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Well that was Madchester and Alternative Dance. Absolutely came first although I wouldn't say its the same obviously. Achtung isn't their Baggy album.:wink:

One of the key things I see between U2 and Radiohead is their relationship with "Alternative Rock" and also in how these excursions in electronics really seem to be echoed in their genre. U2 clearly took this sound to a mainstream level and with Radiohead with Kid A that took that in an opposite...

Thanks for discussing my comments further. As has been noticed I'm stating that U2 had the path carved first in terms of electronic meets rock but Radiohead took it farther and in another direction. They clearly were more interested in an IDM direction (more influenced by bands like Autechre and...

Well I'd expect an industrial rock band like NIN to be mixing rock and electronics, its kind of in the ingredients of the whole genre. I'm not dismissing that NIN and Depeche influenced U2 to go that direction. I guess I see a split in the bands that came next. For example I think its really...

PHM was important and took "industrial/ebm" into actual song structures that mainstream alt rock. But Downward Spiral is 1994. That's industrial rock, techno, and metal music and rather groundbreaking AND much of a bigger album making NIN a mainstream alt rock artist. "With The Downward Spiral...

Well no, there's a lot more to this thread then JUST being a DM / u2 comparison. If people are focusing on just that then its little sad. I go to a U2 board and everyone points to DM as the bigger influence. I'm a little stunned. So do you feel there's no connection between u2 and those bands...

Well i think Violator is a much cleaner album then SOFAD and still very electronic. I'm not saying that DM copied them but I think that U2 and DM were heading from opposite directions and met in the middle. Dm were headed that way but Dave wasn't laden with tatoos, long hair, and heroin chic...

Achtung Baby has been referred to as their "rock meets electronic album" (and continued with Zooropa and Pop) but really it includes a lot more influence then just that. There's also the shoegaze influence of bands like MBV (Loveless) with the massive guitar pedal production effects that further...

Case in point Top Atease Music Lists - Rate Your Music

Well that forum has a habit of being as list-centic as I am and they started without me. So I'll see if there's enough lists to make a good compiled one. If not then I'll hit the nearest active REM forum and see if I can do the same there. :love:

Graphical version is finally finished and posted Top 100 U2 Songs by U2 Fans - Rate Your Music :wave:

agreed.

PS working on Top Cure songs The Cure for MFC - View topic - ** The MFC's Top 50 Cure Songs Ever (Voting Open) ** and R.E.M. songs Board Message off board. Cheers. :hyper:

yeah i sometimes skip it.....

I actually fixed this on on of my excel lists but clearly didnt edit the correct one and re-reported the flaw. Sigh. :reject: But I'm NOt going to edit it again .... :banghead: