Achtung Baby VS. POP

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Good thread... I am somewhat biased since I am a huge fan of Achtung Baby, while Pop is not within my fav albums, but I still thought I should give it a try:

1. Zoo Station or Discotheque? DISCOTHEQUE (although I must say the two are fairly poor options for a starter)
2. Even Better than the Real Thing or Do you Feel Loved? EBTTRT
3. One or Mofo? ONE (hands down, One is one of the best songs ever, even if they play it a gazillion times, I never get tired of hearing it)
4. UTEOTW or If God Will Send His Angels? IGWSHA (close here, the riff in UTEOTW is fantastic)
5. Wild Horses or Staring At The Sun? STARING AT THE SUN
6. So Cruel or Last Night On Earth? SO CRUEL (LNOE is a little overrated in my opinion)
7. The Fly or Gone? THE FLY
8. Mysterious Ways or Miami? MYSTERIOUS WAYS (sorry, but Miami is one of the worst songs in the album)
9. Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World or Playboy Mansion? TTTYAATW
10. Ultra Violet or Velvet Dress? ULTRA VIOLET
11. Acrobat or Please? ACROBAT
12. Love is Blindness or Wake Up Deadman? LOVE IS BLINDNESS (Perhaps U2's best closer ever)
 
A difficult but interesting challenge. AB has more rockin? rock songs so I can see people who prefer that having easier choices. However the tougher thing for me is the lyrical and thematic differences. I see AB as about someone heading out on the town / having an affair that ends in misery / and the person crawls home to face an already broken relationship. Whereas for POP I see as a similar story but it brings 2 more story lines ? society / ?popular? culture and God. Also I think it might be interesting to compare similar type of songs rather than original track order placement.

Zoo Station - Discotheque
Even Better ? Do You Feel Loved
The Fly ? Mofo
Until The End ? Last Night On Earth
Wild Horses ? Playboy Mansion
So Cruel ? If God Will Send His Angels
Mysterious Ways - Gone
Tryin? To Throw ? Miami
One ? Staring At The Sun
Ultraviolet ? If You Wear That Velvet Dress
Acrobat - Please
Love Is Blindness ? Wake Up Dead Man

My picks would alternate between the 2 albums and likely involve a tie or two (or even more). For me AB would come out ahead. If only Playboy Mansion had something more musically to pull me into the song and take me on a ride.
 
U2Soar said:
A difficult but interesting challenge. AB has more rockin? rock songs so I can see people who prefer that having easier choices.

I have to respectfully disagree with that... I think that this is a decent comparison because both are very hard "rockin" albums. Although it is a bit odd to do a song by song analysis.
 
Hmm...

POP's rocking songs (rocking as I understand it, of course, someone else may have a different view):

Discotheque
Do You Feel Loved
Mofo
Last Night On Earth
Gone

AB's rocking songs:

Even Better Than the Real Thing
Until the End of the World
The Fly
Ultraviolet
Acrobat

Maybe Zoo Station and Mysterious Ways, although I'm not sure about these two.
 
Re: Actung Baby VS. POP

here are my preferences:

1. Zoo Station or Discotheque? DISCOTHEQUE
2. Even Better than the Real Thing or Do you Feel Loved? Do you Feel Loved
3. One or Mofo? ONE
4. UTEOTW or If God Will Send His Angels? IGWSHA
5. Wild Horses or Staring At The Sun? Staring At The Sun
6. So Cruel or Last Night On Earth? LAST NIGHT ON EARTH
7. The Fly or Gone? Gone
8. Mysterious Ways or Miami? Mysterious Ways
9. Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World or Playboy Mansion? TTTYAATW
10. Ultra Violet or Velvet Dress? VelvetDress :sexywink:
11. Acrobat or Please? Please
12. Love is Blindness or Wake Up Deadman? Love is Blindness
 
1.- Discotheque
2.-Even Better....
3.-Mofo
4.-Until the end of the world
5.-Wild Horses
6.-So Cruel
7.-The Fly
8.-Mysterious Ways
9.-Tryin' to throw........
10.-Velvet Dress
11.-Please
12.-Love Is Blindness

Achting Baby wins

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1. Zoo Station or Discotheque?
2. Even Better than the Real Thing or Do you Feel Loved?
3. One or Mofo?
4. UTEOTW or If God Will Send His Angels?
5. Wild Horses or Staring At The Sun?
6. So Cruel or Last Night On Earth?
7. The Fly or Gone?
8. Mysterious Ways or Miami?
9. Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World or Playboy Mansion?
10. Ultra Violet or Velvet Dress?
11. Acrobat or Please?
12. Love is Blindness or Wake Up Deadman?
 
