namkcuR
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I don't mean to sound like an attention whore, but did anyone, per chance, see my post towards the top of the thread? I think it makes an essential point that certain people are missing.
namkcuR said:I don't mean to sound like an attention whore, but did anyone, per chance, see my post towards the top of the thread? I think it makes an essential point that certain people are missing.
roy said:
'In the end, it's taste. But they are very catchy tunes'
I tried to be good but that is so, sooo funny.
What I don't understand is that this guy/girl has over 3000 posts
U2Man said:
In the end, it's taste. But they are very catchy tunes. Don't most people know both of them? Can they sing along to Hello Goodbye? Sure yes, they can. How many people in this world know Stay besides the U2 fans?
Axver said:I must say that I think both doctorwho and namkcuR made excellent posts and if everyone here could do the same, this thread would be a bit more intelligent than Bickering Central. This is almost like a Coldplay thread!
Elevation's a very catchy tune too. But isn't it one U2 song you totally despise? How does that work - a couple of Beatles songs are great because they're catchy, while Elevation sucks because ... it's a catchy rock song? I haven't really seen you rant about Elevation, but it seems a lot of people here despise it because it's catchy and not some obscure artistic song like Zooropa.
namkcuR said:I don't mean to sound like an attention whore, but did anyone, per chance, see my post towards the top of the thread? I think it makes an essential point that certain people are missing.
roy said:
Maybe, but I always feel that with The Beatles V U2 debate it's like comparing a 100ms runner who is clean with one that is tanked up on steriods...
U2Man said:
No, I don't despise Elevation at all. In fact, I like it very much. It's definitely not innovative in any way in the year 2001, though. Hello Goodbye isn't either, although it definitely did sound a lot more fresh back in the sixties when it was done. What we were discussing initially here was the impact that The Beatles and U2 had had on music. I would dare say that Hello Goodbye was more innovative in the early sixties than Elevation is today.
Axver said:
Ah, sorry! Trying to keep up with who in the setlist party threads hates what songs is taxing even for my memory sometimes.
U2Man said:
Your legacy starts as soon as you write something that is an eternal classical masterpiece. Yesterday, for instance, was from day 1 the world heard it.
And no, it simply isn't possible to be jealous at any other band on this planet today if you were a member of The Beatles. I highly doubt that George Harrison would have liked to switch positions.
You say U2's career have been longer than the Beatles'? Well, yes they have stuck together for a longer time. But may I remind you that even though The Beatles only recorded albums in 7 years, they managed to make more albums than U2 have done so far in 25+ years - and not a single real crap track on any album! You cannot quite say the same about U2's albums.
dabiggestu2fan said:
Wonders why you are even a U2 fan at all? since u2 has alot of "crap" songs on their albums
JOFO said:my 2 cents:
1. both are excellent bands and have their places. they'll both be remembered in 30 years.
2. harrison was totally out of line with his comment; to put u2 in the same boat as the spice girls is downright stupid.
3. "something" is such a beutiful song......but we never would have heard it if it wasn't for the songwriting team of lennon/mccartney that put the beatles on the map.
4. yes, the beatles were probably the most productive/creative force in music when you think they were together for only 7 years.
they'll always be acknowledged as the greatest band ever.
5. I like U2 better.
U2Man said:Wild Honey Pie, You Know My Name, Revolution nr. 9 were never really meant as songs. The difference is that when Beatles made songs that were below their normal standards it was at least funny and it still contained some fair melody, like Yellow Submarine. When U2 write a song below their normal standards, it's just plain boring, like Miami, Love Rescue me, or Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car.
But nevermind that. Perhaps I should have written that Beatles' albums only contain a vanishing amount of doubtful material.
typhoon said:"I Saw Her Standing There"
"Love Me Do"
"Please Please Me"
"From Me To You"
"She Loves You"
"I Want To Hold Your Hand"
"All My Loving"
"A Hard Day's Night"
"And I Love Her"
"Can't Buy Me Love"
"I Feel Fine"
"No Reply"
"Eight Days A Week"
"Help!"
"You've Got To Hide Your Love Away"
"Ticket To Ride"
"Yesterday"
"Norwegian Wood"
"Nowhere Man"
"In My Life"
"Day Tripper"
"We Can Work It Out"
"Rain"
"Eleanor Rigby"
"Here, There, and Everywhere"
"Across the Universe"
"Tomorrow Never Knows"
"Strawberry Fields Forever"
"Penny Lane"
"All You Need Is Love"
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
"With A Little Help From My Friends"
"Within You, Without You"
"A Day In the Life"
"The Fool On the Hill"
"I Am the Walrus"
"Hello, Goodbye"
"Lady Madonna"
"Hey, Jude"
"Revolution"
"Back In the U.S.S.R."
"Blackbird"
"Happiness Is A Warm Gun"
"Birthday"
"Helter Skelter"
"Get Back"
"Don't Let Me Down"
"Let It Be"
"The Long and Winding Road"
"Come Together"
"Something"
"Here Comes the Sun"
U2's entire recorded output is only about twice the size of that list
typhoon said:George Harrison could say whatever the fuck he wanted, by virtue of being George Harrison.
roy said:
Seriously, if you think 'Hello Goodbye' is greater than 'Stay' then you need you head examined. U2man indeed..
typhoon said:Hey, you know what Bono did when George Harrison died? He didn't say, "Hey, we wrote better songs than you did, let's see who remembers you in thirty years, bwahahah." He helped get "My Sweet Lord" re-released on single, and it went to number one.
It's called respect, and the band has it; dipshit U2 fans don't.
And like it or not, more people know and love "Hello, Goodbye" than "Mofo."
You say U2's career have been longer than the Beatles'? Well, yes they have stuck together for a longer time. But may I remind you that even though The Beatles only recorded albums in 7 years, they managed to make more albums than U2 have done so far in 25+ years - and not a single real crap track on any album! You cannot quite say the same about U2's albums.
Moonlit_Angel said:*Likes "Hello, Goodbye" and "Stay"*
*Likes the Beatles and U2* As I said before, I think they both have made excellent, memorable contributions to music.
*Does not agree with George's comment about U2* But meh, it's his opinion *Shrugs*.
That is all I have to say.
Angela
typhoon said:
Oh, and I was only listing their better known songs. Roy's list had a lot of obscure songs like "One Tree Hill" and "Miss Sarajevo." If I were going for resonance or such, I would've included some favorites like "For No One" or "Julia" and had an even longer list. Face it, these guys aren't getting touched (especially with U2 rolling out albums once every four years now); the only band that can compare is the Rolling Stones.
All I'm saying is, it's fine to like U2 better, but it's stupid to say the Beatles have been surpassed and are irrelevant now. They haven't, and they aren't. It's not like people still listen to their music because "it's classic, it's important, it's whatever"; their music still survives because it's honestly that fucking good.