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R.E.M. or U2?

Rob89Rob89 Posts: 22
edited June 2006 in Other Music
Who do you prefer?
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  • pearljam0000pearljam0000 Posts: 450
    i prefer REM, i saw them in concert and they are very good....i also saw U2 and they are also very good but for some reason i enjoy REM more
  • moemoe6434moemoe6434 Posts: 467
    rem by a landslide over u2
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    REM.
    and i prefer early U2 to U2 now.
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  • dan_vedderdan_vedder Posts: 213
    Bono is a prick but i prefer U2, seeing them live in Novmeber!!
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    U2... i love them.
  • karma defectkarma defect Posts: 5,483
    I like U2, but I don't have one single album, so I guess I'll say R.E.M.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    karma defect wrote:
    I like U2, but I don't have one single album, so I guess I'll say R.E.M.

    then you best start at the beginning.
    i recently listened to boy,war and october after 17 years(bit difficult playing LPs on a disc player) and was relieved that the esteem i had for these albums was still justified. at least in my eyes...er...ears
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  • bucket1988bucket1988 Posts: 212
    R.E.M.... no contest
    The words you say never seem to live up to the ones inside your head...
  • Clifwith1fClifwith1f Posts: 143
    U2 by a mile
  • EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    Pavement..
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  • soaks the pagessoaks the pages Posts: 91
    what if i can't decide? do i get to pick both?
    that's faarkokte.
  • ArabesqueArabesque Posts: 34
    R.E.M...just think about it. Every album from MurMur to Up was great or amazing. It's only on their last two albums they've gone a notch down. But can you blame them? They made GREAT albums for twenty years.

    Murmur - A
    Reckoning - B
    Fables of the Reconstruction - B+
    Lifes Rich Pageant - A-
    Document - A+
    Green - A-
    Out of Time - A
    Automatic for the People - A+
    Monster - A
    New Adventures in Hi-Fi - A-
    Up - B+
    Reveal - B-
    Around the Sun - C+

    And to me, I've never liked U2. I've always thought they were too polished. Their early stuff was good, I'll admit that. But after that it was all downhill. I can't even bear their new stuff. It's putrid.

    I respect Bono for his worldy contributions but I can do without his music.
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  • XiangXiang Posts: 73
    R.E.M. since they continue to reinvent themselves while U2 have become a band that is trying to recapture something they have already done...
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  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    r.e.m.......
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • soapyrowssoapyrows Posts: 235
    u2 by a mile
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  • Shawn Smith CollectiveShawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    Love U2...not an REM fan
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  • comfortably numbcomfortably numb Posts: 188
    REM

    and i think "Reveal" is extremely underrated... who agrees?
    saw things so much clearer
  • applenutapplenut Posts: 67
    U2 is far and away the better band

    U2 has remained relevent for 20+ years while R.E.M. seems to still be in a never ending cycle of trying to rediscover themselves since the mid 90s.

    Quit sad really. R.E.M. had the potential to be one of the biggest rock bands in the world and they have pretty much just gone off a boring deep end.
  • Rob89Rob89 Posts: 22
    comfortably numb wrote:
    REM

    and i think "Reveal" is extremely underrated... who agrees?

    Totally agree. 'She just wants to be', 'Ive been High', 'Beat a drum', 'Ill take the rain'. Some great songs on that album. Totally under-rated....like Up.

    Diminished off Up is one of the most beautiful songs they've ever written but because it's stuck at the end of Up(an album which has been wrongly slated), it doesn't get any recognition. A shame.
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  • jb13lettersjb13letters Posts: 220
    R.E.M. by a wide margin.
    Statistically speaking, you're more likely to be pitied by Mr. T than you are to have feet.
  • jb13lettersjb13letters Posts: 220
    comfortably numb wrote:
    REM

    and i think "Reveal" is extremely underrated... who agrees?

    Agreed, but it took a while to grow on me.
    Statistically speaking, you're more likely to be pitied by Mr. T than you are to have feet.
  • kdpjamkdpjam Posts: 2,303
    both are excellent in the studio and live but different in musical style so i can't compare..
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  • brhf9brhf9 Posts: 1,475
    i prefer r.e.m.
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    With or Without You will always remind me of a sudden burst of beautiful music in the dark days of the eighties.

    Losing My Religion always reminds me of bad karaoke nights.

    U2 wins.
  • jammerfalljammerfall Posts: 908
    Two of my top 5 bands, but I'll go with R.E.M.
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  • LedZepFanLedZepFan Posts: 1,009
    U2

    no contest whatsoever
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  • rock_goddessrock_goddess Posts: 970
    Prefer U2.
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  • audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    R.E.M by a long long long long long way. I don't like U2.
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  • midwestomarmidwestomar Posts: 9
    Like both. I've been to 11 REM shows since 1985 and 5 U2 shows since 1983, but I like REM more. I think their albums are much better, even their later ones. Around the Sun was pretty much dissed by the critics, but I dig the first five songs (LNY, Electron Blue, Outsiders, Make it All Okay, FINAL STRAW (fantastic song) and also think High Speed Train and Around the SUn are outstanding).

    u2's live show is more of a "show" while REM's is more about the music. Also, REM does a much better job of mixing setlists from night to night. U2 pretty much does the same setlist (some variations) from night to night.

    The one good thing about REM's decline in popularity in the US (I live in Missouri) is that they played smaller places last tour, and I really liked this. U2 can no longer play the intimate places.

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  • U2rocksU2rocks Posts: 89
    I obviously like U2 more..but R.E.M. happen to be my 2nd favorite band. Pearl Jam being a close 3rd.

    I liked the person who rated the REM albums..but I think your crazy to give Reveal a higher grade than Around The Sun. Reveal is a good album( and still loads better than most albums) but the 1st time I played Around The Sun I immediately liked it better than Reveal, Immediately!

    Just my thoughts.
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