It seemed fitting that scoring tickets to U2’s final U.S. performance of their Joshua Tree tour in San Diego would be the perfect segue to our visit to Joshua Tree National Park one day later. Their iconic album, filled with haunting melodies and provocative lyrics still resonates, even thirty years after its release. That the two events would collide seemed akin to kismet, providing inspiration for a mash-up of U2 music and National Park imagery.
The Joshua Tree concert and park were magical, and lingering memories of both events continue to sustain my creative drive.
Where the Streets Have No Name
High on a desert plain
Where the streets have no name
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone
With or Without You
See the thorn twist in your side
Bullet the Blue Sky
Comes a rattle and hum
Running to Stand Still
But I only see one way out
Red Hill Mining Town
Set fire to the sky
In God’s Country
The rivers run but soon run dry
Trip Through Your Wires
In the desert sky
In the distance
One Tree Hill
We see the sun go down in your eyes
Exit
Healing, healing, healing hands of love
Mother of the Disappeared
Through the walls our daughters cry
My thanks to Bono, The Edge, Adam, and Larry for decades of music artistry. And my apologies in advance for crossing the line with my literal and metaphoric interpretations.
Streaming thru America 