Your task: Prove without photos they're not the same band.

Difficulty level: High
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VoicesCarry said:

Train kinda rocks, kinda. There the best out of that group.

lilgish said:

do they have more than one song that's well known? and their lead singer looks like a frog. the maroon 5 singer guy is at least hot.

Anxiety said:

Drops Of Jupiter and Calling All Angels
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lilgish said:

that second one is a freakin' gorgeous jane siberry song from a wim wenders movie!!! HATE!!!!

Anxiety said:

is it from Wings of Desire...great movie , has he done a follow up to it?

lilgish said:

no, it's from the "Until the End of the World" soundtrack, which is flippin' beautiful from beginning to end. you can probably find it used online for cheep - i highly recommend it.

and 'wings of desire' did indeed have a follow-up sequel, called 'faraway so close', but it didn't come close to the beauty/strength of the original (which was remade - HORRIBLY - as an american film called 'city of angels' with meg ryan )

Anxiety said:

Thanks, you always learns something new.I love discovering new movies...music... I saw wings about a few years ago and was suprised to see Nick Cave in it. Wim Wenders must be a music fan. a la oliver stone, Martin Scorsese...
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lilgish said:

wim wenders' soundtracks are always amazing. i think he is a huge music fan.

Maroon 5 is a breath of fresh air in a fairly dark musical landscape -- definitely one of the more interesting new artists IMO. Train writes great songs, and Savage Garden disbanded much too early ("To The Moon and Back" is one of my favorites).

Matchbox Twenty, on the other hand, sound just like every other modern pop/rock band to me. Purely disposable.

todd305 said:

Co-sign on Maroon 5, they don't belong in the group you lumped them in dammit.

lilgish said:

How 'bout "Meet Virginia" ? I love that song!

Maroon 5 are good..


and the only matchbox twenty song I like is that Lighted song.. or whatever..

VoicesCarry said:

Darren Hayes (Savage Garden) has so much more talent than those others! he shoudlnt be lumped in with those

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lilgish said:

The soundtrack for 'Wings of Desire' is AMAZING!! Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, U2, etc.. on one soundtrack? Underappreciated and totally perfect. Everyone should own a copy, IMO.

Axchi696 said:

PS. That was the soundtrack for 'Until the End of the World', right?

The general public shouldn't have to put up with such inoffensive, bed wetting music.

The funny thing about Maroon 5 is..

and by looking at the name titles in this thread.. it is merly associating their band name with the rest.. cause they have fallin in this popularity and chart game on their debut.. u see maroon 5, its popular, thus it sucks.


I honestly dont blame anyone for not diggin those other groups.. but when I see Maroon 5 so quickly falling into the categories as these.. i wonder why.. its cool if u dont dig them, but I just cant see why anyone would throw them in this group of artists.


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You know what? The guy from Train has a great voice. I give him that.

oh man....you mentioned 4 bands I loathe in one sentence.....

Train is a poor man's wannabe Counting Crows.....

Sdldawn said:

Those artists all create inoffensive, bland, soft rock--perfect for radio stations to play for people that don't consider music important, but just something to have on in the background. I would replace Savage Garden with the Goo Goo Dolls. Savage Garden are more Australian pop whereas the others are American soft-rock.

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Drops of Jupiter is quite good. But who cares who wrote or sang it.

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abierman said:

Who would want to be Counting Crows?

I'd never admit it if glamslamkid were here but I kinda like Maroon 5
But not any of their sappy, crappy love song/ballads

I'll say their band is pretty tight, but the singer could stand
to take voice lessons

Im surprised Goo Goo Dolls and Five For Fighting werent included in this thread

minneapolisgenius said:

I guess that Train-dude does.....CC isn't all that bad, although that 'Big Yellow Cab'-cover....

abierman said:

Didn't they do that song from Shrek II?

That's about all I know from them, plus maybe some songs of theirs from way back.