U2’s Joshua Tree album still has to be one of the best albums of all time. You listen to it today and it’s still musically and lyrically better than 99.9% of what’s on the radio.
And on November 20, they will be releasing a 2-CD remastered, deluxe edition of The Joshua Tree. The deluxe package comprises The Joshua Tree CD, and a bonus audio CD that features b-sides and rarities from the Joshua Tree sessions. The deluxe edition also includes a 36 page bound book, featuring liner notes by Bill Flanagan with a special essay by The Edge, previously unseen photos by Anton Corbijn, and handwritten lyrics by Bono.
Included in the goodness, is this bonus track called Wave of Sorrow. It was one of the songs from the Joshua Tree sessions that they never finished. It was inspired by Bonos experience in Ethiopia during the famine. Bono listens and sings along with us, describing the origins of the song. It’s cool to see how excited he gets about the track.
Blessed are the meek who scratch in the dirt
For they shall inherit what’s left in the earthBlessed are the kings who’ve left their thrones,
They are buried in this valley of dry bones.Blessed are you with an empty heart,
For you’ve got nothing for which you cannot part.Blessed is the ego, it’s all we’ve got this hour,
Blessed is the voice that speaks truth to power.
Blessed is the sex worker who sold her body tonight.
She had to use what she’s got to save her children’s lives.Blessed are the deaf who cannot hear a scream,
Blessed are the stupid who can dream.
Blessed are the tin-canned cardboard slums, and
Blessed is the Spirit that overcomes.
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