I was into AB first and then I had to have POP. Now I just don't want to try to pick one over the other. I didn't like POP as much as I did AB when I first heard it, but that all changed when I got so completely into POP. I call a draw...:up:
 
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1.) Discotheque
2.) Do You Feel Loved
3.) One
4.) Until the End of the World
5.) Staring at the Sun
6.) Last Night on Earth
7.) The Fly (but if it were the "Best Of..." version, then "Gone")
8.) Mysterious Ways
9.) Tryin' to Throw Your Arms...
10.) Ultra Violet
11.) Please
12.) Love is Blindness

Achtung Baby: 7
POP: 5

"POP" is a great album, but the second half is obviously lacking in my opinion.
 
1. Discotheque
2. EBTTRT
3. One
4. Until the end of the world
5. SATS
6. So cruel
7. The Fly (wow that was a tough one)
8. Miami
9. The Playboy Mansion
10. Ultra Violet
11. Please
12. Love is Blindness

Wow,perfect!

Should have been the Best Of 1990 - 2000!:D

AB - 7

POP - 5
 
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This is an all-time great idea for a thread!!!!

1. Zoo Station or Discotheque? ZOO STATION
2. Even Better than the Real Thing or Do you Feel Loved? DO YOU FEEL LOVED
3. One or Mofo? ONE
4. UTEOTW or If God Will Send His Angels? UTEOTW
5. Wild Horses or Staring At The Sun? STARING AT THE SUN
6. So Cruel or Last Night On Earth? LAST NIGHT ON EARTH
7. The Fly or Gone? This is a difficult choice but I'll go with GONE
8. Mysterious Ways or Miami? MYSTERIOUS WAYS (I don't like Miami)
9. Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World or Playboy Mansion? TTTYAATW (I don't like the Playboy Mansion either)
10. Ultra Violet or Velvet Dress? ULTRA VIOLET
11. Acrobat or Please? Another very difficult choice...PLEASE
12. Love is Blindness or Wake Up Deadman? WAKE UP DEAD MAN
 
Re: Actung Baby VS. POP

1. Zoo Station or Discotheque? DISCOTHEQUE
2. Even Better than the Real Thing or Do you Feel Loved? DO YO UFEEL LOVED
3. One or Mofo? ONE
4. UTEOTW or If God Will Send His Angels? UTEOFTW
5. Wild Horses or Staring At The Sun? Staring At The Sun
6. So Cruel or Last Night On Earth? So Cruel
7. The Fly or Gone? TIE (both monumental songs for U2)
8. Mysterious Ways or Miami? Mysterious Ways
9. Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World or Playboy Mansion? Playboy Mansion
10. Ultra Violet or Velvet Dress? Ultraviolet
11. Acrobat or Please? Acrobat
12. Love is Blindness or Wake Up Deadman? Love Is Blindness
 
I cannot believe that almost everyone picks Discotheque over Zoo Station. Discotheque is probably the sloppiest song U2 has ever released, in my opinion. But then again, I didn't like Zoo Station for many many years and now I like it a whole lot...
 
would be a great album

1 - Zoo Station
2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing
3 - One
4 - Until The End Of The World
5 - Staring At The Sun
6 - Last Night On Earth
7 - The Fly & Gone TIE
8 - Mysteriuos Ways
9 - Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World
10-Ultravoliet
11-Acrobat (only just...if this was a live album...please hands down :wink: though the never played acrobat)
12-Love Is Blindness (again only just)
 
1. Zoo Station or Discotheque? Zoo Station
2. Even Better than the Real Thing or Do you Feel Loved? Do you Feel Loved?
3. One or Mofo? One
4. UTEOTW or If God Will Send His Angels? Until the End of the World
5. Wild Horses or Staring At The Sun? Wild Horses
6. So Cruel or Last Night On Earth? So Cruel
7. The Fly or Gone? The Fly
8. Mysterious Ways or Miami? Mysterious Ways
9. Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World or Playboy Mansion? Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World
10. Ultra Violet or Velvet Dress? Velvet Dress
11. Acrobat or Please? Please
12. Love is Blindness or Wake Up Deadman? Love is Blindness
 
cool

1. Zoo Station
2. EBTTRT (although i loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee DYFL!)
3. One
4. UTEOTW
(at this point I realize I have all AB so far :shifty: )
5. Staring at the sun
6. hmm.. LNOE
7. Gone
8. MW
9. TTTYAATW
10. Ultra Violet :censored: i love 'em both
11. Acrobat
12. :censored: LIB
 
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