One Tree Hill (song)

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One Tree Hill
U2
publication March 1988
length 5:23 min.
Genre (s) skirt
Author (s) U2
Label Island Records / Festival Records
album The Joshua Tree

One Tree Hill is a piece of music by the Irish rock band U2 , which was released in 1987 on the album The Joshua Tree and in March 1988 as a single in Australia and New Zealand , where it reached number 1 in the charts.

One Tree Hill addresses the mourning of Greg Carroll, who died in a motorcycle accident in Dublin in 1986 . Carroll was friends with Bono and was the band's roadie from 1984 to 1986 . The song refers to One Tree Hill near Auckland , New Zealand, and recalls the Chilean poet Víctor Jara , who was killed in the 1973 military coup .

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One Tree Hill

One Tree Hill (2008)
The tree had to be removed in 2000.
One Tree Hill with the tree still standing in the 1990s

U2 came to Australia and New Zealand for the first time when the “ The Unforgettable Fire ” tour opened in 1984. After a 24-hour flight to Auckland, Bono struggled with jet lag . That is why he left the hotel room at night and started talking to some people at the bar, who then showed him the city. One of the places they went to together was One Tree Hill , one of the largest extinct volcanoes in Auckland. “They took me up to a place called One Tree Hill, where a single tree stands on the top of the hill, like a strong Japanese picture , and we looked down at this city made of volcanic craters . I remember it so vividly because it said something about my freedom. "

Greg Carroll

When U2 was preparing the concert the next day, Bono became aware of a local roady, a Māori named Greg Carroll, whom he described as a "very helpful guy". Manager Paul McGuinness hired Carroll for the rest of the tour. He was helped to get a passport and he became the band's assistant in Australia and the United States. A close friendship developed with Bono and his wife Ali Hewson. After the tour, Greg Carroll worked for U2 in Dublin.

On July 3, 1986, just before filming for "The Joshua Tree" began, Carroll was killed in a motorcycle accident. The event shocked the whole band. Larry Mullen, Jr .: “His death really moved us; It was the first time someone in our work environment died. " The Edge :" Greg was part of the family and he was so far from home to work with us. "Bass player Adam Clayton :" That was a Moment to pause. We realized that there are more important things than rock and roll. There are your family, your friends, and there are the other members of the band - you spend so much time together. "Bono:" It was a big blow. […] It brought seriousness to the recording of The Joshua Tree . We had to fill the hole in our heart again with something very, very big. We loved him very much. "

Accompanied by Bono, Ali Hewson, Mullen and others from the U2 area, Caroll was transferred to New Zealand and buried in Kai-iwi Marae in the traditional Maori manner. Bono sang " Let It Be " and " Knockin 'on Heaven's Door " for him.

Victor Jara

"Victor Jara is alive"; House wall in Chile

One Tree Hill contains the lines of text

“And in the world, a heart of darkness, a fire zone
Where poets speak their heart then bleed for it
Jara sang, his song a weapon in the hands of love
You know his blood still cries from the ground ”

referring to the Chilean folk singer and political activist Victor Jara and his violent death during the Chilean military coup in 1973.

Bono found out about Jara when he met René Castro, a Chilean mural artist, on Amnesty International's A Conspiracy of Hope tour . Castro was also tortured during the Chilean military dictatorship and imprisoned for two years because he criticized the Pinochet regime with his art . When Bono was about to purchase a print by Martin Luther King, Jr. , he noticed a print by Victor Jara. He learned more about this from reading Víctor jara, un canto truncado , written by Jara's widow Joan Turner.

For Adam Clayton, One Tree Hill and Bullet the Blue Sky and Mothers of the Disappeared are part of a trilogy of pieces on the album that denounce the USA's involvement in Chile .

Origin and admission

Shortly after Bono returned to Dublin from Greg Carroll's funeral, he wrote lyrics about the funeral he titled One Tree Hill , after the hill he visited in Auckland in 1984. The music was developed in one of the early recording sessions for The Joshua Tree . The Edge: “We jammed with Brian Eno . He played keyboards [...] We got into that mood and something developed. Great feelings [...] The sound was very artistic for me at that time. I wouldn't normally have used a sound like this until then, but it just felt right and I let myself into it. "

Dick, Paul and Adele Armin ( Toronto , Canada ) contributed string parts. They used special electro-acoustic string instruments, which they called Raads. “U2 wanted strings, but not in the usual, sweet way. They didn't want a 19th century sound. "(D. Armin)

The piece was worked on from July 1986 to January 1987 at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin. Sound engineer was Mark Ellis, called Flood , for whom The Joshua Tree was the professional breakthrough, assisted by Pat McCarthy. One Tree Hill was mixed by Dave Meegan. Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois were producers .

One Tree Hill , like the LP The Joshua Tree , is dedicated to Greg Carroll's memory. Bono recorded his vocal part in a single take because he didn't think he could sing it a second time.

