I had the opportunity to see Live in my college coliseum last year (or the year before), and they truly are a very special band. U2's influences are written all over them, but that's not a bad thing -- and they're easily among the best of those that follow in the wake of U2 and R.E.M.
And you gotta like Ed and Tricky's mutual collaborations.
But there is one thing I disagree with in this thread.
(Just one? I hear you say. Yeah, just one.)
Originally posted by mikal:
Superman is by Five For Fighting. Great song.
See, I REALLY don't like that song.
First, I'm a huge Batman fan, and I'm sick of the Superman songs (Spin Doctors' "Jimmy Olsen's Blues" from, a long time ago, cute song; Three Doors Down' "Kryptonite", good but not great; now this). Beyond that, it's a very weepy song. Which is fine and all, but doesn't fit Superman.
For Superman to fray at the edges (a la "Kryptonite") is one thing; it's an interesting but believable twist. But for Superman to whine like that... urgh.
Superman certainly isn't Batman's mortal enemy, but there's a HUGE amount of tension. Thus, I know a good bit about both.
(And I'd be willing to debate ANYONE on who would win in a fight, Batman or Superman.)
Superman may be a lot of things, including an overgrown Boy Scout who sticks his Kryptonian nose where it doesn't belong (Gotham City, for instance), but he's not a wussy.
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- Achtung Bubba
September, streets capsizing,
Spilling over, down the drain
"You know, by God, I actually pity those poor bastards we're goin' up against. By God, I do. We're not just gonna shoot the bastards, we're going to cut out their living guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks. We're going to murder those lousy...bastards by the bushel."
from the film Patton
