****, Marry, Kill

[madguy30]

Circa ‘04, I knew a dooshcanoe dude on my floor in maple that was obsessed with DMB and made sure everyone knew it. Ruined it for me forever.

There was comedian once who had a bit about having friends who thought they sounded like DMB and would then sing their songs 'like Dave' and this was one of many reasons I just got real tired of them quickly because those people were out there.

Add in the band who has the rhythm guitarist that does similar where they act like they're doing a whole bunch to play basic chords.

 

[JEFF420]

genx going wild online

 

[Gonzo]

Boy and REM's Murmer are my favorite albums and it isn't close. The newer U2, not so much.

Nice. Murmur and Life's Rich Pageant are REM's best IMO.

 

[HFCS]

Boy and REM's Murmer are my favorite albums and it isn't close. The newer U2, not so much.

I was about to say U2 and REM both have people that I think unfairly judge them as a band that hung on for 40 years and played massive tours. For whatever reason the Stones never seemed to get the same dislike for that even though they really didn't put out popular new music the past 40 years.

REM's late "comeback" album Accelerate was kind of shocking how good it was though. I don't feel U2 has ever had an album like that where it made me think it was as good as the early/prime stuff.

 

[h-man64]

Nice. Murmur and Life's Rich Pageant are REM's best IMO.

Funny. I was thinking about this and thought carp, I spelled it wrong. I didn't think it looked right when I wrote it.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

@cyhawkdmb

 

[cyclones500]

Nice. Murmur and Life's Rich Pageant are REM's best IMO.

Definitely my top 2, although "Reckoning" (released 40 years ago this month) is close.

I admit my attention to R.E.M. is first-decade-heavy, it began to dwindle by mid-'90s, not directly fault of the band's music. My interests had gone in disparate directions by then. I really should deep-dive more into second half of the discography.

 

[HFCS]

Definitely my top 2, although "Reckoning" (released 40 years ago this month) is close.

I admit my attention to R.E.M. is first-decade-heavy, it began to dwindle by mid-'90s, not directly fault of the band's music. My interests had gone in disparate directions by then. I really should deep-dive more into second half of the discography.

"Accelerate" is great. Some of the others are pretty rough.

 

[NickTheGreat]

Kill Coldplay, roll the dice on the other two

 

[NY Chicago Fan]

I get that some people think Bono is too preachy, they want their artists to just "shut up and dribble" to steal phrase launched at my least favorite great athlete. That said if you like arena / 80s rock U2 Joshua Tree is a masterpiece and adds to the hits they had on first few albums. Then Achtung Baby start to finish is an amazing pop rock album, which they perform even better live.

DMB I never got into, not my sound. Coldplay has some really good tunes, I get why popular, they have similarities to U2 and I'm honestly not familiar with newer albums but they have not been ground breaking as U2 nor do they have The Edge

 

[Farnsworth]

 

[Farnsworth]

I'm thinking about the girls for fans.

U2 - Kill. Easy.

DMB - Marry. They'd be cute, and probably liked some music (I love J5).



Coldplay - ****. Might be hot, but probably to crazy. I mean, he married a batshit crazy who made vagina smell candles.

 

[Sigmapolis]

U2 is so much better than the other two it's funny.

 

[Jer]

I am a Hard Rock guy, but still like some bands from other genres, especially when I was a teenager in the late 90s. I went through a period where I really liked U2, and still think their 90's and 00's songs had a lot of meaning, heart, and depth. They were different from my norm, but they were in a group with bands like Everclear, Smashing Pumpkins, Wallflowers, DMB, etc that I could listen to and would occasionally buy a CD of.

I can't really say I've stayed current with any of them since probably 2005. Each had a couple early albums that were good enough to listen to in between hard rock and numetal jams.

I'd **** DMB just to get them over with (he became really pretentious and annoying), I'd kill Coldplay because they probably have the least I liked. I'd marry U2 but cheat on them every night. While Bono is pretentious, he's earned that ability with how much he's contributed to things like AIDS through Product {RED} and other initiatives.

 

[cyclonespiker33]

F: Jennifer Aniston
M: Courteney Cox
K: Lisa Kudrow

What was your deciding factor between fornicate and marry?

 

[drlove]

War is an AWESOME album! One of the greats! I agree with you point! I was HUGE in the Springsteen camp in the 80s and viewed U2 as a threat to what I felt was Springsteen's ownership of all things music in that era (LOL)! U2's "Live at Red Rocks" concert film was as good as anything that came out of that decade!

as a Springsteen fan, what would be your top 5 albums of his?

 

[cyfanatic]

as a Springsteen fan, what would be your top 5 albums of his?

1. Tunnel of Love
2. Born to Run
3. Western Stars
4. Nebraska
5. Darkness on the Edge of Town

(I will state that #1 never changes...but depending on mood I am in or day of the week for that matter...the rest of the order changes and isn't always the same albums)

 

[bsaltyman]

What was your deciding factor between fornicate and marry?

 

[jcyclonee]

I despise U2 so they're an easy kill. DMB is hit or miss for me. I hate new Coldplay but love the older stuff.

I'm not sure how you can despise U2 and love old Coldplay stuff. It always seemed to me like old Coldplay was trying way too hard to sound exactly like U2.

 

[jcyclonee]

Nice. Murmur and Life's Rich Pageant are REM's best IMO.

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