R.E.M. or Coldplay?

[Final Straw]

Since there's no actual forum here to discuss other music(if there is, please move it there for me), I'm putting this in here.

So, two bands around now that are really good mates with U2, but which one is your favourite?

 

[Final Straw]

Thanks for moving it-Didn't see this forum before.

So, who do you prefer?

 

[xaviMF22]

coldplay

 

[Zoots]

REM any freaking day! REM are legends.

 

[tiny dancer]

I like both, but I'll go with R.E.M., because I've been a fan longer of them than Coldplay.

 

[MsGiggles]

Both

 

[the rockin edge]

i like some stuff from both. but i'm not a massive fan of either.

 

[gherman]

Coldplay by far not much of a fan of R.E.M.

 

[AcrobatMan]

fan of coldplay
like REM

i think that says it

 

[Salome]

R.E.M. tower over Coldplay like something huge towers over something very small

 

[LMP]

R.E.M.

They were basically the founders of the college rock scene of the '80s with some other bands and still great and relevant until Reveal

Coldplay tagged onto the heals of Radiohead, U2, and R.E.M. themselves to make decent music, but nothing new.

 

[pgv]

I dont even like REM, but REM. Because i hate coldplay that much!

 

[hedgehog]

REM easily, a better band than Coldplay will ever be (for the record, Im not anti-Coldplay, Parachutes and A Rush Of Blood To The Head were good albums IMO).

 

[xaviMF22]

REM easily, a better band than Coldplay will ever be (for the record, Im not anti-Coldplay, Parachutes and A Rush Of Blood To The Head were good albums IMO).

they weren't good albums ...................they are awesome albums

 

[corianderstem]

I like Coldplay well enough, but REM by a country mile.

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

REM

 

[Bonos_Lemon]

I like both but I don't have any REM cds...but I want one. any recommendations?

 

[LMP]

I like both but I don't have any REM cds...but I want one. any recommendations?

Automatic for the People is probably the most accessible first album other than their Best Of.

Document
Out of Time
and Monster

are my other favorites.

 

[Diemen]

Coldplay has some catchy stuff and all, but REM is in another league.












Inside I'm crying that this question was even posed.

 

[Bonos_Lemon]

Automatic for the People is probably the most accessible first album other than their Best Of.

Document
Out of Time
and Monster

are my other favorites.

thanks

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Ten years ago I would have said R.E.M., but I listen to Coldplay a lot more these days. Sure R.E.M. are legends, but Coldplay is putting out better music right now (in my opinion).

 

[Final Straw]

I like both but I don't have any REM cds...but I want one. any recommendations?

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).

 

[bsp77]

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).

I second that. NAIHF gets a lot of praise from dedicated fans, just not the casual listener.

 

[Screwtape2]

Ten years ago I would have said R.E.M., but I listen to Coldplay a lot more these days. Sure R.E.M. are legends, but Coldplay is putting out better music right now (in my opinion).

That basically sums up my opinion this topic, too. The two groups are so different that comparing bodies of work would be really difficult now or in ten years. For now Coldplay is producing some of the best music out there.

 

[Canadiens1131]

Neither.

 

[corianderstem]

New Adventures in Hi-Fi ...

 

[Bono's shades]

R.E.M. is to Coldplay as prime rib is to hamburger.

 

[LMP]

That basically sums up my opinion this topic, too. The two groups are so different that comparing bodies of work would be really difficult now or in ten years. For now Coldplay is producing some of the best music out there.

Yeah, you do have a point.

I think that'd only be reached if the band gets a firm identity and makes atleast one new sound other than agony and make 2-3 solid albums with that sound, and that Chris Martin stops using the cat-scratch falsetto as much.

 

[GibsonGirl]

R.E.M. is to Coldplay as prime rib is to hamburger.

In that case, I'm a vegetarian.

 

[u2popmofo]

Ten years ago I would have said R.E.M., but I listen to Coldplay a lot more these days. Sure R.E.M. are legends, but Coldplay is putting out better music right now (in my opinion).

Absolutely. I'd even dare say they're making considerably better music in comparison.

And REM hasn't done anything to help maintain their legacy since New Adventures in my opinion (and I actually like Up quite a bit). When a full decade of your work is considered mediocre even by your fans, are you still legendary?

REM is the George Lucas of music