We wanted to give each song a sense of location. That’s something that Eno is very good at, getting into the ideas behind a song. Most producers are less inclined to get involved in that side of things. They’re keener on simply getting the record to sound right. Sometimes Brian gets a little too heady, a little too conceptual. But, at the same time, he is heavily into gospel and traditional Irish music, both of which are more direct. He can balance his intellectual side with a sense of directness. He can get into music on a gut level as well as a conceptual level. Larry, à propos de The Joshua Tree