unnamed_streets said:
Depeche Mode and U2 seem to have a zillion similarities...atleast in my eyes. Is anyone interested in discussing them?
I can list a few:
- Jesus references
- the music videos. Anton Corbijn directed many vids of both bands.
- techno infused rock
Well to compare U2 and Depeche Mode would be criminals. There are two kinds of REAL bands, one up in pedestal and another knd down the gutter.
U2 are up on the pedestal with Pink Floyd, Rush, Bon Jovi, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Police, Van Halen, The Eagles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, and The Ramones.
Depeche Mode belongs down the gutter with REM, Oasis, Coldplay, Pearl Jam, and Radiohead, among others. These bands aren't U2's contemporaries. The one in the previous paragraph are.
What about Limp Bizkit, Mathbox 20, Creed, Train, Linkin Park? Well, I said there are two kinds of REAL bands. These guys aren't real but just manufactured shit designed to look like real bands.
So please, let's not do blashphemy comparing U2 to Depeche Mode.
Cheers,
J
The King Of POP