Ep781 U2 Discovers America

On this week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus in celebration of St. Patrick's Day we do a deep dive into one Ireland's biggest and most influential rock exports; U2 and their break through album released on March 9th 1987; The  Joshua Tree

 

#U2 #Bono #thejoshuatree #irishrockband

 

Topics Discussed:

What We Did This Week:

Mr. Pittsburgh: The Getaway Cafe, Avenged Seven Fold, Guitar Gallery

Loudini: the new Road House, Nosferatu (1979), Mister Lullaby (J.H. Markert), Chris Shiflet interviews Joe Bonamassa (4 wall business model), Swift Hate, Music Monoculture (where do you hear music? artists are "bigger yet smaller than ever"  how worldwide distribution & social media has changed the way artists reach people and what that means)

 

The Joshua Tree

Background etc..

Impact

 

 

Songs and meanings:

 

Side One:

Where The Streets Have No Name

 

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

 

With Or Without You

 

Bullet The Blue Sky

 

Running To Stand Still

 

Side Two:

Red Hill Mining Town

 

In God's Country

 

Trip Through Your Wires

 

One Tree Hill

 

Exit

 

Mothers of the Disappeared

 

 

Aside: Other Great March Releases that We Should Cover on future Podcasts

 

 

New & Notable:

Mr. Pittsburgh: Kelsy Karter & The Heroines; Love Goes On

Loudini: Des Rocs; Neverending Moment https://desrocs.com/ Des Rocs Bio