gherman
New Yorker
Bono's shades said:R.E.M. is to Coldplay as prime rib is to hamburger.
I like hamburger better
Bono's shades said:R.E.M. is to Coldplay as prime rib is to hamburger.
Final Straw said:
Yeah definately start with Automatic but second after that, make sure you check out New Adventures In Hi-Fi. It's R.E.M.s hidden classic album(in that it doesn't get anywhere near the amount of praise it should get).
Salome said:R.E.M. tower over Coldplay like something huge towers over something very small
Zoomerang96 said:
i could not agree more.
anyone who says otherwise should be embarassed.
U2Man said:Well, just ask yourself the question: Where's Coldplay's Losing My Religion? Coldplay's Imitation of Life? Coldplay's Everybody Hurts? (and don't say Fix You here ).
I like Coldplay, but they have a lot more to prove if they want to be compared to R.E.M.
U2Man said:Well, just ask yourself the question: Where's Coldplay's Losing My Religion? Coldplay's Imitation of Life? Coldplay's Everybody Hurts? (and don't say Fix You here ).
inmyplace13 said:
"Warning Sign" is a song near the tail end of AROBTTH and, despite being one of the two or three best songs on the record, is never talked about.
inmyplace13 said:
Coldplay's finest songs aren't singles. Often, they're not even on albums.
Examples: I'd take Talk single b-side "Sleeping Sun" over any of the trash on X&Y (except "Low" and "Til Kingdom Come") any day. "Warning Sign" is a song near the tail end of AROBTTH and, despite being one of the two or three best songs on the record, is never talked about.
A lot of people judge Coldplay on the face value of their singles. That's not necessarily the wrong thing to do, as that's what a single is actually for, to get you to judge an artist based on the one song/video. But the reason I like Coldplay as much as I do is because of the stellar, unsung work laying deep in their catalogue.
Furthermore, I have no clue why people sweat all over REM as much as they do. I've tried to get into them, listened to a few albums several time, and I really can't see why people classify them as "legendary".
now now nowu2popmofo said:I like REM, but they've completely blown their own legacy with nearly a decade of mediocrity and 3 albums that no one would even remotely like or listen to if they weren't REM records.
Salome said:now now now
Up and Around the Sun are albums of a quality you don't often find in music (Reveal is a half / half affair to me)
they are far removed from indy, rock and everything remotely close to that, but I really think musically speaking it is quality wise on par with their 90s and 80s output
Salome said:R.E.M. tower over Coldplay like something huge towers over something very small
U2Man said:Well, just ask yourself the question: Where's Coldplay's Losing My Religion? Coldplay's Imitation of Life? Coldplay's Everybody Hurts? (and don't say Fix You here ).
I like Coldplay, but they have a lot more to prove if they want to be compared to R.E.M.
u2popmofo said:Well you should maybe take some of your own previous advice in this thread and be embarrassed for yourself.
Coming from the guy who constantly states that he hates U2's last 2 albums for their supposed "easy listening/adult comtemporary" qualities, it blows my mind that you could stand up for anything REM has released post-New Adventures in Hi-Fi. Seems pretty.......hypocritical.
Zoomerang96 said:
it is of my opinion that rem now make music for themselves and that u2 now make music for america.
AtomicBono said:
also, Everybody Hurts is an even worse song than Fix You (IMO LOLZ)
R.E.M. are far from on life supportbsp77 said:
R.E.M has been on life support since the departure of Bill Berry, although Up has moments of brilliance but nowhere close to any of their earlier albums.
As a result, R.E.M. may ultimately have the better catalog based on the sheer number of albums, but Coldplay is better today.
Zootlesque said:
I'm gonna have to disagree with you on this one. Everybody Hurts and the other singles from AFTP are close to my heart partly cos I was 13 when I saw those videos on MTV and basically grew up with that fantastic album. Fix You is okay but I don't understand the point of those lyrics. I will try to fix you?