Publications

One Tree Hill appeared in 1987 on The Joshua Tree , the fifth studio album by U2, and reached number 1 on the album charts in Germany and many other countries. It was released in New Zealand and Australia as the fifth single from the album (March 1988) and appeared there on 7 "vinyl and on cassette; it reached number 1 on the New Zealand charts. The cover was designed by Steve Averill, with a photograph by Anton Corbijn . The single also contained the tracks Bullet the Blue Sky and Running to Stand Still .

In 1998, One Tree Hill appeared as a bonus track on the Japanese version of the best-of CD The Best of 1980-1990 , as well as in a live version on the corresponding VHS video. Another version of the piece was featured on the live album Live from the Point Depot (2004), which was released online .

The Joshua Tree's original CD pressing incorrectly indicated the end of One Tree Hill at 4'43 "and the beginning of Exit at 4'53". The reason was the final, quieter verse of One Tree Hill (“Oh, great ocean…”), which is attached to the silent and apparently ending song. The verse has long been attributed to the song Exit , although its character is in strong contradiction to its sound and message. The error has been corrected in newer editions.

Live performances

U2 didn't play One Tree Hill on the “Joshua Tree” tour in 1987 because Bono was afraid of too strong emotional outbursts: “We haven't played One Tree Hill live yet, and I can't do it either. I haven't listened to the song yet. I have completely separated from him. "

U2 play “One Tree Hill” in Auckland (2006).

It was played live for the first time on September 10, 1987 at the Nassau Coliseum at the beginning of the third section of the "Joshua Tree" tour, and was enthusiastically received by the audience. From then on it was occasionally played on the tour, as well as on the "Lovetown" tour (1989 to 1990), later only rarely, especially at performances in New Zealand.

On the U2 360 ° Tour , when played, it was dedicated to miners who died in the Pike River Mine Disaster near Greymouth , New Zealand. The names of those killed were shown on the screen during the play.

On March 25, 2011, the group performed the piece in a duet with Francisca Valenzuela in Santiago de Chile and dedicated it to Victor Jara.

The Edge (2009): “The piece is for special occasions, for example for appearances in New Zealand.” Bono (2009): “This is a special song that has a lot of strong feelings in it. I don't know if we're too scared - we should play it more often. ”Paul Mc Guinness said that U2 have always found it difficult to play the piece.

As part of the "THE JOSHUA TREE" Tour 2017, U2 played the piece as well as the entire album.

Criticism

One Tree Hill received positive reviews from critics. Hot Press's Niall Stokes called it one of U2's best pieces. Bill Graham described The Edge's guitar playing as a "loosely connected melody with an African and Hawaiian soundscape". Steve Morse of The Boston Globe compared Bono's singing at the end of the song to the passion of Otis Redding . Hot Press' Colm O'Hare called it "probably the most poignant and emotionally charged song" by U2 in 2007.

literature

  • Kenn Chipkin: U2 - The Joshua Tree: Authentic Record Transcriptions. Alfred Music Publishing, London 1999, ISBN 978-0-7119-1315-8 .
  • Pimm Jal de la Parra: U2 Live: A Concert Documentary. Omnibus Press, New York 2003, ISBN 978-0-7119-9198-9 .
  • Bill Graham, Caroline van Oosten de Boer: U2: The Complete Guide to Their Music. Omnibus Press, London 2004, ISBN 0-7119-9886-8 .
  • David Kootnikoff: U2: A Musical Biography. Greenwood Press, Santa Barbara 2010, ISBN 0-313-36523-7 .
  • Matt Soper: Raising Up a Testimony: Essays on Christianity in America . Xulon Press, Longwood (Florida) 2010, ISBN 978-1-60957-818-3 .
  • Steve Stockman: Walk On: The Spiritual Journey of U2. Relevant Books, Orlando 2005, ISBN 0-9760357-5-8 .
  • Niall Stokes: U2: Into The Heart: The Stories Behind Every Song. Thunder's Mouth Press, New York 2005, ISBN 1-56025-765-2 .
  • U2, together with Neil McCormick: U2 by U2; Interviews. HarperCollins Publisher, London 2006, ISBN 0-00-719668-7 .
  • Raewynne J. Whiteley, Beth Maynard: Get Up Off Your Knees: Preaching the U2 Catalog. Cowley Publications, Cambridge (Massachusetts) 2003, ISBN 978-1-56101-223-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

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  4. ^ Niall Stokes: U2: Into The Heart: The Stories Behind Every Song. Thunder's Mouth Press, New York 2005, ISBN 1-56025-765-2 , p. 74.
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  16. ↑ a b c d Record cover of the 7 "vinyl single One Tree Hill , Island Records, 1988.
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  23. ^ Cover or booklet of the CD 'The Best of 1980–1990', Island Records, Japan, 1998
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