Pass the Botox and pour all of the Jameson right now because U2‘s 1987 debut album, The Joshua Tree, has just turned three decades old this month.
While it’s a must for any and every type of music fan to know why the freshman tunes provided by Mr. Bono, um, Mr. The Edge and the rest of this legendary rock crew are just so damn important in all of our lives in anything we do (they’re also taking this album on the road and will be in Philly in June), tomorrow Philly Mixtape will be exploring The Joshua Tree a bit further, including all of the hits (calm down oh ye who’s only Irish one day a year…we’ll get there) and music magic that will forever be served out in U2’s still swig worthy debut set.
But for now, let’s put those lighters up in remembering one of the boys biggest Billboard hits, the melancholy and mysterious smash number one hit, “With Or Without You.”
Because…..life.
This year’s grooves sound like….