The other day I saw a tweet by U2Start.com about ranking every U2 album by ranking every U2 song. I thought it might be fun and wanted to share my results. First I want to rank every U2 album in the order of which I like them and then see if the math supports it after I rank each song from each [continue reading]
GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Class Of 2014 THE HALL ADDS 27 NEW RECORDINGS, INCLUDING SELECTIONS BY MILES DAVIS, GEORGE HARRISON, ROBERT JOHNSON, DOLLY PARTON, RUN-D.M.C., AND U2 U2 The Joshua Tree December 03, 2013 — 6:00 am PST GRAMMY.com Continuing the tradition of preserving and celebrating great [continue reading]
I love blogging the A to Z Blog Challenge – blogging everyday in April, except Sundays, on a specific theme. I loved doing it last year, and I enjoyed it even more this year. I think I enjoy the challenge so much because I am one who likes to to lists things, rank my favorites. This [continue reading]
My favorite U2 song that begins with T is Trip Through Your Wires. It is off my favorite album The Joshua Tree. Trip Through Your Wires is just an honest, simple, American song – almost country. I love the lyrics, but I love the harmonica even more. In the distance, she saw me comin’ [continue reading]
My favorite U2 song that begins with R is Red Hill Mining Town. It used to be my second favorite U2 song, but over the past 25 years others have pushed it down a few spots. It is off of my favorite album The Joshua Tree. I love Red Hill Mining Town because it is one of the most passionate songs I [continue reading]
My favorite U2 song that begins with I is I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, which is my favorite U2 song of all time – my favorite song of all songs! I cried when U2 played it at the second show in Anaheim on the 360 tour because they hadn’t played it yet that leg. Even though I [continue reading]
My favorite U2 song that begins with D is Deep in the Heart. It is a B side off I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, my all-time favorite U2 song. I love the B sides off The Joshua Tree, my favorite U2 album, just as much as, if not more than, the songs that made it on the actual album. [continue reading]
25 years ago today U2’s The Joshua Tree, my favorite album, was released. It was March 9, 1987, and I was a freshman in high school. I heard “With or Without You” and liked it. I realized that it was by that same group who sang that song “Pride” I had heard before. But [continue reading]
DAY 28 – JUNE 10 We left Oakland around 7:20am, and it was 55 degrees and arrived in Palm Springs just over 8 hours later and it was 95 degrees. We only stopped twice on our journey south on Route 5 up and down the mountains – again. It was a pretty drive though. But finally it was summer! [continue reading]
I can’t believe there are only two more weeks left on my U2 360 tour across America – only 5 shows left. I have been on the road for 60 days and driven over 14,000 miles so far. The time has just flown by. I’ve had such a wonderful time, met so many great people, and visited lots [continue reading]
On the Road With U2 