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Charles Abercrombie
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Post subject: U2 vs. R.E.M.  Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:44 pm |
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Smiff wrote: Chip,
Which one to you love? Charlize or Rosie? I don't know what this means. Not to mention that I'm terrified of Dr. Chris Evil right now.
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Steve G
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Post subject: U2 vs. R.E.M. Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:15 am |
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AMW wrote: I tend to find 80's music to be humorless and hopelessly pretentious,. Pick up the new remaster of The Replacements - Let It Be (one of 1984's finest albums)
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Charles Abercrombie
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Post subject: U2 vs. R.E.M. Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:31 am |
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Smiff wrote: Chip,
Which one to you love? Charlize or Rosie? I asked everyone I know about this. They're all as lost as I am.
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Post subject: U2 vs. R.E.M. Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:31 am |
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lol Chip. That's because I had a typo...the question is which one DO you love--referring to the earlier string here.
It beats the discussion from the Boston Live thread though, don't you think?
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Charles Abercrombie
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Post subject: U2 vs. R.E.M. Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:51 am |
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No problem. It wasn't the typo that confused me, btw. I didn't bother reading the rest of the thread before voting. 
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Post subject: U2 vs. R.E.M. Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:07 am |
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Jeff wrote: "Stand" almost drops REM behind U2. "Shiny Happy People" as well. Then I consider Zooropa again.  Poor Zooropa. So maligned.  I like both bands and consider them favorites, but I go with U2. For me, R.E.M. peaked in the 1980s and despite some brief forays back into excellence -- Automatic and New Adventures -- they just haven't been the same since Green. U2 has been more consistent over a longer period of time, and their peaks -- Joshua, Achtung, Unforgettable -- are higher than R.E.M.'s. I also think U2's periodic reinventions have been more successfully musically than R.E.M.'s. They've been able to shift gears and try something new whereas R.E.M.'s attempts at the same have fallen short.
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Charles Abercrombie
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Post subject: U2 vs. R.E.M. Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:08 am |
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And to answer your question, Charlize.
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Post subject: U2 vs. R.E.M. Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:08 am |
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lol...I think that's just a smoke screen to keep from admitting that you have a thing for Rosie O 
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Charles Abercrombie
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Post subject: U2 vs. R.E.M. Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:09 am |
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Did I beat you to the punch on that one?
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Post subject: U2 vs. R.E.M. Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:48 am |
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I like Zooropa! The title track, Lemon, and Stay (Far Away/So Close) are all time favorites.
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Post subject: U2 vs. R.E.M. Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:08 pm |
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I like Zooropa album well enough. 'Stay (Far Away/So Close)' is one of my favs by the band. I need to be in the right mood for 'Lemon'. It's WAY better than Up, Reveal or Around the Sun.
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Love that song "Zooropa"
Zooropa, a clean kind of white, Zooropa.....
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Post subject: U2 vs. R.E.M. Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:29 pm |
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Charles Abercrombie wrote: Did I beat you to the punch on that one? lol you did. I'm just getting slow in my old age.
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Post subject: U2 vs. R.E.M. Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:45 pm |
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Charles Abercrombie wrote: Smiff wrote: Chip,
Which one to you love? Charlize or Rosie? I don't know what this means. Not to mention that I'm terrified of Dr. Chris Evil right now. As well you should be, Chiparino. Frickin' Bono! I'm gonna destroy every third world country he campaigns for! And then I'll rebuild them, take them over and they will... love me.
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