Vertigo vs. HMTMKMKM

[alanah]

HMTMKMKM is ten times the song Vertigo is.

 

[Utoo]

HMTMKMKM is U2's most badass song (at least in terms of attitude), edging out both Acrobat & The Fly.

 

[Babydoll]

HMTMKMKM far outweighs Vertigo! In terms of the music and in terms of singing.

 

[doctorwho]

Vertigo wins by the fact that I thought the iPod commercial was way cooler than that silly Batman movie.

 

[phillyfan26]

HMTMKMKM pretty easily, Vertigo was pretty good live, but had terrible lyrics. HMTMKMKM is more rocking and has very good lyrics. Musically, HMTMKMKM wins by a small margin, lyrically not even in the same building.

 

[kingofsorrow]

HMTMKMKM actually makes sense as a song. vertigo makes no sense. just cause it "rocks" live doesn't make it a great song.
answer me this all you "i dismantled an atomic bomb in my living room and blew up the house" fans. what is vertigo about?

 

[LPU2]

Two of the best U2 songs in their catalog. Lyrically, Hold Me rates among U2's best. But very few songs match the energy of Vertigo.

 

[AtomicBono]

honestly? Vertigo.

 

[xaviMF22]

answer me this all you "i dismantled an atomic bomb in my living room and blew up the house" fans. what is vertigo about?

WTF?




if thats your way of saying HMTMKMKM is light years ahead of vertigo then I agree.

 

[GibsonGirl]

This isn't even a contest!

 

[LemonMelon]

Studio: HMTMKMKM by a fair margin. Both songs are great anyway.

Live: Vertigo. HMTMKMKM is terrible live, and there's no reason for it to be; the band just couldn't do anything good with it.

 

[xaviMF22]

UNOS, DOS, TRES, CATORCE....


So hardcore

 

[LemonMelon]

UNOS, DOS, TRES, CATORCE....

Or you could have the mundane mediocrity that is HMTMKMKM live.

 

[xaviMF22]

Or you could have the mundane mediocrity that is HMTMKMKM live.

HMTMKMKM 's live mundane mediocrity >> Vertigos suckiness....






turn it up loud CAPTAIN

 

[LemonMelon]

HMTMKMKM 's live mundane mediocrity >> Vertigos suckiness....

I disagree. At least you can laugh at suckiness. Mediocrity is just there.

Regardless, I still love both songs, and HMTMKMKM's studio version rocks in every way possible.

On the other hand: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_JuH12DiJo

 

[coolian2]

HMTMKMKM actually makes sense as a song. vertigo makes no sense. just cause it "rocks" live doesn't make it a great song.

Makes it fun though.

 

[intedomine]

Not a decision I would want to make, but I'd probably go with Vertigo

 

[mysterious_jen]

hmm vertigo live loud and rocking, just for fun

hmtmkmkm studio far sexier and darker song appeals to my evil nature.

 

[Hibbyface]

Vertigo

 

[The Sad Punk]

Vertigo would still suck even if it had a killer cartoon clip, ala Hold Me.

 

[Earnie Shavers]

Hold Me is lightyears ahead as a song. Vertigo is a better stadium jump starter though. I could live with never hearing Vertigo again - I mean that, it's not that good to me - but I adore Hold Me. They're too different though.

There should have been a poll on this one!

 

[Peterrrrr]

HMTMKMKM far outweighs Vertigo! In terms of the music and in terms of singing.

In wich ways in singing is HMTMKMKM better?

 

[U2girl]

Studio and as a song, HMTMKMKM.

Live, Vertigo.



BOOM CHA! MIAMI MY MAMMMMY!

 

[doctorwho]

HMTMKMKM 's live mundane mediocrity >> Vertigos suckiness....






turn it up loud CAPTAIN

Awww... c'mon. Vertigo isn't sucky. It's a fun pop-rock song that actually has a theme (lost, confused - being rescued - very common for U2) that caught the attention of the world and created a ton more fans for U2. Plus, it rocks live.

Hold Me...Kill Me is also a fun pop-rock song with a theme (problems of stardom). But while it was a hit at the time, it didn't really become one of those songs fans clamored to hear live - perhaps because the PopMart version didn't really do much with it.

That said, I would like to see U2 bring Hold Me...Kill Me back into their concerts - at least every so often.

Still, I can see how fans might like the studio version of Hold Me...Kill Me more than Vertigo. But if Vertigo was compared to Discotheque... hmmm... Would the Pop fans come running to Discotheque's defense, even though logic dictates that Vertigo dominates both the studio and live?

 

[Zoots]

even though logic dictates

Haha I love how people use words here.... Logic doesn't "dictate" shit! It's all about opinion!

 

[KUEFC09U2]

Haha I love how people use words here.... Logic doesn't "dictate" shit! It's all about opinion!

and you seem to hijack hundreads of threads daily to get your opinion across

 

[Zoots]

and you seem to hijack hundreads of threads daily to get your opinion across

Don't change the subject!

 

[U2Man]

and you seem to hijack hundreads of threads daily to get your opinion across

but at least he never takes the piss

 

[KUEFC09U2]

but at least he never takes the piss

unlike you?

 

[KUEFC09U2]

Don't change the subject!

if you look carefully i never actually changed the subject, i took you quote, and replied to a portion of that quote.