DMB is indeed a great band. One of very few around (Coldplay, Travis, to name a couple) that can even come close to the emotional, spiritual, and often political strength of U2's music. But Dave's music is much less powerful in these areas than U2. Dave's biggest (and some would say best) song is Crash Into Me - a song that is essentially about a man stalking a woman from afar and desperately wanting her love. U2's big ballad (though you can't really name just one, can you?) might be With or Without You. Sure, sounds like a simple love song also - but it isn't. It's a poetic painting of a deeper love - for God, for the stage, for sin, etc. - that pulsates with emotion in a way Dave can't really touch. You can say the same of really any U2 song in comparison with DMB. That doesn't mean DMB is bad - in fact they are a great band (incredible live!), it just means they are a different style. I might say that U2's music is of a more heavenly realm, while DMB is more "worldly," if you get my drift. Am I buggin you? I don't mean to bug ya...
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