I lived in Tucson, Az when this song first came out. U2 started and ended the Joshua Tree tour in AZ. They helped to impeach the newly elected governor Evan Meecham. Evan Meecham was an ignorant SOB who publicly made racial slurs against Native Americans and blacks. He strongly opposed the MLK holiday, which of course angered the lads from U2. To make matters worse, after Bono voiced his opinion of the situation at the tour opening concert in Tucson, Meecham retaliated by calling U2 a "bunch of pitiful Micks".
Anyway, to make a long story short....U2 were very enamourate of the Southwestern Desert region during this time. crooked crosses may also refer to the Sahuaro cacti that peppert the desert landscape.
There we go- There we go! This is pretty much it. The Desert had a big impact on these guys. Jesus went up into the desert... So does that make it "God's country" maybe?
There we go- There we go! This is pretty much it. The Desert had a big impact on these guys. Jesus went up into the desert... So does that make it "God's country" maybe?
I lived in Tucson, Az when this song first came out. U2 started and ended the Joshua Tree tour in AZ. They helped to impeach the newly elected governor Evan Meecham. Evan Meecham was an ignorant SOB who publicly made racial slurs against Native Americans and blacks. He strongly opposed the MLK holiday, which of course angered the lads from U2. To make matters worse, after Bono voiced his opinion of the situation at the tour opening concert in Tucson, Meecham retaliated by calling U2 a "bunch of pitiful Micks". Anyway, to make a long story short....U2 were very enamourate of the Southwestern Desert region during this time. crooked crosses may also refer to the Sahuaro cacti that peppert the desert landscape.
There we go- There we go! This is pretty much it. The Desert had a big impact on these guys. Jesus went up into the desert... So does that make it "God's country" maybe?
There we go- There we go! This is pretty much it. The Desert had a big impact on these guys. Jesus went up into the desert... So does that make it "God's country" maybe?