JonSnow said:

That could be interesting.

JonSnow said:

Aren't there some new mixes on the Singles compilations?

I'm here to disagree. U2 and Depeche Mode are up there in my list of favorite bands (#s 1 and 3 respectively), but I think that U2 works much better as a band than DM. With U2, you have four musicians coming together to release something that is better as the sum of their parts. It's hard to consider DM a band as such. Gore has so much more power than the rest of his bandmates that it seems like an unfair balance.

As much as I like Dave Gahan as a singer, I still can't allow myself to believe him when he sings as much as I believe Bono. This is all for the simple reason that up until the new album, Gahan never sang his songs on a DM album.

It is really difficult to pit two of my favorite bands against each other, and it's even more difficult to quantify why I like one over the other. I'd just say that U2 gets a more emotional response out of me than Depeche and be done with it.

I'll still say that the early 90's would have been a really great time for the two bands to get together and do something. They could've gotten Corbijn and Flood involved. It might've sounded something like a cross between "I Feel You" and "Zoo Station", which to me sound like they could've come from the same band.

Axchi696 said:

I could get with that.

at the thread title.

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Completly different, but C'mon some of Depeche Modes early shit is now unlistenable and dated as all hell. Go listen to New Dress nowadays.
I can put on Boy and War on and it still sounds fresh. U2 is too much for me to take right now though, they shouldn't be the biggest band in the world, yet they are.

lilgish said:

Why not? I think their last couple albums are really solid.

TRON said:

All that you can leave behind was, but How to dismantle..... pretty good, better than coldpaly x&y, but barely. Thnk about it .

The Beatles, Zep, Vh/GNR, Nirvana. U2 has been the biggest band in the world for almost a decade.

U2 are the biggest cause they are survivors. They haven't made an earth shattering album imo. Joshua is sell out AOR shit to me. There should be a huge rock band out there right now taking over the world. U2 and Springsteen are the only two who can even do staduims in this country. Lame

lilgish said:

I gotta disagree with that.... U2 has made two earthshattering albums, in my mind: Achtung Baby certainly, and The Joshua Tree probably. I really don't see the Joshua Tree as sell-out. I mean, what else on the pop charts sounded like "With or Without You"? It was a very unconventional song... extremely passionate and with great feeling. Nothing on that album screams "commercial", yet is was an amazing success because the material was so strong.

I thought "All that You Can't Leave Behind" was excellent, and "Atomic Bomb" was great as well..

I just get a little tired of U2's bombast from time to time.. but they deserve to be regarded as the best band in the world, in my opinion. they just blow the doors off when they play live.

JonSnow said:

I'll say Acthung would be the most earth shattering, I like what Eno did better on that one, but c'mon that album (JT) was way more radio friendly than anything they had done. That era wasn't all hair either, INXS did pretty well, probably thanx to U2. But the ZOO Tv era was their first high so Acthung did shake the world, but just look at the stuff and the bands that were kicking ass at that time. U2 being the best or biggest band is an indictment on the rock scene, their shows atrract way too many yuppies and average music fans as well.
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GangstaFam said:

I have to agree with you here. Depeche Mode has always struck me as more of a studio band, while U2 can definitly take it to the stage.

I'm not saying that Depeche Mode sucks as a band, but there is no way that the 4 of them (well, 3 nowadays) could step on stage without any backing tapes, triggers, or outside musicians and recreate the music they make in the studio.

U2 however, and just the 4 guys in U2 with no outside help or pre-recorded music, can step out onto the stage and knock that shit out just like the record.

So, as a band, I guess U2 takes it. Depeche Mode is more of a studio act, which isn't a bad thing, it's just different.


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this thread title is too funny!

JACKAL said:

And U2 can and have easily done what Depeche Mode do on albums like Zooropa, Passengers and Pop. Depeche Mode could never make a song like "Where the Streets Have No Name" or "One". Think about it. Plus, as much as I love DM, they really only have 2 kinds of songs anymore - the dark depressing, generally faster Dave stuff and the pretty, quiet Martin sung ballads.

no both of them are overated in my opinion..depeche mode in the whole synth pop genre..and the fact that he's making the nu-metal kids shake thier hips isn't a turn either..as for U2 oh lord..so overated..sorry if i want alt rock from the 80's i pick..the smiths as for synth pop i'll stick with gary numan...ta-ta.

GangstaFam said:

LoL
He hangs with Bono and the Edge alot, I hear. Corbijn junkie.

weepingwall said:

Are you sure you're not thinking of Robert Smith?

JonSnow said:

Funny, I know that Music for the Masses is generally everyone's favorite, but it's the one DM album that I just can't really listen to anymore. (well at least right now) I played that album OUT back in high school and now can only pull it out once in a while. It also reminds me of some crazy acid trips as well. Maybe that's why I'm scared to listen to it now.

Although, I have been listening to DM a lot this past month, and maybe I do need to pull MFTM out again.

I never feel feel the need to put U2 on that much though. Maybe once a year or so. They leave me feeling REALLY cold. And not in a good way. I don't know why. But I have to give it to U2 for sort of opening the door to more underground music (which it was in the U.S. when I first got into them with Boy )

It's also strange how these two bands are pitted against each other in this thread because I got into DM RIGHT after getting into U2 as a kid.

But mostly this thread is making me want to listen to something harder. Like Jane's Addiction or something.

If it comes down to albums, it is Joshua Tree against Violator and I must admit I play Violator way more than I ever play Joshua Tree.

So DM resonates deeper within me.

I'm actually listening to U2 right now.

I do love Boy.

minneapolisgenius said:

Ah, me old U2 too

Anything is better than U2. U2 sucks

minneapolisgenius said:

LOL

time 2 make 2 elevate the level of this thread with yer daily Tori and Kate Bush spam!

MikeMatronik said:

No problem by me!

minneapolisgenius said:

Three days was the morning
My focus three days old
My head, it landed
To the sounds of cricket bows

I am proud man anyway
Covered now by three days

Three ways was the morning
Three lovers, in three ways
We knew when she landed
Three days she'd stay

I am a proud man anyway
Covered now by three days

RipHer2Shreds said:

LOVE that song.

at this moment....you should be with us....feeling like we do....like you love to...but never will again....

I am a fan of both bands but my vote goes with Depeche Mode. I found the lyrics to their new single Precious.....

Precious and fragile things
Need special handling
My God what have we done to you
We always tried to share
The tenderest of care
Now look what we have put you through

Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

Angels with silver wings
Shouldn't know suffering
I wish I could take the pain for you
If God has a master plan
That only He understands
I hope it's your eyes He's seeing through

Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

I pray you learn to trust
Have faith in both of us
And keep room in your hearts for two

Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

Did you all know that Martin Gore's biological father is an Afro American?

RipHer2Shreds said:

Dan, is this what inspired your Jane's fest today?

speaking of, I'm gonna put on Jane's right now...



somewhat on topic...this thread made me wanna hear Some Great Reward and then I realized: the only DM I have on CD is the single for "Everything Counts"
WTF??!!! I guess I need to go shopping!