 The Joshua Tree (1987) [ larger cover art ] |
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I wanna run
I want to hide
I wanna tear down the walls
That hold me inside
I wanna reach out
And touch the flame
Where the streets have no name
I wanna feel sunlight on my face
I see the dust cloud disappear without a trace
I wanna take shelter from the poison rain
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We're still building
Then burning down love,
Burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do
The city's a flood
And our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Trampled in dust
I'll show you a place
High on a desert plain
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We're still building
Then burning down love,
Burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do
Our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Blown by the wind
Oh yes, in dust
See our love turn to rust
And we're beaten and blown by the wind
Blown by the wind
Oh, when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do
I want to hide
I wanna tear down the walls
That hold me inside
I wanna reach out
And touch the flame
Where the streets have no name
I wanna feel sunlight on my face
I see the dust cloud disappear without a trace
I wanna take shelter from the poison rain
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We're still building
Then burning down love,
Burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do
The city's a flood
And our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Trampled in dust
I'll show you a place
High on a desert plain
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We're still building
Then burning down love,
Burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do
Our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Blown by the wind
Oh yes, in dust
See our love turn to rust
And we're beaten and blown by the wind
Blown by the wind
Oh, when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: May 22, 2013 - 14:25 LPCity wrote: I've tended to notice that the people that profess to love U2 tend to talk about the music and the passion that it stirs in them. I've also tended to notice that people that profess to hate U2 tend to talk about taxes and the "huge ego" of the lead singer. Sorry folks, music always wins that debate. Beautifully put. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: May 22, 2013 - 14:23 stalfnzo wrote: Every now and then, Bill tortures me with some U2. Gratefully, I think he's playing them less and less. But still, any at all is more than enough. Lousy vocals, mediocre band. You are somewhere..... out there all right. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: May 22, 2013 - 14:21 Proclivities wrote: Well, there is a grammatical clumsiness (plural/singular noun disagreement) in the song's title. You asked for "one" flaw. Hilarious!!!!! I can't believe I never realized that - from now on its names for me. |
| Niepoort | Posted: Apr 30, 2013 - 15:40 Great song, but I think I might prefer the Pet Shop Boys' cover version. I hope I'm not offending anyone!  |
| Highspirits (a sunny place) | Posted: Apr 05, 2013 - 13:32 Proclivities wrote: Well, there is a grammatical clumsiness (plural/singular noun disagreement) in the song's title. You asked for "one" flaw. laugh out loud funny. good one, Procliv! |
| Waldemar_Smith | Posted: Apr 05, 2013 - 13:28 overwrought moaning |
| Proclivities (Paris of the Piedmont) | Posted: Apr 05, 2013 - 13:21 lemmoth wrote: "And the song does have some flaws?" - name one? Well, there is a grammatical clumsiness (plural/singular noun disagreement) in the song's title. You asked for "one" flaw. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Apr 05, 2013 - 13:18 myersei wrote: arguably one of the best songs on one of the best albums ever made. You will get no argument from me on that one. |
| myersei (Denver, CO) | Posted: Feb 17, 2013 - 10:04 arguably one of the best songs on one of the best albums ever made. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Jan 26, 2013 - 18:10 Everybody in my church loves this song... |
| Euskadita (MX) | Posted: Nov 15, 2012 - 08:38 The song dedicated to Nicaraguas capital: Managua |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Nov 15, 2012 - 08:37 Awesome. Peak. |
| kcar | Posted: Oct 15, 2012 - 00:21 ScottFromWyoming wrote: Yeah I was always one of those who refused to get on the U2 bandwagon because they were just the biggest thing ever and it annoyed me all to hell that people with crap taste in music would run up and tell me how great they are and by the time this album came out the hype was The Biggest of All Time and record stores repainted themselves black and gold and hung banners and just basically made it so you couldn't avoid this album no matter how hard you tried and the local FM station played the 45 of this song and its hole was off center so the thing went woooawoooawooowoooo even more than Edge's guitar and the whole thing just disgusted me but damn. 30 years later you people who still carry that grudge? I feel really sorry for you. Really. Sorry. If you point me towards "you people" who carry that grudge 25 not 30 years later I will fight them where the streets have no name for you but you must tell the voices in your head to stop yelling so loud. |
