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7648. Ms. No - 11/11/2004 12:44:11 AM I think U2 has a wider range than REM, they take more chances musically. Also, I really liked U2's last album even though the current "hit" they're playing on the radio is shite. REM hasn't snagged me since Losing My Religion.
The only real connections I see between the bands are that they came to prominence around the same time and that both are known for their political activism. Musically, REM is firmly folk-based which is something that U2 has only barely come close to with the western flavor of the Joshua Tree album.
I suppose it's disloyal of me not to be more impressed with REM since they gained their popularity in the local circuit where I grew up, but I was always more of a B-52's fan and the punk/new wave UK invasion was my first love --- U2, Psychedelic Furs, Cure, Bauhaus, The Clash, The Fixx, Tears for Fears and the everlovin' Finn Bros out of Australia. 7649. arkymalarky - 11/11/2004 1:25:49 AM I saw somewhere that Tears for Fears is reuniting, but I never saw any more about it. 7650. Ms. No - 11/11/2004 1:39:46 AM Yes, they recently played a show here in LA and they're touring. The new album is heavily Beatles-influenced but that's the way Orzabal was heading when they split anyway.
I was quite saddened that I couldn't catch this show since it had a lot of great bands from my highschool days. Big 80's headliners all gathered in one place for a day-long concert. $45. A deal at twice the price. 7651. angel-five - 11/11/2004 1:44:30 AM I think U2 writes better songs but REM has a way of hitting you with this simple groove, something as simple as Michael Stipe saying 'yeah yeah yeah yeah' in 'Man on the Moon',that I can really dig on. There's a fine line in REM's music between pretentious and apt that they cross back and forth over.
U2 can also just lay back and do a pop song; REM can't manage to do that without being all ironic. I'd also agree that they hit their stride earlier on and everything since, at least, Automatic for the People, has sounded kind of post-coitally disjointed and spent, whereas although U2 has just gotten a lot more poppish (the band that used to write staccato songs about massacres in Ireland is now out driving around with the windows down) they still write really good albums.
Plus there's that whole thing where Guinness and U2 make up about two thirds of the Irish economy and Michael Stipe just wants you to walk to work.
So, yeah, about four days out of the week I'm pretty likely to come down on the side of U2, Bono having summits with the Pope and all.
The other three, songs like 'Cuyahoga' and 'End Of The World' kick my ass. 7652. Ms. No - 11/11/2004 2:05:27 AM I roll over for Texarkana every time. 7653. Macnas - 11/11/2004 10:31:01 AM I like the folky type REM best, more so than anything they have made of late.
U2 I never got into all that much, I never bought anything they made. But many years ago, jaysus when I think on it, a very long time ago, I saw them play and in the live sense at least, they were great. 7654. Ms. No - 11/11/2004 6:13:22 PM Mac,
I was just looking above and coveting your music collection. Good stuff there!
I'm just thrilled the Pixies are back together. I never did get enough of them 7655. Macnas - 11/15/2004 1:57:31 PM Texas chainsaw massacre, as performed by bunnies.
7656. alistairconnor - 11/15/2004 2:12:24 PM everlovin' Finn Bros out of Australia.
You mutherfockin bitch... Tim and Neil are New Zealanders of course. 7657. alistairconnor - 11/15/2004 2:18:22 PM Hm. Ewe too? Bought the first album, Boy, in ... ??? about 1980 that would have been. My favourite record for several weeks. The whole sound, all the originality I have ever perceived in them was in that. Mid period U2 just seemed bloated, pompous and pumped up with subliminally recycled Stones and Zeppelin. I confess I haven't listened to anything they've done in about the last decade.
REM, I was aware of but basically I missed out on when they were hip, 80s and early 90s. Automatic is the only record I own. But yes, both musically and ethically, they are my pick. Stand in the place that you work, etc. 7658. Macnas - 11/17/2004 8:52:16 PM "meet the new boss....same as the old boss"
What am I listening to? 7659. Macnas - 11/17/2004 9:21:41 PM Or this one..
"talkin' 'bout them tiny cookies....that the peoples eat" 7660. arkymalarky - 11/17/2004 10:28:42 PM Joe Walsh? 7661. arkymalarky - 11/17/2004 10:29:18 PM The Who? 7662. angel-five - 11/18/2004 3:51:28 AM The second one's Zappa. 7663. Macnas - 11/18/2004 10:05:16 AM Well done Arky and angel,
First was The Who, (won't get fooled again), and second was Frank Zappa, (City of tiny lights). 7664. Macnas - 11/19/2004 11:08:21 PM And what am I listening to at the moment?, at very high volume I might add....
"I got your picture, I got your picture, I want a million of them all 'round myself,
I want a doctor, to take your picture, so I can look at you from inside as well" 7665. thoughtful - 11/20/2004 12:38:14 AM Played hooky this p.m. and friend and i went to see the william morris show. Learned a lot as always and saw lots of wonderful things.
In addition to the interior decor stuff he was famous for including tapestries, wall paper, rugs, and fabrics, he also did some wonderful stained glass windows and a lot of incredible books. Unbelievably intricate work.
 7666. arkymalarky - 11/20/2004 4:24:47 AM I'd love that first in my living room.
The first line of that sounds so familiar, Mac, but I can't place it. 7667. arkymalarky - 11/20/2004 4:25:17 AM I'm better at going from music to words than the other way around.
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