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REM vs U2

SoupySoupy Posts: 171
edited September 2006 in Other Music
Yeah everyone hates vs threads but badluck.

I give this it to REM.

I struggle with U2 albums, the Best of's are great but the albums are full of fillers IMO. REM have a few dud albums like that (Around the Sun, Up, Green, Recoming) too, but overall I prefer them.
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  • amentvedderamentvedder Posts: 3,610
    REM gets my vote
    New Adventures being my fave album
  • surfanddestroysurfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    REM easily, I can't stand U2
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  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    surfanddestroy wrote:
    REM easily, I can't stand U2

    AGREED.. R.E.M. far the superior band overall U2 are just the biggest band in the world.. Even if Around The Sun was a dud album. Can't wait to get m hands on their new hits package.
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  • LedZepFanLedZepFan Posts: 1,009
    U2 is one of my favorite bands, second only to Pearl Jam. I could never really get into REM so, obviously, Ill go with U2.
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  • stu geestu gee Posts: 1,174
    Not too fussed with rem but i prefer them to u2.

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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Tough call. I do love early U2, but I think REM just about takes the biscuit here.
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  • AranarthAranarth Posts: 227
    I don't like U2 but I respect their musical career.

    I like REM though, even though their albums are sort of hit and miss. That said, I highly recommend And I Feel Fine,a recent best of their indie period (IRS). Even though some great songs are missing, it's better than their previous best of (Eponymous) and it comes with a pretty cool second CD of rarities.
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,940
    U2
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  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    R.E.M.
    I really don't like very much U2. I don't know why but I can't...
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  • comebackwomancomebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    Zoso wrote:
    AGREED.. R.E.M. far the superior band overall U2 are just the biggest band in the world.. Even if Around The Sun was a dud album. Can't wait to get m hands on their new hits package.


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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    U2.
  • bladworth116bladworth116 Posts: 344
    R.E.M.
    I just find that U2 is pedestrian and I think Stipe is a better lyricist
  • brhf9brhf9 Posts: 1,475
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  • comatose66comatose66 Posts: 4
    I think U2 are great. I am going to see them for the 3rd time when they come to Sydney, Australia. Rem i hate.
  • ultraviolet77ultraviolet77 Posts: 30
    U2
  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    Soupy wrote:
    I struggle with U2 albums, the Best of's are great but the albums are full of fillers IMO. REM have a few dud albums like that (Around the Sun, Up, Green, Recoming) too, but overall I prefer them.

    REM is by far the better band for my money......

    I'm in shock that you could list GREEN as a dud album - its one of my favourites, You Are The Everything is easily one of my top 5 favourite songs by any band - and if "Recoming" is supposed to be Reckoning then that is another album that is definitely not a dud by any stretch!!!!!
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  • audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    Todd76 wrote:
    REM is by far the better band for my money......

    I'm in shock that you could list GREEN as a dud album - its one of my favourites, You Are The Everything is easily one of my top 5 favourite songs by any band - and if "Recoming" is supposed to be Reckoning then that is another album that is definitely not a dud by any stretch!!!!!

    I feel the same about Up. Fantastic album.

    REM without a doubt. I can't stand U2.
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  • comatose66comatose66 Posts: 4
    Bono is way better than Stipe. Stipe sucks. Bono has stage presence, and is a excellent singer, musician and songwriter.
  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    Is there a neither option?
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  • PaulJamPaulJam Posts: 163
    Wow, tough one. Both started out well...peaked, then went totally shit.

    The Joshua Tree and Automatic for the People are two of my all time favourite albums. I can't choose between them.

    U2 may just take it (although I dislike almost everything they've done in the last 10-15 years). You can't deny the likes of Boy, War, The Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree, Rattle and Hum...Achtung Baby.

    REM are cool though. To be honest I haven't heard much of their 80's stuff. I own Document and Murmur and they're good albums. Heard most of Life's Rich Pageant which is pretty good too.

    I dunno, U2 probably.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Soupy wrote:
    I struggle with U2 albums, the Best of's are great but the albums are full of fillers IMO. REM have a few dud albums like that (Around the Sun, Up, Green, Recoming) too, but overall I prefer them.

    funny, i feel the same way only in reverse. the REM hits package is incredible, but listening to their albums (even a classic like out of time or monster) i find the majority of the songs pretty bland. U2 has had some moments where they faltered (october, rattle and hum, all that you cant leave behind), but on the whole their output has been far more consistent to me. i have sworn that i will NOT miss another U2 show.
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    U2...........easily.
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  • stu geestu gee Posts: 1,174
    comatose66 wrote:
    Bono is way better than Stipe. Stipe sucks. Bono has stage presence, and is a excellent singer, musician and songwriter.

    I think bono is a prick and his songs are boring.

    I can handle sunday bloody sunday, with or without you and streets have no name but the rest is poor.
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  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    stu gee wrote:
    I think bono is a prick and his songs are boring.

    I can handle sunday bloody sunday, with or without you and streets have no name but the rest is poor.

    i'm with you.
    I can't understand why so many people like U2...
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  • stranger34stranger34 Posts: 235
    I like both bands but REM takes this easily for being far more influential, having better albums (murmur and automatic are huge, war is great but I don't think any other U2 album reaches that level) and REM has a ton of indiviually fantastic songs. Hell even when they don't make a great album, their albums can be very good fully realized works like UP
  • suffragettesuffragette Posts: 253
    Twenty years ago I would have said REM. Now, though, it has to be U2, just for their sheer sweep and scope. Stipe has become a cartoon. REM from 83-88 was the best group out there. Going big label was a bad move for them, even if they did make millions. I just don't think REM matters anymore.
  • zircona1zircona1 Posts: 293
    R.E.M. is my pick, but I hope their next record is better than Around the Sun, which was mediocre.

    U2 is great as well.
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  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    I was shopping in Tescos yesterday in Durham and there was a man walking around with a Sky Blue T on that looked like it had the MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY.COM logo on it but it actually read MAKEBONOHISTORY.NOW, so in honour of that T, I'm gonna say R.E.M.:)
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  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    reeferchief wrote:
    ...that looked like it had the MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY.COM logo on it but it actually read MAKEBONOHISTORY.NOW

    LoL :D:D
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