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Post by dublinquo on Sept 27, 2019 21:17:28 GMT
Two different rock songs with the exact same title. Which one is better?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2019 0:29:05 GMT
Stones by a country mile. Pure class, great musicianship and song writing. I've never understood the excitement about U2, I've always found them very ordinary and Bono grows more tedious and self important with every passing year. Mick and the boys are pure fun.
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Post by curiousgirl on Sept 28, 2019 8:24:03 GMT
I didn't know either of these tracks, so I listened to them.
The superb Stones track really showed up how mediocre U2 are in terms of song writing. But I guess they are good at whipping up emotions in a big overblown way which is their appeal. Never got the love for them either.
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Post by Railroad17 on Oct 6, 2019 17:30:15 GMT
No accordion so I gave them a miss.
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Post by freewilly on Oct 7, 2019 11:32:50 GMT
I didn't know either of these tracks, so I listened to them. The superb Stones track really showed up how mediocre U2 are in terms of song writing. But I guess they are good at whipping up emotions in a big overblown way which is their appeal. Never got the love for them either. Disagree One has been voted number 1 many times in "Greatest song ever written" polls The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby are two of the biggest selling albums ever and are usually in the top 20 when greatest albums are discussed. Where The Streets Have No Name, With Or Without You, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Sunday Bloody Sunday, One, Hands That Built America, Kite, Acrobat, Running To Standstill, Every Breaking Wave, California, Bad, Until The End Of The World are, in my opinion, fantasticly written songs that are well structured and emotive. But also, Out of Control by U2 was written when Bono was 17 and Larry Mullen was 16. Out of Control by The Stones was written when Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were both 54. Also, there are better versions of the songs than those two  |
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Post by asthequoflies on Jun 11, 2020 15:28:47 GMT
Definitely the Stones. One of gems on 1997s fine 'Bridges to Babylon' opus.
Sophisticated, slinky, jazzy and a cool dynamic. It, along with 'Saint of Me' were highlights of those Babylon shows. The song has grown though - played especially on South American tours as it was very popular there and it is one of the highest audience participation numbers.
I rate U2s OOC quite highly aswell though. Of their early catalogue this is one of those cool riff rockers they used to write so well.
Agree with freewilly, many gems in the U2 catalogue. A definite conservatism and lesser works from 2000 onwards, but each album does have highlights.
U2 1980-1997 though; class!
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Jun 11, 2020 16:25:11 GMT
I'll JUST go for the Stones as Mick is and always will be a great great singer. It's a bit cool by numbers. I really liked U2's early style with The Edge's riffing. Just this one the tune doesn't appeal to me in particular.
If I want slinky from the Stones I go to Spider and the Fly. (And then listen to the rest of the album, what an album that was!)
People seem to hate Bono for doing stuff, but I don't recall when he made the world a worse place.
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Post by asthequoflies on Jun 11, 2020 17:24:27 GMT
Great choice Flittersnoop, Spider and the Fly a favourite; 1965 from an early classic "Out of our Heads". Same album in US configuration as Satisfaction, The Last Time and Play with Fire.
Referred to as their slinky rock'n'soul period, some great versions of Solomon Burke, Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke numbers.
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Post by mm1 on Jun 13, 2020 22:28:54 GMT
Stones for sure.
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