The Restored Joshua Tree

ajebec ([email protected])
Sat, 04 Jul 1998 23:47:13 +1000

I found out about a track listing for a 'Restored Joshua Tree', based on
interviews given by members of U2, about 4 years ago. It reads as
follows:

Where the Streets Have No Name
Silver and Gold
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Spanish Eyes
With or Without You
Luminous Times (Hold Onto Love)
Walk to the Water
Bullet the Blue Sky
Running to Stand Still

Red Hill Mining Town
In God's Country
Trip Through Your Wires
Sweetest Thing
One Tree Hill
Deep in the Heart
Exit
Race Against Time
Mothers of the Disappeared

However, I had a few problems with the order of these, and so
constructed an alternative order for a tape I made. Firstly, I couldn't
bear breaking up Where The Streets Have No Name/I Still Haven't
Found.../With Or Without You (those three songs are the sound of my
adolescense) and also thought that Exit brought out the darkness in
Silver and Gold etc etc.

Anyhow, here is the order that I have listened to the songs in since
that time:

Where The Streets Have No Name
I Still Haven't Found...
With Or Without You
Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
Deep In The Heart
Spanish Eyes
Bullet The Blue Sky
Running To Stand Still
Walk To The Water

Red Hill Mining Town
In God's Country
Trip Through Your Wires
The Sweetest Thing
One Tree Hill
Silver And Gold
Exit
Race Against Time
Mothers Of The Disappeared

What do others think of the infinite permutations possible of all the
Joshua Tree tracks? I know I prefer my order - what do others think?

I would also recommend this to anyone who hasn't listened to all the
Joshua Tree tracks put together. It can sometimes feel odd if you are
just used to the tracks from the album following each other, but as you
get used to the B-sides mixed in, it feels very cohesive, and the extra
songs add even more depth, IMO.

Adrian

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