| hiorgos (Matrix) | Posted: Oct 15, 2012 - 00:19 Not sure what's best to describe U2, Boring or Annoying. |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Sep 13, 2012 - 11:05 Yeah I was always one of those who refused to get on the U2 bandwagon because they were just the biggest thing ever and it annoyed me all to hell that people with crap taste in music would run up and tell me how great they are and by the time this album came out the hype was The Biggest of All Time and record stores repainted themselves black and gold and hung banners and just basically made it so you couldn't avoid this album no matter how hard you tried and the local FM station played the 45 of this song and its hole was off center so the thing went woooawoooawooowoooo even more than Edge's guitar and the whole thing just disgusted me but damn. 30 years later you people who still carry that grudge? I feel really sorry for you. Really. Sorry. |
| d48m02h1918 | Posted: Sep 13, 2012 - 11:02 Maybe others feel the same way I do about this U2 song....from this period in their career, but after Zooropa, the edge (no pun intended) disappeared from this once-great band's music. Great singles here and there, but compared to this song.....something went missing.  |
| drsteevo | Posted: Sep 13, 2012 - 11:01 Saw these guys on the tour for this album, it was the best stadium show I ever attended. |
| stalfnzo (Somewhere... out there) | Posted: Aug 28, 2012 - 16:39 Every now and then, Bill tortures me with some U2. Gratefully, I think he's playing them less and less. But still, any at all is more than enough. Lousy vocals, mediocre band. |
| lkovathana (Chicago, Illinois) | Posted: Jul 22, 2012 - 06:31 There needs to be an "overrated" rating ... on the RP-o-meter |
| blackjackshellac (Montreal) | Posted: Jul 12, 2012 - 13:15 The only reason I am listening to this song is because the other guy in the room is eating chips and that sounds drives me effin nuts. |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Jul 12, 2012 - 13:12  |
| drife (Golden, CO) | Posted: Jul 12, 2012 - 13:10 I love U2, and particularly their music from this era, but I simply cannot abide this song. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 19:04 romeotuma wrote: The Joshua tree is a plant in the southwestern United States, with sword-shaped leaves and greenish-white flowers grouped in large panicles... a group of Mormon settlers who crossed the Mojave Desert in the mid-19th century named the plant the Joshua tree, after Joshua of the Old Testament— the forks of the tree reminded them of Joshua's hand raised as he prayed, and also the shape of the leaves reminded them of Joshua's spear... the name of U2's album, The Joshua Tree, is complicated... first, the entire album has a religious theme... second, the title is a tribute to the global power of the United States... third, the album also shows U2's fascination with American culture, politics, and forms of music... "Where The Streets Have No Name" is the opening song on the album... Steve Morse of the Boston Globe described this song as "pilgrims still on a quest; not preachers who claim to have found answers..." this song characterizes a spiritual quest for meaning... practically metaphysics... love it... Just had to bump this... love this song... |
| SaintPeter (Denver) | Posted: Jun 10, 2012 - 21:19 Dear Bill, Please dump this tune. Hugs and Kisses, Pete |
| borderlessworld (Good Old Germany) | Posted: Apr 24, 2012 - 06:20 Again another song for which I remember when, how, where I heard it for the first time. This song has been with me ever since and will never go away. |
| MaryAndrea (Vada (Li) Italy) | Posted: Apr 08, 2012 - 08:30 Epic song. An important drip in the ocean of music. It deserves a 9 vote.  |
| Tippster (Washington, DC) | Posted: Apr 08, 2012 - 08:25 Must... go... faster...! |
| Stratocaster (Bermuda) | Posted: Mar 17, 2012 - 15:04 Not a big fan of U2, but this song gets an 8 from me. And my nipples stay soft. I'm strange like that. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 17, 2012 - 14:14 This song is soooo good my nipples get hard when I hear it... |
| LPCity (Salt Lake City, Utah) | Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 16:24 I've tended to notice that the people that profess to love U2 tend to talk about the music and the passion that it stirs in them. I've also tended to notice that people that profess to hate U2 tend to talk about taxes and the "huge ego" of the lead singer. Sorry folks, music always wins that debate. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 20, 2012 - 20:26 mrtuba9 wrote: Thanks, romeotuma...tell me, do the peeps in your hotel room like this song too? Yes, everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| darrio (Sydney, Australia) | Posted: Feb 20, 2012 - 20:25 10 is a joke. 11 doesn't do it justice. This is a solid 12. |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Feb 04, 2012 - 23:40 Ahhh young Bono from back when I used to say his name with a soft o. Awesome tune. |
