Friday, November 10, 2006

Orange Crush

"Now that U2 has become America's spokesband for human dignity, it's difficult to remember that R.E.M., the quiet Georgians with the elliptical lyrics, once competed with U2 for the title of world's best rock band. With U2 triumphant and R.E.M. fading into near-obscurity, And I Feel Fine reminds listeners that R.E.M., not U2, made the most memorable music of the 1980s."
Over at Slate, Dan Kois compares U2 and R.E.M. and comes down firmly on the side of the latter. I couldn't agree more. I'm vaguely fond of Bono & Co. but R.E.M. is a whole other level. On sheer number of songs on my i-Pod (which I finally maxed out three days ago, btw) alone, R.E.M. beats U2 by a factor of 5 to 1. And some of the U2 songs I don't even like that much.

3 comments:

Deepu said...

R.E.M all the way..

i second you.. the quality of R.E.M is on a whole different level..

the way i spent few hours to find out what spide wanna convey through his lyrics.. all gr8 band..

Imitation of life, Losing my religion, Orange crush, nightswimming , Electrolite(my fav), the great beyond..

ahh R.E.M thanks for entertaining me soo much....

drifting leaf said...

REM anyday anytime...
i never get tired of their music and lyrics...
and i always find something new everytime i hear them...

tangled said...

Absolutely. :)