| Mugro (My body is in Dubai, but my broken heart is in Red Sox Nation) | Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 07:06 whomhow wrote: 30 people put 1 to this track... What special reasons they had? Herostrat fame, maybe? (solid 10) I dunno. Maybe they are sick of hearing it. I sure am. However, I would not rate it a 1. I gave it a 7. I think I only downgraded it one notch for extreme radio play. I can only now start listening to Beatles tunes after a lifetime of avoiding hearing them due to over play. |
| luca77 (Melbourne,Australia) | Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 06:55 whomhow wrote: 30 people put 1 to this track... What special reasons they had? Herostrat fame, maybe? (solid 10) I dunno...I gave it a 7...I think it's a good song from a good album. But I don't like the band much. When you don't like a band, it's easy to under-rate their songs because hearing them pisses you off. I don't even know why I don't like them much...maybe it was overexposure or a cockiness thing...or the sunglasses... but I don't dislike them enough to give the song a 1. Oasis on the other hand... |
| whomhow | Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 06:45 30 people put 1 to this track... What special reasons they had? Herostrat fame, maybe? (solid 10) |
| mrtuba9 (most likely near Normal) | Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 06:44 romeotuma wrote: Just had to bump this... love this song... Thanks, romeotuma...tell me, do the peeps in your hotel room like this song too? |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Dec 03, 2011 - 10:31 love this song... |
| erdemimi | Posted: Dec 03, 2011 - 10:31 alagarts wrote:AGREEEEEEEEE I can maybe agree with this band being over-rated and putting out some crap but come on if you don't like this song there is something wrong with ya. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 13:57 zurcronium wrote: Best album by these guys, but regardless still the most overhyped and overrated band ever. Destined for the dustbin of musical history. Do you even have a clue what the phrase "dustbin of history" means. Opinions are fine but this band - the one just named "greatest act of the last 25 years" by a vote of the readers of Q magazine - will not be forgotten by history. Again, you don't have to agree that in your opinion they even deserve mention on such a list, but in the popular mind - and in the minds of respected music critics - they are one of the greatest rock bands ever. So they will not find themselves in any dustbin anytime soon. |
| ajlept (Athens, GA) | Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 13:44 fredriley wrote: You're missing the point. Tax avoidance/evasion you expect from rich folk, corporations, megabands etc. However, St Bonio is forever moralising about worldwide wealth distribution (remember the Make Poverty History campaign which he fronted?) and striding the world stage with presidents and prime ministers, so his tax avoidance in the country which nurtured him and which most assuredly needs the dosh now that it's been bankrupted by banks is just plain hypocrisy. That's the thing about morals: having them means that you have to be consistent in their application. Nothing "immoral" about refusing to contribute to governments that mismanage their money. The moral thing to do is "front" an organization that you contribute to that distributes resources directly to where they are needed. Not to the pockets of the middlemen. |
| ozzie1313 | Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 13:40 Sorry Ber(zer)ko, I heard there was a lot of inbreeding in Franklin, TN. |
| alagarts | Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 13:39 I can maybe agree with this band being over-rated and putting out some crap but come on if you don't like this song there is something wrong with ya. |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 13:38 jberko wrote: Such an over rated band. Horrible and complete simpletons. wrong. don't get me started. |
| jberko (Franklin, TN) | Posted: Nov 01, 2011 - 20:05 Such an over rated band. Horrible and complete simpletons. |
| zurcronium (Kobe) | Posted: Nov 01, 2011 - 20:03 Best album by these guys, but regardless still the most overhyped and overrated band ever. Destined for the dustbin of musical history. |
| darrio (Sydney, Australia) | Posted: Oct 01, 2011 - 02:28 Best. Ever. |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Sep 19, 2011 - 14:55 Byronape wrote: Sounds more like cashing in to me. nice touch... piquant yet condescending...  |
| Byronape (Snorkeling in the River Styx) | Posted: Sep 15, 2011 - 12:16 MiracleDrug wrote: ART... those that would question U2 trancending rock and making art... Super Bowl Halftime show TWO solid columns of light going up into the heavens... The MURDERED at WTC's names projected onto the two columns TOWERS of lights... playing a song about HEAVEN don't tell me THAT'S NOT art... Sounds more like cashing in to me. |
| ckcotton | Posted: Sep 15, 2011 - 12:10 I'd recognize that opening chord ANYWHERE.... Awesome |